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Punched tin ceiling tiles can be trimmed to shape with a sharp pair of tin snips and used to make pinwheels, wastebaskets, tissue box covers and fireplace screens, among other things. Pinwheels can be used to shoo birds and small animals from your garden. Store-bought fireplace screens can be expensive, but they are not always effective at keeping ash and sparks from blowing off the hearth and onto your rugs or floors.

1. Pinwheels

   • Pinwheel template

     Pinwheels are an easy project for beginners. You will need a measuring tape and black marker to make a template for each item. Sharpen your tin snips before you begin, so that all your cuts will be smooth and uniform. Don heavy leather gloves and wrap-around eye protection too. If your ceiling tiles have been painted white, they may be contaminated with lead. Lead-paint test kids are available at home improvement stores. Use the procedures outlined by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to remove or encapsulate surfaces that have been painted with lead-based paint.

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A body lift can give a truck better ground clearance. This could be advantageous if you have to drive on jagged or uneven roads. A lift also allows you to put larger tires on the truck for better weight support. To install a lift on your truck, follow the directions below.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

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     Remove all the nuts that support the rubber blocks linking the chassis and the body. Additionally, remove the water hose that connects to the engine bay as well as the radiator. Disconnect the fuel hoses that separate the chassis from the body. Detach the fuel tank's hose.

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Preforming foot reflexology is the process of pressure massage on the foot, pinpointing certain points on the foot to cure or possibly prevent disease. This is based on the premise that the nerve areas start at the bottom of the feet at the toes and end at the top of the head, including all the organs along the way. Ancient history shows people have practiced foot reflexology by walking over rocks or stones without shoes. Foot reflexology has been used in India, China and Egypt for thousands of years up to modern times.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Lotion
• Essential oils

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     Start with either foot and place the palms of both hands on the heel of the foot, wrapping the fingers around the heel to touch the Achilles tendon. Squeeze the heel several times, then move slowly up the foot, squeezing the foot. At the toes, squeeze with the thumbs. Then move to the other foot, repeating the same procedure.

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Overgrowth of yeast in the human digestion system is believed by alternative health practitioners to cause a wide range of health issues including fatigue, headache and body ache and pain. Yeast thrive in sugar-rich, highly acidic environments and it is actually their byproducts that are toxic to the body and cause the unwanted symptoms. To neutralize yeast in the human body, you must embark on a complete diet and supplementation program that starves the yeast of its food sources and employs substances that make your body more alkaline.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

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     Cut all white sugar containing food out of your diet. According to Robert Young, in an article published by the Consumer Health Organization of Canada, sugar quickly becomes a food for yeast. Eating sugary foods promotes the growth of yeast by feeding its fermentation process, which causes the toxins to be released into your blood stream.

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Without water, people can die in as few as three days. Water is vital to the proper function of the human body, so access to clean water is important. In certain circumstances, such as natural disasters or water main breaks, clean water may be unavailable; knowing how to distill water can be a life saver. Steam distillation is a simple way to purify water that you can do at home using a pressure cooker.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Tube
• Two additional pots

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     Remove the weight from the lid of the pressure cooker and attach the tube to the pressure cooker's steam outlet.

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