ARLINGTON — After the eighteen-day success of mass protests in Egypt to overthrow its thirty-year dictator, groups of Americans have been moved to protest numerous injustices in the U.S. “It’s what all the cool kids are doing,” said Jeff Mantel, outside Dallas Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Mantel led a crowd of two thousand protesters,
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I was raised in the South, the home of chivalry and civility. Therefore my grandmother never uttered, what she called, a by-word. According to her, cursing was for illiterates and the un-churched. Proper gents and ladies just didn’t say such things. So what did she do when something so caught her by surprise, so stirred
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Humans are funny creatures. In our cultural experience, and perhaps in your own, we know the type of the hypochondriac—always complaining or fearful of this or that malady, needing to medicate or to run to the doctor despite anyone else’s ability to see either actual illness or any benefit from treatment. We may even observe
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As research on alternative energy continues, hundreds of plants have been examined to determine whether they can provide an equivalent to corn for production of synthetic fuels. Algae have had a surprising impact on this research and development. Research has demonstrated that algae can provide a sustainable source of alternative energy and a replacement for
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Bartering is a cash-free method of commerce that has existed since before history and is still in use across the country and around the world. Simply put, it is the exchange of your excess goods and/or services for the goods and/or services of others that you are lacking. This is usually a binding agreement between
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Everyone ends up somewhere, but few end up somewhere on purpose. Pastor Bill Overstreet At some point in our lives, usually as emerging adults, we have all looked up and wondered what being “out there,” out in the real world, was all about. As adults we’ve thought many times about our destination in life. Are
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In our last column, we took profiled two families who found success as owners of community-based home businesses. Today we’ll look at another group of home-based entrepreneurs, real people making a decent living by using the medium of the Internet.
For those wishing to sell their wares online, the Internet marketplace is no longer confined to just eBay alone. A newer kid in town, Etsy.com, is hot, hot, hot. Its popularity with both buyers and sellers is rapidly expanding each day. Etsy, an online artisan …
In a survival situation, do you know what your needs are? Do you know how to stop, assess a situation, recognize your needs, and then improvise to get those needs met? Don’t worry – there are a lot of us that have not thought that far ahead. However, today’s guest on Off the Grid Radio,
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The New Year came and went, along with many resolutions. If you resolved that this year would finally be the one that saw major changes in your physical form, how is it going? If you need any more motivation, just remember that your body is the one thing you are guaranteed to be able to
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Gardening in raised beds has been used for many years in places where the native soil is poor either due to a lack of nutrients or because of rocks and other obstructions – such as tree roots. They can be built from just about anything – rocks, wood, concrete blocks, bricks or even hay bales.
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For many years, Americans have enjoyed basic freedoms like freedom of speech... freedom to choose how they spend their money... and freedom to travel without restriction. But with each passing year, we see the rapid erosion of these freedoms. As power-hungry politicians become more brazen in their pursuit of total control, our freedoms are becoming more tightly restricted -- or, in some cases, legislated away entirely. For proof, look at what’s happened during the last few years...
The Amazing "Aztec Super-Food" Used By Top Survivalists For Mission-Critical Strength And Endurance!In the remote Copper Canyons of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, the isolated tribe of Tarahumara Indians is known for a remarkable feat. They run! They run hundreds of miles … without injury and without rest. Their legendary endurance puts gold medal Olympic marathon runners to shame. The Tarahumara not only run long distances, they also routinely scale mountains in mere hours, just for the fun of it. They sprint on foot to catch animals for their dinner… and consider it a playful diversion. The Tarahumara are believed to be among the healthiest human beings on earth!
"God's Miracle Dust" Because It's The Single Greatest Off-The-Grid Story Ever Told!We live in a time when it's impossible to escape dangerous chemicals. They're in our homes, our food, our soil, our water, and our air. They're so much a part of our lives that we think nothing of it. It's high time we think about it a little more. There are over 70,000 chemicals in use today and their cumulative effects on human health have never really been studied. In fact, very few of them have even been studied individually for safety. Should we be worried?
The Single Best "Just In Case" Place In The WorldFor many years now, there has been much talk that the ancient Mayans predicted the end of the world with their Long Count calendar. It has even been refined down to a specific date when humanity is supposed to cease to exist… December 21, 2012 This doomsday message has become quite popular. So much so, the subject has spawned hundreds of thousands of websites and blogs, several mainstream books… and at least a couple of movies… including… a major motion picture by Mel Gibson titled, Apocalypto. The supposed cause (or causes) of this wanton, wholesale destruction ranges from a Planet “X” near flyby… to a “killer” solar flare… to geomagnetic reversal… to… a half-dozen (or more) other things. Any one of which, alone, would have catastrophic effects.
