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What are some easy or cheap ways to deal with black mold in houses?

NOTA: Lo he escrito en castellano porque poniais en la web que se podía. Si no lo entendeis, puedo pedir a una amiga inglesa que lo traduzca y os lo vuelvo a enviar.

Me gustaría impulsar en Barcelona (España) una red de centros de documentacion alternativos y antes me gustaría saber si ya existe alguna otra en algun lugar de el mundo de la cual pueda aprovechar parte del trabajo hecho y aprender de sus errores y aciertos.

I would like to find the transcript for the Senate's confirmation of Michael Brown as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response (aka head of FEMA). His FEMA bio says he was nominated in January 2003.

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I'm doing a research on the colonisation of Australia. My argument is that there was a genocide here against the aboriginal people and to fit in the genocide convention 1948 I have to provide evidence of the 'intent'to commit genocide. So one of the ways I want to do it is, firstly, to prove that the British Crown knew that the land was inhabited. Secondly, that the British had been already dealing with smallpox in North America. Thirdly, that the British did not steal children from the northamerican indians.

I correspond with a political prisoner, and in a recent letter he asked me:

"Young activists write me for suggestions on readings. I want to include a good basic primer on imperialism -- how it works and the results of that in human terms. But the books that were formative for me in that way are now dated. So I'm looking for a good current one to recommend. I know that Michael Parenti is a good writer and see that he has two titles that look apt: Imperialism 101 amd The Sword and the Dollar. Do you know these books and if so does either (or both) do the job?"

How many states in the U.S. list sex offenders on state watch lists, despite the crime being simply prostitution or a violation of archaic sodomy laws? How many states list these "offenders" along with child predators without clearly identifying the crime in which they have been convicted of? And how many states list the crime unspecificly as "crimes against nature" or similar rather than detailing the nature of the offense?

what percentage of donated money (to non profit organizations) goes to the intended casue (relief effort)?

For example if the Red Cross accepts $300,000 in private donations, how much of that money actually goes to the cause?

As a librarian updating our academic library collection, I'm trying to identify a good, recent book about counter-recruiting in the schools. The nearest I can identify is Catherine Lutz's book, "Making Soldiers in the Public Schools," from 1995. Could anyone please recommend one or more books along these lines? Thanks!

We all should know what plagiarism is. But is there a term for falsely ascribing words to someone else?

Example: A person knowingly alters the language of a book review so that what looks like a quoted excerpt on a resume appears to be positive praise rather than negative criticism. In effect, the person is putting false words in someone else's mouth--a form of identity theft, no? But what's it called?

I am trying to determine what the best predictors are for the different incarceration rates (IR) of the various countries. For example IR for the US of A is 726/100k, Iceland 39/100k and India 31/100k. These are dramatic differences and there must be some underlying dynamic or set of factors to explain them.