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gearshift
Dec 13 2009 at 11:15 PM
It is about time to let the past on rodents expire. One should pay attention to nature's wondertful site. There are many thoughtful goods, and beautiful discoveries towards a better and more healtheir life. Mother Nature's site offers this!
Gearshift
Dec 03 2009 at 12:12 AM
It is often wodered if mother nature loves rodents. Twenty cities infested with politicians, plus waves of rats is quiet a combination. However there have been reported in several tourist-trapping states of wharf rats ten to thirteen inches lengh.Most likerly these
filthy cites must be infested with home made rats thrikving of the labor of i9nsignificant hoards of inaticulate souls. What a shame.
Check with the named cities, states, and one will discover all are under the city manger system of political
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whoredom. This is the final result in using these fools in alst straw to milk any and all citizens to the hilt by taxes.
The late flick with James Cagney as city manager, ( You Dirty Rats ), anchors right into the possibility that four legged rats and political rodents are in the same boat.
It will be more humane by making it clear as to what nuisance is to be tolerated, those called dirty rats, or the
two legged political blight who steals while two legs on the floor,, and both hands in some citie's vault or parking meter funds.
Ed Brophy
Jul 04 2010 at 3:05 PM
The REPORTING that "renowned rodent experts" Dale Kaukeinen and Dr. Bruce Colvin need to REFOCUS on is
NOT WHAT WE DON'T WANT, but WHAT WE DO WANT:
"INSPECT" and REPORT why 6 of the top 25 cities for U.S. Population were managed too well to ever make it to the
D-Con Risk Report— those such as Indianapolis with aging infrastructure.
Those with the most knowledge that take decisive action are the winners. "Inspect what you expect": Inspect— Review— Regulate.
The five U.S. Cities Ranking in
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the Top 25 for Population
that DID NOT qualify for 2009 D-Con Rodent Risk Report:
5 Phoenix, AZ-Pop:1,601,587
12 San Francisco, CA-Pop:815,358
14 Indianapolis, IN-Pop:807,584
15 Austin, TX-Pop:786,382
24 Denver, CO-Pop:610,345
November 10, 2009 · Ohhhh Rats…
D-Con’s 2009 Rodent Risk Report
top 25 cities for rodent risk:
1 New York, NY
2 Atlanta, GA
3 Houston, TX
4 Louisville, KY
5 Philadelphia, PA
6 Chicago, IL
7 Boston, MA
8 San Antonio, TX-Pop: 1,373,668
9 Milwaukee, WI
10 Detroit, MI- Pop: 910,920
11 Columbus, OH-Pop: 769,360
12 Baltimore, MD
13 Oklahoma City, OK
14 Memphis, TN
15 Portland, OR
16 El Paso, TX
17 Nashville, TN
18 Ft. Worth, TX
19 Jacksonville, FL
20 Dallas, TX
21 Washington, DC
22 San Jose, CA
23 Charlotte, NC
24 San Diego, CA
25 Seattle, WA- Pop 617,334
gearshift
Nov 15 2009 at 7:16 PM
Mom nature had nothing to with creating a HUMANOID. Digg should erase such adverse language from its website. Humanism is a deep-seated regression, into one's unconscious mind; in layman's terms, a homemade
selfish introversion, of morons who 's individual egos are controlled by ids,
in conflict with their egos and super
egos, gathering up personalitie's of every ilk, with personality suppression
complex syndromes.
Digg! Dig into this humanistic mulch.
Rodent Risk Report
Rodent experts Dr. Bruce Colvin and Dale Kaukeinen completed a study in 2007 assessing cities’ risk from rodent populations. This year, d-CON provided the funding for a similar survey reflecting the economic downturn and its possible effect on urban sites and conditions that might affect rodent populations. The experts used census data, city revenues and expenditures plus rates of unemployment and foreclosures to get the complete rodent picture. But rats aren't the only animals these cities have to offer. MNN supplemented their scientific findings with the finer side of the animal kingdom. For each city, we've added a few appealing animal stops — for travelers, or perhaps for the residents seeking to regain some urban pride.
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