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Stop Global Climate Change By Building An “Ark”

February 29th, 2008
If neither governments, nor most businesses are taking effective measures to avoid global climate catastrophe, what can people do at a grass-roots level to help sustain life on earth? After heart-breaking research, I offer these four ideas: 1. Verify the accuracy of the information in this commentary. 2. If you decide it is valid, share it as widely and as quickly as possible. (If you can help with translating it into other languages, please write to: ideas@just-stop.org.) 3. Choose which o

Budget 2008 Highlights

February 29th, 2008
Warning: Long post below. (Click here to listen to my latest song) Highlights of the 2008 budget speech by financial minister P Chidambaram. (Via email from Rachin Bhasi). TAX EXEMPTION FOR WOMEN: RS 180000TAX EXEMPTION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS: RS 225000NO CHANGE IN CORPORATE INCOME TAX, NO CHANGE IN SURCHARGEPERSONAL TAXATION: EXEMPTION LIMIT INCREASED TO 1,50,000 FROM RS 1,10,000.. everyone gets a relief of Rs 40000For women, the income tax limit goes up from Rs 1.45 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh. In c

Highlights of Budget 2008

February 29th, 2008
Highlights of the 2008 budget speech by financial minister P Chidambaram. TAX EXEMPTION FOR WOMEN: RS 180000 TAX EXEMPTION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS: RS 225000 NO CHANGE IN CORPORATE INCOME TAX, NO CHANGE IN SURCHARGE PERSONAL TAXATION: EXEMPTION LIMIT INCREASED TO 1,50,000 FROM RS 1,10,000.. everyone gets a relief of Rs 40000 For women, the income tax limit goes up from Rs 1.45 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh. In case of senior women citizens, it increases from Rs 1.95 lakh to Rs 2.25 lakh. New tax slabs wi

Insurance may be the answer

February 29th, 2008
No one can predict exactly how much you would have to pay if you were to cause an accident, families financial future it's important to keep in mind that term life expires. That why we buy insurance to help us if something bad happens. If you're looking for permanent insurance that builds cash value whole life insurance may be the answer for you. Term insurance on the other hand is often referred to as pure insurance protection because it builds no cash value and providing extra life insura

Women and child schemes get the priority - Economic Times

February 29th, 2008

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Women and child schemes get the priority
Economic Times, India - 5 hours ago
This is a part of the Janashree Bima Yojana, the scheme run by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) offers life and permanent disability cover to ...
24% hike in allotment for women and child schemes Sify
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The Spider Woman

February 29th, 2008
Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed “The Pajama Murders” by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After losing a large sum in a casino and writing a bad check to cover his losses, he appears to try to take his own life. He is prevented by the mysterious and sophisticated Andrea Spedding with an offer of a loan with his life insurance policy as collateral.

Senate panel OKs kids health insurance bills - Colorado Springs Gazette

February 29th, 2008

Senate panel OKs kids health insurance bills
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO - 15 hours ago
Bob Hagedorn, D-Aurora, would increase the maximum income for eligibility in Medicaid or the state’s Child Health Plan Plus insurance programs. ...

Senate panel OKs kids health insurance bills - Colorado Springs Gazette

February 29th, 2008

Senate panel OKs kids health insurance bills
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO - 7 hours ago
Bob Hagedorn, D-Aurora, would increase the maximum income for eligibility in Medicaid or the state’s Child Health Plan Plus insurance programs. ...

TT #40: 13 tax advice for Canadians

February 29th, 2008
13 tax advice for Canadians! If you are married and have children under 16 years old, file your taxes together! You don't want to missed out on 2 new credits offered by the government: the child amount of $2000 each and the children's fitness amount to a max of $500 each. Both are non-refundable tax credit that will lower your tax payable. For senior citizens receiving pensions, you are now entitle to income splitting... file your taxes together to find out if this is to your advantage or no

Writing a Book About Making a Book

February 29th, 2008
When I very first started teaching, all fresh-faced and scrubbed, I was at an urban elementary school.  It was a huge challenge.  I had 34 students in my 5th grade class.  None of my students spoke English at home, in fact, only a handful were born here in the United States.  They came with their families from Viet Nam, Afghanistan (and from Afghanistan via the refugee camps of Pakistan ~ it was the 90s and they were fleeing from the war with Russia), Mexico and El Salvador.  My students from Fi

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