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"What about cremation?"
Answer/Brother Spencer J. Palmer
I personally prefer that the bodies of the departed dead be buried in the earth, in graves, rather than cremated by fire (a practice common among Hindus and Buddhists), or left in sacred "towers of silence" so that the corruptible flesh can be stripped clean by vultures (as advocated by Parsis of Zoroastrianism), or disposed of by other means. I prefer this because I am a western man prejudiced in favor of my own traditions. But from the Latter-day Saint point of view there is more to it than this.
From ancient times, the Lord's people have preferred the practice of burial of the dead. In the scriptures it is the unvarying ideal. This tradition most nearly symbolizes the gospel teachings of death, burial, and resurrection—the atonement of Christ—and of baptism by immersion, as Paul suggests in Romans 6. The bodies of the dead are an essential part of the eternal soul. They are sacred tabernacles of the spirit. Out of respect for the dead, their grave sites should be chosen wisely and should be properly maintained. But I see no justification for Confucian theories of geomancy, for thinking that certain surface configurations (topography) are essential considerations in choosing burial sites of the dead. Neither is there any reason to think that the dead spend their time trying to punish, regulate, or reward their living kin on the basis of how well they care for them at death and after. Graves are not religious shrines. The body is ideally put away in a likeness of its coming forth from the grave, but the life and personality of the dead is neither in nor hovering about the grave. The spirits of the dead go to a place called paradise, a world of spirits, awaiting the day of resurrection.
I find meaning and satisfaction in Joseph Smith's idyllic view of death and the resurrection once expressed in a funeral address:
"The place where a man is buried is sacred to me. This subject is made mention of in the Book of Mormon and other scriptures. Even to the aborigines of this land, the burying places of their fathers are more sacred than anything else. …
"I believe those who have buried their friends here, their condition is enviable. Look at Jacob and Joseph in Egypt, how they required their friends to bury them in the tomb of their fathers. See the expense which attended the embalming and the going up of the great company to the burial.
"It has always been considered a great calamity not to obtain an honorable burial: and one of the greatest curses the ancient prophets could put on any man, was that he should go without a burial.
"I have said, Father, I desire to die here among the Saints. But if this is not Thy will, and I go hence and die, wilt Thou find some kind friend to bring my body back, and gather my friends who have fallen in foreign lands, and bring them up hither, that we may all lie together.
"I will tell you what I want. If tomorrow I shall be called to lie in yonder tomb, in the morning of the resurrection let me strike hands with my father, and cry, 'My father,' and he will say, 'My son, my son,' as soon as the rock rends and before we come out of our graves.
"And may we contemplate these things so? Yes, if we learn how to live and how to die. When we lie down we contemplate how we may rise in the morning. …
"Would you think it strange if I relate what I have seen in vision in relation to this interesting theme? …
"So plain was the vision, that I actually saw men, before they had ascended from the tomb, as though they were getting up slowly. They took each other by the hand and said to each other, 'My father, my son, my mother, my daughter, my brother, my sister.' And when the voice calls for the dead to arise, suppose I am laid by the side of my father, what would be the first joy of my heart? To meet my father, my mother, my brother, my sister; and when they are by my side, I embrace them and they me." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith [Deseret Book Co., 1961], pp. 294–96.)
This is the ideal—the perfect pattern of death and resurrection. But, unfortunately, this procedure of death and burial is not always possible for man. Nor, perhaps, is it always desirable. Too many people die violent and horrible deaths. Pilots are shot down and their bodies sometimes waste away in prison camps; human bodies are often mutilated, torn, destroyed, and sometimes entirely obliterated by war or accidents of fire and automobile. Some men are buried at sea and their bodies devoured by marine creatures. Not all bodies, not even all bodies of the righteous and the faithful, can be buried whole, or buried in the earth at all. In parts of Europe and in the southern United States the underground water level is so high that bodies cannot be buried in the earth. Hence they are frequently placed in containers above the earth and sometimes placed on top of one another.
In today's world there are local laws in some countries that prohibit burial and encourage cremation; some metropolitan areas in Asia are so crowded that gravesites are a precious commodity and are outrageously expensive. Funerals and burials are prohibitive in cost to some of the most faithful members of the Church in that part of the world. Hence, although I personally prefer embalming and burial and although it has been the pattern followed by Israel, there appears to be no prohibition against cremation in the scriptures or in the theology of the Church. Certainly there is no doubt but that people whose bodies are destroyed by fire (cremated), as was the case with one of our Korean sisters in a recent hotel disaster, will rise again intact in the resurrection from the dead. The fundamental elements of the bodies of mankind are never lost or allowed to belong to another soul. (See Documentary History of the Church, vol. 5, p. 339.) These will be restored whole, as Alma has promised.
"Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body. …" (Alma 11:44.)
All of us need to realize that there are Latter-day Saints around the world who prefer cremation to burial. Here, for example, is the view of a young Japanese Latter-day Saint, a returned missionary who is now at BYU, a top student and respected Church member.
"In Japan we often cremate the remains of our dead and I definitely feel that this practice is cleaner than burying someone's dead body under the ground. After cremation only dust and some small bones remain. But just imagine the decay of dead bodies that people put under the ground for the worms and bacteria to eventually take care of. That seems very unclean to me. It is probably a matter of how I was raised. But after the spirit is gone, the body is lifeless material. This material will come back in the resurrection no matter whether you cremate it or bury it underground. So far as Church doctrines are concerned, I don't see anything wrong with cremation. I would rather see cleanliness for the living than sentimental feeling for the dead."
Also, I feel there are unusual circumstances when cremation is preferable and in accordance with the mind and the will of the Lord. The experience of my mission president some twenty years ago in connection with the death of Mark Johnson Vest, an Indian member of the Cocoapas tribe, is a vivid and memorable example in point.
Brother Vest was branch president over an active group of Latter-day Saints at the time of his death. En route to Brother Vest's funeral in Arizona the mission president prayed earnestly that the Lord would tell him why Brother Vest had been taken. As he prayed, he visualized Mark Johnson Vest standing in front of a large group of Indians, which he estimated to be about ten thousand. Mark was preaching the gospel to them. As he did so, one of the Indians in the middle of the group stood up and said, "Do not listen to this man. He is not a Lamanite. He is a Nephite!" After this, Mark Johnson Vest rose to his full stature and said, "I am not a Nephite! I am a Lamanite, and when I died I was cremated according to the custom of my people."
When the mission president arrived at the town where the funeral was to be held, the stake president told him of a serious problem that had developed. Mark's tribe, the Cocoapas, wanted him cremated according to their ancient customs. His wife's tribe wanted him "properly buried." The Cocoapas had said that if he were buried, they would dig him up so they could cremate him.
In his funeral talk the mission president related the vision he had had during the night. This settled the problem of cremation to the satisfaction of both tribes, and there was no more fighting among them over the matter. After the funeral service the mission president and his wife witnessed the cremation of Mark Johnson Vest.
"We're planning to marry, and my fiancé and I intend to go to the temple. Can we be told beforehand what the temple ceremony is and what promises and commitments we will be expected to make?"
Answer/President O. Leslie Stone
There are many things you can and should know before coming to the temple for your endowment and sealing. You should know that the endowment is a great gift from God. It teaches you how to return to his presence and gain salvation, exaltation, and eternal life. These are the greatest of all gifts, but they are obtainable only if you keep the covenants you are required to make with the Lord in his holy house.
The following is a quotation from an article written by Elder John A. Widtsoe in the book Saviors on Mount Zion, by Archibald F. Bennett:
"The ordinances of the endowment embody certain obligations on the part of the individual, such as covenant and promise to observe the law of strict virtue and chastity, to be charitable, benevolent, tolerant and pure; to devote both talent and material means to the spread of truth and the uplifting of the race; to maintain devotion to the cause of truth; and to seek in every way to contribute to the great preparation that the earth may be made ready to receive her King—the Lord Jesus Christ. With the taking of each covenant and the assuming of each obligation a promised blessing is pronounced, contingent upon the faithful observance of the conditions."
A temple marriage is quite different than a civil marriage in that in the temple you are legally married and sealed as husband and wife for time and for all eternity, and great blessings are sealed upon both of you for this life and for the life to come. Your marriage in the temple is the beginning of a new eternal family unit that is essential for your eternal progress. Children born to this union are "born in the covenant" and, therefore, become members of the family for time and all eternity.
You know, of course, that you must be found worthy by your bishop and stake president before you can come to the temple. If you expect to receive the blessings you seek, you must not only be worthy to come, but you must continue to lead worthy lives. If you don't live worthily, then you won't receive the blessings. It's just that simple. If you keep the covenants, you have the promise of our Heavenly Father that you will receive these great blessings:
"I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." (D&C 82:10.)
You can be assured that all the covenants you are required to make will, if kept, help you to live better lives. You will be a good father and mother, be good members of the Church, be good citizens in the community, be honest in your business dealings, and in so doing, will honor your mother and father, which is one of God's commandments:
"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." (Ex. 20:12.)
Covenants you are required to make in the temple are sacred and are never discussed outside the temple. You may be assured, however, that if you are obedient to God's commandments, you will have no difficulty in living up to the covenants you make in his holy house.
"And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you." (Mosiah 2:22.)
The great principle underlying temple ordinances was once summed up by the Prophet Joseph Smith in these words:
"There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated—
"And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated." (D&C 130:20, 21.)
"What is necessary for celestial glory?"
Answer/Brother Lynn A. McKinley
When Joseph Smith was divinely appointed as the Prophet to open up the dispensation of the fulness of times, a decisive blow was struck against the then prevailing religious mysticism and religious sentimentalism as the sum of religious experience.
From that time forward, religion could clearly be seen to be eternal law operating on things and on human beings. Hence, celestial glory, the highest degree of glory provided by a just and merciful Father, was not to be obtained merely by wishing fervently after confessing the name of Christ; neither was it to be obtained merely by accumulating a stockpile of merit in the frequent doing of good deeds.
These feelings and acts as ends in themselves might qualify an honorable person for the terrestrial glory, but not the celestial. For, while fervent desire and good deeds are most assuredly an essential part of celestial living, there is a dimension that far exceeds the limited terrestrial dimension, as the sun exceeds the moon in power and splendor.
The law controlling the reality and vitality of celestial experience was explained to the Prophet Joseph Smith as follows:
"And this greater priesthood administereth the gospel and holdeth the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God.
"Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest.
"And without the ordinances thereof, and the authority of the priesthood, the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in the flesh." (D&C 84:19–21.)
The receiving of the ordinances of the gospel by one directly imbued with the power and authority of the Master himself inducts one, by administration of law, into the celestial dimension of living. And the continuous development of the unique godly powers growing out of all the ordinances of the restored gospel of Christ, including celestial marriage, will inevitably yield fruits of the highest position of exaltation in the celestial kingdom, for the Lord has said:
"They who are of a celestial spirit shall receive the same body which was a natural body; even ye shall receive your bodies, and your glory shall be that glory by which your bodies are quickened.
"Ye who are quickened by a portion of the celestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
"And they who are quickened by a portion of the terrestrial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
"And also they who are quickened by a portion of the telestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness." (D&C 88:28–31.)
Observing carefully and living the law of the celestial kingdom, which includes all the truth and good and beauty of the telestial and terrestrial kingdoms, constitute what is necessary for obtaining celestial glory.
The thrilling insight from this concept is that all the sweet and satisfying joys of this glory need not be postponed till the life after the resurrection but can and should be experienced with increasing frequency and intensity every day we live in the world.


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All About Helen Hayes Awards Nominations
If you want to know a little bit about what's going on in the vibrant Washington area theatre scene, as well as a little bit about its history, check out the Helen Hayes Awards nominations. They've always provided clues about what's hot and what's not, trends and directions.
The awards—both a celebration of the area's ever-growing theatre community and a composite of its members—always provide an ebb and flow about the fortunes of different theaters and different types of theatre.
From the beginning, in the resident theatre arena, the long established Arena Stage has been a strong presence, almost routinely receiving loads of nominations and winning many of them, because Arena for decades was the mother ship of regional theatre companies under founder Zelda Fichandler. But judges, perversely, tended to reward grudgingly newer companies, except for the Shakespeare Theatre Company under Michael Kahn.
It took time for Woolly Mammoth to establish itself as a force, for the Studio Theatre under Joy Zinoman to be recognized consistently (its production of Tom Stoppard's "Indian Ink" was a major breakthrough). Signature Theatre under Eric Schaeffer, on the other hand splashed, onto the scene with its production of "Sweeney Todd" and established itself as the leading interpreter of Sondheim musicals in the area. Likewise, critics and Helen Hayes judges alike immediately took to the Russian pantomime tones of Synetic Theatre and its movement-choreography oriented interpretation of classic works of literature and theater, forcing writers to spell Tsikurishvili (the last name of the star Synetic couple) over and over again.
Early on, nobody paid much attention to family or children's theater, not to mention the more assumed-to-be sedate workings of suburban theater and dinner theater. This year Adventure Theater, under the energetic Michael Bobbitt, produced several nominations, as did Toby's Dinner Theater under Toby Orenstein, a second time around for her.
And Folger, once the Kahn-led troupe that embedded itself at Lansburgh and later Harman Hall, never fared as well as it did this year. This year, all three of its produced plays have been nominated for Outstanding Resident Play: "Henry VIII," "Hamlet" and "Orestes: A Tragic Romp."
The Shakespeare Theatre did well for itself with 22 nominations, but none were in the outstanding resident play category, where it's rotating majestic double bill of "Richard II" and "Henry V" were sadly missing. Nor was Michael Hayden, who wore both crowns, nominated for his acting tour de force here in playing both kingly roles, including the best Henry this writer has ever seen outside of perhaps Kenneth Branagh's movie version.
Omissions and inclusions always cause a little controversy, even in this self-celebratory community, and the one that seemed to be almost uniformly decried was the absence of teenaged whiz June Schreiner for her dazzling, high-energy turn as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma," a show that's up for Outstanding Resident Musical and helped Arena snare 23 nominations. Schreiner got deservedly ecstatic notices for her work but failed to convince the Hayes judges.
"Oklahoma" gave a rousing opening to Molly Smith and Arena's new multi-million dollar, elegant space out in Southwest, and the show, which looked as fresh as could be, will be clashing with the Shakespeare Theatre's co-production (with the Goodman Theatre in Chicago), of Leonard Bernstein's and Mary Zimmerman's "Candide."
"Candide" is an example of what you might call out of town resident shows—that is, there's enough of a local presence in the cast or production to put the dazzling show into the resident category. If there was any justice, this would produce a tie, because I can't pick between the two. One of my peers in the theatre world, however, loves the Toby Dinner Theater production of "Hairspray" to death.
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I know what your thinking – great another article dedicated to the bug-out bag. And I agree, over last couple of weeks I've been preoccupied with this bugging out business. First we talked about children during a bug-out, then guns for the bug-out bag and here we go again with communications for the bug-out bag.
Trust me, I'm not turning the survivalist blog into another head for the hills bug-out site. I've had these ideas for sometime and originally planned to space the articles over several months, but since everyone seems to be interested in this subject, I've decided to go ahead and post my thoughts.
An area I haven't seen discussed in much detail is communications for the bug-out bag. Let me tell you before we start, that I'm not a radio geek and I'm sure some of you know more about radio communications than I do. That is why I've opened this discussion to give my thoughts and give readers a chance to share theirs.
A means of communication between members of your bug-out group could prove important or even be the difference between life and death. Members of your group could become separated or wounded while away from base camp or you may need a means of communication when coordinating offensive and defensive maneuvers.
The first consideration should be range and type of radio. Keep in mind that advertised ranges of 10 to 30 miles for the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) band radios are under ideal conditions, conditions that seldom exist in the real world. Actual range is often much less.
The average output for the hand-held GMRS band radios is around 1-2 watts. I'm not sure if this can be adjusted or if it is a fixed wattage set by the manufacturer? If anyone knows for sure we would like to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Legally to operate a radio using GMRS channels 1-7 and 15-22, you'll need to get a license issued by the FCC, although you do not need a license before purchasing a GMRS-capable two-way radios.
Family Radio Service (FRS) models are lower power units that operate with a half watt of power. They can transmit on 7 FRS channels and 7 shared FRS/GMRS channels (channels 1-7) for a total of 14 channels. No license is required to operate this type radio – the downside is limited range when compared with GMSR.
Variable power would be a good option. If you are talking a few yards you don't want to waste your batteries by broadcasting at full power 100% of the time.(Note) any radio—even if it has 2 watts of power—automatically switches down to a half-watt when operating on the 7 FRS-specific channels.
A variable power option will allow you to adjust output depending on the situation, saving power and lowering the possibility of your communications being monitored by a third and possible hostile party.
During an extended emergency having charged batteries will become a concern (also an excellent barter item). Most two-way radios run on standard AA or AAA batteries, these are small, light and cheap – perfect for building the cache.
When stocking up on batteries it's best to keep the one-size-fits-all concept in mind if possible. In other words try to standardize your lights, AM/FM/ shortwave, two-way radios and other devices so they use only one battery size – preferably AA.
Rechargeable's and compatible solar chargershould be considered. I would stay away from the Wal-Mart Rayovac green rechargeable's, I've had much better luck and extended usage from the Duracell Nickel Metal Hydride rechargeable's they have lasted nearly twice as long.
I've purposely avoided suggesting makes and models of two-way radios for the bug-out bag, because there are so many choices with new models coming out nearly every day, my suggestions would quickly become dated and I only have experience a limited number of models.


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The January 2014 New Residential Construction report released by the Census Bureau this morning was very weak. Building permits fell from December by a seasonally adjusted 5.4% (-1.3% for single-family homes). Housing starts fell by 16.0% (-15.9% single-family. The annualized single-family starts figure of 573,000 was the lowest in 17 months.
Naturally, Martin Crutsinger at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, blamed it on the weather, and promised that prosperity is coming soon in his very first paragraph. Too bad some of the data he cited clearly refutes the "blame the weather" meme.
Almost miraculously, his story's headline is clean (bolds are mine):
U.S. home construction fell in January for a second month but the weakness in both months reflected severe winter weather in many parts of the country. The expectation is that housing will deliver another year of solid gains, helped by an improving economy.
Builders started work at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 880,000, down 16 percent from December, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. In December, construction had fallen 4.8 percent. The declines in both months were blamed largely on the weather.
Applications for building permits fell in January for a third month, dropping 5.4 percent to a rate of 937,000.
... By region of the country, construction shot up 61.9 percent in the Northeast after two months of declines but was down in every other region of the country. Construction fell 67.7 percent in the Midwest to a record low of 50,000 units at an annual rate. The records go back to 1960. That big decline likely reflected the impact of severe weather in the Midwest in January. Construction was down 12.5 percent in the South and 17.4 percent in the West.
The massive improvement in the Northeast came in spite of awful January weather. Weather was so bad roughly two weeks before the February 2 Super Bowl in New Jersey that there were open worries about it continuing and wreaking havoc.
Meanwhile, weather in the West wasn't extraordinarily bad, yet it showed a double-digit decline in starts.
As has been the case for years with AP, the story's headline and Crutsinger's content assumed that "housing starts" equals "housing construction." Of course, it doesn't, but the wire service remains incorrigible. In this case, its erroneous use of the term "construction" as a synonym for "starts" arguably makes things look worse than they really are, as underlying real construction activity may not have fallen so steeply.
A look at not seasonally adjusted single-family starts data shows that starts during the past couple of months have been running at about half the level seen in the late-1990s before the industry began overheating:
The AP will never tell readers that the industry is still several years of "solid gains" away from even resembling what it used to be.
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GM HOLDEN will launch a three-pronged assault on Australia's largest vehicle segment next year when a facelifted Adelaide-built version of the successful Cruze sedan and homegrown five-door hatchback is joined by an imported wagon derivative of GM's first global small-car.
Together, the three Cruze models should overtake the Commodore as both Holden's most popular model and its volume-selling Australian-made vehicle by 2012, and the Holden-designed Cruze hatch is almost certain to open up a potentially lucrative new Holden export program to Europe.
Australia's Cruze line-up should also grow to include a hot SRi version of the hatch, plus alternative-fuel options including 'flex-fuel' ethanol (E85) and compressed natural gas (CNG) to join this year's E85 Commodore in Holden's more fuel-efficient 'EcoLine' model range.
As we've reported, given the Cruze rides on the same Delta II platform as GM's Volt, which will go on sale in Australia as a Holden in 2012, GMH has not ruled out the possibility it could eventually also produce a plug-in hybrid version of the Cruze – or even, the long-term, the Volt itself.
Holden has confirmed it will delay local production of the four-door Cruze from the third quarter of this year as previously announced, and we understand a facelifted Cruze sedan, designed to look more like the Fishermens Bend-designed five-door, will enter production 12 months from now in March 2011.
Left: Holden Cruze wagon (digital image), Chevrolet Cruze ECO. Below: Chevrolet Cruze RS.The installation of tooling and other necessary plant modifications to produce the Cruze on the old Vectra line at Elizabeth will start late this year, with the first pre-production pilot vehicles due to emerge before Christmas.
GoAuto has learned that a number of minor component contracts are now in place with local suppliers ahead of local Cruze assembly, which will take place at Holden's Elizabeth operations using an almost all-inclusive 'completely knocked down' (CKD) kit from Korea.
The hatch will closely follow the release of the upgraded Australian-built sedan, while the equally new Cruze wagon, first spy images of which are now going the internet rounds, will join the Adelaide-made Cruze twins next year.
The Cruze wagon effectively will replace Holden's own Daewoo-built Viva and Opel-made Astra wagon in Australia, where the only other remaining mainstream small wagon is Hyundai's i30cw.
It's also understood that while the Cruze's 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engine will continue, the Cruze's breathless 1.8-litre Family 1 four-cylinder petrol engine will make way for GM's all-new 1.4-litre turbocharged 'Family 0' petrol four when local production commences.
Also employed as a range-extending power generator for the Volt, the latter was revealed by GM this week in the US Cruze, under North America's newly adopted EcoLine green-car banner.
The 1.4-litre Cruze will make its debut at this week's New York motor show and, while local supplies of the high-tech new engine are expected to come from Michigan or Austria, Cruze sedan and wagon production for North America and Canada will take place at Lordstown, Ohio.
Chevrolet announced the addition of a third shift at Lordstown last month, when it committed an extra 1200 workers to ramp-up of Cruze production following a $US350 million ($A381m) investment at its Ohio plant.
"This investment helps secure the best possible manufacturing footprint to react to market demand and deliver vehicles faster to our customers," said US vice-president Chevrolet marketing Jim Campbell. "We believe Cruze is the right car at the right time for American consumers."
Chevrolet this week announced that the 2011 Cruze 'Eco' variant, powered by a 1.4-litre turbocharged 'Ecotec' engine with variable valve timing, would return best-in-class fuel consumption of just 40mpg (5.88L/100km) on the highway with a six-speed manual transmission.
A city fuel economy figure for the Cruze 1.4, which goes on sale in the US in the fourth quarter of this year, is yet to be revealed, but GM says the new Cruze variant will offer a cruising range of more than 800km.
"The Cruze Eco delivers hybrid-like efficiency without the pricetag," said Mr Campbell. "Along with the Volt electric vehicle, it demonstrates how Chevrolet is working to bring new products to market that range from gas-friendly to gas-free."
Although Holden will not comment on the 1.4-litre engine, which delivers 103kW and 200Nm in the US and will also be available with a six-speed automatic transmission, it may or may not become available here as part of an Eco version of the Cruze.
The 1.4-litre Cruze engine is part of GM's Family 0 family that emerged as a 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine in the 1996 Opel Corsa and also includes a 1.2-litre four. The turbocharged version also powers Opel's new Astra, which is not sold here.
Holden spokesperson Emily Perry said the engine was important as part of GM's turbocharging and down-sizing strategy in Europe and North America.
"But we don't have anything to announce in relation to future powertains for Cruze in Australia at this time," she said.
In the US, the Cruze Eco will comprise a lower ride height, lighter 17-inch alloy wheels with ultra-low rolling-resistance Goodyear tyres, an optimised (manual transmission) final drive ratio, underbody panels, a rear spoiler and a lower front grille air shutter that closes at higher speeds to improve aerodynamics.
GM says the Cruze Eco will deliver 0-100km/h acceleration in about 10 seconds – nine for the automatic.
Also revealed by GM ahead of its New York reveal this week is an optional RS appearance package for LT and LTX versions of North America's Cruze, which could provide a hint of the new front-end look to be worn by 2011 Cruze models locally.
The RS kit includes a more aggressive front bumper and rocker mouldings, plus a rear spoiler and foglights.
Inside, there's an "uplevel" instrument cluster featuring chromed accent rings instead of the standard silver finish, plus "opaque cluster bezels that allow the cluster's ice blue backlighting to shine through, providing a sporty night-time appearance".
"For customers who want even more personality and presence in their vehicle, the RS appearance package builds on the already bold face and coupe-like proportions of the Cruze," said GM's executive director of North American Exterior Design – and former Holden design chief – Mike Simcoe.
Holden sold 12,590 examples of the Cruze sedan, which has been imported from GM Daewoo in Korea since last June, in the seven months it was on sale in Australia last year.
While a recall to fix leaky fuel lines will dent sales this month, 2000-plus sales in both January and February makes it Australia's fourth best selling small car with a segment share of 12.2 per cent so far in 2010.
Meantime, Holden sold 44,387 Commodores last year (down 13.1 per cent on 2008), plus 12,104 Ute (down 10 per cent), 1455 Caprice (down 11.3 per cent) and 584 Statesman vehicles (down 67.6 per cent).
Hatch derivatives traditionally comprises around half of all small-car sales in Australia, but the arrival of a Cruze hatch is sure to cannibalise some sedan sales.
Even so, given an annualised running rate of about 25,000 Cruze sedans, the addition of fleet-friendly wagon and Holden-penned hatch body styles will likely see the three-grade Cruze range surpass the Commodore sedan and wagon as Australia's favourite model in its first full year of sales – even if the large-car market doesn't continue to decline.
Whether or not the Cruze proves to be as profitable on a per-unit basis as the Commodore, it's no wonder the Cruze is being groomed as the future star of GM's Australian model range.
In other Cruze news this week, GM has announced its new global small-car will contest the full World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) this year for the first time, after its debut in the 2009 season when the Cruze was launched in Europe.
For the record, the 2010 Chevrolet Cruze WTCC has a minimum FIA-set kerb weight of 1150kg and runs a 212kW/197Nm version of GM's 2.0-litre Ecotec four, which revs beyond 8500rpm and gives the racecar a 250km/h-plus top speed.
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Turning up to pay their final respects, John Edwards and his children were among the many gathered together at the funeral and burial of Elizabeth Edwards in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday (December 11).
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Robyn Hitchcock recruited Cambridge musicians Morris Windsor on drums, Andy Metcalfe on bass, and guitarist Alan Davies, and recorded Give It to the Soft Boys in Hitchcock's living room in 1976. Davies was soon replaced by guitarist Kimberley Rew. The band released a single, "(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp," followed by the Can of Bees album in 1979.
While recording the follow-up, Metcalfe left the band and was replaced by Matthew Seligman. The new lineup started fresh and recorded Underwater Moonlight, the album that found the band trading psychedelic jams for a more straight-ahead jangle pop-guitar rock sound. The LP has become extremely influential in the guitar rock canon -- the Replacements, R.E.M., and the L.A. Paisley Underground scene all claimed it as a prime influence. The album launched a thousand bands, but it turned out to be the Soft Boys' swan song. Two more recordings were released posthumously: the 2 Halfs for the Price of One EP in 1981, and some early sessions compiled on Invisible Hits in 1983. The first EP was re-released in 1984 as Wading Through a Ventilator.
Windsor and Metcalfe began to collaborate with Hitchcock again in 1984 as the Egyptians, while Seligman became an in-demand session musician and Rew went on to form Katrina & the Waves. Hitchcock has had a prolific post-Soft Boys recording career, sticking to the unusual style he's forged and finessed since 1976, with 15 albums to his credit. ~ Denise Sullivan
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by Keith Latch
Supernatural Thriller
Its deadly at the top.
Back Cover Blurb:
Robert Caulder wanted to be a writer, but not just any writer. Caulder wanted the critical acceptance of Steinbeck, of Hemingway, of Fitzgerald and he wanted the fame, fortune and everything else that came with success. Only problem was, he just couldnt write, not very well, at least. Then after a near-fatal car accident, he suddenly can. From the bowels of a Mississippi small town to the top of the national bestseller lists, he is on his way to stardom. Unfortunately, the horrors that he creates for his adorning fans arent content to remain on paper. And thats when the real horror begins.
Waiting Weapon
by K. M. Tolan
Science Fiction
Beware when you dig up your own alien past. It might do far worse than haunt you.
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Archaeologist Richard Pinn returns to the ruins of an alien city to find out why its vanished race had abandoned him and his female Me'Aukin counterpart. For three hundred years, he and Jamie Brinwall had been little more than artifacts themselves. Humans found them as embryos kept barely alive in cryogenic tanks, but for what reason? Neither Rick, nor his corporate sponsors who intend on re-colonizing the world, are prepared for the truth that has waited for him with an undying vengeance.
By Rose Lerma
Women's Fiction/Inspirational Romance
Some people need a little nudge to see their own faults; others need a giant shove.
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Olivia Sawyer manages to get through the holiday rituals only by gritting her teeth. By the time Christmas is over, she's had enough. Enough of her family's ingratitude, their total lack of a Christmas spirit. Desperate times demand desperate actions.
Not in her wildest nightmare did she think her campaign to open their eyes and change their attitudes would take a whole year. But even as the next Christmas draws near, it appears that nothing has changed.
And then fate intervenes, and it's too late for changes.
A Page From The Past
by Cindy Davis
Until their lives are threatened a second time, bookstore owners Glenn and Lindsay dont get it. After all, all theyve done is read a young girls diary.
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The first warning is swift and to the point, but bookstore owners Glenn and Lindsay Reade dont get it until their lives are threatened a second time. All theyve done is read a young girls diary and attempt to locate the owner. Just because the journal describes the girls rape and subsequent murder of the rapist is no reason for anyone to want them dead, is it? The book is obviously more than forty years old. Who in the tiny Berkshire town of Paris, Massachusetts could still care?
But someone does. And that someone is willing to kidnap and murder to protect their long buried secret.


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Just received a strange message from a woman in OK that claims Louie Majors died? Any info?
Just received a strange message from a woman in OK that claims Louie Majors died? Any info?
Shop is closed temporarily. All customer boats are out of the yard.
I don't own a boat because the Jones' make too much fokking money!
R.I.P Louie
2007 Tundra Limited 5.7
2006 Kachina Shadow 30 496HO
2006 75' Sumerset Houseboat @ Lake Powell
A bad day of boating is still better than a good day at work!
All BS aside, as I've thrown my share of jokes out about some of the gel schemes, I'm really bummed to hear this news.
Louie was a class act and was very open to criticism. Met him at an open house at his shop a few years ago, and it would seem he knew who I was. Walked up as I was pulling a beer out of a cooler at the shop and he asked if I was indeed Jordy. I said yes and asked if I should put the beer back. He said hell no, with a big belly laugh, and we hung out for the next 45 minutes at least talking about the Patron and other upcoming projects he was working on and what I thought could be implemented to make it/them better. He had a great vision for that boat and bounced ideas off me from basic to totally obscure, like power windows on the top end, to stuff as basic as cleats and fuel fills. Still hope to see some of those on the water as they do have some great potential.
Saw him at the boat drags at Firebird not too long ago, and again, spent at least half an hour talking to him. He was an innovater and a man with a vision. As ironic as it seems to be, coming from me, the boating world isn't going to be the same without him.
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RIP Louie,
He was a hell of a nice guy. I took my boat in there to do some work a few years ago. Just patch some gel work and a little bit of upolstery. Talked with him for a few minutes, and he gave me a tour of the shop.
That man built the BEST 21 foot open bow jet boat for the lower river.
Yeah he was a saint.
This is the message I received on Facebook from Louies latest victim.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx August 23 at 2:42pm Report
Hi Ken, you don't know me, but I've read about your lawsuit against Kachina Powerboats on Offshoreonly.com. I'm sorry you went through all that, and unfortunately, we find ourselves in the same position. We ordered our 34' Drone in November for delivery at Lake Havasu in April. Final payment was made in late March. We still have not received our boat. I don't know if you've heard that Louie died a week ago on Saturday the 16th, and now it appears that Kachina has closed since at least one of their employees has been notified that he no longer has a job. No one answers at any of the numbers we've called today. We live in Oklahoma, and are just wondering if you've heard anything at all out there about what is going on? I've been searching extensively on the internet and can't even find an obit on Louie. Wierd. Any information you might have would be greatly appreciated, and would be strictly confidential. Thank you.
Ken Kirkaldy August 23 at 5:21pm
Please contact attorney Alan Holcomb 480 456 xxxx
email@example.com He will help you protect yourself.
I dont know all the circumstances but if you have not taken delivery of the boat you should be OK.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx August 23 at 5:22pm Report
Thank you
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Ken Kirkaldy August 23 at 5:23pm
I cc'd our convo to Mr Holcomb
xxxxxxxxxxxxx August 23 at 5:39pm Report
Thx. Our attorney here is also giving us a recommendation. We do have a certificate of origin, but the boat is not completely finished and has no motors. We really would still like to have it even if we have to have someone else finish it (if we could get Kachina to pay for it). Do you know how all that works?
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Ken Kirkaldy August 23 at 6:04pm
Please call 480 966 xxxx, my mobile
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx August 23 at 6:40pm Report
My husband's name is xxxx, and he said he'd give you a call tomorrow. Thanks so much for your help!
I let this shit go a long time ago, but as you can see til the day he died he never changed.
Last edited by KennyKen; 08-26-2010 at 09:08 PM.
Kenny, maybe you should consider an edit and let this one go.
Just enough stuff being thrown around this week.
RIP Louie. Godspeed!
Yes Louie passed away.. There are somethings that are most definitely up in the air with regard to some customer boats.
That being said, I'm sure it will all work out before it's over, and probably doesn't need to be on the internet.
Patience is a Virtue


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By Paul Gardner
There is, going the rounds on YouTube, a lengthy video that purports to unveil exactly what it is that makes Cristiano Ronaldo a great player. Or, as the video explains matters, "sports science experts are going to forensically analyze what makes him such an efficient machine."
A machine, then. If you watch the video, you'll get full value, in time at least -- it lasts 45 minutes. Whether, when it's over, you will have a deeper understanding of Ronaldo, whether you will then get greater enjoyment from watching him play seems to me debatable.
Ronaldo has his superbly athletic body structure carefully measured, his muscles in particular, he takes various tests, including sprinting, zig-zag running, jumping, and trying (successfully) to make contact with a kicked ball when all the lights are suddenly turned off, and various other procedures, one or two of which strike me as being downright silly (and accompanied by even sillier explanations).
That is not to say that the video is not fascinating. It is, in a rather abstract, mechanical way. Exactly what you would expect from the analysis of a machine.
There is, for instance, a learned explanation of exactly (I imagine it must be exact , this is science we're talking about) what happens to the ball, and how it moves in the air, when Ronaldo takes a free kick.
Well, the ball spins (I think we know that), and to get that spin you have to hit it off center (ho hum), and then we're into rather abstruse talk about air pressure -- both inside and outside the ball. But Ronaldo's knuckleball (their term) has no spin and can produce the most horrendous problems for goalkeepers, it seems (now where have we heard that before?).
This is hardly earth-shattering news. We already have this, from a reliable observer watching a spinning tennis ball curve in flight: "Its parts on that side, where the motions conspire, must press and beat the contiguous Air more violently than on the other, and there excite a reluctancy and reaction of the Air proportionately greater." That was Isaac Newton, writing 340 years ago.
But it is worth knowing that Ronaldo's power kicks can travel at 80 mph, and that a 20-yard drive is all over in 90 milliseconds.
On the subject of Ronaldo's free kicks, I'll admit that I'd hoped for more. One of the more unusual aspects of Ronaldo's free kicks (and, often, his shooting) is the frequently abrupt, curtailed nature of his follow through.
This seems to me so obvious that I cannot believe anyone, particularly those who are scientifically studying his kicking motion, can fail to remark upon it. Follow-throughs, even if only as a stylistic flourish, interest me. You can perhaps see what I'm getting at if you watch Ryan Giggs taking corner kicks -- watch how he almost folds his left leg across his body as he completes a corner kick. A strange, I won't say unnatural, motion but certainly an uncommon one.
But our sports science experts in the Ronaldo video make no mention of this, even though they show plenty of examples of Ronaldo with his abbreviated kicking motion, almost as though he is viciously stabbing at the ball. Surely, that must have something to do with his ability to hit a hard shot -- even while on the run -- that dips viciously? A particularly stunning example of that skill came recently when Ronaldo completed a hat trick against Levante with a sudden dipping shot that left the goalkeeper sitting on the ground with his arms outstretched, a despairing, beseeching "What am I supposed to do?" gesture.
But the scientists do their best. They zero in on Ronaldo's technique and his skill (they identify them as two different categories) and try to measure with a number of awkwardly artificial tests. The tests are fun to watch, and the results seem to show that Ronaldo is remarkable in both categories. But ... we didn't know that?
What the scientists do not measure -- because, I'm sure, they cannot measure it -- is an abstract quality. Maybe the best single word is flair. Flair is impossible to measure, and it is mighty difficult to define. It includes inventiveness and artistry and audacity and improvisation and style and daring and mischief and a whole longer list of all those vaguely naughty, certainly unconventional and unexpected thoughts and actions that add up to brilliance; maybe some would call it genius.
We saw the Ronaldo brilliance glittering brightly this past weekend. Real was struggling against Rayo Vallecano when Ronaldo won the game for them with a dazzling goal, a goal of superb originality, a goal that sprung from the unmeasurable magic of Ronaldo's flair.
Running away from the goal, about 12 yards behind him, Ronaldo caught up with the ball and without turning, stepped over it to launch a back-heel shot. The sheer impudence of the shot caught everyone by surprise and the ball speedily threaded its way between five defenders, including the goalkeeper, before it entered the net. The heel shot itself was not a particularly elegant move, but it was perfectly executed, all that was needed to turn Ronaldo's moment of inspiration into a memorable goal.
Incredibly, maybe six hours after Ronaldo's goal, we got another similar goal, the result of an impulsive moment of unfettered flair. It came, of course, from Lionel Messi. A quickly taken free kick -- and here the skill was remarkable, as the ball sailed high, surely too high ... but no, not too high, just right to fool the goalkeeper and to drop into the far side of the net. Perfection.
Messi will, I imagine, one day be the target of the sports scientists who will want to measure how he does all those remarkable things. Good luck to them. They will be no more successful than they were with Ronaldo.
Maybe it won't always be this way, maybe there will one day be a method of defining and measuring flair. In which case there will suddenly arise a new army of specialist coaches, the flair coaches. For all I know, they may already be with us. If they are, then I do not wish them well. May they fail disastrously.
At the moment, as far as I can see, soccer flair springs from the soccer soul, unbidden, untrained, undisciplined -- and, I pray, uncoachable. But I think it does seem to need a special environment. Watch Ronaldo in the science video, and watch Messi in any game. Watch their faces ... and watch those smiles. Ronaldo's flashes and dazzles, but this is not a Hollywood smile, this has genuine warmth. Messi's smile may be less dazzling, but it is emotional and moving. Both those smiles make you want to smile. We don't see those sort of smiles too often in modern, earnest, money-making soccer.
The word for these smiles is ... boyish. Happy, innocent, conveying simple enjoyment. I cannot believe that it is mere coincidence that these two wonderful players should share the gift of a radiant smile. More likely is that those boyish smiles reveal the delight they get from filling their soccer repertoires with boyish fantasies.
I do not believe that scientists will ever be able to measure that spirit, and I think they're well aware of that. But the coaches -- the ones with the power to crush that spirit -- they're the ones we have to beware of.


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The question of equality,...
Ok I thought I understood this stuff but maybe not,...
If I wanted to check for bit-for-bit equality of two
arbitrary precision numbers (without regard to how
many of those digits are meaningful) like the way it
would be done using the "==" operator in C, then
neither "==" nor "===" will do the job, is that
For "==" the 5.1 Appendix A says:
"Approximate numbers are considered equal if they
differ in at most their last eight binary digits
(roughly their last two decimal digits)."
For "===" the 5.1 Appendix A says:
"SameQ requires exact correspondence between
expressions, except that it considers Real numbers
equal if their difference is less than the uncertainty
of either of them"
So what can I use then?
Any and all help is much appreciated.


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Taylor Swift Scores #1 Pop Hit With 'I Knew You Were Trouble'
Six-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift this week reaches #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart with "I Knew You Were Trouble.", from her 5+ million-selling current album RED. Released on Big Machine Records, RED has been certified 4X Platinum in the U.S. for sales in excess of 4 million albums, and the disc's Worldwide sales total is now past 5.4 million. The single "I Knew You Were Trouble." has sold over 3 million copies in the U.S. alone, has topped the iTunes all genres chart, and is a Worldwide smash, already reaching #1 in Australia and New Zealand, and rapidly ascending Top 10 airplay charts around the globe in the UK, Canada, and territories in Europe, Asia and Africa. The pop success of "Trouble" follows Taylor's recent Billboard Hot 100 #1 and 3X Platinum single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," another Worldwide chart-topper and the lead single from RED.
Taylor first topped Billboard's pop charts in 2009, when "Love Story" became the first country crossover to land at #1 on CHR/Top 40 in the 16-year history of Billboard's Nielsen BDS chart. At Country radio, "Begin Again" is at #8* and climbing Billboard's Top 10, with more than 25 million audience impressions this week alone. Taylor spent 9 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country Songs chart with "Never Ever," setting Billboard's all-time record for most weeks at #1 on the Country chart by a female artist.
With RED, Taylor Swift becomes the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 with three consecutive studio albums. RED has topped the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for seven weeks, following Fearless (11 weeks), and Speak Now (six weeks).


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When the security guard asked Andrew Weaver if he wanted to pick up his access card to the legislature, his eyes lit up, and a big grin appeared on his face.
"Now this is pretty cool," he said, as he stepped into a backroom office. "Now it's pretty official."
Mr. Weaver then headed out onto the front steps, posing with his new pass as his press secretary took a photo of him with an iPhone.
There wasn't too much time to soak up the moment, however, as there were more interviews to do. By noon, he had already done 19, with requests not only coming from local B.C. outlets, but from major international ones like the BBC and Al Jazeera.
Everyone wanted to talk to Mr. Weaver – a man who made Canadian history Tuesday night by becoming the first Green Party candidate ever to be elected to a provincial legislature. Mr. Weaver defeated Liberal incumbent Ida Chong by nearly 2,500 votes in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head on Vancouver Island.
The trepidation Mr. Weaver said he had the previous night had turned into excitement, knowing that very soon he will be sworn in to represent his constituents as an MLA.
But the University of Victoria climate scientist, 50, conceded that he's not quite ready yet to play politician. He said he's got a lot to learn before heading into the legislature, a lot to sort out before making the plunge.
"There's a learning curve, you have to learn the ropes before you start doing stuff, there's things I want to do, but I want to do them right," he said while driving from downtown Victoria back into Oak Bay, a community he was raised in, where he raised his family and spent his career.
"I joke, but I'm dead serious, there's probably a manual for MLAs and I have to read that cover to cover. I have to read it from beginning to end, to know what the parliamentary rules are, the legislative procedures are, to know the inside outs of the system because I want to do things properly."
On Wednesday morning, before his last two interviews of the day, Mr. Weaver headed to the bank to renew his mortgage on a second home he owns north of Nanaimo. After that, he went to UVic to sign off on some expense reports for some of his students.
"I'm wondering more right now about the transition at my lab," he said, adding that someone else will have to take it over. He said he still hopes to supervise some of his PhD and masters students.
Mr. Weaver said he will be a strong voice in the legislature opposing the Liberals' plan to expand liquefied natural gas production, calling it a "pipe dream." He said that it makes little sense for the government to invest in LNG for Asian markets when China has already signed a long-term deal with Russia, a country with a far greater supply.
But he's quick to point out that he also didn't run to become a combative politician, adding that he wants to work with both the major parties on a number of issues affecting British Columbia.
"I just hope everyone can rise above this partisan political nature. I really want to work with everyone. But you have to get beyond this tribalism," he said. "I think that's partly why the NDP didn't get elected. There was a bit of a 'you're either with us or you're against us' mentality in some of the more ideological elements of the party and I think it turned people off."
Prior to the election, it was speculated that Mr. Weaver would take over as Green Party Leader if current leader Jane Sterk failed to win her riding. Ms. Sterk did in fact lose on Tuesday.
But Mr. Weaver said he visited Ms. Sterk early Wednesday morning and asked her to stay on. A spokesperson for Ms. Sterk confirmed that she will remain as party leader for now.
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By Hillary Straba
Almost exactly 40 years ago, on Aug. 16, 1974, when Ibrahim Shebat delivered his speech "The Middle East — Peace or War?" to The Commonwealth Club, peace between Israel and Palestine seemed unlikely.
Shebat, editor of Al Mersad, an Arabic version of Hebrew newspaper Al HaMishmar, stressed the need for compromise and emphasized that both sides had members who were in favor of a peaceful settlement and were willing to negotiate. Shebat believed that the problem could be solved using a two-state solution.
It has been 40 years since Shebat's speech and the conversation has not changed. With the recent military action in Gaza, the conflict is in the headlines yet again and the proposed solutions remain the same – the one-state solution, the two-state solution, or the destruction of one side.


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Thread: Recipes, and healthy eating??
Recipes, and healthy eating??
My husband and I have always both been big on eating healthy.. We try to eat as much natural and organic ingredients as possible, however lately it has been kind of difficult.. We are putting all of our extra income into getting out of debt, which doesn't leave a large budget for grocery shopping.. we were spending about $700 a month, now we are at about $400... I don't even cook anymore, it's all cheap tv dinners and rozen lasagna's, spaghetti, that type of thing..
I miss cooking whole, hearty, healthy meals! lol... Does anyone have any recipes (preferable with shorter ingredient lists) or tips on how I can maintain both... Budget, and health?
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How about this http://busycooks.about.com/od/fivein...veingredie.htm
These are all recipes with 5 or less ingredients. You can always make them more healthy by substituting things in them for your taste.
I actually like recipes with 5 or fewer ingredients. Saves on the grocery budget that way.05-31-2008, 08:53 PM #3
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here's what i'd recommend...
take those tv dinners yer getting and make yer own!
if you have a day you can cook, do just that and freeze on plates/platters, even re-use those tv dinner trays (dunno if you can reheat tho), or tupperware.
spaghetti is cheap/easy.
hm fajitas or tacos or burritos
soups (some in a can i hear are pretty good too!)
do you have a crock pot?
there's that.
and if it's just you & yer dh then meals should be easy and small... and pretty quick to make... even the night you want something.
i'd say take some ideas from those frozen entrees and make yer own. it's cheaper and way healthier!Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements05-31-2008, 09:56 PM #4
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We eat lots of chicken breasts (they're on sale right now for $1/lb), lots of salads, lots of fruits and veggies. We don't have a huge organic selection here so we just do the best we can. We've also got our garden going for the summer and fall which helps too. We try hard to stay away from most processed foods and such........if we're too lazy to cook we'll eat a bowl of healthy cereal (ok that's processed) with fruit for dinner (2% milk).06-01-2008, 08:59 PM #5
beef stew cooked in the crock pot taste so good and cheap.
I buy reduced meat at the grocery store.
chicken and dumpling`s are cheap to fix.
chicken and dressing.
bean`s cooked incrock pot and put add a pk of eckridge sasuage
taste awesome can put over rice . also make corn bread very good meal.
good luck06-04-2008, 07:11 PM #6
How about poaching or steaming chickenbreast or fish. You can mix some honey and mustard for a dipping sauce.
Lately have been eating mostly salads with some type of protein added.
Celery and carrot sticks with hummus makes a great snack.06-04-2008, 07:43 PM #7
Since Vegetable season is here start getting more vegetables (go to famers markets or grow your own if you can)
Rice is cheap.
Beans are cheap
Tortilla's 99 cents
Ground Turkey
Tomato sauce in a can or make your own. You can make salsa with your veg's.
Stock up on flour when it goes on sale and make your own breads and muffins and biscuits.
Buy a whole chicken and cut it into smaller pieces
Make your own chicken stock from the left over bones of the chicken and vegs.(you can use the part of veg that you are going to throw out - Tops of carrots and celery)
Pasta noodle go on sale often. Get different kinds of pastas to make your meal a little different.
Tuna and salmon (canned are pretty cheap)
There are alot of recipes on the web for heathy cooking from scratch.06-18-2008, 09:12 PM #8
I'd try to cook ahead and freeze them in portion sizes so you only need to take out one container for the two of you. Sauces, soups, stews and casseroles can be made ahead and frozen and will be healthier b/c you make them yourself. Its not all from a can or storebought. All you have to do is reheat.
A friend I know cooks a pot of rice for the week and freezes it and pulls it out 10 minutes before she needs to serve it. I think she just nukes it with a dash of water to help steam it/refresh it. I think you can freeze cooked pasta and reheat by doing the same thing.
You can always bbq up a box of chicken breasts some with different seasonings and then once cooled, flash freeze them and then package them up for the freezer with the appropriate label. You can even make strips for salad later and add it on top.
Ground meat is another thing a friend did. He'd fry it up, no seasonings and then rinse it in a strainer under hot water to get the excess grease off of it. He'd freeze it in portions and pull ot one bag to make tacos or spaghetti sauce. If he ever had a recipe that needed ground beef, he'd just thaw it out the night before and reheat it up in the pan and add seasonings.
My favourite quick meals are:
* whole wheat pasta with pesto sauce (from a jar) and sliced cucumbers/peppers
* salad with canned tuna, salmon or flaked chicken even a hard boiled egg
* grilled cheese with soup and sliced veggies
* eggs: fried, scrambelled, boiled, poached wih toast and an apple
* homemade pizza on pita bread
* cereal with fruit (try to pick a healthy cereal vs sugary ones)
* fresh fruit for dessert and/or sugar free pudding06-18-2008, 09:24 PM #9
I use http://www.recipezaar.com/ a lot. They have a whole "frugal" cooking section too.
You can probably cut your $400/month half and eat healthier if you stop eating pre-prepared foods . And homemade is usually more satisfying too.
Freeze your leftovers for easy re-heat lunches or dinners on days you're too busy to cook.
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