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When the world is nothing but ruins, where will humanity go? The end of the world is just the beginning…of the end. Follow in the footsteps of two of the only humans left, as they hunt through the wastelands to find, food, shelter, and safety from the unknown.

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A new AP poll shows virtually half of all people recently surveyed are now concerned about losing their job. That’s nearly double since the same survey was done last year. The ailing economy is driving some people well beyond just worrying and into something far more serious – something that’s being identified as recession depression.

A rising number of studies are associating the recession to health problems – in particular anxiety, heart disease and stress. For example, academics at the University of North Texas have found that three to five years after time periods of job loss and financial insecurity, there was a distinguished increase in the number of heart attacks. In the meantime, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine report that surveys succeeding the collapse of the Soviet Union showed that the regions with the highest rate of job loss also had the highest death rates.

More recently, the Capio Nightingale Hospital, an independent mental health hospital in London, has reported a “dramatic” growth in stress-related cases in 2009. The hospital saw a 20% rise in the number of people looking for advice for stress-related problems in January. And The Priory Group, an independent provider of addiction services, has also reported seeing more patients from the finance sector who are suffering from stress-related illnesses.

National headlines have focused on suicides of top executives such as French businessman Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, 65. He killed himself in his New York City office in December. The Washington Post reported he had lost more than $1.4 billion investing with Bernard Madoff, who has acknowledged losing $50 billion while operating a Ponzi scheme.

Along with plummeting 401Ks and rising unemployment, there is clearly a dangerous emotional price in the compounding economic crisis.

In times of soaring unemployment, suicide rates do go up, according to the American Association of Suicidology. Unemployed people have between two and four times the suicide rate of those employed, according to a report written by Dr. Alan L. Berman, executive director of the American Association of Suicidology.

While Berman emphasized there’s been no statistical correlation between suicide and subsequent U.S. recessions since the Great Depression, there may be grounds to be concerned during this downswing. The quantity of foreclosures, with more than one million people recently losing their homes, is nearly the same quantity that lost homes during the Great Depression, when the population was about half of what it is today, he wrote. And combined with unemployment, “home loss has been found to be one of the most common economic strains associated with suicide,” Berman wrote.

While being mindful of the state of the economy is important, there’s certainly a point where you can be too centered on the recession. If you’ve reached your breaking point, you can try these recession survival tools to break yourself out of the depression:

Turn the television off. The news can be like a train wreck sometimes. You know you aren’t getting anything beneficial out of listening to more bad financial news, but you just can’t look away. If the reports on the TV are starting to get you down, it’s time to just walk away. Read a book, play with the children, or do anything else that gets your mind off of the economy.

Find something positive in your life to value. There’s always something you can be happy about. In this time of climbing unemployment, having a job in itself is positive. If you’re able to make your house payments every month, you have something else to be cheerful about.

Decide not to let fear of the economy make your decisions for you. If you’ve scrimped and saved, for example, for a new oven, you should feel positive about carrying out your purchase. Don’t feel like you’ve got to squirrel away your savings in case the economy doesn’t recover right away. Assess your individual situation to determine what things are appropriate for you and your family.

Focus on what you are able to control. You can’t do a thing about the rising and falling of the securities market. You can, however, control how much you spend or save. Rather than distressing about the things you can’t change, give yourself a feeling of empowerment by taking control of things that are within your command.

Finally, key points for employers include: raising awareness of mental health and stress-related issues in the workplace, recognizing the essential contribution made by stressed or depressed staff, and the fact that these are problems which can affect anyone.

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What is the best survival gun? As a woman, that is a question I’ve been asking of those who are more experience with both survival and guns.  For myself I know I want something that is easy to handle, isn’t going to break my shoulder when I fire it and has affordable ammunition.  Another criterion is that it has enough fire power to produce a kill shot.

After asking several people, plus weighing in my own experience, I’m come to the conclusion that there are actually several guns that every woman should have in a survival situation. However, if one is limited to only having one gun my choice is a .22 rifle.

Here’s what an acquaintance had to say about the .22:  “Most bang for your buck is a 22 long rifle rimfire cartridge. There are many good 22 rifles for sale. I’d recommend a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic carbine or rifle. You can’t reload 22 rimfires so stock up a lifetime supply, they’re cheap; $15/500 rounds or less on sale. A 22lr would be adequate for deer in a pinch, but certainly would not be my choice. For years the world record grizzly bear was taken by a young girl that crawled up on the bears back and shot it in the spine.”

From my own experience I know that a .22 will work for small game like squirrels and rabbits. I also know that my ex-husband brought down deer with just a .22 rifle using .22LR ammunition. He also took down an elk with one well-placed shot with the same rifle and ammo.

Since it is important that one feel comfortable with the gun one’s using, I believe the .22 will be the best choice for me.  They are lighter weight. I’m already familiar with how they handle, having shot them in the past with a good degree of accuracy.  Also as mentioned above, the ammunition is fairly cheap, especially when compared to other ammo.

Now, I just have to research the best make and model, although I already know that the one I want must NOT be a single shot.  If I have to use it for self-defense from either four or two legged predators, I don’t want to have to stop and reload to get off a second shot. I definitely want a model that has some kind of magazine for loading with multiple bullets.

While I’ve been advised that stainless steel is better than blue, I know that if all I can get is blue that’s what I’ll get.  I do think that a composite stock will be lighter weight than a wood stock.

Lastly, it is possible to purchase a good .22LR for under $200. Since that’s more my price range, that definitely makes it a good choice for me.

The same acquaintance mentioned earlier had this to add:

For self defense the #1 gun rule is: “Have a gun…any gun. If all you have is a 22 then use it.”

#2 rule is: “Use a gun of a small enough caliber that you can practice with it without fear of recoil or sound blast, therefore becoming good with it.”

Finally: “A .22 bullet in the eye socket beats a .44 in the wishbone every time.”

I’ve reached the conclusion that the best survival rifle for a woman, or at least this woman, is definitely a .22 rifle with a magazine and a composite stock. Now I just have to get it, and I plan on doing that before it gets even more difficult to purchase a gun.

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Surviving hard times is not so much about learning how to be tough or eating cheap noodles as it is about careful planning and self control. First, lets consider a worst-case scenario. Suppose we are entering another great depression. It’s worth noting that at it’s worst last time, there was 25% unemployment, but that meant 75% of people who wanted jobs had them.

Step number one for surviving hard times then, is to try to be in that 75% (and the good news is that it’s more likely that 85% will retain jobs this time around). If you are in an industry which is likely to face large job losses, then, start looking around at what else you can do. Learn some new skills if necessary, but at least have an idea of where you’ll immediately start applying for jobs if your current one is lost.

Make yourself important where you currently work as well. If you are the only one there who knows how to run some machine or fill out some forms or any other obscure task which is essential, you are less likely to be let go. You may want to find ways to save the company money as well. Be the employee that management can’t afford to lose.

Whatever you do, a job can be lost, and if lost at the worst time it may mean months before you can find another. Prepare for this possibility. How do you do that? There are three basic steps you can start taking right now.

1. Start Stocking Up

You may not have the money to go out right now and buy two months worth of food and household necessities. But what you can almost certainly do is buy a little bit more than normal each time you go shopping. In this way you can stock up on everything from toilet paper to canned peas. Have enough food and other items stashed away to survive a loss of income for a couple months if possible.

2. Start Saving Money

This is the time to start saving money (okay, maybe it’s always the time). Build that savings account up until you have enough to live on for at least several months without falling behind on any bills. And though it may sound extreme to some, having a few hundred dollars of that in cash – perhaps hidden in your basement – is not such a bad idea. Bank failures have happened before, and it can take a few weeks for the FDIC to sort things out.

3. Reduce Your Expenses

This is one of the most important steps you can take. Suppose you are living on $2,500 per month, and after losing your job you have to take a $7 per hour fast food position for a while? What would happen? Not too much if you had cut your basic expenses in half before you lost the job.

First, pay down any debt you have as fast as you can. Start with the highest-interest debt – most likely your credit cards. I normally would not recommend rolling such debts into a home-refinance (you essentially convert short-term debt into long-term debt and pay far more in interest as a result). But if it seems likely that you will be losing your job, you may want to reduce your monthly payments by converting them into a lower house payment.

Look at every single thing that you regularly spend money on and find ways to reduce the cost of each. It might be the right time to refinance your home. You can install  fluorescent bulbs all over the house to cut electrical costs, turn down the thermostat when you are out, buy a low-flow shower head. Maybe you will even decide to cut back to one car instead of two.

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Made yourself indispensable at work. Explore other job possibilities. Learn new skills if necessary for other employment. Have a contingency plan or two. These are the steps to take so you’ll be one of those who stay employed.

Stock up your cupboards. Start setting aside some money for hard times. Pay down debts. Find a way to live on less and make it a habit. These are the steps to take so that even if you lose your job you’ll be okay until you find the next one.

By the way, this isn’t just a recipe for surviving hard times. It will also make you more financially secure in any economic circumstances. In fact, if your job seems secure, and you have taken the steps outlined above, you may find that you have enough excess income to take a nice vacation.

Bird flu comes from South Asia and threatens to spread all over the world. Nowadays there is hardly a person who is not aware of expansion of the deadly disease, but still most of us do nothing in terms of protection, as we hope the virus won’t reach us. Even if the danger is overestimated, at least your conscience will be clear, as you’ve done the due diligence. It is not so difficult to take some preventive measures, because if the disaster occurs it will be too late.

What to Start With?

As the incubation period of this disease is equal to 3-5 days, you will have not much time to think over your auctions, and that is in case you KNOW you have been infected. So, it is necessary to think of possible ways of bird flu survival beforehand.

The vaccine against bird flu has not been developed yet, for it needs some time to study the virus mutation in human body. But there are some prototypes which contain substances that may defend you from the disease. So, first of all, it is necessary to find an opportunity to take vaccine.

The second step to increase your survival rate is to buy enough quantity of Tamiflu. That is an antiviral drug that fights H5N1 strain effectively. If you are infected, you will have to take a double dose, and for prophylaxis a single dose a day is enough. Therefore you should get enough quantity of Tamiflu, for, in case of pandemic, it will be impossible to find this medicine at any price.

Finally, it is obvious you should not travel to the countries where bird flu is raging.

What Should I Do to survive if it Reaches Me?

In order to foresee the approaching of the disease it is necessary to keep informed. As soon as you learn from mass media that bird flu is drawing near, you should supply yourself with food and water that will be necessary for the next 3-4 months. It is also recommended to leave the city for a country house, because in case of anarchy connected with the pandemic you will feel safer out of town.

Another thing you should do for bird flu survival is washing your hands thoroughly and wearing masks if contact with infected people is unavoidable. As any other influenza virus, bird flu gets the human organism through dirty hands contacting with mouth, eyes and nose.

If you have any children you should keep them indoors and prepare them for home schooling. In the event of any member of your family still has been infected, you need to prepare a quarantine room. It should be a remote room, supplied with all the necessary: water, food, medicine and entertainment.

You should always remember that we may wish for the best, but we must be prepared for the worst. Nowadays lots of books, newspaper and magazine articles devoted to bird flu survival are available. Besides that, you can look for the information on bird flu survival on the Internet.

The survival of plants depends on water either by rain or irrigation.

During monsoon season plants grow faster and bumper.

One can even virtually see everyday growth in some species of plants.

But during summer, the plants feel sad because they do not get water unless we irrigate them.

Even for irrigation we require water either from well or tank or river.

Unfortunately, most of our rivers remain dry during summer.

Only we see sand filled rivers.

The growth put forth in monsoon months stops and plants try to pull on during summer which is hot not only for plants but also for us.

Plants try to survive by using their natural adaptations restricting the water loss from their foliage.

There are many mechanisms by which plants try to survive during summer.

Man also tries to protect himself from the heat of summer with the help of fans, air coolers and air conditioners.

Some plants which grow in gardens are lucky because the owner of the garden take care of them by giving some irrigation.

These plants are happy enjoying the full sunlight with the available water trying to put forth new foliage and flowers.

But, these unfortunate plants which grow wild, in wasteland, forest, agricultural land suffer a great deal and sometimes they even die.

High temperature and moisture stress force the plants to end their life soon by producing flowers and fruits.

It is a survival mechanism plants possess.

Trees like neem, pongamia, delonix, banian, tamarind, and many more show healthy growth in summer in spite of water shortage.

Such adaptations in plants keep the green plant cover in Planet Earth.

In rain forest region, the story is different.

Plants receive rain throughout the year without a long break to create a drought situation.

Therefore moisture will be available always throughout the year for the plants to grow happily.

Deforestation in such areas is not a problem, because reforestation occurs simultaneously owing to the availability of water from frequent rainfall.

On the other hand, countries like India do not have such favourable conditions.

Three or four summer months every year are detrimental to the plant world.

Whatever growth plants achieved will be lost during summer.

Therefore we need to take care of our plants somehow so that they survive during summer and continue their life for a longer period of time.

Without the survival of plants, human beings cannot lead a happy and healthy life.