On Thinking Differently: The NYT's Deborah Solomon does a...

The NYT's Deborah Solomon does a Q and A with University of California President Mark Yudof, who makes a salary of $540,000 a year, asking him about the latest state budget cuts. But on to Yudof's housing situation : He pays $10,000 a month to rent a house in Oakland because he doesn't want to live in the president’s house, which needs $8 million of repairs. " Solomon asks : Why can’t you have architecture students repair the house for course credit? Yudof : Let me ponder that." [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 21:06:05

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Latest News in Credit Repair and Credit Score - Dec 24, 2008

Saving American economy from ‘Joe the Debtor’ - New Haven Register 24 Dec 2008 at 3: ... s overall score if a manager or employee attends a food safety course approved by the … Your credit report ... . Despite a decent job, homeownership and a good credit rating … Area restaurant ratings - Kinston Free [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 17:14:31

Best+friend Freedom debt relief

Christmas day is coming so soon.I wonder if can still put a smile in their faces ... a credit repair. ... Get debt free fast. Of, course i hurriedly go. Apply online its just fast and easy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 15:16:01

The Cheap Credit Cards Review

The bad credit report is one thing that will stop you from being able to apply for a loan ... will help by serving you the free credit repair. This web site is providing a page in where ... problems and of course in a rush to get the cash fast. Therefore, you will have to enter the cheap [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:06:34

Employment Profile of Those Spending A Lot on Housing

So the economy is not doing very well, and many more homeowners are expected to go into foreclosure due to declining home prices, which of course has ramifications in the credit market. This downturn is also expected to hit ... -PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE9.6%SRV-PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS9.6%RET-NOT SPECIFIED [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 04:00:00

Salute to G.W. Bush Part Two: 5 Things Bush Got Right

In honor of President Bush’s last days in office Dallas South is running a 3 Part Series titled “Salute to G.W. Bush” ... with his incompetent arrogance than Gates could repair. Still I give Bush credit for doing something that he rarely did while in office: admitting a mistake by changing course. 2.  Focus on Terrorism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:00:33

Are unions really the bogeyman?

by desertjim I have been fascinated by the attacks directed at the auto industry over their request for government backed loans ... to repair the credit industry they had destroyed. The auto industry has been lambasted in Congress ... , or in public education. Of course, I am biased [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 04:06:41

Lovely trolley mural gets half-hearted repair

Yesterday, on my way to Studio 34's West Philly craft fair, I noticed that the trolley mural--previously discussed here--had been repaired.BEFORE:AFTER:Of course, the repair didn't make it as good as it was (as shown in my earlier blog posting) but it's better than what it was.  (image credit.) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 12:30:00

Back To School December 26, 2008

Posted by eviljwinter in Life. trackback At the ripe old age of 42, I’m headed back to the hallowed halls of Cincinnati State ... gasoline.” Of course, the student loans are proving a challenge.  Even with my credit rating and assets ... at BigHugeCo.  There’s only so much you can do with computer repair before it starts numbing your brain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 13:00:47

The Truth about Spiraling Health Care Prices in the U.S., Part II

What is the biggest threat to the U.S. economy? According to Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag, it is not credit famine, ... added, because “If we fail to put the nation on a sounder fiscal course. . . we will ultimately reach ... like spending on education, the environment, infrastructure repair. Some in the health care industry point [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 21:58:39

Balls to 2009

Okay, nth time lucky. Hopefully I'll finish this bastard Balls to 2009 post this time ... As We Know It and How to Repair a Broken Financial World, well good on you. The recommendations in the latter article ... . Of course to take the piss out the ratings agencies. And why are Credit Default Swaps still legal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:20:00

Data Recovery And Why It Is Always Best Left To The Experts

In recent times with the “Credit Crunch” beginning to bite a lot of people may well be tempted to try to repair or recover their data from a failed ... with electronic failures This software will of course not be able to help and if the drive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:23:27

The SEPTA Watch Top 10 SEPTA Moments of 2008 (part 1)

It's been quite a year for SEPTA. Of course, we didn't have the transfer fights or big state finance fights like we did in 2007 ... for a couple days.I-95 shuts down for a couple days to repair fractured support beam.A prototype of the new Silverliner Regional Rail cars comes to town.(image credit.) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:30:00

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RegularsTalk Amongst Yourselves By David Wildgoose on September 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum.You can talk about games. Or movies. Or politics. Music. Food. Science. Sport. Insert your own miscellaneous off-topic discussion here. Just keep it clean.I’ll be promoting this post each morning until Sunday to let the conversation continue all week. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 22:30:39

Reach Your Dreams Working In A Home Based Business

by Duran FergusonYour dreams of owning a successful business can come true online. Tens of thousands have tapped into the power of Internet marketing as a means of replacing their traditional income. Each day people all over the world are carving out their piece of the online pie by establishing a web-based presence online.The benefits to working home seem to have a strong attraction, especially in the light of massive employment layoffs. When you are working from home, life seems to be much easier. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 17:58:52

Drumbeat: September 23, 2009

Chesapeake says $4 natgas too low to grow output GREENWICH, Conn. (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas prices will have to move higher to spur a resurgence in drilling activity and keep output of the fuel steady, the head of Chesapeake Energy Corp said on Wednesday. The weak U.S. economy has knocked natural gas prices sharply lower in the past 14 months, and sluggish demand for fuel has prompted producers such as Chesapeake to curtail drilling for new supplies. "The industry can cope with $4 gas. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 14:08:02

Expectations For Trading Or Investing Returns

Clearly, any a single who trades does so with a expectancy of creation profits. We take risks to benefit rewards. The subject any merchant contingency answer, however, is what kind of lapse he or she expects to make? This is a really critical consideration, as it speaks but delay to what kind of trade will take place, what marketplace or markets have been many appropriate matched to a purpose, and a kinds of risks required.Let s begin with a really elementary example. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 21:21:28

The Potential Price of Tax Cuts

Chancellor Alastair Darling has revealed that while he may be planning on cutting taxes in his budget, the government will also be borrowing record amounts in order to reduce the effects of repression as much as possible. According to his pre-Budget report, high income homes will also face more tax, and National Insurance contributions are also set to rise across the board, as part of his “exceptional” measures in order to reduce the effects of recession next year. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 05:35:02

Look shiny! Links to food for brain and eyes (featuring a lot of gold added at the last minute)

Your humble author was, at the time of writing the first part of this, doing a caffeine detox and so was having trouble constructing reportage and opinion at his usual standard of prolixity and perceptiveness. Here therefore is some distraction:First of all, here is a fine collection of observations through the ages on the now-vanished Anglo-Saxon bishopric of Dunwich with some sobering musings about what else could go the same way. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 23:02:45

Finding Deals on Homeowners Insurance Quotes

by Matti Badshaw Are you paying too much for homeowners insurance? Are you one of the many first time home owners who needs to find coverage for the first time? Either way, it is very important to learn a few things before you buy a policy for your house. After all, for most of us, our homes are the largest asset we own. Think about the things that a good policy must cover. It is obvious, I think, that the actual home will need to be protected. But also consider any outside structures. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 12:57:59

Simplify Your Life With A Credit Repair

by Dina Salinas Having bad credit can be a nightmare for most, because we live in a world that is fast-paced, costly, and always requires credit. It goes without saying, credit repair can make your life simpler if you’ve had some problems with your credit. If you’re having financial issues, chances are that creditors already know. They can tell by the way you handle your credit, the way you pay it, etc. For instance, if you are changing your credit pattern or taking cash advances. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 07:16:21

Words from the (investment) wise 9.27.09

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009) After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 12:05:27

Effortlessly and Easily Boost Your Credit Score

Effortlessly and Easily Boost Your Credit Score by Jacob FreemanMany consumers have no idea what a credit score is comprised of. What are they measuring and how does this number relate to my creditworthiness? While common sense tells us that paying our bills promptly is an important factor what else is important when it comes to credit scores?A credit score is just a numerical measurement of certain statistics. It is supposed to tell the lenders about the risk factors of the borrowers. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 19:20:25

Understand How to Deal with Homeowners Insurance

Understand How to Deal with Homeowners Insurance by Matti BadshawAre you paying too much for homeowners insurance? Are you one of the many first time home owners who needs to find coverage for the first time? Either way, it is very important to learn a few things before you buy a policy for your house. After all, for most of us, our homes are the largest asset we own.Think about the things that a good policy must cover. It is obvious, I think, that the actual home will need to be protected. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 14:51:47

Credit Repair Can Make Your Life Simpler

by Dina Salinas Having bad credit can be a nightmare for most, because we live in a world that is fast-paced, costly, and always requires credit. It goes without saying, credit repair can make your life simpler if you’ve had some problems with your credit. If you’re having financial issues, chances are that creditors already know. They can tell by the way you handle your credit, the way you pay it, etc. For instance, if you are changing your credit pattern or taking cash advances. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 18:13:40

Credit Repair Can Make Your Life Simpler

by Dina Salinas Having bad credit can be a nightmare for most, because we live in a world that is fast-paced, costly, and always requires credit. It goes without saying, credit repair can make your life simpler if you’ve had some problems with your credit. If you’re having financial issues, chances are that creditors already know. They can tell by the way you handle your credit, the way you pay it, etc. For instance, if you are changing your credit pattern or taking cash advances. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 18:13:11

Solar in the Real World: Tour of Solar Homes Begins in October

The National Solar Tour takes place annually during the first Saturday in October in conjunction with National Energy Awareness Month. Last year close to 140,000 attendees visited some 5,000 solar buildings in 3,000 participating communities. Find the tour nearest you . Initially, the tour began about 20 years ago when a solar retailer and installer in California organized some of its customers and got them to agree to open up their homes once a year to the general public. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 16:26:00

Who Needs A modification Company To Stop Foreclosure

by Adam Whazzer If you, like many people in the U.S.A, are facing foreclosure on your home, then you are looking for anything you can do to stop it. Firstly, be calm and dont panic. Do not get yourself into a situation like mortgage restructure that you have to pay for up front. A reputable mortgage company, that knows that their service will help you, will do this with no money up front because they know they will get paid when the mortgage goes through. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 17:27:05

Things To Remember In Choosing A Credit Card

by Eric Jilson If you have a low credit rating, you will most likely not be offered an unsecured low interest credit card. This requires faith on the part of the credit card company that you will repay your debts on time. People with good credit are able to get these cards because their credit history shows that they have been capable of paying on time in the past. If you have good credit and plan to continue making timely payments, then you will probably qualify for these low-interest credit cards. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 09:44:37

Unsecured Tenant Loans UK Tenant-A Breath

Unsecured loans Tenant Fair Credit Protect your finances no collateral! In the terminology of the financial sector, the term refers to the tenant of a person who is not capable of the placement of land used as collateral. For tenants, especially if they do not all work, it is very difficult to get a loan. The local banks will not even consider their application for the loans. If you are unemployed, and you do not have any property as collateral instead of you, you need not worry. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 07:53:42

Words from the (Investment) Wise (Sept. 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 14:33:29

Bull Moves in Bear Markets

In high school, I once dated a girl whose father believed the world was doomed to nuclear destruction. While his family lived in a trailer house (as did mine), this man spent a lot of time and money building a bomb shelter in the back yard. He stocked up on food supplies. He warned anyone who would listen about the coming armageddon [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 12:00:11

GNC-2009-09-29 #515 Do you hear the Buzz?

Very weird one folks first 40 minutes I had a buzz I could not track down. At the 40 minute mark it simply went away. Very annoying.. I share with you the launch of the Travel Cast Network and my battle with a car dealer on Saturday and of course a super large helping of Tech News! Ongoing support by these fine sponsors keep the lights on your support is appreciated! [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:14:13

Riches Beyond Dream

Here is a curiosity in the Louis L'Amour oeuvre: a story that is not a Western, but deals in the aftermath of what might have been one ... has gone untended for a long time, the house needs repair, and Bob is fresh off "a serious wound ... , then read this. You'll be surprised. L'Amour keeps it from getting too dark, of course. Salvation [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 00:12:51

Sunday Train: Rapid Streetcars and Suburban Retrofit

Another in the series of guest posts from the ever-thoughtful BruceMcF (who is Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence) re rail transport.  The people’s choice award in the Re-Burbia ”Rethinking Suburbia” design competition was the entry titled Urban Sprawl Repair Kit: Repairing The Urban Fabric.But I want to adapt these ideas from the repair of the urban fabric to the original creation of a healthy suburban fabric. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 05:23:18

Should GE be a AAA company," I said "GE Capital isn't even a bank. The FDIC only deals with depositary institutions. Are you kidding me? The US Government is obviously willing to do anything to bail out financial institutions at this point. Forget rules and regulations. Just give them the money." The first statement is actually not correct [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 12:07:25

Brisbane Cleans Up

Credit where it is due, all branches of government have responded with admirable swiftness to the storm damage in The Gap and other parts of south ... things that they put together in the course of their life  (have) been exposed to the elements ... that our power infrastructure should be underground. Sure it would be expensive but the amount of repair cos [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 20:21:53

From Baku to Russian-Occupied Georgia

“Russia can have at its borders only enemies or vassals.” – George F. Kennan, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union “You must draw a white-hot iron over this Georgian land!…You will have to break the wings of this Georgia! Let the blood of the petit bourgeois flow until they give up all their resistance! Impale them! Tear them apart! [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 08:22:34

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

How To Start A Credit Repair Business

By Jim Eastman If you're hoping to start a home business, you need to be aware of the problems you'll encounter - unless you choose a business that's quick, easy, and most of all - affordable - to start. The credit repair business is all of these. Interested in starting a credit repair business? If you want to start your own home business with the least capital investment and unlimited wealth creation potential, think about starting a credit repair business. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 12:01:57

In the Clutches of a Cyberstalker

(our comments in DARK BLUE - Fighter)The ‘gentle soul’ Jemma Rayner met through internet dating soon started menacing her with e-mails and calls. Days after his conviction, she reveals her chilling struggle to shake him off.Anyone entering the pizzeria would have picked him out immediately as an arty middle-class type: shaven head, lanky body, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 00:27:00

2008 Year in Review - A Look Back (1 of 3)

What follows are excerpts of posts from 2008. It was a busy year.George Bush and Karl Rove were masters of politics and the two stooges of policy, a frightening reminder that voters can be easier to seduce than reality.-----------Why not build the Escher Expressway – build all roads to slope downhill as a means to improve gas mileage? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 07:53:00

Red Ink, Green Proposals, No White Smoke (Yet)

The chatter continues over California's $40 billion budget hole, as Democrats pitch some new economic stimulus ideas, ... toward everything from wetlands restoration and flood protection to repair and building projects ... some of the state's idled construction workers back to work. Of course, selling bonds on Wall Street [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:42:50

Credit Repair Can Make Your Life Simpler

September 25, 2009 | By Dina Salinas In Finance | by Dina SalinasHaving bad credit can be a nightmare for most, because we live in a world that is fast-paced, costly, and always requires credit. It goes without saying, credit repair can make your life simpler if you’ve had some problems with your credit.The manner in which you use the available credit at your disposal is plain for creditors to see when they check your credit score. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 12:07:32

Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change

There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the circle is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11

Credit Repair Business – Helping Others

Post from: Online Fun And Business Credit Repair Business – Helping Others Interested in starting a profitable credit repair business? If you have ever wanted to start a home business with the potential for unlimited profits and low startup costs, you should give serious consideration to starting a credit repair business. This is one business that is as simple as it is rewarding. Basically this business is about learning how to help people improve their credit rating. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 14:09:11

Debt Rattle, November 23 2008: How can I convey to you?

National Photo Co. Happiness 1919 A child holding the Thanksgiving turkey. Ilargi: It may seem sort of hard to decide which idea is sillier. But then again, that's not really fair. The nonsense oozing from Bush and Canadian PM Harper in Peru about how free trade will solve all our problems within the next 18 months goes way beyond silly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 20:47:32

Over the Edge (1979)

Synopsis Walking through the planned suburban development of “New Granada,” 14-year-old Carl Willat (Michael Kramer) and his buddies - Richie White (Matt Dillon), Claude Zachary (Tom Fergus) and Claude’s mute brother Johnny (Tiger Thompson) - debate whether a girl that Carl likes named Cory (Pamela Ludwig) is a “fox” or stuck up [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 04:36:33

Stephanopolous, USAToday Agree: Obama Caused Stock Market Rally and Solid Black Friday Sales

—Ace Stephie: President-elect Obama also said this week in a series of press conferences that he held Monday through Wednesday on the economy and laying out his economic team. You got to give him credit for one thing at least: ever since ... and a clear strategy to repair the economy appears to have found it in Obama, who is fast emerging [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 23:10:50

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