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PHILADELPHIA -- A pair of New York Mets were viewing a satirical Maxim article titled "A day in the life of Mr. Met" before Friday's opener against the Philadelphia Phillies -- and were allowing themselves to be amused by the one-liners, considering the abrupt reversal of the team's fortunes.
"Eleven a.m.," the player read aloud from his digital device. "Put finishing touches on new Mets catchphrase for 2010: 'Slightly more exciting than the WNBA.'"
These days, the Mets no longer are a punch line.
Behind homers from David Wright, Jeff Francoeur and two from Rod Barajas -- and stellar catches from Jason Bay and Francoeur -- the Mets won their eighth straight game, 9-1 over the Phillies on Friday night.
Now, as the calendar flips to May, the first-place Mets lead the second-place Washington Nationals in the National League East standings.
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Since the Mets lost four straight series to open the season and imperiled manager Jerry Manuel's job, they have now won 10 of 11. Their current streak is the longest since they won 10 straight from July 5 to July 17, 2008, shortly after Manuel succeeded Willie Randolph at the helm.
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The Mets' bats, which had been quiet early on, began to show life during the 9-1 homestand. That only continued in Game 1 in hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park.
Wright opened the scoring with a two-run shot to center off Phillies right-hander Kyle Kendrick in the second inning. It was Wright's fourth long ball this season -- a total he did not achieve until June 9 last year. The third baseman, who went 5-for-7 with four RBIs, a walk and no strikeouts in the final two games of the homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers, relishes playing in Philly. He now has 12 homers at the ballpark, surpassing the 11 he has produced at Turner Field in Atlanta for the most at a site outside Queens in his career. Wright has 38 RBIs in 49 career games in Philly.
Neither Wright nor Francoeur had homered since April 14 at Coors Field, when both went deep in the third inning off Colorado Rockies right-hander Aaron Cook. Francoeur followed Wright's shot Friday night with a solo homer in the second off Kendrick. Barajas had two subsequent solo homers, the latter in the ninth inning to take over the team lead at five from Wright and Francoeur (four apiece).
"It definitely felt good to hit some that went out -- and get credit for it," Francoeur said, alluding to some recent mammoth shots at Citi Field that struck the wall and stayed in play. "It was nice. We fed off each other. David had that huge hit. I got the one. Rod got the one. It was like the first five or six hits were extra-base hits. We were kidding around, 'The first person that makes a single, we're going to fine 'em 50 bucks.'"
Barajas -- who had four homers in 48 games while playing for the Phillies in 2007 -- now has six homers in seven games against them since departing, according to ESPN Stats & Information. He went deep in the fifth inning off Kendrick to give the Mets a 4-1 lead.
"You want to have success regardless of where you play," Barajas said. "It just happens to be whenever I come here, I happen to be swinging the bat better than I do some other places."
Entering the series, Mets starting pitchers had a 1.59 ERA in the past 14 games. Jon Niese continued that stellar string of performances, thanks to a pair of superb second-inning plays by his fielders.
After a leadoff single by Jayson Werth, Francoeur raced to the wall in right-center to snare Raul Ibanez's shot. Francoeur slammed his right knee into the chain-link fence while making the catch, but shooed away Manuel and the training staff after they took one step out of the dugout. After Carlos Ruiz's RBI single later in the inning, and with two out and two on, Bay jumped at the wall in left field to catch Shane Victorino's shot.
Bay's catch became the second of 14 straight outs recorded by Niese, who picked up his first 2010 victory.
While the Mets have been playing nearly flawlessly, their opponents -- the Cubs, the Braves, the Dodgers and now the Phillies -- have been doing the opposite during the surge.
Barajas, catching Niese, could not handle a third strike from the rookie in the fifth inning, and the baseball squirted away. Victorino halfheartedly jogged to first base, buying time for Barajas to recover and retire him with a throw to first baseman Ike Davis.
"When you win, it seems like you do all those things, and if you make a mental mistake the things don't get noticed," Wright said. "But when you lose, all the little things start getting noticed, and there's got to be reasons for you losing. I'm glad we're taking advantage of some mistakes by the other team and really catching some breaks, which you need over the course of 162 games."
Adam Rubin covers the Mets for ESPNNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.


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As with many portraits of the period, the identity of both sitter and artist is uncertain. The lady's fashionable and richly embroidered attire, with its profusion of expensive lace, indicates that she is of high birth, and probably a member of the Jacobean court. However, her loose hair, decked with pansies known as 'heart's ease', her location out of doors beside a peach tree, and the gesture with which she lifts her shawl as if to shield herself from the sun strongly suggest that the portrait has a personal allegorical significance that is now lost. The date 1615 is inscribed on the column beside her.
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Director: Howard Weiner | Stars: Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino, Maria Dizzia, Pamela Dubin
11. Detours (II) (2016)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Writer: Mara Lesemann | Director: Robert McCaskill | Stars: Tara Westwood, Carlo Fiorletta, Paul Sorvino, Richard Kind
12. Precious Mettle (2016)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Completed
Alone after losing his family in a car accident, a retiring police commander attempts to help a daughter he never knew escape heroin addiction and a past that endangers her, while investigating his best friend's murder.
Writers: Leonard J. Brink, Edmond G Coisson, Glessna Barabas Yurgen Coisson | Director: Edmond G Coisson | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Robert Z'Dar, Todd Bridges, Fiona Dourif
13. The Chameleon (2016 TV Movie)
Drama | Announced
One of the greatest undercover Cops of our time, Detective Gary Johnson posing as a contract killer .With his unique strategy and totally undetected disguises he penetrates the Murder for Hire business with married couples.
Writer: Steve Feke | Stars: Michael Paré, Nicollette Sheridan, Paul Sorvino, Kathy Kovin Pacino
14. Inheritance (II) (2016)
Drama | Announced
Two generations of a conservative immigrant family try to salvage their manufacturing empire and American dream despite changing times, betrayal and cocaine.
Writers: Janek Ambros, Marcus Hart | Director: Janek Ambros | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Michael Lerner, Steven Molony
15. Careful What You Wish For (2015)
R | 91 min | Thriller
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Writer: Chris Frisina | Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Stars: Isabel Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Jonas, Kandyse McClure
Votes: 2,782
16. Sicilian Vampire (2015)
124 min | Drama, Thriller
Equal parts Goodfellas and Dusk till Dawn, Sicilian Vampire tells the story of reputed mobster Sonny Traficante who was hoping to get away to the family hunt lodge for a little rest and ... See full summary »
Writer: Frank D'Angelo | Director: Frank D'Angelo | Stars: Vittorio Altomare, Armand Assante, Daniel Baldwin, Dee Dee Benkie
Votes: 7,305
17. Cold Deck (2015)
80 min | Crime, Drama
When a poker player hits rock bottom, he enlists his best friend to pull off a high-stakes heist.
Writers: Stéfano Gallo, Jason Lapeyre | Director: Zack Bernbaum | Stars: Stéfano Gallo, Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper, Kate Trotter
Votes: 1,270
18. Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2015)
97 min | Horror, Musical
Lucifer and his carnies are plotting against Heaven. This is how the war begins.
Writer: Terrance Zdunich | Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Terrance Zdunich, Paul Sorvino, Adam Pascal, Marc Senter
Votes: 133
19. The Jack and Triumph Show (2015– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Jack and Triumph are down on their luck and move in as room mates.
Creators: Michael Koman, David Feldman, Robert Smigel | Stars: June Squibb, Jack McBrayer, Robert Smigel, Joey Fatone
Votes: 343
20. No Deposit (2015)
80 min | Drama
The story begins when a family man, Mickey Ryan, falls from grace through no fault of his own due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside ... See full summary »
Writer: Frank D'Angelo | Director: Frank D'Angelo | Stars: Paul Amato, Daniel Baldwin, Jason Blicker, Peter Coyote
Votes: 8,323
21. The Bronx Bull (2015)
R | Drama
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
Writers: Rustam Branaman, Martin Guigui, Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee, Jake LaMotta | Director: Martin Guigui | Stars: William Forsythe, Joe Mantegna, Tom Sizemore, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 84
22. Lost Cat Corona (2015)
85 min | Comedy
A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous element of his neighborhood, forcing him to confront his fears and rethink his M.O.
Writer: Anthony Tarsitano | Director: Anthony Tarsitano | Stars: Gina Gershon, Sean Young, Ralph Macchio, Jeff Kober
23. Hybrids (2015)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A movie about a dysfunctional family of vampires and witches, it is mostly focused on the two children who are hybrids.
Writer: Tony Schweikle | Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Carolyn Hennesy, Mojean Aria, Philip Willingham
Votes: 25
24. Falling (III) (2015)
105 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
After the death of his wife, Sarah, young widower Malcolm is reluctantly trying to put his life back together with the help of his plucky sister-in-law, Dee. When he meets Nya, a free ... See full summary »
Writers: Ali Askari, Joe McKernan, Golan Ramraz, Adam C. Sherer | Director: Ali Askari | Stars: Josh Helman, Yael Stone, Jennifer Allcott, Paul Sorvino
25. Price for Freedom (2015)
Search Hoboken Film festival Middletown NY to see the trailer.
Writers: Dylan Bank, Marc Benhuri, Ken Del Vecchio | Director: Dylan Bank | Stars: Alan Angevine, Mary Apick, Brett Azar, Joanne Baron
Votes: 13
26. In the Seats with Kristina (2015– )
Stars: Kristina Hernandez, Christine Capitelli, Jerry Todisco, Tahnee Jade
Votes: 13
In the Seats with Kristina (2015– )
Episode #1.5
Writer: Larry Rosen | Director: Larry Rosen | Stars: Kristina Hernandez, Paul Sorvino, Deborah Twiss
ADTV (Attention Deficit Television) (2014– )
Episode #2.2
60 min | Talk-Show
Director: Mauricio Ovalle | Stars: Eric J Carlson, Bonnie C. Harper, Rose Iebba, Edward M. Kelahan
Fashion News Live (2004– )
Episode #21.27
Stars: Anthony Fiorin, Paul Sorvino, Sam Trammell
Today (1952– )
Episode dated 28 April 2015
News, Talk-Show
Author Maria Bello ("Whatever: Love Is Love"); Bethany Mota; Bob Harper (The Biggest Loser (2004)); Tom Arnold (Beginner's Guide to Sex (2015) and Underdog Kids (2015)); Vanessa Lachey; Ben... See full summary »
Stars: Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Natalie Morales
The Jack and Triumph Show (2015– )
Sorvino's Pants
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
After Triumph smells Paul Sorvino's pants at a restaurant he becomes obsessed with their aroma and plots a way to satisfy his craving for more.
Writers: Ben Joseph, Michael Koman, Todd Levin, Craig Rowin, Dino Stamatopoulos, Sam West | Director: Thomas Kail | Stars: Jack McBrayer, Robert Smigel, June Squibb, Monica Garcia
Votes: 10
Rachael Ray (2006– )
You Voted, and Now We Know Which Deserving Family Is Going to Get a Brand-New Kitchen!
A family receives a new kitchen, and Carter Oosterhouse presents design plans for America to vote on. Also: Andrew Zimmern and Paul Sorvino.
Stars: Rachael Ray, Carter Oosterhouse, Paul Sorvino, Andrew Zimmern
33. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014 TV Mini-Series)
TV-PG | 557 min | Documentary
A documentary series that explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time.
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan, Stoney Emshwiller, Piotr Michael
Votes: 49,774
34. A Winter Rose (2014)
99 min | Drama, Music
Winter Rose has survived being orphaned as an infant and being moved around from orphanage to orphanage. Now on her own she struggles with her abandonment and finds comfort in her one true ... See full summary »
Writer: Riz Story | Director: Riz Story | Stars: Kimberly Whalen, Theresa Russell, Paul Sorvino, Robert Miano
Votes: 66
35. A Winter Rose (2014– )
A beautiful yet troubled orphan must battle her demons of alcoholism and self-destruction when she becomes an international singing star overnight.
Stars: Taryn Manning, Billy Zane, Samaire Armstrong, Paul Sorvino
36. ADTV (Attention Deficit Television) (2014– )
60 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Rose Iebba, Edward M. Kelahan, Michael Maglio, Eric J Carlson
Elementary (2012– )
All in the Family
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a body is found in a barrel, Holmes and Watson launch an investigation into the mafia's ties to the murder. Meanwhile, Sherlock attempts to make amends with Detective Bell. Peter Gerety and Paul Sorvino guest star.
Creator: Robert Doherty | Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 469
Cavuto on Business (2000– )
Episode dated 16 April 2014
Stars: Neil Cavuto, Gil Amelio, Keli Carenter, Gary Kaltbaum
The Goldbergs (2013– )
The Most Handsome Boy on the Planet
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Barry is excited when a modelling representative approaches him, but Erica thinks it's a scam.
Writers: Lewaa Nasserdeen, Matt Tarses | Director: David Katzenberg | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia
Votes: 107
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014– )
The World Set Free
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary
Degrasse discusses our nearest neighboring planet Venus and its climate, the climate change on Earth and if it is caused by humans.
Writers: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, Steven Soter | Directors: Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, John F. Kennedy, Carl Sagan, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 585
41. The Goldbergs (2013– )
22 min | Comedy
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he ... See full summary »
Creator: Adam F. Goldberg | Stars: Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, George Segal, Jeff Garlin
Votes: 13,374
42. Once Upon a Time in Queens (2013)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Recently released from prison, an ex-mafia boss tries not to fall into his old habits, but surviving outside of the mafia is harder than it seems.
Writer: Dave Rodriguez | Director: Dave Rodriguez | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Michael Rapaport, Renee Props, Andrea Kelly
Votes: 289
43. 4Closed (2013 Video)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
When a young family moves into a foreclosed home, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Writer: Geoff Meed | Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Marlee Matlin, James Denton, Paul Sorvino, Jamie Kennedy
Votes: 1,242
44. How Sweet It Is (2013)
104 min | Musical
An alcoholic theater owner needs to put together a successful musical in order to pay off his mob debt, but problems arise when the wise guys want to cast their friends in the production.
Writers: Jay Black, Brian Herzlinger | Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Erika Christensen, Michael Paré, Paul Sorvino, Erich Bergen
Votes: 42
45. Immigrant (2013)
88 min | Drama
The coming of age story of a young Russian immigrant in search of the American dream.
Writer: Barry Shurchin | Director: Barry Shurchin | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Paul Sorvino, Andrew Divoff, Angela Gots
Votes: 79
46. Paulie (2013 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A mobster suffers a heart attack and decides to return to his hometown in New Jersey, where he confronts his estranged daughter and finds out he has a grandson.
Writers: Jay Black, Brian Herzlinger | Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Tim Bagley, Max Burkholder, Casey Castille
Votes: 17
47. The Cinema Couch (2013– )
A weekly talk show about film, TV, music, games and all things social media...
Stars: Jamaal Stone, Mhegan Lee, Sarah Schoofs, Camille Theobald
Votes: 15
Cavuto on Business (2000– )
Episode dated 11 December 2013
Stars: Neil Cavuto, Scott Brown, Michael Carrazza, Jonathan Hoenig
The Cinema Couch (2013– )
Interview with Paul Sorvino
Director: Jamaal Stone | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Jamaal Stone
50. Elementary (2012– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.
Creator: Robert Doherty | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, Jon Michael Hill
Votes: 68,313


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The American Public Works Association (APWA) received a $130,000 federal cost-share grant from the USDA Forest Service to fund an outreach program that aims to help public works departments improve tree care projects.
The program, "Urban Forest Management and Public Works: Improving Communications and Building Capacity," is a joint venture between APWA and the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA); the goal is to ensure better care of the nation's urban forest through enhanced communications.
"Although public works and urban forestry professionals are often housed in the same city department, they don't always understand how to combine their talents and resources for the benefits of the communities' trees," says SMA executive director Jerri LaHaie, CAE. "This grant gives us the opportunity to create an ongoing dialogue between those professional groups, which will result in ideas for leveraging dollars, equipment, and person-power for better managed urban forests."
The endeavor includes an educational campaign, a Webcast, and other forestry education and outreach projects designed to train the public works community. Slated to run for 18 months, it will be led by an advisory group that comprises APWA and SMA members. Eventually, all program materials will be available in a comprehensive toolkit. For more information, visit www.apwa.net.
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this is the place for all true hip hop heads to discuss new releases, graffiti, breakdancing, the 1s and 2s, give reviews, discuss the genre thats constantly changing the face of a nation, and of course get the word out about special events, concerts, specials, etc. we don't care ...
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A group for people who want to make new friends, but sometimes have a hard time with it. Everyone is welcome. Home of the thread-kill.
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Nintendo fans knows that Nintendo is the greatest video game company in the world, and Shigeru Miyamoto is a god.
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This group is for those with the ability to look beyond the outer shell. To look upon one's from other race' and find the beauty and joy's with in ones heart.


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At a glance, what I really like are the vast differences between Dean Dempsey's colorful backlit image of himself times five post-racketball in a locker room; Richard Bluecloud Cataneda's black-and-white vision of himself times nine in street, ceremonial, and clown guises; and Susan Wu's 10 card-size drawings that render her face, disembodied, as masks of a sort. These contrasts demonstrate the breadth and potential of contemporary self-portraiture rather than its narcissistic pitfalls. (Huston)
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The Peanut Gallery
855 Folsom, #108, SF
(415) 341-0074
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Conspiracy of Beards
Few beards exist in the 30-man a capella choir Conspiracy of Beards. This is not surprising, considering they sing the songs of Leonard Cohen, who seems to prefer the scrape of a razor to any soft cushion. If you were rich (or desperate) enough to pay the $90 ticket fee to see Mr. Cohen back in April at the Paramount in Oakland, then you know it was for the words. A poet dressed in a musician's clothing, Cohen is most potent when his lyrics do all the songs' work, which they usually do. The a capella setup of Conspiracy of Beards proves to be genius when you hear 30 men singing "Giving me head on the unmade bed." Cohen's signature synthpop sound is delivered courtesy of the bass vocals on songs like "First We Take Manhattan" and "Tower of Song." And "Famous Blue Raincoat" is more ominous than sad. Don't be surprised if the Cafe Du Nord suddenly becomes a cathedral. (Lorian Long)
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Yakuthon's Group
Galina T. is the treasurer of the group. She is 51 and married. She has two daughters and a son. The daughter works as a cook in a kindergarten, the first son went to work to Russia and the second studies at school. Galina and her husband work in the same kindergarten. Now she is planning to purchase a pavilion and with money received from the loan she wants to purchase convenience goods in order to resell them in that pavilion.
Ludmila J., 47, is a widow. She has raised three sons, the first son works as a baker, the second went to work to Russia, and the third son is an auxiliary master. Ludmila applied for the loan because she needs money to purchase building materials to start building their new house.
Nodirahon H., 26, is married. She has a son who is just two years old. Seven years ago, with the initial investment of 15,000 soms, Nodirahon and her husband opened their own bakery. They make 18,000 soms per month. With money received from the loan Nodirahon wants to purchase 20 bags of flour. In the future she plans to expand her business, purchase some land, and build a house for her older brother.
--- Where Did This Loan Come From? ---
This loan is brought to you by Mol Bulak Finance (MBF), a young, ambitious and socially-focused Microfinance Institution in Kyrgyzstan.
MBF is strongly committed to the principles of sustainable development and upholds the triple bottom line – People (building human capital and taking care of its customers as well as society), Planet (keeping environmentally friendly) and Profit (earning revenue to expand autonomously). MBF is the only Microfinance Institute in Kyrgyzstan that delivers its services to customers 365 days a year. To learn more about MBF and view a Video presentation about the organization, please visit: http://www.kiva.org/about/aboutPartner?id=135
If you would like to support and learn more about Kyrgyzstan and microfinance in Central Asia, please join our Lending Team - Supporters of Kyrgyzstan – Mol Bulak Finance at http://kiva.org/team/kyrgyzstan. Members will get special updates and news from Kiva Fellows in Kyrgyzstan and from the MBF staff.
Additional Information
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Kyrgyzstan
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 14 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Jul 22, 2010
- Listed
- Jul 29, 2010
- Currency Exchange Loss:
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Rimini hotel in Marina Centro, near Arch of Augustus
Located in Marina Centro, this hotel is 0.5 mi (0.9 km) from Centro Congressi SGR and within 3 mi (5 km) of Arch of Augustus and Antica Pescheria. Tempio Malatestiano and Piazza Cavour are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features an outdoor pool, a bar/lounge, and a seasonal outdoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, conference rooms, meeting rooms, and concierge services are onsite.
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Levante features an outdoor pool and a seasonal outdoor pool. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Event facilities measuring 1184 square feet (110 square meters) include conference space and meeting rooms. This Rimini hotel also offers multilingual staff, a garden, and concierge services. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 54
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
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- Express check-in
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Juliet runs a services business of tailoring table clothes. The business has been in operation for 13 years. She says the main challenge she faces is electricity, which is in short supply.
Juliet has requested a loan of $400 to buy fabric and tailoring materials. She says the extra income generated as a result of this loan will allow her to help in supporting the family. In the future Juliet plans to own a clothing shop.
Additional Information
About MicroKing FinanceMicroKing's loans are guaranteed against institutional default (failure of MicroKing to repay Kiva lenders if the borrower repays MicroKing) by MicroKing's parent company: Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited.
More About MicroKing
This loan is administered by MicroKing Finance, Kiva's first partner in Zimbabwe.
MicroKing's mandate is to provide financial services integrated with advisory services and targeted training to the under-banked but rapidly growing Zimbabwean micro-enterprise sector. The intent is to mobilize the underprivileged as active agents in fighting poverty as well as to accelerate the country's journey back to economic prosperity where Zimbabwe was once known as the "bread basket of Africa."
Zimbabwean micro-enterprises are generally run by women and comprise a multitude of business types. Constraints on local production and manufacturing capacity have led to cross-border trading being the most common type of business.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Zimbabwe
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 8 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Nov 21, 2011
- Listed
- Jan 1, 2012
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1958 Zippo Lighter. Signed on base with stylized Zippo, Pat 2517191 on center bottom of base. 4 dots on each side of Zippo. Has minor wear, plus small dents in case top. Bottom of case has no dents. Front has Mustang Power over White, with mustang horse in center. Jim Franz on back.


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I bought theanine thinking it would help calm me down and relieve my anxiety, but that effect only lasted for a day or two. Another thing that I was surprised to discover was its effect on cognitive abilities: being a student, I coud focus three times as long, and think way more clearly. Now I take it before challenging and time-consuming tasks and know I won't get tired, but I do have to find something else for anxiety, though. All in all, a good product, but probably does not match the needs of every single individual. The price was great, and the shipment was superfast - iHerb is now my favorite.
Seems to reduce anxiety..
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I've been having these for a while now. Wouldn't say that relaxing effect is remarkable, but seems to reduce anxiety noticeably. For a product without side effects, I'd rate at least adequate result and I'm very happy with that.
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I was on amazon and i saw season 1 and 2availableand i heard that it's also on disney movie club.
Yes but it's not available at Wal-mart where it should be or Target. As they sell lots of DVD's. Disney needs to release all four season of Kim Possible on DVD and have them available to be bought at Wal-mart, Target or anywhere where you can buy DVD's. Not just online and at Disney club.
Disney Channel just doesn't release full seasons DVDs of their shows anymore. The last show they did it for was "Hannah Montana". They released season 1 in 2008 and released season 4 in 2011, yet there are no season 2 or 3 DVDs???? "Good Luck Charlie" is my favorite show on Disney Channel right now, but will probably never see the light of day on DVD, This just ticks me off to no end.


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A Mom Explains The Matrix (video)Kacy Faulconer
Here's the cutest and most hilarious video (via Boing Boing). Filmmaker Joe Nicolosi simply asked his mom to tell him about The Matrix. It reminds me so much of my mom who would fall asleep during every video we ever rented (yes, renting videos used to be a thing) and then she would complain that it didn't make sense. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't like the Matrix.
Moms are cute, aren't they? I love the sweet "Thanks, mom" from Nicolosi at the end of this clip. I think it captures how we all feel about our own mom, even when we—just a little bit—make fun of her.
And here's something to remember: You will become that mom. There's no way around it. I have a 15-year-old son and even though I'm ultra hip and on top of things, to him I am exactly like the mom in this clip. I've described the mechanics of becoming lame before. It's still happening to me!
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LARIMER COUNTY — John Lauer and the other Tatanka Hotshots scrape the smoldering ground with Pulaskis until their hands blister, suck down wildfire smoke until they gag and suffer periodic rain showers of chemical flame retardant, all without complaint.
They also do it without health insurance.
The seasonal firefighters swarming over Colorado and the West to protect life and home this tinder-dry summer don't have federal health insurance and can't buy into it if they want to.
After years of waiting, Lauer and others are fanning the flames of the health-care debate, with their quest for access to the insurance quickly going viral. An Internet petition claims more than 100,000 signatures, and Lauer and other firefighters are taking cellphone breaks between fire shifts in the West to promote the idea.
Tales of temporary firefighters or their families suffering from expensive ailments or putting off care are "a dime a dozen," Lauer said from southeastern Wyoming, on the Russells Camp fire.
Lauer is in his sixth temporary season and will soon start University of Denver law school classes but said he worries more about other families.
"The issue really hit home when my godson was born prematurely and his folks got stuck with a huge hospital bill," Lauer said.
That family, Nate Ochs and Constance Van Kley in South Dakota, now has insurance through Ochs' permanent job. But more than half the Tatanka crew is temporary, without federal insurance, Van Kley said.
"A lot of them are in that phase of beginning to sort out a career and family," she said. "Being uninsured is stressful even when you're 19."
The U.S. Forest Service said people who sign on for the difficult outdoor work of firefighting know the advantages and drawbacks when they come in.
"Of course if they are hurt on the fire line, they'd be covered under workman's comp, but due to the fact they are seasonal, we do not provide every benefit a permanent employee receives," said Jace Ratzlaff, a legislative-affairs spokesman in the service's Colorado region.
Those who want to stay seasonal, rather than seek a year-round position with full benefits, "love the fact they can make quite a lot of money in a short span of time and use that to support another passion or career outside of the season," he said.
Federal wildland fighters can make $30,000 or more in six months, including a lot of overtime on big burns. Base pay is about $14 an hour, said Oregon-based firefighter Aaron Alpe.
"It becomes a moral issue, it really does," said Casey Judd, president of the Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, an employee group in Idaho.
"I love to be in the woods and be outdoors. And I've made lifelong friends," said Alpe, 29. "It's more or less what I've dedicated most of my life to, and all we're asking for is that the federal government hands us a basic health plan."
For fire-related injuries, the Forest Service can take a long time to pay claims, Alpe said. And some health problems crop up in the winter off months, when long-term exposure to smoke and soot can lead to bronchitis and constant coughing.
Alpe's winter job — logging beetle-kill pines — does not provide insurance either, so he buys a personal policy.
Alpe, Lauer and other firefighters said offering an insurance buy-in would create more stability in the ranks and attract more prospects.
The federal Office of Personnel Management, which alongside congressional action can influence benefits policy, said it is looking into the insurance question.
Firefighters said they have long lobbied U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's office for help, as a Western leader. Udall's Colorado spokesman said Friday the office was studying the issue.
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Ok, kind of a silly thing, but I thought I'd share a minor little thing I found useful for smaller grows.
For watering my plants, I found that laundry detergent bottles work fantastic. My wife had some 2 gallon Tide detergents that she finished with and I gave them a really good cleanup (although it's mostly just a surfactant and most plants actually like surfactants because it helps them draw water, so clean it good, but no need to be paranoid).
The great thing is that they have a push button spout, so you can just hold the lip over your plant and push the button. I'm doing hempy buckets, so I'm having to mix up hydro nutes, and I have to mix up a new batch of nutes about every 2-3 days with my plants. They are much more durable than milk jugs and much handier


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Winners of the 2015 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Women in Science
Every February, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual meeting, the Elsevier Foundation and its key partners, the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and TWAS, the World Academy of Sciences, recognize the accomplishments of five early-career scientists with the Elsevier Foundation Awards for Women in Science in the Developing World.


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"A low-cost laptop being developed by the Indian government in tandem with two leading Indian education and research institutions will cost US$100 when available, and not $10 as was earlier stated by the government." – PC World.
Details: An updated news release is here, and, no, it isn't exactly teeming with e-book references. Will India repeat the mistakes of One Laptop Per Child and not play up books as much as it should? I'd hope not.
The Indians show more interest in traditional pedagogy than OLPC has, and presumably that means books, not just Webcentric activites and the like. Here's to balance! Kids need both. I hope that the Indian equivalent of the OLPC XO-1 (photo) will come with a nice library icon in the middle of the screen.
In implementing the project, India should keep in mind the big three elements: Content, technology and integration with existing schools and libraries.
Related, from OLPC News: Why Give 1 Get 1 is going to be a much harder sales in 2008 and Windows XO: A detailed Microsoft XP video dissection. I agree with the independent OLPC News and commenters: trouble's ahead, alas. The XO-1 isn't that upgradeable. Just why the devil should people buy it with the XO-2 on the way? Better to give some money directly to OLPC, then get the newer, better model for yourself and a child in a developing country.
Also of interest: eBay listings for XO-1s and On CIA families, public libraries, and the 'right books' for the e-focused young. Just how much does India value the creation expansion of a book-focused culture? Or will it fixate on tech alone? Again—balance, please!


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"Mind Over Matter" begins like so many albums have begun before it, with a short instrumental build, the type of track used to prepare listeners for a testosterone-stuffed earthshaker. But alternative rock band Young the Giant instead throws a curveball, one of many, on its more mature, thoughtful sophomore album, following up "Slow Drive" with the romance of "Anagram." It slinks from warm guitar plucks to heart-fluttering strings to Sameer Gadhia's pretty vocals, which are more in line with an old-school crooner than an alternative rock band circa 2014. When Gadhia hits his highest note, he even briefly recalls Maxwell.
Defied expectations continue with "In My Home," an ode to living out the dream and discovering yourself ("we're not lost, we're just searching"). These kinds of songs either sink or skirt by on youthful charm, but the sentiment and sound in Giant's hands are comparatively more mature. And whereas an alt-rock act's breather track tends to be a snooze, "Firelight" is the album's best song, glowing from the warmth of Gadhia's wistful voice and a subdued, subtly Middle Eastern arrangement.
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The story behind Against Me!'s "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" is more complex than the album itself. In May 2012, the band's frontman, Tom Gabel, came out as transgender; she's currently in the transition process and goes by the name Laura Jane Grace.
Grace doesn't delve very deeply into the subject matter, possibly because of the album's 29-minute run-time, possibly because she wanted to make these songs as accessible as possible. But beyond the consistently catchy pop-punk riffs, there are telltale lyrics hinting at the challenging ordeal.
There's the isolation in the title track ("You want them to see you like they see any other girl/They just see a (expletive)," and the morbid depression of "Two Coffins" ("In the dark of our graves our bodies will decay. ... One day soon there'll be nothing left of you and me."). On "Unconditional Love," Grace seems to realize that a sex change won't solve everything ("Even if your love was unconditional/It still wouldn't be enough to save me.")
But "Blues" very well could save a life; transgender youths have very few songs they can identify with so directly. At the least, Grace has given the world a rocking rallying cry.
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Rave Tapes
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The term "post-rock" implies a desire to move beyond rock 'n' roll, or at least past its more adolescent connotations. Yet Mogwai, a Scottish band that has allowed the aforementioned term to be applied to its work, doesn't spurn the energy or instruments that define rock.
On its eighth proper album, "Rave Tapes," Mogwai idly adheres to post-rock standards: some ironic distance ("Repelish" slides darkly mellow music under someone's rock-equals-Satanism tract); some genuinely potent noise ("Hexon Bogon" twists and flails like wilder shoegaze); and a great deal of contemplation via electric guitars and moody synthesizers.
At times, Mogwai can be too contemplative: The vocals on "Blues Hour" are cottony wisps floating in the nebulous ether of the song. But tracks like the Daft Punk-ish "The Lord Is Out of Control" suggest that Mogwai doesn't want to go beyond rock. It wants to stretch rock beyond its usual boundaries.
— Jon M. Gilbertson, Special to the Journal Sentinel
Reverend Horton Heat
Because it's been five years since Reverend Horton Heat put out its last studio album — and more than 20 years since it put out its very first studio album — longtime fans might be hungry enough to click their blue suede shoes together three times and thus turn "Rev" into a creative renewal.
They needn't do so, because the hardy trio's latest has willpower to burn like fuel in the hot rods celebrated in a rockabilly mythology as tangible as the smell of gasoline. ("Smell of Gasoline" happens to be the second song here, and it's combustible, all right.) Frontman Jim Heath is on fire, and bassist Jimbo Wallace and drummer Scott Churilla feed his flames.
It's a fun conflagration, though, with Ventures-style goofs like "Zombie Dumb," double-entendre pileups like "Let Me Teach You How to Eat" and nearly metallic boogies such as "Chasing Rainbows." Briskly intense, "Rev" is indeed a creative renewal; it's also a renewal of faith for band and fans alike.
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Blue Highway
The Game
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Two decades into its tenure, with the original lineup of five talented songwriters and pickers, Blue Highway has become a model of bluegrass storytelling.
In "My Last Day in the Mine," a track on the group's new album, "The Game," listeners meet an Everyman reflecting on the end of a career and the uncertainty of retirement. On the surface it seems like a common tale, but it becomes apparent that in the complex layers of picked and bowed strings, there's a much deeper narrative of a man who isn't just losing his job. Guest singer Trey Hensley gives voice to this man's fear of losing his identity: "I'm not sure if I'm the kind of man who can spend all day sitting by himself, slowly growin' old, with a fishin' pole."
Such depth within an engaging narrative and bluegrass melody fills these tracks, from the blue-collar pride of the over-the-road hauler in "Just to Have a Job" to the heart-crushing disbelief in the loss of lasting love on "A Change of Faith in Tennessee."
— Erik Ernst, Special to the Journal Sentinel
Ray Benson
A Little Piece
Bismeaux Records
As the founder and frontman of Asleep at the Wheel, Ray Benson is as synonymous with Western Swing in modern times as the genre's forefather, Bob Wills, was in his heyday. But there's a much wider range in Benson's baritone vocals than the Texas boogie. It's a side he started to reveal on his jazzy, Grammy-winning 2003 solo debut, "Beyond Time." More than a decade later, that album's follow-up uncovers an artist who can cross genres as deftly as he can boot scoot.
Benson is full of surprises here, from the title track's tender country ballad to the resonating guitars, honky-tonk swagger and creative turn of phrase in "Killed by a .45" to the rousing flamenco of "Heartache and Pain." There's introspection in Benson's voice, too, notably on the fragile guitar-and-voice reworking of Randy Newman's "Marie." "It Ain't You" is most remarkable, as the 62-year-old Benson taps another Texas native, Willie Nelson, 80, to trade verses reflecting on life, aging and the lasting spirit of youth on a stunning, previously unrecorded track penned by Waylon Jennings and Gary Nicholson.
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Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Call for Proposals Closing April 29th.
By Javier Puerta-Oracle on Apr 28, 2015
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It sounds to me like the author is struggling with why the iPhone must be better. Let me assure his readers that some of these arguments are just lopsided. For example, as a long time Android user I would have to "take some time to learn your way around" the iPhone. It's not as intuitive as Apple would like you to think it is, but if it's what you're used to, it is your baseline and other options will seem strange. More over, the deep integration of Facebook and Twitter into the iPhone is just another way to say the it won't be deeply integrated into the iPhone unless Apple says okay. Android's willingness to allow 'customization' like different keyboards really means that Apps can register to provide services to your phone. So any social app can be shared to easily, not just Facebook and Twitter. Or you can choose from multiple web browsers and even which one is default. And none of this is complicated, our harder than iPhone, it's just different.
iOS is the middle of the road for American smartphone users. Android has the power-users, the ultra low-cost users, and the true luddites who walk into a cellphone store with no idea what they will buy.
The fact that Facebook, as a direct competitor to Google, rolled out a major initiative on a Google-controlled platform should give an indication of how things are already moving: Android will increasingly gain mindshare among developers and marketshare among more diverse user groups. Android's managers have already taken major steps to greatly reduce the (overhyped) problem of fragmentation.
Interestingly, Android benefits from the wide variety of devices available because you can almost never blame Android for a problem. Phone doesn't get the latest version of OS? That's the manufacturer's and carrier's fault. Apps running slow? That's the developers' fault, and possibly yours if you're running too many widgets or background apps. If a user has _any_ problem with an iOS device, the perception is that it's Apple's fault, and that is causing a gradual degradation in average consumer perception of Apple as the top dog in smartphones.
We already saw this 2 years ago : windows phone
I guess it boils down to whether your technology toys are central to your life or not. Personally, I think it is a lot more rewarding teaching my dog to do tricks than customizing my user experience.
If you want to be locked into Apple experience and pay the price for it, go ahead. If you want to be free to do whatever you want with your phone, like moving music from one place to another without itunes, Android is the way to go. If your life is around Google (gmail, calendar, keep, etc) you are a fool if to use an iphone. I have switched several times from one Android phone to another and every time it take less time to sync everything. The last time within 2 minutes all my contacts, emails, app, ebooks, etc. were there in the new phone. And I still have time to teach my dog some tricks and run my bike.
" If your life is around Google (gmail, calendar, keep, etc) you are a fool if to use an iphone"
Or maybe you are a fool to have your life "around Google" Can't say that I've upgraded my iPhone several times (only once) because there has been no reason to upgrade frequently. And the upgrade and sync was seamless and fast. No bike and no dog, but lots of other things to do rather than have a phone as a hobby.
The best part of the article: "If ... the core user experience of the phone is more or less secondary, the iPhone might prove to be a better choice."
so if I don't care about the "core user experience" I should get it? count me in. later i'll be shopping for a boat with a screen door for a bottom.
mintslice: iPhone offers several browsers, including Chrome. the customizability of Android vs. iPhoen is greatly exagerated. for the things that 95% want to do, it can be done on an iPhone. the other 5% is stuff only hackers want/know how to do, and Android is better for that.
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