GoldenRule4Everyone

Goals – LEARN From The Past

Support — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:57 +0000

Week 29 of 52

May 5, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Real Past Events Can Teach All Of Us Important Lessons

Explore The Past, Explore What Really Happened, Explore How That Knowledge Can Help You Today

This week spend as much time as you possibly can investigating the past and events that happened back then. When? Any time prior to today’s world. This is absolutely the very best way to see factual evidence of the way people behave when certain situations arise in front of them. It also will show you what some people do to create events, to create situations, that other people will have to experience. You will find good and you will find bad and you will find some events somewhere in the middle between good and bad. Having knowledge like this will help you figure out how to deal with any situations that might arise in your current life. It will also help you spot truth and spot lies easier.

Knowledge is one of the keys to figuring out how to deal with today’s world and everything that is happening in it right now.

Start out this week by sitting down and writing a list of things you believe in and things you do not believe in. What do you think truth really is? What do you think deception really is? What do you think is important for you to know? What do you think is important for everyone else to know? Who can you trust? Who can’t you trust? Why?

Many people know at least some of the negative, bad, things that happened in Hitler’s time and Hitler’s world. However there are still some people out there that continue to claim that didn’t really happen and Hitler really wasn’t as bad as all that. You need to know truth and spread truth far and wide.

So Hitler was bad but the US is and has always been good? Wrong. Go back to the early days and look at some of that. I remember reading this quote that was said back in the early days of the US, “The only good Indian is a dead Indian.” Sounds a bit like Hitler talking about the Jews doesn’t it. So the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor was really bad, but the US rounding up all the Japanese Americans on the western side of the US and putting them into guarded camps was not negative or bad? Some really negative things happened in the US back then, and of course some really negative things are happening today.

Knowing reality helps each one of us speak in positive ways and spread positive messages. Knowing reality helps us launch good proactive positive campaigns of many types, things that will help all kinds of people living in many different places. Knowing reality also sometimes helps us decide what we want to do with the rest of our own lives (and what not to do).

Looking through some of the old things will also show you some good things, people speaking out in positive ways. That is actually what got me started on this subject this week. As you explore the past, be prepared for some good surprises too. This last week I have been working on getting copies of a variety of videos. One video I discovered was what actually prompted me to go ahead and add a “Video” tab to GoldenRule4Everyone.com.

The first step in this Learning process this week is for you to go to the “Video” page on this website. I do not have the videos arranged in any specific order, so I strongly suggest that everyone scroll down through the entire page and see what I have listed there right now. I expect I will add more to that page in the future, but I do have a variety on that page now. Click on the link below and it will take you directly to that page:

http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/videos/

There are many websites on the Internet that have a lot of historical information for you to explore.

Holocaust Timeline

http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazirise.htm

The History Place – Holocaust Timeline

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/holocaust.htm

The History Place – Natives of North America

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/curtis/index.html

Banned Books Online

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html

This website has a lot of information in it. I have not explored much it myself. I am listing it here because of the variety of information they have links to. You might want to take a look at this.

http://www.citizensource.com/Libraries/History.htm

Chronology on the history of slavery in the US

http://innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html

Documents for the study of American History

Online sources for European History

http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Online Library of Liberty

http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Fcollection=48&Itemid=27

World War II Articles

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/

‘Can’t Ban History’ Mural Protests Arizona’s Controversial Ethnic Studies Ban

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/cant-ban-history-mural-protests-arizonas-controversial-ethnic-studies-ban-109109

Nikola Tesla (Why weren’t we taught about him when we were in school?)

http://www.ntesla.org/ntesla/NT-P1.html

Civil Liberties (So what is happening today?)

http://morallowground.com/category/civil-liberties/

I have just listed a few websites here to help you get started. I strongly recommend that you start with the video page here at GoldenRule4Everyone.com. Start at the top of the page and look at the first three videos I have listed there.

Plan on learning a lot of things that you did not know prior to investigating history on the Internet.

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Goals – Food, Can You Plant a Garden or Grow Plants Someplace Else? Is Food You Buy Safe To Eat?

Support — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:58:11 +0000

Week 28 of 52

April 28, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Spring Is Here! Planting Vegetables and Herbs Time Is Here Too!

Think about the food you eat …. where does it come from ….. is it healthy for you to eat ….. can you grow some of that yourself?

Many people today have health problems, allergies, and food problems. This makes shopping much more difficult. Some of us have to read every ingredient on everything we purchase. And definitely organic is better, safer, and healthier for everyone. Growing organic foods is getting harder in today’s world, but people are still trying to do that because it is better for everyone’s health to eat organic instead of eating doctored, synthetically engineered, chemical laden foods.

How about you and your family and your loved ones? Can you afford to buy anything you want to eat, no matter what the price is? Or are you part of the group of us that have to be extremely careful about how much food we purchase because we can’t afford much of it? Even if you can afford to buy anything you want to purchase, can you be positive that what you are buying is safe and healthy for you to eat? If you can afford to buy organic, then yes, you are buying healthier foods. Organic is definitely better for everyone and healthier to put into our bodies.

There are some other options that you can pursue. How about growing some of your own food? How about growing herbs and vegetables? Have you considered doing that, or maybe you are already in that process? More and more people today are starting their own gardens to help feed themselves and their families. This is a very smart thing to do. That way you know where the food came from. That way you know if there were any chemicals sprayed on the plants, or put into the soil around the plants. That way you know what types of plants you are growing. I encourage everyone to pursue this as a positive goal to achieve this spring and summer.

There are many people who do not have land where they can grow plants. I definitely understand that difficulty. I have been researching options, and the Internet is full of websites that show people how to do this even while living in an apartment or some other rented housing. (Be sure to read this article all the way to the end because I have a lot of information posted here.)

My first suggestion to everyone …. to all of you …. is to be sure that you grow Organic vegetables. That way you will know the food is much safer than all of the other plants that are being doctored today. If you don’t know what I am talking about then you should check into GMOs and Monsanto. That will keep you busy for quite a long time. GMO companies are trying very hard to take over the United States and other countries. They don’t allow people to keep the seeds from the plants they grow. So everyone has to spend a lot of money buying new seeds the next year. And GMO companies are busy attacking neighbors of farms where GMOs are grown. When the wind blows the seeds in the air and those seeds start growing somewhere else, then the GMO companies take the neighboring farmers to court and attack them for growing GMOs without buying those seeds from them. So ….. we are supposed to be able to control the wind ourselves? GMOs have nothing to do with health or the production of foods. GMOs have everything to do with those companies making a huge amount of money and taking over as much land as they can, everywhere they can. Some countries are now waking up and stepping back and not allowing this. The United States sure hasn’t done that though. So far, GMOs are well on the way to taking over. Be aware. Become aware. Grow organic. Do not purchase the other seeds. If a huge number of people stopped buying GMO seeds and GMO products, then those companies would be forced to stop doing what they are doing now.

When you purchase seeds to grow, be sure to check and see what kind of seeds you are buying. You may have to investigate this issue before you spend money purchasing anything connected to plants, seeds, etc.

Spend some time this week searching for organic seeds that you could purchase and start a vegetable garden of some sort with. Also, be sure to continue reading this article because I have posted a lot of informational links below the seeds packets pictures.

The Internet has a lot of information out there about how to plant your own garden or grow plants indoors etc; plant and grow some of your own foods. The information below this paragraph is full of all kinds of information that you should take a look at. Some of the information has warnings about negative things being done to people. Check out these web links.

Gardening in small spaces:

http://www.naturalnews.com/037137_gardening_apartments_yards.html

How about using upside down hanging planters? This website has quite a few articles about how to do this. I have posted a few links below. If you go to their main website, do a search for “upside down hanging planters.” You will find quite a few different articles on this one subject. When I did that search on their website I also was shown quite a few others things too. Enjoy exploring and coming up with ideas for you and your loved ones.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Go-Green-Upside-Down-Hanging-Planters/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-Sized-Upside-Down-Planter/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Upside-down-tomatoes-another-cheap-simple-way/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Slow-soaking-hanging-soda-bottle-planter/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Upside-Down-Milk-Jug-Planter/

Explore other ideas:

http://www.verticalhydroponic.com/

http://www.ehow.com/how_7593482_start-own-hydroponic-vertical-garden.html

http://hydroponicshabitat.com/vertical-hydroponics

http://minicontainergardens.com/vertical-hydroponics-window-gardening.html

You need to be prepared for some possible negative attacks just because you want to grow some of your own food inside your home or apartment:

Police stake out hydroponics shops, harass customers who grow their own food

http://www.naturalnews.com/040121_hydroponics_police_state_surveillance.html

Feds raid indoor gardeners, find only tomatoes and squash plants

http://www.naturalnews.com/039794_indoor_gardening_war_on_drugs_police_raids.html

Also, if you plan to grow a garden in or on a yard, whether small or large, whether front or back yard, you need to be sure you know all of the laws that are in your living area. Why? There has been some negative news about police attacking people who tried to grow a garden in their yard. You all need to take a look at these articles and read them all the way through to the end of each article. Think about this a bit. Some local government agencies are telling people they can’t grow vegetables, and if they do plant vegetables they will be arrested or fined heavily and the plants all removed? Maybe some of you need to ask those specific government agencies if they are going to pay for the purchase of those foods (foods for the people they attacked) because these people were not allowed to grow those plants.

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/michigan-woman-faces-93-days-in-jail-for-planting-a-vegetable-garden.html

http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/gardener-sues-city-tulsa-cutting-down-her-edible-garden.html

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/memphis-teacher-ordered-to-dismantle-urban-garden.html

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/british-columbia-man-faces-six-months-in-jail-for-growing-food.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/julie-bass-may-face-jail-time-for-planting-vegetables/2011/07/08/gIQAZZOv3H_blog.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/040086_garden_tools_zero_tolerance_weapons.html

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/09/15/cabbagegate-ga-man-fined-5k-for-home-garden/

Gov Threatens Jail Time for Growing Produce in Front-Yard Garden:

http://12160.info/profiles/blog/show?id=2649739:BlogPost:977267&xgs=1

Really good reasons why everyone should try to grow some of their own foods if at all possible:

Pesticides and phthalates top the P.O.P. contaminants list, polluting earth for decades to come

http://www.naturalnews.com/038703_pesticides_phthalates_contaminants.html

Are you interested in the health quality of the food you purchase? Then you need to look at the information posted in the web links below.

You need to read the articles on each of these links. They share some information that everyone needs to know.

(2010 info) Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act vote imminent: Would outlaw gardening and saving seeds

http://www.naturalnews.com/030418_Food_Safety_Modernization_Act_seeds.html

http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/seeds-how-to-criminalize-them/

http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/s510-lobby-dollars/

http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2010/12/22/house-passes-food-control-bill-now-awaiting-obama-signature/

Food Safety Modernization Act:

http://sustainableagriculture.net/fsma/overview-and-background/

http://sustainableagriculture.net/fsma/

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/tag/food-safety-modernization-act/

If you want to take a look at the entire text of the Food Safety Modernization Act that was signed into law by President Obama, then you can find it here:

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/ucm247548.htm

Official version:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ353/pdf/PLAW-111publ353.pdf

Food Safety News:

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/

Are you interested in information about Honey that you can buy at the store?

Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn’t Honey

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/

Genetically Engineered Fish information:

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/309/ge-fish

Have you been reading about Genetically Engineered Salmon?

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/309/ge-fish/reports/1788/food-safety-review-genetically-engineered-salmon-the-next-generation-of-industrial-aquaculture

View their PDF

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/cfs_fsr_ge_fish_56079.pdf

Center For Food Safety won a lawsuit against the FDA:

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/2110/center-for-food-safety-scores-victory-for-consumers-court-orders-fda-to-enact-food-safety-regulations

Center For Food Safety PDF timeline showing foodborne illness outbreaks:

http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/fsma-timeline_court-copy_logo_76301.pdf

Sequester to reduce FDA food inspections, official says:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/24/sequester-fda-food-safety-inspections-commissioner/2110503/

Food Safety, Drug Reviews Compromised:

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/4/25/food_safety_drug_reviews_compromised.htm

This week’s focus is all about food … growing food … and buying food. There are more and more people today with chronic health problems and also allergies. There are many people today who can’t afford food. Being able to grow even a little bit of food can be a big boost up. Spend as much time as you possibly can focusing on this issue this week. Focus on possible things you could do to grow some of your own food. And if you have a bit of time and a giving heart, you could consider spending some time focusing on the possibility of helping some of those people who need food to find a way to possibly grow some of their own food. Maybe they need someone else to donate the startup items to them and help them get things going. That would be a terrific gift. How about your friends, your family, your loved ones. How are their financial situations? Could they use some help getting some vegetable plants started growing where they live? This could be a big gift of kindness that you could spread far and wide.

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Goals – Spend Time Outside Walking and Enjoying Nature

Support — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:35:10 +0000

Week 27 of 52

April 21, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Go For a Walk Outside (If Safe) With Family and Friends and Loved Ones … Or Enjoy Being Outside In The Yard … Or Explore Nature On The Internet … Or On A DVD

If you can find a way to safely enjoy being outdoors, then spend some time this week doing that.

Some areas are safe for people to explore the outdoors and walk and hike and picnic etc. However some areas are not safe. If you can find a place to do this safely, then try this task this week.

Is there a city park or a national park somewhere near where you live? Is there someplace that is safe for you and several friends and loved ones to gather and explore the outdoors together? We love the outdoors and parks. We also are very aware that some areas are safe for people and some areas are not safe for people. Hopefully you can find someplace this week where you could relax and enjoy the outdoors, enjoy the sky, enjoy the trees, enjoy the birds, enjoy the squirrels. If you live near any rivers or lakes, perhaps you could spend some time at one of those locations too.

If you really can’t do this because of health and/or safety reasons, then perhaps you could find a really good video of the outdoors and spend some time watching it to help you and your loved ones relax. You could explore the Internet for videos of parks. You could explore the library and see what videos they have available to check out. You could also explore various stores and see what videos they might have available. Sometimes a good video can help you relax almost as much as going outside and seeing nature that way.

If you are interested in exploring US National Parks, you can find information about them here: http://www.nps.gov/index.htm They have a webpage where you can explore sea grasses: http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/activities/seagrasses/ They have a movie on a webpage where you can explore America’s wilderness: http://wilderness.nps.gov/features/wildernessact/popup.html

How about exploring for books, movies, and other information about “National Parks” at the Library Archive website? They have quite a lot of selections available on this subject. I just skimmed the list quickly and I see that it isn’t all about the US. I spotted some information about Canada in there too. Take a look here: http://archive.org/search.php?query=national%20parks This link displays “all media types.” You can select movies or other options at the top of this webpage.

Explore information on the Internet about State Parks. Where do you live? What kind of natural parks or wildlife is there in your area? Is that something you would like to explore?

Enjoy exploring nature this week. Share this with your family, your friends, and your loved ones. Spend some time talking together about your experiences and how you felt afterwards. Did it help lift you up a bit?

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Goals – What Do You Want To Learn?

Support — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:22:54 +0000

Week 26 of 52

April 14, 2013

I apologize for being late in posting this. I actually got this posted on April 21, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Is There Something You Would Like To Learn? Arts? Crafts? Woods? Foods? Mechanics? Writing?

Spend this week exploring things you have always wanted to learn about but have not pursued.

Why should we explore this? Life is full of difficulties and problems. How to survive through all of that? You need to have something in your life that boosts you up a bit. You need to have something in your life that helps you feel better and more positive no matter what is happening around you. There is a movie from quite some time ago that does this very thing. The story is about pursuing what helps you feel better no matter what is happening to you and around you. What movie? Check out my movie review of August Rush.

1. Relax a bit. Sit and think about this or contemplate on it. Or take a walk outside in a park or under some trees. While you are doing this just relax and think about you and what you would like to do to relax and have fun.

2. Next, get a pencil and some paper. Write down any ideas that might be interesting for you to pursue. And you do not have to just stick with traditional things. Explore all kinds of ideas.

3. Ask your friends, your family, your loved ones, for ideas. Talk with them about this for a while. What do they think? Do they have ideas? Is there something they wanted to pursue but never did?

4. Do you need some ideas to pursue? What about music? Check into all kinds of music. There are many ways to create music, and not all of it is traditional music. How about homemade instruments? You could pursue that on the Internet. Take a look here: http://bashthetrash.com/Bash_the_Trash_Environmental_Arts/Home_Page.html

5. What about art – any kind of art? You could pursue all kinds of art on the Internet. Take a look and see what you can find.

6. What about crafts? There are definitely many different types of crafts available in today’s world. Many different methods of creating things. Explore and see what you can find.

7. How about writing? The Internet definitely is full of all kinds of ideas about using writing for many different projects. If this interests you I am sure your Internet searches on this subject will keep you busy for quite a while.

8. Are you interested in mechanics or woodworking skills? You could explore everything from mechanical and woodworking skills that were used many years ago to the newest mechanical and woodworking methods used in today’s world.

9. Do you like to cook all kinds of foods? Do you have any types of favorites? The Internet is definitely full of ideas and recipes and videos showing you how to cook all kinds of things. If you have allergies or food sensitivities the Internet also has lots of ideas about those foods too. We know about this one because we definitely search for recipes that we can use.

10. Do you want to have your own library of books and music and maps and historical things? This is definitely something worth pursuing. You can find a number of books and videos that are now in the US Public Domain. (If you live in other countries you will have to check the copyright laws where you live.) That would give you a good start on this, and then after that you could go ahead and make a list of purchases that you might want to make … things you want to buy and add to your own library.

This week is all about exploring things you are interested in. Explore things what will help you feel good. Explore things that will help boost your mood up when you are going through a tough time in your life.

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Goals – Explore the Laws Where You Live; Are They Helping Or Hurting?

Support — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:09:20 +0000

Week 25 of 52

April 7, 2013

I apologize for being late in posting this. I actually got this posted on April 21, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

What Are Your Local Laws All About?

This is quite a challenge. Explore ways to find out what it is really like to live in your area.

We have already had one week of Goals that had you begin exploring this. Week 17 of 52 asked everyone to speak up if they felt local and state laws were actually against good people. And then last week, Week 24 of 52 we had everyone explore Responsibility and what it is all about. This week, Week 25 of 52, is about finding out more about your local laws. What happens where you live? What good things happen? How are people assisted if they need help of some kind? What kind of laws are in place where you live? Good? Bad? Somewhere in between?

One area of the United States is in the news right now because the Police there have been sued in Federal Court because of the way those police officers treat Black people and Asian people that live in that area (actually it is the way they treat anyone that does not have white skin color). Where? New York. This is being followed on the Internet alternative news websites. One area in New York already won a lawsuit against the NYPD police in that area; this was the Bronx area. The NYPD had a “Clean Halls” program that was part of their stop and frisk program. Check the Bronx story here: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/10/bronx_residents_accosted_by_nypd_win Now there is a Federal Class Action lawsuit going on against the NYPD’s stop and frisk policies. You can check it out here: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/4/testimony_recordings_at_trial_reveal_the

Where do you live? What is Monsanto doing to the laws where you live? I am sure most of you have already heard about and/or read about the “Monsanto Protection Act.” You can check out more information about it here at this website link: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/2/the_monsanto_protection_act_a_debate# This pretty much affects everyone living in any area of the United States. There is an attempt in the State of Oregon to do the same thing; Oregon’s Monsanto Protection Act, SB 633, apparently is in process right now. Oregon residents, you need to check into this and find out what is happening right now with this bill. Speak up. You can search for more information about this by going to this website: http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/

So, the next question is: How to find information about laws in the area where you live? You might try exploring your US State’s website. If you live outside the US, then explore the website for the area where you live. Take a look at the pages at the website for the area where you live. See if they have links to the Legislature for that area. How about links to “Public Decision Making?” Check the various links that they might have to various subjects on their website. If you live in the United States, check for Code or Revised Code. There is probably going to be a huge amount of information there, so you will need to just pick a subject you are interested in and do a search for that. Also, you might want to check out the News tab if they have news on that website. Explore. If you want to explore some more, then go to the County website within your state. Take a look at their website and see what you can find.

Are you interested in US public schools? What are they doing there? I have posted links to some information that has been happening in public schools around the United States. Has any of that changed? Are police officers still arresting young kids for very minor things instead of the school trying to do counseling or something else to help the student work through the problem? How about the states that want to have all the teachers take their own guns with them to school? What do you think about that one? If you search this subject on the Internet, schools and police officers, you might be astounded at how much information you find. It is important that everyone be totally aware of what is happening at schools in the area where they live. Even those of you that do not have any kids. Why? Because the kids will eventually become adults and will take those experiences with them. It would be better if they had a good experience, or an experience that helped them resolve a problem, rather than a school to prison experience.

While you are exploring all this, be sure that you keep your eyes open for positive, good information for the area that you live in. Good is fantastic because it helps everyone feel better. Search those websites for “good news” and see what information might be available. If you find good information that you did not know about previously, then be sure that you share it with your friends and family and loved ones.

This is a challenging task to do this week. The purpose is to open everyone’s eyes to truth and what is really happening in the area where they live. Open eyes to good and open eyes to negative. Be aware ….. or ….. become aware. That is a good thing for everyone.

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Experiencing Difficulties Here

Support — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:09:54 +0000

Author: Nancy Eastman

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Goals – Responsibility, How Does It Fit Into Your Life?

Support — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:09:39 +0000

Week 24 of 52

March 31, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Responsible, Accountability, Authority, Blame

Do You Understand What “Responsibility” Is All About?

The task for you and your loved ones this week is to completely educate yourselves on “Responsibility.” To some people this might sound very simple. Actually, it is not simple or easy at all. Responsibility can be very complicated, and also extremely important. There are many things happening in the world today, many things happening behind the scenes that some people do not know about. How do those things fit into your life? How do those things affect you or your friends or your loved ones? I am listing this here in the Goals tasks at GoldenRule4Everyone.com because so many things are happening today, many negative things, that everyone needs to open their eyes, look around, and discuss all these issues with loved ones and friends. And be sure to include Love in all of this.

First task of course is to just open a dictionary and read the definition of Responsibility. You will see that it covers a wide range of things, from being the one that is blamed for something that happened, to being accountable for something, to having the authority to make decisions about things. Go ahead and explore the dictionary too, and see what else you can find about “Responsibility.”

Next, just sit and talk about this issue. What does responsibility mean to you and your loved ones and your friends? Are you one of the givers, or are you one of the takers? Do you know what I mean when I mentioned that last question? Some people find it easy to ignore bad, negative things that are happening and don’t feel they have say anything or report it to anyone, and feel they don’t have to help anyone either. Other people recognize their responsibility to help if they can, or at least report anything bad they see happening. Your discussion about this word “Responsibility” could take quite a while if you go ahead and explore this issue and expand your thinking about it.

Explore the Internet on this subject, or explore various library books you might have.

I found this quote from Abraham Lincoln. It really fits this subject very well. From “Speeches of Lincoln” book (In the public domain in the US): About six months before the death of Lincoln, he said, “Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who know me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.”

Read these short stories and then sit and quietly think about the message that the story has embedded in it. Then have a discussion about it. Has anything happened in your life recently, or in your friend’s lives, or loved ones lives, that might fit any of these stories? Any lessons learned, or maybe lessons passed on to someone else because you or someone you know acted as a giver?

AESOP’s FABLES STORIES

THE FATHER AND HIS SONS.

A Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it. He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”

THE OXEN AND THE AXLE-TREES.

A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. The axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly: when the oxen turning round, thus addressed the wheels. “Hullo there! Why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labour, and we, not you, ought to cry out.”

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

THE BEAR AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS.

Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree, and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone the other traveler descended from the tree, and accosting his friend, jocularly inquired: “what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear?” He replied, “He gave me this advice: Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger.”

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

THE BOY AND THE NETTLES.

A boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his mother, saying, “Although it pains me so much, I did but touch it ever so gently.” “That was just it,” said his mother, “which caused it to sting you. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be as soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you.”

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

THE ANT AND THE DOVE.

An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and, being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of being drowned. A Dove, sitting on a tree overhanging the water, plucked a leaf, and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Ant, climbing on to it, floated in safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laid his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant, perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. He suddenly threw down the twigs, and thereupon made the Dove take wing.

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

THE CROW AND THE PITCHER.

A crow perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and, hoping to find water, flew to it with great delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry, and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach, thus saved his life.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Keep “Responsibility” in the back of your mind all week this week. Keep your eyes open and try to remember any instances you witness that fit into this subject of who is responsible for what and when and where. Share anything you learn this week with others around you. Spread responsibility far and wide.

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Goals – URGENT, Check Into GMOs and Make Decisions For You and Your Family

Support — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:50:48 +0000

Week 23 of 52

March 24, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

URGENT GMOs Information

Please pass this information along to everyone you possibly can send it to.

Search the Internet for “GMOs 2013 urgent information” and explore the massive amount of information you will be shown. I felt an inner nudge to do the Goals article this week about GMOs. So I did my usual thing and did an extensive search on the Internet. Naturally I found some extremely distressing news about the legal actions going on in the United States right now. Did you know that many other countries are dealing with this GMO issue better than the United States is???

Do you know about the US Congress Monsanto GMO rider (actually a Biotech rider)? It is very pro GMOs and anti anyone against GMOs. It is an extremely dangerous rider because if it passes into law it will completely ignore any decisions a court might make concerning farmers and GMOs, and will ignore the USDA and others. Not that the FDA and USDA have been doing their jobs very well for quite some time now – they have not. The FDA has pretty much been pro GMO and allows GMOs to not be labeled without any proof that GMOs are safe. They have been approving things before it was proven that those things are actually safe. Apparently this GMO rider did pass Congress and is on its way to President Obama to be signed into law. Everyone needs to petition President Obama to remove Section 735 from HR 933 before he signs that bill. UPDATE: Apparently President Obama cannot do a line item Veto on this bill, he either approves the whole thing or Vetoes the whole thing. Please call the White House and President Obama right away and ask him to veto HR 933. Tell him to send it back to congress and tell them to remove that hidden piece about GMOs — Section 735.

What is the United States supposed to be? Does anyone remember? “….of the people, by the people, and for the people …” The United States is NOT supposed to be “of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations.” The US is headed downhill very fast; freedom is on its way out. And yes, quite a few years ago (a long time ago) I read a prophecy that said freedom in the United States might start to disappear in the 21st century.

Many people today are very against GMOs. If you do not live in the US, I hope you live in one of those countries around the world that are forcing GMOs to be labeled, which is also making the production of GMOS in those countries much lower than in the US. The US is on an extremely dangerous path. The current FDA rules about GMOs are very pro corporations and very anti people.

Here are a few sites that have a lot of GMO information on them:

READ THIS ARTICLE FIRST:

‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Sneaks Through Senate

March 22, 2013

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/03/22/monsanto-protection-act-sneaks-through-spending-bill?cmpid=foodinc-fb

IF you are a US resident, THEN GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND SIGN THIS RIGHT AWAY!

Tell President Obama to veto the Monsanto Protection Act!

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/stop_the_monsanto_protection_act_seize_congress/?akid=778.39103.Di7p9e&rd=1&t=9

Biotech Rider passes Congress on it’s way to becoming a law

March 23, 2013

http://www.examiner.com/article/biotech-rider-passes-congress-on-it-s-way-to-becoming-a-law

Some older news from a few days ago about this GMO Rider

URGENT Action Alert to Congress—Stop the Monsanto GMO Rider! | The Alliance for Natural Health USA

March 19, 2013

http://www.anh-usa.org/urgent-action-alert-to-congress-monsanto-rider/

This website has some very important information that EVERYONE should read. It shows you the results of GMO tests on rats and the severe things that happened to the rats’ physical bodies.

GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)

http://nutritionalbalancing.org/center/food/articles/gmo.php

Resource Library of GMO Information provided by BELIZEANS Against GMO

http://belizeansagainstgmo.info/

Label GMOs

Go to the YouTube website and do a search for: “GMO Ticking Time Bomb.” Hopefully it is still posted on YouTube. There are 2 parts to this video, Part 1 and Part 2. This is an extremely important video that everyone should watch. It will give you a lot of real factual information about GMOs and about Monsanto and the other Chemical Companies that work so hard to produce GMOs. You will hear about the many problems that are happening around the world. They also briefly mention the California initiative where they tried to get GMO labeling approved by voters (no it did not pass into law). So this video is from a while back, but it does have a lot of very important information in it. I hope you are able to find a copy of this still on YouTube.

Please spend some time checking into this issue and ask President Obama to delete Section 735 from HR 933 before he signs that bill. Also, spend quite a bit of time talking with your friends, with your family, with your loved ones, about this extremely urgent issue.

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US Unemployment Rates

Support — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:29:54 +0000

Here is some information about the unemployment rates in the United States. Everyone needs to take a look at this. When you hear about the average unemployment rate in the United States, everyone needs to explore the other categories of unemployment that I have linked to below.

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

HOUSEHOLD DATA [Percent]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2012 Annual Averages

http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

“Six alternative measures of labor underutilization have long been available on a monthly basis from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the United States as a whole. They are published in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly Employment Situation news release.” (bls.gov)

“The six state measures are based on the same definitions as those published for the United States:

* U-1, persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force;

* U-2, job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force;

* U-3, total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (this is the definition used for the official unemployment rate);

* U-4, total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers;

* U-5, total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers; and

* U-6, total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.” (bls.gov)

The U-6 rates are the most important ones, because they show the real status of what is currently happening in the United States.

* There are only four states in the US that have U-6 ratings listed below 10 percent. Those states are: Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.

* Some of the highest U-6 ratings are: Los Angeles County = 20.8 percent; Nevada = 20.3 percent; California = 19.3 percent; Rhode Island = 17.6 percent; Oregon = 17.2 percent; Washington = 16.9 percent; Michigan = 16.6 percent; North Carolina = 16.3 percent; District of Columbia = 16.0 percent; Illinois = 16.0 percent.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Monday, March 18, 2013 USDL-13-0475

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

“Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in January. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate increases, 8 states posted decreases, and 17 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.” (bls.gov)

Also, this webpage has a lot of information on it. I am supplying this link to those of you who are interested in exploring this issue of unemployment in the US further.

Labor force characteristics

This page contains information on the labor force data on characteristics of employed and unemployed persons and persons not in the labor force. Data on hours of work, earnings, and demographic characteristics also are available.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm

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Test: Internet Explorer Users

Support — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:44:40 +0000

Author & Copyright Owner: Nancy Eastman
GoldenRule4Everyone.com, March 18, 2013

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Problems with display in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer users have been sending me info telling me that this GoldenRule4Everyone website does not display correctly in IE. I think I know why that is a problem …. not 100% positive, but I think I know what the problem is.

I tried to adjust the paragraph settings in my latest “Goals” post. However, it just did not look good when I displayed it in my two browsers. So I tried something different, and adjusted a couple of settings in that blog article. I am not sure if it will help at all, because I couldn’t use the setting that I thought might solve this problem.

I am wondering if the small adjustment I made to the settings in that article made any kind of a difference in the display in Internet Explorer. IE users, I would appreciate it if you took a look at this Goals article and compared it to some of the other pages on this website. Does this newest Goals article display any differently in Internet Explorer?

Or maybe the settings in this short post look better in Internet Explorer?

Check out my latest Goals article here: Goals — Jobless, Do You Understand What It Is Like?

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Goals – Jobless, Do You Understand What It Is Like?

Support — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:56:39 +0000

Week 22 of 52

March 17, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

CAUTION: Before you read this article, I am cautioning you that this is a bit on the negative side of things. And yes, a bit difficult to deal with. I just wanted to caution you before you delve into this one. It is important information, but not necessarily upbeat like I usually try to do.

Do You Understand What It Is Like To Not Have Any Money?

What About Food or Utility Bills or Heating Bills or Health Care or Rent Payments or House Payments or Car Insurance?

Do you understand what it is like to not have money to buy food? Or to not have money to pay the utility bill or the heating bill? Or to not have money for any health care? Or to not have money to hire an attorney to help you deal with all the backlash from companies still wanting monthly payments from you when you have no money at all to give to them? Do you understand what it is like to barely be able to pay rent each month for a place you are living in or to pay your monthly bill on the property you are buying? Do you understand what it is like to not be healthy enough to live on the streets? Have you any idea how many people have lost their homes and other property in the last several years? Have you any idea how many people and families are living in cars and vans today? There are more and more and more people in today’s world that are living through these difficulties every month, and their difficulties don’t seem to be getting better. While this is going on, the US Government (states and federal) tell people they have to spend more of their money on car insurance if they want to drive a car, and on health insurance if they have any kind of a job at all. Take home pay gets reduced and reduced – that is for those people that do have jobs.

Yes there are many people in today’s world that do understand this, and understand all the difficulties many people are having to deal with now. However, there are others out there in the world that think solutions are easy and obvious for these problems. Hey, go get a job. Hey, go get a second or a third job. Hey, can’t get the job you want then get a different job and do something else.

The big problem happening around the world today (and yes, I am mainly talking about the US right now but this is also happening in many other countries too) is that massively large numbers of people are jobless and penniless with no easy solutions. Years ago it would have been easier to find solutions to this. Today, the competition is fierce for almost every job. One job means one person; and all the others that applied for that job are still jobless. Yes there are PhD and Masters degree people that do not have jobs and cannot find jobs and are on welfare.

I had not intended to put this in the Goals articles, but with everything that is happening today I feel that this is an issue that everyone needs to explore and become more aware of. The more aware and alert people are, then hopefully the better chance everyone has to come up with options and solutions to all of this that is happening now. Use kindness to spread understanding and sympathy for those people that are experiencing difficulties like these for a long period of time. And if you can help someone find an answer to the hardships they are going through, that would be a fantastic gift to give them.

Pass this along to all US politicians and tell them to stop making it so extremely difficult to do bankruptcy on student loans. There have been a few small efforts to help the most current students with their student loans, but what about those people that were students years ago and still have massive student loans to deal with now. They are not getting any help at all. Also, tell the politicians to create laws that stop the current ongoing process of having people put in jail simply because they can’t pay their bills. Think it isn’t happening? Wrong. It is happening … today. Yes there are some areas that are trying to put some kind of a slow down to that process, but that still doesn’t mean they are stopping it. Check the Internet for news about this issue. Should the US go back to having debtor prisons? That is the process that is happening now in various areas around the United States. I thought that was supposed to have been stopped a long time ago. Why do today’s politicians ignore so many of these issues? Could it be because they have money and don’t have to worry about it themselves? Could it be because a lot of politicians receive huge amounts of money from various corporations?

Here Is Where You Can Start Reading Internet Articles For Information About Job Losses

Associated Press has begun a series exploring the issue of current job losses and future job losses. They have done a good job at creating these articles and I personally feel everyone should read this. Your task this week is to at least sit and read their articles, and then have a discussion on this subject with your family, friends, and loved ones. Everyone needs this information so that any plans for the future can be looked at and possibly revised if necessary. Check out the Internet links I have listed below. They may have other articles published that deal with this issue too.

Think access to jobs is getting better? Then you need to read this one first.

Revelations about job losses to begin AP recession series

January 2013

http://ap.org/Content/Press-Release/2013/Revelations-about-middle-class-job-losses-to-begin-AP-recession-series

Next, read this lengthy AP article about job losses that will most likely stay.

Recession, tech kill middle-class jobs

January 23, 2013

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-recession-tech-kill-middle-class-jobs-051306434–finance.html

Next, read the second lengthy AP article about job losses.

Practically human: Can smart machines do your job?

January 25, 2013

http://news.yahoo.com/practically-human-smart-machines-job-052657433.html

Then go to this third AP article about job losses.

Will smart machines create a world without work?

January 25, 2013

http://news.yahoo.com/smart-machines-create-world-without-050615798.html

Do an Internet search for “Vanishing Jobs 2013” and see what you can find.

This is one of the articles that I located. They just have one paragraph on this page, but they show you 12 photos of vanishing jobs. Also, if you place you mouse pointer over the picture the text about that photo will display. When you move the mouse pointer off of the picture then the text disappears.

The Great Reset — Vanishing jobs

January 2013

http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2013/jan/25/great-reset-vanishing-jobs/

I am sure there is much more information on the Internet about this issue of jobless people and lack of jobs and living difficulties people are going through.

Sequestration

Also, you probably should explore the “Sequestration” problem. Some people seem to think it won’t really affect people much. According to what I have read, there are quite a few things that will be affected. I believe the Sequestration plan also had things outlined for years beyond 2013. Do some research and see what you can find out. Sounds like NIH would be badly hit. I am seeing the dates of April 1 or April 10 when things will hit. Everyone needs to find out what this is all about – explore and find out NOW.

Sequestration 2013: Lawmakers, activists call for end of sequestration

March 2013

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/03/lawmakers-activists-call-for-end-of-sequestration–86253.html

You really should take a look at this webpage.

Budget cuts 2013: How sequestration could affect you

February 2013

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/budget-cuts-2013-how-sequestration-could-affect-you-88254.html

Sequestration Cuts To Census Bureau Make Federal Government Dumber On Economy

March 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/09/sequestration-economy_n_2840023.html

Sequester (2013)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Sequestration

Conclusion

When you are finished exploring all this, please pass along the information you found to as many people as possible. The more people that are knowledgeable about these difficulties, then the better chance we all have of people speaking up and giving their opinions to politicians and demanding answers and assistance.

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Goals – Do You Have Healthy Water? Do You Know What Is In Your Water?

Support — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:50:23 +0000

Week 21 of 52

March 11, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com) f

How is Your Water? Do You Know What Is In It?

Here is a challenge for you and your loved ones this week. Spend some time trying to find out what is in your water and what is in the water in other areas you like to visit. Yes, this is a task that will take some time. But this is important. Some people can tolerate all the ingredients found in water, but some of those ingredients can make other people very sick. Yes, I learned this a very long time ago. You can read my story in the Water article page on this website: Water.

If you live in the United States, check your local community website, probably the Public Works pages, and search for a “Consumer Confidence Report.” At least in my area that PDF contains the “Drinking Water Quality” report. I located 2010 but have not been able to find a version for 2011; yes it was presented but I do not see it online. Also, go to your State website, Department of Health page, subpage Division of Environmental Health, and then search for “drinking water.” It should give you lists of some PDF reports that you can download. Now, obviously some places are going to be different than others. Expand your search if you need to. People in other countries, do an expanded search in your area and see if you can find information about the water in your area.

Also, another place to search for information on water reports is at the US Department of Environmental Protection. http://www.epa.gov/ You will see links to “Water Cycle,” “Water Pollution,” and “Watersense.” It took a bit of searching but I finally located a page where you can enter your local information and it should lead you to your local reports (hopefully). http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/ccr/index.cfm They do state on the page: “This website does not contain links to all water quality reports. However, you can find the name, address, and phone number for your water system by browsing the list of systems in your state.” So it sounds like if you can find your state water reports, or your city or town reports you might have better success. When I did a search there for my area it did not find any reports at all. Yes, the area was listed but they do not have their reports linked to the US EPA website. So the state website that I located, and the City website, actually did better than the US government website.

Check for levels of sulfate, arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, chloride, lead, copper, and any other things you can think of. And actually, sulfur was not on the lists that I was able to locate on the Internet, so I had to do a search to find out what sulfate is. Yep that solved the question. If you are curious, do an Internet search for: “sulfate and sulfur in water” and see what you find. I happen to have some experience with sulfur and know that some water does contain some sulfur. And while it might not bother most people, some people can get very sick from drinking water with sulfur in it. You also might want to spend a little bit of time and search for information on Cryptosporidium and other contaminants. If you have a private well, from the information I was able to locate, it is recommended that you test for levels of Nitrate and Coliform Bacteria every year.

If you are really interested in exploring this issue, then go ahead and explore other websites.

Here is a website where you can check for information about bottled water. By the way, in case you did not know this … bottled water in the United States is not regulated by the EPA. It is regulated by the FDA as a food product. Interesting.

NSF International

http://www.nsf.org/consumer/bottled_water/index.asp?program=BottledWat

You might want to take a look at this page on their website too:

http://www.nsf.org/consumer/newsroom/kit_bottled_water.asp?program=BottledWat

And you can go to this US website to search for more information. This is their webpage that talks about water.

Centers for Disease Control and Protection

http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/index.html

Here is their webpage that talks about bottled water.

http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/bottled/index.html

They also have pages that talk about “Public Water Systems,” “Private Water Systems,” “Water and Nutrition,” “Camping, Hiking, Travel,” and “Water Fluoridation.”

US Environmental Protection Agency

http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/

What to do about your water if you feel it is not healthy to drink? Try to find some kind of a water filter that you can afford to keep up and running. Some are really expensive and some are inexpensive. Of course the more expensive ones generally work much better and rid the water of some ingredients that the inexpensive filters cannot do anything about. It depends on how much you can afford and what you need to filter out of the water. If you want to get rid of fluoride, the inexpensive filters generally don’t work.

Click on the Amazon link here. This should display a search for water purifiers, and this page should show a page partway into the search: Amazon: Water Purifiers

Some of the recommended products are: First: MultiPure; Second: Aqua-Pure; Third: British Berkefeld or it is also called Big Berkey. This third one looks really interesting to me. Also, it is less expensive. Some of the reviews on this one are good and some reviews not so good. Some people prefer the clear model so they can see how much water is in the container. The clear model is called “Berkey Light.”

Explore this water issue for seven days if you possibly can. I apologize for being late at getting this posted. Dealing with some difficulties here.

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Goals – What Is In Your Food? Do You Know What You Are Eating?

Support — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:51:54 +0000

Week 20 of 52

March 4, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com) f

What Is In Your Food? What Are You Doing To Your Body?

Your body reflects what you eat. You are what you eat. Right? Are you or someone you know and love having health problems? Originally I had not planned to include this subject here. But because of some difficulties we are having I have had to do some research on foods etc. And the information I found is disturbing. No, not all foods are a problem. But some foods can be a real big health problem for some people.

Spread love and caring to your family and loved ones. How? By sitting and talking with them for a while, and then direct the conversation to food products. What do you and they love to eat? What do you eat but none of you have any idea what is in that food? How about kids? How about children? What do they really love to eat? Are they drawn to artificial foods, high calorie foods, or do they really like some of the old fashioned home-made healthy foods? If you or anyone you know and love has health problems, then you might already have done a search for what types of foods are the best to help the health improve. If not, this is a task that you and your family and loved ones need to do. And if all of you are really healthy, you still need to do that task so that your health does not decline because of something you are putting in your body.

I know this is a time-consuming difficult task for some people to do. So I am including some of the information I have located on the Internet to get you started. I usually list steps for people to follow in my weekly goals blog posts. This week the list is short, but will probably take a lot of time. Perhaps a good way to do this is to have everyone, family and friends and loved ones, split up the topics and each person spend some time searching for just one or two things. That might speed things up for you. Yes, this is important because what we eat affects our physical body, our health, our breathing patterns, our mental faculties, and our possible allergies or sensitivities to things.

1. This is a quick simple task. Write down a list of your most favorite foods and food ingredients.

2. Spend a little bit of time talking with your family and loved ones and friends about this general topic. Are there foods they really like but for some reason don’t seem to be able to eat or drink it very much? Which foods make them feel good?

3. Decide who is going to do some Internet research on which foods.

4. Share the websites and information I have listed below.

5. Then if you are still interested in exploring this farther, click on some of the links I have included below and see what you can find.

6. Expand your search on the Internet and see what other information you can find.

7. Then get together with your family and loved ones so that all of you can share what you found with each other.

Here is a list of some websites I found that talk about food products that are not labeled correctly.

I originally started searching for Orange Juice and Olive Oil because of some of the information I found about it. There are food products you might be buying that aren’t at all what you think they are.

By the way, I found this next website a bit difficult to search through, but it is worth the effort to see what they have available.

http://www.foodfraud.org/search/site?search_api_views_fulltext=orange+juice

FDA INFORMATION, Yes many people today are having quite a few problems with the way the FDA is acting. But we should still check them out and see what information they do have available. The FDA does have a website where you can go and search through and read their information. They have Recall Information, and you can search their website for other information too.

FDA Safety Enforcement Reports

Recommendation from me: If you do go to the FDA website and do a search for something, I strongly suggest you enter a year along with your search words. Otherwise you are going to see some really old stuff. Yes, I was glad I found some of the old reports. But I was actually looking for more recent reports. So I went back and added “2012” to the search words so I could find more recent information.

You can search for something specific by using their search box. Also, on this main Enforcement Reports webpage you can click on a link located immediately under the search box and sign up to receive FDA Enforcement Reports. These reports are lists of recalls, which includes all categories (not just food). And Yes, each one of the lists I looked at is very long. So you will probably want to do what I did and just scroll down the page and only stop if you see a product you are interested in.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/default.htm

In their Feb 13, 2013 recall listings, I found one for canned mandarin oranges; this was a voluntary action, not one started by the FDA.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=select&recall_number=F-0969-2013&w=02132013&lang=eng

I have been browsing through some of these weekly recall listings. There are a massive number of blood cells and platelets listed. As I was browsing I found this Spice Cake listed in the Feb 6, 2013 list. (The Feb 6, 2013 report has more food listed in it than the other two that I already looked at.) That Spice Cake has an undeclared allergen in it: Milk. Apparently that particular cake mix is distributed at correctional facilities only. I still suggest that if you or someone you know is allergic to milk, be sure to check the ingredients of that product carefully.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=select&recall_number=F-0941-2013&w=02062013&lang=eng

Also, in this same Feb 6, 2013 report there are other products (Island Delights) that did not have milk listed in the ingredients (that should have been listed). Also a chicken salad sandwich is listed, as well as some Hi-Protein Bars. Take a look at this report.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=Expand+Index&w=02062013&lang=eng

The January 30, 2013 report lists some Cold Smoked Salmon that had the “Potential to be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes”.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=Expand+Index&w=01302013&lang=eng

Listeria was found in some Olive Oil in October 2012:

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=select&recall_number=F-0220-2013&w=10242012&lang=eng

What about other things? You will need to continue the searching, but here are a few other FDA pages I found. If you are interested in more information on this you will need to do additional searching on the Internet to see what else you can find.

FDA talking about Arsenic in Apple Juice.

http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodContaminantsAdulteration/Metals/ucm280209.htm

FDA talking about Carbendazim in Orange Juice Products.

http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/Product-SpecificInformation/FruitsVegetablesJuices/ucm288004.htm

FDA talking about Arsenic in Pear Juice Analytical Results, 2005-2011 (Updated February 2012).

http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodContaminantsAdulteration/Metals/ucm275452.htm

Here is some of the older information that I located, in case you are interested in it.

There was one PDF report which I downloaded, which included the words “Enforcement Story” in their PDF link. It had a mention of Olive Oil so I wanted to take a look. Here is the paragraph in that report about Olive Oil.

“United States v. 448 cases … Extra Virgin Olive Oil, (E.D.N.Y.). On December 11, 2007, a U.S. District Judge entered a consent decree of condemnation and destruction between the U.S. and Krinos Foods, Inc., which provides for the disposition of over 50,000 gallons of adulterated and misbranded olive oil that was seized by the U.S. on May 22. The seized oil, which was packaged in 3-liter tins and 750 mL bottles, was packaged in violation of the Act because the labeling identifies the oil as extra virgin olive oil or olive pomace oil, but the bottles and tins actually consist primarily of soybean oil. Under the consent decree, the seized oil is condemned and subject to destruction at Krinos’ expense. After executing a $500,000 penal bond in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit, Krinos will be permitted to propose to FDA a plan whereby the oil will be sold as biodiesel fuel, a use that ensures that it will not be consumed as food. The consent decree also gives FDA representatives authority to make inspections and take any other measures deemed necessary to monitor and ensure compliance with the decree. Krinos is required to reimburse the U.S. for the costs of such supervision.”

Here is the webpage location to download this document or open it up in your browser:

www.fda.gov/downloads/ICECI/EnforcementActions/EnforcementStory/UCM129820.pdf

After reading that paragraph (above) about the 2007 consent decree, I continued looking through the Olive Oil search pages at the FDA website. I came across this one next, and also another one linked to this first one. So I downloaded both of them.

This first Interview was done in 1982 with a retired FDA employee. Starting on Page 15 (15 on the bottom of the page – actually page 19 as far as the total pages in the PDF), Kedzior talks about the problems with Olive Oil and some prosecutions that were done. These stories in this PDF are old. Some of them are VERY old. If you have a problem with this PDF weblink, then just go to the FDA website and do a search for “Kedzior” and you will be shown a link to this PDF report.

FDA Oral History Interview, Kedzior

Click on this link: Kedzior Interview

These are definitely old history stories. In this second interview PDF Herrmann does talk about Olive Oil once: “Economic in preventing fraud, such as excessive stems in cloves, substitution of cheaper materials for the genuine, such as salad oil for expensive olive oil; peanut oil, sesame oil, cottonseed oil, were mixed with the olive oil and palmed off as genuine olive oil at higher prices.” Actually these old interviews are interesting and did grab my attention so I read more of it than I am mentioning here. If you have a problem with this PDF weblink, then just go to the FDA website and do a search for “Herrmann” and you will be shown a link to this PDF report.

FDA Oral History Interview, Herrmann

Click on this link: Herrmann Interview

Yes, I diverted away from what I had planned to talk about this week. I feel that Goal Planning for everyone is a good thing to do. And it is good to include difficult topics sometimes. More and more people today are developing allergies or sensitivities to things. My personal opinion is that it is happening because of all of the artificial ingredients in so many products today. Also because the US Federal Government seems to be so supportive of huge corporations that produce processed foods and processed milk and GMOs but they are so against any farmer that actually tries to produce and sell healthy natural organic foods and raw milk.

Explore at your own pace this week. This is a good challenge for everyone to take on. I tried really hard to locate current information about which products might be on store shelves that are not labeled correctly. I wish I had found more information. But this is a good start and if more people search for information and then share what they found, that will help everyone.

A SHORT ADDED NOTE TO EVERYONE: If you haven’t read my Blog post about Milk, you should take a look at it too. By the way, for some strange reason I am having problems keeping it up on this website. I will keep an eye on it and see if it disappears again. Hopefully it will stay put and be readable for everyone. It is located here: http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/2013/03/aspartame-added-to-milk-without-labeling-petition-is-at-fda-for-review-now/

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Aspartame Added To Milk Without Labeling? Petition Is At FDA for Review Now!

Support — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:15:58 +0000

What if you or someone you know happens to be part of the physically sensitive ones, or allergic ones? I speak with experience here. I understand the problems that can arise if you do not know all ingredients in everything you eat, all medicines you take, and all soaps, lotions, creams, etc. What is “safe” for some people is the cause of severe health problems for other people. And in today’s world this is expanding to more and more people being negatively affected by various products.

The FDA has recently received a petition from IDFA and NMPF to alter the “Standard of Identity for Milk and 17 Additional Dairy Products.” The FDA has a comment period on this right now, which will end May 21, 2013. What do they mean by altering the “Standard of Identity?” I didn’t realize the FDA was getting that bad. Looks like those people complaining about the FDA are right. If they allow the altering of the Standard of Identity of a product, and that alteration includes something added to the product, does this mean whatever was added does not have to be included on the label?? There are a lot of websites talking about this problem now. And many of them say that this means those ingredients will be hidden. Uhhhh???? So I guess that means quite a few of us now have to do extensive research to see what the FDA is hiding from us already. Is it limited to just a few things? Or has this been expanding to include more and more products? I have been trying to find the correct explanation of what is going on with this problem right now.

Milk and Dairy is already on my family’s “Cannot Have” list, so we already stay away from it – yes in absolutely everything. After my daughter and I moved to where we are living now, we spent a lot of time in the grocery store walking up and down the aisles, picking up a product and turning it around and reading the entire label on the back of that product. We did that with everything we wanted to buy until we located the product brands that were safe for us. At that time not many people had to do that, and one of the store employees later told me that they used to watch us going up and down the aisles reading all those labels. Unfortunately, a lot more people have to do that in today’s world. I do definitely understand how this issue can cause a lot of problems for people that might not have been having difficulties with these products up until now.

Here is a small part of the information posted at the Federal Register website on this issue.

Flavored Milk; Petition to Amend the Standard of Identity for Milk and 17 Additional Dairy Products

A Proposed Rule by the Food and Drug Administration on 02/20/2013

This article has a comment period that ends in 84 days (05/21/2013)

ACTION: Notice; Request For Comments, Data, And Information.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) have filed a petition requesting that the Agency amend the standard of identity for milk and 17 other dairy products to provide for the use of any safe and suitable sweetener as an optional ingredient. FDA is issuing this notice to request comments, data, and information about the issues presented in the petition.

SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE FARTHER AND YOU WILL SEE THIS PARAGRAPH:

Therefore, while the milk standard of identity in § 131.110 only provides for the use of “nutritive sweetener” in an optional characterizing flavor, milk may contain a characterizing flavor that is sweetened with a non-nutritive sweetener if the food’s label bears a nutrient content claim (e.g., “reduced calorie”) and the non-nutritive sweetener is used to add sweetness to the product so that it is not inferior in its sweetness property compared to its standardized counterpart. However, IDFA and NMPF argue that nutrient content claims such as “reduced calorie” are not attractive to children, and maintain that consumers can more easily identify the overall nutritional value of milk products that are flavored with non-nutritive sweeteners if the labels do not include such claims. Further, the petitioners assert that consumers do not recognize milk—including flavored milk—as necessarily containing sugar. Accordingly, the petitioners state that milk flavored with non-nutritive sweeteners should be labeled as milk without further claims so that consumers can “more easily identify its overall nutritional value.”

In other words, they can’t get enough parents to buy reduced calorie milk for their kids because their kids don’t like it, and maybe the parents don’t like it either. So …. hmmmm. …… ah, change the label of that type of milk and then the kids won’t know it isn’t whole milk! Then maybe they can sell more of it. Right? And here is another question for all of you to think about. How much “sugar” is in milk? I know it is in almond milk. Where is just plain milk, you know, real milk?

I have had to do some searching on this problem. If you read through the FDA document completely, and you get down to the “Request For Comments” section, #6 is also something you need to read. It sounds like they are saying that everyone needs to read the label and determine if it contains sweeteners or aspartame. I have a huge question. Will the ingredient aspartame be listed on the ingredients label on the back of the product? Yes? No? Most articles I have read are saying “No.” But that might not be correct. It is possible this means that the information is only in the ingredients list on the back of the product, but is not seen on the main label of that product. ???

If you read further down on that Federal Register page you will discover the current labeling practices for ice cream. Question, does the ingredients label on the back of the container list everything, or is something hidden from everyone? What if you happen to be a person that absolutely has to know all ingredients in everything in order to avoid any kind of a bad reaction to food, lotions, soaps, medicines, etc?

I was raised on raw milk as a kid. Yes, I am an older person. And I never had any problems with milk when all I had was raw milk. My allergy to milk showed up when I got older and had been using processed milk for years.

Go to this website and get a copy of this document. Read it thoroughly. You might have to read through it several times. Share this with your family, your loved ones, your friends, and anyone else you can pass it on to. Ponder on this for a while. Maybe you don’t have any problems with any allergies or reactions to things. But what about other people who do have reactions? Now we can’t trust the labels? If the label lists a generic ingredient that isn’t really specific, at least it gives us the category that the ingredient falls into. That does help a bit. But by totally eliminating any mention of the ingredient, or even of a generic broad based definition of the ingredient or category of the ingredient, that could actually cause people to get sick and end up in the hospital. Yes, some reactions can be that severe. An added note: perhaps my comment in a previous paragraph is correct and you will be able to figure out the ingredients from reading that small ingredients list on the back of the package. If that is true, it still means that you can no longer trust what that big label on the front of a food product is trying to tell you. But if that is not correct, and some ingredients might be totally hidden and not listed anywhere, then that is a huge health problem.

Here is the website where the Federal Register article is posted:

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/02/20/2013-03835/flavored-milk-petition-to-amend-the-standard-of-identity-for-milk-and-17-additional-dairy-products

This Federal Register webpage also tells you where to locate the full FDA Petition. “For a copy of the petition filed by IDFA and NMPF please go to: http://www.regulations.gov and insert ‘Docket No. FDA- 2009-P-0147’ into the ‘Search’ box.” I tried that but it isn’t a simple process. Here is the actual page for that full petition: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2009-P-0147-0012 There is also a “Comment Now!” button on that webpage.

Please encourage everyone you know to check into this and submit comments. The FDA needs to hear from many people, and from looking at other comments from past years, I discovered that your comments need to be specific and detailed. If you don’t do that your comments might get ignored. Specific comments are at least read and considered.

Other Sources:

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/aspartame-in-milk-without-a-label-big-dairy-petitions-fda-for-approval_022013

http://www.infowars.com/u-s-dairy-industry-petitions-fda-to-approve-aspartame-as-hidden-unlabeled-additive-in-milk-yogurt-eggnog-and-cream/

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Goals – Explore the Library This Week

Support — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:53:19 +0000

Week 19 of 52

February 24, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Do You Go To The Library? Do It This Week and Look Around.

If you already spend time at the Library, do it again this week. If you don’t usually go to the Library then this week is to expand your knowledge of what is out there, what is available for you to read and/or view on your computer by checking it out from your local library. Why? Even people that have a big personal library of their own will find things at the Public Library that they have not read before, or videos they have not seen before.

1. First, prepare a list of subjects that you are interested in, music you are interested in, and movies you are interested in.

2. Check your local library’s days and hours they are open. Some libraries are very busy and are open most of the week, some libraries are open 7 days a week, but others have limited hours because of lack of people going to that library (and possibly other reasons). How is your local library doing?

3. Next, go to the Library. Instead of just looking around one section of the Library, you should explore everything. Remember, when you check something out from the library you must return it by the due date, or renew the checkout. Overdue items when returned end up costing you overdue fines you have to pay. Return the items on time.

4. Explore the fiction books, and the biographies and autobiographies.

5. Explore the nonfiction section, which is full of all kinds of useful information.

6. Explore the magazines section. They might have a bigger variety of magazines than you might think!

7. Next, go the DVDs section and explore there. What do they have? You very well might find some very interesting DVDs, movies, and documentaries that you want to watch. Also, you might find a section next to those DVDs that has Audio Books for people that have a hard time reading books.

8. Next, take a little bit of time and walk through the kid’s section. If you have children you will want to take a bit of time and explore here too. If you don’t have children you don’t have to spend as much time there, but walk through and take a quick look.

9. Some libraries frequently have a cart of old books and magazines for sale. Take a look and see if your library has something like this in the main area of the library.

10. Also, my local library has a section where new library books are shelved, with shorter checkout times. They also have a selection of newer magazines; you can sit there in that room in the library and read those magazines. Take a look and see what you can find available in your library.

11. The library also has computers that you can sign up to use if you need better access to the Internet. They also have a printer you can use; they charge a small amount for anything over 10 pages that are printed out. Take a look around your library and explore these things. How much is available for public use in the library where you live?

12. Does your library have a meeting room where different groups gather sometimes and hold their meetings? Are any groups included that you might be interested in?

13. Do you have a bit of extra time, or a desire to volunteer and help somewhere? Talk to your library staff and see if they ever need volunteers to help them with something.

14. Last, since you have access to the Internet, go to your Library’s website and explore their digital section. Did you know that libraries have digital books you can check out? Take a look and see what you can find.

Enjoy exploring your local library this week. Some people spend a lot of time at the library, but other people get really busy and don’t seem to have time to do very many personal relaxing activities. Walking around in the library should help you relax a bit and enjoy exploring things that interest you.

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Goals — What Music Lifts You And Helps You Feel Better?

Support — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:41:19 +0000

Week 18 of 52

February 17, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Explore Music This Week

This week is all about finding something to listen to that will lift you and your loved ones up, up from whatever negative or upset or sad feelings you may be trying to fight off. Music can lift you up, or it can put you more down than you are now. Find the up. Find the positive. Find the good.

1. Get together with your loved ones and talk together about the types of music you listen to, or the types of music you like to listen to whenever possible. What are your favorites?

2. The next thing you need to talk with each other about is how that music makes you feel. Some music might energize you. Some music might make you pensive. Some music might help you take a deep sigh and then sit there and just relax for a while.

3. Is there music that you would like to listen to, but do not have CDs of right now? Make a list of your favorite music. Also include music that you aren’t sure is your favorite but you might like to listen to see if it will help lift up your spirits a bit.

4. Turn on the radio and see if you can find stations that play a variety of music. Listen for a while and write down any songs that you find inspiring, or uplifting for your mood and your spirit.

5. If possible, spend at least 30 minutes every day this week listening to music that helps you relax, helps you feel more positive, helps lift you up a bit, helps your loved ones feel better too.

6. If you do have a little bit of extra money, think about purchasing a copy of one music CD that helps you feel better. Then go ahead and listen to that music at least once a week for a while and keep track of how it helps you feel better.

7. Do you have a journal that you write in now? Write down your experiences through this music listening exercise. Write down which music lifted you up and which music actually put you down a bit. Write down what you have learned by going through this exercise.

Spread this music exercise to your friends, family, and loved ones. Perhaps you could all get together for a dinner and play the music in the background while you are visiting with each other. Did this help them too? Enjoy!

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Subscribe To RSS Feed

Support — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:33:30 +0000

RSS Feeds on the Internet is something that I am not completely up to date on right now. I know quite a lot about other things, just not about RSS.

I have been asked several times how to subscribe to the RSS feed. Apparently it works for some people and does not work for others. I did some exploring and discovered an actual “Subscribe” button. Now, I still am not sure if it works correctly, but I did locate one.

What you need to do is to click on the RSS button that is at the top right hand side of the picture that is at the very top of this website, the picture with the trees and the sunset. When that RSS feed page opens you will see links to a number of the blog posts that I have added to the GoldenRule4Everyone website. At the very top of the page of blog posts you should see a button that says “Subscribe Now.” Also you should be able to see the option: “Subscribe to this feed using …. ” and then there is a button that you click open and it should show you some options for subscribing.

Let me know if this actually works for you. That option might appear differently in different web browsers, but hopefully it will work okay.

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Goals — Speak Up If You Feel Local/State/Federal Employees Are Actually Against Good People

Support — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:30:09 +0000

Week 17 of 52

February 10, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

What is Happening Where You Live?

The goal this week is involved with everyone working on becoming more aware of what is happening in the area where they and their loved ones and their friends live. Yes, many people today are very up to date on all kinds of things, but a huge number of people are blind to almost everything that is going on around them. Lots and lots of people today still think that finding solutions to living difficulties is as easy as it used to be for many people ten or twenty years ago. Well, even back then it was difficult for quite a few people, but a much higher number of ordinary folks are having to deal with these issues now.

Why take on this task now? Why is this part of the goals for this year? Some things that are happening to people today should not be happening and should not be allowed. Sometimes the negative things that should not be happening are being done by people that work for the government (city, county, state, federal), and work for various police agencies. The people I am talking about here, that are on the receiving end of mistreatment, includes children of all ages. I have been trying hard to not get the GoldenRule4Everyone website too involved in politics and government problems. However, I am discovering that some issues are things that really need to be passed along so that as many people as possible are as aware as possible of what is happening in the world today. Yes, I am mainly focusing on the United States, but if you live in another country, this is important for you too.

I already got everyone started working on part of this in my posting “Goals – How Are Schools Handling Things Today?” If you worked on that task, then you are a bit more aware of how some kids are jailed and / or fined for doing some small misbehaviors at public schools. Did you work on that task? If not, I suggest you read that article and discuss it and then check and see how your local schools are currently handling things like that. If you live in another country, outside the United States, this is still a good subject for you to check into. Here are a few news story Internet links where you can check into some of these problems. Also, check the news page on this website that is listed under the Parenting section. There are news links posted there about kids and parents (and teachers).

Texas school can force students to wear locator chips, judge rules

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/09/16427652-texas-school-can-force-students-to-wear-locator-chips-judge-rules

School officials’ Facebook rummaging prompts mom’s privacy crusade

http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/18/11747289-school-officials-facebook-rummaging-prompts-moms-privacy-crusade?lite

Texas judge jails honor student for missing school

http://endthelie.com/2012/05/29/texas-judge-jails-honor-student-for-missing-school/#axzz2D1HvKH9r

Colman Chadam, California Boy, Ordered To Transfer Schools For Carrying Cystic Fibrosis Gene

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/colman-chadam-california-_n_1981741.html

Parents Now Thrown in Jail When Kid Misses School

http://thestir.cafemom.com/teen/130046/parents_now_thrown_in_jail

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Next, check into local happenings in the area you live in. How are things doing there? Are people making it through these difficult times okay? Are people trying to do things like growing gardens on their property and being attacked by the City for doing that? There are so many people in very dire economic situations today, that not being able to grow a garden if you actually have land to grow edibles on actually makes living even more difficult for many people. Are the laws in your area functioning the way they should? Or …. are some people being arrested for owing debts and not showing up at a court hearing that they had no knowledge about? And then are they being put in jail and not allowed out until they pay a huge fine equal to or more than the amount they owed? Are people being tasered by police for extremely minor things or possibly even for something they didn’t even do?

These things are not happening everywhere, so possibly the area you live in is one of the more alert, more reasonable places to live. However, some areas are heavily into misconduct on the part of government employees, including police officers. Also, big businesses should not be allowed to play with laws and turn things against people without even giving those people a chance to have a voice in the issue, whatever it is. No, I am not against government employees or police officers. I am for equality for everyone. “Freedom is a two-way thing. So is respect and responsibility.”

Perhaps attending some of your local community meetings would help you understand the area you live in better. Ask questions. How are things doing in your area? Here are a few links to website articles about a variety of things that have been happening. Also check the main News page on this website. There is a link under it titled “News – Adults” that you should take a look at. It includes a long list of links to news articles.

Man tasered by police while trying to save burning home

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/282664/82/Man-tasered-by-police-while-trying-to-save-burning-home

Cops use Taser on woman buying too many iPhones

http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/Cops-use-Taser-on-woman-buying-too-many-iPhones/-/11984708/17744626/-/vp9mdkz/-/index.html

Doctors Defy Government And Report Raw Milk Is Good For You!

http://liberationwellness.com/2012/12/04/doctors-defy-government-and-report-raw-milk-is-good-for-you/

Two women sue Texas Troopers for illegal roadside cavity search

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/19/two-women-sue-texas-troopers-for-illegal-roadside-cavity-search/

New NDAA Keeps Indefinite Detention, Blocks Guantanamo Closure

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/new-ndaa-keeps-indefinite-detention-blocks-guantanamo-closure-146781

Yes I agree with you. Some of these issues are difficult things to read about and even harder to learn more about. But how can people anywhere ever be free if they do not stay up to date on what is happening where they live? And yes again, I find some of this extremely difficult to deal with myself. But I keep finding more and more and more information and have a very strong feeling that I am supposed to pass this along to everyone. So that is what I am doing this week. I have mentioned my News pages on the GoldenRule4Everyone website before, but this week I felt that I needed to up the importance of it a notch or two. Stay as alert as possible. In the process of doing that you will also become more aware and more able to spot criminal activities so that you can report them. Decide who you trust and who you know acts as a very good public servant and a very good police officer. Then if you do happen to become aware of something that is illegal and should not be happening you will know who you might feel comfortable reporting it too.

Also, if this task this week feels a bit too difficult or too negative for you, then try doing just a little bit of this. Or simply spend a little bit of time talking with one of your local community groups and see how things are going in your area. Every little bit of knowledge is a step up, a step in the right direction. If you see something or hear something that should not be happening to innocent people, then you need to speak up in some way. Perhaps sharing it with your community organization will help in some way. Also, if you need some positive news to boost you up a bit, then check out the Kindness page on the GoldenRule4Everyone website. That might lift your spirits up a bit.

Next week we will definitely move the goals to a positive note and work on finding good things!!!

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Exciting Find To Share With Everyone

Support — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:59:08 +0000

Author Nancy Eastman, GoldenRule4Everyone.com

Copyright 2013

Checking into old history has been a passion of mine for quite a while now. However, I also spend quite a bit of time doing the daily quick search into current News events to see what is happening around the world right now. I have already shared the website which I consider to be my Top #1 website to explore a variety of books that are now in the US Public Domain. I research information there very frequently. (Yes Google also has some public domain books available, but I am not talking about Google right now.)

I just discovered a new passion of mine at that library website. They have quite a collection of movies and videos. Their website page for movies is: http://archive.org/details/movies. Of course I am one of those people that has difficulties viewing anything that is a very large memory size. So frequently I only am able to view a portion of some of those large YouTube videos. That is why I never tried downloading any movies from this archive website in the past. However, at this library website I was able to download a full 1 hour documentary. It actually happened to be about World War II, and was a large size to download. I was so pleased to see that I actually can watch the entire documentary. I know some of you might not think this is important. But to some of us folks out here, that have some difficulties with some things available on the Internet, it is quite a good gift to be able to get some of these things enabled and working!

So now I will be spending a lot more time at that library website checking into the variety of movies and documentaries they have available. You can check for information about current Copyright or the Public Domain information for each movie. I am sure that they try to only post things that are now in the US public domain.

What kind of a web browser do you use? Do you also have difficulties sometimes when you try to download a really large document or video? Firefox has a free plug-in that you can attach to it and use it for downloading. It is called downthemall and it works really well. (If you use downthemall and like how it works, they would appreciate some donations.) That is what I used to download this World War II documentary. It took a really long time, but the download actually worked. I know a free video that size at a few other websites would not have completed for me, so I am really happy with the way this library archive has their things set up for people to download. I will be researching other websites with free viewable videos to see if I can access videos elsewhere too.

Go ahead and explore that website. Do a search for anything you might be interested in. You might be surprised at how many things they do have available for public use. The movies are available in more than one format. So hopefully you can find a version that you can view on your computer.

Now I am in the middle of the process of downloading a TV News broadcast. Part of this news broadcast is about Rosa Parks, and contains a rare 1956 interview with her. Do you know what Rosa Parks is famous for? If you don’t, then you need to check into this one. GoldenRule4Everyone is about freedom, respect, and responsibility for Everyone. That is what Rosa Parks was all about. And her voice still needs to be heard today. I will really enjoy watching this news broadcast when it finally finishes downloading. UPDATE: I completed the full download of this News broadcast and was able to watch it all the way through to the end. They had a audio recording of an interview with Rosa Parks in 1956, which I was able to listen to. And yes, they covered some other news too.

What is my next movie download going to be? I am going to see if I can download the complete version of the old movie “Little Princess” with the little girl Shirley Temple acting in it. I remember watching Shirley Temple movies when I was a kid and really enjoying them. I liked some of them more than others. I don’t remember if I watched this particular movie or not, but I will still enjoy watching something with Shirley Temple acting in it. She was quite a talented little girl. And of course I will be checking this library archive website to see what else they have available so I can add more movies to my library. (Yes I know some of you are not at all interested in Shirley Temple. That is okay with me. Explore and see what else this library has available. You just might find something that interests you too.)

There is one last thing you might want to explore at the http://archives.org website I have mentioned in this article. They now have a TV News service on their website. No, I have not explored this myself, but you might want to take a look at it and see what they have available. I do not know if that part of the website is public domain or if it contains content that you would have to borrow or check out like at a regular library.

ENJOY EXPLORING!!!

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Urgent News, Fracking, Whales & Dolphins

Support — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:19:07 +0000

By Nancy Eastman, GoldenRule4Everyone.com

Copyright 2013

Quick update on important news articles added to the News page on GoldenRule4Everyone.

As some of you may know, I am extremely interested in staying up to date on Fracking and what is happening with it around the United States. I located a very good information website, that covers many important categories of news information. They had a couple of Press Releases posted in January 2013 about recent Fracking news. This is very important information and I feel that everyone should read this. I have posted two of their newest Press Releases about Fracking here on GoldenRule4Everyone News page.

The first article is about Fracking in Nevada and what they are proposing to do on Public Lands. You can read the news article here: http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/news/nevada-public-land-fracking-opposed/

The second article is about Fracking in California and what is currently happening there. A lawsuit has been filed. You can read the news article here: http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/news/lawsuit-unregulated-fracking-in-california/

Another Press Release I located at that same website is talking about a current proposal by the Feds to Allow the Navy to cause harm to whales and dolphins when they are doing war games. The Navy needs to practice so they want to be able to harm and possibly kill whales and dolphins? What next? This is important because it looks like comments will be accepted until March 11, 2013. Please read this Press Release.

You can read the article about this here: http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/news/fed-propose-allowing-harm-to-whales-dolphins/

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Goals — Lend a Listening Ear to Family and Relatives and Friends

Support — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:55:45 +0000

Week 16 of 52

February 3, 2013

Author & Copyright Owner, 2013: Nancy Eastman (goldenrule4everyone.com)

Does a Family Member or Relative or Friend Need Some Help or a Listening Ear?

A note of caution to you here: I try to write uplifting posts as much as possible. Sometimes though I feel the need to share difficult information with other people. This is one of those times. This week while we are talking about listening it actually means that if you take on this task this week then sometimes you will have to listen to some really difficult true stories from family and friends.

Goals for Week 11 of 52 was all about Freedom, Tolerance, Respect, and Responsibility. This carries on from there. This week you need to spend some time talking with family members, or other relatives or friends and see how they are doing. Do they need someone to talk to? What kind of difficulties are people you know going through? Hardships? Or maybe extremely severe hardships? Are they going through extreme difficulties that people around them are telling them to just figure out themselves? Do they have anyone they can talk with? Maybe they just need someone to listen to them for a while. Maybe they need a bit of love and kindness spread their way. Spend some time focusing on this for a while before you make an effort to listen to them talk about their difficulties with you. Having someone listen to them while they are talking about their difficulties will end up making them feel better simply because they were able to talk about everything with someone they know and love.

Difficulties people experience can be small minor things and also can be big possibly dangerous things. I was surprised when I found out about the policies that many schools use today for homeless families. They just ask where the car is parked and use that as an address for the child that attends their school. Of course this might have also happened years ago, but I have a feeling it is occurring a lot more now. Yes, some people feel that it is perfectly okay for people to be homeless. But there are others out there in this world that understand that homelessness for many people is extremely difficult to go through. There are folks that are able to live in Vans or RVs. But there are others that are in small cars, or even on the street with no place at all to live, no car, no shelter.

This is why it is so very important for everyone to work on spreading kindness as much as they can. And a good way to do that is to simply lend a listening ear. When you sit and listen to someone talking about difficulties they are going through you need to really listen. Don’t just pretend to listen and then change the subject. Listen. That is the goal for this week. Listen, listen, listen. You may learn something in the process too. Too many people negatively judge other people who are living harsh difficult lives, but do not spend any time talking with those people to find out how they really are doing. Yes, there are some very good, understanding, people in the world today too. And they definitely are very much loved and appreciated.

I learned while I was still in high school that not everyone can do easily found low-paying labor type jobs. I went with a friend to work during the summer in orchards. We started out by thinning the small fruits up in the trees. It only took me two days to realize that I would never be able to perform that type of job because of my physical body health problems. So I had to quit at the end of Day 2 and try to find something different to do. This is the way life is. Not everyone you know can live on the street as a homeless person and actually survive that. Not everyone can do any kind of low paying job because of the physical body health that is needed to actually complete that work. Many people need help coming up with alternatives and other solutions to help them get through a difficult time. That is where you can step in and lend an ear. Listen well. And if an idea seems to pop in at you while they are talking to you, then maybe that idea is something you are supposed to share with them. That can be your gift to them.

Today’s economy has quite a bit to do with much of the difficulties that many normal everyday people are experiencing now. And solutions are not as easily found as they were several years ago. There are now many PhD degree people and many Masters Degree people that are on welfare or working at extremely low paying jobs that require no experience at all. That is if they are able to find a job at all. Many of them are in the unemployment lines, and have been there for a very long time. Many of them are on food stamps too. And of course US laws now make it almost impossible for student loans to be listed in bankruptcies. Almost impossible, not completely impossible but almost.

Simply acting as a kind person, spreading kindness, will be a huge gift to someone you know who might be experiencing some difficulties today. Kindness is very much appreciated by many. Did you know that some schools today are spreading teachings and acts of kindness? What a wonderful gift.

The kindness I am talking about in this article is about using the task of listening as your act of spreading kindness this week. Spread this message to others too. Help spread this lesson around and maybe more people will start feeling a bit better and finding some solutions to their difficulties. Also, this would probably be a good thing to write down in your journal after you have completed your listening tasks this week.

Learn from life’s difficulties this week.

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Old Recipes Are Interesting Too

Support — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:12:16 +0000

Copyright 2013, Nancy Eastman, GoldenRule4everyone.com

This week’s goal for everyone is to explore old history. I went through some of my old public domain books and found some that are about cooking. I had to do more searching to locate a publication date and other publication information in the books, and the publication date and other information in the US puts them in the US Public Domain. If you live in another country then you need to check your copyright laws.

I thought perhaps some of you might enjoy a look at a few of the recipes in this book. Today I have focused on beverages. Some people might be allergic to some of the ingredients in these beverages, so read carefully. I have included several different ones from this volume, so hopefully everyone can find several recipes that might be interesting to explore.

Enjoy looking through this. Also, you should explore public domain books. There are some public domain books that of course some of us folks will definitely not want to read, but there are others that are extremely interesting and are good additions to our library.

If you find this book really interesting, then try clicking on the Amazon Link and do a search for “Woman’s Institute Library of Cookery.” I did that myself and found quite a few books at Amazon. They have ebook versions and paper book versions. Why do I push paper copies of books? Yes, I definitely believe in and love electronic copies of books and other things. But I also believe in having paper copies if at all possible. That way if something happens and there is no access to electricity, then the paper books are available to read and research for information. So if you can afford it (which some people can’t) then I highly recommend getting paper copies of information you want to have available in case it is needed.

WOMAN’S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOLUME FIVE

Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making,

Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; The Planning of Meals

Copyright 1917-1918 Great Britain

Published in 1921 in the United States

No US Copyright listed in the book

Author: Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

In the US Public Domain

PREPARATION OF FRUIT BEVERAGES

83. LEMONADE.–Next to water, no other drink is so refreshing nor quenches the thirst to so great an extent as lemonade. Lemonade is suitable for many occasions, and as lemons can be purchased at any time of the year it can be made at almost any season. The lemon sirup prepared for this beverage may be used as desired, for if it is put in a cool place it will keep for a long time. The more the sirup is boiled down, the better will it keep. A tablespoonful or two of glucose or corn sirup added to such mixtures when they are boiled will help to keep them from crystallizing when they stand.

LEMONADE

(Sufficient to Serve Six)

1 c. sugar

1 qt. water

1/2 c. lemon juice

Make a sirup by boiling the sugar and water for a few minutes, and set aside to cool. Add the lemon juice and then dilute with ice water to suit the taste. Serve in glasses and garnish each one with a slice of lemon or a red cherry.

84. ORANGEADE.–While not so acid in flavor as lemonade, orangeade is also a delightful drink. On warm days, drinks of this kind should take the place of the hot ones that are generally used during the cold weather.

ORANGEADE

(Sufficient to Serve Six)

3/4 c. sugar

1 qt. water

1/2 c. orange juice

3 Tb. lemon juice

Make a sirup of the sugar and 1 cupful of the water. Allow this to become cool and then add the fruit juices and the remaining water. Pour into glasses and garnish each glass with a slice of orange, a red cherry, or a fresh strawberry.

85. GRAPE LEMONADE.–An excellent combination in the way of a beverage is lemonade and grape juice. Besides adding flavor to the lemonade, the grape juice gives it a delightful color.

GRAPE LEMONADE

(Sufficient to Serve Six)

1 qt. lemonade

1 c. grape juice

Prepare the lemonade in the manner explained in Art. 83. Add the grape juice to the lemonade and stir well. Serve ice cold in glasses.

86. PINEAPPLE LEMONADE.–Another variation of lemonade is produced when pineapple juice is added to it. To garnish this beverage, a slice of lemon and a spoonful of grated pineapple are generally used. This pineapple beverage is delightful with wafers or small cakes as refreshments for informal social affairs during hot weather.

PINEAPPLE LEMONADE

(Sufficient to Serve Six)

1 c. water

3/4 c. sugar

3 c. ice water

1 c. juice from canned pineapple

3 lemons

Make a sirup of the water and sugar, and set aside to cool. Add the ice water, the pineapple juice, and the juice of the lemons. Stir well, strain, and serve. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a spoonful of grated pineapple added to each glass.

87. MINT JULEP.–Mint drinks are not served so often as some of the other fruit beverages, but those with whom they find favor will undoubtedly be delighted with mint julep prepared according to the following recipe:

MINT JULEP

(Sufficient to Serve Eight)

4 sprigs mint

1 c. sugar

1 qt. water

1 c. red cherry juice

1/2 c. pineapple juice

1/2 c. orange juice

1/4 c. lemon juice

Crush the mint with the sugar, using a potato masher or a large spoon. Add the water and fruit juices and strain. Serve over crushed ice and garnish the glasses with sprigs of mint. Tall, narrow glasses are especially attractive for serving this drink.

88. FRUIT NECTAR.–The term nectar was used by the early Greeks to mean the drink of the gods. Now it is often applied to an especially delightful beverage. Pineapple combined with lemon is always good, but when orange juice is also used, an excellent nectar is the result.

FRUIT NECTAR

(Sufficient to Serve Eight)

3/4 c. sugar

2 c. water

1-1/2 c. orange juice

1 c. pineapple juice

1/2 c. lemon juice

Boil the sugar and water for 2 minutes and then cool. Add the fruit juices, strain, and serve over cracked ice.

89. RED-RASPBERRY NECTAR.–A beverage that is pleasing to the eye, as well as delightful to the taste, can be made by combining red-raspberry juice and lemon juice with the required amount of sugar and water. The juice from canned raspberries may be used for this drink.

RED-RASPBERRY NECTAR

(Sufficient to Serve Six)

1/2 c. sugar

2 c. water

1/2 c. lemon juice

1-1/2 c. red raspberry juice

Boil the sugar and water for 2 minutes and allow the sirup to become cool. Then add the fruit juices, strain, and serve over cracked ice.

90. SPICE CUP.–Occasionally a spice drink seems to be just what is desired. When this is the case, the directions given in the accompanying recipe for spice cup should be followed.

SPICE CUP

(Sufficient to Serve Eight)

1-1/2 c. sugar

1-1/2 pt water

12 cloves

2-in. stick cinnamon

3 lemons

4 oranges

2 drops oil of wintergreen

Boil the sugar, water, and spices together for 5 minutes and allow the sirup to become cool. Add the juice of the lemons and oranges and the wintergreen oil and serve in glasses over cracked ice. Garnish each glass with slices of orange and lemon or a piece of preserved ginger.

91. FRUIT PUNCH.–As fruit beverages are very often served at small receptions, club meetings, or parties, a recipe that will make a sufficiently large quantity is often desired. The amounts mentioned in the following recipe will make enough fruit punch to serve thirty to forty persons if punch glasses are used, or sixteen to twenty if ordinary drinking glasses are used.

FRUIT PUNCH

2-1/2 c. sugar

1 qt. water

2 c. fruit juice (raspberry, strawberry, or cherry)

6 oranges

6 lemons

1 pt. can grated pineapple

1 c. strong black tea (strained)

1 qt. carbonated water

Boil the sugar and water for 2 minutes and allow the sirup to become cool. Then add the fruit juice, the juice of the oranges and lemons, the pineapple, and the tea. Just before serving, add the carbonated water, which lends a sparkling appearance and a snappy taste to a beverage of this kind. Pour over cracked ice into sherbet or punch glasses or into tall narrow ones.

92. GINGER-ALE PUNCH.–As most persons like the flavor of ginger ale, punch containing ginger ale is always a favorite when a large company of persons is to be served. The quantity that the accompanying recipe makes will serve twenty to twenty-five persons if punch glasses are used, or ten to twelve persons ifdrinking glasses are used.

GINGER-ALE PUNCH

1-1/2 c. sugar

1 pt. water

2 lemons

3 oranges

1 pt. grape juice

4 sprigs fresh mint (crushed)

1 lemon sliced thin

1 qt. ginger ale

Boil the sugar and water for 2 minutes and allow the sirup to become cool. Drill the juice from the lemons and oranges and add this with the grape juice, crushed mint, and sliced lemon to the sirup. Just before using, add the ginger ale and serve over cracked ice.

SOFT DRINKS

93. A class of very popular non-stimulating beverages are the SOFT DRINKS sold at the soda fountains. Many of them can also be bought in bottles and so may be purchased and served at home. These drinks really consist of carbonated water and a flavoring material that is either prepared chemically and colored or made of fruit extracts. Sometimes ice cream is added, and the drink is then called ice-cream soda.

94. Soft drinks include phosphates, ginger ale, coca cola, birch beer, root beer, and various other drinks called mashes, sours, and freezes. While these are pleasing to the taste and have the advantage of being ready to drink when prepared, it is advisable not to indulge in them too frequently, because excessive use of them is liable to affect the system. Besides, beverages that are just as satisfactory as these so far as flavor is concerned and that are made of much better material can be prepared at home at far less cost. With these drinks, as with other commercially prepared articles of food, the cost of preparation and service in addition to the cost of materials must be paid for by the consumer.

NOURISHING BEVERAGES

95. Many times it is necessary or desirable to administer food in the form of liquid. When this is to be done, as much nourishment as possible should generally be incorporated into the beverage. To meet such a need, the following recipes are presented. In each case, the quantities mentioned make a drink sufficient for only one person, so that if more than one are to be served the amounts should be multiplied by the number desired. The food materials used in these drinks are easily digested, and the beverages are comparatively high in food value.

96. At most soda fountains, these nourishing drinks are offered for sale, so that if one does not desire the work of preparation, they may be obtained at such places. However, as practically all the ingredients are materials used in the home and are therefore nearly always on hand in most households, drinks of this kind may be prepared at home at much less cost than when purchased already made. The main thing to remember in their preparation is that the ingredients should be as cold as possible and that the beverage should be cold when served.

97. The beverages containing eggs may be made in more than one way. They may be mixed in a bowl or an enamelware dish with a rounded bottom and then beaten with a rotary egg beater, or they may be mixed in a metal shaker designed especially for this purpose and then shaken thoroughly in that. In drinks of this kind, the point to remember is that the eggs should be beaten or shaken until they are light and foamy.

98. CHOCOLATE SIRUP.–While chocolate sirup is not a beverage in itself, it is used to such an extent in beverages, as well as an accompaniment to numerous desserts, that it is well for the housewife to know how to prepare it. It may be kept an indefinite length of time if it is put into a glass jar and sealed. Here, as in the preparation of other sirups, a tablespoonful or two of corn sirup or glucose will help to keep the sirup from crystallizing.

CHOCOLATE SIRUP

4 sq. chocolate

1 c. water

3/4 c. sugar

Melt the chocolate in a saucepan, stir in the water, and add the sugar. Boil until a thick sirup is formed.

99. PLAIN MILK SHAKE.–A pleasant variation for milk is the plain milk shake here given. Even those who are not fond of milk and find it hard to take like it when it is prepared in this way.

PLAIN MILK SHAKE

1 c. milk

2 tsp. sugar

Few drops of vanilla

Dash of nutmeg

Beat all the ingredients together with an egg beater or shake well in a shaker and serve in a glass with cracked ice.

100. EGG MILK SHAKE.–The simplest form of egg drink is the egg milk shake explained in the accompanying recipe. This is an extremely nutritious drink and is often served to invalids and persons who must have liquid nourishment.

EGG MILK SHAKE

3/4 c. milk

1 egg

1 Tb. sugar

Pinch of salt

Few drops of vanilla

Mix all the ingredients and beat the mixture with a rotary beater or shake it in a shaker. Serve in a glass over cracked ice.

101. EGG CHOCOLATE.–The addition of chocolate to an egg milk shake improves it very much and makes a drink called egg chocolate.

EGG CHOCOLATE

3/4 c. milk

1 egg

2 Tb. chocolate sirup

Few drops of vanilla

Pinch of salt

Mix all the materials and beat with an egg beater or shake thoroughly in a shaker. Serve in a glass with cracked ice.

102. CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK.–A preparation that is much used in nourishing drinks and that furnishes a great deal of nutrition is malted milk. This is made from cow’s milk and is blended by a scientific process with malted grains. It comes in powder form and may be purchased in bottles of various sizes. It is well to keep a good brand of malted milk on hand, as there are various uses to which it can be put.

CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK

3/4 c. milk

1 egg

2 Tb. malted milk

2 Tb. chocolate sirup

Few drops of vanilla

Pinch of salt

Mix and shake in a shaker or beat with a rotary egg beater. Serve in a glass with cracked ice.

103. ORANGE EGG NOG.–The accompanying recipe for egg nog requires orange for its flavoring, but any fruit juice may be substituted for the orange if desired. Pineapple and apricot juices are exceptionally good.

ORANGE EGG NOG

1/4 c. cream

1/4 c. milk

1 egg

1 Tb. sugar

2 oranges

Mix the cream, milk, egg, and sugar, beat well with an egg beater, and continue beating while adding the juice of the oranges. Serve in a glass over crushed ice.

104. FOAMY EGG NOG.–An egg nog can be made foamy and light by separating the eggs and beating the yolks and whites separately. Either cream or milk may be used for this drink, and it may be flavored with vanilla or fruit juice, as preferred. A small piece of red jelly beaten into the egg white makes this drink very attractive; or, jelly may be used as a flavoring and beaten with the ingredients.

FOAMY EGG NOG

2 eggs

1 Tb. sugar

1/2 c. cream or milk

2 Tb. fruit juice or 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Separate the yolks and whites of the eggs. Mix the yolks with the sugar, cream or milk, and the fruit juice or vanilla and beat thoroughly. Beat the whites stiff and fold into the first mixture, retaining a tablespoonful of the beaten white. Pour into a tall glass, put the remaining white on top, and serve.

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Goals — Talk About Old Time History With Kids And Family

Support — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:12:41 +0000

Week 15 of 52

January 27, 2013

What Do You Know About History? What Don’t You Know About History?

Have a discussion with your loved ones this week and see what everyone knows about history. What doesn’t everyone know about history? Why am I spending time on this subject? This is actually very important. Everyone can learn very important lessons from history. History shows us what happens when people do certain things. But if we don’t know real history facts then how can we learn those things? How can we learn the affects that certain activities have on people if we don’t hear what really happened in the past? Sit and talk about history stories and what it means to you and those you love. I have listed a series of questions below that you can read and discuss with each other. Maybe all of you know the answers to all the questions, and maybe you don’t. Some of these things are recent new information to me and I do not remember being taught some of these things long ago when I was in school. Schools should not alter or water down historical facts. History should be taught exactly as it really was.

I have tried to find the accurate answers to each one of these questions I have listed below. Hopefully I found the best, truest answers. If you have a question about these, feel free to explore it on the Internet and see what you come up with. I have listed the questions first and do not have the answer next to the question. When you get to the bottom of the list of questions you will see the list of answers to the questions.

QUESTIONS:

Question One: Who “discovered” North America? (Also, talk about the word “discovery” with your loved ones.)

Question Two: Who “discovered” South America? (What does “discovery” mean?)

Question Three: How many US Presidents, and which Presidents, owned slaves?

Question Four: Who discovered alternating electrical current?

Question Five: Who invented the electric chair?

Question Six: What did the Native American Indians teach the early Virginia settlers?

Question Seven: When did slavery begin in the Virginia area? (Yes, this apparently is when it started in the US)

Question Eight: Were the early colonies in the US area actually free?

Question Nine: When was Schenectady New York burned and people killed, and who did this to them?

Question Ten: When Roger Williams had to flee because he had attacked the charter and the laws, who took him in so he survived that winter?

Question Eleven: Do you know who Roger Williams was?

Question Twelve: Who was attacked in those early years in addition to the Quakers?

Question Thirteen, part 1: What “lively experiment” did Roger Williams perform in the Providence (Rhode Island) area that had never been done before?

Question Thirteen, part 2: What is Roger Williams of Rhode Island most famous for?

Question Fourteen: Do you know who Phyllis Wheatley was? She was born in 1753 and died in 1784.

Question Fifteen: Who was the Father of Radio?

Question Sixteen: Who took the first X-Ray photographs?

ANSWERS:

Question One Answer: John Cabot “discovered” North America in 1497; but actually Leif Ericson also found it around 1000. As far as I know at this time, no signs of him and his group of people were left behind. Also, North America already had a lot of people living there. So what does the word “discovery” actually mean. North America was new to those men that “discovered” it, but it was already inhabited by Native Americans. A real good challenge for you and your loved ones is to do some research about the North and South American continent and when Native Americans first appeared. How long ago did they find North America? Shouldn’t they be celebrated as the original discoverers of North America? If you explore this question on the Internet you may also find a few other answers to this question.

Question Two Answer: Christopher Columbus “discovered” South America on his third voyage in 1498. So if John Cabot “discovered” North America in 1497, then he actually found the American continent before Columbus did. That is, if this information and these dates are accurate. I have researched this for quite a while now and this seems to be what most historians are saying. Spend some time researching information on Christopher Columbus. He was very much into slavery. There is a lot of information on this now that I was not taught when I was in school long ago. Are they teaching any of the accurate information now? When did the first Native people start living on the continent of South America?

Question Three Answer: I am still learning this subject myself. The information I have right now says that twelve US Presidents owned slaves. They did not all own slaves while they were Presidents, but they did own slaves at some point in their lives. These Presidents were: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan (yes and no, he purchased slaves and then quickly turned them into indentured servants), Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S Grant.

Question Four Answer: Nikola Tesla discovered alternating electrical current.

Question Five Answer: Thomas Edison invented the electric chair.

Question Six Answer: The Native American Indians taught the early Virginians how to grow corn; how to make maple sugar; how to spear fish through the ice in the winter and how to pack the fish in the snow until they wanted to cook it; how to tan deerskins; how to make moccasins, snow shoes, and birch bark canoes.

Question Seven Answer: In 1619 a Dutch man-of-war ship sold “twenty Negars” to John Rolfe, a tobacco planter.

Question Eight Answer: No, definitely not. Certain religious churches were the only ones that were accepted, and others – like Quakers – were scourged, imprisoned, flogged, and some were hanged. Not everyone agreed with this and it was eventually stopped.

Question Nine Answer: In 1690 a force of French men and Native American Indians from Canada attacked Schenectady, burned it down, and massacred most of the people.

Question Ten Answer: Massasoit on Narragansett Bay took in Roger Williams; he stayed with them until that next spring.

Question Eleven Answer: Roger Williams founded the colony of Providence, Rhode Island.

Question Twelve Answer: Baptists and Episcopalians were attacked by colonists, as were the Quakers.

Question Thirteen, part 1 Answer: Roger Williams’ experiment was that absolute religious liberty was guaranteed to all.

Question Thirteen, part 2 Answer: Roger Williams planted the colony of Rhode Island on the basis of absolute religious freedom for all. He obtained a patent from England that gave the colony the power of self government.

Question Fourteen Answer: She was America’s first black poet. She was born in Africa, then kidnapped and sent on a slave ship to America when she was seven years old. She was a slave but ended up being raised as one of the family. She was later freed.

Question Fifteen Answer: Nikola Tesla was the father of radio.

Question Sixteen Answer: Nikola Tesla took the first x-ray photographs.

I hope this has given you and your loved ones some things to think about. You all may have already known these facts, but maybe some of this was new to you too. Continue exploring history this week and see what else you can discover. Enjoy your time on this exploration trek!

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RSS Ideas And Information

Support — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:44:51 +0000

Posted by Nancy Eastman, Copyright 2013

In one of my daily Internet activity searches I came across an article about RSS and various options to read RSS feeds. This article is dated 2010, but it does have some very interesting information in it. If you have been having questions about RSS, as I have, then take a look at this article and explore the suggestions. Some of the applications may be old now, so check for updates if you do a search on the Internet for some of these RSS applications that are mentioned in the article I have posted below.

I am still exploring these RSS feed options. I plan on experimenting and trying at least one for my own laptop. Hopefully these options will help me understand RSS better and get the RSS feed working better on GoldenRule4Everyone website.

Here is where I read this detailed information about RSS: “Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.”

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/05/rss-newsreaders.html

Thank you again to those of you who continue to come back to this website and read the new Blog posts and new pages added. I have been working on adding to this website at least once a week. There are still huge problems with the comments. Many other websites are also having this same problem, being hit very heavily with SPAM comments.

Goals — Watch Most Famous Movies And Documentaries

Support — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:37:40 +0000

Week 14 of 52

January 20, 2013

What Movies, Documentaries, and Other Videos Are Good To Watch With Everyone?

Did you spend time exploring old books last week? This week it is time to move on to movies, documentaries, and other videos. And not necessarily only the newest ones either. Some old movies are very good to watch depending on what you and your loved ones’ interests are. If you take a look at the Reviews section of this website you will see that I don’t always put a review there on the newest movies that are available. I post reviews on movies that I think would be good for many people to watch numerous times and discuss with each other. I still believe in everyone maintaining a paper book library, but I also believe in electronic versions of books, and added to that is including movies from long ago and from more modern times to the library.

This week you could talk to your loved ones about some of the favorite movies from long ago, and then also favorite movies from modern times. Was there a favorite TV show or movie that everyone in your family and all your loved ones enjoyed long ago? What are the favorites today? Are there movies or documentaries that you are interested in but have not watched? Perhaps those would be good ones to try to explore this week.

This list is short this week, but it is still very important for everyone to work on doing with your loved ones.

1. Create a list this week of your favorite entertainment such as movies, documentaries, and other videos. Be sure to include everyone’s favorites. Ask your loved ones to also write down their favorites. Do you have older relatives that are still alive today; relatives that you could talk to on the phone or possibly visit in person? What are their favorites?

2. Spend some time together this week exploring videos, movies, and documentaries that are available today; check old ones and also new ones. Explore the Internet and also the Library for ideas. If you have kids I am sure they will love this task!

3. Which ones on the list you created do all your loved ones enjoy watching? Is there one that all of you, or most of you, really like to watch? Highlight the most favorite ones on your lists.

4. The last step is to gather everyone together and spend time watching the top most favorite movie or documentary. Then try to find some additional time this week to watch at least one more movie or documentary with your loved ones. You can add additional movies as you can find the time for everyone to participate.

5. When you have finished watching your favorite(s) spend some time together just talking about what you enjoyed in that movie. What did you learn from it? Did you spend time talking with your loved ones instead of being busy at other things?

Enjoy the time you spend with your loved ones this week. These activities are a good way to get to know your loved ones better, and to feel closer to each other. If everyone enjoyed doing this task this week, you could schedule this again sometime. Add it to your calendar.

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Government Games

Support — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:12:59 +0000

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What games do people in power play on those people who do not have power or money or powerful people supporting them? Many of you may already be familiar with this one, because it is a very popular movie, and the book it is based on is also very popular.

I recently posted a review of the movie “The Hunger Games” in the Review section of GoldenRule4Everyone.com website. This movie definitely gives everyone a lot of things to think about and ideas to consider.

Please read my review …. you can click on this link to go to that page: The Hunger Games Movie Review.

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Goals — Old Books

Support — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:32:51 +0000

Week 13 of 52

January 13, 2013

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Check Into Public Domain Books On The Internet

Old books are very interesting to read. They talk about things from very long ago. Sometimes you can find information that you were never taught in school. You can also explore how to create things yourself.

1. First, I suggest that you explore the Library pages here at GoldenRule4Everyone.com. I have posted some US public domain books and individual stories in this library. The ones you will see there are: American Negro Slavery, Chief Joseph – Young Joseph, Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), Did You Know, The Little People, The Boys And The Frogs, The Farmer And The Stork, The Fox And The Goat, The Lion And The Donkey, and The Swallow And The Crow.

2. Next, create a list of subjects that you might be interested in. Remember, long ago technology and all life tasks back then were very different than they are today.

3. Are you interested in music, art, cooking, growing plants, farm animals, what was taught to kids, or history facts from way back when? These are all good subjects to explore.

4. My most favorite public domain website is: http://archive.org/index.php. Go to their website and explore. You will need to check their information on copyrights prior to exploring the site so you are up to date on any applicable laws. Plan on spending some time there because they have a lot of public domain documents and also other documents and items at that website.

5. Here is another public domain website that you can explore: http://www.gutenberg.org/. Project Gutenberg website states that their public domain books are free of copyright in the United States, but might not be free of copyright in other countries. You will need to explore that if you are living in another country.

6. Spend some time with your loved ones this week discussing some of these old books and other things that you have discovered. And be sure that each of you has explored individual interests while exploring some of these very old books.

Enjoy exploring this week. What things have you been interested in but have not been able to explore? What was life like for your great great grandparents a very long time ago? What was real true history like way back then?

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Goals — How Are Local Schools Handling Things Today

Support — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:20:07 +0000

Week 12 of 52

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January 6, 2013

Do They Arrest Kids Instead of Using Discipline

This week is a focus on kids and their experiences in schools, public and private. Those of you who do not have kids, this is also a very important issue for you to look at. This is a parenting issue, but is also an issue for everyone. How people are treated or mistreated is something that everyone, of every age, should be very knowledgeable about.

I became aware of this problem in the United States in today’s world by checking into various news stories. Fortunately my kids are adults, but my grandkids are still in public school. Yes kids can really act out in school. Kids can do all kinds of things they should not do. But what things should they be arrested for and what things should they receive “discipline” for?

My first suggestion to everyone is to go to the Kids and Parents News page on this GoldenRule4Everyone.com website. There are stories listed under the heading “Kids” and there are stories listed under the heading “Parents.” You can simply read the titles of the various news stories, or you can also click on a few of them and read the news story too. Quite a few stories are about kids and schools, But there are also some other stories listed there that will probably make you pause and wonder about it. Click on this link and it will take you to that page: http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/parenting-2/parenting-news/important-news-kids-parents/. Also, there is a story in the Parenting section of this website that you might find interesting too. Check this one out: http://www.goldenrule4everyone.com/parenting-2/parenting-news/school-against-child-that-had-kombucha-in-lunchbox/

1. Have a discussion with your loved ones this week about what actions you think should get someone arrested and what actions should a child receive other types of discipline for.

2. Think about this from the viewpoint of an adult. Should you, as an adult, be arrested or fined heavily for being late to work? Yes, if you do it too many times you could lose your job. But should the police fine you heavily for that? Now, what about kids in school; some kids being late to school gets them fined and sometimes arrested by the police, and sometimes parents are arrested. Discuss this issue in depth with your loved ones and your friends this week.

3. If kids have a difficult time attending school because of abuse they receive at school by other kids, should the abused kids be fined by the police when they don’t want to go to school? Shouldn’t the school have to be responsible for doing something about the abuse and harassment and cruelty that some students inflict on other students in that school? Discuss this in depth with your loved ones and see if you can help come up with some good solutions to this difficulty that exists in so many places today.

4. Can you and your loved ones come up with some creative, positive, solutions to this difficulty that exists in so many places today? If you do feel that you have some really good ideas, then go to the Internet and share it with others, and also try sharing it with other parents and schools in the area you live in. This is a kindness for others task that you could do this week.

5. My news information on this subject is mainly focused on the United States. If you live in another country then spend some time exploring the news for your area and see what is happening there. Are there good things happening? Are there bad things happening? Try going through the steps I listed above and see what you and your loved ones feel about whatever is happening in your area. US citizens, I suggest you also explore the Internet for more updated news on this issue.

6. One added thing. While most of this focus has been on the treatment of students in school for various things they did in school ….. also check into the problem of kids not being allowed to eat the lunch they brought from home. Some schools check all the lunches that students brought from home, and if the school doesn’t like the lunch then the kids are forced to buy lunch cooked by that school. How are the schools in your area doing? What are their policies on all of these various issues? How do you and your loved ones feel about what is happening in your area? Happy? Not happy?

Awareness is a difficult thing to achieve sometimes. Awareness of things going on around you can be difficult. But it also helps you and your loved ones make your way through any of those difficulties. It also helps children, youth, teens, and young adults. Spend your time this week discussing this topic in as many ways as possible.

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Update On Recent Posts

Support — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:58:09 +0000

Hopefully you have not been having problems with the RSS feed at this website today. I have been working on some SPAM and possible Hacking attacks, so temporarily shut a few things off. Those are turned back on now.

TODAY, I posted the Week 11 of 52 Goals post. This one is about: Tolerance, Freedom, Respect, Responsibility, and Kindness for the New Year 2013. You can read that post here: Goals — 6 Ways To Move Into The New Year With Responsibility.

Also, today I added Chapter 14 to the “American Negro Slavery” book that I am working on adding to this website. Chapter 14 is about “Plantation Management” and you can read it here: Plantation Management.

This last week I spent quite a bit of time checking out news on the Internet. Wow, some of the true news stories I found will make you shake your head a bit. And I added a couple of good news stories to the Kindness page too. Even if you don’t want to read the entire news articles, simply reading the titles of the various news stories will give you something to think about for a while. Check them out by clicking on these links.

A few days ago I posted a Book Review on the book: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. Yes this book has been around for quite a while. Also a movie was made from the book quite a few years ago. One thing you need to know about the movie is that a few things were changed in the movie, so not everything in the movie was factual history. If you want to know real true history of what happened to Native Americans (Indians) many years ago, then this book is a must read. Click on this link and it will take you to my book review: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Book Review.

Enjoy moving into the New Year 2013 and spend some time with your loved ones and friends. Look forward to a New Year and a New Day.

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Goals — 6 Ways To Move Into The New Year With Responsibility

Support — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:42:19 +0000

Week 11 of 52

December 30, 2012

Have Your Family and Loved Ones Talk About Tolerance, Freedom, Respect, Responsibility, and Kindness, and How To Work On It In 2013

”What is the matter with you? Why are you helping them out? Let them figure it out themselves!” Have you ever heard something like this said to you or someone you know, or have you or someone you know said something like this to someone else? What is a loving soul like? What is a giving soul like? And what is a greedy taking soul like? This isn’t as simple as many people might think it is. Today’s world is a good place to learn about this complicated subject because many extreme difficulties are being forced onto many people. Yes, there are the lazy ones that just want to sit back and let everyone else do everything. But there are so many extremely negative things happening in today’s economy that there are many, many, many, many people being forced into very difficult situations that they cannot control and have a hard time finding solutions for.

This week is the beginning of the New Year 2013. This is a perfect time for you and your loved ones to sit back and spend some time discussing what tolerance, freedom, respect, responsibility, and kindness is all about. How are you and your loved ones doing now? Is life smooth for you, or is life hitting you with all kinds of hard experiences? How are your friends doing?

1. What is a selfish person like? What is a very unselfish person like? This category fits really well into the topics of tolerance and kindness. I read an article online some time ago about how unselfish colleagues are frequently not liked by their co-workers. I got permission to post a copy of the article here on GoldenRule4Everyone.com. It discusses this issue in depth. Read this article and share it with your loved ones and have a discussion about it. What goals can you create for 2013 that will include some kindness and tolerance towards unselfish people? Click on this link and read the article here: People Don’t Like Unselfish Colleagues

2. If you and your loved ones are like me, then you read a lot of news on the Internet. And a lot of the news is very negative. It does help us to open our eyes really wide though, so we can see what is happening and how people are behaving towards others. Recently I spent some time searching out information about kindness. I posted a brief article here about it. Spend some time this week discussing kindness and what it means to you and your loved ones. And then you can go to the Kindness page on this GoldenRule4Everyone.com website and you will find some links to news articles about kindness. It sure lifted me up a bit after reading all of that. Kindness has to do with consideration, thoughtfulness, and kindheartedness. The opposite of kindness is cruelty. This week spend some time talking to each other about kindness and how you can add it to your goals for 2013. Also, you can view my links to the kindness articles by clicking on this link to my webpage: Kindness

3. Tolerance is a little bit different than kindness. This is definitely a good one to talk about. We don’t all have to agree with everyone else and like what everyone else does. This is where the subject sometimes gets complicated. No, we don’t and should not have tolerance towards people that abuse other people, or people that steal things and do other criminal acts. But if someone has a different belief than we do, or a different lifestyle than we do, or different pursuits than we do, that does not mean that we should dislike them or be intolerant of them. This is complicated and is a very good thing for you and your loved ones to have your own discussion about. Look up the definition and synonyms for the word “tolerance.” You will see that it has to do with patience and open-mindedness, as well as a few other things. Set some goals for 2013 for you and your loved ones to include acts of tolerance in your daily lives. The Welcome page of GoldenRule4Everyone.com lists the Golden Rule from many different religious beliefs, and also includes some quotes from Native Americans. And all this definitely fits into the subject of “Tolerance.” You can read the Golden Rule quotes by clicking on this link: Welcome

4. Next is another difficult one. Responsibility. What is it all about and what does it mean for each one of us? This is another really good subject for you and your loved ones to discuss this week, and plan to put it into action in 2013. Responsibility involves all kinds of things, including tasks and trustworthiness. You and your loved ones should talk about what responsibility really means and what it involves for each of you. Be sure to include emotional things such as spreading love to others that you feel close to. I can still remember when I was a kid and my grandfather lived with us for a short time. My mother was a nurse and granddad was sick, so mom took care of him. We had another woman stay with him during the day (while mom was at work) until I got home from school. Then she left and I took over caring for my granddad until mom got home. And I felt that my responsibility was to be sure he was okay and see if he needed me to bring him food or something else. It was a responsibility I had and I always enjoyed talking to him and caring for him for that short period of time. Responsibility can involve many things; they can be simple and they can be hard and very difficult to handle. Spend time this week talking with your family about how each person feels about responsibility.

5. The next thing to consider this week, and spend time discussing with your loved ones, is the subject of “Respect.” This can be interpreted several different ways. Some people overly abuse the word respect and expect everyone around them to look at them like they are really high up on the ladder and must be bowed down to. However, respect can also mean appreciation and consideration or thoughtfulness. Respect people to have the right to their own opinion. Respect people to be able to make their own decisions. Those subjects can be difficult sometimes. That is why it is good for you and your loved ones to gather together and talk about this subject this week. What does respect mean to you? How can you and your loved ones fit it into your goals for 2013? Some people yell at other people just because they didn’t like the way that other person was looking at them. Where does respect fit into this subject? That one thing could sure give you and your loved ones something to talk with each other about this week!

6. The last goal to explore this week is about “Freedom.” In today’s world that is something that is getting more and more tenuous as we progress along a dangerous path. Be sure to spend time this week discussing this with your loved ones. What is freedom? What does it mean to you? What does it mean to your loved ones? Where have the freedom lines been moved to where you live? Do you have freedom? Maybe you have freedom but others around you don’t? Or maybe others around you have freedom but you don’t? You can find a lot of news on the Internet today that discusses some of these issues. You and your loved ones should discuss this and figure out what this subject is all about and how you can live in it in 2013. Freedom means choice, independence, and free will. The opposite of freedom is restriction. Remember though, freedom doesn’t work without tolerance, respect, responsibility, and kindness. They all fit together. As I have posted in the picture at the top of the GoldenRule4Everyone.com website, freedom is a two-way thing.

Enjoy moving into the New Year 2013 this week with your loved ones. Spend some time just enjoying simple things. Spread love and kindness to others.

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