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Volume XI, Issue 5
Budget BBQ For Today’s Rough Economy
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he whole concept of inexpensive, or “Budget BBQ” is nothing new. As a matter of fact, the barbeque process itself originally comes from the use of turning unwanted, cheap cuts of meat into tender, flavorful meat dishes. Barbeque is perfect for tough times, and could be just the ticket to eating “rich” on a strict budget. You don’t need to be told that today’s economy is as rough as it’s been for some time. Gas prices are outrageous, home foreclosures are through the roof, and food prices are high enough to choke the life right out of just about any family. The good thing is, you don’t have to cut back on barbecued and grilled meats. Barbeque is recession-proof, as it turns out. First of all, there are a number of different cuts of meat that will work perfectly on the grill or by slow-cooked barbecue techniques. The classic of all Texas Barbeque meats, the beef brisket, is the perfect example of a cut that qualifies as budget barbeque. Not only is it inexpensive, pound for pound, but it’s extremely versatile. One brisket can be sliced, cubed, or chopped for sandwiches, and with a full-sized brisket, there’s at least a couple of meals to be had. Ground beef is still very economical when compared to other meats. Grilled hamburgers are usually loved by the whole family. (continued on page 6)
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What is ChurchBook? services and the shortage of man power. Chat www.ChurchBook.US is the place where rooms for people to handle the grief. you as a minister or even a church member In President Bush’s Pandemic Plan, he can set up your own group. You and your called for churches to be able to serve their church members can social network in a people and the community by making plans clean way with Religious values. Your minpre pandemic. Churches need to be prepared ister can record his or her church service and now not at the time of a pandemic. Churchbroadcast it in case you miss service for the es and their members can assist themselves day. Your pastor can also do daily messages if and other members of the inner community they want to and chat rooms will soon be set geographically. For instance if Ms. Jones, up for group prayer. ChurchBook.US is for the nice little old lady down the street lives the good of all mankind. We are allowing all alone members of the church can check on religions who preach that all humans should her that live close to her. Maybe five membe kind to each other and to love one another. bers of the church need to go to the hospital We will not allow any faith that preaches because they are really sick and meet the cribadness such as the Church of Satin. We will teria for hospital admission. Well if the EMS of course help those individuals. crews are running short of medics because www.ChurchBook.US’s main reason for they are sick or some have died it may take existence is the use of religion which is hours to get an ambulance so using Churchthe pillar of the community if ever there was Book others from their church will be able a pandemic such as the Spanish Flu which to volunteer driving them to the Emergency killed over 50 million people or even a loRoom. Maybe their Churchcal disaster only effecting one Book group made a list of people or two cities. . If the Swine Flu of 2009 would have been a bad Church and faith who have already gotten the flu pandemic ChurchBook would hold us together and now are resistant to getting sick again. When they have a have been a valuable tool to list of these people who can’t hold us all together. Considerget sick again they can be assigned to babysit ing Church and faith hold us together at bad the children of sick parents therefore helping times then we need to be able to go to church. to not only care for the sick parents but to However, when Pandemics arise social discare for the other children and helping them tancing takes place and that means churches stay safe so they don’t get sick. ChurchBook will be closed to limit the amount of germs will be the church for the complete pandemic and death that is spread in crowed places like Phase which can last up to eight months. churches. If we have a bad pandemic many Of course at the time of a Pandemic Churchfriends, relatives , family members, moms , Book will be able to convert to a more user dads, kids will die and we need our faith to friendly site where all kinds of informaprevent people from giving up which will altion can be passed out. Local politicians low a newly widowed wife who has just lost and Emergency Management divisions can her husband and two of her four children to post or offer video messages to all groups of hold on and give good care to the remaining a geographic locations. We also are urgchildren. For people who have lost many iming Churches and large residential housing mediate family members, they may have suiunits such as condos to form their own CERT cidal thoughts, however if they were able to teams. commutate with their minister or others from I leave you with these words that were in their church experiencing the same problems the President Bush’s Pandemic plan... Any then they may be able to hold on. Churchcommunity that thinks the Federal Calvary Book will do exactly that. Pastors will be will come to the rescue at the time of a panthe key to holding our hands together where demic, that community will be set for pure we can be strong and come together to get tragedy. If we plan now, pre pandemic there through this crisis. Ministers will be able to will be no need to panic. We can save lives give daily messages of hope and prayer and if we plan now. help serve their sheep of well needed services that will be delayed because of the surge in
uitting smoking makes a difference right away in the way you feel. You can taste and smell food better. Your breath smells better. Your cough goes away. These benefits happen for men and women of all ages, even those who are older. They happen for healthy people as well as those who already have a disease or condition caused by smoking. Even more importantly, in the long run, quitting smoking cuts the risk of lung cancer, many other cancers, heart disease, stroke, and other lung or breathing (respiratory) diseases (e.g., bronchitis, pneumonia, and emphysema). Moreover, ex-smokers have better health than current smokers. For example, ex-smokers have fewer days of illness, fewer health complaints, and less bronchitis and pneumonia than current smokers. Finally, quitting smoking saves money. A pack-a-day smoker who pays $4.00 per pack can expect to save more than $1,408 per year! What’s more, it appears that the price of cigarettes will continue to rise in coming years, as will the financial rewards of quitting. What are the steps in quitting? First, one can do certain things to get ready to quit. Then, there are other things to do on the day of quitting. Finally, one can do things to help oneself to remain abstinent. (This is the hardest part.) Getting ready to quit smoking • Set a date for quitting. If possible, plan to have a friend quit smoking with you. • Notice when and why you smoke. Try to find the things in your daily life that you often do while smoking (such as drinking your morning cup of coffee or driving a car). • Change your smoking routines: Keep your cigarettes in a different place. Smoke with your other hand. Don’t do anything else when you are smoking. Think about how you feel when you smoke. • Smoke only in certain places, such as outdoors. • When you want a cigarette, wait a few minutes. Try to think of something to do instead of smoking. For example, you might chew gum or drink a glass of water. • Buy one pack of cigarettes at a time. Switch to a brand of cigarettes that you don’t like. What methods can help a person quit smoking? Several methods are available to assist those who decide to quit smoking. The three main categories of methods are: • Changing the behavior that is associated with smoking • Self-help literature • Nicotine replacement therapy.
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