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About Contamination of Subsistence Food
Subsistence food comes from the practice of subsistence farming and foraging, where each family raises and/or hunts and gathers just what that family group needs for survival. It is mostly practiced in underdeveloped countries, and opportunities for contamination occur.
How To Change the LX200 Button Battery
The Meade LX200 telescope offers electronic controls to aid in your observation of the night sky. A power panel stores coordinates and accepts information sent to the telescope by a remote key pad. Inside the power panel resides a small "button" battery that provides memory backup when the telescope
How to Make a Purse From Anything
If you're a woman heading out of the house, whether to a picnic, to a gala, or any occasion in between, you'll need to carry some cash, your identification, at least a compact and perhaps some gum. All of this can fit into a trendy clutch for your gala; for that picnic, you might also want to throw
How to Make a Star Spectroscope
A spectroscope is a device that breaks down light into individual color waves of the spectrum. High-powered spectroscopes are commonly used in astronomy. Astronomers use spectroscopes to view stars and analyze their chemical compositions, density, temperature and pressure. However, as a home science
What Are Sapphire Gemstones Used For?
Sapphires are a type of mineral that contains trace elements of iron, titanium and chromium. There are five main types: padparascha, blue, fancy, color-change and star sapphires. Sapphires are precious gemstones, and their rich colors and rarity make them a popular stone of choice for rings and neck
How to Make Your Own Cameos
Historically, cameos were the jewelry of royalty and fashioned out of shell or agate, and sometimes even turquoise. Today, it is possible to make your own cameos with a mold, some polymer clay and a warm oven. Don't expect perfect cameos on the first attempt: it takes time to determine the right amo
How to Blend Your Own Aromatherapy Scents
Aroma therapy is a natural way to induce emotional response from the body. Sense of smell is one of your senses that transmits information directly to your brain. Smell can affect feelings and emotions. Aroma therapy uses the sense of smell to help calm, stimulate and even heal ailments. Smells have
How to Sew Patiala
Comfortable to wear in hot weather, patiala are loose wide-leg pants with an attractive draped look. They are stitched to a waistband with a drawstring closure. Patiala are often worn by women in India with a long tunic top as one of the most popular styles of salwar kameez. Due to the looseness of
Activities Where Introverted Children Can Win
Encourage your introverted child to read books.Read to your Kid image by Maciej Zatonski from Fotolia.comAdjectives such as shy, antisocial and passive describe introverts. Nature and nurture interact to form the characteristics and personality of children. As hereditary as appearance,...
Types of Vintage Sewing Machines
Vintage sewing machines are more than just collectible items. These machines, if well maintained, are ideal for regular use. Sewers today favor vintage sewing machines over their modern counterparts because of the vintage machines' all-metal parts and quality manufacturing. Many types of vintage sew
Instructions for Making Ladder Golf
Ladder golf is a multiplayer outdoor game that recently has gained popularity at tailgates and outdoor activities. It easily is learned and accessible to people of all ages, making it a great choice for just about any gathering of friends or family. Because of its simplicity, a ladder-golf setup als
How to Design a Concert Program
Concert programs provide audiences with an outline of what they can expect to hear at a concert and can serve as a memento for a concertgoer. They are given to concertgoers as they enter an auditorium. There is no exact or proper way to design a concert program, and they range in length from one to
How to Cut a French Terry Drawstring to Length
French terry cloth is smooth on the right side, or front, and textured with loops on the wrong, or back, side. The fabric is often used to make adjustable sportswear, such as drawstring skirts and drawstring pants or shorts. If your French terry garment is too long, you can cut it to the desired len
How to Put a Chip McCormick Trigger on an AR-15
You demand quality from your firearms. You want accuracy, reliability and a rifle that's simply easy to use. That's why you bought a quality AR-15 rifle. Unfortunately, factory-assembled triggers rarely offer the same crisp trigger-pull as custom match-grade trigger jobs. The Chip McCormick match-gr
Making a Greeting Card
Whether you are making holiday, birthday, thank you or everyday "thinking of you" cards, use various scrapbooking and art supplies from the craft store to construct your paper masterpiece. Sending custom greeting cards to friends and family may make them feel honored that you took the time to create
How to Fold a Japanese Origami Heart
Origami has roots all over the world. Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding began in Asia, as well as in Spain, between the 8th and 12th centuries. People in the past and people today still enjoy the art of paper folding. It can be a fun pastime for adults and children alike. A commonly created
Video: How to Make Picture-in-Picture Art
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Greetings! It's your friend Ken O, also known as the Lunch Bad Dad, and I'm going to do some picture in picture art. You guys ready to try this out? Alright, let's get started. First, we'll go draw a line and I'm going to draw a nice box. I'm going to come around, draw...
The Effects of Plastic Bottles
Plastic may be a useful material for bottles, but these containers can have adverse effects, too.Container of milk. Plastic milk bottle image by L. Shat from Fotolia.comPlastic bottles are used across the world for everything from baby milk to fizzy drink containers, with the U.S. alone...
How to Make a Toy Stethoscope
Many children enjoy "playing doctor" and diagnosing their family, friends or stuffed animals with delightfully terrible diseases before making them "all better." You can encourage this creative play by building a toy stethoscope that can actually work. Use simple materials to build a stethoscope tha
Video: Votive Candle Stained Glass Craft
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Hi, I'm Holly Silva and I've been a crafts expert for 15 years. Today, I'm going to show you how to make a stained glass votive candle craft. So here we are going to do a very simple form of stained glass. This is going to be homemade stained glass. We are not actually...