| Slipping through the child support cracks
After 20 years of non-payment the court ordered 14% interest, compounded 2x a year. Yes, he paid for 2 years. Two hundred dollars per week. I have to admit, he's not stupid and has great attorneys. They quickly put his business and home in his wife's name. What could I do? Not much. Give the info to CESA. I cannot afford an attorney bill, checked it out. FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR retainer to start. OH and I failed to mention that his wife's name is exactly my name and she actually played me in Florida at one hearing? Oh, that was hilarious when I got a warrant in my mail for "NON PAYMENT"? LOL How many years did that take the courts to straighten out? Yep, there is alot more to my story than was written. My intent was for all custodial parents not to give up! I married a man 20 years ago. He paid his support, a very large amount and neither he nor I complained.
Money: Shoppers' Finances Come Under Increasing Strain
Consumers' finances are coming under increasing strain with millions of bills going unpaid and four out of 10 people admitting they are now reliant on credit. A quarter of credit cardholders say they have started 2008 more dependent on credit than they were last year, a survey for the Post Office said. And 41% said they would be relying on their plastic to meet day-to-day living costs such as groceries. "Typically January is the time of year when people struggle with their money the most," said the Post Office's Gary Fitton. "Many people have over-stretched themselves over the Christmas period and have little choice but to use their credit card in the New Year." At the same time, research from financial website MoneyExpert.com found that an estimated 6.9m household bills were either paid late or went unpaid over the past six months.
Local deaths in 2007
The group opened for The Rolling Stones, The Rascals, The McCoys, The Standells and The Dave Clark Five, all at the old Boston Garden.Jeannie L. Cope, 83, of Hingham, performed with the Victory Troupers and the USO from 1942 to 1946. She was in shows at several Boston theaters.Singer Marilynn H. Wheeler, 86, formerly of Rockland, was among the first female performers on local TVEvelyn Goldstein of Stoughton, was among the first women to receive a full scholarship to the Museum of Fine Arts School.Mitlon language teacher Leon Merian, 84, played the trumpet, was featured on several albums and wrote two books about trumpet-playing.Jeffrey M. Devine, 43, formerly of Weymouth, was a drummer for the ``Scientists, Shivers and Burning World.'' which played many clubs in BostonBruce D. Randall, 76, of Quincy, played the cello for the Quincy Symphony Orchestra for 25 years.During the 1940s and '50s, Rosalie P.
As obesity surgery takes off, waiting lists grow in Canada
We are great at blaming everyone and everything else for us being fat though, I can give us that much credit. The healthy foods are still on the shelves, they haven't gone missing. I am speaking from some experience. I used to weigh 285lbs after I graduated from University and had always been “husky" even though I was very active. Problem was I didn't know how to eat properly and all the exercise in the world wouldn't make a difference when I was eating over 3000 calories a day. Funny thing though, I joined weight watchers and after giving it a honest 6 months I noticed I was already down 40lbs. Its funny how a pound or so a week adds up. (The weight didn't get put on overnight, its a joke people think it should just melt off.) I still ate all the time, more than ever in fact, I just ate healthy with lots of vegetables.
USA Technologies eSuds(TM) Extends Its Reach Abroad
MALVERN, Pa. & RIPPONDEN, England - (Business Wire) USA Technologies (USAT: NASDAQ) reported that JLA, the leading supplier of commercial laundry equipment in the United Kingdom, has begun distributing the eSuds solution to universities and colleges through its Circuit subsidiary. Circuit’s first installation of eSuds is operating at the University of York in Heslington, York, UK. "Circuit constantly strives to provide customers with the latest technology to improve customer satisfaction, and the eSuds solution with its online capability brings a whole new level of service to add considerable ease and convenience to doing laundry," said Richard Lee, Managing Director, Circuit. "Our goal is to ensure we provide our customers with the best possible solutions to make our laundry facilities more efficient, cost effective and safer, and eSuds offers all that while responding to the emerging demand for networked laundry services." JLA is Europe’s biggest independent distributor of commercial laundry equipment and supplies to a wide range of markets including hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, armed forces bases and prisons.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
CONSUMER ADVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT Since the mid-1990s, there has been a noticeable improvement in Greece's public transportation systems, including the ferry networks serving the islands. Bus and trolley routes are now served by new fleets, while a new mass transit system in Athens - the metro - has helped relieve congestion in the capital's centre. The 2004 Olympics provided the impetus for improvements in public transport, which include the reintroduction of the tram as a link between the southern coastal suburbs and downtown Athens. Tram The tram has three lines: from Neos Kosmos (metro station) to Hellenic Olympic Complex (Agios Kosmas) and from Glyfada to the Peace and Friendship Stadium (alongside the Faliro Sports Complex). The third line runs from Syntagma to Glyfada.
MacBook Air’s collapsible port patent revealed, more
On February 28, 2008, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's patent application detailing the MacBook Air's collapsible port feature. The patent presents evidence that the collapsible port was originally earmarked for the rear of the notebook and was to present additional options. Yet what was interesting to discover is that this new collapsible port isn't limited to the MacBook Air. According to Apple's own technical notes, “the present invention may apply to other types of devices, and still remain within the spirit and scope of the present invention." MacBook Air's Flip-Down Port Hatch Apple highlights the MacBook Air's innovative features on their websites by stating that “the innovative now-you-see-it, now-you-don't port hatch flips down to reveal (and closes to hide) all the ports you really need: a USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack, and a micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite, and S-video output.
Economic worry leads some to cut back on small pleasures
Jason Jepson works for a chi-chi yacht dealer in Newport Beach, Calif., but he is so worried about the economy he stopped buying $1.79 PowerBars at his gym. Richmond, Va., legal secretary Angela Harris is passing up her beloved $3.46 Iced Mocha Latte at Starbucks. .
Darling's fat-fingered foray into the world of regulation
If i asked you to come up with the name of one person to single-handedly rescue us from the credit crunch I'll wager that the words "Alistair Darling" do not spring into your head. Follow the Budget 2008It's somewhat worrying, then, to hear that the Chancellor has been briefing the financial press furiously about his latest wheeze for kickstarting the wholesale mortgage markets. .
London shares close weaker, but off lows; banks fall; Wall Street down ...
BSC) cutting its rating to 'peer perform' from 'outperform'. The broker highlighted that funding pressures continue to impact HBOS's performance. Elsewhere in the sector, Royal Bank of Scotland fell 15-3/4 to 369-1/4, and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) gave away 15-1/4 to 462. Alliance & Leicester was down 38 at 525-1/2. HSBC, however, bucked the trend, and was top of the FTSE 100 leaderboard at the close, up 24 at 790. The UK's biggest bank delivered a 10 pct increase in full-year profit, with a strong performance in Asia helping to offset a sharp rise in bad debt charges at its troubled US division. 'North America has been even worse than expected, but on the other hand Asia has perhaps done even better,' said Simon Willis, banks analyst at stockbroker NCB, who has a 'reduce' stance on the shares. 'We think there's still a lot of pain to come through in the States.' But insurers suffered, with Friends Provident down 6-1/2 at 127, and Aviva 27 lower at 584-1/2.
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