Thursday, September 1, 2011

American Citizenship

Can We Pass The Test?

American Citizenship

I'm the daughter of an American soldier and with that comes pride of my American heritage, and love and pride for our country. I have thought of myself as being a patriot, which I am. But I have found out to my dismay, that we as Americans have not gone to any length to know enough about our country.

I feel very lucky that I was born here.

Online there is a citizenship test, similar to the test that those from other countries are required to take. I took the test and made a score of 6 out of a possible 11. I regarded that as a low score but the test said not that bad.

I was disappointed in myself, a daughter of a ww2 vet, who knew so little about my country.

It amazes me that those from other countries would sacrifice so much, their families and those they love to come to a country so different from their own.

They have to live in America five years, obtain good employment, and there are t hose that even marry American citizens to obtain citizenship to our country.

Many of them learn our language and have countless obstacles to overcome to stay in our country and obtain a citizenship that I have taken so easily for granted.

It makes me more grateful that I was born here, and it has opened my eyes that I need to be more informed about how country.

Bio Of Judy Arline Puckett

I am currently residing in Monroe, La.
I begin writing at the age of 11, and Im 54 now.
I am the mother of three and the grandmother of five.
I love creative writing, poetry, digital Art, Art, photography, jazz, and blues music. < br> I write poetry and lyrics on every topic. War, peace, love, heArtache, religion, and abortion, which I oppose.
I hope to write meaningful and worthwhile words that will touch heArts and make a difference in life.

A poet is the voice for those who are without words. - Judy Arline Puckett


Author:: Judy Arline Puckett
Keywords:: American Citizenship
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Jewelry Making for Fun and Profit

There is an old adage that says work isnt really work if you enjoy what youre doing. If one of your hobbies is jewelry making, why not turn this activity into a source of income? Youre already having fun anyway, and it wouldnt take a whole lot more to share your jewelry creations with people who would appreciate them and be more than happy to pay for them. With a bit of extra effort, time management and discipline, jewelry making is a great way to have fun and make a bit of extra money on the side.

Whether youre a novice about to enter the jewelry making field for the first time or whether youve been doing this for some time now, there are always several basic factors to consider. First, its important to have an adequate amount of space where you can work unbothered for a certain length of time each day and where you can store your jewelry making materials and tools. It doesnt have to be a large space, just a corner or room where you can concentrate on bringing your ideas to life and be free from undue distractions.

Second, if you havent already, decide on the kind of jewelry you are going to make. If youre just getting your feet wet in the jewelry making arena, start out with something simple. Think about what type of jewelry youd enjoy and feel comfortable wearing and go on from there. Whatever materials you might need are readily available either on the Internet or in a physical retail store. Then, as you become more adept at what youre doing, you can start exploring other, more complex jewelry making techniques. Remember, there is a plethora of information resources to help you make money from your hobby: books, specialty magazines, the Internet, and other jewelry makers.

After youve made a number of jewelry items, there are steps you can take to get other people interested in them. Be a walking advertisement for your jewelry making business. Wear some of your creations whenever you go out: wear them to work, when you go to the supermarket, or when you attend parties. Word of mouth is also a great way to let other people know about your jewelry making endeavor. Show some of your finished pieces to family and friends, and encourage them to spread the word.

The important thing to remember is that you continue to enjoy making jewelry and to take pride in your creations. Your love for jewelry making will be the key factor in maintaining your creativity level and it will help you come up with the designs that appreciative customers will buy. Never forget the fun factor in jewelry making, as this will be reflected in your work, and the profit factor will follow.

Sam Serio is an Internet Marketer, musician and a writer on the subject of jewelry and gemstones. For more information on jewelry and gemstones, we cordially invite you to visit http://www.morninglightjewelry.com to pick up your FREE copy of How To Buy Jewelry And Gemstones Without Being Ripped Off. This concise, informative s pecial report reveals almost everything you ever wanted to know about jewelry and gemstones, but were afraid to ask. Get your FREE report at http://www.morninglightjewelry.com


Author:: Sam Serio
Keywords:: making jewelry for profit, making jewelry for fun, Crafts, jewerly Crafts, making jewelry, Kits
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ML CHI Zadok and the Making of Gold

ATOMIC HIGH-SPIN TECHNOLOGY: - In 1950 B.C. there was a priest-king in Salem who understood the 'highward fire-stone' according to Gardner in 'Genesis of the Grail Kings'. His name was Melchizedek, and there is a secret or inner sanctum group of Mormons who follow his lead. The Mason (Joseph Smith was a 33rd Degree Mason, Brigham Young was a Mason too.) who founded this religion followed a path tred frequently in the expansion of esoteric manipulation. It continues to this very day with the OTO offshoots, Scientology and many other cults who believe in some very 'freaky' things. Most of the lay people will never get to know the ulterior motives of those who lead such organizations. The whole of the United States is one of their experiments according to many authors who have done excellent research in the matter. We will leave that portion of the issue until the next segment even though it isn't much of a 'mystery'. There are many things a reader should consider before jump ing (or attempting to) across that chasm.

As to why the fire-stone was called 'highward' by the ancient Mesopotamians, we shall now discover as we enter the realm of high-spin metallurgy. Solomon was a very adept person in metallurgy and other things of this order known as Rosicrucianism or Christian 'mystery schools' of the Masonic 'octopus'. I use octopus as a way of trying not to have to list names and titles that would fill this book.

THE TRANSMUTATION OF GOLD

Before commencing this section, it must be stressed that because of the potentially dangerous nature of an enterprise which deals with high-spin atoms, the explanations will be purposefully veiled and guarded. The following is, therefore, presented as a general overview, without detailing specific weights, temperatures, conditions or laboratory burn-times. This will prevent any ill-advised experimentation by unqualified enthusiasts and will avoid the contravention of prevailing international paten ts which govern the practice. Yes, Modern science is able to do the alchemical 'Great Work' as a purely physical thing now.

To begin, we should consider statements concerning the Philosophers' Stone made by the alchemists Lapidus and Eirenaeus Philalethes: 'The Philosophers' Stone is no stone, but a powder with the power to transmute base metals into gold and silver,' (25) and,

The stone which is to be the transformer of metals into gold must be sought in the precious metals in which it is enclosed and contained. It is called a stone by virtue of its fixed nature, and it resists the action of fire as successfully as any stone - but its appearance is that of a very fine powder, impalpable to the touch (imperceptible, like talcum powder), fragrant as to smell, in potency a most penetrative spirit, apparently dry, and yet unctuous, and easily capable of tingeing a plate of metal. The stone does not exist in nature, but has to be prepared by art, in obedience to natu re's laws. Thus, you see our stone is made of gold alone, yet it is not common gold. (26)

Each of these testimonies refers to the enigmatic stone being, in actuality, a fine powder, and in talking of the precious metals within which the stone is contained, modern practitioners refer not only to gold and silver but also to those metals which comprise the platinum group. These metals, along with platinum itself, are palladium Remember this when we get to cold fusion, under the Lithium heading., iridium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium - and because of their ultimate strengths they are used in surgical, optical and dental instruments, crucibles and thermo-couples, machine-bearings, electrical switch contacts and all manner of precision devices down to the tipping of needles and pen-nibs.

The metal that, in jewellery manufacture, is commonly known as 'white gold' is an alloy of gold coupled with palladium, which is said to have been first discovered in Brazil, Californ ia and the Urals in 1803, and was named after the asteroid Pallas in that year. Iridium, osmium and rhodium are also given the same date of discovery, with ruthenium following in 1843. However, the platinum-group metals were not truly discovered in the nineteenth century, this was at least one of them, namely iridium, was rediscovered, for iridium was originally a key fire-stone of ancient Sumer. Because of its bright silvery colour and the then non-invention of its latter-day name (applied in 1803 by virtue of its iridescence), the mysteriously described shining metal was long presumed from the old records to have been tin.

Iridium is a very rare element on Earth, but geologists have discovered its existence in quantities up to thirty times the norm in crust layers where extraterrestrial meteorites containing the substance have landed in the distant past. (27) Iridium is, therefore, not so uncommon outside our own planet He later notes that rhodium and iridium make up 5% of the brain's clarified weight and suggests our alien ancestors needed it to maintain their power or Divine nature. This is one reason for eating live animal pineal glands to enhance psychic ability. If those animals have some of their own DNA it is better; so you might know why they harvest fetal material from Scarlet Women now. The Sumerians and ancient Egypt clearly knew about the properties of gold and of how to alloy it with other noble metals. The Master Craftsmen were adepts too in the workings of iridium, which just like gold, could be taken to the exotic 'highward' state of the 'shem-an-na'.

This means that they not only knew and worked with these metals, but that they understood the science of atoms and nuclei - for the 'highward' state of the white powder is only achieved through knowledge of the high-spin metallurgical experience. Only by understanding this part-physical and part-metaphysical science can one take a physical something and turn it into n othing by applying the principle of 0=(+1) + (-1). The IO Torus, Logos and Harmonics are all associatedInterestingly, the high-spin powder of gold has a distinct effect upon the pineal gland See entry on Thalami and its increased melatonin production, while the equivalent powder of iridium has its similar effect on the serotonin production of the pituitary gland.

Although the current names of the platinum-group metals are relatively new to us, the metals themselves are far from new. Recent tests have shown that, by dry-matter weight, over 5 per cent of our brain tissue is composed of iridium and rhodium in the high-spin state. (28)

So, what precisely is the highward or high-spin state which converts these noble metals into an impalpable white powder? A normal atom has around it a screening potential - a positive screening produced by the nucleus. The majority of electrons going round the nucleus are within this screening potential, except for the very outer elect rons. The nucleus goes to the highward or high-spin state when the positive screening potential expands to bring all of the electrons under the control of the nucleus. Refer to Solid State chemistry and the work of Don Robins as it relates to 'scavengers', microphages in the genetic structure also have an effect that may be similar. Can the meta-mind attune these electrons and bring their forward and reverse spins into conjunction?

These electrons normally travel around the nucleus in pairs - a spin-forward electron and a spin-reverse electron. But when these come under the influence of a high-spin nucleus Is this a conscious act?, all the spin-forward electrons become correlated with the spin-reverse electrons. When perfectly correlated, the electrons turn to pure 'white light' and it is impossible for the individual atoms in the high-spin substance to link together. (29)

Whether or not they can do these things today: they (Alchemists or Rosicrucians of the Grea t White Brotherhood of Master Craftsmen) certainly have done such things in the past. Did they learn the process from the remnants of a previous 'modern' human? That seems more likely to us than the alien explanation they want us to accept. Was there a program to keep these things super secret? There certainly should have been. In Morning of the Magicians Pauwels and Bergier tell about a meeting they had with Fulcanelli as well as a presentation he made to the Paris Academy of Sciences. One of these authors was a member of Heisenberg's team of scientists working on splitting the atom and the other was the editor of 'Earth' magazine. Fulcanelli warned about the dangers of the atomic forces that science was about to unleash and he explained how the Cathedrals were constructed to include the knowledge they were seeking. I've read his book which purports to include the keys to this knowledge. It is extremely cryptic in nature but I think if one was to be able to create the green vitreole of the stained glass windows (no easy art, but available in other places) then it might be true.

If these things are the explanation for Sodom and Gomorrah, or the vitrified rocks then we have some real concerns to address about our leaders and their willingness to do one thing and say another. It is very unlikely that this knowledge has not been the object of secret agents and the desire of monarchs and others' concerns for many millennia. We know Crowley, Hitler, and guys like Barrett ('Secret Societies') join the likes of Bacon and Dee in these quests. Truly power does corrupt and we know that when a few people have the power to do these kinds of things, it will eventually become a factor. The present situation seems to indicate that many people will have access to terrific uses of technology and we must not be as nave as the audience of Britannica was at the start of the 20th century when they wrote that torture was a thing of the past, as far as 'civiliz ed' Europe was concerned.

Author of Diverse Druids
Columnist for The ES Press Magazine
Guest 'expert' at World-Mysteries.com


Author:: Robert Baird
Keywords:: high-spin atomics, Gardner, Pendragon
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Read this Article if You Like Dolphins

Many people naturally like our Dolphin mammal cousins, they seem very nice and friendly and they seem to like us too. Well, especially if we give them free fish, while they are in captivity. And to them we are mostly harmless although some human fishermen do in fact get them caught in nets as they try to catch tuna fish that the Dolphins are following for food.

Dolphins are highly evolved and their Sonar works by bouncing sounds off objects and they can feel the differences in their teeth, which are slightly offset. This is an incredible ability and very few Mammals can do this.

Recently I was talking with a lady who use to work with dolphins and swim with them. She spent much of her life doing research and studying their language and Behaviors. She was convinced that they are so highly Inte lligent that they are perhaps smarter than the average human by quite a bit.

She also indicated that they liked to play practical jokes often and that she felt like they were laughing at her as she attempted to swim with them. Often she said they would play with her as companion, but also sometimes like child plays with a floating toy in a swimming pool. Interesting indeed. Think on this tonight.

Lance Winslow


Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: like dolphins, laughing at us, swimming pool, free fish, Sonar, Behavior, Intelligent, Mammals
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Gender Roles and the Algonquian Women

In this essay, I will identify the hardships placed upon Algonquian women by the English settler's concepts of gender roles. I will also describe the women's responses to the English settlers, and internal divisions between the Indian women and men.

Pre-contact Algonquian peoples invoked a divine division of labor to explain and justify differences between men's and women's roles on eArth (Shoemaker 29). Thus, women were in charge of domestic duties, which included the cultivation of maize and other plant foods. Men's duties included hunting, warfare, and the clearing of land for cultivation. English settlers were shocked by this division of labor; they regarded the male Indians as lazy for shunning farming and engaging in activities the English associated with the landed aristocracy's favorite pastimes.< /p>

The response to the English settlers by Algonquian men and women reveal internal divisions between the two. Powhatan, chief of the Algonquian confederacy, tried to make the English his allies by supplying them with corn and women, and, at one point, trying to adopt John Smith. On the other hand, the Algonquian women were suspicious of the English. Many of the women refused to have contact with them, and fled their homes in fear (Shoemaker 39).

Another response to the Englishmen's presence was to turn a female tradition of sexual hospitality into a weapon of war (Shoemaker 39). The women would lure Englishman to their villages, leaving their weapons behind, where they could be easily captured or killed.

Bibliography

Shoemaker, Nancy. Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native American Women. Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1994.

Mary Arnold is an author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Creative Writing.

Her writing portf olio may be viewed at http://www.Writing.com/authors/ja77521


Author:: Mary Arnold
Keywords:: gender roles, Native Americans
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Can't Afford Illness in America

I had become too sick to live in America.

Even with private insurance, even with Medicare, we couldnt keep up with our medical bills. So we found a country where we could, and we left.

Picture this: A childless, middle-aged couple both gainfully employed, both college educated, living a frugal but happy life, and the husband gets sick with an incurable chronic illness. The sick husband has to quit work because the illness is very serious. But, not to worry, after four long years and a legal battle, he gets on Social Security Disability and therefore qualifies for Medicare. There is also the added security of the wifes health insurance to cover the expensive prescriptions and everything else Medicare doesnt. Everything will be fine because they are insured, and they will continue to live a happy yet frugal life in spite of the chronic illness. Or will they?

In the fall of 2002, my wife and I found ourselves in the position of not being able to afford my il lness. I was afflicted with an incurable illness called Fibromyalgia Syndrome, a pain, and fatigue disorder that eventually leaves most of those afflicted unable to work. The decrease in my income plus the 10 prescriptions I took (not counting the drugs my wife had to take) to try to help control my illnesss symptoms were breaking us financially. Though we were insured, we could no longer afford to fund my illness. The co-pays, deductibles, and non-covered expenses were eating away at our financial security, bite after bite.

We found a sort of bitter consolation in the fact that we were not alone in our plight. It turns out that more than 50% of bankruptcies filed in 2001 were medically related and were middle-class homeowners who not only had an income but also health insurance. The prevailing myth that most bankruptcies are related to credit card debt is not true. Less than 1% of filed bankruptcies are due to credit card debt.

Researchers found that in those su rveyed, 1.9 to 2.2 million U.S. residents filed a medical bankruptcy. The average person filing for bankruptcy during the 2001 period spent $13,460 on co-payments, deductibles, and uncovered services even though they had private insurance.

Our study is frightening. Unless you're Bill Gates, you're just one serious illness away from bankruptcy. Most of the medically bankrupt were average Americans who happened to get sick. Health insurance offered little protection, said Dr. David Himmelstein, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who led the study.

Another one of the studys authors, Elizabeth Warren, said, It doesn't take a medical catastrophe to create a financial catastrophe. A larger share of American workers are going to have insurance that's like a paper umbrella. It looks good, and it might even protect you in a sprinkle, but it melts away in a downpour.

In the fall of 2002, we began to feel the sprinkle on our paper umbrella tu rn into an unstoppable downpour. We had to do something before the full brunt of the downpour tore the paper umbrella to shreds and our lives along with it. We began to look to other alternatives to purchase our prescription drugs and found them. Little did we suspect how our search for more affordable prescriptions would not only find us financial relief but also end up changing our lives.

We heard rumors that prescriptions drugs were cheaper in Canada and Mexico. Our research showed this was indeed true. But this, to be honest, was a scary proposition. I also read that the U.S. government was trying to shut down many of the web sites through which you could order these drugs. Thats all I needed--get arrested for smuggling drugs through the U.S. Mail Service! Many Americans who live in border towns simply cross the border to get a prescription filled at substantially lower prices with no hassles. Moving to a border town was not what we wanted to do. But what did catch my eye was that in Mexico not only were the prices of prescription drugs--the same ones I took in the U.S.--cheaper but so was just about everything else!

Digging deeper we discovered there was a large population of American Expatriates already living in Mexico, around 500,000, taking advantage of affordable and reliable medical care plus a significantly lower cost of living. This was a stunning revelation to us. Moving to Mexico hadnt been a remote possibility; now it appeared to be salvation.

Our reality began on August 1, 2003, when we stepped off the plane in Leon, Guanajuato, to begin our new lives in a small, colonial town (the capital city of the state) called Guanajuato.

We stepped into a new reality where everything; prescription drugs, housing, utilities, food, transportation, ent ertainment, is 25-75% less than it is in America. My Social Security Disability income more than adequately covers our expenses here in Guanajuato, Mexico. An example is that I can buy all my needed prescriptions for less than the co-pay I forked over for one drug in the United States! I get a month of Prozac for less than $16.00 usd. Same drugs, only affordable! Can you believe that?

Moving to Mexico--an alternative for everyone? I doubt it. But it is working for us on so many levels that we have no plans anytime soon to return to the land of our birth.

The solution? I dont know. What I do know is that we, and many other Americans, cannot sit idly by waiting for our elected officials to work it out. We had to taken action--drastic as it was. That paper umbrella wont last long!

Doug Bower is a freelance writer and book author. His most recent writing credits include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Transitions Abroad. He lives with his wife in Guanajuato, Mexico.

His new book Mexican Living: Blogging it from a Third World Country can be seen at http://www.lulu.com/content/126241


Author:: Douglas Bower
Keywords:: Mexico,Expatriation,Expatriating,Expat, living in Mexico,moving to Mexico,mexican prescriptions
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They Lived in Despair but Just Didn't Know It

When a people believe through brainwashing or social programming that what they have is what they really want, then you cannot force someone against their will to seek a better life. In fact they will fight against the givers of Freedom at the bequest of their own purveyors of propaganda.

When a regime controls the media, knowledge and teachings, a culture may not realize that there is a better way or life out there and they can have it, if they will stand up together; power to the people. I would like to stamp our hunger and poverty, but not entirely. I believe that the life experience is about joy, happiness, pain and sorrow. And those choices should be allowed too. In other words if someone chooses to be Unhappy or live a life of pain and sorrow, they too should be allowed that choice.

An Individual should be allowed to live without things. Such as a minimalist or Buddhist Monk? Too much abundance is a choice in some countries such as the United States of Am erica, yet it can also be abused, causing fat humans, who also choose to indulge without responsibility. Democracy is about choice, but with that choice comes responsibility.

Many a learned man believes that the elimination of poverty and hunger are a by-product of a more efficient civilization, which empowers its people through choice and liberty. They believe that ONE of the major goals of Democracy should be to stabilize a civilization to function efficiently for the whole, while respecting, tolerating and allowing the Liberty of the Individual. In fact; I am they, I am with them, if they will come and see what the world has to offer if they will make a stand now.

I believe it so strongly, I am proud to be an American. Others should follow what we have built here. I believe we should better what we have built, improve efficiencies and further streamline it and bring it closer to its original roots without denying its faults or problems; sweeping nothing under the carpet. Then utilizing all the modern technologies available, seek perfection in every regard and then franchise this self-government method around the Planet to all. That is what I think. My name is Lance Winslow and thanks for asking. Tell me what you think of my observations here in the present period?

Lance Winslow


Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: Lived in Despair, Freedom, Individual, Unhappy, Fought
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