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Taking a quick off topic time out here to discus something important. I have never understood why people declare bankruptcy. If you can afford to file it, you don’t need it. Seriously. Depending upon where you live, filing bankruptcy can cost anywhere from several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. If you have that kind of money, you can take care of the debt yourself, or, if you don’t think you can, pick a Debt Management Plan that will work for you and stick to it. If you have the willpower, here’s what to do: cut up the credit cards. Then make a list of bills, most important to least important, with the ones having the highest interest rates having priority. Pay off any bills small enough to pay off with what you WERE going to spend on bankruptcy. Then, send the bill at the top of the list a large payment every month, and send the rest a ten dollar bill to keep things out of collections. As you pay off each bill, it gets easier, and eventually, you will be debt free. Bankruptcy foresn’t even pay off the hard ones, like student loans, and you are probably going to lose your house anyway. At this stage, your credit is shot, and bankruptcy only solidifies that. Use a little sense and have a little patience, stop living beyond your means, and things will come clear.

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Grammy nominated performer Jeff Healey passed away on Sunday. He was 41 years old. Healey, whose band rose to fame in 1988 with the release of the song “Angel Eyes”, had battled cancer all of his life. Blind since he was one year old, he didn’t let that stop him from becoming what he wanted to be, a rock and jazz musician. His latest album is scheduled for release in the US in April.

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It would be great if the major computer manufacturers could manage to sell computers that are exactly what you need, wouldn’t it? Something with exactly the memory you want, exactly the right speed, with the right operating system? Maybe you don’t care about a CD-RW, but you sure could have used that DVD-RW? Or maybe you have the computer you want, but it needs a serious upgrade? Wouldn’t it be great if you could just sidestep the major manufacturers and Build a Computer? Well, guess what. Now you can! The website that the above link leads to, http://www.easyasmypc.com, sells PC kits that you can actually assemble, to your specifications, with instructions written in real, easy to understand English. Think about it… an wasy, do it yourself way to get the PC you want without spending a fortune. Bypassing the major manufacturers, you can not only build it yourself, at least, you can if you can operate a screwdriver… you can make sure it has the right memory, the right speed, the right everything. Know what we do? When our teens want to own a computer, we tell them they can have one when they can build their own… and we mean it! They love the challenge, and they learn alot about computers in the process! What could be better?

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Dave Stevens, the artist responsible for the creation of the comic book “The Rocketeer”, has died. He was 52 years old. His death occurred on March 10 at a California hospital, and was caused by complications of treatment for leukemia. “The Rocketeer” achieved great success throughout the eighties, and was even used as the basis for the Disney movie of the same name.

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You have heard about the peaceful beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains all of your life. Now, a VA Gated Community called The Coves gives you the opportunity to become a part of that beauty. With it’s incredible water frony location, this is by far one of the premier gated communities in the world today. Life in the Blue Ridge Mountains doesn’t have to stay a dream! To find out more about becoming a part of life at The Coves on Smith Mountain Lake, just visit the website by clicking the link provided above. You will never be sorry you did it!

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Anthony Minghella, award winning director of “The English Patient”, has died. He was 54 years old. Minghella died of a hemorrhage several days after surgery to remove a growth on his neck. His death occurred just days before the television airing of his latest film in London.

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For over a decade now, Roca Wear has been providing customers with the latest and greatest cutting edge fashions for the casual customer. The name quickly became recognizable in the young urban world, and has grown steadily throughout most other market bases as well. Roca Wear Shorts, for example, are a great way to maintain style and individuality while managing to be comfortable at the same time. Now available online in the Roca Wear store, it is even easier to be on the trendy side of comfort with the shorts and their many other fashion products. Just click through the link to find out what’s new!

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Legendary science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke passed away on Wednesday in his home in Sri Lanka. He was ninety years old. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in the 1950s to be nearer to his favorite activity, underwater exploration. Clarke, who had been suffering the after affects of polio for years, said that he was perfectly fine in the water, and that it was as close to the weightlessness of space as he could get. With over a hundred novels to his credit, he will be remembered for a long time.

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As a woman, I can tell you that the hunt for the perfect purse is a never ending quest. When you find a company that makes purses that have the compartmentalization you need AND they look great too, you remember them and go back. These days, Baby Phat is the brand to look for, and baby phat purses are some of the best and most innovative fashion statements available. And, now that these great handbags are available through their onlinje site, there isn’t aby need to go from store to store to find their latest arrivals! In a household with four teen girls, this is an absolute blessing. Just click the link and check out the latest!

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Karen Ann Quinlan is remembered, unfortunately, for falling into a coma and not waking up. The theory is that she was mixing drugs and alcojol at a party, and the coma was the result. After a tear in the coma, her family requested that she be removed from life support. The hospital refused, resulting in one of the first and definitely the most famous “right to die” lawsuits ever. Ebentually, the family won and life support was removed. Karen refused to die, however. She lived for over eight years after the removal of life support, eventually dying of pneumonia. She is buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, New Jersey.

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