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By admin, November 28, 2012 9:51 pm

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By admin, June 7, 2012 12:21 am

More to come…

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By admin, April 3, 2012 10:08 am

You can create a compost pile in your backyard or indoors, depending on your available space. Backyard and indoor composting are most suitable for households to convert small quantities of organic materials, such as yard trimmings and food scraps, into compost that can be spread in garden beds, under shrubs, or use it as potting soil for outdoor plants.

Before you begin composting, you should understand the composting process. View what materials to compost and what materials not to compost and read up on thescience behind composting about which variables must be controlled during composting.

All composting requires three basic ingredients:

• Browns—Includes materials such as dead leaves, branches , twigs
• Greens—Includes materials such as grass clippings, vegetable waste, fruit scraps, and coffee grounds
• Water

Having the right amount of greens, browns, and water is important for compost development. Ideally, your compost pile should have an equal amount of browns to greens and alternate layers of organic materials of different-size particles. The brown materials provide carbon for your compost and the green materials provide nitrogen, while the water provides moisture to help breakdown the organic matter.

There is no one “right” way to compost, but you may want to follow one of the approaches below:

Backyard Composting Approach One¹

1. Select a dry, shady spot near a water source for your compost pile or bin.
2. Add your brown and green materials as you collect them, making sure larger pieces are chopped or shredded.
3. Moisten dry materials as they are added.
4. Once your compost pile is established, mix grass clippings and green waste into the pile and bury fruit and vegetable waste under 10 inches of compost material.
5. Optional: Cover top of compost with a tarp to keep it moist.
6. When the material at the bottom is dark and rich in color, your compost is ready to use (this is usually occurs in two months to two years).

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Backyard Composting Approach Two¹

1. Select a dry, shady spot near a water source for your compost pile or bin.
2. Before you add your brown and green materials, make sure larger pieces are chopped or shredded.
3. Cover your composting area with a 6-inch layer of brown materials.
4. Add a 3-inch layer of green materials and a little soil or finished compost.
5. Lightly mix the two layers above.
6. Top with a 3-inch layer of brown materials, adding water until moist.
7. Turn your compost pile every week or two with a pitchfork to distribute air and moisture. Move the dry materials from the edges into the middle of the pile. Continue this practice until the pile does not re-heat much after turning.
8. Your compost will be ready in one to four months, but let the pile sit for two weeks before using.

Indoor Composting

If you do not have space for an outdoor compost pile, you can compost materials indoors using a special type of bin, which you can buy or make yourself. Remember to tend your pile and keep track of what you throw in. A properly managed compost bin will not attract pests or rodents and will not smell bad. Your compost should be ready in 2 to 5 weeks.

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For more information, please visit:

• Cornell Waste Management Institute’s Small Scale Composting 
• Florida’s Online Composting Center 
• Journey to Forever’s Composting page 

¹A Green Guide to Yard Waste. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. 2001.

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By admin, March 30, 2012 7:34 am

Join Autism Speaks in celebrating World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 and Light It Up Blue to help shine a light on autism. Whether it’s your front porch or your local city hall, an office party or a banquet, the whole world is going blue to increase awareness about autism.

Light It Up Blue, in its third year, is a unique global initiative to help raise awareness about the growing public health concern that is autism. Iconic landmarks around the world will Light It Up Blue to show their support.

Join us now and help shine a light on autism.

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By admin, February 25, 2012 6:02 pm

RipeLocalDeals.com – a new daily-deal site in Metro Atlanta has launched! Please help spread the word. They are running a great promotion now as well. You can enter to win an Apple iPad2 or a $250 Visa Gift Card!

RipeLocalDeals.com prides themselves on helping consumers discover great local businesses in their neighborhoods and giving them a real incentive to go out and enjoy them! They believe that local businesses are the heart and soul of our communities and that they deserve a chance to thrive. They also make sure that those local businesses are high quality places that we would really want to go, not just somewhere that was willing to give them a good discount because of desperation. Also, a portion of their deal proceeds are donated to a local charity supporting local children and their families suffering from various hardships due to medical conditions or disabilities. The charities they support can be found here.

For businesses looking at running a deal with any of the daily deal sites, I will explain why RipeLocalDeals.com is a unique way to advertise and promote your business to residents of the metro Atlanta area. They will help grow your business and increase your sales fast. They are so confident RipeLocalDeals.com works, you pay nothing up front – that’s right, nothing. You have nothing to lose. That’s what I call risk free. The site provides an all-inclusive hub where visitors can locate great deals on dining, services, nightlife, recreation and much more, right in their own local community.

The RipeLocalDeals.com audience is almost perfect for local businesses to target. What is their profile? They skew female, are slightly older, have a higher income and are quite internet and socially active. What does this mean for your business? Simply put, they have more disposable income and tend to spend on themselves and others freely. Plus they will tell their friends and associates about their experience with your business!

The RipeLocalDeals.com Customer Retention Program gives new customers a reason to come back. This program begins with running a Ripe Deal on RipeLocalDeals.com to expose your business to tens of thousands of consumers, many of whom will purchase your deal and become a first-time customer. But it doesn’t end there. Their suite of retention tactics including email, social media, and surveys keeps your business at the top of consumers minds and invites those customers back, so your business becomes their new go-to spot.

Select businesses featured on RipeLocalDeals.com have another fantastic way to increase the value of their new customers’ first visit when they redeem their vouchers. With the Ripe Rewards™ program, RipeLocalDeals.com will give Ripe Rewards™ to your new customers for shopping, spending and re-booking at your business. Ripe Rewards™ are credits called “Ripe Dollars” that can be used like cash to purchase other deals at RipeLocalDeals.com. This program rewards customers for being loyal to the local businesses who run deals. Ripe Rewards can be offered for doing things like:
1. Spending more than a certain level at your business when redeeming the voucher
2. Booking a subsequent appointment at your business
3. Purchasing additional services or product while redeeming the voucher
4. Bringing a friend (while redeeming the voucher) who also makes a purchase at your business

To summarize, RipeLocalDeals.com is not like any other daily deal site. They want to earn and keep your business!

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By admin, August 24, 2011 7:12 pm

Now talk about a DUMB thief!!

A woman who had just been released from the Douglas County jail is accused of breaking into cars in the jail parking lot and at a restaurant across the street, officials said.

Deputies originally arrested 21-year old Gabrielle Begay over the weekend on fighting charges. She was released after posting a $1,500 bond.

Then deputies said witnesses reported Begay walked directly across the street from the jail and started breaking into cars in the Hudson’s Hickory House restaurant parking lot.

Restaurant employee Tony Mirabelli said he spotted a woman looking inside his yellow Kia Sportage and rushed to stop her from removing items.

“She turned around, opened the car door, took an envelope that was right here on my dash,” Mirabelli told Channel 2′s Richard Elliot.

“I simply took the envelope out of her hand,” said Mirabelli. “I got in my car and went across the street to the sheriff’s office and made a report of it.”

Deputies said Mirabelli told them he saw the woman headed into the jail parking lot. Deputies said they found Begay breaking into cars there.

“The deputies went directly outside and took her into custody,” said Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan Copeland. “We would like people to try and stay out of jail if possible but especially within 30-minutes of their release. We expect you can stay straight for at least that long.”

“Blew my mind,” said Mirabelli when he learned that Begay had been released from jail just minutes before he said he caught her breaking into his car. “I can’t believe someone would literally walk out of jail, come across the street and go right back in again.”

A judge set bond for Begay at $14,000. She remains in the Douglas County Jail.
————What a dumb thief!!

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By admin, August 19, 2011 8:44 am

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By admin, March 2, 2011 2:44 pm

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