ROBBINSVILLE, New Jersey With billions of smartphones and personal computers dotting data maps all over the planet, technology has effectively taken over. Yet, while rapidly advancing technology has revolutionized the world and provided the means for the human race to make unprecedented progress in society, there are costs. Tech companies produce these devices in mass to provide for the astronomical number of people who need them, but the world’s poor have to deal with the trash. E-waste in Pakistan is particularly detrimental to the nation’s poor.
E-waste, short for electronic waste, encompasses discarded electronic parts that have either no use in modern society anymore or have ceased to function. Most of these devices are given to certain retailers but are typically never sold. With the sheer volume of technological devices existing today, one cannot help but wonder what happens to all this trash. Hazardous waste landfills would be one simple solution, which is where e-wast
Several photographs showing him helping the downtrodden recently appeared on his FB feed.
One depicted him helping a shirtless elderly man who had been sleeping on the sidewalk for six months.
The politician bought the man breakfast, took him clothes shopping, and got him a haircut. The politician accompanied him for a medical check-up and paid for the repair of his motorcycle. He even got the man a job as a security guard and paid for a rented home.
Bravo to the politician for changing the lives of the man and others he helped.
The photographs of his charity allude to the politician being
COVID vaccinations for armed forces, presidential work, disabled access, herd immunity, poverty
Readers recall lining up for shots in basic training; suggest Biden has more important things to do; try to parse Abbott’s statement; and press for more specifics to address poverty.
Soldiers line up to get a shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Epiclachima Military Fort in Quito, Ecuador.(Dolores Ochoa)
Vaccinations for military
When I joined the U.S. Air Force in 1977, I knew that I signed over my life to the military. I did not expect special treatment.
During basic training, we would line up to get various shots as we passed through a line with our sleeves pulled up. The shots were administered by jet injectors, and the people administering the shots told us not to move at all or it would rip our arms open. I ended up getting a dose of German measles after one vaccination and had to be admitted to the infirmary for several days. We were required to receive these shots