LANTERN's Blog

Blog ReOpened! Free Commercial Software and Blending Featured on This Post.

Softwares give-aways:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/

I get more or less good software from there for free.

Don't download and install just any software give away that they give (1 per Day), wait some and then first read the reviews of the particular software to see if it is really good or not and also to see if there are better freeware alternatives or not, many times you are better off getting the freeware alternatives as some are even better than the commercial softwares, but not always, often they give away very good commercial softwares for which there are not very good software alternatives.

As to the games give-aways, I don't know as I don't download any of those myself.

Read the reviews of the softwares present and past, as people sometimes post on them very good alternatives to the commercial softwares that often are much better, I get good softwares both ways.

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Now Blending for nutrition and health:

I am not allowed to post those links, so instead use Google:

http://www.google.com/

To search for them.

First Look for:

Living Well My HealthMaster

As your search terms.

Then in the same way look for:

BlindGuru's Co-op - Home Page

There you just want to read about blending and about the best blenders to use.

The rest of the stuff, might be best to bypass and not read, among all the Junk there the good stuff is to find out about the best blenders to use and about blending itself, you might not one to read about anything else there, unless you want to.

Blendtec TotalBlender

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Blendtec+TotalBlender&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#q=Will+It+Blend%3F&hl=en&emb=0

Take a look at the videos.

ViTa-Mix

Waring Commercial Extreme MX1000XT Part Number: MX1000XTS Best price from everythingkitchens

All power blenders are very expensive, so do your research very well before you try to buy any of them.

They have different power and speed and also prices.

Really look at those videos that I posted a link to.

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Juicing or Blending? A combination of both might be best, juicers are so much cheaper than power blenders, if you juice don't throw the produced pulp away, make foods with it, either as it is and or with water, liquid other foods or juice or in whatever way, put it in a blender with liquid of some kind or whater or juice and make soup with it or drink it raw as it is or in both ways, but don't trow the pulp away, if it is very hard to eat or drink as it is, put it in a blender with water or juice, blend and then either drink it as it is or make soup or wahtever with it.

Don't trow most seeds away, instead blend and or pulverize them and drink and or add them to foods or water or juice.

Don't peel organic produce, fruits or vegetables, wash them well and then blend and or use them as they are whole.

If not organic, wash them well and don't peel them or wash and peel them first, most important nutrients are in the peels and just below the peels and also in the center of the fruit and in the seeds.

As such, most best nutrients in potatoes are probably in the peel and just below it, same with other produce, such as cauntelopes, oranges, lemons etc, very powerfull antioxidants are in the seeds of all kinds of vegetables, such as grapes, apples, strawberries etc.

Yes, you can mix some or very many or all vegetables and fruits when juicing and or blending, together they give better taste and nutrition.

The juice from juicers and blenders is not like anything that you buy at the store, it is incredibly good.

Good reading are:

Heinerman's new encyclopedia of fruits and vegetables by John Heinerman.

Heinerman's encyclopedia of healing juices.

The Juiceman's Power Of Juicing.

Celebrating 90 plus years of Healthy Living by Jack LaLanne.

Healing Juices from Globe Digest Series.

Blending Magic by Bernard Jensen.

Make Your Juicer Your Drug Store by Dr.L. Newman.

Acid and Alkaline by Herman Aihara

There are many other books beside those.

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http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/miracles-of-carrot-juice-753016.html

http://www.greensmoothiegirl.com/blog/?p=62

http://drbenkim.com/blog/2006/05/juicing-vs-blending.html

http://www.living-foods.com/marketplace/juicingfruits.html

http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/juicing-vegetables.html

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With the right blender you can grind seeds and nuts, for making whatever you want to, such as breads, cakes, nut's milk, drinks etc.

More on juicing and blending at another time.

Well, that is all for this blog entry.

Entry #247

Blog Closed.

This blog is now closed, this is the last entry.

I will find a new blog elsewhere, but no more LANTERN, Who Then? I don't yet know, but no more Lottery Post community, new place and new people, a new forum (maybe lottery related and maybe not or both (maybe 2 forums)) and a new blog, not at the same site, 2 or 3 new communities.

(Locked)
Entry #245

Text Works # 1.

Text works # 1

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http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/

http://www.online-literature.com/

http://fiction.eserver.org/

http://www.literature.org/authors/

http://www.alibris.com/?S=R&siteID=NcYTag.a_sQ-WJAY1G2_oxVGNlwY0urweA

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Very Nice Reads:


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Randall Garrett's
Lord Darcy
http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Darcy-Randall-Garrett/dp/0743435486
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Darcy_(character)

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A. E. van Vogt
http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Isher-Weapon-Makers-Shops/dp/0312875002
http://www.amazon.com/Slan-Novel-E-Van-Vogt/dp/0312852363/ref=pd_sim_b_6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Novels_by_A._E._van_Vogt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_Shops_of_Isher

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Robert E. Howard
Conan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_(books)#Lancer.2FAce_paperback_editions.2C_1966.E2.80.931977
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian#Book_editions
http://www.conan.com/bibliography.shtml

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Lester Dent
Doc Savage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doc_Savage_novels

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Nick Carter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Carter-Killmaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Carter_(literary_character)#Literary_history

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The Spider
http://homepage.mac.com/cdkalb/spider/legend/index.html
http://homepage.mac.com/cdkalb/spider/legend/stopme.html
http://homepage.mac.com/cdkalb/spider/reprints/paperbacks.html
http://homepage.mac.com/cdkalb/spider/reprints/pocket.html

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No, I don't sell any of those, nor do I have anything to do with them, other than having read many or most of them.

That is, I read most of the Doc Savage novels, good fiction.

I read very many of Randall Garrett's novels, including the Lord Darcy series, they are very good.

I read most or very many of the A. E. van Vogt novels and I liked them very much.

I read most of the Conan novels, they were great.

I read a few of the Nick Carter novels, they are good stories.

I also read 2 or 3 of The Spider novels, they are nice reading.

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That reading was done very very long ago and not at about the same time either.

Now they might be even harder to find than they were back then all those many years ago (Decades?).

Entry #244

Nice Text to Speech program and a link to Rip Van Winkle text.

Rip Van Winkle free Reading:

http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Winkle/Irving_Winkle.htm

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DSpeech is a very nice text to speech program, it can also convert to audio MP3 and or wave the text:

http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/DSpeech.shtml

Best use the the first link to get the SAPI4 and the SAPI5 voices and or program that you might need.

I suggest to use:

Mike speech engine (MSTTSM22L.EXE 2.3mb). As it has the best free male voice, try to get it here:

http://www.mycallsoft.com/speech.html

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5E86EC97-40A7-453F-B0EE-6583171B4530&displaylang=en

For a female voice the free Mary voice is O.K. get it if you can from those links or from others use a search engine and look for:

msttsf22l.exe

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To get all 3 voices you might want to look for:

marymksm.exe it has also another name, but I delete that file as it was a duplicate in content.

You can also try to get the:

tv_enua.exe

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There are other files, but this should be enough for now if you use WinXP.

Free voices are good enough if you use Mike and or Mary, and or the default voices.

Natural voices are better, but not free.

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For a free program DSpeech is very nice.

Have fun!

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Entry #243

UpDate to the very last blog post.

May 5,  2009    4-9-4        3-1-3   
May 4,  2009    4-5-4        6-4-1   
May 2,  2009    1-6-3        8-6-4   
May 1,  2009    6-3-1        3-5-9

Well, I guess that this re-states what I said on the very last blog entry.

This is just something extra for those who didn't believe what I posted there.

Am I just seeing what I want to see or is the stuff really there?

Do state lotteries really have to go to such trouble to keep a few more people from winning (Very few)?

Hey, A Dollar is a Dollar! And every Dollar counts!

No wonder that they don't want people playing online.

Monopolies are good for those who hold them.

But I see no reason for such crazy patterns showing up ever, after all the lottery sales stop with more than enought time before the draws, all they have to do is pick the number that was bought the least times.

I don't understand the logic of this, if there is any at all.

It does not make any sense at all.

All that I know for sure is that random should not work in that way, so there is something wrong with the way that Tx hold the lottery draws or at least the pick 3 draws.

Entry #242

Random or Not?

People should get familiar with lottery patterns, that is with lottery random, otherwise How can you predict? and How to tell if a game is as it should (Random) or not (Fixed).

Of late I have been looking a lot more often and close than before at the Tx pick 3 draws (Both of them).

On and off I have looked at pick 3 draws for many years not just at the Tx draws, but at draws of most states and even at those of a few other countries, at one time for quite a while I made pick 3 predictions for all the U.S states that had pick 3 at the time, in order to do that I had to look at their pick 3 history of draws, as I said before somewhere, random or what appears to be random which is closer to being right is always the same, that is if the mechanics that produce the numbers are the same, but as it turns out, that does not appear to count as much as the make up of the game(s), that is that even numbers and their patterns as produced by RNG(s) are the same as those produced by mechanical means, due to the make up of the game, the make up of the game seems to determine the random make up of the numbers and their patterns.

There are movements, variations, changes or whatever you want to call them, but there are limits, changing limits yes, but limits, there are things that you can learn about as you study the numbers.

These things have to do with statistical probabilities, what is more likely to happen and how often it might be likely to happen or repeat or not.

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For example:

             05/02/2009     1     6     1   
      05/01/2009     6     3     1              05/01/2009     3     5     9   
      04/30/2009     0     0     1              04/30/2009     3     0     7   
      04/29/2009     8     8     1              04/29/2009     3     4     8   
      04/28/2009     5     2     1              04/28/2009     3     3     2   
      04/27/2009     5     8     1              04/27/2009     3     4     6   
      04/25/2009     5     8     1              04/25/2009     3     4     4   
      04/24/2009     0     5     1              04/24/2009     3     4     7   
      04/23/2009     3     7     1              04/23/2009     3     9     2   
      04/22/2009     0     5     1              04/22/2009     3     9     3

See all the 1s and the 3s by position? Would that be likely to happen by random chance?

Not very likely.

Could that happen, yes, but very very very very seldom, if you would see that happening often or even once in a long while, then you would know that something was wrong, that the game was not random.

Remember when TN had no doubles in their pick 3 game for quite a long while, but the Tn lottery people thought that it was O.K. that random could do that?

That shows you that even those who run the lotteries have no idea of how normal random looks like, that is that they can't tell normal random from abnormal random (Not Random. 

They run the lotteries, but they are not lottery experts.

They know just as much about lottery random as anybody on the street, that is, next to nothing.

Do those who know a lot of Math know anything or much about random or lottery random?

It looks as if most of them don't, but they do think that they know all or a lot about it.

They can't even win on the pick 3 game, they say that random can't be predicted.

There are flexible limits to how well or accurate random and in which way or ways it can be predicted, but still if done right by the few experts, it can to some degree beat random expectation.

Who can make a one pick 3 number (3 Digits) prediction boxed or straight and be right and How often can he or she do it?

It has happened I have seen it more than once, but they could not do it very often, not at all, I only remember seeing it once, but I think that I have seen it at least 2 times maybe 3 or 4 times.

I don't think that I have ever done that myself, more often than not I predicted from 18 numbers up to about 45.

40 singles are the equal of 240 straights that is 24% chance of winning.

So 80 singles would only give you about 48% chance of winning.

Those who predict 1 straight pick 3 number as that lady did and win, have only 1/1000 chance of winning, she could not repeat that here ar the Lottery post, but even 50 such predictions would only give 50/1000 = 5/100 = 1/20 chance of winning and I don't think that she tried more than 10 or 15 times at the most.

But she got it on her very first prediction.

And knowing the Tx Lottery as I do, that is no surprise to me.

I know that they do have somebody looking at the Tx predictions here at L.P.

I see the reaction to the actions, have seen it for years.

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These are the very last Tx pick 3 draws, "funny" (Wrong) looking, as they are now (Have been for a very long long time) more often than not.


     05/02/2009     1     6     3     10
     05/01/2009     6     3     1     10         05/01/2009     3     5     9     17
     04/30/2009     0     0     1     1          04/30/2009     3     0     7     10
     04/29/2009     8     8     2     18         04/29/2009     4     4     8     16
     04/28/2009     5     2     1     8          04/28/2009     8     3     2     13
     04/27/2009     5     8     9     22         04/27/2009     9     4     6     19
     04/25/2009     5     8     4     17         04/25/2009     5     4     4     13
     04/24/2009     0     5     2     7          04/24/2009     1     4     7     12
     04/23/2009     3     7     6     16         04/23/2009     8     9     2     19
     04/22/2009     0     5     9     14         04/22/2009     9     9     3     21

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If you can play any state online very good for you, as you then can pick whichever game looks best.

The Tx pick 3 games are so wrong looking in so very many ways.

This is now a set thing for the most part.

If you can still win it as it is, then good for you.

Entry #241

Silver, a Tabu subject, but good to read about.

If you are sick, seek medical attention!

I am not a Medical Doctor, I only post links and or info that I find, unless I say otherwise.

I don't diagnose, nor prescribe, nor treat.

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If you read anything here at all, then it might be best if you
Read everything here, as it is better to know too much than not enough.

Read and do whatever at your very own risk, if more info is needed use a search engine.

Don't ask me any questions about this particular subject as I won't answer them, it is a kind of Tabu thing.

There is more than enough info about it on the Web, just look for it, to get you started here I have some links:

-----------Copy and paste into the browser's window, you should know how by now. Some are clickable links.

http://colloidal-silver.utopiasilver.com/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1099477/the_universal_antibiotic_pg2.html
http://www.quantumbalancing.com/news/cs_historical.htm
http://colloidalsilver.8k.com/References.html

http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer02/BobBeckPaper.pdf

You know how to download, Right? Right Click and Save As, or whatever.

http://members.tripod.com/formor9/colsilvh.htm
http://www.qmbs.co.nz/products/antibiotic.shtml
http://www.midvalleyvu.com/ColloidalSilver.html
http://www.colloidalsilver101.com/FAQ.html


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http://us2.ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=83602
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I post this, only to pass information that it is on the Web, that you might not know about.

Entry #240

Filters Document Download.

I made this list many years ago.

You might want to look at it or even download it.

Filters Document Download.

To download it with Firefox Rth Click and use "Save Link as"

To just look at it, Lth Click on the link.

It is a test as it is the very first time that I put data like this on my WEB site for viewing and downloading.

It saves space here and the data can be removed from my site at any time, same as pictures also, I can host small files there.

I am also trying out a  FTP Client as with Earthlink otherwise it is a lot of trouble to manage and update the WEB site and it worked just fine so far.

Entry #239

MS Windows on Apple MAC, viceversa and running other OSes and or their software on your computer.

A few good links about the above:

Virtual Box is Freeware and so is DOS Box

http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html#WinonMac
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/virtualbox-running-windows-on-a-mac-for-free-sort-of/
http://www.virtualbox.org/
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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http://www.freebyte.com/operatingsystems/
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http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/439071/run_mac_os_x_on_a_windows_pc/
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/doc.html
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html
http://www.soft32.com/download_200398.html
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29549
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http://www.dosbox.com/

http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?groupname=dosbox&filename=DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe&use_mirror=softlayer

Entry #238

Audio Books, (So Many Downloads) Mostly, but some EBooks, All Free.

Are you tired of reading?

Then listen instead! 


From:


http://www.getfreeebooks.com/?cat=7



   1. Librivox.org
   2. AudioBooksForFree.com - MP3
   3. Free Classic Audio Books - MP3 & M4B (Ipod)
   4. Project Gutenberg Audio Books Project - (Human-read & Computer-read) - MP3, M4B, OGG, SPX
   5. Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast - MP3
   6. Podio Books - Listen online, but can be downloaded as MP3
   7. Literal Systems Free Audiobooks - MP3
   8. Assistive Media - Podcasting for the Blind - MP3
   9. Stories To Go - MP3
  10. Story Spieler - MP3
  11. Oculture Free Audio & Podcasts - Various categories in MP3 format
  12. Free-Books.org downloadable MP3 books - MP3
  13. StoryNory - Free Audio Stories for Kids - MP3
  14. AudioBooks.net - Requires registration to download from the free section
  15. Talking Book Store (Selling audiobooks but this link goes to their free section)
  16. Learn Out Loud (Free Audio & Video Section of their site)
  17. Audio Book Quest - 45 Free Audiobooks
  18. StoryLine Online - FLV
  19. ThoughtAudio - MP3
  20. Free Children’s stories Audio books - Listen online, but can be downloaded as MP3
  21. ChristianAudio.com - Commercial but has a free section
  22. FreelyEducate.com - Free Audiobooks each week
  23. TellTale Project - MP3, OGG, AAC
  24. Audio Anarchy - MP3
  25. Listen Here - Commercial site but has a free section
  26. Talking History - MP3 & RM
  27. Books Should Be Free - MP3
  28. Audio Book Treasury - MP3
  29. Simply Audio Books - Monthly free audiobook
  30. LoudLit - MP3
  31. FreeAudio.org - MP3
  32. Audio Literature Odyssey - MP3
  33. Lit2Go - Stories & Poems (MP3)
  34. Kiddie Records Weekly - MP3
  35. Poetry Archive - Listen Online
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http://www.free-books.org/download.php


http://www.free-books.org/index.php


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http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=&status=complete&action=Search


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http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/2


http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1


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http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/home


http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen_main.asp


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http://literalsystems.org/abooks/index.php/Audio-Book/Audio-Book


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http://www.ebookee.com/audiobook-page1.html


http://www.ebookee.com/free_ebooks_list.php?category=17


http://www.ebookee.com/audiobook.html


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EBooks:
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm


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Entry #237

Reading Time - Free EBooks very many free downloads.

You can also look for free Audio (Sound) EBooks.

Some or all might be repeats from before, good reading anyway.

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Dracula
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/345
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Frankenstein
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/84
http://manybooks.net/titles/shelleymetext93frank14.html
http://www.virtualimprint.com/catalog/frankenstein.shtml
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Moby Dick
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2701
http://www.planetpdf.com/ebookarticle.asp?ContentID=moby_dick
http://manybooks.net/titles/melvilleetext01moby11.html
http://www.planetebook.com/Moby-Dick.asp
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Gulliver's Travels
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/829
http://www.planetebook.com/Gulliver's-Travels.asp
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74
http://www.literatureproject.com/tom-sawyer/index.htm
http://www.tomeraider.com/ebooks/fiction/novels/classic/the_adventures_of_tom_sawyer_ebook--BK280.php
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76
http://www.download3000.com/download-huckleberry-finn-ebook-count-reg-46041.html
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Treasure Island
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27780
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http://ebooks-archive.org/
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Peter Pan
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16
http://www.literatureproject.com/peter-pan/
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From the Earth to the Moon
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
http://manybooks.net/titles/vernejuletext942000010.html
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2488
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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3748
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Around the World in 80 Days
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103
http://manybooks.net/titles/vernejuletext9480day11.html
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Shakespeare, William
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a65
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Dumas père, Alexandre
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1257
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1184
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a492
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Robert Louis Stevenson
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/43
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a35
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26247
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Edgar Allan Poe
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17192
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/p#a481
Audio:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23901
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/932
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10947
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Leroux, Gaston
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/175
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/l#a112
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Victor Hugo
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2610
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/h#a85
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Entry #236

Good Stain Removers mostly for Fabrics (Laundry Clothes), also Good CookWare.

Use at your own risk!

Before using, research and look for indications and contra-indications, it is easy on the Web and read labels.

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Good Stain Removers mostly for laundry:

In no particular order

OxiClean Laundry Stain Remover
Tide
Spray and Wash Dual Power Laundry Stain Remover
Zout Stain Remover.
Shout Gel
Bio-Kleen Bac Out Stain and Odor Eliminator
Fels Naptha Bar

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Natural Cleaners:

In no particular order

Lemon
White vinegar, do not use those with added ingredients
Washing Soda (sodium carbonate)
Super Washing Soda
Borax
Baking soda
Isopropyl alcohol
Ammonia
Glycerin
Hydrogen peroxide
Salt

Water

Soap.

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Good CookWare

In no particular order links:

These are not related to me in anyway at all and any thing said here was also gotten from the Web somewhere, I have not used any of these Cookwares nor do I say anything about them myself.

I look for the info and put it here for anybody to read.

Stainless Steel or Non-Stick, it is up to you, but some of the best of both kinds are here:

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http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-Multiclad-Stainless-2-Quart-Saucepan/dp/B0009W38NU/ref=pd_sim_k_1
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100057755&N=10000003+90401+516+500364
http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/22004-cuisinart-multiclad-pro-sauce-pan.aspx
http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/92977-cuisinart-classic-windsor-pan.aspx
http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/91933-cuisinart-classic-sauce-pan.aspx
http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/92106-cuisinart-classic-sauce-pot.aspx
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Lincoln Wear-Ever non-stick pan from a commercial supply place. The label reads: "The best non-stick coating. Period. Incredible durability for long lasting performance. Four times more durable than competitor coatings. Superior Scratch Resistance. Unique, ceramic reinforcement results in the hardest scratch resistant, Non-Stick surface available for commercial use. Exceptional release qualities. Special top-coat gives CeramiGuard@ II exceptional release qualities. Hardest 3004 Aluminum Alloy. Few dents, not spots and burned food incidents." The price was just under $39.00.

I didn't say that myself!
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If you're worried about teflon, you may want to look into Scanpan (http://www.scanpan.com/main/details.a... It's a ceramic/titanium mix and you can use metal utensils on it. I've had mine for about 4 yrs and it still looks good. Another bonus of it is that it's a tempered handle, so you can throw it in the oven if needed.

I didn't say that myself!
http://www.scanpan.com/
CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION

For USA Consumers: 877-772-5467 • Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM PST
scanpaninfo@hwiusa.com

For Canadian Consumers: 1-877-264-5649 • Monday - Friday 8:30AM - 5:00PM EST
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=scanpan&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
http://www.amazon.com/Scanpan-Classic-Ceramic-Titanium-2-Quart/dp/B00004S4UJ/ref=pd_sbs_k_17
http://www.amazon.com/Scanpan-Professional-1-Quart-Sauce-Cover/dp/B000OMQ6AC/ref=pd_sbs_k_31
http://www.amazon.com/Scanpan-Professional-5-Piece-Cookware-Set/dp/B000NI2FRA/ref=pd_sbs_k_8
http://www.todaysconcept.com/swiss-diamond-cookware.html
http://www.chefdepot.net/swissdiamond.htm
http://www.aviva.ca/article.asp?articleid=117

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