14 natural items for your alternative first aid kit
Cloves. Photo by Elenadan Find out which multitasking natural remedies merit a spot in your backpack. IF YOU’VE COME TO trust in herbal and alternative medicine at home, it can be a hard decision to go back to Pepto-Bismol and Dayquil when you’re getting ready to go abroad.
Freakonomics » The Way We Teach Math, Sciences, and Languages Is Wrong
(iStockphoto) A few years after I learned German, I got the chance to learn French. That experience gave me lots of ideas for why our teaching of many subjects, especially science and mathematics, is so unsuccessful—and for how we can improve our learning. I studied French in school for five years. However, when I went to France after college, I could barely buy a train ticket.
News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar is to the body. News is easy to digest.
Food Gift Ideas
This is the time of year when I am in the kitchen baking as much as possible. Not only does it warm up the house, but there’s nothing better than the smell of fresh baked goods! Don’t you agree? I also love to bake and take sweet treats to neighbors and friends nearby. In fact, every year my mom and sisters and SILs get together to bake goodies, swap treats and make cookie plates to deliver to friends.
11 Unusual Household Uses For Food Items That Will Save You Money
photo: charles chan * The next time you find yourself in need of a household product like stain remover, shower cleaner or ant deterrent, check the pantry before heading to the store. You might just find what you need, in the form of a common kitchen ingredient. From a green perspective, going the DIY route eliminates some of the harsh chemicals in your home, reducing your family’s exposure to them. It can also save you money. In a pinch, using cinnamon or cayenne pepper could save you the $5 needed to buy a set of ant traps.
Practical Survivor
PracticalSurvivor.com by Robert Munilla is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Based on a work at www.practicalsurvivor.com Navigation Home Hand Drill Fire Starting Click title or picture for full article. Read more
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40 Life Hacks That Will Change Your Life
There are always these pesky little obstacles in life that make everything so difficult – pot always boiling over, zipper constantly unzipping itself or ice cream melting on your clothes. All these first world problems can easily ruin your day. Luckily, internet is full of handy life-saving tips that can help you! Show Full Text This awesome list of life hacks will teach you how to quickly make your beer ice cold, hammer nails without hurting yourself, keep your greedy colleagues away from your lunch, cover up dings on wooden furniture, keep your take-out pizza warm and many more! Unfortunately, these life tips are so widely spread that it is impossible to track and credit the original authors.
16 DIY Gift Ideas For Your Pets
Everyone needs to spoil their furry friends once in a while and what better way to do this than make them a special homemade gift. We have collected our favorite DIY pet gift ideas to get you inspired. 1. How To Make Cute Pet ID Tags - Make your pet some cute and stylish pet ID tags. Make sure your pet is the the coolest four legged creature on the block with these ultra hip pet tags. 2.
10 Most Popular DIY Sites
By Steve Ash Got a project? Need inspiration or advice from pros? Looking for support from fellow do-it-yourselfers? Check out these top-rated do-it-yourself websites. Do It Yourself.com From washing machines to alternative finance, this site has it all!
Alternative Sleep Cycles: 7-10 Hours Are Not Needed
The average person requires 7-10 hours of sleep per night according to the National Sleep Foundation. But is it possible that using different sleep cycles, where the benefits of sleep are still achieved, we can sleep less? Much less?
Plugins for Sketchup - Rendering Software
written by: Senadheera Jayakody•edited by: Lamar Stonecypher•updated: 6/9/2011 SketchUp is a program for 3D modeling used by architects, game developers, and film producers. SketchUp can be downloaded as free software with limited functionalities. For better use of Google SketchUp, you need good rendering software.
