Emergency Preparedness – Take the Stairs, Not the Elevator No two people react to an emergency in the same way. When adrenalin hits your system, emotion easily overrides logic and you may do things that can make your rescue far more difficult. To go down was the correct choice in the NYC Twin Towers disaster of 9/ll, but most were dissuaded by smoke in the stairwells and either stood at the elevator doors, or went up to the…
Emergency Preparedness – Diets are Really Getting Ugly. As June, 2005 came to a close, MTV Networks launched the newest of digital cable channels, especially designed to capture the “underserved” 10 million (estimated) viewer market of gays and lesbians. Previously launched HERE TV was joined by ad-supported LOGO NETWORK (Ch. 263) to offer 24-hour lifestyle programming to over 44 million American cable and satellite system homes. “There have been more gay characters and themes in television and…
Emergency Preparedness – Born 1930 thru 1960? Hey, we survived!!! . . . Without child proof cabinet doors and prescription bottles, lead based paints, riding in cars with no seatbelts or airbags, bicycles with no helmets, hitchhiking, drinking soda pop with real sugar in it from the same bottle as three other friends, Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and riding in the back of pick up trucks on a hot day because it was cool. We survived coasters made of…
Emergency Preparedness – The Wisdom of the Ages. Diet supplements and weight loss remedies are a billion dollar business in the US. Exercise programs and equipment are right up there, too. Other countries, meanwhile, are busy doing other things. Over the years focus has come and gone on vitamins, minerals, beta blockers, beta carotene, high carb, low carb, high protein, low fat, ephedra, MSG, MSM, and Cortislim – to name a few. Abs crunchers, weight sets, stair steppers, Bowflex,…