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Posted By lifehackery On April 22, 2008 @ 7:06 pm In Home , Life , Money | 26 Comments 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.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.
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The LifeStraw personal water filter, the "Best Invention of the Year" (Time magazine, 2005) , enables users to drink water safely from contaminated water sources. LifeStraw is ideal for homeowners during emergencies such as local flooding which can contaminate drinking water supplies. LifeStraw is also ideal for campers and hikers who may be drinking from rivers or lakes and are unsure of the water safety.
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An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company.
Below is a clean copy of a document comparing the data retention policies of the top five cell phone providers in the U.S. The document, entitled, “Retention Periods of Major Cellular Providers,” was produced in 2010 by the Department of Justice to advise law enforcement agents seeking to obtain cell phone records and was uncovered by the ACLU's coordinated records request on cell phone location tracking by police. The original was received by the ACLU of North Carolina. In August 2011, 35 ACLU affiliates filed 381 requests in 32 states with local law enforcement agencies seeking to uncover when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans. You can find more information about the effort here .
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By Dave Hitt on Mar 31, 2010 in Featured , Police State What’s the best response when a cop asks you something? Silence, or a short, polite non-answer. Shut up. Just.
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PDF Emergency Preparedness Pamphlets & Books Most of the following files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free by clicking here . Click on the links to open the file in a new browser window, or right click the link and "save as" to download to your computer (windows). Emergency Agencies FemaMany of these books are from an age before Attorneys and Government Agencies existed to protect us from ourselves, the world and ensure that we'd all live forever and never suffer a scratch, bruise or other injury.
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