GetUp! in Australia released a commercial on Thursday from the perspective of one half of a gay couple in love. It builds to the big moment that they want legalized — a proposal to get married.
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Since summer businesses have waited patiently for the opportunity to join in on Google+ and yesterday Google officially opened the doors to Google+ business pages. Previously Google+ was only open for personal profiles. Google discouraged businesses from using the profiles for businesses and even shut down a few businesses trying to use Google+ profiles as business pages.
1. Young women earn less than men at every level of education
2. Average tuition is three times higher today than in 1980
3. Two out of three students graduate with student loan debt, at an average of over $24,000
4. The student loan default rate rose 31% over just 2 years.
5. Levels of credit card debt among those ages 25 to 34 rose 81% since 1989, to an average of $6,255 in 2007
I started making my own laundry detergent almost two years ago because I wanted to use something that was safer for my family and for the environment. I have had a few requests recently to share my recipe so here it is! This amount usually last me about 6 months (for a household of 2 humans and 4 cats). You can add an essential oil of your choice for scent.
Ingredients:
- 3.1 oz bar soap (i.e. Ivory, Dr. Bronner’s or you may use a soap of your choice)
- 1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax
- ½ cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
- Water
Tools:
- 5 Gallon container (I use a 5 gallon gas can and I shake instead of stir in the instructions)
- Knife
- Pot large enough to hold 5 cups of water
- Long stirring stick/spoon (for 5 gallon container)
Instructions:
Shave the soap into small strips and place in the pot with 5 cups of water. Bring the water just shy of a boil and stir until the soap is completely melted. When the soap is just about melted, pour 3 gallons of hot water into the 5-gallon container and let it sit until the soap in the pot is totally melted. Once all of the soap shavings are melted, pour the mixture into the 5-gallon container and stir.
Once the soap and water are thoroughly stirred, add the ½ cup of washing soda and stir until dissolved. Once the washing soda is dissolved, pour in the cup of borax and stir again until dissolved.
Now you’ve got a huge container of hot soapy looking water. Cover the container, place it somewhere out of the way and let it sit overnight. Once it’s cooled it will gel. It will not gel uniformly so it will be lumpy and watery. It may not be very attractive, but it works. It’s best find smaller storage containers for convenience. I find that stirring the mixture while it is cooling helps make it less lumpy.
Usage:
½ cup per laundry load is adequate to clean your clothes.
This recipe is courtesy of Suite101: Making Your Own Laundry Detergent: Washing Clothes for Pennies | Suite101.com
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There are lots of reasons we’re excited to be launching the Obama 2012 campaign’s new Tumblr today. But mostly it’s because we’re looking at this as an opportunity to create something that’s not just ours, but yours, too.
We’d like this Tumblr to be a huge…
