Q. Im a 33 year old single, african-american woman with no kids, FT employee, PT student and I have recently been diegnosed with Breast Cancer. Being that I was already living paycheck to paycheck before, now I am falling into debt as I am trying to pay co-pays & medical bills as they come. I am not used to asking for help or hand outs of any kind but I need help & have no idea where to start.
A. Ask a library where the local breast cancer support groups are. You could also ask the library where other resources are, like for free food boxes, state income support for medical bills, local free medical clinics, etc. Also, God can help you live a better life if you want Him to help you. You can have a personal relationship with God by saying the prayer below. God is our Creator, all-knowing, all-powerful, eternal, holy, love. God loves us and sent us His Son, Jesus Christ, so we can go to heaven if we know and follow Him. Forever means without end -- time on and on without death. Forever is what happens after we die. Either we go to heaven and be with God forever, or we go to hell which is very bad and painful forever. The good people who are saved believers in Jesus Christ go to heaven. The bad people go to hell. We need to know and follow God in this world to get to heaven in the next world. We follow God by loving and obeying Him and loving others for Him. Jesus Christ, God's Son, is our bridge to God. Jesus died on the cross to cancel our sins. We need to accept Jesus into our life as our Lord and Savior forever to receive God's blessing and forgiveness plus go to heaven to be with God forever after we die. This is about being a born-again Christian. Faith in God is a gift from God. You can pray for faith in God. Just speak out and ask God for the faith to believe in Him and to follow Him. Some people find faith in God when they realize the beauty in the world is made by God. Evolution can't explain the world's natural beauty, for example, the parks in the world, animals, flowers, peacocks, sunsets, butterflies, rainbows, etc. After you have your faith on, you can pray a sinner's prayer to be a born-again Christian. This prayer is very important and should be said with a sincere heart and faith in God. This is the prayer: "Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and that Jesus Christ is the sacrifice for our sins. I have done the following sins (state these out) and I pray to discontinue these sins. I pray to receive Jesus Christ into my life as my Lord and Savior forever. In Jesus' name, amen." I'm Lutheran and I like the Baptist churches too. You could try out a Christian church and also see about their weekly Bible study group to learn about God's will for your life. You can pray to God about your daily life and ask a Christian church to pray for you too.
Is income from donations made to you for cancer treatment taxable?
Q. Say your child or you have cancer and it will cost thousands for treatment, and you ask for donations, put out donation cans and have fundraisers... You raise like $20,000. Is that money taxable if it goes straight to the treatment of your condition?
A. No.
You are never required to pay tax on gifts that you receive from persons for whom you did not do anything. However, you must pay tax on "gifts" that are really tips from your customers or bonuses from your employer.
If the person gives the money to you as a gift that you may use for any purpose and you use it for a medical expense, then you can deduct the medical expense.
If the person pays for the medical expense directly, then you cannot deduct the medical expense. The donor also cannot deduct the medical expense, unless the patient was a dependent of the donor.
The donor cannot deduct the donation as a contribution to charity. Only donations to charitiable organizations may be deducted, not donations to individuals.
You are never required to pay tax on gifts that you receive from persons for whom you did not do anything. However, you must pay tax on "gifts" that are really tips from your customers or bonuses from your employer.
If the person gives the money to you as a gift that you may use for any purpose and you use it for a medical expense, then you can deduct the medical expense.
If the person pays for the medical expense directly, then you cannot deduct the medical expense. The donor also cannot deduct the medical expense, unless the patient was a dependent of the donor.
The donor cannot deduct the donation as a contribution to charity. Only donations to charitiable organizations may be deducted, not donations to individuals.
Why does both tropic of cancer and capricorn receive the sun direct rays at some point?
Q. Im not getting why both tropic of cancer and capricorn would receive the suns direct rays at some point when Earth is tilted at 23 1/2 degrees on the ecliptic plane. From what im reading, the tilt never changes. Wouldnt this mean that only 1 line of latitude (either cancer or capricorn) recieve the direct rays all the time while the rest receive less? Can someone please help me on this subject. Thanks.
A. <QUOTE>From what im reading, the tilt never changes.</QUOTE>
Correct. The axis points pretty much in the same direction. HOWEVER, the position of the Earth around the Sun doesn't; it makes a full orbit every year, so naturally the angle of incidence is not the same throughout the year.
You can try it at home if you have an Earth globe at home (it used to be a popular gift years ago), a flashlight, some playdough and a toothpick or something equally small. This might help you understand better than a long explanation because you actually SEE the stuff.
1) Place the playdough on any position on the globe and stick the toothpick on it, so that the toothpick is firmly placed and "upright" relative to the position it is on. (Use as much playdough as you need.) Remember where its axis is pointing to (e.g. to the door of the room where you're running this test). Also remember that you'll have to rotate the globe around on its axis (you'll see soon why).
(The toothpick represents a vertical bar relative to the position on the ground on that place. If you plant a stick on the ground, its tip is the highest possible relative to the ground; the toothpick's tip is highest relative to the "ground" of the globe near it.)
2) Place the globe on one corner of the room, and the flashlight on the center of the room, pointing to the globe. Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is shone upon. Measure the length of the "shadow" on the surface.
3) Move the globe to the other corner of the room. Remember that the rotation axis of the globe has to be pointing in the same direction (use a compass if you need to). If it's pointing to your house's door, it should be pointing to your house's door after you moved the globe across the room.
Move the flashlight around, still on the center of the room, so that it shines again on the globe on its new position.
4) Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. Measure the length of the shadow of the toothpick on the globe.
5) Try other positions of the globe, on other corners, making sure that the axis still points in the same direction (towards your house's door). Reposition the flashlight at the center of the room so it shines again on the globe, and rotate the globe so that toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. See how the length of the toothpick's shadow varies.
<QUOTE>receive the sun direct rays</QUOTE>
When something is catching sunlight, it's receiving "direct rays" from the Sun.
I suppose you mean something to the effect of "straight from the vertical (or upright) of the place in the globe". That point in the sky is called the zenith. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith
At the tropics, once per year the Sun shines directly overhead:
- on the summer solstice on the Northern hemisphere (June 21st) for the Cancer tropic;
- on the summer solstice on the Southern hemisphere (December 21st), corresponding to the winter solstice on the Northern hemisphere, for the Capricorn tropic;
Any place between those two latitudes has the Sun shining overhead TWICE per year, once when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the solstice, and another time when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the other solstice. As you imagine, this is difficult to describe in words, so I advise you to try "playing around" with some objects (such as what I described above) to see for yourself what this all means.
Come back if you have more questions.
Correct. The axis points pretty much in the same direction. HOWEVER, the position of the Earth around the Sun doesn't; it makes a full orbit every year, so naturally the angle of incidence is not the same throughout the year.
You can try it at home if you have an Earth globe at home (it used to be a popular gift years ago), a flashlight, some playdough and a toothpick or something equally small. This might help you understand better than a long explanation because you actually SEE the stuff.
1) Place the playdough on any position on the globe and stick the toothpick on it, so that the toothpick is firmly placed and "upright" relative to the position it is on. (Use as much playdough as you need.) Remember where its axis is pointing to (e.g. to the door of the room where you're running this test). Also remember that you'll have to rotate the globe around on its axis (you'll see soon why).
(The toothpick represents a vertical bar relative to the position on the ground on that place. If you plant a stick on the ground, its tip is the highest possible relative to the ground; the toothpick's tip is highest relative to the "ground" of the globe near it.)
2) Place the globe on one corner of the room, and the flashlight on the center of the room, pointing to the globe. Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is shone upon. Measure the length of the "shadow" on the surface.
3) Move the globe to the other corner of the room. Remember that the rotation axis of the globe has to be pointing in the same direction (use a compass if you need to). If it's pointing to your house's door, it should be pointing to your house's door after you moved the globe across the room.
Move the flashlight around, still on the center of the room, so that it shines again on the globe on its new position.
4) Rotate the globe so that the toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. Measure the length of the shadow of the toothpick on the globe.
5) Try other positions of the globe, on other corners, making sure that the axis still points in the same direction (towards your house's door). Reposition the flashlight at the center of the room so it shines again on the globe, and rotate the globe so that toothpick is lighted by the flashlight again. See how the length of the toothpick's shadow varies.
<QUOTE>receive the sun direct rays</QUOTE>
When something is catching sunlight, it's receiving "direct rays" from the Sun.
I suppose you mean something to the effect of "straight from the vertical (or upright) of the place in the globe". That point in the sky is called the zenith. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith
At the tropics, once per year the Sun shines directly overhead:
- on the summer solstice on the Northern hemisphere (June 21st) for the Cancer tropic;
- on the summer solstice on the Southern hemisphere (December 21st), corresponding to the winter solstice on the Northern hemisphere, for the Capricorn tropic;
Any place between those two latitudes has the Sun shining overhead TWICE per year, once when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the solstice, and another time when the Sun has its apparent motion towards the other solstice. As you imagine, this is difficult to describe in words, so I advise you to try "playing around" with some objects (such as what I described above) to see for yourself what this all means.
Come back if you have more questions.
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