We’re all about green technology so it’s funny I had never heard of the company called N-Viro until yesterday when I decided to write this post for Bloggerwave. I’m sure everyone has heard the terms alternative energy and  renewable energy because everyone is looking for new sources for power because it seems we are depleting all of our current ones.

They use Opportunity Fuels which come from these 3 categories: Biomass, Industrial Byproducts, and Commercial/Industrial Waste which are resources that often are wasted but can be recovered and used to generate usable energy. Their ultimate goal is to create N-Viro Fuel, a renewable alternative fuel perfectly synergistic with the coal combustion industry.

Clean coal technology seeks to reduce harsh environmental effects by using multiple technologies to clean coal and contain its emissions and many tests are being performed by this company as far as I know they have a plant in Toledo and Florida in the states.

I’m sure there may be many others out there that haven’t heard of them either even though they’ve been around since 1993 helping to turn waste to energy. This company uses patented technologies to stabilize and disinfect municipal bio solids and other organic waste products. For more about this green technology you can visit  http://www.nviro.com.

You will find this on their about page:

N-Viro International Corporation develops and licenses its technology to municipalities and private companies. Their patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert waste water sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value. The company has generated sales in excess of $40 million dollars, since its initial public offering in October of 1993, which was underwritten by Robertson Stephens, Raymond James, Oppenheimer & Co., and Paine Webber.

Many years ago I would fill out all of the PCH Sweepstakes entries and send them in by snail mail and sometimes I would order something here and there, but it never helped my chances so I stopped the whole thing because it was a pain in the butt.

This year since it was so easy I entered online, but I never ordered anything, all I would do is submit my entry after being forced to view all they had to offer. On the 19th I received an e-mail thanking me for my order to Soap Opera Digest on the 18th.

I’m thinking, WTH? I don’t even watch Soap Operas so why in the world would I want to keep up with the world of Soaps? I’m wondering why they picked that particular publication, because I’m a female?

I called immediately to cancel that Soap Opera Digest subscription after finding their number online and they asked my name, address and for the 12 digit number I had been assigned. I hadn’t received a 12 digit number until I spoke with the foreign operator and she said she couldn’t find the order.

I said I would just ignore the billing because I hadn’t ordered it and she was very adamant that I should call back on Monday to cancel if that was what I wanted to do. I called back Monday and gave the 12 digit number that I had been sent after the phone call and this operator was very rude.

I will never participate in the PCH Sweepstakes again online or off, I really don’t like some of their tactics. If I’m going to pick a magazine to purchase it’s at least going to be about something I’m interested in not Soaps .

When I was 45 I decided to accomplish something I had wanted to do since I was a young girl, but the time never seemed right. I wanted to be a Cosmetologist because it was fun playing with hair. Of course at the time I had no idea of everything involved and that it was indeed a very serious undertaking. I wont go into the details here because I usually put that type of info on my other blog.

The point is I had ambition, motivation and determination to finally finish something I had wanted since I was a young girl, but I don’t practice anymore even though I keep my license current because I worked so hard for it. I found after awhile that I don’t like touching people so I stopped and went back to waitressing where all I had to touch were those same peoples’ plates when serving them and not their body parts.

I always receive the PA Board of Cosmetology eNewsletter and it keeps me up to date on current events and other news and it always reminds me to check the PA disciplinary actions in my area for all the occupational professionals that are licensed by the state. It made me wonder if other people realize that they can also easily check their state board website to verify a license and lodge a complaint by choosing the form they need and mail it in. These links are all for PA.

Below is an example of one in my field and area I live in, there were others in the medical profession which made me think I should start checking this more often, nurses and doctors who had paid fines and why and if their license had been revoked some were fined for still practicing without a license, so never take for granted just because you see a piece of paper, go and verify that license.

“Vivian Antoinette Iacoboni and Camillo Anthony Iacoboni, t/d/b/a Market Street Manor Spa & Salon, license no. CB117673 of York, York County, was ordered to pay a civil penalty of $850 because of aiding and abetting the unlicensed practice of a profession, occupation or business, for practicing cosmetology in a grossly incompetent or unethical manner, and by designating a person in charge of respondents’ cosmetology salon in the owners’ absence who was not a cosmetologist.”

When I was dropping EC’s I ran across a blogger that was giving out some pretty stupid advice on starting a home business and one of  those I had to comment on was about my profession. They were advising people to put out a sign in front of their house and start cutting and coloring hair if they were good at it and said they might need a license for the business, but they weren’t sure…WHAT?

There are rules and regulations in all fields for opening a business and you most certainly need a license for this type of business besides following all codes, rules, and regulations and then being inspected by the state plus you need a cosmetology license to cut and color anyone’s hair, you can’t just set up shop because someone thinks it’s a good idea. Also if you have a shop at home it has to be separate from living quarters with a separate entrance just too many requirements, that’s why I didn’t do it.

If you’re suspicious of any business or professional that might be practicing without a license or you need to make a complaint then you can go to your own state’s official website and verify the business or professional license and lodge a complaint if you need to. You can also check out any disciplinary actions that may have been placed against any professional in your area or whether they have paid fines and ever had their license revoked and why.

The photos below shows one of the scenic Gettysburg routes we take a lot on the trike when it’s nice, usually the streets are packed with tourist and sightseers especially during the Summer and it’s very colorful, we love this little town.

They’re trying to get a Casino in Gettysburg again, whether it will pass this time is anyone’s guess. I personally like to gamble a little so we may stop in occasionally if it passes to lose a few dollars and check it out.