If you found out you couldn’t run to your local supermarket or corner quick stop for many of the things you use every day, what would you do? Many people are answering this question by learning to live without commercially made products. This doesn’t mean these people are suffering or having to live without little
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Kirkland, WA – Several predominantly African American groups are mounting campaigns to remind people that gun control in America harkens to a time when blacks were restricted from possessing weapons in order to ensure their submission. Gun control laws that banned or put restrictions on African Americans from owning firearms as documented by the National Rifle Association’s Institute of Legislative Action included in part: 1640 – Virginia 1712 – South Carolina, Virginia 1806 – Louisiana 1811- Louisiana 1819 – South Carolina 1825 – Florida 1828 – Florida 1831 – Delaware, Virginia, Maryland 1833 – Florida,
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As unlikely as it may sound, the unimposing tealeaf might be the answer to bioterror worries—most notably anthrax and ricin attacks. Researchers have already learned of green tea’s ability to protect against anthrax, and now, new studies indicate that black tea may offer a similar protection against ricin. Unfortunately, drinking a cup of tea cannot
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If you haven’t considered what would happen without power, start by looking in your kitchen. Your refrigerator would no longer work. Meats and perishables would spoil quickly. While we all want to think we won’t ever be without electricity, no one can predict when the next major world war or other catastrophe will occur. A
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Curing meats is a great way to preserve them. It may seem like a difficult chore to get into, but in reality, curing meat is not that complex. Curing simply means preserving meat. For thousands of years, people have cured meats by drying, salting, or smoking them. Any kind of meat can be treated this way, but pork usually gives the best results. Because this type of preservation has been used for so long, it is a method that you can rely on even if you have no power. Of course, there are modern pieces
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