Record Number Of Guns Exchanged For Gift Cards
Los Angeles (NPR) – It’s a holiday tradition in Los Angeles: Gifts for Guns. In the weeks before Christmas, the Sheriff’s Department offers gift cards in exchange for guns — mostly as a way of disarming gangs. The recession has many more gun owners seeking those $100 gift [...]
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L.A.’s “Gifts for Guns” Program sets record
Posted in Christmas News, HOLIDAY SAFETY, Information, tagged gifts, Best Buy, guns, exchange, gift cards, Target, Ralphs, Los Angeles, gangs on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Turkey Essentials: Have your act together
Posted in FOOD & DRINK, HOLIDAY SAFETY, tagged cold water thawing method, cooked, cooking, degrees, food safety, preparation, temperature, thawing, turkey on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The bare fundamentals:
Why you need to have your act together when planning to prepare turkey.
1.) A turkey that is not fully thawed by cooking day can delay the holiday dinner.
2.) An underdone turkey can ruin everyone’s holiday, in ways that don’t require explanation.
3.) Failure to properly sanitize hands, food prep. surfaces, and utensils after working [...]
Christmas Lights May Contain Lead
Posted in Christmas 2007, HOLIDAY SAFETY, tagged Christmas, DECORATE, Decorations, Lead, LIGHTS, neurological, safety, Toxic, Toxin, warning on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In fact, most of the ones I’ve looked at on the shelf bear a warning disclosing that handling the wires exposes you to lead. Interestingly, virtually all of the Christmas lights I’ve looked at were made in China. Along with 90% of everything-else-Christmas.
Easy solution: Wash your hands, very thoroughly, after handling Christmas lights. And it’s [...]
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