The Forgotten Christmas Movies

These forgotten films offer wonderful holiday entertainment. Most are available on DVD and usually are shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) during the holiday season.

Babes In Toyland (1934). Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the classic comedy team, intervene to keep the “old woman” from being evicted from her “shoe” while helping along a romance between Bo-Peep and Tom-Tom.

Holiday (1938). Cary Grant plays a carefree nonconformist who is engaged to Katharine Hepburn’s snooty sister. Once he gets to know the real person behind the sister’s façade, it’s Kate who wins his heart.

Bachelor Mother (1939). When a salesclerk (Ginger Rogers) picks up a baby that had been abandoned on a doorstep, her coworkers think that the infant is hers. When Ginger’s employer’s son (David Niven) gets involved, the results are hilarious.

Remember the Night (1940). Barbara Stanwyck is a shoplifter who is arrested just before the holidays. The court’s prosecutor (Fred MacMurray) takes pity on her and offers to bring her home to his house for Christmas.

The Shop Around the Corner (1940). If you liked the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie You’ve Got Mail (1998), you’ll love the original, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, who dislike each other in real life but adore each other as pen pals.

The Cheaters (1945). A self-centered rich family invites a has-been actor (played by Joseph Schildkraut) to be their guest for the holidays and eventually are taught the true meaning of Christmas.

Christmas in Connecticut (1945). Barbara Stanwyck stars as a Martha Stewart-type who writes an article about what she plans to prepare for her family for their Christmas meal. Stanwyck is put on the spot by her boss, who, as a publicity stunt, invites himself and a famous war veteran (and the press) to her Connecticut home for Christmas.

Source:  Lou Sabini, a noted film historian, writer and archivist currently conducting film screenings throughout Connecticut and New York. He is writing a book called Hollywood Exposed, which includes many forgotten films of the 1930s and 1940s worthy of rediscovery. www.LouSabini.org

Home for Christmas

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Longing for Eternal Love

What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever. This is the promise of eternal life, which God has called His greatest gift to His children (see D&C 14:7). That is made possible by the gifts to us of His Beloved Son: the Savior’s birth, Atonement, and Resurrection. It is through the Savior’s life and mission that we have the assurance that we can be together in love and live forever in families.

The feeling of longing for home is born into us. That wonderful dream cannot become real without great faith—enough for the Holy Ghost to lead us to repentance, baptism, and the making and keeping of sacred covenants with God. This faith requires enduring bravely the trials of mortal life. Then, in the next life, we can be welcomed by our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son to that home of our dreams.

Even in this life we can have an assurance of the coming of that day and feel some of the joys we will know when at last we arrive home. The celebration of the Savior’s birth at Christmas gives us special opportunities to experience those joys in this life.

President Henry B. Eyring

Divine Mission of Jesus Christ

“We are a great family bound together in a unity of love and faith. Our blessing is great, as a people and as individuals. We carry in our hearts a firm and unshakeable conviction of the divine mission of the Lord Jesus Christ.

“He was the great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Creator who, under the direction of His Father, made all things, ‘and without him was not any thing made that was made’ (John 1:3). He was the promised Messiah, who came ‘with healing in his wings’ (Malachi 4:2). He was the worker of miracles, the great healer, the Resurrection and the Life. His is the only name under heaven whereby we must be saved [see Acts 4:12]. …

“He came as a gift of His Eternal Father. ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ (John 3:16).

“He condescended to leave His throne on high and come to earth to be born in a stable, in a conquered nation. He walked the dusty roads of Palestine, healing the sick, teaching the doctrine, blessing all who would accept Him. …

“On Calvary’s hill He gave His life for each of us. That is the greatest gift that any of us can ever receive. It is the gift of the Resurrection and eternal life [see D&C 14:7].

“We honor His birth. But without His death that birth would have been but one more birth. It was the Redemption, which He worked out in the Garden of Gethsemane and upon the cross of Calvary, which made His gift immortal, universal, and everlasting. His was a great atonement for the sins of all mankind. He is the Resurrection and the Life, ‘the firstfruits of them that slept’ (1 Corinthians 15:20). Because of Him all men will be raised from the grave.

“We love Him. We honor Him. We thank Him. We worship Him. He has done for each of us and for all mankind that which none other could have done. God be thanked for the gift of His Beloved Son—our Savior, the Redeemer of the world, the Lamb without blemish who was offered as a sacrifice for all mankind” (missionary devotional, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Dec. 15, 2002).

President Gordon B. Hinckley

Hurricane Alert!

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Steps to Protect Your Home

The peak of hurricane season is now upon us, and this year the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects to see an above-normal Atlantic storm season.  What home owners need to do to protect their properties…

Drowning –

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 – It Doesn’t Look Like You Think It Does

Every summer, I hear at least one sad story of a person who drowns in a place where there is plenty of help to be had — whether boating… at a crowded beach… or in a pool with lots of people nearby. Why do we let this happen to each other? The answer, all too often, is that most of us are clueless about what a drowning person actually looks like. So I set out to educate myself — and all of you — about signs that indicate a person may be drowning.

Symptoms That Can Save Your Life

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Red Flag Warnings:

Some symptoms are signs of a true emergency — but we put off getting prompt medical attention, thinking that if we wait a bit, they will go away. Here, symptoms never to ignore…

 EMERGENCY SYMPTOMS

The following symptoms can indicate a potential emergency. Call for an ambulance (usually 911). If one is not available, have someone drive you to an emergency room.

How to Comfort the Bereaved

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How to Comfort a Bereaved Friend or Relative

Thirty years after her son’s death, my friend still smarts when she remembers all the people who pointed out how lucky she was to have two other children. Another friend, whose brother recently died, grumbles that everyone keeps telling her it will get better with time. Having received my share of insensitive, even hurtful, comments after my son, Michael, died 13 years ago, I certainly understand. Even people with good intentions often say and do the wrong thing.

If you want to comfort a grieving friend or relative, your primary task is to validate his/her feelings. Don’t say anything that minimizes those feelings — which, in effect, “de-legitimizes” them.

WHAT NOT TO DO

I’ve found that “de-legitimizers” can be divided into six categories…

U.S. City Most Prone to Natural Disasters

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The US city most prone to natural disasters is Miami. It lies on an exposed peninsula and is vulnerable to major hurricanes and storm-surge flooding.

New Orleans is second riskiest.

Least risky:  Mesa, Arizona…Milwaukee…Cleveland.

Source:  James Elsen, president and CEO, SustainLane.com, San Francisco, an on-line green company.

How to Survive in the Intensive Care Unit

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If we’ve learned one thing about hospital care in recent years it’s this — being a patient can be more dangerous than whatever medical problems you already had! It’s one of those perplexing ironies, but the intensive care unit (ICU), in particular, can be destructive to one’s health and well-being. As many as 80% of patients who have survived a critical illness that required a stay in intensive care paid a price. While recovering from the immediate problem — such as a heart attack or pneumonia — many patients develop cognitive problems, for example, trouble with focus and concentration. They may also have difficulty performing simple, everyday tasks and experience a decreased quality of life, and once they’ve left the hospital, they may find themselves unable to return to work. In some cases, individuals continue to feel these ill effects up to one or two years later… and for an unlucky few, the impact is even longer term.

Memory and thinking difficulties after a stay in the ICU can make it seem as if your brain is stuck in molasses, observes E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, an expert in critical care at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Now he and his colleagues have designed a five-step protocol to improve care and outcomes for ICU patients.

 THE CODE: A-B-C-D-E

Nuclear Disaster Preparedness

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (2nd R) inspects a devastated area in Minamisoma, about 12 miles from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) (Reuters)

Japan is a country known for its state-of-the art technology and particularly for its preparedness for earthquake damage. Who could have imagined that the quake of March 11, 2011, would be so intense… the tsunami so devastating… the nuclear power plants’ safety systems rendered so frighteningly useless? The takeaway here is that the worst-case scenario can surprise any of us — and preparedness is essential. A 2010 survey of state health departments, published in the March 14, 2011 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, warned that most US states are not prepared to deal with a nuclear emergency. That may start to change for the better now, but no matter where you live, you can and should take your own steps to protect yourself and your family. Here’s what you need to know to survive a release of radiation from a nuclear power plant, whether due to an earthquake, a malfunction in an aging plant — or even a terrorist attack…

 PLANNING FOR THE SITUATION YOU’RE IN

Searching for Live People

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Friends slip from our lives. Relatives can drift away, too. Branches break off the family tree, and adoptions separate family members.

Most people know to do a Google search or to check Facebook to find people. Here, other ways…

Tsunami Terminology

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Tsunami Vocabulary and Terminology

Tsunamis are ocean waves produced by earthquakes or underwater landslides. The word is Japanese and means “harbor wave,” because of the devastating effects these waves have had on low-lying Japanese coastal communities. Tsunamis are often incorrectly referred to as tidal waves, but a tsunami is actually a series of waves that can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per hour in the open ocean.

In the open ocean, tsunamis would not be felt by ships because the wavelength would be hundreds of miles long, with an amplitude of only a few feet. This would also make them unnoticeable from the air. As the waves approach the coast, their speed decreases and their amplitude increases. Unusual wave heights have been known to be over 100 feet high. However, waves that are 10 to 20 feet high can be very destructive and cause many deaths or injuries.

From an initial tsunami generating source area, waves travel outward in all directions much like the ripples caused by throwing a rock into a pond. As these waves approach coastal areas, the time between successive wave crests varies from 5 to 90 minutes. The first wave is usually not the largest in the series of waves, nor is it the most significant. Furthermore, one coastal community may experience no damaging waves while another, not that far away, may experience destructive deadly waves. Depending on a number of factors, some low-lying areas could experience severe inland inundation of water and debris of more than 1,000 feet.

• Tsunami Watch – An alert issued to areas outside the warned area. The area included in the watch is based on the magnitude of the earthquake. For earthquakes over magnitude 7.0, the watch area is 1 hour tsunami travel time outside the warning zone. For all earthquakes over magnitude 7.5, the watch area is 3 hours tsunami travel time outside the warning zone. The watch will either be upgraded to a warning in subsequent bulletins or will be cancelled depending on the severity of the tsunami.

• Tsunami Warning – Indicates that a tsunami is imminent and that coastal locations in the warned area should prepare for flooding. The initial warning is typically based on seismic information alone. Earthquakes over magnitude 7.0 trigger a warning covering the coastal regions within 2 hours tsunami travel time from the epicenter. When the magnitude is over 7.5, the warned area is increased to 3 hours tsunami travel time. As water level data showing the tsunami is recorded, the warning will either be cancelled, restricted, expanded incrementally, or expanded in the event of a major tsunami.

Tsunami – What To Do

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 What You Should Do

 Be aware of tsunami facts. This knowledge could save your life! Share this knowledge with your relatives and friends. It could save their lives!

• If you are in school and you hear there is a tsunami warning, you should follow the advice of teachers and other school personnel.
• If you are at home and hear there is a tsunami warning, you should make sure you entire family is aware of the warning. Your family should evacuate your house if you live in a tsunami evacuation. Move in an orderly, calm and safe manner to the evacuation site or to any safe place outside your evacuation zone. Follow the advice of local emergency and law enforcement authorities.
• If you are at the beach or near the ocean and you feel the earth shake, move immediately to higher ground. DO NOT wait for a tsunami warning to be announced. Stay away from rivers and streams that lead to the ocean as you would stay away from the beach and ocean if there is a tsunami. A regional tsunami from a local earthquake could strike some areas before a tsunami warning could be announced.
• Tsunamis generated in distant locations will generally give people enough time to move to higher ground. For locally generated tsunamis, where you might feel the ground shake, you may only have a few minutes to move to higher ground.
• High, multi-story, reinforced concrete hotels are located in many low-lying coastal areas. The upper floors of these hotels can provide a safe place to find refuge should there be a tsunami warning and you cannot move quickly inland to higher ground. Local Civil Defense procedures may, however, not allow this type of evacuation in your area. Homes and small buildings located in low lying coastal areas are not designed to withstand tsunami impacts. Do not stay in these structures should there be a tsunami warning.
• Offshore reefs and shallow areas may help break the force of tsunami waves, but large and dangerous waves can still be threat to coastal residents in these areas. Staying away fro all low-lying coastal areas is the safest advice when there is a tsunami warning.

If You Are on a Boat or Ship

• Since tsunami wave activity is imperceptible in the open ocean, do not return to port if you are at sea and a tsunami warning has been issued for your area. Tsunamis can cause rapid changes in water level and unpredictable dangerous currents in harbors and ports.
• If there is time to move your boat or ship from port to deep water (after you know a tsunami warning has been issued), you should weigh the following considerations:
  • Most large harbors and ports are under the control of a harbor authority and/or a vessel traffic system. These authorities direct operations during periods of increased readiness (should a tsunami be expected), including the forced movement of vessels if deemed necessary. Keep in contact with the authorities should a forced movement of vessels be directed.
  • Smaller ports may not be under the control of a harbor authority. If you are aware there is a tsunami warning and you have time to move your vessel to deep water, then you may want to do so in an orderly manner, in consideration of other vessels. Owners of small boats may find it safest to leave their boat at the pier and physically move to higher ground, particularly in the event of a locally generated tsunami. Concurrent severe weather conditions (rough seas outside of safe harbor) could present a greater hazardous situation to small boats, so physically moving yourself to higher ground may be the only option.
  • Damaging wave activity and unpredictable currents can effect harbors for a period of time following the initial tsunami impact on the coast. Contact the harbor authority before returning to port making sure to verify that conditions in the harbor are safe for navigation and berthing.

Source: noaa.gov

Tsunami Facts

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• A tsunami is not just one wave but a series of waves or a “wave train.”
• Many witnesses say a tsunami sounds like a freight train.
• When the ocean is deep, tsunamis may be less than a foot high on the ocean’s surface, can travel at speeds up to 500 mph without being noticed and cross the entire ocean in less than a day.
• Once a tsunami reaches the shallow water near the coast, it slows down. The top of the wave moves faster than the bottom, causing the sea to rise dramatically, as much as 100 feet at times.
• Tsunami waves can be as long as 60 miles and be as far as an hour apart. These waves can cross entire oceans without losing much energy.
• Flooding can reach land 1000 feet (300 meters) from the coastline and the dangerous waves have enough force to lift giant boulders, flip vehicles, and demolish houses.
• Scientists can accurately estimate the time when a tsunami will arrive almost anywhere around the world based on calculations using the depth of the water, distances from one place to another, and the time that the earthquake or other event occurred.
• Hawaii is the U.S. state at greatest risk for a tsunami – they get about one per year and a damaging one every seven years. The biggest tsunami that occurred Hawaii happened on April 1, 1946, where the coast of Hilo Island was hit with 30 foot waves coming in at 500 miles per hour. 170 people died as a result.
• In 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by an earthquake that is thought to have had the energy of 23,000 atomic bombs. Within hours of the earthquake in 2004, killer waves radiating from the epicenter slammed into the coastline of 11 countries, damaging countries from east Africa to Thailand. By the end of the day, the tsunami had already killed 150,000 people. The final death toll was 283,000.
• Not counting the 2011 tsunami in Japan, there were 26 tsunamis that killed at least 200 people or more in the last century.

 Source: dosomething.org

Lightning Safety Tips

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Summer is the peak season for one of the nation’s deadliest weather phenomena— lightning. But don’t be fooled, lightning strikes year round. In the United States, an average of 58 people are killed each year by lightning.

Lightning: What You Need to Know

Enjoying Sacrament Meeting with Children

Ensign, July 1989

With help, young children can learn to be reverent.

When I was a boy, I was convinced that my dad had the longest arms in the world. Anytime one of us boys whispered, whined, winked, or did anything else Dad considered irreverent during mass, we were jolted back into reverence with a rap on the back of the head. No matter where we sat in our family group at church, Dad could reach us.

Knowing there was no escaping Dad’s long arm, we usually sat like reluctant angels through the service, but being quiet didn’t make us like church.

Years later, I attended my first Latter-day Saint sacrament meeting and was shocked by the unruly behavior of most of the children. Had my dad been there, he would have worn out his arm trying to teach reverence to those kids.

About ten years after my first visit to sacrament meeting, I was again sitting in an LDS chapel, but this time I was a member of the Church and a father wrestling with unruly toddlers of my own.

Safer Driving in a Blizzard

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If snowfall is so heavy that you cannot see, pull over to the side of the road as quickly as you safely can. Keep your seat belt on in case you get hit from behind. Do not attempt to drive through snowdrifts — your car might become stuck or you might hit something hidden underneath the snow. Avoid driving during the first snowstorm of the season. Many drivers, lulled by months of good weather, fail to drive as conservatively as they should.

Helpful: Polarized sunglasses can reduce glare and improve visibility in a blizzard.

Source:  William Van Tassel, PhD, manager of driver-training operations at AAA’s national office, Heathrow, Florida.

Jewelry to Live By

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Medical ID jewelry has evolved. Those simple and basic necklaces and ID bracelets that people used to wear to alert others to medical problems, such as a heart condition or a seizure disorder, have gone high-tech, offering an array of data-sharing options so emergency responders can gain instant access to your comprehensive medical information. The new generation of medical-emergency bracelets and tags uses portable computer memory devices (typically a USB drive) or an Internet component to store and share your medical information. Here’s a sampling of what’s available:

Pinkeye Quick Fix

Quick fix for pinkeye — and worth trying before calling your doctor:

My House is on Fire!

What Would You Do If Your Home Caught Fire?

 

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Last Christmas wasn’t the safest of times for a local family. A fire started in the oven, probably ignited by food that spilled over onto the heating coils. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and the fire was contained by keeping the oven door closed. But the smoke that poured from the oven spread ash throughout the house. Their insurance company sent in a cleaning crew that took almost three days to finish the job. The oven is not salvageable, and some furniture will have to be reupholstered.

This fire was relatively small. But Chief Steven Westermann, president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, says that the incident has lessons for us all…

Fixing Your Own Car – gadgets to make it easier

Fixing Your Own Car Just Got Easier

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If you like to make auto repairs yourself, here are a few gadgets, including diagnostic tools, that could make it easier…

Surprising Places Earthquakes can Happen

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Thousands of Earthquakes Hit the U.S. Each Year (and Not Just California)

Major earthquakes in Haiti and Chile this year left hundreds of thousands of people homeless, injured or dead. Virtually ignored amid news of these disasters was a much smaller earthquake in

Safe Holiday Travel For Those With Health Problems

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Travel can be stressful for everyone, but it poses particular challenges for those with health problems. To travel safely…

Pick the Right Bandage

 

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Despite the many types of bandages on the market now, all you need is traditional plastic strips in multiple sizes.

Basics of wound care: Wash the wound with soap and water… dry with a clean, dry cloth or air-dry… treat it with an antibiotic ointment… then protect it with a bandage.

Don’t buy bandages with antibiotics — they cost a lot and could contain medicine to which some people are allergic. Also, avoid bandages with painkillers — pain that continues after you treat a minor wound is a sign to see a doctor.

One worthwhile addition: Liquid bandages, such as New-Skin and Band-Aid Liquid Bandage, available at drugstores for about $7. These can be used where ordinary bandages cannot — for example, on fingertips. But do not use antibiotic ointment with liquid bandages — it will dissolve the adhesive.

Source: Richard O’Brien, MD, spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians and clinical instructor, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Lake Elsinore Emergency Planning Strategy

The City is doing its part to plan and prepare for disasters of all kinds

Our Emergency Planning Strategy

The City of Lake Elsinore is responsible for developing emergency plans and actions in response to actual or potential disasters which may impact our City. The City designs and conducts exercises for different scenarios and coordinates emergency training to ensure that the City is able to respond to Natural, Human Caused and Technological emergencies.

The Emergency Preparedness Plan outlines response strategies and tactics for a wide range of emergencies including:

Survival Guilde for Outpatient Surgery

Of the approximately 35 million annual surgeries in the US, outpatient procedures account for at least 60% of them. Advances in pain management and surgical techniques (such as laparoscopic procedures, which require only a small incision) mean that patients who once would have spent several days in the hospital now can be discharged the same day from an outpatient facility.
Complication rates typically are very low for these procedures, but patients can further reduce their risks — and recover faster after the surgery — by taking an active role… in advance. Before scheduling your procedure, be sure to…

Lake Elsinore Emergency Risk Factors

CAL FIRE recently released a study showing wild land fire risk for urban communities surrounded by wild land and open space. Lake Elsinore’s risk is Very High for

Tooth Knocked Out?

 

 

 

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What to Do

 

An occupational hazard in my line of work is that I’m always primed for terrible health news, so when a friend started to tell me that her mother had fallen in the driveway the day before, I expected to hear that she’d broken her hip. I was happy to learn that she’d merely knocked out her tooth! But “merely” wasn’t how it felt to her… fortunately, my friend knew what to do and where to go, so the tooth is now back in place and looks like it might heal just fine.

The incident motivated me to check in with Michael Apa, DDS, restorative and aesthetic dentist and instructor at NYU College of Dentistry, to learn about the right things to do in such a situation. His advice was surprising and practical. (Who knew dental first aid involved tea bags and cottage cheese?)

Surviving any Disaster

On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley Sullenberger landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River after a collision with a flock of Canadian geese knocked out his aircraft’s engines. In what would become celebrated as the “Miracle on the Hudson,” all 150 passengers and every crew member survived. 

Sullenberger’s water landing was only the beginning of this incredible story of survival. The less publicized rest of the story is how the passengers of Flight 1549 reacted to the disaster… 

Lake Elsinore Shake Out Expo

A ”fun”, free, public event for citizens in Lake Elsinore and surrounding communities. We will provide, through presentations and demonstrations, important knowledge of earthquake emergency preparedness. Our goal is to

Lake Elsinore Earthquake Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral strike-slip – ANIMATION

LENGTH: about 180 km (not including the Whittier, Chino, and Laguna Salada faults)

NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Temecula, Lake Elsinore, Julian

LAST MAJOR RUPTURE:

What to do if you are in a Runaway Vehicle

 

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 Stop That Car!

Tragically, runaway vehicles have been in the news in recent months, as a series of crashes caused by stuck accelerator pedals has led to several deaths in the US and to the recall of millions of vehicles.

Runaway vehicles are relatively rare, but they are possible with any vehicle make and model. They may occur because

Should Your Ambulance Slow Down?

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Your husband is cleaning gutters and falls off the ladder, losing consciousness briefly, and it looks like he broke his leg. Or you awaken one morning and you can’t speak clearly or move the right side of your face — you suspect stroke and know you need medical attention fast. The right response in both these situations, and countless other medical emergencies, is to call 9-1-1 so that you can be raced to the hospital by ambulance — lights flashing, sirens blaring, no time to stop for traffic signals. Right?

Actually —

San Marcos Equips Mobile Emergency Center

Vehicle Offers High-Tech Communications Gear

Firefighters and engineers are at work on San Marcos’ new mobile emergency command vehicle, a high-tech trailer that will allow the city Fire Department and surrounding agencies to set up a command post at the scene of any incident.

The vehicle, said Battalion Chief Dave Schloss, serves “as

One Month Basic Food Storage Kit Recipes

Food Storage Recipes

Using only the ingredients contained in the

One-Month Basic Food Storage Kit

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Home Storage Center, Lindon, Utah November 2005

Run and Not be Weary; Walk and Not Faint

 

 

 

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Get Fit in Just a Few Minutes

 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 —

Freezing Mushrooms

 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.

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Mushrooms can be steamed or heated in fat in a fry pan. Steamed mushrooms will keep longer than those heated in fat.

Earthquake Advice for People With Disabilities or Access and Functional Needs

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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

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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

 

Emergency Childbirth

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By Sarah Henry
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

It doesn’t just happen in the movies: Sometimes babies really are born in taxis or on trains — even in the hospital parking lot. Rapid labor is most common in

Supplies for an Emergency Birth

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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.

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E X C L U S I V E

 

Breaking News

San Marcos Takes to the Airwaves

City Acquires AM Radio Station for Emergencies

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.

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Burns

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:

Heart Attack Emergency Survival Kit

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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

Associate Professor

Triangle of Life

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.

Home food storage lasts 30 years or more

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.

Canning Chocolate Sauces Unsafe

 

De Lima (sxc.hu)

Brian A. Nummer, Ph.D.
National Center for Home Food Preservation
July 2003

 

Numerous recipes for chocolate sauces circulate on the internet and in newsgroups. Chocolate sauces are low acid recipes and are a risk for botulism food poisoning. Therefore any

Selecting, Preparing and Canning Chicken or Rabbit

ughlau (sxc.hu)

Chicken or Rabbit

Procedure:  Choose freshly killed and dressed, healthy animals. Large chickens are

Botiquín de Primeros Auxilios

rolve (sxc.hu)

Un buen botiquín de primeros auxilios, guardado en un lugar de fácil acceso, es una necesidad en todos los hogares. Tenerlo todo preparado con antelación le ayudará a afrontar cualquier urgencia médica sin perder tiempo. Debe tener un botiquín de primeros auxilios en casa y en cada coche. Asegúrese también de llevarlo consigo cuando vaya de vacaciones con su familia.

Canning Pumpkin Butter & Mashed or Pureed Squashes

landmarkmd (sxc.hu)

Home canning is not recommended for pumpkin butter or any mashed or pureed pumpkin or winter squash.

Landslides

yummiejeu (sxc.hu)

The term landslide describes downhill earth movements that can move slowly and cause damage gradually, or move rapidly, destroying property and taking lives suddenly and unexpectedly. In Southern California, most landslides are caused by natural forces or events, such as heavy rain, earthquake shaking and gravity. Areas burned by forest and brush fires are also particularly susceptible to landslides.

Living in Landslide Risk Areas

Canning Butter

chidsey (sxc.hu)

National Center for Home Food Preservation

www.uga.edu

Indeed, there are some directions for ‘canning’ butter in circulation on the Internet. Most of what we have seen are not really canning, as they do not have Boiling Water or Pressure Canning processes applied to the filled jar.

Hold that Mold

stevekrh19 (sxc.hu)

Do you sometimes wonder if you should throw away food that has mold on it? Can you cut off the bad part and eat the rest? It depends on the food.

Molds are like bacteria: some are safe, some harmful. The molds that are essential parts of