Odds ‘n Sods:

James M. found a free 36 hour video permaculture course available online, from the good folks at the LATOC Forums.

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Lee C. was the first of several readers to mention a brief BBC article about US preppers.

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Jeff sent this: Military Cartridge Brass Destruction 2010 – Round 2

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There is an interesting thread of conversation in progress, over at the AR15.com (“ARFF”) Forums: National Emergency, will parents be able to get their kids from Public Schools?

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I recently did some research for a consulting client that I thought would benefit many SurvivalBlog readers. The client had asked for a source for reasonably-priced tritium vials. (In his case, he needed 2 mm x 8mm vials to “reanimate” a couple of 1960s-vintage Trilux scopes for L1A1 rifles. I’ll be doing the same, for my own Trilux.) Here is the source that I found: B@rt’s Tritium. They have an amazing selection of tritium vial shapes and colors. He said that he liked these so much, that he bought some extras to epoxy on to room light switch plates. (No more fumbling in the dark to find a light switch!)