Gifting, The Best Way Of Sharing Thoughts
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The most important gift you can give to your family is your time. The individual who makes the gift is known as the donor, and the individual to whom the gift is made is called as the donee.
A present gift of a future interest is, however, valid. To make a gift that is unenforceable [...]
FDIC Insurance Limits Have Recently Been Raised
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As of October 3, 2008, the FDIC insurance limits at each member bank have been temporarily raised from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor. As part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, these increased limits mean more security to your revocable trust or living trust account, as long as your account is held with [...]
A New Idea to Stop Drunk Drivers
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It’s obvious that drunk driving is a serious crime, and it’s just plain stupid. You can kill somebody or you can kill yourself. While this is a tragedy, taking care of the root of the problem often doesn’t happen because of our emotional outrage. But many of our drunk driving laws aren’t based in reality [...]
Refrigerant Gas Reporting Also Involves Calculating All Related Carbon (CO2) Emissions
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In many countries, carbon emissions are required by law to be reported across an organization’s entire footprint; hence the coined term “Carbon Footprint. Carbon data and detailed records of energy, fuel, and refrigerant gas consumption fall under regulatory compliance rules and must be reported in paper, and increasingly, electronic format - Globally.
Refrigerant systems use high [...]
Why Your Living Trust is Safe in Economic Turmoil (Part 1)
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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA ‘08) is a law recently passed by Congress attempting to alleviate the enormous financial crisis that is not only affecting our country but also affecting the rest of the world.
The intent of the legislation was to buy up struggling assets to restore consumer and investor confidence, [...]
Refrigerant Gas Leaks Result In Business Losses And Environmental Issues
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Refrigerant gas tracking and management is necessary to assure that no ozone depleting or greenhouse gases escape into the atmosphere and contribute to destructive climate change. EPA Inspectors, governmental regulators, as well as many state officials are responsible for monitoring commercial AC and HVAC systems. They can do spot checks of the refrigerant service records, [...]
New Era of Thai Law Consumer Protection Begins
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New laws enforcing stricter standards for product liability and greater consumer protection were passed in September last year, and took effect only recently, in February 2009. The foundation laws for the long-awaited movement towards greater consumer protection in Thailand came in two parts, and while one took effect in mid-late 2008, the other has only [...]
Trademark Your Domain Name or Risk Losing Your Domain and All Your Profit
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Do you have a successful or soon-to-be successful Internet business?
Congratulations. You have a wonderful website and orders are pouring in hand over fist. Maybe they have been for a long time. You registered your domain. Maybe you didn’t trademark your domain name, but that’s okay, isn’t it? Who has [...]
California Air Resources Board (CARB) Puts The Freeze On Air Pollution
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As part of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) the Air Resources Board (ARB) has approved an early action measure to reduce high-global warming potential (GWP) greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions by establishing new legislation and defining requirements related to improved monitoring of AC/HVAC systems, enforcement of regulations, reporting of refrigerant usage, and recovery, [...]
Choosing The Right Workers Comp Attorney
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Although workplaces try hard to prevent injury, sometimes accidents do happen on the job. If you have been injured or have developed a work-related illness, you may be eligible to receive workers compensation benefits that can be used to stay in your home and pay other bills.
Other than healing, the hardest part of your [...]