DETAILS: This survival skills course begins on Friday, January 12, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, It runs for five weeks, Total cost: $65.
This is one of the best deals in town. On-line class
FIVE CONSECUTIVE FRIDAYS sponsored by Pasadena City College (PCC).
Call (626) 585-7608 for information and registration. Cost to college is $65.
This course consists of five two-hour classes, on five consecutive Friday nights.
The topics covered include:
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| Guide to Will Useful Plants |
- uses of wild plants for food
- plant medicine
- plants season now.
This class will also go over how to find, purify, and store water, how to make fire with both primitive tools and modern methods.
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| Urban Survival Guide |
Other topics include natural navigation, finding plant fibers from natural sources for making cordage, surviving without electricity, toilet-free, emergency shelters from the cold and sun, tools and self-protection, and more.
Conversations and questions from students make this class lively and engaging. Taught by the Founder of the
School of Self-Reliance Christopher Nyerges, who is a prolific author of survival books. RSVP:
There are a few things a cell phone can do in an emergency. Mostly it just causes brain cancer (tumors corresponding to use showing up years later), weakens one's protective aura, distracts, and consumes one, as well as dooming migratory birds. But a mobile can actually be a survival tool on top of being a cute fashion accessory. Here are four unknown things plus an ATM tip:
Imagine your battery gets very low from over use. There's an an emergency. To reactivate, press the keys *3370# and your phone will restart using reserve power. It will show a 50% battery increase. This reserve will get charged when the phone is recharged.
Does your car have remote keyless entry? Your phone might come in handy if you do. If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone. Then hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock.
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location. 
