Lia Beamer: A New Hero Emerges

Written by Janet Bishop


Lisa Beamer: A New Hero Emerges She took torepparttar skies to make a statement against fear, against terrorism, and as an expression of her personal faith in God. She met with Todd's associates inrepparttar 111641 hope of raising funds forrepparttar 111642 Todd M. Beamer Foundation, dedicated to assistingrepparttar 111643 22 children who lost parents aboard Flight 93. Her hope is that those child- ren will grow up intorepparttar 111644 kind of people who "can make courageous and and moral decisions."

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8 Tips for Paying Bills

Written by Susan W. Miller


Bills, bills, bills - doesrepparttar mailman deliver anything else? What am I going to do?

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1. List outrepparttar 111643 bills you owe, prioritize them, and draw up a FPLP - first-pay/last-pay schedule 2. Make small payments on each bill instead of paying some in full and delayingrepparttar 111644 others. 3. Don't hide from your creditors. Explain your plan and ask for their cooperation as you stretch these payments. Assure them they will be paid in full. If you have a plan in place, you may be able to even give them some idea when they will be paid in full. 4. Stick to your new payment plan. If you are not consistent,repparttar 111645 lender might give up on you and takerepparttar 111646 next step - legal action. Avoid those hassles by being consistent and in open communication.

These arerepparttar 111647 bills to pay first:

A) Payrepparttar 111648 rent orrepparttar 111649 mortgage. You face eviction or at least a lot of hassle ifrepparttar 111650 rent is not paid on time. Most lenders grant a grace period and then tack on a late fee if you are a homeowner. Foreclosure proceedings usually don't begin until after payment has been missed for 3 consecutive months. Late payments will, in fact, be reported torepparttar 111651 credit bureau. B) Keep utility bills current. Most companies will not disconnect for 60 days. There is almost always a reconnect fee and much time delayed after you straigten outrepparttar 111652 back payments and you do get reconnected. Stick to their schedule or communicate with them about your situation. C) Handle credit card payments monthly. List out allrepparttar 111653 credit card balances,repparttar 111654 minimum payment required, andrepparttar 111655 interest rate charged. Put them in ascending order starting withrepparttar 111656 highest interest rate charge and finishing withrepparttar 111657 lowest rate. Pay offrepparttar 111658 highest rate first and continue to payrepparttar 111659 minimum onrepparttar 111660 others. Place getting out of debt among your highest goals.

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