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We’ve already seen that something as simple as a tennis ball [1] can be put to lots of uses other than just playing a friendly game, but not everyone has a ton of tennis balls just lying around. What about common household items? Aluminum foil is found in nearly every kitchen, and it’s surprisingly useful - but not only for its traditional purpose. From the cookbooks of grandmothers and the journals of contemporary internet homemakers, here are 30 new uses for that most unassuming of all shiny flexible metals: aluminum foil. 1. Frosting a cake but you’ve run out of pastry bags?
A while back, I wrote a piece extolling the virtues of vinegar . I want to focus some attention on another inexpensive multipurpose agent- sodium bicarbonate. Nearly everyone has a box or two of this humble stuff hanging around. http://preppingtosurvive.com/2012/01/13/baking-soda-another-wonder-substance/

Baking Soda: Another Wonder Substance | PreppingToSurvive.com

Winter is upon us! I wanted to take the time to talk about being stuck in the snow. In 2004 I lived in Flint Michigan and worked in Detroit, a 70 mile drive.

How to survive becoming stranded in a vehicle during a snow storm. | Learn How to be Prepared

http://learnhowtobeprepared.com/2011/11/how-to-survive-becoming-stranded-in-a-vehicle-during-a-snow-storm/#.Ty4L4655mK0
Survival guides, check lists, things to get at the store. It seems like everyone has a checklist for your 72 hour kit for your car, or for your food. But all these checklists are scattered all over the internet. I wanted to create a concise, master list, all in one place, combining the most pertinent information from my own lists + lists from other websites.. I am going to present this list a little different than most lists, with a multimedia experience.

The ULTIMATE checklist for emergency preparedness supplies.. | Learn How to be Prepared

http://learnhowtobeprepared.com/2011/11/the-ultimate-checklist-for-emergency-preparedness-supplies/#.Ty4P3q55mK0

www.power-huntstore.com

http://www.power-huntstore.com/default.asp What’s the secret behind Power Hunt’s high performance ultra efficient appliances? HIGH AMPERAGE CURRENT! Power Hunt’s high performance 12 volt appliances allow you to cook, make coffee, stay warm and experience the comforts of home anywhere your lifestyle takes you. Constructed with quality materials and engineered to be compact and rugged, Power Hunt products are built to withstand the rigors of travel, camping, boating, emergencies and disaster situations. Power Hunt offers three 12 volt DC options for supplying power to appliances.

Solar Panels, PV Systems and Inverters Distributor

Sun Electronics has over 38 years in the solar industry, selling wholesale. We have warehouses in Miami, Fl. Phoenix, San Francisco, Dallas, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Barbados, Canada, Belgium, and China . We are committed to offering our customers everything they need at the World's Lowest Prices for their renewable energy projects. http://www.sunelec.com/
http://www.glenergy.ca/cart.html From our offices in Canada, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, Glenergy also supports solar entrepreneurs in East Africa as a way to bring modern lighting to remote villages and to reduce the use of fuel-based lights and the associated costs, risks and negative health and environmental effects.

Welcome to Glenergy!

I found this video on youtube of a guy who is using a cheap harbor freight solar panel system to run some of the lights in his house. This system would be perfect for one of the small cabins that are becoming so popular, and I have heard from a few people that have small cabins who use the same system for all of there electrical needs. The solar setup runs around $199 at harbor freight.

Cheap Solar Panel System

http://offgridsurvival.com/cheap-solar-panel-system/
Select the exam you would like to take below by selecting the button next to the license class. Then click on the 'Take Exam' button. You will be given a mock exam. Select your answer to each question and then submit them to the eHam.net examiner robot. Your exam will be scored, you will be given your exam results. You will also be shown the correct answers to each question.

Ham Radio Practice Exams

http://www.eham.net/exams/?ehamsid=qkij04ecqvj34up6j8bmo3rro5
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American Radio Relay League | ARRL - The national association for AMATEUR RADIO

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Practice Amateur Radio Exams

The QRZ Practice Tests for amateur radio exams are free and open to the public. No previous or existing amateur license is required to participate. These tests keep track of your individual progress and so in order to use them, you must first register or log in with a QRZ User account.

Welcome to MyAmateurRadio.com

If you have visited MyAmateurRadio.com over the past 24-48 hours, you probably noticed a 2 hour downtime or you’ve noticed the new site (this site) in various states of completion. I’m almost there with the move from the old Joomla CMS (content management system) to WordPress. All audio content from 2008 – 2012 has been migrated over along with each episodes show notes. You’ll find the most recent episode (episode 51 from January) listed just below this post.
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First Aid - MayoClinic.com

Housecall, our weekly general-interest e-newsletter, keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics with timely, reliable, practical information, recipes, blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts and more. Our biweekly topic-specific e-newsletters also include blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts, and other useful information that will help you manage your health. Housecall Archives close window

CPR illustrated in three simple steps

If the victim is still not breathing normally, coughing or moving, begin chest compressions. Push down in the center of the chest 2 inches 30 times. Pump hard and fast at the rate of at least 100/minute, faster than once per second.
St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funding charitable organisation active in all states and territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger. St John is Australia's leading provider of first aid training, first aid services at public events and supplier of first aid kits and equipment. St John runs the ambulance services in Western Australia and Northern Territory. St John provides a range of community services and youth development programs.

Welcome to St John Ambulance Australia

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