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March2009
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Table
of
Contents
Gearing
Up,
Part
1
by
C
orc
ceigh
Green
-
Pg.
2
Review
of
The
Infowarrior's
Handbook
by
C
orc
ceigh
Green
-
Pg.
6
Computing
for
the
Downwardly
Mobile
by
MKORION
-
Pg.
7
Alternativesto
Homelessness,
Temporary
Autonomous
Zonesby
MKORION
-
Pg.
8
Remote
Transceiver
Operations,
Part
2
by
Dr
.Noxx
-Pg.
11
Must
HaveBook
Suggestions
by
Corcceigh
Green
-Pg.
17
Rightcoast
's
Book
Suggestions
by
Rightc
oa
st-Pg.
19
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TAP
Issue#110-
March2009
GearingUp,Part1
by
C
orcceigh
Green
If
y
ou
'
ve
been
f
oll
owing
my
ar
ti
cles
in
TAP
Newslet
ter,
y
ou
knowI'
ve
beenwarning
ab
ou
tthethre
at
of
wha
t
passes
f
or
America
's
go
vernme
nt
bec
omin
g
tot
al
it
arian
and
crackin
g
down
on
your
freedoms
.I
've
explained
th
at
this
will
mean
th
at
you
will
have
to
fade
back
fr
omt
he
go
vernmen
t'sas
saul
ts
,
evade
,
escap
e
and
k
eep
y
our
family
safe
while
t
ho
secapable
will
regroup
,
co
ndu
ct
guerilla
warfare
and
hi
tthe
enemy
on
yo
urterms
as
opp
or
tunity
pre
s
en
ts
targ
et
s.
The
las
ttwo
ar
ticles
c
overed
the
basi
cs
tra
tegie
sth
at
will
help
y
ou
acc
omplish
thi
s.
Wi
th
this
article
,Ih
ope
to
d
et
ailsome
gear
tha
t
will
help
yo
u
in
y
our
ques
tf
or
fr
eedom
and
surv
iv
a
l.
The
stat
eme
nt
ofthe
abo
ve
paragraph
ha
s
alr
eadybeen
dem
on
s
tra
ted
wi
th
the
rush
of
bills
th
at
have
been
pro
ce
eding
fr
om
commi
tt
ee
s
in
Congre
ss.
HR645
es
tablishes
acolorof
au
th
ority
in
the
federal
governmen
tto
build
FEMA
opera
ted
h
oldin
g
facili
ti
es
and
f
or
ce
American
s
in
to
them
during
de
clared
emergencie
s.HR
1022
is
a
heinously
un
-American
bill
giving
color
of
au
thority
to
the
federal
At
torney
General
to
o
ut
law
any
classormo
del
offirearm
he
wi
she
s
wi
th
the
mere
st
ro
keofa
pen
.
Legi
sla
ti
on
givingcol
or
of
law
to
the
re
s
tric
ti
on
of
ammuni
ti
on
is
al
so
in
the
works
.F
or
gun
owner
s
and
fr
eedom
minded
pe
ople,
th
is
comesasnosurpris
e.
Barrak
Huss
ein
Obama
has
pr
omised
this
kind
of
"chang
e"
all
al
on
g
and
his
vot
ing
rec
ordin
theSen
at
e
reflec
ts
his
Mar
xi
st
views
.Itisnol
ongertime
to
think
ab
out
preparing
and
reading
upon
the
la
test
survival
te
chniques
.Now
is
the
time
togear
up
and
practice
wi
th
y
our
gear
to
gainthe
skills
y
ou
read
ab
ou
t.Itis
im
por
tan
t
to
no
te
bef
ore
gearing
up
th
at
knowledgeand
skill
are
alway
sm
ore
im
p
or
tan
tthani
tems
s
toredin
a
backpa
ck
or
cached
in
a
moun
tainside
.
Having
a
bo
x
of
mat
che
s
and
a
flin
t,
st
eel
and
magne
sium
fire
s
tarter
with
yo
uonacampingtripd
oes
not
guaran
tee
tha
t
yo
ucan
st
artafir
e.
Y
ou
mus
tha
ve
the
knowledge
and
skill
to
u
se
y
our
equipmen
t
in
a
way
th
at
ise
ffe
c
tive.
Tha
t
means
pra
ct
ic
e,
notj
ust
readin
gthe
ins
tructions
and
s
toring
theequipme
nt.
Thi
s
also
m
eans
wareand
tearonthe
equipmen
t
and
you
will
have
to
ro
ta
te
and
repla
ce
theequ
ip
me
nt
when
used
.
In
to
da
y's
ec
onomy
y
ou
may
have
tog
et
crea
tive
when
budge
ting
in
y
our
gea
r,
bu
t
you
must
pra
c
ti
ce
in
ord
er
to
gain
theskill
to
u
se
tha
t
gear
.
In
o
th
er
word
s
use
what
y
ou
buy
and
buywhat
yo
uu
se
.To
be
gin
wi
th
gearingup,b
eg
in
wi
th
the
basics.
Y
our
firs
tc
oncern
in
surv
iv
alis
keeping
y
our
b
ody
co
reatago
od
workingtemper
at
u
re.
Tha
t
run
s
around98.6
#
degr
ees
Fahrenh
ei
tf
or
mostp
eople
.It
is
imp
ortan
tnotto
ge
tt
oo
much
ho
t
ter
orco
oler
thanthi
s.
The
resul
ts
would
be
hypo
thermia
sh
ould
y
ou
be
come
too
co
ol
or
hyperthermia
sh
oul
dy
ou
bec
ome
too
hot.
Ei
ther
si
tua
tion
can
resul
t
in
d
ea
th
.
Besi
de
y
our
b
ody
core
temper
at
ure,f
act
ors
like
humidity
,getting
wet
,
swea
t
andwind
play
im
p
or
tan
tr
olesin
main
tainin
gb
ody
temperatur
e.
While
m
os
t
survivalis
ts
knowthis
to
be
tru
e,
many
Ameri
can
s,surv
iv
al
ists
in
cluded
,
are
m
ore
fair
wea
ther
pra
c
titi
oner
soft
he
ar
t
rather
than
gain
all
s
ea
son
experie
nc
e.
They
,therefor
e,
negl
ectt
he
se
fa
ct
ors
c
ombined
wi
th
harsh
er
wea
ther
ex
tremes
and
are
generally
prepared
onlyf
or
fair
we
at
hero
ut
i
ngs.This
isa
huge
mi
s
take
evenf
or
su
mm
ero
ut
i
ngs.
Under
survival
co
nd
it
io
ns
and
in
thet
yp
esofterrain
where
one
migh
tfi
nd
him
or
herself
in
Nor
th
America
,
wea
ther
cond
it
io
ns
chang
e
rapidly
.
These
chang
es
can
bring
rain,
wind
,cold
and
sle
et.Su
mm
er
in
my
ar
ea
is
noe
xc
e
pt
ion
to
such
adver
sec
ondi
ti
on
s.I
have
been
caug
ht
in
the
high
er
m
oun
tain
terraing
at
he
ring
huckle
berries
in
Au
gu
st
when
c
oldfron
ts
fr
om
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
ha
smo
ved
thro
ug
h.
E
ven
in
Au
gu
stthe
hi
gh
temper
at
ure
candrop
int
othef
ift
ies
wi
th
the
lows
dropping
in
to
the
thi
rt
ies.
The
se
co
nd
it
io
ns
alwa
ys
brin
gs
rain
which
can
turn
to
sn
ow
in
them
oun
tains
,
and
ye
s,I
'm
st
illtalking
abou
tAu
gu
st.
In
suchsu
mm
er
ou
tings
many
are
taken
unprepared
,caug
ht
in
t
he
wea
ther
wi
th
only
summer
g
ear
.Sucha
si
tua
tion
can
easil
yturn
deadly
.Y
ou
may
thinkth
at
y
oumay
not
ha
ve
to
face
such
s
it
u
at
io
ns
asy
ou
are
not
li
ving
in
my
ar
ea
.Conside
r,
how
ev
er
,th
at
y
ou
may
have
toe
vade
ho
s
til
es
like
Blackwa
ter
mer
cs
or
aBATFE
murder
raid
durin
g
summer
condi
tions
and
need
to
evade
th
ro
ugh
se
veral
sea
so
ns
includin
g
win
ter
.
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TAP
Issue#110-
March2009
Af
ter
o
bs
e
rv
inga
freak
summer
snow
sto
rm
on
June
11
atthe
2,7
00foot
level
(
thisis
a
very
low
al
ti
tude
f
or
sn
owatthistime
of
year)
I
no
ti
ced
how
thes
no
ws
tayed
wet
and
covered
the
gr
ound
.
Thi
s
made
f
or
muddy
c
ondi
tions
and
s
oaked
firew
o
od
.She
lt
er
building
ma
terials
were
also
s
oaked
and
re
tained
little
in
sula
ting
value.
You
need
to
be
prepared
when
these
condi
tions
pre
sen
tthemselves
durin
g
anytime
ofthe
year.
Sincethes
olu
ti
on
to
surviving
the
elemen
tsis
shel
ter
,
shel
teris
the
fir
st
pri
ority
in
gearing
up
f
or
su
rv
ival
in
the
wild
soron
th
e
run
.
Shel
ter
begins
not
wi
thin
thewalls
of
y
our
home,
bu
t
wi
th
thec
lot
hesony
our
ba
ck
.
Your
clothin
g
is
yourp
ersonal
she
lt
er
and
fir
st
line
of
defen
se
again
st
the
elements
.As
with
your
other
g
ear
and
t
oo
ls
you
may
use
,there
arecer
tain
grade
softech
no
log
y
in
v
ol
ved
in
p
ro
du
ct
io
n
and
quali
ty
.
The
ma
terial
y
our
cl
o
thesare
made
fr
om
plays
a
huge
role
in
how
well
they
insula
te
yo
ur
body
from
the
elemen
ts
and
protec
t
you
.M
odern
,
ar
tifi
cial
fibers
can
keepwin
d
ou
t
and
r
epel
wa
ter
while
all
owingswea
ted
vap
or
fr
om
your
b
ody
ou
t
and
insula
te
again
st
cold
all
atthe
same
tim
e.
G
ore
-Te
x
andThin
sula
te
brand
cl
ot
hi
ngdo
an
exc
eptional
job
at
pro
tec
ting
you
from
the
elemen
ts
and
keepin
g
you
alive
.P
olypropylene
is
ex
cellent
material
for
re
tainin
g
in
sula
ting
value
a
gain
stthe
skin
.
Natural
fibers
th
at
areexcellen
t
in
re
tainin
gtheir
insula
tin
gvalue
are
wo
ol
and
down
.Down
refer
stothe
down
f
eather
s
of
fowl
like
du
cks
,
gees
e
and
chicken
s.
While
th
is
na
tural
ma
terial
works
ex
tr
emely
well
in
dry,
coldw
ea
ther
,it
loses
it's
value
quickly
under
wet
co
nd
it
io
nsor
if
sto
red
so
th
at
thedown
piles
on
one
sid
e,
leavin
g
gap
s
in
the
insulating
ma
terial
.W
ool
re
tain
sit's
in
sula
tin
gvalue
ex
tremelywell
and
driesrapidly
inthe
presen
ce
ofonly
body
h
ea
t.
Lea
ther
is
an
ex
tremely
u
seful
na
tural
ma
terial
f
or
cl
o
thin
g.
Pr
operl
yc
on
s
tructed
,tre
at
ed
and
oil
ed,
leather
cl
ot
hing
will
repel
wa
ter
and
windandkeep
an
insulating
layer
of
air
trapped
righ
t
where
you
need
it
to
be
.
Cotto
nis
an
unforgivabl
esin
in
mostsurvivalsitu
at
io
n
s.Cott
on
mus
t
be
dry
orit
hasabsolu
tely
zer
o
insula
tin
g
value
.W
or
se
,it
abs
orbs
and
re
tain
swa
ter
and
ac
tsas
an
e
vap
ora
ti
ve
co
oler
helping
to
sp
e
ed
thecoolin
geffec
ts
of
the
envir
onment
on
your
body.
Cotton
clo
thing
used
in
asurvival
si
tua
ti
on
in
any
se
aso
n
ot
herthan
summer
can
andha
scarrieda
dea
th
sen
tence
f
or
many
people.
Likeany
piece
of
tec
h
no
log
y,
thetech
no
logyofcl
ot
hingc
on
s
truction
bring
s
differin
gu
ses
fortha
t
tec
hnolog
y.
F
or
ex
ampl
e,while
w
ool
s
tay
s
dr
y
and
in
sulates
be
t
ter
exp
osed
to
body
hea
t,
wearing
w
ool
again
stthes
kin
can
be
uncomfor
table
.
It
's
not
ju
st
thatit
is
i
tchy
for
many
pe
ople
,
but
thatit
is
r
ough
andcan
chafethe
skin
during
modera
te
and
e
ven
ligh
t
work
ses
si
ons
.Skin
chafin
g
durin
ga
pr
o
tra
c
ted
peri
od
in
t
he
wild
s
will
eve
nt
uallyl
ead
to
infec
ti
on
s
which
isde
trim
en
tal
totheg
oal
ofsu
rv
iva
l.
Thesameistrueofl
ea
ther
.Cot
ton
is
an
appallingly
deadly
mat
erial
to
use
in
ou
t
er
or
mid
-la
y
er
c
lo
thin
g,
bu
tc
an
pr
ot
ec
ttheskin
from
thechafin
g
effe
ct
sofwo
ol
.P
olypr
o
pylene
is
an
e
ven
be
t
ter
ma
terial
f
or
wear
agai
nst
the
skin
as
it
wick
swa
ter
and
swea
t
away
fr
omthe
skin
and
re
tains
it
's
in
sulatin
g
value
atthe
same
time
.
Usin
gthese
differin
gt
ec
hnol
og
ic
al
opera
ting
abilities
to
theirown
st
re
n
gt
hs
will
help
to
k
eep
us
ali
ve.As
yo
u
may
ha
ve
gu
es
sed
,o
ne
of
the
be
stw
ays
to
insure
y
ou
main
tain
y
our
body
'sc
ore
te
mper
at
ure
is
tou
se
your
clothing
to
pro
tecty
ou
fr
omthee
le
me
nts.
Thee
as
iest
way
to
do
thatistoke
ep
your
cl
o
thing
dry
.
Foll
ow
the
simple
rule
;s
tay
dry
.Now,as
to
how
to
u
se
y
our
cl
o
thin
g'stech
no
log
y
in
a
survival
si
tua
ti
on
,
you
mustthinkabo
ut
insula
ting
value
and
heatpr
oduced
byy
our
b
ody
.A
balan
ce
must
be
st
ricken
be
tw
e
en
h
ea
t
pr
oduced
byyour
body
th
at
build
s
up
in
thetrapped
air
ofthe
in
sula
ting
layers
of
y
our
cl
o
thing
and
howmu
ch
of
th
is
hea
t
is
l
os
t
to
t
heelem
en
ts
.M
oi
s
ture
e
ffec
ts
thi
s
which
iswhy
yo
umust
st
r
ive
toke
ep
dr
y,
bu
t
if
yo
u
bec
ome
too
ho
t,y
ou
will
swe
at
and
reduce
t
he
in
sulatin
g
value
of
your
cl
othing
.
In
asurvival
si
tu
at
io
n,
y
ou
will
n
eed
to
perf
orm
tasks
which
will
cause
y
our
b
ody
to
p
ro
ducem
ore
hea
t
whi
ch
will
causeyou
to
swea
t.We
balan
ce
the
se
fa
ct
or
sby
layerin
g
our
cl
ot
hi
ng.
layerlayer
The
firs
t
layer
is
the
mus
t
be
c
omfor
table
and
mu
st
isk
no
wnas
underw
ear
.Itis
layer
ofc
lot
hingth
at
goes
again
st
our
ski
n.
not
cau
sechafi
ng.
Of
co
u
rs
e,
the
c
lo
thing
in
usually
cott
on
,
bu
tcan
be
p
olypr
opylene
or
This
thi
ssil
k.
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