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2020-07-01

Where To Get Free DRM Free Comics in 2020

Comic books and graphic novels are increasingly popular among readers of all ages. Sometimes it can be difficult to find digital comic books affordably, and when you do, they can often be riddled with DRM that means you can't use them except on their website of app. DRM free comics allow you to use your comics however you want, and free comics fixes the affordability problem.

Comic Book Plus

Comic Book Plus is a site that offers free public domain comic books. The site has a wide selection of comics in different genres as well as US government material and educational comics, including some rarer comics. You can read the books for free online, or download them, although they require an account to download files.
https://comicbookplus.com/

Comixology

Comixology is an Amazon-owned service that sells digital comic books and manga. In addition to the content they sell, they also have a wide range of free comics, including some from major publishers such as Marvel Comics. Recently, the selection of free comics increased greatly. While many of these comics are only available to read online or in the Comixology app, some allow downloading in PDF or CBZ formats.
https://comixology.com/

Itch.io

Itch.io is an online community and store front mainly known for its wide selection of free and paid games from indie developers. Unlike the other similar platform GameJolt, which only allows games, itch.io also has assets, soundtracks, books and development tools, as well as comics. Itch.io has a wide selection of comics that you can download for free, most commonly in CBZ and PDF formats. Most comics that you can find on itch.io are direct downloads of files without DRM.
https://itch.io/

Panel Syndicate

Panel Syndicate is not a traditional online ebook store like the others on the list. Panel Syndicate is a pay what you want site that allows users to download DRM free comics and visual novels direct from comic book creators. There is no minimum price, so you can download all the comics you want on this site for free, and pay for the comics you like. One issue with Panel Syndicate is that compared to the others, it has quite a limited selection of comics to download.
http://panelsyndicate.com/

The Internet archive

Archive.org, or as it is sometimes known, The Internet Archive is a huge online library of free books, videos, software and sound recordings. The Internet Archive has a wide selection of comics that you can download, in a variety of formats based on what they were uploaded including PDF, CBZ, CBR, EPUB, etc.. The Internet Archive has a wide selection of public domain comics, manga and magazines as well as some more modern comics. Most of the comics on The Internet Archive allow you to download a DRM free copy instantly, but some books on The Internet Archive have waitlists to borrow, and to facilitate this, books that you can borrow do have DRM.
https://archive.org/

That wraps up the list of five great sites that allow you to get great DRM free comics for free, that you can use however you like.

2020-06-18

The Discovery of Zhang Xianzhong's Treasure

In China, there has long been rumours of the missing Treasure of Zhang Xianzhong. This treasure supposedly originates from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of a peasant's revolt was killed, and a large amount of gold and silver treasure was sunken into the Minjiang River. Many people did not believe the stories, but in 2017, archaeologists uncovered a large amount of artifacts in the river.

Source: https://mini.eastday.com/a/181217102413812.html?qid=02263

2020-06-14

Coolest Anagrams

Anagrams are different words or phrases that use the same letters, but just in another order. Many of these exist throughout the English language, and below are some of the best ones below.

Dormitory	Dirty Room
Astronomers	Moon Starers	No More Stars
Twelve Plus One	Eleven Plus Two
The Morse Code	Here Come Dots
Funeral	Real Fun
Statue of Liberty	Built to Stay Free
The Detectives	Detect Thieves
The Countryside	No City Dust Here
The Cockroach	Cook, Catch Her
Statue of Liberty	Built to Stay Free
A Decimal Point	I'm a Dot in Place
Butterfly	Flutter By
Slot Machines	Cash Lost in 'em
The Morse Code	Here Come Dots
William Shakespeare	I Am a Weakish Speller	I'll Make A Wise Phrase

One cool thing with the "Twelve Plus One" anagram that you might not have noticed is that it has 13 letters, which the the sum of twelve and one.

Google also has a cool hidden anagram easter egg. If you search "anagram" on Google, it asks "Did you mean: nag a ram".

2020-06-12

Latin Abbreviations Commonly Used in English

The English language is a complex language that pulls many roots and inspirations from other languages. A good example of this is English's incorporation of Latin in everyday use.

Abbreviation	Latin	Meaning
AD	anno Domini	In the year of the Lord
c.	circa	approximately
CV	curriculum vitae	course of life
D.G.	Dei gratia	by the grace of God
et. al.	et alii	and others
etc.	et cetera	and the rest
e.g.	exempli gratia	for example
i.e.	id est	in other words
lbs	libra	scales
p.a.	per annum	through a year
per cent.	per centum	for each one hundred
Ph.D.	Philosophiae Doctor	Doctor of Philosophy
P.S.	post scriptum	after what has been written
P.P.S.	post post scriptum	after P.S.
Re	in re	concerning
REG	regina	queen
R.I.P.	requiescat in pace	may they rest in peace
stat.	statim	immediately
vs.	versus	against

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_abbreviations

2020-05-21

{}The History of the Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam has been in operation for 83 years, and its legacy fits with a landmark built during the Great Depression, but its construction came at a high price. The Hoover Dam was originally named after its namesake, the Hoover River, and was built on the banks of the Mississippi in Hoover, California, just outside Los Angeles. It has since been built and is now one of the most famous attractions in the United States with its iconic red, white and blue colors and iconic waterfalls. Sources: 7

The dam was built to divert water from the Colorado River for hydropower and control flooding. The Hoover Dam, originally called the Boulder Dam, is the largest dam in the United States and the second largest in California. Located on the banks of the Mississippi in Hoover, California, just outside Los Angeles, it was created during the Great Depression as part of a $1.5 billion project by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Sources: 3, 7

When it was completed in 1936, Hoover Dam was the largest concrete structure ever built. It was to become a model for thousands of dams built around the world, and it is the second largest dam in the United States and the third largest in California. Sources: 1, 3

This incredible engineering skill has played a critical role in providing flood management, hydropower, and ensuring a reliable source of water for millions of people. Sources: 1

The project was seen as a way for the US government to create much-needed jobs in the Southwest, which experienced a population boom before the stock market crash. Six Companies Inc. to build Boulder City, Nevada as proposed, while Las Vegas grew considerably. Once the dam was approved and could be built, thousands of workers came to southern Nevada to work on it. The workers had to be housed in a large high-rise building, the Hoover Dam Building, at the top of the hill. Sources: 1, 2

Hoover Dam is a massive concrete structure erected on the Arizona-Nevada border. Before the dam was built, the wild Colorado River had to be diverted from the construction site in the Black Canyon. Four blasted tunnels were dug into the canyon wall, and construction began on both sides of the Arizona-Nevada border in 1931. Sources: 2, 8

The dam is known to be one of the most powerful dams in the United States and offers some of the most spectacular landscapes in the Southwest. The main purpose of the dam is to control the Colorado River, but it is also known as the largest hydroelectric dam in North America and the second largest dam on the Colorado. Sources: 8

One was built to control the flooding of the Colorado River, which meandered through the deserts of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Nevada. It bypasses the evaporation of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the USA and the second largest lake in North America. Sources: 8, 9

The first person to die in the construction of the Hoover Dam was a surveyor who drowned in search of an ideal location for the dam. His son, Patrick W. Tierney, became the last bedridden person to die while working on a dam (see Deaths at Hoover Dam). We are told that dam builders fell into the wet concrete during construction and died of their injuries. Sources: 4

On September 30, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam (originally called Boulder Dam) to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Sources: 6

Surrounded by a crowd of 10,000 people, the massive concrete dam, which stretches 1,244 feet above the Black Canyon, sits on the Arizona-Nevada border and stretches for 2.8 miles across the Colorado River. The dam - which took five years to build - is the first of its kind in the United States to control and manage water from the Colorado River, while providing water and hydropower to surrounding areas in the southwestern United States. The construction of Hoover Dam has led to Lake Mead forcing some communities in the area to evacuate. Sources: 0, 6

This is a fantastic package that contains everything you need to know about Hoover Dam, in 25 pages in depth. There are a number of ready-to-use Hoover Dam worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the history of the dam and its construction, as well as the fact that it was originally known as the Boulder Dam, located in Boulder, Colorado, just a few miles north of Boulder City. This is the first part of a two-part series about the construction and operation of the HooverDam, also known by its original name Boulder Dam. Sources: 0, 4

The dam in Boulder, Colorado, just a few miles north of Boulder City, was named in honor of Herbert Hoover, who played a pivotal role in the construction and operation of the Colorado River dam, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas. Sources: 4

The construction of the dam took almost 30 years, although it would only take five years. Construction began in 1931 and was completed in 1936, two years ahead of schedule.