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Translation of peony in Spanish:
noun plural peonies
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peonia (feminine)Example sentences
- Put stakes and supports in place for tall, herbaceous plants, like peonies and delphiniums.
- He purchased and planted about 1,000 herbaceous peonies and planted them in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he leased land from his brother-in-law.
- Lift and divide overcrowded clumps of perennials, including campanulas, daylilies, hostas, peonies, sedums, and Shasta daisies.
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New South Wales assessment bilateral agreement - Background
« More about New South Wales Bilateral Agreements.
Assessment Bilateral Agreement- 20 December 2013 to 25 February 2015
NOTE: This bilateral agreement has been superseded - Current agreement.
Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales relating to Environmental Impact Assessment Department of the Environment, 20 December 2013. Ceased to operate 25 February 2015.
- New South Wales Assessment Bilateral Agreement (PDF - 983.24 KB) | (DOCX - 135.01 KB)
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Public consultation
Submissions by interested parties on the New South Wales draft assessment bilateral agreement closed on Wednesday, 18 December 2013.
The Department would like to thank all those who provided submissions.
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- Australian Conservation Foundation (PDF - 446 KB)
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The views expressed in submissions from interested parties and published on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commonwealth or the Minister, nor does publication of these submissions indicate the Commonwealth's commitment to any particular course of action.
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Invitation to comment
- Invitation to comment on a draft assessment bilateral agreement with New South Wales
- Draft New South Wales Assessment Bilateral Agreement - for comment (PDF - 41.09 KB) (DOCX - 41.31 KB)
Notice of Intent
- Notice of intention to develop a draft bilateral agreement with New South Wales relating to environmental assessment
About this notice
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North Buncombe senior Jordan Reece does not joke around when it comes to the NCHSAA wrestling tournament.
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Updated: June 23, 2010, 10:18 AM ETESPN.com news services
MILWAUKEE -- Seeking a scoring threat and willing to take on a significant contract, the Milwaukee Bucks acquired forward Corey Maggette in a trade with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.
The Bucks also got a second-round draft pick from the Warriors, giving up guard Charlie Bell and center Dan Gadzuric in return.
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SEWELL, N.J. A New Jersey canine that was crowned the world's ugliest dog in 2007 and later became the topic of a children's book preaching acceptance has died. Elwood was 8.
His owner, Karen Quigley, says the Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix died unexpectedly Thanksgiving morning. The Sewell resident said Elwood had been dealing with some heath issues in recent months but appeared to be doing well.
Elwood was dark colored and hairless – save for a puff of white fur resembling a Mohawk on his head. He was often referred to by fans as Yoda, or E.T., for his resemblance to those famous science-fiction characters.
Elwood won his crown at the annual ugly dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair a year after he had finished second.
Quigley rescued Elwood in 2005, when he was about 9 months old.
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More than 100,000 federal employees worked from home at least one day during Telework Week. (Stock photo)
More than 120,000 federal workers and close to 15,000 people in the nonprofit and private sectors teleworked at least one day during Mobile Work Exchange's third annual Telework Week, held the week of March 4, nearly doubling last year's total participation.
On one hand, it was fortuitous that a winter storm threatened the Washington, D.C. area – where 70 percent of the Telework Week pledges originated – yet well over 100,000 feds had already committed to teleworking before the "Snowquester" set in.
Telework Week demonstrated the economic impact of reduced commuting, according to the Mobile Work Exchange. Among the numbers:
$12.2 million saved in commuting, or $600 million over one year.
$90 per individual on average, the equivalent of $4,500 per year.
The numbers show continued and growing interest in mobility, Mobile Work Exchange general manager Cindy Auten said, as employee-driven initiatives at some agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, promoted working remotely this week.
"Agencies want to be more efficient at what they do," Auten said. "I think that is a big part of why you're seeing so many people having a positive experience teleworking."
Auten said some agencies used Telework Week to test their mobile work programs while others take it as a "launching pad" for larger mobile work initiatives. About 93 percent of teleworkers used laptops, while fewer than ten percent planned to use tablets. In addition, 60 percent used a virtual private network access and 12 percent used a virtual desktop.
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While agency reasoning may vary for participating in Telework Week, Auten said the results typically do not.
Past studies indicate productivity gains in 70 percent of organizations that participate in Telework Week, and Auten said her group plans to conduct similar research on this year's event. Another data point of interest, she said, is how many participants teleworked using their own devices vs. employer-issued tools.
Auten said the Mobile Work Exchange also plans to explore how much of an impact the snowstorm had on productivity within the federal workforce, which could serve as an efficiency indicator for many agencies' mobile policies. The storm was largely a dud in D.C. proper, but delivered some respectable snow totals to the west of the city.
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There was a Telework Week? Really? No one told us scum of the earth, lazy Feds here. But it's not surprising that no one told you "scum of the earth contractors", because you're not federal employees and not subject to the same rules. What a dopey comment that was.
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With the goal of increasing their business capital, the group members decided to collaborate with the microfinance institution Soro Yiriwaso and are now on their 11th solidarity loan cycle.
Ms. Bâh (first woman seated from the left in the photo) is know in the village of Yassalam for selling condiments of all sorts. She intends to use her loan to purchase 30 basins of fresh tomatoes. She resupplies herself with tomatoes from market gardeners at the big market in Ségou. Sale are made in cash or credit transactions out of her home and by going door to door in the neighboring villages. Her customer base is composed mostly of women.
Ms. Bâh plans on making an average monthly profit of 20,000 francs CFA with this loan. The profits will be used for reinvestment in the business and ensuring the children's care.
Dans le but d'augmenter leurs fonds de commerce les membres du groupe ont décidé de collaborer avec Soro Yiriwaso et sont à leur 11ème cycle de prêt solidaire.
Madame Bâh (1ère femme assise à l'extrême gauche sur la photo) est connue dans le village de Yassalam pour sa vente de condiments de toutes sortes. Elle compte utiliser son prêt pour acheter 30 baignoires de tomates fraiches. Elle se ravitaille en tomate avec les maraîchers au grand marché de Ségou. La revente se fait au comptant et à crédit à domicile et en ambulant dans les villages voisins à une clientèle composée majoritairement de femmes. Madame Bâh compte réaliser un bénéfice mensuel moyen de 20 000 FCFA avec ce prêt qui sera utilisé pour être réinvesti dans l'activité et assurer l'entretien des enfants.
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Important InformationSoro Yiriwaso is a microfinance institution that works primarily in rural and semi-urban areas of Mali to provide underprivileged communities with access to financial services.The organization facilitates access for disadvantaged clients, particularly women, to new resources and services, fostering solidarity and cooperation among its clients. Kiva lenders' funds will enable Soro Yiriwaso to expand its outreach and target even more underserved Malians involved in business and agriculture.
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Central New York's most talented, student artists are being recognized through the annual CNY Scholastic Art program. Baldwinsville teens were among the winners. They are:
Gold Key, Photography Portfolio: Elizabeth Sawyer.
Honorable Mention, Fine Arts Portfolio: Zoey Rich.
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Gold Key: Elizabeth Sawyer, photography.
Silver Key: Elizabeth Higman, photography; Carter Lavallee, painting; Samantha Murphy, ceramics and glass; Jessica Roberts, drawing.
Honorable Mention: Kirstin Amisano, drawing; Maddy Coon, drawing; Baylen Moore, mixed media; Alexi Pateras, painting; Alison Rose, drawing; Kristina Sasso, ceramics and glass; Elizabeth Sawyer, photography; Gabrielle Uhrig, photography (two pieces); and Kristin Wilson, drawing.
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Honorable Mention: Mitchell Gage, sculpture; and Noah Ricks, painting.
The outstanding artwork of creative junior and senior high students, winners in the 2011 Scholastic Art Awards program, is on exhibit (and open to the public) through March 4 at Onondaga Community College. The program honors the achievement of hundreds of students throughout a 13-county region of Central New York. More than 4,500 entries were professionally judged for national competition and to receive local cash prizes and special recognition. Students were awarded gold (first place), silver (second place) and honorable mention in 16 categories ranging from painting and drawing to photography, sculpture and more. A special awards ceremony was recently held at OCC.
Following the 1,000-piece exhibit at OCC's Whitney Applied Technology Center, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse will display a selection of works from March 12 to April 10.
The Scholastic Art Awards program, founded by Scholastic, Inc. in 1923, is the largest annual student art competition in America. The Central New York region produced eight national winners in last year's competition. Thanks to dedicated area art teachers, who volunteer with the CNY Scholastic Art Advisory Council, this region has coordinated and participated for more than 60 years.
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What executives need to know about the government-wide standards that become mandatory in June
Just as agencies and vendors are starting to get the knack of complying with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, the General Services Administration is preparing to revise FedRAMP's baseline standards.
GSA solicited public comments last summer on the FedRAMP update and is now revising the standards, which cloud service providers must meet in order to sell to agencies. The changes are based on the revised National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 released in April 2013. It outlines updated security and privacy controls for federal information systems.
The update to FedRAMP's baseline standards will ensure that the security controls stay relevant as cloud computing evolves, a GSA spokesman said.
The CIOs at GSA, the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security, who lead the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, have already reviewed the revised baseline. GSA is now waiting for NIST to complete test cases — likely by March — before moving forward with the transition.
Agencies have until June to ensure that all the cloud service providers they use (or with whom they are in contract negotiations) are FedRAMP-approved. The Office of Management and Budget's PortfolioStat program is providing insight into the progress agencies are making toward that goal, the GSA spokesman said.
However, the process is complicated by the fact that agencies are seeking to comply with standards that are still evolving. Kyra Fussell, a senior research analyst at Deltek's GovWin, said agencies and vendors should not be surprised by the revisions.
"Back when FedRAMP launched, the program office explained that changes to the security controls would be driven by [the Federal Information Security Management Act] and other security standard updates," she said. "Since the FedRAMP security controls leveraged several documents from NIST, updates to these documents stand to catalyze revisions to those baseline controls."
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Furthermore, agency managers should be aware that FedRAMP certification is not a guarantee of complete security, she added.
"The FedRAMP security baseline is set for the FISMA low to moderate levels, so there are higher levels of security that are not covered by these authorizations," she said. "These assurances may not fully address privacy concerns and other subtleties of data sensitivity. As with any cloud adoption effort, agencies need to understand the information access and management requirements for the data that will be hosted on the system."
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NIST Special Publication 800-53 was first published in 2005. The current version, Revision 4, is the most comprehensive update since the publication was first released, Fussell said. Only two cloud service providers had received FedRAMP approval when that version was in its final draft stage in early 2013.
The update expands the catalog of security controls from 600 to more than 850, increases the focus on secure development and continuous monitoring, and includes guidance for tailoring security to specific requirements, Fussell said.
"Of particular significance for FedRAMP, those additional security controls and enhancements included a number around mobile and cloud computing," she said. "There is no separate catalog for cloud security, however."
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Cloud service providers can designate whether they wish to be evaluated against a low-sensitivity or a moderate-sensitivity security baseline based on the types of information their systems are meant to handle. High-sensitivity designations are currently not part of FedRAMP.
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Although FedRAMP imposes burdens on vendors to achieve and demonstrate compliance, it also aids them in overcoming agency managers' resistance to cloud computing, said Tom Ruff, vice president of Akamai's public-sector business. Akamai earned a provisional authority to operate under FedRAMP in August 2013.
"When the government came up with the cloud-first initiative, they were looking at not only the advantages of cloud but also the inhibitors," he said.
Security has always been a significant hurdle for vendors seeking to convince skeptical agency managers of the benefits of cloud computing. For example, as recently as last spring, when FCW parent company 1105 Media conducted a survey, 73 percent of government IT professionals believed cloud computing introduced new security vulnerabilities, while only 19 percent thought it could improve security.
Once an agency's data is in someone else's hands, managers and CIOs tend to feel they have lost control over it because they have to trust someone else to protect it. By using FedRAMP to ensure that an approved cloud vendor meets the same security requirements established by FISMA and articulated by NIST, much of that resistance can be overcome, Ruff said.
With that in mind, changes like the ones underway now are to be expected, he said. "As you try to address security in any environment, it's not a set-and-forget type of environment," he said. "Security…is an always-changing environment."
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However, although compliance comes with rewards, the resources involved are not trivial, Fussell said. Vendors must pay the cost involved in completing the assessments with no guarantee of securing repeat business — or indeed any business at all.
"It's a cost that some vendors, particularly small businesses, need to evaluate carefully," she said.
There is another wrinkle: Companies seeking authorization must find a third-party assessment organization (3PAO) to evaluate their compliance with FedRAMP standards. That business relationship needs to be considered strategically, she said.
"The FedRAMP office certifies these assessment organizations, but they do not prescribe one to use," she said. "While this allows vendors to change assessors as warranted, it means industry is responsible for forming those partnerships. There is also some speculation among vendors about strategic differences between agency-sponsored authorizations and those issued by the FedRAMP [Joint Authorization Board]. Namely, does one better position them for competition?"
Although there are no set costs, Ruff confirmed that the process is not cheap — and it is not quick either.
"It took us 13 months," he said. "It took us man-years of effort and the investment of hiring a 3PAO. Our investment was in the seven-digit investment area. I know there are other solutions out there with [Joint Authorization Board] approval that have put in significantly more money."
Fortunately for cloud service providers, the forthcoming baseline update will not require those that have already earned a provisional authority to operate to undergo the entire assessment process again. Instead, they will have one year to implement and test the new controls as part of their continuous monitoring effort. Providers that are in the process of gaining approval will have a deadline by which they must comply with the new standards.
That approach is in keeping with the general thrust of FedRAMP, Fussell said. "The aim of FedRAMP to shift from a one-off compliance process to ongoing security assurance highlights requirements for ongoing assessment and authorization," she said. "Completing a system assessment and receiving provisional authorization isn't the end of this process."
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The Arcade has been around since 1919; a plaque outside proclaims it the city's oldest restaurant (neck and neck with the Little Tea Shop). It so looks like old Memphis that it has appeared in several movies that take place in the city's past, including Mystery Train. It is an airy two-room eatery with overhead spinning fans, booths upholstered in squishy pink and aqua, and tables covered with boomerang-pattern Formica.
They say Elvis ate here, and your waitress will be happy to point to the booth where he sat. One time when we walked in, it was a few days after Memphis's annual Elvis Week (celebrated on the anniversary of his death) and a chalkboard sign atop a vintage blond-wood RCA television console in the lobby advertised The Elvis Sandwich: peanut butter and banana, fried on the griddle. But it was nine AM and we were more in the mood for country ham … which is a good mood to be in if you come to The Arcade, because its country ham is excellent. Served in giant portions with squared-off biscuits that are rich and flavorful, it's the true-south way to start the day. Another good choice from the breakfast menu is a stack of sweet potato pancakes. With or without ham, they're something special.
At lunch, the Arcade menu ranges offers a fine selection of meat-and-threes. Choose your entrée from such stalwarts as meat loaf, salmon croquettes, and lemon-peppered chicken, and accompany it with two vegetables from a list that includes black-eyed peas, mashed potatoes with gravy, turnip greens, sweet potatoes, buttered rice, and fresh tomatoes. The vegetables are so good that many people simply make a meal of plate of four of them, forgetting about meat altogether. Lunch comes with freshly-made cornbread and can be topped off with either peach cobbler or a fudge sundae.
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"The ham requires a sharp knife and a good chew, but my-oh-my, does it reward you with tides of delicious, cured-pigmeat flavor."
Michael Stern
"Delicious sweet potato pancakes, earthy and naturally sweet. They come with bacon and (on separate plates) a couple of eggs and a choice of grits or hash brown potatoes."
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"A single breakfast biscuit (and a good one!) on the boomerang-pattern formica in an Arcade booth"
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"My waitress promised I would love my shake, since she would be making it herself. A little thinner than I prefer my milkshakes, but it proved to be the perfect accompaniment to an Elvis sandwich."
Cliff Strutz
"If you are interested in a taste of Memphis, go for the fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, known in these parts as the Elvis sandwich."
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"Even after Elvis week in August, the Arcade was doing a boom business in peanut butter and banana sandwiches -- the King's favorite -- as advertised on the sign atop this Elvis-era television set. (The photo atop the TV shows a very similar set at Graceland.)"
Michael Stern
"This is the view towards the back of the front dining room. There is a second dining room in back; and of course, there is also a counter with stools."
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"The walls of the Arcade are covered with signs, old and new, as well as clippings, photos, and other memorabilia from its 90+ years in business."
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"You can see some of Memphis reflected in the window of its oldest restaurant."
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"The color scheme inside the Arcade is definitely a blast from the past. Its tables are boomerang-pattern Formica, with the pattern worn off in places where countless plates have clattered over the years."
Michael Stern
"Downtown at the south end of the trolley line, the Arcade has the ambience of an old-fashioned soda fountain cafe."
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"The Arcade has changed since the days of this old post card, but its spirit -- and its downhome food -- remain exemplary."
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I wonder if the investigations had to do with any of the issues in the link below?
Amir! Thanks again for your all you do!
Many of us in Florida have been clamoring for this kind of action by the State AG for months now. Two of the best places to read about the controlled demolition of America's middle-class by the Big Banks and their "foreclosure mills" rendering millions of Americans homeless are mattweidnerlaw.com/blog and livinglies.wordpress.com
The federal government has paid for the vast majority of mortgages already through the use of bailouts and the 100% transfer of all GSE debt onto the Federal government's balance sheet ($4 trillion) plus the purchase of MBS's by the privately-held Federal Reserve ($2 trillion). How can you lose your primary residence in a foreclosure if all, or at least a substantial part, of your mortgage has already been paid for by the Federal government? How can you even be in technical default to a debt that has already been pre-paid for by Uncle Sam? What happens when all the people who have driven off their property in this crisis start to file lawsuits for return of their illegally seized land by the banks?
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In so many people's minds everything becomes a left/right issue instead of a right/wrong issue.
This is a country of LAWS.
Whether or not you view the Goldman Sachs investigation as pure political theater there is MASSIVE FRAUD taking place right here, right now.
I'm talking about the one in three Florida homeowners who are in some stage of foreclosure.
Recently the Florida Bankers Association lobbied hard for HB1523 and SB2270 which would strip the Judicial Branch from the foreclosure process.
The Attorney General is finally investigating this....
Common consensus is the blame lies at the feet of homeowners biting off more than they could chew.
What needs to be considered is the fact that Wall Street manipulated the real estate market and profited enormously (with complete disregard for LAWS), received payment for the collateral 30X over through insurance games and Credit Default Swaps, AND then they take your home.
Then THEY got BAILED OUT with OUR MONEY!
The AG investigation should be front page news!
Floridians wake up!
Way to go Bill McCollum, attorney general for FL! These atty's are flagrantly breaking the law.
Should the gulf oil spill hit BOTH Florida coasts (currently predicted with no relief and/or solution in sight), coastal real estate there won't be worth a plugged nickel (an old saying that seems totally appropriate in this case). In fact, economically speaking, Florida could get wiped out.
I think everyone can agree that lying to a court is a bad idea and should not be condoned.
I am not enthused, however, that deadbeats who bought homes they couldn't afford get to stay in them for years after they stopped paying based on legal minutia, while rational people who refused to spend hundreds of thousands of borrowed money in bidding wars for overpriced homes are still stuck in inferior housing options. Meanwhile, the AG rearranges the deck chairs.
I have no love for people who bought hoses they could not afford, but vultures like the "Default Law Group" are a disgrace to the profession. I'd disbar the lot. If you wanted to be a debt collector, no need to go to law school; a GED and a piece of lead pipe should be enough.
Since when is the law "minutia"? These "lenders" more often than not put up ZERO dollars for these loans and securitized them at over-inflated value. Then purchased insurance for FULL value. Then cashed in the insurance. Then got bailed out. Then they take the house (even though they've rigged the system to collect 30X the value of the collateral) and stuff the homeowner with a deficiency judgment! Yeah! That sounds fair!
Anon E. Moose I am one of those so called "dead beats" as you say......The only thing is that we were able to afford our mortgage. The time came to where the "DEAD BEAT" ORIGINATORS THAT PREYED ON PEOPLE, OLD, YOUNG, DISABLED, ETC...... Had no choice but to borrow money on the equity. Due to the fact that when the product was sold to the consumer, they were "LIED TO"....That's a fact. Now when the time came to pay the Balloon or the time came to Adjust. What do you think was going to happen?....What this all comes down to is "GREED". And it all started on Wall Street. They had their little birds (Originators) go out in the world and take advantage of the people listed above......So let's no go there. You need to know all of the facts first. Just because you live in the perfect world doesn't mean it is.....
Wow, this post really brought all of the nuts out of the woodwork. Shows what kind of morass this is. 99% of the "victims" here used their homes as ATMs and spent the cash on speculating or bling bling. The whole class warfare argument here is ridiculous--for every deadbeat homeowner who gets to keep a house he doesn't deserve and doesn't pay for, a renter loses the opportunity to buy a house. Subprime lenders, subprime borrowers--a terrible, festering pox on all of them. Thanks for ruining the economy, deadbeats.
How bout you announce yourself, name and phone number, instead of hiding behind your keyboard.
I disagree with your ignorant remarks and challenge you to an open debate on your deadbeat mentality, or anyone else for that matter.
Let's make it an open online web cast teleconference where anyone can log on to listen.
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Looks like your post brought one additional nut job.
Lawyers who lie to judges and falsify court filings should be disbarred. What I don't understand about this is why the AG is investigating instead of bar counsel.
Nobody is arguing that these borrowers are actually paying for their houses (like the rest of us do through rent or mortgage). Hre's how it works: Bloggers invent foreclosure fraud conspiracy, get media attention, more hits to their websites. Bloggers get money from defense lawyers for advertising. Defense lawyer takes last dime from deadbeat borrower, splits it with blogger. Defense lawyer files pro forma challenge to foreclosure even though there is no good faith defense and borrower is severly delinquent. Court system gets clogged, judges can't focus on real cases, public gets less justice, more taxes. Best case scenario for borrower is that the case gets dismissed, re-filed with real lawyer, who gets it right, and borrower still loses his house. Who loses--honest retirees and everyone else who has REIT investments (and loaned these deadbeats the money), Florida taxpayers, Florida renters, and ultimately the borrower. Who wins: foreclosure defense mill attorneys and bloggers who post incomprehensible rants in all caps in online comment sections. Disgusting.
Dear cmc;
"Had no choice but to borrow money on the equity." I seriously doubt that. Cashing out at the housing ATM was just the easiest choice available to you. I really don't begrudge people who cashed out, they were just selling their house now, and then renting it from the bank. Now that they can't afford the 'rent' payments, they have to leave, just like any other renter.
Who esle is left? I guess in your world (the 'prefect' one?), everyone is a victim, and everyone can be classified in some sub-group to be targeted.
My guess is Anon works for Florida Default Law Group!
I think you are 100% correct. I think Anon works for them too..... I don't think that the 83 year old lady that had to borrow on her home to pay off the medical bills her now deceased husband left behind. The originator knew what her fixed income was. They sold this lady a product that she thought she could afford on her fixed income. But in all reality 'THEY LIED TO HER". When it came time for her mortgage to adjust, she had no idea what was going on. She thought it was a mistake. "IT WASN'T". And the 'BLOOD SUCKING BANKS, FORECLOSURE MILLS, ETC." didn't care. So not only did this hurt this poor lady, it also hurt pensions, 401K, investments, etc......... So Anon, I hope that in your perfect world no one will do that to your mom or anyone close to you. And for your sake I hope your retirement isn't in one of the "Septic Pools" of mortgages. Search the web a little and you may come back down to earth. Not everyone is a "DEAD BEAT". You need to learn the meaning of the word first before you use it in your language. Learn the facts first....
So what do they hope to gain by this, put more people out of their jobs. That seem like the right thing to do in a dying economy. If anyone knew how many employees that firm has they would eat their words plus 90 percent of the foreclosures in florida are from out of state people buying up properties then the housing market goes bad and they say oh well!
Securitization (indispensable parties)
But like a cute little baby that craps his pants and just smiles... these Banks have created A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE with their sophisticated financial smoke & mirrors. They have robbed the retirement accounts of MILLIONS of seniors, destroyed the industry & careers of MANY working families and TANKED the US & global economy.
NOW THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT STINKY, SMELLY DIRTY DIAPER and DROP IT OFF ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS. THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH...
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*More than a dozen Wall Street banks and investment firms are suspected of being involved in alleged price-fixing in the MUNICIPAL-BOND MARKET, where states and cities raise money, according to a court filing.
The companies on the list of alleged "co-conspirators" included units of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., UBS AG, Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp., General Electric Co., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Société Générale SA. The list also included more than two dozen individuals.
The argument that the greedy lenders were bilking innocent borrowers during the housing bubble, doesn't hoild water. If you do not understand the pieces of paper that you have to sign to obtain a mortgage and buy a house, hire a lawyer to help. If you can't afford a lawyer, what are you doing buying a house (I'm sorry, I forget that you are not putting up any of your money, you are just borrowing it all). If you have any dobut about the tems of the mortgage, put down the signing pen and walk away.
What - you did not walk away from the closing without signing - then you must live with the consequences of the transaction that underlies the papers you sign. If you can't fulfil your obligations, you must vacate your right to the equity. It's called responsiblity, it is what we are supposed to obtain when we become adults.
These stories are old Charlie Crist was informed as Attorney General in 2004 but Florida Default is a major contributor, with PACs and lobbiests and more important, ex-employees working in the the AG's office would helped Florida Default commit mortgage and loan fraud. Most of this foreclosure fraud could have been overted. Crist as Attorney General appointed Jay Burmer Director of Fraud Prevention to investigate a detailed complaint made by Bill Trudelle a 15 year mortgage broker that detailed fraud, perjury, and conspiracy major figures in the mortgage industry including Florida Default and ranking members of the FAMB. Mr. Burmer then assigned the case to Erin Cullaro. Ms Cullaro was a former emplyee of Florida Default who then dismissed the complaint and Florida Department of Banking and finance closed the case. All of the issues brought to light regarding Florida Default, the FAMB fraud
continued ... All of the current issues brought to light regarding Florida Default, the FAMB fraud were know in 2004 but cronyism ruled the day. The full story at http://www.woodwardlaw.com blog post.
RE BORROWERS IN DEFAULT-LEAVE NOW. A cotract based upon fraud and or lack of understanding is not nor ever has been an enforcable contract, if your head wasn't surronded by your rectum you would know that.
What has transpired as legal and acceptable in these cases in Florida is abhorent. specifically for those who not only have to deal with the banks appraisals, but also the judges consent in placing additional charges debt factors on people who did not mess up in the first place. the group hit the hdest has been the elderly in florida. since this is the scam, hospice capital of bad do ctors, bad banks, bad legal representations crooked auto dealerships, try clay king,
try complaining to the banking commission, or the dental or medical boards, or the banks when you paid 28 thousand for a 9 thousand car. we in florida are accustomed to the abuse.
the rest of us live with complaining to the agencies who are paid by these people to protect them. hooray for florida.
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