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Recycling Is BS

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New Report Confirms: Recycling Is BS

Recycling makes you feel good about buying disposable packaging and sorting it into neat little piles so that you can then pay your city or town to take away and ship across the country or farther so that somebody can melt it and downcycle it into a bench if you are lucky.

Corning Preserve opened river to grateful populace (with photo gallery) | The Daily Gazette

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Landmarks: Corning Preserve opened river to grateful populace (with photo gallery) | The Daily Gazette

more than 30 years now, various politicians, civil engineers, businessmen and all kinds of entrepreneurial spirits have debated how best to use the Corning Preserve.

Since that area, a small strip of land between downtown Albany and the Hudson River, was first dedicated as the Corning Preserve in 1978, work has been done to enhance its parklike presence and to improve its accessibility from downtown. And, while many grandiose plans to enhance the area have been scrapped or put on the shelf, the Corning Preserve has nonetheless evolved into a nice escape from the urban landscape of downtown Albany.

 

NPR

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Biden Is Outspending Trump On TV, And Just 6 States Are The Focus Of The Campaign : NPR

Where the major party presidential campaigns are spending their money on TV advertising can tell you a lot about where they're focusing their efforts.

And based on that, it's pretty clear that the race between President Trump and Joe Biden is coming down to just six swing states — Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. They are getting the lion's share of the TV advertising money from the campaigns and outside groups supporting them.

More than $700 million has been spent on TV ad bookings so far in 14 key states, with almost 85% of that money going to the big six, according to data collected by ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics through Friday, and analyzed by NPR.