Beckie Loewenstein

I consign at Second Time Around to earn additional income.  Consignors earn 40% of the final sale price and $20 for each referral*.  STA accepts items based on the season and fashion trends, not brand name. My experience as a STA consignor has allowed me to contribute to a socially responsible, eco-friendly business.  Shoppers who purchase pre-owned items at a consignment store save the water, energy, and natural resources that go into the manufacture of brand new items.  Sold items go to new closets, not landfills.  Unsold items go to Goodwill donations.

The U.S. Postal Service has extra optional services to improve logistics.  The USPS Delivery Confirmation number costs an extra $0.19.  As the number is is also called a “Label/Receipt Number,” should the USPS offer refunds when the shipment does not meet delivery expectations?

Professors Richard Samuels, Ken Oye, and Michael Golay shared their insight and uncertainty about Japan’s nuclear crisis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on March 16, 2011.  The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants lost essential safety functions in the earthquake and tsunami.  The loss of the electricity grid and back up electric power sources means that pumps cannot circulate water to the reactor vessels and the radioactive uranium fuel overheats.  Nuclear power plant workers must now rely on improvisation to stabilize cooling at the reactor.  The escape of radioactive particles and their dispersal in wind and rain from the damaged power plant threatens the environment and health of Japan’s residents.

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