Line And Cable Worker Career Guide and Counseling

Question: How to get a Thompson multimedia RCA commercial receiver connected to cable at home,can only get channel 3-13? Won TV in a raffle from work when they purchased new one.Have tried several different remotes.Maintinece worker from job said TV was hooked straight to cable with no box and that it picked up all cable channels.I get the TV menu to display,but when I select channel setup, it only displays channels 3-13,and that's all it will pick up.Not even an AUX channel to be able to use DVD?Have tried hooking cable to TV and through DVD.Have been on-line to try and find manual from RCA and Thompson multimedia,no luck.

Answer: Sounds like you may need to go into the menu and make sure it is set to "cable" and not "air." A lot of RCA's older equipments factory settings were for air and when it is disconnected from the power supply it will reset itself to the factory settings. You may not have an AUX to use with DVD, it may be set to use channel 3, or they may call it "video" rather than AUX

Question: I got an email with the subject line 'words of wisdom from Larry the cable guy" should I even open it? my co-worker sent it, should i stop speaking to her?

Answer: I might contain some helpful advice on the attainment of your GED.

Question: Is it illegal for people to destroy the home that is going to be foreclosed? I read about people ruining their homes before they are evicted because it is being foreclosed on. Isn't that illegal? A co-worker told me that she was looking for a home to buy with her husband, and in one of the homes, the previous owners dumped cement in all the sinks, tolits and in the bathtub. Then ripped out all the cable lines and phone lines.

Answer: They are obviously suffering from some mental illness, but no, it is not illegal, just the sign of a very disturbed mind. They should be locked up to protect normal people, but for mental illness, not criminal behavior.

Question: Im pickining up CB transmissions on my television on channel 21. Could this mean theres a bug in my house? Im picking up CB transmissions from what sounds like city workers on my television set. Ive tried turning on my CB radio to see if I can pick up the same transimissions with no luck. I was wondering if this could mean there was a bug somewhere near my television set, or my cable line.

Answer: What you are getting is called ingress. It is not CB but it is land mobile (2 way radio transmissions) on hand held radios - like those used by City Maintenance workers. Cable TV's channel 21 occupies a frequency that is in the gap in the TV band between broadcast TV's channel 6 and channel 7. Cable TV uses this gap for channels 14-22 and channels 95 - 99. In the over the air broadcast spectrum that gap is used for the entire FM radio spectrum, Air Traffic Control, Ham radio and Land and Marine mobile services. So your cable line is acting as an antenna to pick up these land mobile broadcasts and your TV is acting as a radio to air them. If broadcast services are coming in then cable is leaking out and this is against the law. Cable TV signals must be confined to the cable line. What this means is the cable is loose or damaged somewhere from near your home to your TV set. It could be a loose connection or more likely a crack in the line exposing the inner conductor of the cable. It needs to be fixed. Look for a bad cable in your home. If you can't find the problem then call the cable company and they will check their line and get it fixed. Cable TV System Manager EDIT>> Yes dmb06851 I know that Air Traffic Control uses am modulation, but if a cable system has a major leak then the FCC will force the cable system to stop using channels 14 - 22 plus impose a hefty fine. A cable system with a major leak can interfere with Air Traffic Control. All I was trying to point out is that cable TV uses the same frequencies as do other broadcast services in the gap between TV channels 6 and 7.

Question: My apt. complex only allows me to receive cable thru one certain company and they're horrible. Is this legal? It doesn't mention this in the lease anywhere...I asked one of the workers about it and she said they were under contract with this company for another year. Isn't it my choice as to what cable company I use. Also, satellite dishes won't work from my balcony because of no line of sight. Am I just screwed?

Answer: It's probably not that they are contracted with any certain company, but rather that only one company has cable coming into the complex. It's very rare that anybody anywhere has a choice about which company they receive cable from. They either use the one that's there, or they don't have cable.

Question: I want to know where to find out information regarding a co-worker? I worked at Paychex in Rochester and this girl I worked with had a stalker who used to steal money from her. She told all of us that he/she used her identity and would act crazy. The person video taped her inside her home. The whole thing was bizarre but I went to bed and woke up and discovered cable lines inside my home that went down the walls of every single room. I went to the cop and he tells me he has police officers being messed up.

Answer: Try the cops again, but talk to someone different this time. Tell them you're serious and want some help or you're going to the newspapers and tell them your story.

Question: What do you think As immigration enforcement takes hold, jobs begin to open up to less-skilled Americans ? If this is to long skip it. Immigration hawks have been on a winning streak lately. An unprecedented surge of public outrage at the prospect of amnesty for illegal immigrants led to the defeat in June of the Senate immigration bill and the probable end of President Bush's dream for comprehensive immigration reform. And that was merely the latest in a series of victories for supporters of tighter controls, including the Real ID Act of 2005, the Secure Fence Act of 2006, proliferating enforcement efforts at the state and local levels and a new package of modest but meaningful enforcement measures announced last month by the Department of Homeland Security. What of the results? Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told The Times that "there will be some unhappy consequences for the economy out of doing this." While the enforcement climate is still too new to show results in government data one way or the other, Chertoff's prediction doesn't appear to be playing out. On the contrary, there is extensive anecdotal evidence that enforcement is actually having its desired effects: More illegal aliens are going home, leading to improved conditions for American workers and communities. The first consequence of stepped-up enforcement is attrition of the illegal population -- a steady decrease in the total number of illegal aliens as more people give up and go home. Attrition is the real alternative to amnesty, and we're seeing it work. The Arizona Republic ran a story last month explaining how migrants were leaving the state in anticipation of tough new immigration rules. Public radio station WBUR in Boston reported that "in the midst of the debate about immigrants coming to America, something unusual is happening in Massachusetts: Brazilian immigrants are quietly packing up and leaving." And the Chicago Tribune, reporting on the Pennsylvania town at the forefront of the resistance to illegal immigration, has written that "over the summer, when Hazleton officials created the nation's first ordinance aimed at driving away undocumented residents, thousands of people apparently packed up and left." Far from having "unhappy consequences," these developments are improving the economic bargaining power of less-skilled American workers. The Rocky Mountain News reported that in Greeley, Colo., "the line of applicants hoping to fill jobs vacated by undocumented workers taken away by immigration agents at the Swift & Co. meat-processing plant . . . was out the door." New England Cable News reported that only after a raid on a plant making leather goods for the military in New Bedford, Mass., were Americans and legal immigrants able to get hired. As one new employee said of the raid: "In a way, you know, it's sad, and then in a way it's good because at least it gives people that were not employed for so many years . . . a break to be able to work and support their families." When illegal aliens were removed from a Crider Poultry plant in Stillmore, Ga., the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Wall Street Journal documented the benefits to local workers. The plant raised wages significantly, began offering free shuttles from nearby towns and provided free rooms in a company-owned dormitory. For the first time, Crider sought applicants from the state unemployment office and began hiring probationers and men from a local homeless mission. And, as the Journal noted, "for the first time since significant numbers of Latinos began arriving in Stillmore in the late 1990s, the plant's processing lines were made up predominantly of African Americans." Better enforcement doesn't result only in economic improvements. While there is an ongoing scholarly debate about the overall crime rates of immigrants versus the native-born, there's no doubt that tougher enforcement has had a notable effect on gang activity. In an upcoming study, my Center for Immigration Studies reports that using immigration law against gangs has helped bring about a 39% drop in gang activity in the Washington suburb of Fairfax County, and Dallas police report a 20% drop in the murder rate as a result of the same initiative. Of course, the consequence of uncontrolled immigration that most ordinary Americans see is what political scientist Peter Skerry calls "social disorder." Hazleton offers a good example: While cleaning graffiti from her building, a local locksmith told the Tribune that "about the same time the ordinance passed, the whole tone of the street changed. Virtually overnight, it was a totally different place." As recent enforcement victories are sustained and expanded, we can begin to document the benefits in other areas: less stress on hospital emergency rooms, less-crowded classrooms, slower growth in government social spending. But the results we've seen so far are clear: We can get illegal aliens to return home, and doing so will improve conditions in American communities. Why didn't we start doing this a long time ago? Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports tighter controls on immigration. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o…

Answer: Thanks. I'd read a number of those articles when they came out, but not all together. To err on the side of full disclosure, Krikorian is having a debate in the LA Times. The next article you see will be whats-is-name with HIS side of the issue. I've never found whats-is-name persuasive, but I always read him, to be fair.

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Question: All Dummies to the front of the line. What do you think america? BREAKING NEWS !!! LEGISLATIVE ALERT !!! The Americans With No Abilities Act Washington , DC - (Dateline February 18, 2009) President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills, knowledge or ambition. "Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the intelligence, competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said California Senator Barbara Boxer - Democrat. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed, passed over for promotions, or even worse - fired - for no reason except for their lack of any ability or motivation to do any given job. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing or a willingness to learn it." In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid - Democrat - pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S. employer of Persons of Inability. Harry Reid pointed also to the public school system as another long-time leader in the field of providing secure employment opportunities to POI. Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against POI include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement warehouse stores (65%). At the state government level, highway public works departments, and the Department of Motor Vehicles both have excellent records of hiring Persons of Inability (93%). Under AWNAA, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance while building self-esteem and providing more candidates who will eventually be promoted into actual senior management positions with even higher salaries and even fewer actual responsibilities. Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable or unproductive employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to other businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires. Utility and cable companies, followed closely by computer customer support departments, are lobbying to have past such hires become eligible for these tax incentives. Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, such blatantly discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any particular skills, knowledge or experience that relate to this job?" "As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,"said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, due to her chronic inability to remember "rightey tightey, lefty loosey." Gertz added, "I shouldn't have to be a rocket scientist to keep my job and this new law should be real good for people like me." With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and be able to secure well-paying, tenured jobs just like other people who simply are more motivated and productive but otherwise identical to workers such as Gertz. Said Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat-IL), "As a Senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges and benefits that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every other American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so." "You're supposed to sit on your *** and nod at stupid things. Man, that's hard to do."

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Question: Year 11 Physics Question? A worker touched an overhead power line and was electrocuted. A newspaper reported the incident in the following way: 'He touched the cable and 50 000 V of electricity surged through his body.' Criticise this statement.

Answer: What "surged" through his body was electric current, not voltage.