The Honey Bee Press October - December 2013 | Page 10

Page 10 Honey Bee Press Financial Fitness Watching Out for Your Own Welfare—by Irene Mori This is an incredible world full of remarkable people who have achieved great things. It is also a world which contains a lot of dishonest people and criminals who would do anything to make life miserable for their fellowmen. tered the techniques used by the perpetrators of these crimes. They do not seem to often be caught so they keep going. If they would be pursued more aggressively by the companies which may be losing money due to the fraud and law enforcement personnel who beAlthough the hope would be to en- come aware of the crimes, these gage with people who have integrity dishonest individuals might be dewho want to do honest work and terred or caught and incarcerated. provide for themselves, there are many who would cheat, lie, and So many people are suffering from steal to get what they want. In that the crimes of these criminals who category of people fall those who are not being caught. It becomes resort to stealing another person's extremely important to watch out identity and money. for your own welfare. Some ways of doing it are: Needing money is not unusual, and • Check your credit report at least most people will try to earn money once a year honestly such as with regular em- • Have fraud alerts available which ployment or possibly a home based alert you to unusual charges business (online work or network • Check your charges online regumarketing also known as MLM or larly multi-level marketing) or find an • Be careful with your credit card extra part time job. There are many receipts and personal information ways to earn extra money. Some • Possibly sign up for a service to people, however, are regularly com- protect you in case someone steals mitting dishonest acts against oth- your identity. ers. They are willing to try to improve their own station in life by Things can be going along just fine, doing criminal acts instead of work- and we may never imagine that ing honestly to earn money. identity theft would happen to us. We are not immune. Yet there are those who have mas- Restaurants and gas stations are easy targets for use of someone else's credit card if a person finds or steals a credit card. While checking her credit card charges online, Mary noticed two charges in a far away state. They were for gas and for a restaurant. She had not lost her card so she wondered how those charges could have been approved. She alerted the company that those were not her charges, and she was not held liable for them. She was told that an employee at some establishment might give the credit card number to a friend who uses it. How they can get away with such a thing in this day and age of machine approvals is still unknown. Criminal minds work in devious ways. Being honest and working hard is admirable, and protecting oneself from those who do otherwise is smart. Being aware and watching out for yourself is important as you are on the quest to earn money and protect the money you have. Article Source: http:// EzineArticles.com/? expert=Irene_Mori Honey’s Recipe Corner Home Style Rolls with Honey Butter by Chef Tonia Williams Ingredients (for rolls) Honey Butter Ingredients and Directions ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 stick butter ? 1/4 cup honey ? Beat ingredients together until smooth ? Cover and refrigerate … enjoy 4 tsp. active dry yeast 1/2 c. warm water 2 c. milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm 3 Table spoon of melted butter, slightly cooled 1/2 c. sugar 2 quarts all-purpose flour (7-8 cups) 2 whole eggs 2 tsp. salt Dissolve yeast in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar; let stand until frothy. Combine yeast mixture, milk, 1/2 cup sugar and enough flour to make a medium batter (about the consistency of pancake batter). Beat thoroughly. Add melted butter, eggs and salt. Beat well. Add enough flour to form a soft dough. Sprinkle a small amount of flour onto counter and let dough rest. Meanwhile, ?X\?HH\??H??? ??XY?Y?[?[??[??[??][?H[?][??X\?Y????\???\???X\?H? ? H\?YH?Y?????^H?]?[??PZY??XY\???X??] MHZ[?]\?K???\?[?]?\?H[?H?\?HX?H[?[?X?H[??[?[??????\???]??H??\?Y??\? ?]?YH[???[?????\[???]?\? LZ[?]\??\H?Y??[??\?\?Y??\?X?H??X\?Y?Z?[???Y]?]?\?H[?[?X?Y ???Z?H] ?LY?Y\??? L LMHZ[?]\??[?[??[???????\?H[[YYX][H?]?]\??ZY[? H? ???[???\??H?]?^H?]\???