Charity Scheme To Draw Up Free Wills
- May
- 17
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People aged 55 and over are being offered a free will writing service by a local solicitors’ firm as part of a charity initiative called Free Wills Fortnight.
The project brings together eight national charities to encourage individuals and couples aged 55 plus to make or amend their will with the option to leave a gift [...]
Face Time Instead of Facebook Time
- April
- 25
Medium of Isolation
“In this sample, the Internet was used extensively for communication,” according to the authors of the study. “Nonetheless, greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants’ communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.”
However, there is [...]
Bush big White House crowd greet pope on his birthday
- April
- 20
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI agreed Wednesday that terrorism is an unacceptable weapon for any cause or religion, standing strongly united on that issue but divided on others during a day of substance and symbolism at the White House.The festive White House visit was the highlight of the first full day of [...]
Bush big White House crowd greet pope on his birthday
- April
- 20
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI agreed Wednesday that terrorism is an unacceptable weapon for any cause or religion, standing strongly united on that issue but divided on others during a day of substance and symbolism at the White House.The festive White House visit was the highlight of the first full day of [...]
Court Backs Texas in Dispute With Bush
- April
- 8
WASHINGTON - Texas can ignore President Bush and an international court in refusing to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.The court said Bush exceeded his authority when he tried to intervene on behalf of Jose Ernesto Medellin, facing the death penalty for killing [...]
Court Backs Texas in Dispute With Bush
- April
- 6
WASHINGTON - Texas can ignore President Bush and an international court in refusing to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.The court said Bush exceeded his authority when he tried to intervene on behalf of Jose Ernesto Medellin, facing the death penalty for killing [...]
Plus SMS promises much again
- April
- 6
The companys Texas-based executive chairman Chris Tiensch was on a flying visit downunder last week to try to mend some fences with local brokers and talk up the outlook for its CRE8 subsidiary, and he admitted many investors were taking a jaundiced view of the companys prospects.
This is because Plus SMS has a history that [...]
Using Jesus to justify theft
- April
- 6
What are taxes if not an extension of the use of force? Government is the only institution that is legally allowed to compel people to give up their private property. Every government program is backed up by force, or the threat of it. If you do not pay your taxes, [...]
Collaboration in Government IT, Part 1: Needs and Benefits
- March
- 18
The Value of Effective Collaboration
The importance of our need for well-informed, well-equipped and coordinated government services was driven home by 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Yet responding to terrorist attacks and natural disasters — despite their potential scale and severity — are just two examples in which a host of government offices need to collaborate by [...]
How subprime killed Bear Stearns
- March
- 18
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — It started last summer when borrowers with weak credit started defaulting on their mortgages. Last night, it brought down an 85-year-old pillar of Wall Street.
How did we get to this point? How did rising foreclosures among subprime borrowers lead to Bear Stearns being scooped up in a fire-sale for two bucks [...]
