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Antioch toddler OK after accidentally drinking margarita

Sacramento Bee
June 15, 2007 - A manager on duty mistakenly grabbed the margarita bottle instead of the apple juice jug, Tei said. The company will reimburse the Mayorgas for their medical bills. ...
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Better dining through chemistry

The Orange County Register
June 15, 2007 - He weighed 100 grams of water and 1 gram of calcium chloride and stirred them together in a stainless-steel bowl. First he demonstrated the squeeze bottle technique using the grape juice mixture. Holding the spout over the "swimming pool," he gave the sides of the plastic bottle a pretty good pinch to create a test glob. He pressed a meaty diver scallop on top, then sealed the glued package tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerated it. ...
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State threatens stiff fine for Ballico tire recycler

Merced Sun-Star
June 15, 2007 - State regulators are threatening to fine a Ballico tire recycler $360,000 for keeping too many tires at its facility. State law mandates that 50 percent of scrap tires be kept out of landfills and recycled. Before starting its tire recycling operation 10 years ago, the company processed almond hulls and prunings. ...
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State launches recycling plan for CFLs

Bangor Daily News
June 15, 2007 - When the bucket fills up, store employees seal the bucket and ship it to a recycling facility."All the consumer needs to do is bring it in to us. Broken bulbs cannot be brought to stores participating in the recycling program.Broken CFL debris should never be vacuumed because that can disperse the mercury dust. ...
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Box 310: A Life Left Behind

Washington Post
June 15, 2007 - But there's something else the property office can't part with, not yet: a yellowed, plastic box the size of a carton of cereal. Among the papers was a lease for the safe deposit box signed by Henry de Gruchy. She slid the plastic bag protecting the ashes back into the vault. ...
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Backers continue bottle bill push

Albany Times Union
June 15, 2007 - Associated Press ALBANY -- Advocates of expanding New York's bottle deposit law continue to press lawmakers to pass the bill backed by Gov. The "Bigger, Better Bottle Bill" sponsored by Republican Sen. The bill would also require beverage distributors to transfer any unclaimed deposits from unreturned containers to the state Environmental Protection Fund. ...
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State launches recycling plan for CFLs

Bangor Daily News
June 15, 2007 - Broken bulbs cannot be brought to stores participating in the recycling program. Broken CFL debris should never be vacuumed because that can disperse the mercury dust. But he said the overall, long-term environmental benefits of the bulbs are clear, especially with recycling. ...
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Good Enough to Eat: Seeds started indoors offer a bigger payoff

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 15, 2007 - If I'm seeding into plastic cell packs, I add a handful of builders sand to every three handfuls of mix. Incidentally, a sheet of cell packs just fits in a standard 21-by-10 1/2-inch plastic seedling flat, also available from most nurseries. More vertical corn seedlings do fine in the 1-by-2-inch plastic cells. ...
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Calif. eatery gives toddler margarita

The State, South Carolina
June 15, 2007 - ...plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area. The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers. "We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake," Tei said....
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Toddler gets sick after getting margarita in his sippy cup

Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 15, 2007 - ...plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area. The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers. "We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake," Tei said....
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