vol.1 issue.14

:: Jive Turkey thanksgiving rap
:: Living History, A Giant Swastika reemerges from forest
:: 10 tips for shopping on Black Friday
:: Hot wine bath

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Well folks here it is again. Thanksgiving is already upon us and that means it is the official start of the holiday shopping season. This year black Friday falls on the 27th of November.

On that day tens of thousands of shoppers will be getting up early before the crack of dawn, putting on comfortable shoes, gassing up the family car, picking up friends and family, then they will head for the biggest shopping malls they can find.

I am sure that many of you know some one who is gearing up for this big day and many more plan on participating in this giant retail event. How ever just remember a few important things before you go on this holiday adventure.

1. Make careful note as to where you parked your car.

2. Take a list and check it twice.

3. Plan your shopping trip and work your plan.

4. Share your list with your shopping buddies. Network with other shoppers. If they find something that is a great deal they can call you, and it might save you a trip, and some money. Charge your cell phone up.

5. Don’t eat lunch at noon. Go early or late but never dine at the peak lunch hour.

6. Bring extra cash, checks, and credit cards. Remember most debit cards have a daily limit as to how much money you can spend.

7. Leave the little kids at home; they hate shopping as much as you hate taking them.

8. Leave the men at home with the kids. They are no help at all, and will make your shopping experience more unpleasant.

9. Buy something for your self.

10. Save time to visit your local retailers in and around your home community. After a long day of fighting other shoppers for room to walk, parking, and buying gifts. Stop in and visit some of your local retailers. You can always find close parking, friendly sales people, and more reliable service. Don’t forget your local retailers when Christmas shopping this year.

 

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More than 60 years after World War II a living symbol has reemerge from a forest in northern Germany. A large number of larch trees were planted in the middle of a pine forest in the shape of a giant swastika in the late 1930s.

It is unclear why the trees were planted and arranged. Some have suggested it was laid out as a patriotic gesture before the war.
Details of the trees emerged when aerial photographs, mapping the forest were released from the East German archives after reunification.

The communist authorities knew it was there but did nothing about it.

Local officials are determined it will not become a pilgrimage site for followers of the far right.

One attempt has already been made to hack down that part of the forest in the early 1990s, but the trees have rapidly re-grown, to the embarrassment of the authorities.

Authorities plan on clear cutting as much as they can. But some of the trees set on privet property, and the property owner will not allow them to cut down any trees.

 

 

 

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