Notes for Saturday – April 30, 2016

(Before It's News)

Today is the birthday of sci-fi novelist Larry Niven (born April 30, 1938). Along with Jerry Pournelle, he co-authored the survivalist classic Lucifer’s Hammer. April 30th is also the birthday of Ed Yourdon, who was born in 1944.

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Today, we present another entry for Round 64 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $12,000 worth of prizes for this round include:

First Prize:

1. A Tactical Self-Contained 2-Series Solar Power Generator system from Always Empowered. This compact starter power system is packaged in a wheeled O.D. green EMP-shielded Pelican hard case (a $1,700 value),
2. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate that is good for any one, two, or three day course (a $1,195 value),
3. A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses, excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795,
4. DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 Nato QD Billet upper with a hammer forged, chrome-lined barrel and a hard case to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel, which can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools and a compact carry capability in a hard case or 3-day pack (an $1,100 value),
5. Gun Mag Warehouse is providing 20 Magpul PMAG 30-rd Magazines (a value of $300) and a Gun Mag Warehouse T-Shirt; (an equivalent prize will be awarded for residents in states with magazine restrictions),
6. Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
7. The Ark Institute is donating a non-GMO, non-hybrid vegetable seed package (enough for two families of four) plus seed storage materials, a CD-ROM of Geri Guidetti’s book “Build Your Ark! How to Prepare for Self Reliance in Uncertain Times”, and two bottles of Potassium Iodate (a $325 retail value),
8. A $250 gift certificate good for any product from Sunflower Ammo,
9. KellyKettleUSA.com is donating an AquaBrick water filtration kit with a retail value of $250, and
10. Two cases of meals, Ready to Eat (MREs), courtesy of CampingSurvival.com (a $180 value).

Second Prize:

1. A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, which have a combined retail value of $589,
2. A transferable certificate for a two-day Ultimate Bug Out Course from Florida Firearms Training (a $400 value),
3. A Model 175 Series Solar Generator provided by Quantum Harvest LLC (a $439 value),
4. A Trekker IV™ Four-Person Emergency Kit from Emergency Essentials (a $250 value),
5. A $200 gift certificate good towards any books published by PrepperPress.com,
6. A pre-selected assortment of military surplus gear from CJL Enterprize (a $300 value),
7. RepackBox is providing a $300 gift certificate to their site, and
8. Safecastle is providing a package of 10 LifeStraws (a $200 value)
9. American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses.
   
   Source: https://survivalblog.com/notes-for-saturday-april-30-2016/

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