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Win a Million Dollars

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     As the story goes, the government advertised that anyone who could prove real need could win a grant for one million dollars.  Among the many that applied was a farmer.  When asked what he would do with the money, he replied, “I would just farm and farm and farm until it was all gone.”

     A farmer is a man outstanding in his field.  Most only work half days – from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., plus overtime.  They must work for love, because it can’t be the money.  We would starve without them.                                                                                                                                                                       There are only eight food exporting countries in the world and American farmers export more surplus than the other seven combined.  Each American farmer feeds about 200 city folks.  In China, one out of 200 people can live in the cities and off the farm.   Most farmers only own the dirt under their fingernails, and they are likely to leave nothing but debt to their beneficiaries if they don’t sell and retire on their equity. 

     American farmers are living proof that “the things people work for most are the things they are willing to give up least.”  Likewise, the things people work for least, they are willing to give up most. The Savior said: “the laborer is worthy of his heir.”  Win a million dollars and see why so many winners quickly lose what they didn’t work for.  Luck never makes a winner, work does. 

     Work hard as a family on the things that are of most worth – food, clothing, and shelter, all paid for.
     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Getting Along in Life

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     Being a good example has no better theater than in the home.  Raising children requires it.  You owe it to tomorrows’ teachers, leaders, lawmakers and advisors to be good parents to them now, and most of what you provide will come from not what you tell them, but what they learn from your example.

     Gandhi said:  “be the change you wish to see in the world.”  With so much bad out there, the good you provide in your home must cover not only good foods, but also good literature, entertainment, family activities, and good memories.  Storage simply means you have an abundance of these necessaries.

     As Carl Sandberg once said:  “A baby is god’s opinion that the world should go on.”  The older we get, the more we realize the value of getting along – at least as well as our parents did . . . maybe even better.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED. 

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“Unto What Were Ye Created?”

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     The present is shadow of our pre-existence, and type of our post-mortal experience.  That which we are progressing in now had its origins in the pre-existence and continues in the after life.

     Think about this – as sons and daughters of a Heavenly Father we were born to use divinely inherited powers to create.  We did before, can do now and can continue to create, and, if we do it right, what we create will endure in the eternities.  Living within the bounds the Lord has set requires closeness to Him to know the what, who, when, and where things He wants of us.  Why’s are sometimes left to faith until, at some future date, His direction becomes clear and we recognize that His prompting is never second best.

     The powers of self-sufficiency reside in learning, applying, persisting in and maintaining all that is good.  You are a prince or princess, god or goddess in training.  You don’t have to know everything, but you are expected to learn something and be self sufficient as a creator.  The opportunity to organize elements is the process of creation, not mortgaging your future for present gain and living off someone else.  There are no mortgages in heaven, and oh yes, it’s heavenly to live without a mortgage.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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“Oh, Rats!”

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     During a recent trip to Brigham Young’s St. George home, I was reminded why the pioneer beds had such long tapered legs, and the beds were so high off the floor.  It wasn’t just so the “honey pot” would fit under the bed.  Decon and Rat be Gone hadn’t been invented yet and rats and mice were still common house guests, spreading their germs and diseases so uncommon in our modern homes today.

     After natural disasters rodent populations swell in Mother Nature’s rearranged landscapes.  But even without a disaster, stored foods like grains, TVP, pet foods, pasta, etc., attract critters.   Rodents will go through about anything to get to food –plastic buckets, fiber barrels and boxes, and even house siding materials.  Once inside, they leak all over everything, too, adding unwanted flavors, etc., to the food.

     Rats and mice can’t go through metal containers.  So, anything they like you must store in a way they can’t get at it.  IT’S IMPORTANT TO STORE, STORE RIGHT, AND STORE RIGHT NOW.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Weather Report: Still and Clear

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     “It’s still snowing and it’s clear up to here,” said the weather briefer.  E-T-B-A-W followed as abbreviated suffixes to the printed aviation weather forecast that followed.   (F) means fog.  (S) is snow.  (RI) stands for rim ice – something you never want to fly in.  The weather was bad,  but how bad?

     “What’s ETBAW,” I asked?  The briefer replied:  “Even The Birds Are Walking.”  BAD! BAD! BAD!

     Some things are hard to understand about the weather.  This following principle is not.  When it’s cold, 90% of body heat exits out of the top of your head.  You need a good hat.  You also need a good coat, gloves, pants and (an absolutely essential investment) good foot ware.  All clothing items are only useful if kept dry.  Body heat is lost 60 times faster if you are wet.  Layering, good materials and calm control moisture.  Goretex is good.  Not sweating is even better, IF you have skills and a workable plan.

     Look at your feet and ask if you are prepared to walk home right now – in ice and snow.  The further you travel from home, the more you need warmth resources with you, especially when  E-T-B-A-W.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Comfort Zones

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     Irving Berlin made the idea of a “White Christmas” a desirable, warm experience of the holiday season.  For 70,000 Utahns, neither was Christmas week of 2003 warm, nor was it desirable to be without power in the aftermath of the biggest winter storm in 20 years.  Some were cold for up to 7 days, with little food and drink.  Barbeques were brought indoors for heat, poisoning scores of ill prepared families.

     Look around and find seasoned, all-weather specialists who know how to prepare against the elements.  Sportsmen, farmers, truckers and builders know how to not just survive extremes of heat and cold, but they know foods, clothing, and shelter skills sufficient to remain productive.  To control simple liquids of life not only includes intake and output body functions, but in a preparedness sense means you HAVE A NO SWEAT PLAN that survives all kinds of weather.  Perspiration can kill you in cold weather.

     Winter warmth starts with quality hats, coats, gloves, pants, and foot ware.  Ask contractors and farmers what’s best and where to get it.  Get warm outfits for every member of the family – two or three sets if they are very active.  The rugged outdoors look may not be your style, but you’ll feel better if you are warm.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Go Bananas – More

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     When it comes to the best stuff, nothing beats good homemade food.  The following is the promised banana candy recipe that makes good enough stuff to even give away as Christmas presents.

     Using over ripe but not mushy bananas that are still sliceable, stick a fork through a ¼ inch thick cross cut piece and dip it in honey or Kero Syrup to get it sticky.  You can color and flavor the honey with a table spoon or two of un-dissolved  Jell-O powder.  Then coat the sticky slice with coconut, granola, or chopped nuts, (use your imagination), and dehydrate the glob as you normally would raw bananas.  Dried bananas have a caramel-like chewy texture and, with any good stuff added as coating, only taste better.  Chocoholics partial or full dip these dehydrated morsels to make the ultimate confection.  You can’t add something good to something good and come up with something bad.
     EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION with this candy.  It is very addictive and your family may go bananas from this wonderful homemade memory.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Go Bananas

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     The easiest way to peel a banana without a knife is to start at the bottom end instead of the stem.

     Did you know that bananas are not only great for energy, but are an exceptional source of potassium?  Additionally, home dried bananas will store until you have eaten them all.   I’m not talking about the sweetened with coconut oil and honey, crispy, tasteless, commercial dried bananas.  Home dried bananas need no sweeteners or preservatives, and their texture is wonderfully chewy and flavorful.

     The cheapest bananas are the best – the black dotted, ready for the dumpster type.  The sugars are not set until the pealing is getting spotty and soft.  Too mushy and they are hard to slice, but good for banana bread.  Bargain with the produce manager to take all he has and you can get them for as little as $.10 a lb.  Lay out ¼ inch slices so they overlap each other by 1/8 inch and when dry and stuck together, they will peel off the tray like a belt.  Hide them or they will be gone in a week, especially if you have candied them.  That’s a recipe for another week.  Good stuff like this you can’t buy.  You have to make it at home.

     For more information contact (your Emergency Preparedness Specialist).

     CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS AND BE PREPARED.

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Little understood miracles about honey

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     The typical worker bee will fly a distance equivalent to circumnavigating the globe in its’ short life time as it gathers nectar.  The total production from that bee will make about 1/12 teaspoon of honey, of which the bee will consume about half to live.  That’s pretty good fuel mileage for any flying craft, especially one that is aerodynamically unstable and not suppose to be able to fly because of excess weight to lift ratio.

     The shelf life of honey is directly related to the container it is in.  Crystalized, it will store for centuries and will liquefy again if warmed.  Up to fifty percent water is added commercially to keep honey liquid to keep users happy, and to increase profits.  Smart users know that eating honey ameliorates allergies and eating sugar agitates them.  As one of nature’s most perfect foods, life can be sustained on honey alone.  The Old Testament does suggest expanding this modest diet to include locust for protein if you like.

     Grains, milk, honey, salt and water are the minimum storage basics.  Four of the five have super shelf life, and are really cheap.  Is there any reason why you can’t have food storage?  Can you beat a bee?

     For more information contact (your Emergency Preparedness Specialist).

     CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS AND BEE PREPARED.

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Being Qualified in the Workplace

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

    Landing a Boeing 747 is to the pilot like bringing down a four story building.  He sits atop a forty foot flight deck.  With a wingspan of 211 feet, 5 inches, he has to find the end of a 150 foot wide runway, and often doesn’t see the runway until the last second.  Approach instruments (category three) can actually land the aircraft without the pilot touching anything if he knows how to use them.  At most foreign airports, the pilot takes over at the MDA (minimum descent altitude) of 250 feet on a precision approach and has to “hit the numbers” touching down at a ground speed of about 140 miles an hour.  Over 800,000 lbs. and 380 passenger lives depend on split second decisions from his hands, heart and head.

     Now, imagine landing a 747 without lights, in the dark, in a foreign country, with enemy all around.  That’s what the pilot of Air Force One did on Thanksgiving Day, 2003, for Pres. Bush at Bagdad Airport.

     Only those who were on board can perhaps appreciate the pilot’s skills.  “Never do rainbows (runways) look so good than to those who have flown through the darkest storms.” 

     It pays to get qualified for what you want to do in the workplace.  Your Emergency Preparedness Specialist can help introduce you to the Ward Employment Specialist.  Contact him at:____________.

     CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS AND BE PREPARED.

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