Dehydrated foods are easy to pack around because drying removes the heavy water content. Though the amount varies from food to food, consider apples — 2 pounds of fresh apples becomes 4 ounces when dried. That's a …
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Grid Problems Curb India's Electric-Vehicle Appetite – NYTimes.com
Then, in May, an acute power shortage took hold in Ampere's home state, Tamil Nadu. The supply of rationed electricity in most of the state dropped from 13 or 14 hours a day to 8. Almost immediately, said the company's …
Fuel Shortage Hits Tamale | Daily Guide Newspaper
Commercial drivers in Tamale and its environs have been thrown out of business following the shortage of fuel at the various stations in the area. A visit by DAILY GUIDE to the Central Taxi Rank revealed dozens of taxi cabs …
New National Center for Home Food Preservation Blog – Root Simple
When I've got food preservation questions–about food safety or I need a reliable recipe–I go to the National Center for Home Food Preservation. The Center provides science based food preservation advice and is funded by …
Pressure Canning Soup / January 19
Fairview Gardens is offering a canning class on homemade soup making. You will be making a vegetable soup with fresh veggies from the farm. This will be an introduction to canning for some and for others who have taken …
Neo-Survivalism – LewRockwell.com
Among the Top Trends we had forecast for 2010 was “Neo-Survivalism.” With so many once-dependable “Systems” taking a battering and breaking down and with the certainty that there will never be a return to “normal” we foresaw the need …
Nuclear War Group Discusses Ongoing Risk Of US-Russia Nuclear …
The reason for focusing on US-Russia nuclear war is simple: the US and Russia still have the overwhelming majority of the world's nuclear weapons. According to the Federation of American Scientists, the US now has 2,150 …
Chemical spill in downtown LA; evacuations ordered – Breaking News
BREAKING: Chemical spill in downtown LA; evacuations ordered near S. Central Ave./4th St. https://t.co/m5GoXBGD.
Japan: Battle on to prevent radioactive meltdown | Metro News
Engineers are locked in a desperate battle to prevent a meltdown at a Japanese nuclear plant which has already exploded twice since being damaged in the tsunami.
PAGASA cautions vs flash floods, landslides in Mindanao on New …
Areas in Visayas and Mindanao that were hit by recent cyclones may have to take precautions against possible flash floods and landslides on New Year's Day, state weather forecasters said Friday.
Teen arrested in White Center home invasion rape | Seattle 911 — A …
A 17-year-old boy suspected of raping a woman in front of her boyfriend and young child was arrested Thursday after investigators matched his DNA to the crime, the King County Sheriff's Office reports. The robbery and rape …
Vegetarianism, Anarcho-Primitivism, Permaculture, Sustainability …
As you can probably tell from the title, this post is going to be a clusterfuck. I don't know where to start, so I'll just talk about a book I'm currently reading, that got me back on some of these … Continue reading ?
After fatal stabbing, San Francisco allows shelters to bar violent …
Until recently, shelters could not deny homeless people beds because of bad behavior outside of a facility. But that changed amid calls to protect shelter workers and peaceful homeless people seeking refuge. Late last month …
Patch Herb Planters
Grow your own food with a simple system designed for urban dwellers. … By offering simple solutions like the Patch herb planter, Houston hopes to empower city dwellers to reap the rewards of growing their own food.
Couple Arrested Following Physical Confrontation With Best Buy …
Couple Arrested Following Physical Confrontation With Best Buy Receipt-Checker. December 21, 2012 By Chris Morran. (Joel Zimmer). No one really likes to have their receipt checked when they leave a store — and some people will outright …
No rice self-sufficiency for PHL this year — Agri Dept | Economy …
The Philippines is on track when it comes to its rice self-sufficiency goal for 2013, but the country may still import the commodity as buffer stock.
Inhabitat's Week in Green: self-sustaining homes, wooden wind …
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it's the Week in Green. The planet.
CDC – Influenza (Flu) – CDC Resources for Pandemic Flu
CDC's pandemic preparedness efforts include ongoing surveillance of human and animal influenza viruses, risk assessments of influenza viruses with pandemic potential.
Model for global pandemic prevention – University of California
DAVIS — Groundbreaking efforts by PREDICT, a project led by the One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis, are highlighted today in the medical journal the Lancet as a model for a new, globally coordinated …
Sacramento self-defense workshops for women Saturday
On Saturday, Jan. 5, Sandy Thomas will teach three separate introductory self-defense workshops for women. In each two-hour workshop, women will learn basic defense techniques that may be used against an unarmed …
Emergency Preparedness – Week 4 "Emergency Binder & Cash …
Welcome to week 4 of Emergency Preparedness. The forth step to creating an emergency survival station for your home is putting together an important documents folder for each backpack, one emergency binder (for …
2012 natural disasters cost €122 billion – The Local
Natural catastrophes including US hurricane Sandy caused $160 billion (€122 billion) worth of damage in 2012, the world's leading reinsurer, Munich Re, estimated on Thursday.
65 Percent Of Americans Believe That 2013 Will Be A Year Of …
Do you believe that economic trouble is coming in 2013? If so, you have a lot of company. According to a brand new Gallup poll that was just released, 65.
Natural Disasters and the Nature of Cities | Sustainable Cities …
Environmental traumas are here. Global climate is a reality that is bringing extremes in weather as we have seen recently with the devastating impacts of Hurricane Sandy in the northeast of the USA. And in the last several …
Communications: We are behind in the OODA loop – The DC …
Reblogged from Just Stop: I don't know how many people have actually read the opposition's blogs. There are many, most practically a part of the mainstream media. How did they get so big? That's simple. They are financed …
New Yorkers Need Firearms For Personal Protection In The Wake Of …
Reports of looting in areas of New York City and Long Island ravaged by Hurricane Sandy underscore the need for average citizens to have ready access to firearms for personal protection…
Nokia Said To Be Prepping An Aluminum-Clad Lumia For Release …
Nokia's been awfully fond of slapping its high-end hardware into polycarbonate bodies, but that trend may soon come to an end if a new report from The Verge..
'Doomsday Preppers': Man Has Invested More Than $100,000 On …
The latest episode of "Doomsday Preppers" featured Bryan and he was certainly prepared, especially if preparedness is measured in ammo. In fact, Bryan has spent more than $100000 on an assembly line so he can make …
What is a Supervolcano? – Mental Floss
In Yellowstone, the rim of a supervolcano caldera is visible in the distance. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. In 2012, director Roland Emmerich's love letter to the Mayan apocalypse (oh hey, wasn't that supposed …
School Obama's Daughters Attend Has 11 Armed Guards | Radical …
By AWR Hawkins | From Breitbart.com | On Monday, December 24th, 2012. Some interesting news has broken in the wake of the latest push for gun control by President Obama and Senate Democrats: Obama sends his kids …