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PORTLAND, Ore. — Tracing this story back to its beginning means tracing my beard back to its wispy roots. They first took hold a month ago, when my apartment in Cambridge was starting to heat up. For most men (and presumably some women), an increase in temperature means shaving regularly; it means avoiding beard tans. But I had ambitions and no one to discourage me. I was turning 21, and I was determined to grow a beard...
...Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain. The slogan became "Have Your Garden, and Eat It Too." Soon gardens began popping up everywhere, and not just American lawns - plots sprouted up at the Chicago County Jail, a downtown parking lot in New Orleans, and a zoo in Portland, Ore. In 1943, Americans planted 20.5 million Victory Gardens, and the harvest accounted for nearly one-third of all the vegetables consumed in the country that year...
...scrap recycling. Across the bay, Alameda County--which includes Berkeley--also recycles organic waste from residences and restaurants, and in Seattle, the massive Cedar Grove recycling facility handles 40,000 tons of food waste a year. Toronto has the most extensive organic recycling program in North America, and Portland, Ore., is considering adding curbside food-scrap pickup...
With gas prices skyrocketing and carbon-footprint consciousness going mainstream, more and more cities are betting that Americans are finally ready to make biking part of their daily commute. Denver and Minneapolis will also kick off bike-sharing programs this summer, and Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Seattle, and Arlington, Va., are in talks to launch their versions within the next year...
...make the public aware that there are no scientific studies proving that vaccines are not to blame. Our government and pharmaceutical companies have not conducted any long-term double-blind placebo studies of vaccine-treatment results, and there is no proof one way or another. Marie D. Zeller, PORTLAND, ORE...