2012 New Year’s Resolutions Or Setting Attainable Goals

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We all know that once Christmas finishes, that’s when everyone starts thinking of their silly, quirky and even serious New Year’s Resolutions. They usually tend to be the same every year, since come February you gave up and quit, so a New Year means a new start to what you wanted Last Year.

For most women they tend to be about losing weight or even simply eating better. For men, I believe it tends to be more about quitting drinking if they tend to over-indulge. But whatever the case may be, I think we’re all guilty of not completing the year before’s resolution(s).
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Paying For College – College Financial Aid and Student Loans

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Figuring out Financial Aid is one of the scariest things that students get to look forward to when it comes to schools and colleges. Not only do you have to figure out what school/college you want to pursue your education at, but you also have to figure out how to pay for college.

When I was first introduced to Financial Aid and filling out my FAFSA I broke down and decided, “Neh. I’ll be ok.” My sister had tried talking to me about it and tried to make it less scary for me, but I still wasn’t getting it. I had waited for 2 years before I decided it was time to give it another shot.
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Weston A Price Nutrition and Physical Degeneration – Reflections on Reading Weston Price

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I recently read an extraordinary and thought-provoking book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS. In the 1930′s Price, a dentist from Cleveland, Ohio, became interested in the deteriorating dental and general health of his patients and of modern Americans. He noticed that each new generation seemed to have more cavities and more dental problems such as crowded teeth and narrow bridge formation, accompanied by an increase in other health problems, such as allergies, fatigue, behavioral problems and asthma.

Suspecting that the cause of this worsening dental and overall health might be nutritional and suspecting the many processed foods in his patient’s diets, Price decided to travel the world to examine firsthand cultures still eating their traditional diets, devoid of modern, processed foods. He eventually studied fourteen different cultures, including a remote island in Scotland, tribes in Africa, Eskimos in Alaska, Polynesian islands, and a village high in the Alps of Switzerland.
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Getting Into College After College Placement Exams

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After my rant of the ridiculousness of college placement exams, I can now say that I am officially a college student. It was a little easier than I expected it to be, since the hardest thing I had to do was study my butt off for the placement exam, and then actually pass it!

Getting enrolled into college, although is a step-by-step process, is actually quite simple – if you know what you want to study. I knew for a few months now that I wanted to go to school for Web Design (Web Graphic Design), so it was a matter of finding a school that would allow me to take online classes, and that even had the course I wanted to take.
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College Placement Exams and Practice Tests for College Placement

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OK, I understand that when you’re getting ready to go to college, it’s important to know/remember your “basic” math skills. But seriously, why do they make you relearn/study the stuff you spend the LEAST amount of time learning about in school?! Who spent a huge amount of time learning about percentages and converting them 3 different ways, and then learning how to convert them back?

Maybe if you were an accountant or a mathematician then, yes, I can see the importance of such things, but I don’t remember the last time I studied about decimals, fractions and percentages in math. Yes, you learn about it A LITTLE, but really?! They must want these kids to fail this exam! I mean, I’m not a math whiz in the slightest, nor am I completely clueless either, but you spend more time learning about angles in shapes and degrees than you do learning about percentages and the like.
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GMO Foods – Genetically Modified Foods – GMO Free Foods

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Recent polls have shown that over 90% of people would NOT eat GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) foods if they were labeled. That is a significant reason that food manufacturers won’t label their GMO contents as such on any label. Our government, the government that is supposed to protect US, is not. Here is a quick “lesson” on the truth of GMO’s, what they are, why they are dangerous, and hopefully how to avoid them.

If you become upset, angry or enraged I hope you will channel this in a positive vein by sharing your knowledge with everyone you know. Perhaps if everyone “gets” this, we can reach the tipping point to change things. It IS possible to stop this insanity. Consumers are powerful beyond their comprehension. Manufacturers will get the message when their sales slip. It worked in Europe. It took them TWO MONTHS to get GMO’s banned from the European Union! They have press/media that (so far) has not been bought out or controlled by either big business or government. There IS hope for us!
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