{"id":1810,"date":"2011-09-10T07:45:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T11:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2011-09-10T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T19:49:03","slug":"excellent-video-communication-as-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/excellent-video-communication-as-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent video: Communication is aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve often told people that radios should be some of the first things shipped to an area after a natural disaster. Why not food or medicine? Good question. HERE is the answer: information feeds us!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q6bB0y8DdYY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Q6bB0y8DdYY\" title=\"YouTube\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view<\/a> if embedded video does not appear above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve often told people that radios should be some of the first things shipped to an area after a natural disaster. Why not food or medicine? Good question. HERE is the answer: information feeds us! 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