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Angry pet owners take jerky treat fight to stores

Grieving pet owners have started warning other consumers with fliers, cards and posters about potentially dangerous chicken jerky treats from China. After the death of her German shepherd, one Illinois woman gathered 60,000 signatures demanding retailers stop selling the treats.

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England Women v Pakistan Women ? ICC Women's World ...

England Women v Pakistan Women ? ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012 (3rd Match - Group A) ? Match Update

A half-century from Laura Marsh, followed by Holly Colvin?s 4-wicket haul, propelled the England Women to a comprehensive 43-run win over the Pakistan Women, in their first Group A match of the ongoing ICC Women?s World Twenty20, 2012, played at the Galle International Stadium in Sri Lanka today on September 27.

The Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field first, but the team?s bowling attack lacked intensity. Sana Mir (4-0-20-2) remained the only notable bowler, and the team was unable to restrict their opponents entirely, with the England Women going on to post a sizeable total of 133.

Skipper Charlotte Edwards (45) and Player of the Match Laura Marsh (54) opened the innings for their side, and set up a mammoth 102-run stand, which put the England Women on steady ground. Both batters, however, were dismissed via run out by the 16th over, and the batting order failed to maintain the momentum after that.

Wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor (8) and Lydia Greenway (3) were both dismissed for paltry scores, and Danielle Wyatt (2) remained similarly insipid. By the 19th over, the England Women were at 124 for 5, and Arran Brindle (12), the only batter who managed to register a double-digit score after the dismissal of the openers, found herself bowled by Sana Mir on the final ball of the last over, with the England Women posting a final total of 133.

Following their solid batting display, the England Women launched an intense bowling attack, featuring Colvin (3.4-0-9-4) and Daniele Hazell (4-0-19-2) as key bowlers, while Marsh (4-1-14-1) and Katherine Brunt (3-0-17-1) chipped in with supporting performances.

The Pakistan Women put forth a lacklustre batting performance, with only Qanita Jalil (14), Nain Abidi (11), Javeria Khan (23), and Batool Fatima (11*) managing to register double-digit scores. Skipper Sana Mir put in a disappointing contribution of 6 runs, while Bismah Maroof, Marina Iqbal, and Sadia Yousuf all chipped in with just one run each.

Unable to stand up to the force of the England Women?s bowling attack, the Pakistan Women crumbled, all out at 90, granting their opponents victory by a margin of 43 runs.

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/England-Women-v-Pakistan-Women-ICC-Womens-World-Twenty20-2012-3rd-Match-Group-A-Match-Update-a190730

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UCSB scientists capture clues to sustainability of fish populations

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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Thanks to studies of a fish that gives birth to live young and is not fished commercially, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that food availability is a critical limiting factor in the health of fish populations.

The scientists were able to attach numbers to this idea, based on 16 years of data. They discovered that the availability of enough food can drive up to a 10-fold increase in the per capita birthrate of fish. And, with adequate food, the young are up to 10 times more likely to survive than those without it.

This research, published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, is expected to be useful for managers involved in maintaining sustainable fisheries.

The scientists used a remarkable set of black surfperch population data collected from 1993 to 2008 to develop these statistics. Divers collected the data by monitoring a fish population off Santa Cruz Island, near Santa Barbara. Russell J. Schmitt and Sally J. Holbrook, both professors in UCSB's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and UCSB's Marine Science Institute, head the team of scientists.

First author Daniel K. Okamoto, a Ph.D. student in UCSB's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, explained that there has been a lack of information about how survival and birthrates are influenced by food availability, which is known to fluctuate through time. Black surfperch, found off the Pacific Coast from central Baja California northward to Fort Bragg, feed on small crustaceans and worms.

"If a management procedure has called for a certain harvest rate that is constant through time, that would be like saying we should harvest the same amount of corn through time, even though we know that corn can be influenced by things like drought," said Okamoto.

The scientists consider the black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) to be a model species because it is not fished commercially, making it easier to assess the effects of food availability on fish mortality and reproduction.

A key feature of the black surfperch is the fact that this fish gives birth to live young that remain on the reef, allowing for its population to be counted accurately from year to year.

"The individual fish stay on their natal reef; they have low emigration- immigration rates, so we can actually track cohorts through time," said Okamoto. "An adult gives birth to live, capable young, instead of laying eggs. Those young stay on the reef where the adults were, which is a really nice property. We can go to a reef in a given year, survey it for adults, then go to that reef again the next year and see the young that are there and know, for the most part, that those young came from the adults that were there the year before." By contrast, most fish are dispersed into open water when they are in the larval stage.

Okamoto said that not including food availability in calculating benchmarks for species conservation may leave out a critical element in fisheries management.

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Daniel Reed, a research biologist with UCSB's Marine Science Institute and the principal investigator for the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research Program, is also a co-author of the study. The National Science Foundation provided funding for the research.



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Contact: Gail Gallessich
gail.g@ia.ucsb.edu
805-893-7220
University of California - Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Thanks to studies of a fish that gives birth to live young and is not fished commercially, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that food availability is a critical limiting factor in the health of fish populations.

The scientists were able to attach numbers to this idea, based on 16 years of data. They discovered that the availability of enough food can drive up to a 10-fold increase in the per capita birthrate of fish. And, with adequate food, the young are up to 10 times more likely to survive than those without it.

This research, published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, is expected to be useful for managers involved in maintaining sustainable fisheries.

The scientists used a remarkable set of black surfperch population data collected from 1993 to 2008 to develop these statistics. Divers collected the data by monitoring a fish population off Santa Cruz Island, near Santa Barbara. Russell J. Schmitt and Sally J. Holbrook, both professors in UCSB's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and UCSB's Marine Science Institute, head the team of scientists.

First author Daniel K. Okamoto, a Ph.D. student in UCSB's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, explained that there has been a lack of information about how survival and birthrates are influenced by food availability, which is known to fluctuate through time. Black surfperch, found off the Pacific Coast from central Baja California northward to Fort Bragg, feed on small crustaceans and worms.

"If a management procedure has called for a certain harvest rate that is constant through time, that would be like saying we should harvest the same amount of corn through time, even though we know that corn can be influenced by things like drought," said Okamoto.

The scientists consider the black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) to be a model species because it is not fished commercially, making it easier to assess the effects of food availability on fish mortality and reproduction.

A key feature of the black surfperch is the fact that this fish gives birth to live young that remain on the reef, allowing for its population to be counted accurately from year to year.

"The individual fish stay on their natal reef; they have low emigration- immigration rates, so we can actually track cohorts through time," said Okamoto. "An adult gives birth to live, capable young, instead of laying eggs. Those young stay on the reef where the adults were, which is a really nice property. We can go to a reef in a given year, survey it for adults, then go to that reef again the next year and see the young that are there and know, for the most part, that those young came from the adults that were there the year before." By contrast, most fish are dispersed into open water when they are in the larval stage.

Okamoto said that not including food availability in calculating benchmarks for species conservation may leave out a critical element in fisheries management.

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Daniel Reed, a research biologist with UCSB's Marine Science Institute and the principal investigator for the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research Program, is also a co-author of the study. The National Science Foundation provided funding for the research.



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Extreme climate change linked to early animal evolution

Thursday, September 27, 2012

An international team of scientists, including geochemists from the University of California, Riverside, has uncovered new evidence linking extreme climate change, oxygen rise, and early animal evolution.

A dramatic rise in atmospheric oxygen levels has long been speculated as the trigger for early animal evolution. While the direct cause-and-effect relationships between animal and environmental evolution remain topics of intense debate, all this research has been hampered by the lack of direct evidence for an oxygen increase coincident with the appearance of the earliest animals ? until now.

In the Sept. 27 issue of the journal Nature, the research team, led by scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, offers the first evidence of a direct link between trends in early animal diversity and shifts in Earth system processes.

The fossil record shows a marked increase in animal and algae fossils roughly 635 million years ago. An analysis of organic-rich rocks from South China points to a sudden spike in oceanic oxygen levels at this time ? in the wake of severe glaciation. The new evidence pre-dates previous estimates of a life-sustaining oxygenation event by more than 50 million years.

"This work provides the first real evidence for a long speculated change in oxygen levels in the aftermath of the most severe climatic event in Earth's history ? one of the so-called 'Snowball Earth' glaciations," said Timothy Lyons, a professor of biogeochemistry at UC Riverside.

The research team analyzed concentrations of trace metals and sulfur isotopes, which are tracers of early oxygen levels, in mudstone collected from the Doushantuo Formation in South China. The team found spikes in concentrations of the trace metals, denoting higher oxygen levels in seawater on a global scale.

"We found levels of molybdenum and vanadium in the Doushantuo Formation mudstones that necessitate that the global ocean was well ventilated. This well-oxygenated ocean was the environmental backdrop for early animal diversification," said Noah Planavsky, a former UCR graduate student in Lyons's lab now at CalTech.

The high element concentrations found in the South China rocks are comparable to modern ocean sediments and point to a substantial oxygen increase in the ocean-atmosphere system around 635 million years ago. According to the researchers, the oxygen rise is likely due to increased organic carbon burial, a result of more nutrient availability following the extreme cold climate of the 'Snowball Earth' glaciation when ice shrouded much of Earth's surface.

Lyons and Planavsky argued in research published earlier in the journal Nature that a nutrient surplus associated with the extensive glaciations may have initiated intense carbon burial and oxygenation. Burial of organic carbon ? from photosynthetic organisms ? in ocean sediments would result in the release of vast amounts of oxygen into the ocean-atmosphere system.

"We are delighted that the new metal data from the South China shale seem to be confirming these hypothesized events," Lyons said.

The joint research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the NASA Exobiology Program, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Besides Lyons and Planavsky, the research team includes Swapan K. Sahoo (first author of the research paper) and Ganqing Jiang (principal investigator of the study) of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Brian Kendall and Ariel D. Anbar of Arizona State University; Xinqiang Wang and Xiaoying Shi of the China University of Geosciences (Beijing); and UCR alumnus Clint Scott of United States Geological Survey.

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TLC orders specials, extra episodes of Boo Boo

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, seven-year-old beauty pageant regular and reality show star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson gestures during an interview in her home in McIntyre, Ga. The TLC network said Wednesday that it has ordered Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials focusing on its seven-year-old breakout star Honey Boo Boo. The series airs its 10th and final episode of its debut season on Wednesday, Sept. 26. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, seven-year-old beauty pageant regular and reality show star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson gestures during an interview in her home in McIntyre, Ga. The TLC network said Wednesday that it has ordered Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials focusing on its seven-year-old breakout star Honey Boo Boo. The series airs its 10th and final episode of its debut season on Wednesday, Sept. 26. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2012 file photo shows, seven-year-old beauty queen and reality show star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson at her home in McIntrye , Ga., Alana and her family are featured on the hit show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo". The TLC network said Wednesday that it has ordered Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials focusing on its seven-year-old breakout star Honey Boo Boo. The series airs its 10th and final episode of its debut season on Wednesday, Sept. 26. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2012, file photo shows seven-year-old beauty queen and reality show star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson at her home in McIntrye , Ga., Alana and her family are featured on the hit show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo". The TLC network said Wednesday that it has ordered Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials focusing on its seven-year-old breakout star Honey Boo Boo. The series airs its 10th and final episode of its debut season on Wednesday, Sept. 26. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Get ready for some Honey Boo Boo holidays.

The TLC network said Wednesday that it has ordered Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials focusing on its seven-year-old breakout star, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson. The series airs its 10th and final episode of its debut season on Wednesday.

The show centers around Thompson, her mother June Shannon and their rural Georgia family and has been a breakout hit for the cable network. Thompson's outgoing personality and catchphrases like "A dolla makes me holla" made her a star, although some critics suggest the show mocks small-town Southern life.

TLC has also ordered additional episodes of the series to air next spring.

Associated Press

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Israelis shrug at Netanyahu's urgent warnings on Iran

Even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presses the US for ?red lines? on Iran?s nuclear development and Iran ramps up its rhetoric, Israelis don?t seem to be expecting a war with Iran anytime soon ? and are not frantically preparing for one.

Yes, Iran is a dangerous regime, most say. But even as some get new gas masks and repair their bomb shelters, more than half say they think Mr. Netanyahu's statements about launching an Israeli strike on Iran are a bluff intended to pressure the US to do the job instead.

And even if Netanyahu were serious about going it alone, Israelis express a high degree of confidence in Israel?s ability to defend itself.

?We have been following the Iran issue for quite a long time and ? [Israelis] actually seem to be pretty relaxed about it and I suppose that, following their answers, this is because they don?t really think it?s going to happen,? says public opinion expert Tamar Hermann, who co-edits a monthly poll known as the Peace Index. ?They see it as a chess game by which Netanyahu is trying to achieve certain advantages in the international arena.?

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There are other theories about why Israelis seem relatively calm about the Iran threat: They?ve long since accepted that they live in a dangerous neighborhood; they have confidence in the state?s ability to defend itself and protect its civilians; they don?t think Iran will strike anyway; and, for the more religious, they are looking to the same God that delivered their people from enemies who sought their destruction in the past, from Goliath to Haman.

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?First of all, I trust God. Secondly, we have very clever people, very good intelligence,? and a strong military, says Moshe Guy, a Tel Aviv resident visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem?s Old City. ?I?m not afraid ? I?m much more afraid about the conflict between Jews in Israel ? between religious and non-religious.? I see that Judaism is moving toward [being] fanatic, and fanatic is very bad.?

Indeed, other concerns seem to be more top of mind for Israelis, including the high cost of living, rising social tensions, and even a possible earthquake.

US SUPPORT STILL TRUMPS ALL

Earlier this year, a survey conducted by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University found that only 18 percent of Israelis believed that Iran would attack Israel with nuclear weapons. Even if Iran were to launch a nuclear attack, almost 2 in 3 Israelis believe that Israel can handle such an strike, according to the survey, which will be published in December.

But Israelis were more confident in their country's ability to deal with all but one of the other threats posed by the survey ? including war with Arab countries, sustained terrorism, and a chemical or biological weapons attack, according to INSS data shared with the Monitor.

The only thing Israelis are more worried about in terms of national security is a drop in US support of Israel.

?All the studies we?ve done over the past 25 years show that the Israeli public ? puts great, great, great emphasis between Israel and US and views strong bonds ? as a major factor in Israel?s national security,? says Yehuda Ben Meir, co-director of INSS?s National Security and Public Opinion Project. ?Since it?s been made very clear that the US is more than strongly opposed to a unilateral Israeli independent attack at this time ? [Israelis] don?t want it.?

To be sure, a substantial cohort ? as high as 40 percent, according to some polls ? still supports an Israeli strike. But a strong majority ? 61 percent, according to the Peace Index ? only want a joint US-Israel strike.

That said, Israelis don?t necessarily trust the US. Some 70 percent said they did not have full confidence in US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta?s promise this summer that the US will prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, according to the July edition of Professor Hermann?s Peace Index.

?We cannot trust America,? says Mr. Guy of Tel Aviv, criticizing Netanyahu for pressuring the US to support an Israeli strike or launch its own. ?Why speak about it, [why] make so much noise? They will not do it. We must do it.?

IS AN EARTHQUAKE MORE LIKELY THAN A NUCLEAR ATTACK?

This weekend, the deputy commander of Iran?s Revolutionary Guards said that an Israeli strike would ?provide a historic opportunity for the Islamic Revolution to wipe [Israel] off the face of the earth,? adding that an infantry battalion would be able to ?break Israel?s back? within a day.

It?s sound bites like that which always spur a flurry of calls and website traffic for Dani Avram, the owner of an Israeli bomb shelter company called Ani Mugan (?I am protected?).

?Every time there?s the right news ? you see a big increase of people that want to fix their home shelters,? says Mr. Avram, who says that usually such calls drop off after a few days. ?But now, it?s many more people and a longer period of time.?

Traffic to his company website has increased at least sixfold, he estimates, and calls have risen from a few dozen a day to a few hundred. Even on weekends and recent holidays, traffic has been similar to a normal business day, he says.

Part of it may be an improved awareness among citizens about how to brace for attack, thanks in part to a more organized campaign by the government.

?It?s not the same as [before the 1991] Gulf War ? now we feel more secure because now we feel better prepared,? says Dan, a Modiin resident visiting Jerusalem?s Old City who declined to give his last name.

DISTRIBUTING GAS MASKS

But his wife, Ilanit, says she is worried ? though she admits she has yet to get a gas mask for their third child, an infant.

The Home Front Command, set up in the wake of the Gulf War, began a nationwide campaign in 2010 to distribute gas masks to protect citizens in the event of biological or chemical warfare. Since then, they have distributed more than 4 million of the so-called ?protection kits,? but only about half of Israelis currently have one, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The country has also helped prepare citizens by organizing nationwide civil defense drills every spring or early summer since the 2006 Lebanon war, when Hezbollah sent a flood of rockets over Israel?s northern border. But this year?s drill, which is set to include NATO and the United Nations, will be held in October and doesn?t have anything to do with missiles or other possible retaliatory attacks from Iran.

Normally, the drills include the sounding of a siren, the distribution of messages via SMS, and requests for civilians to go to a designated secure place as they would in an emergency. Local governments are also involved in emergency response simulations.

Instead, the focus this year will be preparing for an earthquake. The last destructive earthquake in Israel occurred in 1927, and with major quakes occurring every 80-90 years on average, some say the country is due for another.

?I know it?s much more sexy to talk about Iran, but an earthquake is much more likely statistically,? says Nissan Zehevi, spokesman for the Home Front Defense Minister. But, he adds, ?We?re ready for any scenario.?

In the meantime, says Hermann, Israelis don?t seem to be batting an eye ? noting among other things the recent uptick in home sales lately.

?Normally people do not invest in real estate when they think that their new homes are going to be destroyed by missiles from Iran,? she says.

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Bombs explode at security site in Damascus: rebels

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Bombs planted by rebels exploded at a school building occupied by security forces and pro-government militias in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, activists and rebels said.

Residents said smoke was billowing from the area in southeastern Damascus and an activist said ambulances were rushing to the scene.

"At exactly 9:35 a.m., seven improvised devices were set off in two explosions to target a school used for weekly planning meetings between shabbiha militia and security officers," said Abu Moaz, a leader of Ansar al-Islam, one of the rebel groups in the 18-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

The state news channel Syria TV quoted a government official as saying two improvised explosives planted by "terrorists" blew up near the "Sons of Martyrs" school in Damascus. It said seven people were wounded, with minor damage to buildings.

Rebels said they expected high casualties from the blast but they did not give any confirmed reports of deaths.

"There were several officers present, and we are hoping they will be part of a large number of killed in this operation," Abu Moaz said.

Southern Damascus has become a battleground between Assad's forces and opposition fighters. Last week, the army bombarded rebel strongholds there to flush them out of the capital, once seen as Assad's untouchable seat of power but now a site of daily fighting.

Damascus residents also reported heavy clashes for two hours on Baghdad Street in a central district of the capital just to the north of the Old City.

(Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bombs-blow-security-damascus-rebels-080109913.html

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UN envoy: Syria's Assad has no interest in reforms

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? The new international envoy working to end Syria's civil war told members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday that President Bashar Assad will not institute reforms which would end his family's 40-year dictatorship and continues to blame the country's uprising on a foreign conspiracy.

Lakhdar Brahimi, who took on the post in September, offered a bleak account as he briefed diplomats for the first time in a closed-door meeting on his recent talks in Damascus with Assad, and discussions with other leaders in the region.

According to a diplomat inside the briefing, who demanded anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly to reveal details, Brahimi said he believed that Assad's goal was to return the country to "the old Syria," in which he and his father had ruled as dictators for four decades.

He said Brahimi had suggested Assad's intention was to portray the uprising as fueled by outside nations, in an attempt to discount protests which began in March 2011 to demand an end to his rule. The uprising was inspired by the other revolts around the Arab world against authoritarian rulers.

The Security Council, the only U.N. body that can impose global sanctions and authorize military action, has been bitterly divided by Syria's crisis. Russia, Syria's key protector, and China have vetoed three Western-backed resolutions aimed at pressuring Assad to halt the violence and open talks with his opponents aimed at a transition of power.

With deadlock over the international response, the situation inside Syria has rapidly deteriorated with routine torture, looming food shortages due to a poor harvest and citizens fearing to seek hospital treatment when injured, Brahimi said, according to the diplomat.

The envoy told the meeting that about 2,000 schools had been damaged and others used as shelter by those who had lost their homes, while many factories and pharmaceutical laboratories were destroyed or falling into disrepair.

Activists claim nearly 30,000 people have already died in the uprising, including in attacks Monday by Syrian warplanes in the northern city of Aleppo.

Outside the briefing, which was attended by ambassadors, Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that the failed six-point peace plan put forward by Brahimi's predecessor, Kofi Annan, should not be abandoned.

Annan's plan, which included a cease-fire, never took hold and was largely ignored by the government and the rebels before the plan ultimately collapsed.

"I think the substance of this plan is still the best alternative," Westerwelle said. "We have to solve the conflict in Syria but we also have to avoid a conflagration in the region, and I think this explains why we seek and why we work for a political solution."

Westerwelle also called on Syria's opposition to unite and show that it stands for a pluralistic, democratic society.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/un-envoy-syrias-assad-no-interest-reforms-154831977.html

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Signs It Might Be Time To File For Personal Bankruptcy | Siben ...

TIP! As you are heading towards a bankruptcy filing, don?t be tempted to run up cash advances on your credit cards in the belief they will be erased in the legal proceedings. That is considered fraudulent behavior, and you can still have to pay the credit card back, bankruptcy or no.

Bankruptcy is stressful and unpleasant, but remember that it is also a solution and a light for the future of your finances. You do have to sort through all of your finances and interact with a lot of people in the financial part of your life. On the other, however, after the bankruptcy has been discharged, you can get a fresh start and begin to re-build your credit. Continue reading to learn what you need to know to make your bankruptcy almost painless.

TIP! Do not use the word ?shame?, if you go bankrupt. Many people get feeling of guilt when going through bankruptcy.

Don?t automatically assume that a Chapter 7 bankruptcy will discharge all of your debt. If you have secured debts, you may be required to create a revised agreement for their repayment. There are some debts that simply are not dischargeable. For example, you can?t discharge court-sanctioned fines, child support obligations or alimony payments via Chapter 7.

TIP! If you think you have to file a petition for bankruptcy, get a lawyer who specializes in bankruptcy. A legal professional can help quell any confusion you have about the process.

If a personal recommendation comes your way, this should be a lawyer you focus on. Although you may find a good lawyer through an advertisement, you can simply find a much better lawyer if the lawyer is recommended to you by someone who has gone through the process and who has the inside track on the lawyer?s true capabilities.

TIP! Those wanting to file for bankruptcy should not give their assets to another person within a year of filing. This may be construed as an attempt to conceal your assets.

Every single asset is not necessarily lost when you file for bankruptcy. It is possible for you to keep your personal property. Some things you can keep include your clothing, furniture, jewelry and electronics. This will all depend on the type of bankruptcy you choose, your finances, and your state?s laws, but you could hold onto your large assets like the car and the family home.

TIP! Don?t take too long when trying to decide whether you want to file bankruptcy. It can be difficult to ask for help, but as you wait, you accrue more debt.

You should check with the personal bankruptcy resources available online to educate yourself thoroughly before you begin the process. The United States Department of Justice and American Bankruptcy Institute are two such places to look. As with everything in life, the more you know about filing a claim, the better off you?ll be. You can properly prepare when you know what you?re preparing for.

TIP! Some people tend to believe that filing for bankruptcy automatically excludes them for getting credit afterwards. Although your financial future is not in the best situation possible after you file, it is still possible to build your credit score back up.

Once you have realized you must file for bankruptcy, there is nothing to be gained by putting it off. If this is the only option that you could take, waiting won?t make it better. Waiting will put more stress on you and will only make the financial situation much worse. Once the decision has been made, remain decisive and avoid wavering. It can be a great relief to file and end the uncertainty.

TIP! Do not pay your taxes with credit cards that will be canceled when you file for bankruptcy. In most states, this is not dischargeable debt.

Find the right time to take action. Timing is critical, particularly when it comes to filing for bankruptcy. Sometimes, filing as soon as you can is best, while other times, it is wise to get past the worst problems first. The professional advice of a bankruptcy lawyer can help you pin down the best time to file given your current financial state.

TIP! Bankruptcy can be overwhelming to most people, and can be quite stressful. To avoid getting too stressed, make sure you hire a reputable bankruptcy attorney.

If you have found yourself in a position were bankruptcy is a must, you need to take a look at how you got to that point in the first place. If you were hit by a bus and racked up hundreds of thousands in medical bills, you?re probably not at high risk for filing again, but if you recklessly maxed out your credit cards, you might want to rethink your habits. If you have a history of buying lots of useless junk on credit, you may require professional help, lest you find yourself in this situation against in a few years.

TIP! It is important to remind your lawyer of any details that may be important to your case. Don?t assume that they?ll remember something important later without having a reminder.

There are benefits and detriments to filing bankruptcy. No matter why you have decided to file, remember that knowledge is power when it comes to managing the situation. These tips can make dealing with bankruptcy easier. Put them to use and see how smooth the process can be and how much happier you will feel

Source: http://www.sibensiben.com/long-island-injury-lawyer-blog/uncategorized/signs-it-might-be-time-to-file-for-personal-bankruptcy-3-2

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Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark: Thought for the Day

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Thought for the Day


?It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.?
Leonardo da Vinci

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Source: http://cbcbenchmark.blogspot.com/2012/09/thought-for-day_24.html

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