How to Make Your Own Wicks for Candles Candle making is a popular crafting activity. They make fun and unique gifts, are customizable and give of lovely scents when lit. Many crafters create their own candles but wicks are often purchased at a hobby store. For a completely handmade candle, use just a few steps and simple materials. Things You'll Need Cotton Kite Strings Or TwineClothespins And LineTable SaltScissorsOld NewspapersPaper And Binder Clips show more Dissolve two tablespoons of table salt and four tablespoons of borax in 1-1/2 cups of warm water. Soak a 1-foot length of regular cotton kite string or twine in the solution for 15 minutes. Hang the string with a clothespin for five days to be sure it is completely dry. Use a paper clip to dip the string in melted wax three or four times, coating it completely. Store wicks rolled up in a newspaper. Add only one chemical for color variation.
Hydroelectric Hydroelectric Power - Water power - micro hydro systems Micro hydro power is probably the least common of the three readily used renewable energy sources, but it has the potential to produce the most power, more reliably than solar or wind power if you have the right site. This means having access to a river or creek that has a high enough flow to produce useable power for a good part of the year. Many creeks and rivers are permanent, ie, they never dry up, and these are the most suitable for micro-hydro power production. A micro hydro turbine can take several forms, the most widely recognized of which would be the water wheel, used extensively for grain grinding up until this century. Waterwheels are still used in some situations that do not require a fast-spinning turbine, such as for pumping water. However, other type of turbines have become quite common. The Campo Nuevo Watermotor is the only modern turbine designed to drive common machines directly with waterpower. By Joe Cole
Meeste universiteiten zullen binnen 20 jaar niet meer bestaan Drie trends zullen in de nabije toekomst een complete omwenteling veroorzaken in het hoger onderwijs: de stijgende kosten, de veranderende marktomstandigheden en de opkomst van nieuwe technologieën. Dit voorspelt het liberale magazine The Economist. Het hoger onderwijs is hét succesverhaal van de welvaartstaat. De 3,5 miljoen Amerikaanse en 5 miljoen Europese studenten die deze zomer hun diploma zullen behalen (velen onder hen dankzij steun door de overheid), vormen daar het beste bewijs van. De Amerikaanse onderwijskosten nemen al twintig jaar met 1,6% meer dan de inflatie toe (o.a. door het gebrek aan innovatie, de publieke financiering en de hoge premie die diploma’s opleveren op de arbeidsmarkt). MOOC’s bestaan al sinds 2008, maar hun impact bleef tot nu toe relatief bescheiden. MOOC’s zullen helemaal doorbreken.
Winter Camping: The Long Fire Please Share This Page: Google + stumbleupon tumblr reddit Winter Camping: The Long FirePhoto – Fire is an essential component of survival in the wild. If you want to go camping or are in a survival situation during the height of the winter season, it’s going to be a bit challenging to set up a campfire. We’ve found a great video tutorial by IA Woodsman that will teach you how to create long lasting fires using a special technique called the long fire. Location is essential if you want to create fire. Unless you have logs of wood already prepared, try looking for fallen timber. To start a fire it is quintessential to get good tinder. Okay, here is the video:
How To Make An Amazing DIY Portable Stove Please Share This Page: Google + stumbleupon tumblr reddit If you are a first-time visitor, please be sure to like us on Facebook and receive our exciting and innovative tutorials and info! When you are in the mood for an inexpensive but satisfying outdoor pastime in some mountainous area, to experience nature’s wonders, a wise backpacker knows very well the value of every square inch of space inside his or her bag. Truth be told, carrying a backpack isn’t the most fascinating and thrilling experience on any trip, especially on your poor, would-be-strained back muscles, but it is “part of the deal” of camping, backpacking, or travelling outdoors. Avid campers, picnickers, backpackers, and the like appreciate a great deal of portability and tend to rationally avoid pointless bulkiness. A portable stove might be a camper’s or backpacker’s best friend in the wilderness when hunger kicks in and his stomach starts grumbling in protest.
How to Make a Liquor Bottle Lamp Suzi's Crafts I would like to share one of my favorite craft projects how to make a bottle lamp. You do have to invest about $15 for a diamond bit, but the bottle lamps can be made for less than $10 and they make amazing gifts or sold for a profit at craft shows and Etsy shops. You don’t have to be a drinker to get nice looking bottles. Most bars throw out there wine and liquor bottles on a regular basis. I simply asked around a couple bars to save me a few bottles and it wasn’t a problem at all. How To Drill Glass For Your Bottle Lamp When your drilling glass you need to take the proper precautions. The key to drilling glass is letting the bit do all the work. To start your hole, put the drill bit at an angle and start drilling out a groove (This prevents the bit from slipping and traveling on the face of the bottle). Installing a Light Kit For Your Bottle Lamp The particular light kits I’m using have a switch that is perfect for these lamps. Connect the wires and place them back into the housing.
Kissinger Still Pushing the Myth of a Happy New World Order Among the works that first brought Henry Kissinger to academic acclaim was A World Restored, his 1950s book about how the greatest diplomats of Europe met at the Congress of Vienna to restore order to a continent shattered by the Napoleonic Wars. The balance-of-power peace these men achieved lasted—with the significant exception of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871—for the full century, from 1815 to 1914. Writing in The Wall Street Journal Friday, Kissinger declared that it is now an imperative that the world’s leaders, even as they deal with the raging pandemic, begin to make the “transition to the post-coronavirus order.” “Failure to do so could set the world on fire.” Yet, the ingredients Kissinger considers essential for establishing that new world order appear, like ventilators, to be in short supply. “Sustaining public trust,” asserts Kissinger, “is crucial … to international peace and stability.” On Monday, The Wall Street Journal described Europe’s recent behavior thus: Patrick J.
7 Survival Life Hacks That Could Save Your Life Please Share This Page: Google + stumbleupon tumblr reddit If you are a first-time visitor, please be sure to like us on Facebook and receive our exciting and innovative tutorials and info! I had so much fun watching this short but informative video by HouseholdHacker! Candlelight from Tin Cans What I love about this is that using an empty soda can will make use of the candle in a more efficient way! How To Get Clean Water This method of using a piece of cloth is just genius. Natural Mosquito Repellant I don’t know about you but I HATE mosquitoes. Cereal Box Microwave Wouldn’t it be great to cook your food in a cereal box? Needle And Leaf Compass If you don’t have a compass (or a super smartphone) you can use this clever method to help you tell which way is north.