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Urban Schools Aim for Environmental Revolution By MICHAEL WINES Six big-city school systems are combining their purchasing power to persuade suppliers to sell healthier and more environment-friendly products, like compostable food trays, at low prices.

 

 

  Worms Produce Another Kind of Gold for Growers

By JIM ROBBINS

New research suggests that vermicompost, a worm-created soil additive, helps plants grow with more vigor, and makes them more resistant to disease and insects, than those grown with other types of composts and fertilizers.

Obama Unveils 2012 Campaign Slogan

"Forward" replaces "Change" as the president's one-word pitch to American voters.



Dead Jellyfish Stings 150 People in New Hampshire

When a lifeguard attempted to drag the jellyfish to the beach using a pitchfork, it broke up into lots of small pieces, each with the ability to sting.

Put Down the Pitchforks on SOPA

By DAVID POGUE

Not enough people have acknowledged that the opposition was arguing two totally different different points-the "you're going about it the wrong way" group and the "we want our illegal movies!" group. Which president was the first to throw out the inaugural pitch of the baseball season? On a beautiful, sunny April 14 — exactly 100 years ago today — President and Mrs. William Howard Taft showed up at National Park in Washington, DC, to watch the Washington Senators play against the Philadelphia Athletics. It was the American League's baseball season opener. Senators manager Jim McAleer suggested that the president toss out the game's opening ball, and Taft threw the ceremonial first pitch, beginning an annual tradition that exists to this day. Taft and his party, which included vice president James S. Sherman, stayed for the whole game, to see the Senators win 3-0. Since then, every president with the exception of Jimmy Carter has thrown at least one ceremonial pitch during his tenure in office. Quote: "I see great things in baseball. It's our game — the American game." — Walt Whitman The ceremonial first ball is a longstanding ritual of American baseball in which a guest of honor throws a ball to mark the end of pregame festivities and the start of the game. But will the alternatives be too pricy? France Bans All Plastic Dishware Starting in 2020 Disposable plates, bowls, and forks must all be plant-based and compostable. FORTUNE.COM  compost Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɒst/ noun [mass noun] decayed organic material used as a fertilizer for growing plants: cover with a layer of fine compost a mixture of compost or similar material with loam soil used as a growing medium: sweet peppers can be grown singly in pots of potting compost [count noun]:peat-free composts verb [with object] make (vegetable matter or manure) into compost: don’t compost heavily infested plants treat (soil) with compost: we turned clay soil into almost workable soil by composting it Derivatives compostable adjective composter noun Origin: late Middle English: from Old French composte, from Latin composita, compositum 'something put together', feminine and neuter past participle of componere

pitch,

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1
(1) 投げる［ほうる］こと；《野球》投球.
(2) 《ゴルフ》＝pitch shot.

2 投げられた物（の量）；((英))（販売用に）積まれた商品.

3 [C][U]((単数形))（相対的な）点, 位置, 程度

a high pitch of enthusiasm
たいへんな意気込み

the lowest pitch of poverty
極貧

to such a pitch that ...
…というほどまでに.

4 [U][C]傾斜（度）, 角度, 勾配.

5 ((the 〜))最高度, 頂点, 極み, 絶頂

at the pitch of one's ability
能力の限りに.

6 [U]（音の）調子, 高さ, ピッチ.

7 ((略式))
(1) しつこい売り込み口上；（テレビ・ラジオの）宣伝.
(2) 計画, 観点.

8 （人・物の）定位置；((英))（露天商などの）決まった居場所；((英))キャンプ場

make one's pitch
((米俗))居を構える

Keep off my pitch！
((英))おれのしま［縄張り］にはいるな.

9
(1) ((英))（サッカー・クリケット・ホッケーの）競技場（((米))field）.
(2) 《クリケット》両三柱門の間の場所.

10 （船の）縦揺れ（⇔roll）；《航空》機首の上下振動；プロペラ1回転当たりの前進距離；（ロケット・ミサイルの）縦揺れ.

11 《機械》ピッチ.
(1) 歯車の歯と歯の間の距離.
(2) ねじが1回転で進む距離.

12 《漕艇》ピッチ.

13 《トランプ》
(1) ＝seven-up 1.).

A pitchfork next to a compost bin. 堆肥桶
A broad-tined fork, useful for digging into sod, for harvesting potatoes or root crops, or for mixing amendments into the soil.