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text: The Dixie National Forest occupies almost two million acres and stretches for about 170 miles across southern Utah. It straddles the divide between the Great Basin and the Colorado River. The Escalante Ranger District is central to the forest and offers high mountain meadows and lakes. Lush mountain meadows and crisp mountain springs are plentiful. The Forest Service website offers a comprehensive list of camping, fishing, and other outdoor activities.

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Q: Could you explain the purpose of the "Caution Falling Water" sign on Interstate 787 northbound between Exits 7 and 8? I've never seen one of those caution signs before, and I can't imagine that any more water falls there than any other place on any area highway.
— Tom Howe, East Greenbush
A: "Raindrops keep falling on my head, but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying's not for me. 'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining…"
Oops, sorry. I got distracted by the song your question inspired.
The sign came down last Monday, but state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Carol Breen offered an explanation for why it was there.
"This is a temporary sign that was installed as part of the project to replace the deck on the Congress Street bridge, which carries Route 2 over I-787 and the Hudson River," she said. "The project involves removing the existing concrete deck and pouring concrete to form a new deck. The concrete curing process includes 14 days of 'wet cure' while the concrete is hardening and must be kept wet."
As you can imagine, that water sometimes drips from the bridge onto the highway below. On a sunny day, that would be a surprise to the drivers below.
"The sign is meant to warn motorists – especially motorcyclists and those in convertibles – to watch for possible water falling from the bridge and that the pavement could be wet," Breen said. "The signs were installed during a 'wet cure' period during the summer and then removed. The signs were installed again recently during another 'wet cure' period."
That process was completed last Monday, and the signs have been removed.


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The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt
The water moccasin is a poisonous, venomous species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When antagonized, they will stand their ground by coiling their bodies and displaying their fangs. Although their aggression has been exaggerated, on rare occasions territorial males will approach intruders in an aggressive manner. This is the world's only semi-aquatic viper, usually found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes, streams, and marshes.
Near water is where you find human moccasins, two-legged snakes that spend taxpayer dollars on anything that they want to with no regard to equal rights, justice, fairness or Florida law!
According to Broward County's New Times Newspaper and other media sources, the South Florida Water Management District "has no qualms about squandering our money when politics are in play."
It is not unusual to see Florida's five water management districts in cahoots with big political campaign contributors and greedy contractors when billions of tax dollars are being spent.
And just like the reptilian version, the two legged water snakes will attack anyone that questions the way that they do business.
How would you like to spend millions of dollars on worthless swamp land to help your buddies and cohorts? Maybe you'd like to spend billions of dollars with your business friends by ignoring Florida's, and sometimes Federal, small and minority business participation laws.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe members on Florida's Water Management District boards are appointed.
If all Florida citizens are taxed to provide funding for water management districts and about 15% of Florida residents are African American, it would seem fair to have about 15% of advisory members on water management districts to be African American citizens.
But Blacks in the Sunshine State can't go to sleep and dream about being a decision maker in any of Florida's five water management districts because those positions are reserved for people that will do whatever they are told to do by big politicians and big business people.
OK, why should The Gantt Report care about what goes on in Florida's Water Management Districts?
Well, The Gantt Report, The NAACP, The SCLC, The Urban League, Florida's Black Chambers of Commerce, Florida's Black contractors, Florida's Black engineers, Florida's Black media companies and everybody else concerned about the use and misuse of Florida's tax dollars should be concerned when money is flowing like a river and only white snakes can participate in water management purchasing transactions.
You tell me. How many Black companies are making money on the cleanup of the Everglades? What about beach safety, water recreation, land preservation, waste water operation, and other areas? Do you know any Black people with state contracts to do work in those places?
Well, the South Florida Water Management District is seeking to hire engineers and others to do restoration work on some of South Florida's water and sewer systems and they have over a billion dollars to spend on it.
What are the water management districts plans in regards to complying with Florida's laws regarding minority business participation in such spending projects?
Their plans are to do what they always do, ignore state laws regarding Black and minority businesses and to give all of the money they can to their pet snakes!
Rumors suggest that one or more Black companies have expressed interest in suing the government agency to get the courts to stop the water and sewer restoration until the water management districts spends some of the money it collects from Black citizens with Black businesses.
From my perspective, a law suit against Florida's water management districts would be a good law suit! (Buy Gantt's book "Beast Too: Dead Man Writing" for the perfect holiday gift. Contact Lucius at www.allworldconsultants.net)


text: A panel or two from BlackStar from Mike Lynch and Abandoned Comics...they've been very nice and very patient over me finding a chance to fit this in for them. Hope they'll still find it worth the wait when the last four pages are coloured up. Very pleased with how it's turning out; lots of exploring 'retro' colour palettes and then throwing them out the window again.


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Aussie game sales down 19%
NPD data from January-June 2012 showed physical video game retail sales decline; price drops across hardware and software good news for the industry.
Sales of physical video game sales across Australia experience a decline of 19.5 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2012, according to figures from NPD released today.
According to the data, total sales for the local video game industry for January-June 2012 were $465.6 million, compared to $578.6 million for the same period in 2011. NPD local analyst Andrew Milgate described the software market shrink came as a result of a lack of new content.
"One of the reasons for the decline was a lack of new software released in the first half compared to last year," Milgate told GameSpot AU. "The number of new software SKUs in the market was down 30 percent, which was similar to the drop in new releases in the US (down 34 percent)."
However, the number of units sold only dropped by 2.8 percent, a fact Milgate attributes to a lowering of average game prices. Hardware prices also experienced a drop: according to NPD, the average price of hardware dropped by $51 in the first half of 2012. This lowered price led to a growth in units for HD consoles, in particular the PlayStation 3, which Milgate said saw a double-digit increase.
Despite the overall market loss, both PC Games and gaming peripherals increased in value and units during the period.
NPD also released a list of the top ten best-selling video games in Australia between January-June 2012, across all platforms including PC. Diablo III topped the list, followed by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Mass Effect 3.
The full list can be found below.
Top ten video games sold in Australia, January-June 2012
1. Diablo III
2. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
3. Mass Effect 3
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5. Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
6. Battlefield 3
7. Max Payne 3
8. Assassins Creed Revelations
9. Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games
10. Saints Row The Third
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"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes. They must be crippled – our men must be avenged!"
"And you will pay?"
"We have an agreement. I am a man of my word and my pockets are as deep as they come."
"We will get the job done, Milord. They will never know what hit them!"
"It is more important that no one else knows what hit them, Felix!"
The two men were sitting in a dimly lit tavern in Callioth – the City of Courage. Lord Sunnycool had donned a simple, rough robe and put on its hood. His old friend Felix wore typical Dragon Battalion uniform – that is to say – undistinguishable from regular robes of adventurers, save a small dragon emblem, visible only to those who know where to look. The tavern was called "The Thirty Mugs" and many suspicious-looking people visited it – looking for secrecy and a quiet place to make arrangements of all sorts. Two tables from Sunny and the Xi Squad leader was another member of the Dragon Battalion – Paul. Sunny had dismissed his regular guards, but he trusted that Paul would watch his back at least as well. All the remaining guests were whispering in couples or small groups.
The owner of the place did not mind. He never had to deal with fights and all of his visitors paid well. Besides – it was nice to have a reputation for secrecy. It was good for the business. He was washing some glasses quietly, not even bothering to eavesdrop on the silent conversations. He did not care. They paid well for his attitude.
"Felix, you do understand the importance of this mission being kept absolutely black?" the Lord whispered after sipping from his wine. It was of dreadful quality. He made a mental note to clear his taste once he got back to the castle.
"Yes, Stan!" Felix answered with a wink. Few people knew of the Lord's real name and it made perfect cover name for this secret conversation.
"Good," Sunny said, emptying his glass of wine, "I will return to the castle then. Videous has been making a lot of fuss about his punishment and Locky is backing him up. I have some explaining to do I guess."
A sigh followed. Many Realmers had expressed dissatisfaction with the Lord's actions since the Corsair Attack, but he was convinced that he did what he had to do. At least Andy had agreed. Of course no one knew of this little undertaking, but Sunny was sure that no one would miss the Corsair leaders. Or a few other Corsairs for that matter. Xi Squad would get the job done. No need to worry anyone. The Corsair War was officially over. Well, Sunny thought, soon it will be over for real!
Sunny nodded to Felix, then turned around, winked at Paul and left "The Thirty Mugs"
Felix patiently finished his wine, sitting completely still. Paul rose from his seat and left the inn some two minutes after the Lord. Felix followed and the two men walked silently to the stables. It was a cool, clear night and the moon shone on the dusty road. The two tall Dragons rode off as soon as they retrieved their steeds.
Half an hour later they finally spoke, as they rode on the dusty road.
A wolf howled in the darkness as Felix said:
"You, me and Ben."
Paul was not surprised at all, but made an ironic double take. He spotted a figure in the woods, prepared to fight and found out it was a fox. He laughed at himself and then asked:
"Isla de Corsairs!"
"You gotta be kidding me?" The surprise was genuine this time. "How the Oblivion are we going to get there?"
"We swim!" Felix replied as he smiled.
"Dude, I hope you won't get us killed. We are no Sea Dragons, you know?" Paul was serious. He did not like the idea of a voyage to some unfriendly islands far, far away.
"Don't worry, Paul. I have connections there. They need new men after the attack. We will volunteer for corsair duty, infiltrate them, kill their two leaders, stick around for a while and bug out afterwards."
It sounded incredibly dangerous to Paul. He liked that:
"Dragon style, eh?"
"Yeah, mano! The assassination might be tricky, but I am sure Ben will think of something. It'll be easy enough since we will be three out of about one hundred newcomers. We will make it look like an internal power struggle. The damned pirates are not happy with their leaders at the moment anyways. If we instigate an internal war, the bloody bastards will just kill each other off, sparing the world from their honourless shit!" Felix said. Sunny's plan was brilliant. The Lord would have revenge on the two leaders responsible for the hundreds of dead Realmers and eliminate the "threat at sea" forever. Paul nodded, truly impressed.
"We'll pull it off all right! How much is our dear ex-Dragon paying us for this?"
The question amused Felix. Dragons were mercenaries after all. And mercenaries also needed food. Of course the pay was a crucial part of an agreement.
"Enough for three years of food, drink and pleasure!"
Paul was surprised again. He was also surprised that he had been surprised so many times this night. The Realmers were cheap bastards, but apparently this mission meant a lot to them. Hell with it – Paul did not really care. Killing pirates was all right in his book. The hits would not be easy, meaning a lot of glory and if they paid them this well, then no Dragon could say no to such a mission. He smiled and asked one final question:
"Ain't we bringing Scarlet? Could get lonely out on the seas!"
Felix looked him straight in the eyes:
"You dirty fiddlestick, Paul! She is taken! Get over it!" Felix said seriously, and then added: "A woman at sea is bad luck anyways!"
The two Dragons laughed. They rode on towards Cobalt Village, where Ben, Scarlet and a few other Xi Squad Dragons were waiting for them.
Three months later, Lord Sunnycool paid them in person. The large amount of gold was followed by a smile and a single sentence: "You guys make me wish I was a Dragon again!"


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Palm Unveils New Slim, Sleek Treo Smartphone — MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: — For people who are ready to move up to a full-featured mobile phone that includes everything needed to stay organized, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 680 smartphone, a GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone.
Discussion: Engadget Mobile, Gizmodo, Shop Talk, Phone Scoop and Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile: Palm announces Treo 680
Erin Kandel / Shop Talk: Palm Treo 680: An Entry-Level Smartphone
Jimmy Daniels / Alice Hill's Real Tech News: Treo 680 Smart Phone for the Casual User
Peter Rojas / Engadget: Hands-on with the Treo 680 — It was a total mob scene …
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Live from Palm's Treo announcement at DigitalLife
Live from Palm's Treo announcement at DigitalLife
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Michael Sippey / Everything TypePad: TypePad Mobile and the Treo 680
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Oprah and Bono to unveil Product Red iPod nano tomorrow — Exclusive: Activist and rock singer Bono, with help from Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities, is partnering with Apple Computer on a red-colored iPod to promote his new charity aimed at battling AIDS, AppleInsider has learned.
Discussion: Engadget, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Gizmodo, Infinite Loop, CrunchGear, Alpha.CNET.com and digg
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Microsoft Partners to Offer New Windows Vista-Ready Products for Holidays — Windows Vista logo program designed to help encourage compatibility and performance in partner software and hardware. — Today at DigitalLife 2006, Microsoft Corp. announced the holiday availability of PCs …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Still no sign of Vista coupons
Still no sign of Vista coupons
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Asack / A Sack of Seattle:
What's been hard at Judy's Book — Following up on my post yesterday, below are answers to the question of what's been harder than expected at Judy's Book. — Achieving critical mass in local — Momentum in any one location doesn't transfer to others - you have to fight the same fight over and over.
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Announcing ReviewMe! — In April I mentioned that I wanted to create some sort of a social network. I left that description intentionally broad such as to not tip my hand too much. But the idea was a social ad network. — I had a good idea, but hate the idea of having employees and running a company.
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Xbox 360 granted Good Design Award — A truly international design wins over Japan's judges. — Japan's Good Design Awards are handed out each year to well-designed products across a wide range of industries. Past winners in the game industry have included Nintendo's DS lite and Game Boy micro and Sony's PlayStation 2 and PSP.
Discussion: Xbox 360 Fanboy, Aeropause, You NEWB and digg
Richard Mitchell / Xbox 360 Fanboy: Japan awards 360 for Good Design
Curtis / You NEWB: Xbox 360 wins design award in Japan
Biffsputnik / digg: Xbox 360 granted Good Design Award..in Japan!
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple MacBook owners organizing class action lawsuit — Owners of Apple Computer's new 13-inch MacBook notebooks, whose systems are plagued by intermittent shutdown issues, have become fed up with extended repair times and inadequate resolutions to the problem, and are now organizing a class action lawsuit against the Mac maker.
Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Infinite Loop
Alex Wollenschlaeger / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Disgruntled MacBook owners organising class action suit
IceWeasel - Why Proprietary Software Will Always Win Out — Recently I came across a news article that made me stop and check the source — I was sure I must have stumbled on to the Onion or BBSpot. But no, this is really happening. FireFox isn't "open source" enough, and thus IceWeasel was born …
Discussion: Brian McKenna, Forever Geek, JD on EP and Slashdot
John Dowdell / JD on EP: IceWeasel browser: This discussion makes my head hurt …
Kdawson / Slashdot: IceWeasel — Why Closed Source Wins
Todd Weiss / Yahoo! News:
Could a 30-in. monitor help you do your job faster? — Providing employees with 30-in. computer monitors can boost worker productivity at companies where 17-in. or 19-in. monitors are typically used, according to a French consultant hired for a study sponsored by Apple.
Discussion: SCI FI Tech, Gadgetopia, Forever Geek and Slashdot
Adam Frucci / SCI FI Tech: Dell unveils big LCD screen you can actually afford
Deane / Gadgetopia: The Value of Big Monitors?
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Microsoft and Adobe developer/designer death match — I was just adding stuff to my linkblog, cause we missed our plane to Greensboro (got another one that leaves at 1 p.m., we'll be spending the night in Chicago) and I saw a couple of things that got me to write about the coming Microsoft/Adobe developer/designer death match.
Discussion: The Universal Desktop and JD on EP
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop: Scoble on the Microsoft/Adobe showdown
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Book Review: Beyond Java — Programmers under the age of thirty probably don't realize why Aged Senile Programmers like me are so slow to adopt exciting new programming languages the day they come out, and why we roll our eyes at hip bandwagon ideas that sell books and consulting engagements …
Discussion: Raganwald and Smalltalk Tidbits …
Reginald Braithwaite / Raganwald: Are we Blub programmers?
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Overcoming Development Hurdles
Libyan pupils 'to have laptops' — The government of Libya is reported to have agreed to provide its 1.2m school children with a cheap durable laptop computer by June 2008. — The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank. They cost $100 and manufacturing begins next year, says One Laptop per Child.
Discussion: Inside eWEEK Labs, Kevin Maney, A View from the Isle and Slashdot
Peter Coffee / Inside eWEEK Labs: Secure Networks Will Support $100 Laptops
Samzenpus / Slashdot: Libya Purchases 1.2 mil Wind-up Laptops
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Analysts Downgrade Ad Outlook — Again — Detect Shift Vis-A-Vis Economic Growth — A WELL REGARDED WALL STREET research team has once again downgraded the outlook for U.S. and worldwide ad spending, and may have uncovered a fundamental shift in the way ad industry growth corresponds to the expansion of the general economy.
Discussion: paidContent.org and Screenwerk
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: The Coming Ad Slowdown?
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony's NW-S700/600 series: the best sounding Walkmans, ever — Sony Japan just spilled the deets on their new Walkman S series of digital audio players. The NW-S700 players deliver pretty much exactly what we've already seen: 4/2/1GB of flash memory, 3-line OLED display capable of dishin' albumn art …
Discussion: The Digital Music Weblog, Anything But iPod and digg
Grant Robertson / The Digital Music Weblog: New Sony players claim to cut ambient noise by 75 percent
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Europe to suffer another PS3 delay? — This whole PS3 delay game has really become something of an amusing sideshow at this point: after so much bad press concerning nearly every single aspect of the console, you'd think that Sony would do everything possible to ensure that things run smoothly …
Discussion: You NEWB and CrunchGear
Raj Patel / CrunchGear: Rumor: Another PS3 Delay In Europe
Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
LinuxPhone, For Mobile DIY — Benoit Schillings, chief technology officer of Oslo-based mobile software company Trolltech, is frustrated with the mobile phone industry. Unlike software development for the PC industry, which has reached some level of openness and innovation …
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Nick / Rough Type:
United States vs. Google — Every era of computing has its defining antitrust case. In 1969, at the height of the mainframe age's go-go years, the Justice Department filed its United States vs. IBM lawsuit, claiming that Big Blue had an unfair monopoly over the computer industry.
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The Sustainable Home
The Sustainable Home
Want to keep a sustainable home? This space will give you some great ideas! Cleaning methods and products, organization, affordable organics, and lots of other ideas to be found here.
A previous blog compares two wonderful cleaning products...Mrs. Meyers and Method. They are expensive. I am unemployed. Refusing to cave in to chemical yuckiness and after feedback from friends who do not even buy commercial cleaners, I decided sometime back to try noncommercial cleaners.
I am hooked. First a disclaimer. There is ONE ingredient here which is all-natural, Borax, but some people really do not like it one little bit. More on that later. Now for the good stuff...
First, I figured out a decent stock of cleaning products to MAKE everything I need. Here's the list:
Super Washing Soda
Baking Soda
White Vinegar
Citric Acid (or you can do what I did, and get unsweetened lemon kool-aid)
Essential Oil of your choice (I used Rosemary and Mint)
...and here's a picture:
Next, I make what I call my "basic mixture"...
4 parts Borax
2 parts Super Washing Soda
1 part Baking Soda
a little essential oil (a few drops works just fine)
This mixture forms the basis for everything else, and has some great uses on its own. Here are a few:
-Sprinkle on the rug before you vaccuum to make the rug smell fresh.
-Use to keep bugs away--Borax is a natural bug repellent!
-Scrub sinks, tubs, and toilets with it
To make a spray, dissolve about 1/2 cup in 16 oz white vinegar. This makes a terrific disinfecting cleaner for the bathroom and kitchen. You will not smell the vinegar!
For dishwasher detergent, add a packet of unsweetened Kool-Aid to a cup of mixture. Fill the rinse dispenser of your diswasher with white vinegar. Since I have a terrible dishwasher, it didn't work very well in mine, and I am still perfecting this recipe...I ended up breaking down and buying Seventh Generation, which works a little better.
For laundry detergent, grate 1/3 bar of laundry soap (I use a home made stain stick soap...you can buy mine in the Shepherd's Harvest Store or use a bar of goat milk soap) into a pan. Pour 6 cups of boiling water over the soap, and heat it on a low setting until the soap is melted. Add 1 cup of the basic mixture and stir until it is dissolved. Pour 4 cups of hot water in a large bucket, add the soap mixture, and stir. Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups warm water and stir well. Let the entire mixture sit for 24 hours. It will gel, and end up looking like a gloppy "egg noodle soup," but it works very well! Use the rest of your laundry soap as a stain stick. You may add a few drops of essential oil for fragrance if you like.
For windows, mix vinegar with a few drops of essential oil...lemon works well for cutting grease. Works like a charm.
And now...drum roll please...I promised you some good information about Borax. The very best source-of-all-sources I could find was from my favorite blogger, Crunchy Betty. Here are her very well documented thoughts on Borax: http://www.crunchybetty.com/getting-to-the-bottom-of-borax-is-it-safe-or-not
Sooo...I am pretty happy with all my new spiffy cleaning "inventions" and am spending literally a FRACTION of what I previously spent on cleaning products! My home smells terrific--all minty and stuff--and I feel pretty good about using more natural ingredients in my cleaning routine.
Let me know if you try it...off to make some soap. The clean-up will be nice this time!
Method vs. Mrs. Meyers...some of my favorite non-toxic cleaners!
What is the thing we do MOST, hate most, and is most toxic to our bodies in our home? Cleaning! When I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia around ten years ago, I started a journey to detoxify my body...the journey continues. After starting with food, I realized that shampoo, lotions, and soaps all needed to be changed. One day I was very sore and realized that I had been cleaning with harsh household cleaners the day before...so, the next leg of the journey started!
There are many home remedies on the market, and some are excellent. At some point I will publish the "best of the best," but for now let's take the easy route...stuff you can buy! My two favorite non-toxic, sustainable, useable brands are Mrs. Meyers and Method. Both brands use "earth-friendly" practices and non-toxic ingredients, and have wonderful cleaning power. Here is my personal review of each brand:
Mrs. Meyers' Clean Day
Products I have used
Liquid Dish Soap, Countertop Spray, All Purpose Cleaner, Surface Scrub, Surface Wipes, Bathroom Cleaner, Glass Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Liquid Dish Soap, Countertop Spray, All Purpose Cleaner, Surface Scrub, Surface Wipes, Bathroom Cleaner, Glass Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner
- Cleaning power! All of Mrs. Meyers' products are tremendous at cleaning just about whatever you throw their way.
- Huge variety of scents, if you find one you like, you can use it all over the place. The scent usually dissipates quickly after the product dries, but Mrs. Meyers sells candles if you want it to linger. All natural essential oils are used for the scent. Also, they have cool scents like basil (nice for the kitchen) and lavender (for the bathroom) if you like that sort of thing!
- Price. The products are pretty expensive, BUT there are ways to get around this sticking point. The All Purpose Cleaner is concentrated, and can be used as the kitchen counter spray, thus saving quite a bit if you have a spray bottle. I dilute it 3:1. Also, you can purchase most of these products from Amazon.com by subscription--free shipping, great savings, and automatic delivery at fixed intervals...works great! If you purchase this way, it is less expensive than Wal-Mart!
- Scent. Both a pro and a con...my husband is very sensitive to the essential oils, and it makes him sneeze and sometimes causes a slight headache. If I clean when he is not home, no worries.
MethodProducts I have used
Antibacterial Kitchen Cleaner, Antibacterial Bathroom Cleaner (Spearmint), Daily Shower Spray, Glass and Surface Cleaner, Squirt and Mop Hard Floor Cleaner (Lemon Ginger), Good for Wood Daily Clean, Dish Pump, Marine Naturals Refreshing Body Wash, All-Purpose Cleaner
- Generally excellent cleaners. Best product, hands down, is the Daily Shower Spray--keeps my shower spotless with an occasional wipedown. Love it! The Floor Cleaner is also terrific, and smells wonderful. The other products are good as well, although I tend to like the Mrs. Meyers all purpose cleaner best.
- Best scents--no headaches for my husband! They smell wonderful, not overpowering, with absolutely no chemical smell. I LOVE the scents!
- Expensive! Very expensive! Again, I have found a way around this...here is my secret...the website www.soap.com has good prices on Method products to begin with. Sign up for their emails and get coupons. Look on www.retailmenot.com and search for coupons for soap.com. You can usually find 20% off and free shipping, and sometimes 30% off and free shipping if you order over $49. of product. Then order refill sizes. You can order about a 6 month supply for less than 1/3 of what you would pay in a grocery store. Totally worth it!


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The PhD fellowship includes work offered by the Graduate School of Science and Technology amounting to 280 hours annually. Such work is typically tutoring hours for undergraduate courses within the PhD student's area of expertise, but it can also include other types of dissemination activities.
If the PhD student has a PhD scholarship, he or she is normally offered a similar job, paid in addition to his or her PhD scholarship (up to approximately DKK 58,000 annually in 2016).
The salaried work offered by the Graduate School of Science and Technology will allow the PhD student to fulfill the dissemination requirements for his or her PhD studies.
The Graduate School of Science and Technology offers flexibility in the specific scheduling of the salaried working hours, and the PhD student can always decline the offer of salaried work (with a corresponding reduction in the amount paid). Please be aware that if the offer of salaried work is declined, the dissemination requirements for the PhD studies must still be met.
All PhD students are granted one semester's teaching exemption with no reduction in payment. Furthermore PhD fellows might get a teaching exemption with no reduction in payment for a period of up to six months owing to a stay abroad. The exemption amounts to a maximum of 140 hours for six months. To obtain the latter kind of exemption, the stay abroad must cover the greater part of a teaching period. Thus, it is not possible to get teaching exemption for just one month, for instance.


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Teaming up for the extravagent celebrations, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult attended the world premiere party in London together earlier this week.
While promoting her new film "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," the 23-year-old actress stepped out with her on-again-off-again boyfriend at the Royal Court of Justice.
A lucky fan managed to snap a photo of Jennifer chatting with another party-goer while Nicholas talked on his cellphone.
Not only was the "Warm Bodies" star at the premiere, but his sister Rosanna Hoult stopped by for the festivities as well.
"On route to the Hunger Games London premiere, Excited!" Rosanna tweeted.
Jennifer and Nicholas called off their relationship in January but was rumored to have rekindled their romance in August after promoting their upcoming film "X-Men: Days of Future Past" at the 2013 Comic-Con in San Diego, California.


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The 32" Traditional Maple series Jelliquarium Cabinet System is the newest in a line of freestanding home or office jellyfish display systems.
Our Traditional series is designed with a crown molding top, corner trim and a 2" round or octagonal porthole ring. This oak cabinet is 32" Long by 17" Wide and 76" Tall. Built with premium oak veneer plywood. Doors are overlay with hidden, free swinging European hinges, and thump-free button latches. The Oak porthole opening is 21" in diameter. Slatted ventilation slots are located on left end and backside, providing positive air flow. Available in natural, light, medium, dark or red Maple ( see choices in Finish drop-down window to the right ). Interior and backside is sealed and lacquered for durability and water resistance.
Should you desire another color, style of wood or finish we can accommodate you, just ask and let my cabinet company create what you seek.
Our 30" Jelliquarium tank is 30.25" Long by 12" Wide and 30.5" Tall and manufactured from cast acrylic material. This patented 40 gallon faceted tank design includes true surface skimming to eliminate organics and an anti-siphon design feature to minimize back-siphon. This tank comes with a colored back which is available in Black, Light and Dark Blue ( see Background Option above ), an optional Clear back for see-thru two-sided viewing is available.
Lighting includes our new Color Changing LED lighting System. LED technology allows for a rainbow of colors in three modes, slow rotation, disco beat or individual colors. This system uses a micro processor and is operated with a hand held on-off remote control.
Our life support system uses a combination of wet-dry filter technology, a reliable Tradewinds brand chiller, a digital temperature controller and quiet Iwaki brand water pump help ensure a highly oxygenated, biologically effective environment and reliable operation. Ball valves and union fittings allow for easy removal and maintenance of various components and a gate valve allows for the fine adjustments to water flow.
The electrical power center is GFI controlled for ultimate safety, includes a programmable digital timer and both outlet boxes include clear NEMA enclosures for protection from saltwater.
This is a complete or 'operational' system. Once assembled it can be filled with water and operated.


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Archive for Sustainable Lakewood
The Fuller Center of Atlanta Legacy Build 2010 Was a Huge Success Thanks to Your Help!Posted on September 12, 2010 by
(Atlanta, GA) On September 11th, 2010, we not only commemorated our losses from the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, but we also celebrated the Fuller Center 2010 Legacy Build and dedicated 100 houses that were recently built or renovated by volunteers nationwide, 6 of which were in Atlanta. We've been working every other weekend all summer to finish up these homes and look forward to starting on more homes next weekend.
Yesterday was a wonderful celebration of what volunteers, local citizens, neighbors, friends, families, church groups, non-profits and businesses can accomplish by working together to achieve the common goal of eradicating poverty and substandard housing right here at home for all Americans one home at a time. It was a very rewarding experience to all those who participated in Project Lakewood on site and off. The ultimate reward was an experience and sense of satisfaction of a job well done that no amount of money can buy. We thank everyone who participated from the bottom of our hearts. Your contribution made a difference and forever changed the lives of others.


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Welcome to International Preschools!
At International Preschools, our approach to education is anything but typical. From the exceptionally low teacher to student ratios to the various languages and cultures present in our classrooms, we are teaching the kids to appreciate the world and each other. Our goal is to not only prepare our students for future academic success, but to make a more sizable, even global, impact in our young students' lives. Our little learners benefit from direct instruction in Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, German, and French, while interacting with multilingual teachers and classmates who, in total, speak over 14 different languages.
IPS Kindergarten
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We understand that full-day kindergarten is not for everyone. Our half-day kindergarten curriculum teaches beyond core standards, infusing critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and problem-solving to help our students become global citizens, all while preparing them for first grade. Our small class sizes allow the teachers the flexibility to tailor their lessons to meet the individual needs of each student, ensuring that our students are always moving forward in their learning.
Our Kindergarteners have direct instruction in Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, French, and German.
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|Title: Lyrics
Artist: Donell Jones
Label: eOne Music
Year: 2010
Buy Lyrics now
On "Lyrics" from Donell Jones the guys are encouraged to good behaviour towards the girls. If you behave good you might be rewarded with the sweetest love. Except on "How I Wonder" the songs are about love, infidelity and sex.
As we hear on "The World Is Yours" Donell Jones is back to entertain us with r&b and hiphop. There are thirteen songs on "Lyrics" one of them "You Can Burn" is sung by a woman. Of the three dance songs the track "What's Next" feels like the best.
An absolutely great r&b song is "Love Like This" which is already released as a single. The kind of oriental rhythm which mingles with the r&b-flavour in this song is really awesome. On top of this we hear the smooth crooning and warm and sensual voice of Mr.D. Jones. Donell Jones might in fact be one of the sweetest r&b crooners of today. You can discover this yourself in "The Finer Things in Life" which might remind you of the young Babyface. The real hunger for love is expressed in the sweet love song "Just A Little". A pumping and steamy club song is "What's Next" ofcourse the answer to that is sex. But there is more in life as you will find out in "All About The Sex". If you are considering to have an affair just listen to "Imagine That". Another hot song on "Lyrics" to learn from is "Blackmail".(TA)
Stand Out Tracks: Love Like This, Blackmail, All About The Sex, What's Next, The Finer Things In Life, Just A Little
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From speech to writing, from writing to speech. Towards a poetics of orality following five years of research in the Seminario Euraca
In this article I analyze some compositional strategies of the speech staged by two renowned Spanish films produced towards the end of the Transition period (Navajeros and Deprisa, deprisa). On the basis of a comparative of how both films construct differently the representation of their characters' speech in the written script and the oral performance of their interpreters upon this script, and attending to the interval opened by the interplay between both instances, I reflect on some ideas of language, writing and orality that in fact collaborate with the production or problematization of stereotyped and passivizing representations of socio-historical subjectivities such as that of youngsters excluded from the economic and cultural "desarrollista" (developmentalist) order to which both films refer; and from here, I ask about a poetics that would tend to propitiate the linguistic agency any subject has as a speaker. This text formalizes as an article some ideas discussed in the framework of Seminario Euraca, a Madrid based collective research on languages and (genealogies of) crisis on going since November 2012.
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As announced on tonight's 8/19 WWE Main Event on the WWE Network, WWE COO Triple H has announced that WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar will defend the WWE World Title against former champion John Cena at the Night of Champions PPV on September 21 from Nashville, Tennessee.
WWE.com has posted a preview of the match that you can view at the link below.
WWE.com: WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena


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French Creek State Park - Schuylkill River Greenway Connector
|French Creek State Park - Schuylkill River Greenway Connector
|Project Location
|Union Township, Berks County
|Type of Project
Fee simple acquisition and conversion to state park lands
State funds have been committed for one piece of this project; additional state and federal funding requests are pending
|Total Project Cost
|Funds Needed
|Funds Raised
State funds have been committed for one piece of this project; additional state and federal funding requests are pending
|Project Sponsors
Natural Lands Trust
|Final Ownership
PA Bureau of State Parks
|Project Needs
Funds are needed for the acquisition of 300 acres
|Final Ownership
PA Bureau of State Parks
|Project Overview
The extensive unfragmented forest lands in southeastern Berks County provide an important but threatened reserve for native flora, essential breeding areas for declining songbirds, and important cover for exceptional value watersheds. This Big Woods area also provides significant recreational destinations, including French Creek State Park and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, as well as potential future sites for an expansive, interconnected trail system. Losses due to encroaching development are eroding this wooded holdover from an earlier era and threaten today's vision of preserving a significant ecological and recreational greenway. Securing this land would prevent the imminent (planned) development of important habitat buffer lands and create a 300 acre addition to French Creek State Park.
|Project Benefits
Successful completion of this project will protect and restore important habitat, increase state park lands, and secure a priority trail connector site. Upon purchase, the lands will be turned over to the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks for incorporation into French Creek State Park. An important new trail segment from the Park to the Schuylkill River Trail is envisioned on this site. Future management of this land will address multiple habitat objectives. Key acreage of mature woodlands will be preserved, protecting the ecological integrity of threatened Hopewell Big Woods forest lands. In addition, a significant habitat restoration effort will be undertaken on land now in farming use; this will restore important native meadow habitats which are rapidly disappearing from the region.


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The standard classifications approved for use in National Statistics including industrial, occupational and socio-economic classifications:
UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (UK SIC 2007)
The UK standard industrial classification of economic activities, abbreviated as UK SIC, is a 5-digit classification providing the framework for collecting and presenting a large range of statistical data according to economic activity.
Standard occupational classification 2010 (SOC2010)
The standard occupational classification (SOC) is a common classification of occupational information for the UK.
National Statistics country classification
This classification will form the harmonised framework to be used in the collection, processing, and outputs of statistical data on countries in both social and economic statistical collections.
The National Statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SEC rebased on SOC2010)
The National Statistics socio-economic classification has been constructed to measure the employment relations and conditions of occupations.


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ArmyGrid compared to most TBBG is a rather unique one that includes a map builder, chess and real time strategy aspects. Move chess pieces across the map to conquer and expand. In order to protect your existing territory, upgrade defense towers and walls. Whole game is based on gold, which can get your armies, buildings and upgrades. Real-time turn-based PVP. Cross-browser support using minimal internet resources.Interested? Visit ArmyGrid website!
Torn is a responsive text-based browser game that operates in Torn City. Be careful not to end up in jail or hospital. There are many features to choose from, for example go to gym, run your own business and play in casino. Start your company and develop your career. Although, it's kind of difficult getting to higher levels. Torn City has lots of players around the world and it's currently the most popular text-based browser game. Always up to date content.Interested? Visit Torn City website!
Crown of the Gods is a real-time strategy MMO. Mostly involving your resources, dungeons, sieges, continents, portals and much more. This is not a Pay to Win game. You can build empires and enjoy the real-time combat system. Trading system, lots of different troops and buildings available for your empire. Official launch date of CotG was 2015.Interested? Visit Crown of the Gods website!
Browser Dota is a turn based RPG-like real-time browser game inspired by Valve's famous Dota 2 game elements. In this strategic multiplayer game, your objective is to make the strongest hero by reaching the highest level during a match which lasts a week. Each hero has a combination of different skills and items that are put to the test in various battles, or 'ganks', in which the outcome depends on who has the best combination, or 'build'. There are over 50 different skills, over 40 different items and 3 main attribute to choose from: Agility, Strength and Intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses.
Roboid is currently in a beta state. Responsive design, meaning that it is mobile friendly, including tablets. No large images that could slow down loading time. Simple tick/time-based strategy role playing game. Engaging player community. Progressive mission system and a rich world and story. Player vs Player robot combat functionality. Appropriate for all ages and both genders. Earn money, train your own unique Roboid!Interested? Visit Roboid website!
Hyperiums is an online strategy game where you can also enjoy space battling. The game includes a fascinating technology tree where you can see technologies, their costs, needs and what a certain technology brings. In Hyperiums you can own planets, but you can also deploy your fleet or army on foreign planets. Feudal system allows you to become lord or vassal, but it's only possible after 16 days for non-protected cluster and after 32 days for protected cluster.Interested? Visit Hyperiums website!
Politics & War is a strategy game that simulates nations management. Wide range of features that give you the feeling that your every little action has an impact. Your nation's success is not determined by only few values, but rather the overall state of all things together. You have the feeling that you control every aspect of your economy. Interacting and creating connections with other players does play a big role in your progress, keep that in mind.Interested? Visit Politics & War website!
Nations as the name refers is about managing your own nation. Control your population, manage your resources and production. Create factories, buildings, start researching and create your military army. You can recruit various units and start battles. Quite unique and interesting cards system. It has to be mentioned, that this game has extremely modern looks and full mobile support.Interested? Visit Nations website!
Hustlin Mobsters is a free mafia browser game that also requires strategy. The game offers you an opportunity to hire people to work for you such as hustlers, bootleggers, punks etc. You can use your workers to produce dope, fake money, coke or alcohol. Visit market if you want to buy/sell narcotics, limo or weapons. You can search for other gangsters and attack mafiosos who live in the same city as you. If you need more protection, you can hire hitmen, bodyguards and thugs.Interested? Visit Hustlin Mobsters website!
Fleet Wars is a free multiplayer sci-fi game. Your fleets are led in battles by commanders. You could become the expeditioner, militant, economist or scientist. Raid Empire includes players and empires that you can attack. Make sure you choose the right fleets to send on a mission – it's all about balancing Fleet Strength vs Morale Reduction. Build cities, increase the population, collect taxes and earn Credits. Design your ships, improve ships shield effectiveness, build ships and use battle strategies. You will get experience by destroying ships in combat. Fleet Strength determines your ranking place as it's the most important value in the game.Interested? Visit Fleet Wars website!
Ice-Apple is a strategy game that includes politics, economy, society, missions, wars and much more. You can become a ruler of a country, run a business and start a resistance war. Train your stats, join a military unit, create corporation and become a member of a party. Iceberg drift is a fun challenge where you must complete the quests to win prizes. You can buy weapons, gifts, food, house, iron and lots of other items. Create your own newspaper to write articles. You can earn achievements such as Super Soldier, Resistance Hero, Society Builder, Battle Hero, IceApple, and so forth.Interested? Visit Ice-Apple website!
Online Soccer Manager is an online football manager game. In the game you can become a manager of your favourite football team. It's up to you whether you create your own league or start one with your friends. Train your players to be the best and use the best strategy and tactics to become the greatest football manager ever. Sign up and start coaching right now!Interested? Visit Online Soccer Manager website!
vPopulus is a browser game where the main focus is on defending your country. If you sign up, then select your country and train yourself on regular basis to help your country in a war. You must get a job, increase your level, make estate contracts, create armies and participate in various fights. Buy your own house or stay in hotels for a while. Increase your experience to climb the rankings. The final step is becoming a president.Interested? Visit vPopulus website!
StarGateWars is a text-based browser roleplaying game. At the beginning, you will have to choose between four races. Each race has their own special abilities that will help you. You should choose your race wisely to get to the top. Good thing is that you can change your races if you don't like the previous one. Although, you should remember that it costs. Train, attack, defend and conquer the space.Interested? Visit StarGateWars website!
Camadia is a free to play, text-based RPG. You'll arrive at "Newfoundland", island that's intended to accommodate players up to level 25. Camadia has over 12 trainable skills and is a great game for people to play that love games but just don't have the time to pay attention all the time. Launched on October 19th 2018. Community rapidly expanding. There are some perks that can be bought via donations, but nothing overpowered. Combat will require you to train multiple skills, Attack, Defense, Strength and Health. All four of these skills will determine how successful you are in combat. Manage your resources and level up your skills.Interested? Visit Camadia website!
Conquer Club is a text-based browser game where you must use a great strategy. There are many games and you can select which one you would like to play. You can choose how many players will be playing. Select your opponent whether you would like to play against another human or Bots. You can also have a private game with your close friends. Another good thing is that you can't get bored, because there are over 200 maps where you can play. Enjoy!Interested? Visit Conquer Club website!
Galaxy Warfare is a free Sci-Fi browser game with space exploration and combat. Join a faction, earn experience and start leveling up. Explore the Galaxy, find resources, complete quests, find planets and battle other players. Make sure to upgrade your ship to be able to travel further when you play. The ship can be upgraded in different ways and you can also install additional components on your ship. Valuable items can be received by finding them on planets, winning them in the auction, purchasing them from the shop or you can destroy other players and get some of their items.Interested? Visit Galaxy Warfare website!
Virtual Nations is a text-based browser game where you become a virtual citizen and live a virtual life. Try to get a job, but after purchasing a vehicle, the job list is wider. Obviously you can buy/create your own business and become a head of your own company. Don't forget to read newspaper to know every significant issue. Under Military section you can find training area, hospital, harbour and other essential institutions. Go fishing, study new knowledge, go to the university or take part in politics.Interested? Visit Virtual Nations website!
Armaldia is city building strategy/simulator game in which you can build together with your friends on the same map. Create your own in-game items and even change game constants, for example tax rate once you're elected into government. Gather resources to build your own city and win leader boards. Each game round has limited amount of players that can join. Lots of different building types and various manufacturing options. Modern and mobile-friendly game interface.Interested? Visit Armaldia website!
Game Plan Hockey Manager is a text-based browser game about hockey. In World section you can see best players, managers and teams. You can inform yourself with previous matches, results and a short summary. Under your team section you can keep an eye on roster, schedule and player stats. Training includes general/offensive/defensive training, in addition you can select intensity. Invent clever strategies and for help you can always analyze tactics of other teams. Define captains, consider the role-playing and manage your team to winning positions.Interested? Visit Game Plan Hockey Manager website!


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The Clinton Presidential Library released thousands of pages of previously withheld records from the Clinton White House years Friday.
One of the records is an undated set of notes from speechwriter David Shipley for remarks President Clinton made about tax cuts.
In the uncensored notes, Shipley makes it clear just how much better he thought Clinton's tax plan was than proposals put forward by the Republicans.
"I have a good tax cut. my tax cut is better cause it wont screw the economy," he wrote.
Things got even more real later in the text.
"This should be tax cut f**ks up," Shipley wrote.
View Shipley's raw notes below.


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Libraries and Archives
In 2007 Bogotá was named World Book Capital by UNESCO, the first Latin American city to receive this recognition, and the second one in the Americas after Montreal. An outstanding program, the library network and other organizations are working to promote books and reading in the city. Several specific initiatives for the World Book Capital program have been undertaken with the commitment of groups engaged in the book sector, both from the public and private sector.
The city is home to the Biblored, an institution which administers 16 small and four large public libraries (Biblioteca Virgilio Barco, Biblioteca El Tintal, Biblioteca El Tunal and Biblioteca Julio Mario Santodomingo). It also includes six branches of the Library Network of the Family Compensation Fund Colsubsidio, and libraries and documentation centers attached to institutions like the Museo Nacional de Colombia (specializing in old books, catalogs and art), Museo de Arte Moderno in Bogota, the Alliance Francaise, and the Centro Colombo Americano.
Another set of libraries is the new collaborative initiative between the state, city and international agencies. Examples include the Gabriel García Marquez Cultural Center custom designed by the Fondo de Cultura Economica in Mexico, and the Spanish Cultural Center, which will begin construction with public funds and funding from the Government of Spain in downtown Bogotá.
The National Library of Colombia (1777) under the Ministry of Culture and the Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango (1958) under Banco de la Republica, are the two largest public libraries in the city. The first is the repository of more than two million volumes, with an important collection of ancient books. The latter has almost two million volumes, is 45 thousand square meters in size, and hosts 10 thousand visitors a day. Bank of the Republic also supports the Alfonso Palacio Rudas Library north of the city, which has about 50 thousand volumes. Other large public libraries are the Library of Congress in Colombia (100 thousand volumes), the Instituto Caro y Cuervo (nearly 200 thousand volumes, and the largest Latin American library in Philology and Linguistics), the Library of the Academy of History, the Library of the Academy of Language, the Library of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH), and many university libraries.
Bogotá is home to historical records housed in the General National Archive, a collection of about 60 million documents, one of the largest repositories of primary historical sources in Latin America. Bogotá is also home to the Musical Archive of the Cathedral of Bogota (with thousands of books and choral songs from the colonial period), the Archdiocesan Archive, the Archive of the Conciliar Seminary of Bogotá, the Archive History National University of Colombia and the Archive of the Mint in Bogotá supported by the Bank of the Republic.


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Running: These great tips will help you run properly
We offer you 9 tips for proper running. These will help you become a great runner and, who knows, maybe one day a marathon runner!
From the whole range of various sport activities, running is certainly the simplest and most cost-effective. For practicing this sport is enough to get a sweat suit and sneakers. The advantage is that it is not necessary to pay expensive dues in clubs and gyms. But no matter how simple it seems, running has its own rules. Let's look at nine basic rules and why is good to follow.
Layered clothing
You have decided to engage in running – first you have to pay attention to selection of clothing. In addition to the season and personal taste, head criterion must be the comfort. Otherwise running can become much more demanding activity than is necessary.
If the weather is warm it is good to wear shorts, but not too short so to not depress and rub the inside of the thighs and cause redness. For the upper part, it's enough a simple cotton T-shirt or a T-shirt from modern synthetic fibers, which does not absorb sweat but allows normal skin evaporation during the activities.
For running in the evening you should wear layers of clothes so you can remove some of the layers when you get hot. Over a T-shirt is enough to wear cotton sweater that retains heat, but allows the skin to breathe.
If during the running time you don't have appropriate footwear, you cannot use all the benefit of running. And in addition there is a risk of minor injury (trauma). Each time a foot touches the ground, all the joints of the ankle, knee and back are subjected to load as much as 3 to 4 times greater than body weight. Thanks to appropriate footwear these shocks are amortized, reducing friction at each step. Especially running shoes must be flexible.
Go to the park for running
When you decide to select a jogging park pick one rich in vegetation, a place away from city smog. During sporting activity enhances breathing due to increased needs for oxygen. If the air is polluted in the lungs enters a larger quantity of harmful particles that pollute air. Therefore, it is best to go to the quiet, green parks; if it is not possible, select at least place where the lower traffic. Among the most dangerous substances that pollute the air are those that emit exhaust of motor vehicles.
Avoid asphalt
Running is a sport as old as man. But human legs certainly were not intended to move on asphalt and paving, so the grass and ground are much more appropriate groundwork on which is a lot easier for legs to tolerate twitch and strokes due to rapid rebounds during the run.
Today's civilization is dominated by much firmer grounds, so it is best to go to parks and forests, not only for a healthier groundwork, but also because of quality of air.
On such ground is much less risk of sprain and wrench, as injuries caused by reduced depreciation shock and vibration at joints and legs. Such permanent shocks can be harmful for your back. To avoid such things is enough good quality pair of running shoes, which now takes in all colors and models for every taste.
Eat at least one hour before running
The rule that is always true for all physical activities, including running, is never to run on an empty stomach, but also with full stomach. It is best to eat the main meal 1 to 2 hours before running. The meal that is taken before running should contain carbohydrates (pasta, bread or cereals), because these are substances that gradually release energy in the body, providing power supply for a long time.
Drink water even when not thirsty
During the running, as with any demanding exercise, the body due to sweating and evaporation loses a lot of fluids, so it is a very important to replace this fluid. Lost fluids can be compensated with water, unsweetened fruit juices or special salty, energy drinks. While running it is important to drink sips of fluids, regardless of whether you feel thirsty, because when you feel thirsty it is a sign that dehydration has already begun.
Breathe through the nose
Although breathing is unconditioned reflex, it is a very important factor to be careful during physical activity. To fully take advantage of all the benefit of running, and less tired during the effort, it is particularly important to breathe in through your nose and exhaling through the mouth.
As with any activity, it is not necessary to force too many movements. It is important to breathe mostly takes place through the nose. Such a way of breathing is important, also because in this way regulating the temperature of the external air before it reaches the lungs. When air is inhaled through the nose it humidifies and heats. Thus avoids the dryness of the mouth and throat.
Stretch before running
In order to avoid the risk of sprains or other muscle micro trauma, before you start running it is important to devote 5 to 10 minutes to stretching exercises. Since with the running are most involved legs, we should stretch the lower extremities. Recommended exercises are very simple and should be carried out slowly and correctly. They are very important, because in this way the muscles are warmed and avoid painful injuries and cramps during exertion. In addition, it reduces the risk of muscle stiffness in the days after the run.
If you are just starting to deal with jogging, especially if you have not previously engaged in some physical activity, do it gradually. In addition, as with any physical activity, pre-consult with your doctor to rule out the possibility of adverse effects of running or any physical activity to your health.
You can start with fast walking, for 30 to 40 minutes a few days; after that you can start to run 5 minutes every day after fast walking; and then after a few days increase to 10, then to 15, and to 25 minutes… And so until the hour of running a day.
If you feel too much of effort it's good to slow down the step. But continue to run for several minutes. It is not necessary to run every day. To stay fit it's enough to run about 30 minutes two to three times a week.
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Dachau Trials
US vs. Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck-Pyrmont
The Trial of Ilse Koch
Ilse Koch leaves the courtroom at Dachau, April 1947 Army Signal Corps photo Ilse Koch, August 19, 1947 Photo Credit: INP Soundphoto
The most notorious German war criminal, of all those who were brought before the American Military Tribunals at Dachau, was unquestionably Ilse Koch, the wife of Karl Otto Koch, the infamous former Commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Karl Otto Koch had already been put on trial by the Nazis themselves and executed before the war ended. Ilse Koch was among the 31 accused war criminals from Buchenwald who were brought before an American Military Tribunal at Dachau on April 11, 1947.
Ilse Koch became pregnant while she was held in prison at the former Dachau concentration camp. The two photos above show how she lost weight during the trial; her baby was born in September 1947.
Frau Koch had been previously investigated for 8 months by Dr. Georg Konrad Morgen, an SS officer who had been assigned in 1943 to look into accusations of corruption and murder in the Buchenwald camp. She had already been put on trial in December 1943 in a special Nazi Court where Konrad Morgan was the judge. The rumor, circulated by the inmates at Buchenwald, that lamp shades had been made out of human skin, was thoroughly investigated, but no evidence was found and this charge against Frau Koch had been dismissed by Morgen.
Even though Ilse Koch had been acquitted in Morgen's court, the former inmates at Buchenwald were convinced that she had ordered prisoners to be killed, so that their tattooed skin could be made into lamp shades. When the American liberators arrived, they were told about the gory accessories in Frau Koch's home. A display table was set up and a film, directed by Billy Wilder, was made to document the atrocities in the camp.
The photograph below is a still shot from the film. It shows preserved pieces of tattooed skin laid out on a table, and a table lamp with a shade allegedly made from human skin.
Display table at Buchenwald was part of the grand tour of the camp
The story of the making of human lampshades at Buchenwald received a great deal of attention by the American press, and in the two years between the liberation of the camp and the start of the Buchenwald trial at Dachau, there had been considerable coverage in American newspapers.
American soldiers who participated in the liberation of Buchenwald, including Harry Herder and Sgt. Blowers, had told horrible stories about the camp which they had learned from the prisoners. By the time the trial got underway, there was not the slightest doubt in the minds of most Americans that Ilse Koch was indeed guilty of this despicable crime.
The following quote is from this web site.
Sergeant Blowers told us some things about the Commandant of Buchenwald and his wife. We could see their house down the hill through the leafless trees from our seats on the front steps (of the barracks). Blowers painted a picture of truly despicable human beings. The wife, Ilse Koch, favored jodhpurs, boots, and a riding crop. He told us this story about her: Once, she ordered all of the Jewish prisoners in the camp stripped and lined up; she then marched down the rows of them, and, as she saw a tattoo she liked, she would touch that tattoo with her riding crop; the guards would take the man away immediately to the camp hospital where the doctors would remove the patch of skin with the tattoo, have it tanned, and patch it together with others to make lamp shades. There were three of those lamp shades--the history books say there were two, but there were three. One of them disappeared shortly after we arrived. This may give you a glimmer of an idea of what Ilse Koch was like--and her husband--and the camp "doctors."
Ilse Koch testified that her home was near the zoo at Buchenwald, which means that her home was up the hill from the barracks, not "down the hill through the leafless trees" as described by Sgt. Blowers, which suggests that he and Harry Herder may not have been among the liberators of Buchenwald.
Ilse Koch points to the location of her home near the camp zoo
In the photograph above, taken on July 8, 1947, Ilse Koch points out the location of her home in the Commandant's house. In the lower left-hand corner of the map, the buildings shown in a semi-circle are the barracks of the SS soldiers. To the right, down the hill from her home, are the barracks for the prisoners. Lt. Col. Denson, the chief prosecutor, is standing to her left, with his back to the camera. Members of the press are sitting at a table on the left. An interpreter is standing to the right of Frau Koch.
The courtroom had a capacity of 300 spectators, but as many as 400 people crowed into the room to hear the testimony in the Buchenwald case. The photograph below shows a group of American clergymen, who journeyed to the Dachau courtroom to witness the trial of "the Bitch of Buchenwald."
14 American clergymen attended the trial of Ilse Koch
The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, which began on November 20, 1945 was based on Control Council Law No. 10 which included all war crimes committed by the Nazi regime against any and all nations and individuals between January 30, 1933, when Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, and July 1, 1945.
However, the American Military Tribunal proceedings against the staff at Buchenwald included only crimes committed against Allied nationals between January 1, 1942 and April 11, 1945, the day that Buchenwald was liberated. This was roughly the period of time during which America was at war with Germany. The charges against the accused in the proceedings of the American Military Tribunal did not include Crimes against Humanity, Crimes against Peace, nor War Crimes, as defined in Control Council Law No. 10 at the Nuremberg IMT.
The Buchenwald camp had been in existence since July 1937, and Ilse Koch had been at the camp since August 1937, but there were no charges that involved crimes committed in the camp before January 1, 1942, nor were there any charges involving crimes committed against German citizens at Buchenwald. Any lamp shades made from human skin that came from prisoners killed at Buchenwald before January 1, 1942, if any existed, could not be included in the evidence against Ilse Koch at Buchenwald.
Ilse Koch had previously been a secretary in Dresden until she became a female guard in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin when it opened in 1936. Her future husband, Karl Otto Koch, was an SS officer who had been assigned to be the first Commandant of Sachsenhausen. In May 1937, Ilse became the second wife of Otto Koch, whose first marriage had failed. When Koch was transferred to Buchenwald to become the first Commandant there in August 1937, she accompanied him.
Ilse Koch was born in 1906 and was nine years younger than her husband. Although the prisoners at Buchenwald had given her the title of Commandeuse, Ilse was nothing more than a housewife and mother of three children; she lived in the Commandant's house just outside the prison compound until she was arrested by the Nazis in August 1943 and taken to the jail in the nearby city of Weimar to await trial on charges of embezzlement and incitement to murder.
After the war, Ilse Koch did not go into hiding, and after former prisoners in the camp told stories about her behavior to the American military, it was easy to track her down and arrest her as a war criminal. She was charged with participating in the "common design" to violate the Laws and Usages of war, but the specific charge against her was the horrific crime of selecting Buchenwald prisoners to be killed by her alleged lover, Dr. Waldemar Hoven, in order to have lamp shades made from their tattooed skin.
Prosecution witness Dr. Kurte Sitte identifies 3 pieces of tattooed skin
Three pieces of tattooed skin and a shrunken head were exhibited in the courtroom at Dachau as evidence of the ghastly crimes committed by the staff at Buchenwald. The photograph above shows Dr. Kurte Sitte, on the far right, who is identifying the three pieces of tattooed skin, found in the pathology department at Buchenwald. This same exhibit was shown at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal on December 13, 1945 as evidence of Crimes against Humanity.
According to the forensic report prepared for the trial, the three pieces of skin were determined to be human. Joseph Halow, a court reporter for some of the other Dachau trials, claims that he saw a lamp shade that was part of the evidence at the proceedings against Ilse Koch, but if this lamp shade was tested, the results were not included in the forensic report. No one else, that I know of, ever mentioned seeing a lamp shade in the Dachau courtroom.
In the testimony given at Dachau, there was no reference by any of the attorneys to a lamp being on display in the courtroom during the proceedings. Dr. Sitte identified the shrunken head that was exhibited in the courtroom, but he did not mention a lamp being in the courtroom during his testimony.
Dr. Sitte, who had a Ph.D. in physics, was one of the star witnesses against Ilse Koch. He had been a prisoner at Buchenwald from September 1939 until the liberation. He testified that tattooed skin was stripped from the bodies of dead prisoners and "was often used to create lampshades, knife cases, and similar items for the SS." He told the court that it was "common knowledge" that tattooed prisoners were sent to the hospital after Ilse Koch had passed by them on work details. Dr. Sitte's testimony of "common knowledge" was just another word for hearsay testimony, which was allowed by the American Military Tribunal.
According to Joshua M. Greene, author of "Justice at Dachau," Dr. Sitte testified that "These prisoners were killed in the hospital and the tattooing stripped off."
Under cross-examination, Dr. Sitte was forced to admit that he had never seen any of the lampshades allegedly made of human skin and that he had no personal knowledge of any prisoner who had been reported by Frau Koch and was then killed so that his tattooed skin could be made into a lampshade. He also admitted that the lampshade that was on the display table in the film was not the lampshade made from human skin that was allegedly delivered to Frau Koch. Apparently the most important piece of evidence, the lampshade made from human skin, was nowhere in sight during the trial.
During his cross examination of Dr. Sitte, defense attorney Captain Emanuel Lewis tried to introduce a plausible explanation for the removal of tattoos at Buchenwald when he asked:
"Is it not a fact that skin was taken from habitual criminals and was part of scientific research done by Dr. Wagner and into the connection between criminals and tattoos on their bodies?"
Dr. Sitte answered:
"In my time, skin was taken off prisoners whether they were criminal or not. I don't think that a responsible scientist would ever call this kind of work scientific."
According to Joshua M. Greene, author of "Justice at Dachau," the prosecution introduced ten witnesses who testified against Ilse Koch. One of these witnesses, Kurt Froboess, testified that he had seen Frau Koch's photo album, which he said had a tattoo on the cover. He said that he had seen this tattoo on a piece of preserved human skin, which he said had been removed from a fellow prisoner, in the pathology department at Buchenwald, and he later recognized this same tattoo on the cover of the photo album.
Apparently this photo album was confiscated by the American liberators, but it was not introduced into evidence in the courtroom. In her plea for mercy from the court, Ilse Koch pointed out that Newsweek magazine had published an article in which it was stated that the US military government in Germany was in possession of her photo album. Frau Koch claimed that the album contained several photos of her home which showed lampshades made from dark leather; Frau Koch said the photos showed that the lampshades were clearly not made from human skin.
At least two witnesses testified about a lamp with a shade fashioned out of human skin and a base made from a human leg bone, which they claimed had been delivered to Frau Koch. One of these witnesses, Kurt Wilhelm Leeser, testified that he had previously seen the tattoos on this lamp shade on the arms of a fellow prisoner, Josef Collinette, before he died. This lamp was not introduced into evidence in the courtroom and there were no witnesses from the American military who testified about its existence.
The Jewish religion frowns upon tattoos and a Jew who is tattooed cannot be buried in consecrated ground, so it would have been unusual for a Jewish prisoner at Buchenwald to have had a tattoo. It was pointed out by defense counsel that Dr. Wagner was doing a study of tattoos and criminal behavior at Buchenwald. Tattooed skin had been removed from dead criminals and preserved at the pathology department where autopsies were done.
The recent photograph below shows the crematorium at Buchenwald. The pathology department was located in the annex of this building. The black rocks in the foreground outline where a barracks building once stood. The Buchenwald concentration camp was built on the slope of a gentle hill and all the prisoners could see the crematorium, with its tall smoke stack, at the top of the hill. Unlike the layout of other camps, such as Dachau and Sachsenhausen, the pathology department building at Buchenwald was within plain sight of all the prisoners.
Crematorium and pathology department at Buchenwald
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Start type in keyboard, for the matched word on Emoji you will show emoji icon in Predictive bar. Direct tap on emoji replace word with emoji in text bar, But Text then Space choose emoji placed Emoji after word in whole sentence. Practically you can test it magnificently.
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Emoji Type is too much responsive in iMessage text in message app, Mail and Other social chat app as well. First download and Install app on iOS devices (iPhone/ iPad). Add Thirdparty keyboard in Setting, After that you can use Emoji Type keyboard by long press on Globe key.
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Get instantly emojis on keyboard as you type, Ultra fast emoji search and use it from many alternate options.
This Predictive Emoji app is support for Messages, WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.
This app is support only for iOS 8 or later version
Use of this keyboard is secure, No Cheat under Apple's Security
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- Dharma Connect: A Shocker -- We Don't Like to Be Alone with Our Thoughts - Researchers at the University of Virginia found that two-thirds of men and one-quarter of women were so averse to sitting with only their thoughts for 15 minutes that they chose to administer an electric shock to themselves that they'd previously said they would pay to avoid after first experiencing it. (The Interdependence Project)
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|I will definitely see this as soon as I am in Chicago again.
~John Lennon
Friday, May 23, 2014
11 comments:
- Rock Chef said...
I never heard of this either - an amazing display.
Sadly, war does change people. A friend of mine served during the troubles in Northern Ireland - nothing compared with Vietnam, of course, but it affected him terribly.
- May 23, 2014 at 1:19 AM
- Shammickite said...
I though the tags were given to family members of the deceased soldier?
- May 23, 2014 at 5:19 AM
- DJan said...
I have heard of this display. If you see it, let me know. Vietnam was another of those wars that didn't need to happen, and look how many of our young men and women were killed or damaged forever.
- May 23, 2014 at 5:23 AM
- Brian Miller said...
wow. what a cool monument...i had heard of it...but never seen it in person....stilling
- May 23, 2014 at 6:12 AM
- Stephen Hayes said...
I've seen pictures of those hanging dog tags but I imagine they're much more moving in person. Such a terrible loss of life.
- May 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM
- Adam said...
My dad was almost drafted until Nixon ended the war.
- May 23, 2014 at 4:01 PM
- Stickup Artist said...
That is amazing in concept, but also very eerie and yes, moving. I have a neighbor whose husband was in Afghanistan and he came back a different man as well. It is so terribly sad. I hope and pray for the day when there will be no more such monuments and memorials.
- May 23, 2014 at 7:48 PM
- Abby said...
I didn't know of this display, how amazing.
I have some friends who are Vietnam vets and others who lost loved ones to the war. Dark chapter for sure.
- May 24, 2014 at 9:35 AM
- Joanna Jenkins said...
I can't imagine ever going to war. I have great respect for people who do-- whether it was their choice or not.
We drove past the Veteran's cemetery and saw them placing American flags on all the graves. It was so beautiful and so sad all at the same time.
Happy weekend, xo jj
- May 24, 2014 at 8:51 PM
- Shadowthorne @ Ramzu Zahini said...
:) Hello Cici, I a back after a year hiatus.
War is always a tragedy. Because of a few, thousands may die.
- May 25, 2014 at 6:47 PM
- terri said...
What an amazing tribute to those who gave their lives in Vietnam. I did not know it existed either.
- May 31, 2014 at 6:13 PM


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First one is up! That's right, the wait is finally over and I posted the first Nerd Night podcast. I talk about some new games and my unhealthy love of Rocket League. Go check it out! https://soundcloud.com/thenightnerd/3-7-16a And make sure to check out our SoundCloud daily for new content.


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Back in May, I spotted Sandy on Broad Street in lower Manhattan. The bright burst of color on her left leg is spectacular and I was thrilled when she agreed to let me take a picture:
From the starfish on her foot, to the sea turtle and jellyfish on her thigh, the color and detail are truly remarkable:
Sandy told me, "I'm actually doing a foot-to-shoulder piece. I'm gonna do water, then land and sky and it's basically things that I'd done with my husband who passed away, so it's kinda like a tribute."
This work was done by Frankie Oneshot (@frankieoneshot) at Bullseye Tattoos (@bullseyetattooshop) in Staten Island.
We're hoping that we'll be privy to more of Sandy's work in the future.
Thanks to Sandy for sharing her awesome sea leg with us here on Tattoosday!
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Do you have friends or family members with bad habits? We all do. Drinking, unhealthy eating, gambling, smoking, not sleeping. I have some bad habits myself such as overindulging in sweets from time to time. It happens. I move on.
So when you choose to partake in one of your bad habits, do you try to rope others into doing it with you? I'm eating cake so you should eat cake too. Or I'm having a smoke so you should too. Why do we feel the need to have people that we love do something bad with us? If […] Read more


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