Lack of time is a primary reason people give for failing to get the recommended 30 to 60 minutes of moderate intensity exercise most days of the week. Admittedly, it can be tough to find such a big chunk of time in your busy schedule.
What helps: Instead of feeling compelled to cram an entire day’s worth of exercise into a single block of time, commit to fitting in little bursts of physical activity — two minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes — Continue reading
Preparation – Choose mushrooms free from spots and decay. Sort according to size. Wash thoroughly in cold water. Trim off ends of stems. If mushrooms are larger than 1 inch across, slice them or cut them into quarters.
Mushrooms can be steamed or heated in fat in a fry pan. Steamed mushrooms will keep longer than those heated in fat. Continue reading
During a significant earthquake, you could experience sudden and intense back and forth motions of up to six feet per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Every unsecured object around you would likely topple, fall, and become airborne, potentially causing serious injury. Strong shaking might not end for you until a minute and a half after you first felt the earthquake. That’s why federal, state, and local emergency management experts and other official preparedness organizations all agree that “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” is the appropriate action to reduce injury and death during earthquakes.
If you cannot Drop, Cover, and Hold On, there are modified actions you should immediately take to protect your head and neck.
Solar cooking does not cost anything because you are using sunlight. You can cook anything that you can cook on the stove, or in a conventional oven. It is like slow or crock pot cooking. It is great for emergency preparedness because you do not use electricity, propane, or fossil fuels. Solar cooking works by converting sunlight into heat energy that is retained for cooking. Plus you can pasteurize water for drinking. (Pasteurization kills all harmful water-borne pathogens: bacteria, viruses, cysts, and spores. It does not eliminate chemical toxins or non-biological impurities.)
You can buy a solar oven. If this is not possible, make your own from inexpensive materials. First pick a design that meets your needs. There are three basic types: Heat-Trap Box cookers, curved concentrator cookers (parabolic) and panel cookers.
For solar cooking information, instructions on making a solar cooker, or for recipes visit the following:
solarcooking.org
solarcookers.org
sunoven.com
cookwiththesun.com
If you are concerned that an emergency might prevent you from going to the hospital or birth center to deliver your baby, the following list of supplies should be included in your emergency plans. Continue reading
By Scott McClintock
Synopsis: The City of San Marcos has acquired a transmitter and a license to operate AM radio station 1610. The station will be deployed during wildfires and other emergencies to provide traffic, evacuation, and other important information specific to the San Marcos area. The City intends to eventually operate the station on a full-time basis to provide traffic, road conditions and other community current events.
To distinguish a minor burn from a serious burn, the first step is to determine the extent of damage to body tissues. The three burn classifications of first-degree burn, second-degree burn and third-degree burn will help you determine emergency care: Continue reading
hat it should contain: A bottle of uncoated aspirin… a contact list of your physicians and key family members and friends as well as the hospital to go to in an emergency… a list of medications you are currently taking… notes on any allergies or adverse reactions to medications… medical-insurance plan information and the procedures to follow for using your hospital of choice. Make sure your family members know where you keep the “kit” in the event that they need it in an emergency when you are disabled.
Jennifer Mieres, MD
New York University Department of Medicine
The E-mail about “triangle of life” by Doug Copp is dangerous. Please do not take his advice. Experts at every level in the U.S. agree that “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” is the best thing to do during earthquakes. Continue reading Sarah Jane Weaver
LDS Church News
January 19, 2008
Research by BYU professors sheds new light on the shelf life of food storage.
Professors in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science at BYU found that when canned and stored properly, food such as wheat and rice can last more than 30 years. Continue reading
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