Archive for September, 2007
Tutoring
Reading Tutors can quickly bring your child up to speed. If your child has fallen behind please consider getting him or her into tutoring, as the sooner you get your child help, the faster they will recover. Reading is a mandatory skill, and can not be ignored, please do not assume your child will outgrow the problem. While it is possible to outgrow, you would do them an injustice by not correcting the difficulty right away.
Judge Give Props to Suess
With a thought about the Dr. Suess story “Green Eggs and Ham”, a federal judge has scolded a convict about sending a hard boiled egg with his petition complaining about his quality of food in prison was in poor taste.
Judge Muirhead commanded that the egg be destroyed right away: “Today! Today! Today I say! Without delay!” wrote the judge.
Dr. Suess’ version went this way.
No comments“I do not like eggs in the file. I do not like them in any style. I will not take them fried or boiled. I will not take them poached or broiled. I will not take them soft or scrambled, despite an argument well-rambled.”
Bad Credit Credit Cards
“Bad things happen to good people.”
Cliche but true. So you had things happen that tampered with your credit a bit. It happens to a lot of people and there is support for people who want to fix these mishaps. There is credit available for people with less than perfect scores. And obtaining this credit and making sure it is handled properly will go great strides in fixing your credit score. There are bad credit credit cards available. Every time you use it and then pay the debt, you improve your score even more. In this day and age noone should be without credit, our economy is not only dependent on it, but is based on the assumption we will all have credit.
Yale Gallanter
There are quite a few people who have always prospered off of OJ’s misfortune. In the spotlight now is his attorney. Previously it was Cochran, now its Gallanter.
This man eats up the attention. And its an obvious plug for him all around: famous client, and hes commenting alot, getting a really good amount of publicity himself. He seems pleased OJ screwed up again.
Galanter has worked as a “nobody” all this time quietly grinding along. Gallanter first met OJ when he represented him in a road rage incident.
Of course, things picked up for Gallanter and he became a TV commenter. These days he has a 7 lawyer firm and a million dollar house.
Gallanters clever trial style may have been what saved OJ in the road rage incident, Gallanter said that the placement of OJ’s fingerprint on the other driver’s glasses showed that OJ did not strike the man, but instead was holding his hands up in defense.
No commentsLoans and Homes
Many people will not be able to buy their home outright. Don’t panic that normal. 99% of us will require a loan to purchase our homes. Especially lately theFHA mortgage is becoming quite common and is a great way to allow more people into the home market. FHA loans are also called government loans because they are backed by the government. The Veteran’s Administration also offers loans, I encourage you to see if you qualify. In recent years , the loan process has been simplified via the internet.
Many of the people that qualify for these loans are not aware that they do. In fact, most individuals who were in the military, do qualify for a VA loan. VA loans are, in my opinion, very strong. You can pay more than required monthly, to get your loan paid off faster with no penalty.
No commentsRather Sues CBS
Saying that CBS News made him a fall guy in the networks crummy reporting about President Bush’s tour in the National Guard, in Vietnam, Dan Rather has filed suit for 70 million.
His suit names 3 supervisors, the network, and the corporation with owns CBS. He claims his contract was broken, and his reputation hurt. Rather is now 75, and is working at some obscure cable station. Rather feels sidelined.
His attorney maintains that Rather was ignored, and understaffed, with no editing services.
CBS says these are old complaints, and do not posses merit.
He is seeking 20 million in compensation and 50 million in punitive damages.
No commentsEgypt Trip
I want to travel and I want to have a vacation in a place just loaded with culture as I am a history buff. Its why I have been looking into Egypt holidays.
Egypt has one of the greatest populations in Africa. Most of the 78 million people live in about 15 square miles found along the Nile river which is the only place in the nation where they can actually have farms. The rest of the land is mostly the Sahara Desert and are not too many that live there. About half of Egyptians live in big cities, places like greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.
Egypt is famous for its deep and rich history, and its ancient civilization. Egypt is home to natural wonders and world famous monuments. Monuments like the Pyramds, and the great Sphinx are found in this land. The city of Luxor houses artifcats like the Valley of Kings and the Karnak Temple.
And in these modern times Egypt is the center of political strength and culture in that region. It shouldn’t be missed if you enjoy culture and history.
No commentsIowa Judge OKs Sperm
A judge in Iowa has approved a family’s idea to gather sperm from a man who is dying, so that his betrothed can have his baby.
The family asked for the ruling asfter the hospital refused their wishes. Daniel Christy was in a motorcycle wreck on September 9th that left him on life support. he is listeed as an organ donor, but the hospital declined to support the family wishes in continuing his bloodline because by the hospital interpretation, sperm is not covered under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
Judge Beckelman ruled that it does cover sperm.
No commentsMortage Protection
Interest rates are climbing, and none to slowly either. Its affecting the world market as a whole. Its affecting corporate bottom lines, the working class, and the investors. Everyone is hit by the interest hike. Our current market is less than ideal, but this, as all things, will pass. In the meantime, we must adapt to the situation.
Some blame the banks for being too generous in their lending. These people claim that banks gave money to people who could not repay and it is causing a market slump, and in return rates rose for the rest of us. This puts a lot of people in danger of losing their homes.
There are ways to combat this. We can maintain our homes. One way would be to try for remortgages. This would allow you to structure a whole new loan in a way that would be more favorable in the light of this new market.
Mortgages in general are being thought of differently. Most people have a thirty year mortgage on their home. People who can afford to double up their payments on their house are often doing so to get out of their mortgages sooner.
A form of insurance would be to get , its like overdraft protection you might use on your checking account, but this protects the largest and most precious investment you are likely to ever make. I suggest at least looking into it.
Instant English
A Motorcycle racer from Czechoslovakian motorcycle racer who was involved in a crash in which his head got run over, could speak perfect English when he regained consciousness.
At the time of the crash he knew just a couple of phrases.
He had only been in the country one day.
After the wreck he was out cold for about 45 minutes, when he recovered he was talking in flawless, unaccented English. He shocked his teammates.
His new skills did not last. His head injury, in which his helmet was split open, caused him to lose his memory for 48 hours. When he recovered he no longer recalled any English.
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