Odds ‘n Sods:

Mike M. highlighted this interesting article from southern California: Wealthy homeowners seeking privacy are increasingly buying adjacent properties.

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Reader F.J.R. sent this uber-doom prediction on an Extinction Level Event: The end of the world as we know it; Forget man-made threats – the catalyst for the apocalypse will come from outer space, warns astronomer Chris Impey

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For those in coral snake country: Why Snakebites Are About to Get a Lot More Deadly. (A hat tip to Damon for the link.)

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Another Medical Corps Field Dentistry class is now in the works! Tom Loomis, DDS will be teaching a class August 20-21, 2010 in Sweetwater, Tennessee. The cost is $400 per person. This class will cover all aspects of Field Dentistry with hands-on instruction on several aspects such as types of fillings and how to do them, dental anesthesia, extracting teeth, what equipment to use and how to get it. Details are available by e-mail. The instructor is a dentist in practice for 28 years and am the dental officer for Medical Corps.

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Dr. Chuck Baldwin very thoughtfully included a prominent plug for SurvivalBlog at the end of one of his most recent columns: A Suggested Survival List