Are the new countdown “don’t walk” signs for pedestrians the new yellow light?
I’ve been noticing that one intersections where you can see them from the road, drivers are using them. Traffic speeds up as the count down triggers. It’ll cause a nice accident some day if someone tries to stop.
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Posted by reinkefj
November 15, 2007
Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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A federal judge in Ohio has ruled against a longstanding foreclosure practice, potentially creating an obstacle for lenders trying to reclaim properties from troubled borrowers and raising questions about the legal standing of investors in mortgage securities pools.
Judge Christopher A. Boyko of Federal District Court in Cleveland dismissed 14 foreclosure cases brought on behalf of mortgage investors, ruling that they had failed to prove that they owned the properties they were trying to seize.
The pooling of home loans into securities has been practiced for decades and helped propel real estate prices in recent years as investors sought the higher yields that such mortgage trusts could provide. Some $6.5 trillion of securitized mortgage debt was outstanding at the end of 2006.
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Interesting?
The concept of “standing” is something that everyone learns to deal with when even contemplating legal action. Prove to me by evidence that you are the injured or the injuring party.
I have no doubt that with some effort the “bank” can meet their burden sooner or later. But, there’s always the possibility of a misfile, blunder, or error.
Just goes to show, never assume anything when you’re in trouble.
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FROM A RESPONSE ON LINKEDIN BLOGGERS
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If we build networks on trust, what do we do with those companies and/or those employees who place little value in honoring their words, their commitments? If they demonstrate a pattern of not honoring their word, how do we introduce them to others in our networks?
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I think, and I advise my “beloved” turkeys — those poor souls who didn’t memo about the roe (rules of employment) changing, that they have to play “offense / defense” continually. They must be on the offense to always be looking out for Number One and that ain’t their employer. They must be on the defense at all times because they are really only assured of the last paycheck that cleared the bank.
No, the rules have changed.
Companies don’t realize the employees, that they fire – discourage – denigrate, are their intellectual capital. They get to “rebuy” their skills at a greatly inflated rate from a consulting shop, but they don’t get the benefit of the genius that they lost. Their “bench” of people, who once aligned themselves with the company long term, is gone. With it, the in depth understanding of what was done, why, and when. So companies get to make the same mistakes over again and pay for them again in even great amounts.
In my career, I have watched the centralized – decentralized, fat – thin – zero client, rapid / traditional paradigms done over, and over and over again. Wait five years and you are dealing with a completely “new” company. I call it “Organizational Alzheimer’s”. The sad part is it’s self-inflicted. And, no one seems to recognize just how expensive it is.
To the question, one introduces candidates and companies very carefully. One ensures that both know the “facts of life” of the new “employment” meme. One carefully weighs each against the standard, “what does it do to advance the needs of each side”. How does the value extracted get divided? And where’s my share!
Just as the ERISA laws of the 1970’s led to the era of five year employees (i.e., the time needed for a pension to vest);
just as the dotcom bubble made everyone an “owner” in some fashion or other (i.e., you only went to work for a “hope ‘n’ prayer” company if you got shares;
just as today’s “what’s in it for me culture” has led to mutually disloyal companies and employees;
the new corporate organization will be a small core of “employees” with lucrative employment contracts that mange the services of other small corporations.
So, everything will be spun out to autonomous little corporations and there will be no “long term” thinking. Forget Bell Labs, forget GE “bringing good things to life”, forget 3M with a slew of new products. It’ll be the march of little enterprises — the nano-izing of business (i.e., like penguins). That’s what we will have to deal with. You’ll be “in”, “out”, or “owning”.
And the costs will be driven out of all processes. (Margins will be razor thin!) But the overall cost to the economy will be higher. (Adding up all those margins will make the end to end cost a lot more!) It’s going to get a lot tougher to “make a living” unless you are smart enough, lucky enough, or practical enough to find a “killer” idea. (Opportunities have to pay off bigger. More risk must be taken. More spectacular failures!)
Makes me glad that I am coming to the end of my career. I don’t envy you youngsters!
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tiny
http://www.naymz.com/faqs.action?section=3
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How does Naymz work?
Naymz has built a proprietary technology which “speaks” to the advertising platforms of the search engines. Naymz relies on paid search advertising to post your personal listing. Paid search advertising is also know as “Sponsored Links” in Google, “Sponsor Results” on Yahoo, and “Sponsored Sites” on MSN Search. Naymz pays all variable fees charged by the engines directly, and subscribers pay Naymz a flat fee. Naymz automatically links your listing to the profile portal page which you create.
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Playing with it. Let’s see if it brings me that bix bux cxo job in 08824. ;-)
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Posted by reinkefj
My aunt had to go to the ER. Since her symptoms reported by the nursing home were not believed, (surprising since they have a doc and nurses), they were just watching. I got to watch the workings of a part of the ER and found it to be organized chaos. Luckily, she threw up for them and then they were convinced! Good thing. So, they had no idea what was causing it, and they were going to keep her. At that point she had been in the ER from 11PM to 5AM, the doc said she was “fast pathed” to a room and that it would take a few hours. So we went home to get some sleep and returned about 10AM. Surprise, she was still in the ER. Argh! She got to the room about 5PM. Wall clock time in the ER was 17 hours. How is that efficient? It certainly was exhausting.
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Posted by reinkefj
Maybe whizdumb is learning from the mistakes of others?
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund23.html
The Failure of State-Sponsored Schooling
by Per Bylund
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The common argument in the libertarian movement against public schools is that they fail to educate our children. Actually, according to this argument, public schooling is like any monopolized business: expensive, inefficient, and utterly unable to provide the services wanted and needed.
This is true, public schooling doesn’t work. But the proof of this is not the thousands of kids managing to go through nine or twelve years of schooling without even learning how to read and write. The proof of the failure of the whole schooling system, i.e. not only the public schools but also the private schools operating in a government controlled and licensed environment, is the small number of radicals managing to escape the brainwashing of centralized school plans.
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It’s hard to find a bigger example of gooferment failure. Have you talked to a child lately? It’s scary.
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On the Road to Peace
by John Dear S.J.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007
Vol. 2, No. 10
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There were many consoling, inspiring and uplifting moments last Friday, Oct. 26, in Linz, Austria, at the beatification of the anti-war hero Franz Jägerstätter. The resounding applause for his 94 year-old widow Franziska. The reading of the declaration. The unfurling of the 30 foot banner with Franz’s photo and the sight of dozens of bishops and cardinals standing up, looking up — at last! — to Franz. But the most moving was the presentation of his relics. Franziska kissed them, gave them to a cardinal for the cathedral in Linz, then wept. She knows it now. Franz no longer belongs to Austria. Now he belongs to the world. And his work is just beginning.
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It’s hard to imagine having the courage to stand up an say “no”.
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What is a Trufina Identity Card?
Your Verified Trufina Identity Cards are customizable views of information about you that you share with others. Think of it as an electronic version of your driver’s license. Since it is customizable, you can restrict what verified information you show to others. Want to show your city but not your home address? Or prove your age to someone without revealing your full name? You can create multiple credentials for various situations, such as online dating, reputation management, or buying and selling goods through online auctions or classifieds. You control who sees which cards, and nobody can view your ID card without your permission.
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I’ve added a reputation service to my arsenal of tools. Why? People thought my recent networking email might have been spam or phish. Arghh!
Ask to see my identity at www.Trufina.com!
http://profile.trufina.com/reinkefj
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FROM AN EMAIL TO ONE OF MY LINKEDIN FIRST LEVEL CONTACTS
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Hi XXXXX: Well, it’s a quiet Sunday morning and I’m working on my current LinkedIn project “how live is my network”. I’ve been reviewing all my contacts to see if there are people I can help. (Yeah, I know “get a life”!) While I’m not “out” now, I could be. So prep is always in order. Pay it forward. I was looking at your LinkedIn profile and I was struck by the “recommendations” of YYYYYYYYYY. Yours is the first negative recommendation of anyone I think I have ever seen. (It kinda puts an interesting question about what does the word “recommendation” mean?) Is it a joke? If not, were you really that mad at him? Now I have no other agenda other than curiosity. As I said, never saw such before and just had to know more. If you have a moment and care to elaborate, I’d love to hear more. Of course, if there is anything I can do to help, please advise. Thanks, your “LinkedIn version of the Vulcan mind meld” mate fjohn
P.S.: I’m adjusting my tin foil hat so you’ll get better reception.
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Seems like something that is very dangerous to do.
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FJohn Reinke
Consultant at Technology Legacies LLC
Advisor, Computer Governance Committee at Manhattan College
Editor / Publisher at Jasper Jottings
Greater New York City Area
JJ Positraction JJ Endnotes Downsize DC
Philosophy of Liberty
I have NOT received any gagged governmental information requests
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