Article: Check the news and look for travel advisories from the government before you depart to avoid journeying into a potentially dangerous area. Civil strife, an upswing in crime, or even natural disasters can happen at any time. Be aware of the conditions of the area into which you're traveling. The US Department of State provides this nifty site for accessing advisories: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/ Announcing your travel plans on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram may alert thieves that your home is unattended. If you want to document your travels on social media, set your accounts to private and make sure you know who can see your profiles. If you don't feel secure after taking these measures, post your vacation pictures when you get back from your trip. Big, bulky cameras, beach bags, floppy hats, and brightly colored clothing may advertise that you're a tourist, which makes you an easy target for theft and pickpocketing. Avoid drawing attention to yourself, carry your camera in a camera bag, and try to blend in with the locals. For example, opt for jeans and a T-shirt instead of wearing a loud Hawaiian print shirt and swim shorts. Exploring a new place by yourself can be fun, but it can also make you an easy target. Stay in groups when wandering around, and don't venture too far from your hotel at night. Avoid unlit areas at night and stay off beaches after dark. If you plan on sightseeing alone, let friends or family know your planned itinerary. Always know how to contact the local police whenever you enter a foreign area. Listen to your intuition. If a situation or area doesn't feel comfortable, go elsewhere. Fanny packs and loose purses are a pickpocketer's primary targets. Their straps can easily be cut, and the culprit can be off into the crowd without a trace. Instead, wear purses with straps that go across the chest, and keep your wallet in a bag or your breast pocket instead of your back pocket. You can also check out travel backpacks, which have anti-theft features. It's easy to get distracted when you're in a new place, since there's so much to see and do! Unfortunately, this makes you an easy target. Try to keep your wits about you when you're walking around and avoid distractions like constantly taking video, looking down for long periods to text or surf the web, and so on. Stay on guard to keep yourself safe. Try to avoid getting intoxicated unless you have family or friends with you who can watch your back.
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Read the news before departing. Don't advertise your absence on social media. Dress like a native and try to blend in. Stay in groups and avoid wandering off alone. Wear crossbody bags and purses to deter pickpockets. Remain alert and avoid distractions.
Article: Sending money is an easy and effective way to help. Be sure that you are donating to a reputable organization like The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, or UNICEF. Unfortunately, some sham organizations can crop up in the aftermath of disasters as ploys to steal well-intentioned donations. Ask if you can make a donation via text message. A recent trend among aid organizations is to provide a phone number and keyword for people to make a donations. The amount you give will show up on your next mobile phone bill. It's as easy as sending a text message, and much more meaningful! If you have extra or unneeded items laying around, consider donating them to flood victims in need. Gently used clothing, socks, shoes, bedding, and blankets are almost always in need after a devastating flood. You can also help the children affected by floods by sending them books and toys. Purchase and donate new, non-perishable food items and bottled drinking water. First aid kits, tents, mosquito netting, soap, and hygiene products might also be needed. Floods can cause serious injuries and there may be a need for more blood after a the disaster. If there's a blood drive in your area, and if you meet the health/age requirements, consider becoming a donor. Some large companies, especially governmental agencies or offices, allow people to donate their unused sick time or vacation leave to others in need. Contact the human resources representative at your work and ask if you can transfer some of your leave time to those unable to work as a result of the flood.
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Make a monetary donation. Donate goods. Donate blood. Donate your leave time.
Article: Once you've removed the shrimp's tail, head, and shell, you need to clean the shrimp to make it presentable for eating. To clean the shrimp, put the shrimp down on a cutting board. Take a paring knife, and run the knife's blade along the back of the shrimp, in the middle of the shrimp's back. Cut more deeply if you want to butterfly the shrimp. You do this by pulling the small gray vein out of the shrimp. You can use the tip of the knife to do this. Make sure you don't cut too deeply into the shrimp's back. The vein is the shrimp's digestive tract. It looks like a string. Run the shrimp under cold water when you are done peeling and deveining it. Once you've peeled and deveined the shrimp, it's time to cook and eat them! There are many recipes for cooking shrimp. Or you could eat it raw with cocktail sauce. Try turning the shells, tails, and heads into stock. To do this, wash them off and then put them in a saucepan with cold water. You will want enough to cover them. Add peppercorns, a bay leaf or fresh parsley. Simmer uncovered about 15 minutes. Strain the shells out. Add the stock to a shrimp recipe to increase its flavor. Remember that it doesn't take shrimp very long to cook. In fact, shrimp can cook in as little as three minutes. You will know they are done when they appear pink.
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Cut the shrimp down its back. Devein the shrimp. Cook the shrimp.