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Self-sufficient Servants Survive.

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – Self-sufficient Servants Survive.
 

   There is nothing like an emergency to force people to make decisions.  Immediately, by action or lack of, people decide whether they will be survivors or victims.  Do nothing (that’s a decision) and you will probably die without outside help.  The most lethal element to survival is giving up on your self.
   Survivors require a self-sufficient attitude from education and/or experience.  People are willing to give up least what they have worked for most – first priority is they have to want to survive starting right now.
   One of the most important qualities of survival is selflessness.  When survivors are worried about others more than self they focus their energies to save them, and by so doing have greater reason to live.  They give more than they consume, worry less about the consequences, and actually strengthen from their service.  They feed their attitude and reason for living more than they feed their bellies.  Some sea survivors lasted twice as long without fresh water as others with whom they shared left the life raft and gave up.
   Prayer has been identified as a survivor essential – humbly acknowledging personal limitations while enrolling heaven to help self of others.  Survivors freely admit that divine guidance aided their survival.
   Everyday is practice day for doomsday.  Being a selfless servant is daily OJT for being a survivor.
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Turning Off Telemarketers.

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – Turning Off Telemarketers.
 

   The objective of marketing is to get people to pay attention to a sales pitch.  It’s dinnertime, the phone rings, and a telemarketer from India, the Philippines, or even Panguitch wants to talk to you.
   Congress to the rescue.  The FCC was instructed to set up a DO NOT CALL list (www.donotcall.gov) some years ago – (888) 382-1222.  Rules are: 1) you must call on the phone you want protected, and 2) you must be the phone bill payer.  One phone, one call, and that’s all it takes to stop the hassle.  The protection is for 5 years and, if you get unwanted calls, a name or number will get the reported caller fined.  
   Now for the scary part.  As of Sept. 30, 2005, not only may landline users be billed for long distance fees from unwanted telemarketers, but solicitors will also be able to call cell phone users.
   To improve on bad budget and impulse buying habits, stop shopping.  To control TV and Internet filth, disconnect.  To stop annoying telemarketers, register each of your phone lines today.
   Now, if we could just stop junk mail! ! ! ! ! !
   For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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HUMINT, SIGINT, or PHOTINT?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – HUMINT, SIGINT, or PHOTINT?
 

   “How’s the best way to learn,” the teen asked the professor?  “Talk to a lot of old people,” was the reply.
   A picture is worth a thousand words – the basis of photint, or photo intelligence gathering.
   Every electronic piece of equipment emits a measurable signature – the basis of sigint, or signals intelligence gathering.  That’s why, if you have a cell phone, you can now be found by GPS.
   The best intelligence gathering method has always been and continues to be humint, or human intelligence.  We’re talking here about plain ordinary people.  Person to person information sharing between trusting people is the foundation of what wins or looses wars – spy game stuff.
   Every person has a wealth of collected, valuable information you will never know unless you ask.  That’s why Will Rodgers said, “I never met a person I didn’t like.”  He was the consummate information gatherer and appreciated what he received from every person who contributed to his life.  He learned from everyone.
   Find people you can trust and learn their secrets for living.  Humint depends on being a good listener.
   You can trust your emergency preparedness specialist

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

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Microwaves — Tool or Trouble?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness:   Microwaves — Tool or Trouble?
 

  • Operate with an RF wave slightly above that of FM radio, penetrating foods 1 to 2 ½ inches
  • The RF excites moisture molecules to rotate 180 degrees 2.5 billion times per second which . . .
  • Produce heat from friction inside foods – which builds faster in foods with fats and/or sugars
  • Use 1/20th the electricity of conventional radiant cook ovens or ranges
  • Cook oil-less, salt-less, flameless and waterless to cook in flavors without cookware or broil stick
  • Can’t burn or hurt kids or adults (unless you pick up hot foods or serving dishes in your hands)
  • Require 80-90% less cooking time (temperatures need never be remembered)
  • Make cheap, raw foods snack foods because they are fast (cooking) foods.
  • Save 30-50% throwaway.  Reheated leftovers look and taste like fresh prepared foods.

   For the first time sufficient energy can go into a food before the heat it produces has had time to cook it.  Conduction cooking continues long after the oven has shut off and often confuses the inexperienced.
   Learn more about high tech cooking from your emergency preparedness specialists.  They will tell you that when utilities are disrupted such as after earthquakes, only flameless cooking methods can be used to avoid fire danger.  That leaves MRE chemical heat pads, or remote generator powered microwave as your choices.  If you know how to cook with fast, easy microwave, your meals will beat MRE’s every time.
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Real Relief or Donation Scam?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – Real Relief or Donation Scam?
 

   When natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina happen, fraudulent activities seem to spread like gold rush fever.  According to the New York Times, the FBI lists over 2,300 new websites purporting to deal with hurricane relief and assistance.  Some are legitimate, and others not.  Law enforcement has teamed with Internet Service Providers and computer security companies to try and ferret out the weasels.  Well before the calamities happen, scammers register domain names to foist their fraud.  More than 40 sites were shut down within the first week after Katrina, and starting the day of the storm, “Rita” sites numbered more than 1,100.  How can you tell the real good guys from the real bad ones?
   People who receive suspicious emails or who are directed to suspicious Websites should report the activity to the Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/sentinel or call them at (877) 382-4357.
   Otherwise, you can always donate to the only 100% PROPHET charity and the Bishop can help you.
   For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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“Live From the Gulf Coast” (22 Sept ‘05) by Melba Cox

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – “Live From the Gulf Coast” (22 Sept ‘05) by Melba Cox
 

   Pensacola, Florida:  “We are hangin’ in here!  “Rita” is an SEH storm so far.  “Somebody Else’s Hurricane.”  I feel for the Louisiana and Texas people this weekend.  (24 Sept ’05)  Our wards have been sending out work parties (since 29 Aug ’05 to clean up Katrina) of 7+ each weekend until now.  They don’t want us on the roads this time, due to so many people trying to evacuate (ahead of Hurricane Rita) on the interstates.  There have been great missionary opportunities down here.  One Newspaper commented (after last Fall’s hurricane ‘Ivan’) that “there were two churches that stood out above all the rest when it came to helping the hurricane victims.  One was the Mormon Church and the other was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. . .”  We feel privileged to serve.”

   Do you have enough and to spare?  Are you prepared to be the answer to someone else’s prayers? 

   For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Command and Control

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – Command and Control
 

  Have you ever been so upset that you couldn’t find words?  As stress escalates, the powers of reason and communication diminish so much so that to find relief some will fixate on something totally removed and unrelated to the immediate need.  This response mechanism can be good or bad, . . . fight or flight.
   A combat pilot, exiting his craft wearing his survival vest, pointed to a zippered front pocket and said:  “if I ever crash, the first thing I’m going to do is sit down and eat this king sized candy bar.  I’ll need the quick sugar energy, the soothing chocolate, and the long-term protein from the peanuts to not run away, but start to work and survive.  This Baby Ruth is brain food.  I will be in command and under control.”
   What program do you have to meet an emergency head-on?  Will your first focus be to insure that you act rather than react to the problem?  Can you swing into action, or will you be overcome by emotion?
   Emergencies can be tongue-tying.
   For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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What is the Definition of Globalization?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – What is the Definition of Globalization?
 

   Answer:  Princess Diana’s death.  WHY, you ask?
   An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, in a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles; treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medications.  Still don’t get it?
   This information is coming to you from an Englishman, using American technology, by a computer that uses Taiwanese chips, a Korean monitor, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian lorry-drivers to an Indonesian dock that Sicilian longshoremen offloaded to semi-trucks driven to your store by Russian drivers on US interstate roads built by Hispanics.
   Are you starting to get the picture?
   If any part of a system breaks down, do you have enough essentials on hand to support your family until a fix is found? 
   Now lets talk about bananas, milk, fresh produce, tuna fish, and Tobleron chocolate.
   For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Take the Stairs, Not the Elevator

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

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 roof.
   Training and experience provide the advantage for those who can keep their heads under stress.  Experienced people will also take the low-tech road whenever possible, too.  When one failure spawns others, an electrical outage not only stops elevators but also leaves you in the dark and trapped by automatic doors.   The roof brings hope of fresh air, but inordinate energy is needed for a helicopter rescue. 
      Modern fingertip push buttons have many forgetting they have hands and feet.  Gardening, bread making, and bicycling take more time than computer aided shopping and drive-up services.  The former, however, are based on self-reliance and personal power while the latter make us dependent on others — energy sources that are out of our control and may not arrive in timely fashion to save us. 

    Survival of the fittest means staying in shape and being alert to alternative solutions.  If you commute, a good pair of walking shoes and a flashlight are always good things to have to get you safely home.
   For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Support Our Troops.

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Emergency Preparedness – Support Our Troops.

 

     “To none is freedom more dear than to those who have bled and fought to preserve it.”
     The USO is a great organization few seem to know much about.  “Isn’t it a government program from World War II to entertain the troops,” questioned a traveler who saw their sign in a major US airport?
     Like the Boy Scouts, the USO is chartered by Congress as a non-profit public funded organization that provides essential and unique services to support servicemen and their families.  Operation Phone Home, cyber canteens, Operation Care Package, mobile canteens, fleet support centers, AND entertainment around the world are provided the troops.  Also, overseas community centers, childcare services, education programs and family centers are provided for dependents.
     The military has not only preserved us against foes, but has given great education and skills training to our men and women and to citizens of other countries in which freedom has had beginnings.  As warriors for basic human rights it is not hard to see why soldiers have opened doors for our LDS missionaries to follow with the gospel of agency and accountability.
     Watch for a USO next time you pass through a major airport.  Visit them at www.uso.org and help.
For more information contact (your ward emergency preparedness specialist).
CATCH THE VISION, SUPPORT FREEDOMS FIGHT, AND BE PREPARED.

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