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I have been paying my child aid on a regular basis, and notwithstanding do have arrears that pile up to a few thousand dollars. I have no problem working with the Ohio CSEA to aid recompense down this debt. My problem is when the CSEA garnishes my wages without pre warning or supplying me a way to support reduce the arrears, yet keep my head above water. It has come to my attention that Child Support Enforcement Agency is competent to take up to 65% of the non custodial parent’s disposable income. You read that right UP TO 65%!!!!! For Bill Gates or somebody who makes over a hundred thousand a year, the amount would still offer sufficient to survive on. However for those of us who are scarcely making it as it is, and make around 40k a year, that’s a whole new story. Since the CSEA went in front and took 20% more (a total of an extra $220 a month) out of my paychecks to remunerate off arrears, I now have to move from my already questionable neighborhood, into a neighborhood that is a potential hazard to my 3 daughter’s life. I am now having to go onto feed stamps, where as before I could somewhat provide for my children when I had them. The child-support-arrears collection industry persisted in their push to install a massive bureaucratic structure and institution for no other reason than to gather largely uncollectible debts. That sector of the bureaucracy now employs more than 55,000 persons and costs the taxpayers in the order of $4 billion dollars per year. All that to assure that men’s paychecks are with resolute determination attached to divorced mothers and ‘their’ children – with no regard for ensuring that the fathers of divorce play a significant and procreative role in their children’s lives, other than to satisfy the demand that those fathers make regular child-support payments. More women are catching onto this, and therefore most divorces are now filed by women, who prefer to be child help women, or better put scammers. It is time that the system gets a makeover and fast. The stats show that the system is 1.) beating men into suicide: The annual number of male suicides in the US was substantially lower in the early sixties, before N.O.W rose to power. It escalated for the duration of almost each year since then. Is it not time to closely question or examine N.O.W’s role in, and affect on, that horrendous death toll. The carnage ought to end! Let’s worry regarding what happens to our children who most unquestionably will suffer the aftermaths of father deprivation, whether that is through access denial or through their fathers’ suicides. There are better and far more effective number of things from which only one can be chosen for social policies that provide far more salubrious outcomes. 2.)Bankruptcy and Foreclosure: The current child help formulas are dictated by each state. Most formulas take the Gross income versus the Net income this is what drives the murder machine. When you go from a sure usual of living to a far less and closely demeaning usual of living you have to quintessentially file a bankruptcy because you are unable to survive off of the little disposable income the scheme ALLOWS you to keep, and still remunerate any bills or debts that may be looming over your head. If they could guys, they’d take it all!! For years, women have been screaming for more rights and equality, and now it’s time for men to likewise request that same treatment in the cases of divorce, residential parenthood, and child support! I would at this time like you to glimpse over stats that have been accumulated to date. Children from fatherless homes account for: 71% of pregnant teenagers. (Source: US Dept. of Health & Human Services) 90% of all homeless and runaway children. 70% of juveniles in state-operated foundations come from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept 1988) 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders. (Source: Center for Disease Control). 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger. (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol. 14, p. 403-26, 1978). 71% of all high school dropouts. (Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools). 75% of all adolescent persons who requires medical care in chemical abuse centers. (Source: Rainbows for all God`s Children). 85% of all youths sitting in prisons. (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992). The State of Fatherhood “40% of mothers reported that they had interfered with the non-custodial father’s visitation on at least one occasion, to impose a penalty on the ex-spouse.” (Source: p. 449, col. II, lines 3-6, (citing Fulton) Frequency of visitation by Divorced Fathers; Differences in Reports by Fathers and Mothers. Sanford Braver et al, Am. J. of Orthopsychiatry, 1991.) “Overall, approximately 50% of mothers “see no value in the father`s continued contact with his children….” (Source: Surviving the Breakup, Joan Kelly & Judith Wallerstein, p. 125) Only 11% of mothers value their husband’s input when it comes to handling difficulties with their kids. Teachers & doctors rated 45%, and close friends & relatives ranked 16%.(Source: EDK Associates survey of 500 women for Redbook Magazine. Redbook, November 1994, p. 36) “The former spouse (mother) was the greatest obstacle to having more popular contact with the children.” (Source: Increasing our understanding of fathers who have infrequent contact with their children, James Dudley, Family Relations, Vol. 4, p. 281, July 1991.) “A clear majority (70%) of fathers felt that they had too little time with their children.” (Source: Visitation and the Noncustodial Father, Mary Ann Kock & Carol Lowery, Journal of Divorce, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 54, Winter 1984.) “Feelings of anger towards their former spouses hindered effective involvement on the part of fathers; angry mothers would on occasion sabotage father’s attempts to visit their children.” (Source: Ahrons and Miller, Am. Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 63. p. 442, July `93.) “Mothers may prevent visits to retaliate versus fathers for troubles in their marital or post-marital relationship.” (Source: Seltzer, Shaeffer & Charing, Journal of Marriage & the Family, Vol. 51, p. 1015, November 1989.) In a study: “Visitational Interference – A National Study” by Ms. J Annette Vanini, M.S.W. and Edward Nichols, M.S.W., it was found that 77% of non-custodial fathers are NOT competent to “visit” their children, as ordered by the court, as a result of “visitation interference” perpetuated by the custodial parent. In other words, non-compliance with court ordered visitation is three times the problem of non-compliance with court ordered child help and impacts the children of divorce even more. Originally published Sept. 1992 Child Support Information from multiple roots shows that only 10% of all noncustodial fathers fit the “deadbeat dad” category: 90% of the fathers with joint custody salaried the help due. Fathers with visitation rights remunerate 79.1%; and 44.5% of those with NO visitation rights still financially aid their children. (Source: Census Bureau report. Series P-23, No. 173). The Poverty Studies Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, encountered in 1993 that 52% of fathers who owe child support earn less than $6,155 per year. 66% of single mothers work less than full time while only 10% of fathers fall into this category. In addition, almost 47% of non-custodial mothers default on help equated with the 27% of fathers who default. (Source: Garansky and Meyer, DHHS Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, 1991). Total Custodial Mothers: 11,268,000. Total Custodial Fathers 2,907,000 (Source: Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Series P-20, No. 458, 1991). 66% of all support not paid by non-custodial fathers is due to disability to pay. (Source: U.S. General Accounting Office Report, GAO/HRD-92-39FS January 1992). The following is sourced from: Technical Analysis Paper No. 42, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Income Security Policy, Oct. 1991, Authors: Meyer and Garansky. Custodial mothers who receive a aid award: 79.6% Custodial fathers who receive a support award: 29.9% Non-custodial mothers who wholly default on support: 46.9% Non-custodial fathers who totally default on support: 26.9% More Risk Statistics — Children with only one parent in their lives Youth Suicide and Divorce/ Single parent Homes: “In a study of 146 adolescent friends of 26 adolescent suicide victims, teens living in single-parent families are not only more likely to commit suicide but likewise more likely to suffer from psychological disorders, when equated to teens living in intact families.” Source: David A. Brent, (et. al.) “Post-traumatic Stress Disorders in Peers of Adolescent Suicide Victims: Predisposing Factors and Phenomenology.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 34 (1995): 209-215. “Fatherless children are at dramatically dandier danger of suicide.” Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Survey on Child Health, Washington, D.C., 1993. “Three out of four teenage suicides occur in households where a parent has been absent.” Source: Jean Beth Eshtain, “Family Matters: The Plight of America’s Children.” The Christian Century (July 1993): 14-21. “A family structure index — a composite index based on the annual rate of children involved in divorce and the percentage of families with children present that are female-headed – is a strong predictor of suicide among young adult and adolescent white males.” Source: Patricia L. McCall and Kenneth C. Land, “Trends in White Male Adolescent, Young-Adult, and Elderly Suicide: Are There Common Underlying Structural Factors?” Social Science Research 23 (1994): 57-81 Most helpful customer reviews 30 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Rubinstein was temperamentally well suited to these works, moreso than in the Mazurkas and Preludes. The narrative aspect of the Ballades suited his intuitive sense of structure well. At this point in his career, Rubinstein had known these pieces for six decades. It is no wonder, therefore, that he performs them more convincingly than, say, Kissin does on his recent recording.
The Scherzos are outright virtuoso works. Rubinstein would occasionally perform all four in concert, back-to-back. Any other pianist would have been exhasted by the effort. Not Rubinstein, who posessed a seemingly inexaustable reserve of energy. The pianist is just as on top of these pieces, technically, as any of his colleagues, and much more attuned to them musically.
The Tarantella is an effective encore here, if lacking in the final degree of “bite” (pun intended) this crazed dance piece requires.
The sound, made from original recordings produced by RCA’s legendary Jack Pfeiffer, is spectacular–sounding every bit as lifelike as the best of today’s digital recordings.
This is the one to get! 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. 17 of 20 people found the following review helpful. This CD contains truly some of Chopin’s best works (the Ballades and the Scherzi) played by Rubinstein at his career height. Listen for the “Rubinsteinian pulse” as he takes you through the magnificant Ballade Nr.1, with its herald-like introduction, a menacing first theme, a warmer and more intimiate second theme and the fantasia-like episode that begins lightheartedly and then wells up into a dramtic ending. This is definitely Chopin at its best, and Rubinstein’s performance will leave you breathless.
All four ballades are played brilliantly, with a very romantic articulation (but nevertheless sharp), and filled with a great range of emotions. The scherzi are no joke (though the name implies joke). The first one is frenzied, the second one heoric, the third brooding and the fourth lighthearted and warm. However, I could recommand a better recording of the 1st scherzi by Horowitz (RCA Artist of the Century: Horowitz the Indispensable). Rubinstein creates a dreamy-like mood while Horowitz maintains a sharp, clear sound. This is totally up to the listener’s perferences, just that I like the crisp sound better.
All in all, should you buy this CD then? Of course. This is possibily Rubinstein at its best playing Chopin at its best. Buy this CD to introduce yourself to Rubinstein’s genius or to reaffrim the idea. |
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