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    Do you food scrap recycle? What are the opportunities in your county/state?

    I'm not sure. I imagine you do everything to minimize rodent infestation first: make sure your garbage area is clean and can lids are secure. Are you from NYC? Manhattan, specifically. I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area, and one of the first things that shocked me about NYC was the insane...
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    Do you food scrap recycle? What are the opportunities in your county/state?

    http://compost.css.cornell.edu/faq.html
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    Do you food scrap recycle? What are the opportunities in your county/state?

    It gets turned into a fine organic mulch. :D Waste Management, the agency Alameda County contracts with, occasionally provides free bags of this rich compost to residents in big bags like you get at the plant nursery. I spread it out on my fruit trees and other shrubs. Good stuff. I think WM...
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    Do you food scrap recycle? What are the opportunities in your county/state?

    It's really very easy. Brown = landfill. Gray = recyclables. Green = yard/food waste. You can essentially recycle anything curbside, pick-up, or drop off. From everyday metal and plastics you can stick in your recycling can to designated centers for dropping off old paint cans, batteries, and...
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    Do you food scrap recycle? What are the opportunities in your county/state?

    Food scrap recycling is generally a city/county based program where household food waste can be recycled by a municipal agency. Fortunately, my county, Alameda County in California (pop. ~1.5 million) has been diverting millions of pounds of food waste from the landfill since 1990. Food scrap...
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    Mitt Romney responds to allegations of bullying gay classmates in high school.

    Here's the original article from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_story.html?tid=pm_pop . It's pretty lurid. Here's an excerpt:
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    Mitt Romney responds to allegations of bullying gay classmates in high school.

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/10/national/w083439D47.DTL Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by "hijinks and pranks during high school" and insisted he didn't know that some were gay. The Republican presidential candidate issued the...
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    Best news sources?

    These are the websites I check regularly: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - BBC sfgate.com - San Francisco Chronicle nytimes.com - New York Times enn.com - Environmental News Network cnn.com - CNN npr.org - National Public Radio And of course, on the dark side ... drudgereport.com
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    NT school me on moving to CALIFORNIA VOL. East to West

    California is a garden of Eden A paradise to live in or see But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the DO RE MI
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    NT school me on moving to CALIFORNIA VOL. East to West

    California is a garden of Eden A paradise to live in or see But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the DO RE MI
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