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The NY Times Styles section looks at how the The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived, both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions extended credentials to bloggers. However, not all bloggers are created equal: At the DNC, there's the national credential ",which offers the same access granted to members of traditional news media organizations," while the "coveted" state blogger credential "allows one blogger per state to cover the convention alongside its state delegation, with unlimited floor access" (Room 8 is representing NY). Our Washington DC blog, DCist, was chosen as DC's state blogger and editor Sommer Mathis is already in Denver. She reports on what's in the DNC media swag bag, "an official Denver 2008 reusable water bottle from Visa... a bottle of Walgreen's brand ibuprofen and minipack of Walgreen's brand facial tissue, a bottle of hand sanitizer from the Hogan & Hartson law firm...magnetic poetry from SEIU..."
Bloggers Head to the Conventions
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Hand sanitizers are certainly a good idea for anyone that will be attending a large audience event--but the experts caution on avoiding alcohol-based products, as they've become notorious for not only causing dry/irritated skin, but these products have no effectiveness when applied to dirty hands (And one can only guess how clean the hands will be.) In addition the alcohol-based products lose their effectiveness within seconds after application, the only redeeming features is that they can be mixed into soft drinks to create a potent libation, or, because these products are flammable, they could be used as an accelerant for destroying documents .
Alternative, alcohol-free, rinse free hand sanitizers have become very popular with infection control experts; leading brands that can be procured at Walmart SuperCenters, Target and online include Soapopular. This product is also fragrance free and dye free, and its 100ml bottles are FAA compliant. This can also be purchased at www.SoapyUSA.com, or at Amazon.com