An Amusing Way to Die


Written on September 2, 2010 – 10:30 am | by Hunter Rankine

If you’re like most of us, there’s not much that you like better than a day at an amusement park. And if you like amusements parks, you’re probably with us when we say that roller coasters are our favorites. Turns out, though, that you might want to double check and make sure your term life insurance is paid up before you get on that roller coaster you’ve been waiting all summer to try.

While only one in 124,000 roller coaster riders detect any kind of injury, and only a fraction of those are serious (only 1 in 15 million need to be hospitalized), there remains a chance, however small, that you could die as a result of riding your favorite coaster. While t

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Do you have enough home insurance coverage for your condo?


Written on August 28, 2010 – 5:05 pm | by Hunter Rankine

Condominium-living offers a few obvious advantages: no lawn mowing, no painting window frames or cleaning out gutters.

But it places other burdens on property owners–chief among them is property insurance. A standard homeowners insurance policy for a single-family home typically covers the physical structure of the home, the property on which the house sits, as well as the property within the home.

Condominium or co-op “master” policies

Homeowners insurance is more complicated with condominiums. To ensure top-to-bottom protection for your real estate investment, you will likely need a separate insurance policy to cover the gaps in the condominium association’s “master” policy.

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Tags: Condo

Long Term Care Requirements for Texas Medicaid


Written on August 28, 2010 – 2:17 pm | by Gabrielle Scanlan
  1. kid bathing image by Maciej Zatonski from Fotolia.com  Medicaid provides help with bathing. Long-term care Medicaid in Texas can get you help with the following: dressing, bathing and using the bathroom, preparing meals, grocery shopping and managing money. Medicaid can also get you help with light housework, nursing care in your home and care in a nursing facility or other place. Hospice services can also be obtained through Medicaid services.

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5 years after Katrina: Can it happen again?


Written on August 25, 2010 – 1:33 pm | by Sebastian Braim

In the five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the city has recovered better than many predicted. To paraphrase the great Southern writer William Faulkner, it has not only endured but prevailed.

Katrina cost the city more than half its population; today, it is nearly 80% of its former size. One in 10 residents is a newcomer, including a cadre of well-educated young people. Blight is declining; the middle and upper classes are growing. What was one of the nation’s worst school systems is re-inventing itself. This year’s Super Bowl victory by the once-awful Saints seemed to cap the comeback.

But if a storm like Katrina hit New Orleans today, some of that hard-won progress would be under water. Read more…

Tags: Katrina, Katrina Happen