Society, Social Issues http://www.akgmag.com/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:00:06 -0500 By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Nothing is more 'in touch" with today than the Vintage Candy of yesteryear. A time when things were much kinder and less complicated, we all feel nostalgia rising inside of us when we see our favorite candies when we were a child. Vintage candies were popular around the 1800 to 1900s, capturing the heart and soul of the good ol' days. http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_Vintage_Candy.htm Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_Vintage_Candy.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Nothing touches the heart more than by receiving a Whitman's box of chocolates for a birthday, an anniversary, Christmas, or Easter. How he started his candy empire is an interesting story, as a 19-year old Quaker tried to compete with the top French candy makers of the time in 1842. http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_Whitmans_Candies_.htm Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_Whitmans_Candies_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. There are very few people who have not heard of Hershey's candies, especially with Easter holiday coming up. Not a product to be taken lightly, it originated in 1894 with Milton S. Hershey. Here is a story of how his chocolate became the first mass produced candy product in the United States. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Hersheys__the_American_Chocolate_Candy_Icon_.htm Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Hersheys__the_American_Chocolate_Candy_Icon_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. The poor people of Haiti had found their voice to let the world know of their misery...even before the destructive earthquake that hit them on January 12, 2010. Unfortunately, this has turned into an invisible scream by invisible Haitians who are so poor they have no home, not enough food or water, no jobs....and not enough caring. This energetic surge which sustained them has turned into a trickly of nothing....where dying bodies are stepped over nonchalantly. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Voiceless_Screams_of_Invisible_Haitians.htm Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Voiceless_Screams_of_Invisible_Haitians.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Being born on March 20, 2010 are said to arrive as a power sign, part of the spring equinox which occurs on this very same day. Known as the "Day of the Labyrinth", this Pisces/Aries Cusp person was born on a very symbolic day having unique gifts to bestow to the world. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Day_of_the_Labyrinth__March_20th.htm Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Day_of_the_Labyrinth__March_20th.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Every year, the Easter date is set during the vernal equinox, or the "spring" equinox. At this point, the length of day and night is considered the same all over Earth. Because of this the equinox not only determines when we are going to have Easter but many other moveable holidays and feasts that are not dependent on the Gregorian or Julian calendars---Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Ascension Day, Pentecost, or Holy Thursday---all centered around the resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Relationship_Between_Holidays_and_the_Vernal_Equinox.htm Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Relationship_Between_Holidays_and_the_Vernal_Equinox.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With disasters such as Haiti, Cuba and New Orleans in our recent history, people who offer help from the bottom of their help is what allows people to survive through such catastrophic disasters. Many of those people who give are pennies above the people they are helping. What makes struggling people offer money and assistance, when they themselves are in such need? http://www.akgmag.com/article/Helping_Disaster_Victims_Unconditionally.htm Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Helping_Disaster_Victims_Unconditionally.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Considered one of the most prolific writer of the early popes and the last pope of African origin of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Saint Gelasius I is known to have declared February 14, 496 A.D., as the first Feast Day of Saint Valentine. As we know, three saints by the name of "Valentinus" or Saint Valentine were martyred for their faith, with the patronage of Saint Valentine extending to epilepsy, the plague, travelers and young people.But only one was associated with love and marriage. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Saint_Valentines_Day_of_Pope_Saint_Gelasius_I.htm Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Saint_Valentines_Day_of_Pope_Saint_Gelasius_I.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Recent studies of neuroimaging have connected the frontal, parietal, and temporal cortexes with the individual's spiritual experiences. Unfortunately, what has been seriously lacking previously has been the causative link between the spirituality and the brain's network. This problem has now been solved with Dr. Cosimo Urgesi from the University of Udine in Italy finally demonstrating the world's first causative link in his symptom-lesion mapping study. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Spirituality_Core_Found_in_Brain.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Spirituality_Core_Found_in_Brain.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. As I write, the Mardi Gras is currently going on in New Orleans; not only celebrating this city's historical event but also the winning of the Super Bowl last week-end by the New Orleans Saints. A huge celebration of fantastic food, cultural events, music and family fun, the Mardi Gras parade is something that makes this city celebration stand out with religious backgrounds. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Mardi_Gras__The_Greatest_Free_Show_on_Earth.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Mardi_Gras__The_Greatest_Free_Show_on_Earth.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Since January 2005, sensitive data of more than 216 million U.S. residents have been compromised with unencrypted data on stolen or lost laptops a major source. Blood plasma thefts, insulin thefts, and data of blood donors are just beginning unless things change. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Growing_Theft_of_Blood.htm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Growing_Theft_of_Blood.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Recently the organization "Doctors Without Borders" announced they had reached the quota of donated money to do their work in Haiti, but people still keep on donating through small grass-roots parties around the United States. Eight-nine percent of their funding comes from private sources, not government. Known as MSF globally, the United States refers to it by its official English translation, Doctors Without Borders, which in 2006 had more than three million individual donors and private funders. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Importance_of_Doctors_Without_Borders.htm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Importance_of_Doctors_Without_Borders.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With Haiti having the highest tuberculosis rate in the American countries, the devastated country's TB levels are now getting ready to drastically increase. With prior heavy numbers in Haiti before the disaster, fly-infested tuberculosis clinics were damaged during the heavy damage of the earthquakes which allowed for several hundred escaping TB patients. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Spread_of_Haitian_TB.htm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Spread_of_Haitian_TB.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. In the past five years, the UK has reported that 50% more women have been arrested for being drunk and disorderly conduct, a growth which began in 1953 in the United States. The problem with this growth is that it has been found that heavy drinking in women is much more risky than in men. It has also been found that drinking alcohol by women, even in the smaller amounts, will affect women differently than men. http://www.akgmag.com/article/How_Alcohol_is_Unhealthy_for_Women.htm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/How_Alcohol_is_Unhealthy_for_Women.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. James N. Watkins looks at the Christmas Story from a refreshing perspecitive. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Christmas_Story__God_Is_In_Control.htm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Christmas_Story__God_Is_In_Control.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. Frankie Sherman shares the importance of the rold of the angel Gabriel in the Christmas Story. http://www.akgmag.com/article/When_Gabriel_Showed_Up.htm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/When_Gabriel_Showed_Up.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. Jennifer Kennedy Dean's encouragement for believers on the topic of grace and freedom from legalism. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Free_from_Law.htm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Free_from_Law.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. Various authors and staff of Kathy Carlton Willis Communications share Christmas recipes. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Christmas_Recipes_from_KCWC_Authors.htm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Christmas_Recipes_from_KCWC_Authors.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. Article by Kay Marshall Strom regarding African women at the well. Includes African Lemon Chicken Soup recipe. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Women_at_the_Well.htm Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Women_at_the_Well.htm By Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.. Free Content Article regarding Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking http://www.akgmag.com/article/Stolen_Identity.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Stolen_Identity.htm By Andrew Lubin. 10 November...the Birthday Ball of the United States Marine Corps...where dads and sons, mothers and daughters gather to celebrate one or more of them as a member of the Marine Corps family. http://www.akgmag.com/article/233_Years__amp__Counting.htm Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/233_Years__amp__Counting.htm By Jackie Lapin. The world is divided into two types of people -- Conscious Creators and Unconscious Creators. Most people fall into the latter category. They don’t understand why their life is falling apart, why their job makes them unhappy and why they can’t attract the right partner. They feel victimized, angry or depressed. Unconscious creators are manifesting most of their own misery unconsciously! http://www.akgmag.com/article/Are_You_a_Conscious_Creator___.htm Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Are_You_a_Conscious_Creator___.htm By Jackie Lapin. Most of us just go about life each day feeling like wind chimes…sometimes we make lovely sweet music and sometimes we are buffeted by gale force winds, with wild dissonant sounds. Often we feel at the mercy of fate, which is handing us some good days and some days that are filled with roadblocks, obstacles, annoyances and frustrations. At the end of the day, we’re so tired from the challenges that we just collapse in a heap with little energy to enjoy our families, friends or quiet time at home. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Consciously_Create_Your_Day.htm Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Consciously_Create_Your_Day.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With a similarity to its symbols and other Neolithic symbologies between China, Crete and Egypt, analyses of the Rune language actually showed it had very little similarity to Near Eastern writing. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Rune_Language.htm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Rune_Language.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. It is a common belief that Christopher Columbus was the first westerner to set foot in America, but this theory has been challenged with the discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone in Minnesota. Originally found in Minnesota in the year 1898 by a 10-year son of a Swedish American immigrant farmer who called it an "Indian almanac", the 202-pound mysteriously engraved stone was said to be found in the roots of an upturned stunted poplar tree, at 31-inches high and 16-inches wide. http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_1362_Kensington_Rune_Stone.htm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/History_of_the_1362_Kensington_Rune_Stone.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. A pioneering study, the Nun Study offers insight into whether a positive emotional outlook early in life will help people live longer. The study of 678 nuns in seven convents in Connecticut, Maryland, Texas, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois is considered to be one of the world's most innovative efforts to answer why and who develops Alzheimer's disease. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Nun_Study_and_Alzheimer_s_Disease.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Nun_Study_and_Alzheimer_s_Disease.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. The history of Alzheimer's disease had its origin with Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist. Born on June 14, 1864, he was responsible for the finding of one of the world's most common cause of presenile dementia, referred to as a chronic, progressive organic, mental disease developed from the atrophy of the brain's frontal and occipital lobes. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_History_of_Alzheimer_s_Disease.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_History_of_Alzheimer_s_Disease.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. The Templeton Prize is a prestigious award given to an exceptional living person who has contributed to life's spiritual dimension through many avenues—practical works, insight or discovery. Identifying "entrepreneurs of the spirit", the award focuses on outstanding individuals who have spent their lives helping expand the world's vision of reality and ultimate purpose with no set faith tradition or God notion. Instead, the quest comprehends the diverse manifestations of the Devine... http://www.akgmag.com/article/Templeton_Prize_Awarded_to_Hypercosmic_God_Concept.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Templeton_Prize_Awarded_to_Hypercosmic_God_Concept.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Last May, the blog "Uncommon Ground" stated that the United States Congress consisted of very few scientists or engineers trained in rational thinking, at least until the new administration took office in January of this year when it became pretty obvious that the American people were tired of the same deceitful approaches by previous political candidates. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Scientists_and_Politics_A_New_Future_in_the_United_States.htm Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Scientists_and_Politics_A_New_Future_in_the_United_States.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. We hear about the Grace of God, but do we truly understand how it works when forgiving others or our sins? The forgiveness of sin or any earthly transgression is a great truth in the Bible or our soul, as we all sin or we would not be on Earth but heavenly angels who are sinless. When we forgive another or our self, we expect a change in action. When we forgive someone, we do not expect them to continue as before as seeking forgiveness demonstrates an inner need for sincerity and honesty. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Act_of_Forgiveness.htm Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Act_of_Forgiveness.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Early vampires were considered the first wave of horror movie villains with redemption playing a major role in vampire horror, graphically preying upon unsuspecting victims to support the existence on Earth demonstrated in early black and white pictures. But at one time in history, vampires and the name Dracula were definitely not considered as something romantic and wonderfully extraordinary... http://www.akgmag.com/article/Present_Day_Vampires.htm Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Present_Day_Vampires.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. In a country that was originally founded on divine providence, we originally felt that God had a hand in the development of the United States, a country to be proud of. We did not have to use statistics on God to force our opinion on unsuspecting victims. A recent study has looked deep our brain scans for the relationship between our mind, religion and our belief in God, showing that those who believe in God have physical signs of higher thought patterns, emotions and thinking about metaphorical meanings behind religious teachings found in the person's actual brain scans. http://www.akgmag.com/article/A_Partnership_Between_Our_Brain_and_God.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/A_Partnership_Between_Our_Brain_and_God.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. The humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow lists shelter and housing on the second level of his "hierarchy of needs", with the basics of food, water, and breathing on the first level. Only when the first basic levels, "the felt needs" or human needs, are met can a person then seek the higher goals of self-actualization. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Psychology_of_Housing___Shelter.htm Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Psychology_of_Housing___Shelter.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. At this time, there are over 177 tent cities in the United States with a developing expansion rate estimated at 40%. Unfortunately, homeless "sweeps" are being prepared by local governments in areas such as Nashville and Savannah, destroying temporary shelters by the hundreds of homeless people who have lost everything else—with a final straw the act of losing their "homeless home". http://www.akgmag.com/article/Tent_Cities_of_the_2009_Recession.htm Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Tent_Cities_of_the_2009_Recession.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With approximately $180 billion dollars bailout money already spent rescuing the giant insurer AIG (American International Group, Inc.) Pennsylvania Republican Paul Kanjorski, a senior Democratic lawmaker, is quoted as saying that to do otherwise would cause European banks to topple. With so many of AIG's counterparties being European, the entire European banking system is dependent upon AIG bailouts. http://www.akgmag.com/article/AIG_and_Foreign_Countries_____Invisible_Ties.htm Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/AIG_and_Foreign_Countries_____Invisible_Ties.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With so many states struggling financially to survive, the legalization of marijuana for tax purposes is quickly becoming the answer of the moment. Not a new thing, its legalization has already brought forth research to be quickly taken underway for its effects on pain, the spasticity of multiple sclerosis, and has been shown to work as an oral medication used to treat nausea in cancer chemotherapy patients. Over 41% of the country's population feels we should legalize it.... http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Legalization_of_Marijuana.htm Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Legalization_of_Marijuana.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. Presently, a Bible-publishing boom is going on in the United States which really should surprise nobody in the world. Already one Bible translation has been published in the Netherlands which eliminates parts about money, possessions, and economic justice—in an attempt to make the Christian gospel easier to understand and acceptable. Also, U.S. evangelicals are divided over a "Green Bible" which not only embraces environmentalism but exhibits a need to protect Earth. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Release_of_Controversial_Bible_s_.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Release_of_Controversial_Bible_s_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. When the question is asked, "Who wrote the Bible?" everyone has a different answer except for one. It was written by men. But how those men wrote the bible is where the controversial situation begins. Some say it was simply written by 40 different men, some say it was written by God, others say it was channeled through God into men's souls, and so on. But one thing for sure is the fact women had very little to do with its development, being simply the subject of the Bible's writings and their r http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Controversial__Bible_of_Men_.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Controversial__Bible_of_Men_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. On February 12-16, 2009, the Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers was held in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. With the theme "Our Planet and its Life: Origins and Futures", it recognizes Charles Darwin's birth and 200th Anniversary. It also celebrates the 150th anniversary of his book, "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection." http://www.akgmag.com/article/200th_Birthday_of_Darwin_.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/200th_Birthday_of_Darwin_.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With today's homelessness rates increasing due to the developing recession and new counts being taken; maybe we should look back to the Great Depression when homelessness was a way of life to many. The term "homelessness" refers to a specific condition where people lack housing due to lack of finances for one reason or another. Those who find housing in a temporary shelter or any temporary institution are also considered homeless. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Great_Depression_of_Today.htm Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Great_Depression_of_Today.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. During the Great Depression, the largest Hooverville towns were in New York's Central Park with other famous one in Cleveland and Circleville, Ohio. Today, major cities like Fesno, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Tampa Bay, Florida; Seattle, WA; New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; and the state of Washington. Huge numbers of homeless people find themselves in a situation where they have no shelter, no jobs, no food, no medical assistance, and very little support from city or government officials. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Facts_about_Poverty_and_Homelessness.htm Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Facts_about_Poverty_and_Homelessness.htm