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The youngest winner of the Open was Inbee Park, who, at age 19, won the 2008 Women’s Open. Born in Seoul, Korea, Park moved to the U.S. at age 10. The oldest winner was Texas-born Babe Zaharias, who won the 1954 Open at age 43.
ON PAR FOR THE OPEN There were 1,295 entries worldwide for this year’s Women’s Open. Eightytwo women were exempt from having to qualify; qualifying rounds for the rest began May 16 and ended June 5 on 20 different golf sites. The field was whittled down to 156 golfers, who will play four rounds July 7 through July 10.
Catherine Lacoste won the Women’s Open in 1967, the first and only amateur to do so. She was propelled by good genes, as the daughter of French tennis player Rene Lacoste and 1927 British Ladies Amateur champion Simone Thion de la Chaume.
After the first two rounds, players with the low-60 scores, including ties, and anyone within 10 shots of the leader will advance to the third and fourth rounds. Practice rounds will be played July 4 through July 6.
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Last year, the purse at the Women’s Open was $3.2 million, with $585,000 to the winner. Besides the money, the title holder receives a gold medal, possession of the Harton S. Semple Trophy for the year and an exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women’s Open championships.
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The Colorado Springs area is a winner as well. According to the Gazette, tournament officials estimated an economic impact of more than $25 million.
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Today, Sorenstam has a family and is as successful off the course as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and golf ambassador.
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Sorenstam is an icon in the world of women’s golf. She has 89 victories worldwide, including 10 major championships. Following her 1995 win at the Broadmoor, she won the U.S.
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Open in 1996 and 2006. The Golf Writers Association named Sorenstam the American Female Player of the Year eight times, and the Ladies Professional Golf Association presented her with the prestigious Rolex LPGA Player of the Year award a record eight times. She became the first player in LPGA history to exceed $22 million in earnings. Sorenstam was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
This year marks the 66th U.S. Women’s Open championship. The first was played in Spokane, Wash., at the Spokane Country Club in 1946. At the time, the Women’s Professional Golf Association conducted the tournament, until the newly formed Ladies Professional Golf Association assumed the responsibility in 1949. The LPGA ran the Open for four more years, and then requested that the USGA pick up the championship.
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Course, which is one of just 12 North American and Caribbean golf courses to receive a five-star rating from Golf Digest. The course was also ranked No. 1 in customer service by Golf Digest. In 1916, Spencer Penrose, who had just purchased the Broadmoor, asked a prominent architect by the name of Donald Ross to design an 18-hole golf course for the hotel property and resort that was then under development. When the course was completed in 1918, it was the highest golf course in the U.S. at 6,400 feet in elevation. Ross designed the first six holes and the last three, and Robert Trent Jones Sr. created holes seven through 15. The East Course is well-known for wide fairways and large greens, not to mention the beautiful trees and mountain views. The East Course has hosted numerous tournaments and golf greats. Besides Sorenstam’s win in 1995, Jack Nicklaus got his first major win on the East Course with the 1959 U.S. Amateur. Ross and Jones also designed the Broadmoor’s West Course, which is higher in elevation at 6,800 feet and overlooks the mountains and the city. The West Course hosted the 1998 PGA Cup Matches. Jack Nicklaus’s company, Nicklaus Design, redesigned the Mountain Course, which opened in July 2006.
MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS Throughout its long history, the Broadmoor has been the site of many golf tournaments, starting in 1918 with the Red Cross Matches Fundraiser. Penrose and his friends were responsible for raising more than $1 million during that championship.
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Presidents Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Reagan and George H.W. and George W. have all walked the halls of the Broadmoor. The list of movie stars and dominant sports figures who have dined at the Broadmoor’s A-listed restaurants or shopped at the unique gift stores or gotten a massage at the spa are endless. Football legend Terry Bradshaw and Lance Armstrong of bicycling fame are among them. Others include Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Sir Elton John, Cher, Ted Turner and Michael Douglas. Oh, if those walls could only talk. Historical accounts of human activity at the Broadmoor have included a few amusing; nonetheless, interesting stories.
JOHN WAYNE In the 1950s, John Wayne took a break from filming for some R & R at the Broadmoor. Staff members at the time told this story about Wayne. One afternoon, as they were bringing up a large tray of shrimp to a party of people in one of the suites, John Wayne met them in the elevator. As they rode up the elevator, Wayne started taking the shrimp from the tray and eating them. When they reached the suite, the workers were prepared to tell the party they would have to get a new tray of shrimp. But Wayne took the shrimp tray and walked into the suite and said, “Here’s your tray, and I ate the shrimp.” The party didn’t care about the shrimp at that point, but Wayne had another tray sent to the suite and stayed to sign autographs.
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THE PROHIBITION STORY On the lobby level of the hotel is an area called Bottle Alley, where many bottles of liquor from the Prohibition era are stored. Spencer Penrose and his wife were well-known anti-prohibitionists. Spencer Penrose was especially noted for inviting hoteliers and the press to his hotel property, asking them to bring a few bottles of their “favorite cologne,” which referred to illegal alcohol. He also used the reference “gasoline.” The invitees were mainly men of wealth and besides dining with their “cologne,” they enjoyed all the amenities of the hotel and nearby attractions. Broadmoor Chief Executive Officer Steve Bartolin discovered that Penrose had hidden three “flatcars” of his “gasoline” in the tunnels that ran from the original casino to the “houses of ill repute.” When Bartolin and a few staff members opened the door hidden behind some filing cabinets, they were taken back by the stench of “rotting hay and fermentation.”
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• The giant Pacific octopus, the largest octopus in the world, is a prolific breeder. Extremely prolific. The female lays approximately 56,000 eggs, all at once. And since, accordProhibition is long past, and a few golf ing to experts, the population is staenthusiasts will most likely enjoy some ble, of those 56,000 eggs, only two fresh libations at the Women’s Open. survive to reproduce.
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• On June 30, 1859, Jean-Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known professionally as Emile Blondin, becomes the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Wearing pink tights and a yellow tunic, Blondin crossed a cable about 2 inches in diameter and 1,100-feet long with only a balancing pole to protect him from plunging into the dangerous rapids 160 feet below. • On June 28, 1862, Confederate raiders make a daring capture of a commercial vessel on Chesapeake Bay. Conspirators boarded the St. Nicholas as paying passengers with Richard Thomas Zarvona, a former student at West Point, disguised as a flirtatious Frenchwoman. • On July 3, 1908, author Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher is born in Albion, Mich. In 1937, her first book, “Serve It Forth,” was published. She produced nine more books on food, including “How to Cook a Wolf” (1942) and “The Gastronomic Me” (1943).
• On July 1, 1951, Cleveland Indians ace Bob Feller pitches the third no-hit game of his career to lead the Indians over the Detroit Tigers 2-1. This made him the first modern pitcher ever to throw three no-hitters.
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• People who haven’t yet retired have more concerns than those who have already retired. The major concerns are paying for long-term health care, the falling value of investments, running out of money, inability to maintain a standard of living and not having anything to leave to heirs. • Seniors have more debt than they expected to have at retirement. But if there’s a retirement strategy the majority agreed on, it’s this: Get rid of consumer and mortgage debt before retirement by paying off credit cards and cutting back on spending for gifts, vacation and restaurants. If you want to see how you compare to others in this survey, go to www.soa. org and put the name of the report in the quick search box. Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail. com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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drinks in one day. Once he learns that number, he should drink 40 percent of the total in the morning, another 40 percent in the afternoon and limit fluid to 20 percent of the daily total from 5 p.m. on. He can increase his bladder’s capacity by holding off on urinating during the day. If he delays each time by five or 10 minutes for one week and then gradually lengthens the delay in following weeks, the bladder will stretch. This takes time. He has to be patient.
BED-WETTING DEEPLY AFFECTS CHILDREN DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Our grandson soon will be 15. He still wets the bed. His parents have done everything from pills to alarms, but nothing helps. Sometimes he gets depressed, and that scares us. He says he will never be able to have a relationship with a girl. Sometimes we worry that he will hurt himself. Is there anything that can help this situation? -- W.M. ANSWER: I feel deeply for your grandson. No one can understand the isolation and hopelessness he has to grapple with. He could stand professional counseling. Perhaps a few facts will help him. Between the ages of 5 and 6, 15 percent to 20 percent of children are still wetting the bed. Of that number, every following year, 15 percent will stay dry during the night. By age 18, only 1 percent to 2 percent of these youngsters are still battling the problem. Your grandson has three years in which his chances of gaining control are good. The problem of bed-wetting appears to stem from a brain that doesn’t respond to a full nighttime bladder by rousing the sleeper. It might be a delay in developing that response. Or it might be a delay in the attainment of a large enough bladder capacity to hold nighttime urine production. Or it might be that these children produce too little of the hormone vasopressin, which suppresses nightly urine formation. Your grandson can once more try things he probably has already tried. He should measure carefully how much fluid he
Alarms can work. They sound or vibrate when the first few drops of moisture touch them. It can be as long as six months of use before the training takes hold. For occasions when he is invited to stay at other people’s homes for the night, desmopressin, as a pill or nasal spray, slows nighttime urine production. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am so concerned about our grandson. He is a senior in college. He felt he couldn’t focus well enough on some of his difficult classes. He went to a doctor and was put on Adderall. I am so worried that he will become addicted. Should I be concerned? -- R.G. ANSWER: Adderall is a drug of the amphetamine family. It does have the potential of leading to dependence. However, it’s been used for so many years for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder that it can be well managed and not present a danger. The doctor who prescribed the drug is responsible for monitoring how it is used. He or she will continue writing for its use only if it’s safe to do so. I sincerely believe you do not have to worry yourself about your grandson.
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pers. They are rated at 5,000 Scoville Units and are tapered green or red chilies. Adjust the spiciness of the salsa by selecting the type of pepper added to the mix. For a very mild salsa, use milder peppers. For a very hot salsa, use a greater proportion of hotter peppers to milder ones. Regardless of the product’s spiciness, don’t just add more peppers to make it hotter. The total amount of peppers should be the amount recommended in the procedure. The proportions are calculated out so that the recipe will be safely preserved.
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How hot the salsa is depends on the kind of peppers that are used. Peppers are rated according to their hotness on a scale called the Scoville Organoleptic Test. The hottest variety is habanero, with a rating of 300,000 Scoville Units. The habanero resembles an orange lantern. Typically, the hotter peppers are smaller varieties (1-3 inches at maturity) and are colored ‘green-turning-red.’ When working with hot peppers, be sure to wear gloves to prevent burns. Just cutting a habanero open, for example, can make a person’s eyes water! Milder peppers tend to be larger (4-10 inches) and are ‘yellow-turning-red.’ Examples of milder peppers include Bell peppers and Sweet Banana peppers, which are rated at 0 Scoville Units, and so are very mild. More in the mid-range would be jalape–o pep-
It also is a good idea to try out the peppers you plan to use in your salsa by trying half of a hot pepper first, stirring the salsa, letting it sit for a few minutes and tasting for heat. See if the temperature is what you expect and what you prefer. It’s easier to adjust the mix of peppers in the salsa to gradually make it a little hotter by adding more peppers than it is to deal with an excessively hot and spicy salsa after it’s prepared. If someone finds your salsa a bit too hot, you might try serving it with some sour cream or salty chips to help calm that spicy flavor.
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2 large, firm-but-ripe tomatoes, cored, seeded and coarsely chopped; or 16 grape or cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters 1 cup diced red onion 1 or 2 fresh jalape–os, stemmed and minced 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon honey or agave syrup, optional 1/3 cup finely chopped cilantro 1. In a large bowl, combine mango, peach, tomatoes, onion, jalape–os, lime juice, chili powder, salt and honey. Stir well to combine. 2. Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 hour, to blend the flavors. Just before serving, stir in the cilantro and adjust
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the seasoning. Serve with baked tortilla or pita chips. Makes about 2 cups. TIP: To reduce the heat of the peppers and retain the flavor, cut the peppers open and remove the seeds and the ribs. Be sure to wear gloves when handling peppers or wash your hands immediately after touching them. *** Angela Shelf Medearis is known as The Kitchen Diva! She’s the executive producer and host of “The Kitchen Diva!” cooking show on Hulu.com. Her new inspirational book is “Ten Ingredients for a Joyous Life and a Peaceful Home -- A Spiritual Memoir” and was co-written with Pastor Salem Robinson Jr. (www.dunnsmemorial.com) Visit her website at www.divapro.com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. In 2010, Mike Redmond set a major-league mark for consecutive games by a catcher without an error (253). Who had held the record? 2. Name the last two Detroit Tiger A.L. Rookies of the Year. 3. Who are the only two coaches to guide NFC South teams to Super Bowl victories? 4. When was the last time before Butler University in 2010 that a Division I men’s college basketball team played in the Final Four in its own home city? 5. Name the first team in NHL history to have four 500-goal scorers on the roster. 6. Who was the fastest to reach 100 goals in Major League Soccer history? 7. Name three of the four opponents heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier fought between the time he won the heavyweight title from Jimmy Ellis in 1970 and lost to George Foreman in 1973.
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1. What one-hit-wonder group had a hit with “Surfin’ Bird.” 2. Who released “Taxes On the Farmer Feeds Us All” and “Vigilante Man”? 3. What was David Bowie’s first U.S. No. 1 hit? 4. Which group had a hit with “Little Deuce Coupe”? 5. Name the Rolling Stones hit that Aretha Franklin covered 18 years later? 6. What song do The Mindbenders and Phil Collins have in common. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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“Sucker Punch” (PG-13) -- So much of this film is in layered storytelling done in music-video format that I’m not sure it can be described in plain text, so be prepared. “Sucker Punch” is a humorless movie made and sold on the premise of girls in fetish gear and their gratuitous fights with baddies assembled from unfinished video games. (That was shockingly easy.) There is a story, don’t be fooled. Emily
Browning plays a young girl who accidentally kills her sister while trying to defend her from their evil stepfather and is institutionalized as a result. (This we learn from the first of many music videos the director trusted to tell the narrative.) To cope, the protagonist escapes into imaginary worlds -- one of which is apparently the realm of played-out visuals and forgotten comic-book bad guys. Director Zack Snyder’s famed “action style” gets annoying. In any fight, time erratically speeds up and grinds to a crawl like an amnesiac trying to drive a stick shift. The combat scenes are intense, but it doesn’t take long before the whole mess blends together. The imaginary baddies change, but they’re just different brownish things to shoot at -be they undead Nazis, orc soldiers or robot samurai. Even if this sounds like your kinda thing, seeing them used so interchangeably sort of cheapens it, making it look more like pandering than a well-crafted fantasy.
“Season of the Witch” (PG-13) -- The term “witch hunt” give rise to all kinds of scary ideas -- curses, poisons, scapegoating, suspicion and the tangled web of moral dilemmas inherent in a panicked society. Don’t worry though, this one is just another pretty-dark adventure featuring Nicolas Cage phoning it in as the hero. Two knights gone AWOL from the crusades (Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman) get roped into transporting an accused witch to a special monastery so they can end the cursed plague sweeping the land. Cage keeps it cool, depriving the audience of a new satisfyingly spastic outburst from the venerated over-actor. It’s probably not something you’ll want to watch over and over again - predicting what happens next is easy enough on the first viewing. However, there’s nothing strikingly bad about it, and it one can genuinely enjoy this short adventure through a world of nice knights and mean monsters.
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“Uncle Buck” (PG) [Blu-ray] -- Beloved writer/director John Hughes gave us this family comedy back in 1989. John Candy stars as the titular uncle, a goofball bachelor trusted to watch over his brother’s kids for a little while. It’s a fun movie from a time when teenagers didn’t have cell phones and Macaulay Culkin was still small, cute and funny.
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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Be careful: What appears to be a solid financial opportunity might have some hidden risks attached. A hazy personal matter needs to be cleared up.
TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS 1. Twelve 2. To hell 3. A citizen 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt 5. William Blake 6. First seven books of the Old Testament 7. Luddites 8. Nana 9. A parliament of owls 10. Memphis, Tenn.
SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Mike Matheny, with 252 errorless games (200204). 2. Justin Verlander (2006) and Lou Whitaker (1978). 3. Jon Gruden (Tampa Bay, 2002 season) and Sean Payton (New Orleans, 2009 season). 4. UCLA in 1972 (Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena). 5. The Detroit Red Wings in 2001-02 (Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan). 6. Taylor Twellman, 174 games. 7. He beat Bob Foster (1970), Muhammad Ali (1971), Terry Daniels (1972) and Ron Stander (1972).
FLASH BACK ANSWERS 1. The Trashmen in 1963. The song went to No. 4 on the chart. It was used in an episode of “Family Guy” a few years ago. 2. Ry Cooder, on his 1972 album “Into the Purple Valley.” The famed slide-guitarist is a multi-Grammy Award winner. 3. “Fame,” in 1975. He didn’t have another one until 1982 with “Let’s Dance.” 4. The Beach Boys, in 1963 as a B-side to “Surfer Girl.” A deuce coupe was the easily souped-up 1932 Ford Model B. 5. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” originally released in 1968, was covered by Franklin in 1986 in the film of the same name. 6. “A Groovy Kind of Love.” The Mindbenders released it in 1965, and Collins covered it in 1977. Collins’ version shot to No. 1 in both the U.S. and the U.K.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You feel ready to face up to a major change, although it might involve some risks. A oncedubious family member comes around and offers support and encouragement. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Move forward with your plans, despite discouraging words from those who underestimate the Bovine’s strong will. Your keen instincts will guide you well. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A misunderstanding is easily cleared up. Then go ahead and enjoy some fun and games this week. A Libra might have ideas that merit serious consideration for the future. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might feel as if you’re in an emotional pressure cooker, but the situation is about to change in your favor. Take time out for some wellearned fun. LEO (July 23 to August 22) A shift in your workplace responsibilities creates resentment among some co-workers. Deal with it before it becomes a threat to your success on the job. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Expect some surprises in what you thought was one of your typically well-planned schedules. Deal with them, and then enjoy some lighthearted entertainment.
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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) It’s a good time to strengthen ties with family and friends. You might feel unsure about a recent workplace decision, but time will prove you did the right thing. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Just when you thought your relationship was comfortable and even predictable, your partner or spouse could spring a potentially life-changing surprise on you. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your usually generous self is overshadowed by your equally strong suspicious nature. You might be judging things too harshly. Keep an open mind. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Love and romance dominate the week. Married Aquarians enjoy domestic harmony, while singles could soon be welcoming overtures from loving Leos. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) An old health problem recurs, but it is soon dealt with, leaving you eager to get back into the swing of things. A favorable travel period starts this week. BORN THIS WEEK: You have an independent spirit that resists being told what to do. But you’re also wise enough to appreciate good advice.
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Losing value when interest rates change — This type of risk primarily affects fixed-income investments, such as bonds. If you purchase a bond that pays, say, a 4% interest rate, and the market rate goes up to 5%, then the value of your bond will drop because no one will be willing to pay you the full price for it when newer, higheryielding bonds are available.
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In a simple separation, the parties go their separate ways with or without a written separation agreement. They are still married. They can’t get married again until after they are divorced. They are still subject to the laws of marital property. Absent a well-crafted separation agreement, any income they receive during the separation will be considered marital property and will be split accordingly in any subsequent court action for divorce or legal separation. There are exceptions to this rule that are beyond the scope of this article. If you receive income or acquire property during a simple separation, the assumption that “what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is yours” could be disastrous.
motion will be automatically granted. If neither party wants a divorce, the legal separation can proceed indefinitely. If you have a legal separation, you are still married. You can’t get married again until you are divorced. Some folks prefer legal separation to divorce for religious or ethical reasons. There can be other benefits to a legal separation as opposed to a divorce. For example, a spouse may be able to stay covered on the other spouse’s health insurance policy or may be able to own a life insurance policy on the other spouse. If you are legally separated, the marital property laws no longer affect you. The income you receive or property you acquire during a legal separation really is all yours.
A legal separation involves a court proceeding and a court order. A legal separation involves almost the same legal principles and paperwork as a divorce. Division of property, maintenance (alimony), child support, and child custody will be addressed in the Court’s order. Six months after the Judge enters the order of legal separation, either party may file a motion requesting that the legal separation be turned into a divorce. The
Divorce is the most popular choice when folks part ways: the couple’s financial and parenting issues are resolved; the parties are free to remarry; and the marital property laws no longer affect the parties. You need to be separated if you are getting a divorce. “Separated“ in this context means no longer living together as man and wife. Interestingly enough, you can still be living in Cards Project report warning about the ways creditcard companies are getting around the rules.
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he Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 was supposed to protect consumers from changing interest rates, unreasonable fees and the insecurity from not knowing from one month to the next what new fees and penalties the credit-card companies would come up with. The Pew Charitable Trusts, a branch of the nonpartisan, civic-minded Pew Research Center, has released a Safe Credit
To get around the restrictions of the CARD Act, credit-card companies have simply changed the name of the cards they’re issuing. They’re now called “business” or “corporate” credit cards. Business credit cards were never intended to be covered by the act, so none of the new rules apply. Far too many consumers have been taken in, assuming they’re protected when they’re not. Getting one of these cards isn’t hard: Business or commercial cards are being promoted not only to businesses and corporations, but to consumers, just as the regular consumer cards were. According to the Pew report, some 10 million offers for business credit cards are sent out every month. Here are some comparisons, with “Protected” indicating the coverage of personal credit cards under the Act. Protected: Terms cannot change during the first year, and 45 days notice must be given before terms change. Business: Terms can change at any time. Protected: Penalty interest rates cannot be applied to existing balances.
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the same house and be separated for purposes of getting a divorce, but a Judge will not grant a divorce if it is just a sham and the parties will still live together as man and wife. Separation and divorce law are like all law. You must remember that: you may not understand the law; you may not like it; and you may not think its fair; but it’s the law! This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice about your case. Chris Meyer is an attorney practicing family law in Northern El Paso County. Chris’ law practice is limited to domestic relations cases. Chris has been practicing law since 1977. He is a former prosecutor and is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Florida, California and Wisconsin. Chris can be contacted at 719-488-9395. Chris’s website (www.cmeyerlaw.com) has additional divorce and family law information and many other articles. Business: Penalty interest rates can be applied at any time, effective immediately, with no notice, to any balance. Protected: Penalty fees must be reasonable, and cannot exceed the violation itself. Business: Penalty fees are unrestricted. Protected: Payments over the minimum must be applied to the highest rate balance first. Business: Payment may be applied to lowest rate balances, which lets high-rate balances accrue interest. If you receive a mailing or application offering one of these credit cards, read the fine print -- twice. Go online a pull up a copy of the CARD Act and compare item for item what your new card would offer versus the protections of regular cards. Remember: With business credit cards, your interest rate could change overnight, and you can’t do a thing about it -- except pay the debt. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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