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A not-so-green confession
Try as I might to lead a green lifestyle as much as possible, I sometimes fall short. I think some people might get the impression that I live by the green book and, while I appreciate the vote of confidence, I want you to know that I am not all green, all the time. Today I'm confessing my dirty little secret. Although Ava's preschool is about four blocks from our house, I drive there almost every time. Awful, right? I know! It's something I feel badly about and I'm actually trying to do better and walk more often. The main reason I choose to driveRead More →


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In June, we mapped out Tracy Morgan's apology tour after his ill-advised homophobic rant. But it looks like we should have waited to include today's new episode of "7 Minutes in Heaven," where Morgan spends some time in the closet being interviewed by comedian Mike O'Brien.
After creeping out Christina Ricci and making out with Patricia Clarkson, O'Brien changed gears and interviewed "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan about 5 inches away from his face. Does he kiss Morgan, as per the ancient ritual of 7 Minutes in Heaven? Well, sort of. Okay, not really. But sort of.
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- NicaraguaServicesFunding via MiCredito
Jose CristobalNicaraguaRetailFunding via ADIM (Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres)
Carlos AlbertoNicaraguaFoodFunding via León 2000 IMF
Franklin Alberto
Update on Franklin AlbertoFranklin lives in the town of Ticuantepe with his wife and children. She works as a domestic for a private house in order to be able to contribute to their household, and he works for a private company. His greatest dream is being able to finish his house and improve his living conditions. He also has a mototaxi. His greatest problem is that he can't get all the money together at once to purchase materials. He will use this loan to purchase cement, tile, iron, paint, etc. He appreciates the support that Afodneic and Kiva Funds have given him.
Previous Loan DetailsFranklin R., 30, lives in Ticuantepe; his wife works as a domestic employee in a private home to help him meet household expenses because they have three children who are in school and need their parents' support. For the past two years Franklin has driven a mototaxi (three-wheel vehicle used ... More from Franklin Alberto's previous loan »
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About AFODENICThis loan is administered by AFODENIC, La Asociación para el Fomento al Desarrollo Nicaragua, a Kiva Field Partner based in Managua, Nicaragua. Founded in 1999, AFODENIC was created to promote the socio-economic and cultural development of sectors that are excluded from commercial banking. Integrating economic and human resources, AFODENIC offers affordable and adaptable financial services aimed at strengthening the family unit of their clients, who include students, producers, and micro- and small entrepreneurs from rural and urban areas. AFODENIC is a socially responsible institution engaged in society and making a positive impact on its professional partners and communities.
Supporting a borrower through AFODENIC contributes to the pursuit of innovation in mitigating poverty in Nicaragua. Visit AFODENIC's partner page for more information.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Sam: You have how many dogs again?
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Hannibal. Will Graham is from the original prequel book to the story better now known as 'Silence of The Lambs' from the movie edition. This version of him is the adaption now on NBC's Hannibal.
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Amy McNeil, former director of the Health and Wellness Clinic at YouthLink, remembers a transgendered teenager relaying the saga of waiting four hours to see a doctor at a local hospital a few years ago. The patient reported that the staff spent half the time staring at her and the other two hours trying to figure out how to treat her medically.
Eventually, the teen made it to YouthLink, a homeless center for youth in Minneapolis, where she dropped in without an appointment, saw a doctor known on the streets for his GLBT expertise, and could have been tested for a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or received medication onsite. But teens like her may not have that opportunity in coming weeks, after Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) eliminates the clinic's funding.
YouthLink has had a clinic in its center on 12th Street off Hennepin Avenue for years, contracting the service from Health Care for the Homeless. Then YouthLink ran the clinic itself, but in 2004, a budget crisis required outside funding partners. That's when CUHCC came into the picture.
"It seemed like a nice fit," McNeil says of the relationship with CUHCC, which is overseen by the University of Minnesota. Last year the YouthLink clinic had more than 700 visits, many times seeing the same patient more than once, many of them receiving treatment for STDs. Further, all seemed well with CUHCC's 12 other satellites and a main clinic around town, which, combined, saw almost 9,000 patients last year.
But suddenly, on October 2, CUHCC's board announced it would be pulling its funding from the satellite sites. Citing operating losses of some $2.5 million at the end of its fiscal year in June, the board decided to sever financial ties with the clinics, which, it speculates, will save $500,000. On top of that, CUHCC eliminated another 17.5 positions from its main clinic, at the south Minneapolis intersection of Franklin and Bloomington avenues in the Phillips neighborhood. What's left now is a number of clinics and health care workers scrambling for funding and new partnerships to keep doors open.
State Rep. Karen Clark, a DFLer representing the Phillips neighborhood, says that at the state level, she's seen reduced funding to MinnesotaCare and grants for community clinics in recent years, while simultaneously there's been a tightening of restrictions on Medicaid, known as Medical Assistance in Minnesota. She says that, in part, led to the shortfall for CUHCC.
"If they can find money for a stadium, we should be able to find money for the community clinic," argues Clark, referring to state lawmakers, the governor's office, and the University of Minnesota, which oversees the clinic funding. She says she's willing to offer assistance to CUHCC, perhaps by introducing legislation for forgiveness of the $2.5 million debt. "We need to get them out of debt," says Clark. "Beyond that, we need to fix the system."
Of course, there may have been other factors in the rising debt at CUHCC, such as lower reimbursement rates from insurance companies and the failure of CUHCC to be in compliance with federal regulations in order to bill for services provided at satellite clinics. At a time when the most vulnerable are being squeezed out of the health care system because of budget cuts, and with other community clinics closing, the loss of these clinics will undoubtedly leave the already underserved with less.
"It's a hole in the context of health care," says Dr. Eric Meininger, CUHCC's director of outreach. "It's a hard time for health care. There isn't enough to go around."
The University of Minnesota created CUHCC in 1966 as a pilot program in Phillips, providing comprehensive pediatric health care to low-income families. The services expanded over the years, and CUHCC began funding satellite clinics in 2000, eventually expanding some services outside of the south Minneapolis neighborhood. When the university merged its hospitals with Fairview in 1996, the university retained CUHCC, and folded it into the Academic Health Center, which is the medical arm of the university. CUHCC now functions as a department of the university, with the CUHCC board's actions reviewed by the Academic Health Center.
Today, with a $12 million budget, CUHCC aims to provide underserved populations in the Phillips neighborhood with medical, dental, and mental health services. Of last year's 9,000 visitors, no one was turned away for an inability to pay. Eighty percent of its patients live below federal poverty guidelines, while more than 70 percent are people of color, immigrants, or refugees. The satellite clinics, housed in existing nonprofits, centers, and schools, serve communities that face even greater health disparities, with the clinics ranging in specialties from hepatitis screenings for drug users to Latinos in need of restorative dental care.
"You have to bring the medical services to them," says Meininger, explaining the practice of taking medical services into nontraditional clinical settings in established community spots.
Many clinics were faced with looking for new funding partners. CUHCC's board, which is composed of 51 percent community members and patients and 49 percent university associates, decided that CUHCC had to keep within its core mission—providing the underserved with health care out of its main clinic. That left the other clinics in a lurch.
With tempered language, Meininger says the board's decision was hard to hear. "It's not easy. I'm very invested in the patients," he says. The clinic's programming, some of which he developed, was specifically designed to be sustainable. "The university has a history of moving in and providing services and pulling out of the community," says Meininger. He learned of the pending board's decision just days before the vote.
Colleen McDonald, CUHCC's development director, says that growing health care needs and increased regulatory requirements, both stresses on the health care system, hurt CUHCC's bottom line. "Community clinics are having a difficult time," says McDonald. "The number of uninsured are up and the reimbursements are down."
To add further duress, it was discovered a few years ago that CUHCC wasn't billing properly for any of the services being provided at satellite clinics. CUHCC had been getting federal grants because it was dealing with the uninsured. In federal government audits, it was determined that there were compliance issues, and some federal money was lost. While work was being completed to get the satellite clinics into compliance, billing hadn't occurred for some time, according to Meininger.
Losing money is nothing new for the clinics, but while the university's Academic Health Center was willing to absorb financial losses of years past, around $1 million annually, the center wasn't willing to forgive $2.5 million. So the Academic Health Center offered CUHCC a five-year, no-interest loan to cover the operating loss, which the CUHCC board accepted. Yet it also determined that continuing to fund the clinics would still cost too much (which is why Rep. Karen Clark is willing to try to get the loan waived.)
Each of the 13 sites being eliminated from CUHCC's budget either found partners or is encouraging patients to travel to CUHCC's main Phillips clinic, even if it is short-staffed. The lone exception is YouthLink, which continues to search for a partner. YouthLink's McNeil says the decision's timing makes finding new funding difficult, as money from other sources is granted for the year. "I'm not very optimistic the doors won't be closed for a short time," says McNeil. That doesn't bode well for youth health care. A survey conducted a few years ago found that if teens didn't use the clinic, they'd likely go to the emergency room or not seek health care at all.
"It's taken how many years to put these services in place," Meininger notes with a sigh, "and look at how quickly they go away."
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The Islamic Republic of Iran stands at the threshold to the bomb. In 2010 it had more than enough low-enriched uranium (some 2,152 kilograms) to make its first bomb's worth of weapons-grade uranium. The LEU would have become highly enriched uranium in roughly 10 weeks had it been fed into the 4,186 centrifuges then operating. Thousands of other centrifuges are also known to be operating at the Natanz secret nuclear facility.
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This parcel of land was given to the United Empire Loyalists and has been in the John Slack family for nearly a century. The north side of the land was sold in 1972, and currently awaits construction of Estate Residential Homes. The original homestead sits on 45 acres which can be enjoyed during walks to the St. Lawrence River.
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We spend around 6 months per year in Phuket from short trips of 3 weeks up to 4.5 months, our longest stays are over Christmas, when we usually get here in October and leave in February.
We are very fortunate to be able to spend so much time here, as we love it so much, although it is good to get back to Perth to catch up with friends and life back there, but basically, we just head back only to get things prepared for our next trip back to Phuket.
We first started visiting Phuket in July 2004, since then we have made countless trips here. It really does feel like our second home, especially as we don't stay in hotels, but rather, rent apartments, homes or now, live on our boat.
The boat has been a long, arduous journey, with 3 years on the hard stand and a further year in the water, undergoing a refit that should have taken around 1 year. Things progress very slowly in Thailand, with practically every job having to be done at least twice, as there is very little training, so there is not a high skill level. Things tend to be done the long way 'round and work is completed very, very slowly. A good example of how work is done in Thailand is, when a friend of ours asked for a flower bed to be built out the front of his newly finished home, the contractor concreted all the way up to the walls, instead of allowing for a bed. When our friend said to him, where's the flower bed I asked for? The reply came back, that they would just jackhammer the concrete out for that. That's how it's done here. Crazy, wasteful, time consuming ways. But nevertheless, you can't not love the Thais and their reasoning, as frustrating, time and money consuming as it is.
Some good things have come out of us not having the boat finished as planned, or even twice as long as planned, because we were given opportunities we never would have received if we'd finished the boat as planned and taken it back to Perth, so all is well in our world.
As soon as we arrive in Phuket, it feels like coming home. There is such an aura of peace, relaxation and belonging here.
Phuket is a land of peaceful, gentle people who welcome everyone with a smile and "Sawatdee". These people are so open, gentle, thoughtful and kind. They are tolerant, welcoming and accommodating. They will give you anything they can if you need it. They are not materialistic and love to help others. They are the most beautiful people I have ever met, their warmth, kindness and humility is neverending. I love to watch the community spirit at work amongst the Thai people, if anyone is in need, there is always someone there to help. Some people I know have even formed little community "banks" between neighbours, accounting for only maybe 12 families, each depositing 1,000 baht each month to be put into a kitty where one new family is selected each month to receive the 12,000 baht. This enables people with little money to be able to make large purchases that they couldn't ordinarily afford, unless they were to wait for 1 year. This enterprising, community spirit is what its all about for me. I love it.
This picture is a classic 'capture' of the Thai spirit. Joyful, energetic children who show respect and never seem to be a problem like you see western children being. No screaming, yelling, fighting, tugging at their parents clothing, wanting constant attention. These kids amuse themselves - and us. Thai kids always bring a smile to my face.
Phuket sunsets are something else. This picture was taken at Laem Promthep (Promthep Cape) - the southernmost point of Phuket, famous for its sunset views. It has not been manipulated, this is the real colour of the sunset. Funnily enough, it began as quite an ordinary sunset and once the sun went down, everybody left, the coachloads and buses of tourists.
And then the sky started to change and get more and more deeply coloured. It was amazing, the red light reflected off everything. Cars were stopped along the roads to watch it. Luckily we'd stayed on at the Cape and could continue to marvel at the view for about 30 minutes after the sun went down.
- Pros:The calm, relaxed and gentle atmosphere
- Cons:The Thai pace
- In a nutshell:Beautiful people, beautiful place.
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Great sunset photo.
that sunset sky is one of the most magical ones I have seen in my life. Thanks n btw I am leaving tonight I just wish I am able to see such beautiful scenes too :D
you should check boracay in the philippines, it better there, see my patong beaches tips here as i've included pictures of boracay beach which was voted as the number one island destination at trip advisor for 2011 and number 6 for 2012.
Awesome photos.
hi Tina, I am Indonesian and now i am in Phuket. are u around? or maybe u can give me some siggestion wer i can go? bcos now i am stay in Kata -Phuket Thank's a lot greeting frm Indonesia girl ;-)
Awesome tips on Phuket. Planning a trip there in Feb.
I have just been looking at your phuket pages and am green with envy. I hope to visit ther in Feb for the first time. Wow your own boat over there that is really something special..enjoy.
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The more I read and see about this country, the more I would like a visit. Just wish it was some thousands of miles closer. Nice job of presenting the beauty, and have a good life with the sunbear.
I was looking at yourPhuket page as we are seriously planing to visit BKK in Sept/Oct. Perhaps we can meet at BKK if God wish.How is Steve? Our regards to both of you. Thai air is so bad? You sure had awful time just like our Air India.
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Side by side: Chapel and abortion clinic are unlikely neighbors
WARR ACRES — A Roman Catholic chapel and an abortion clinic are neighbors in this suburban city.
The location of Holy Innocents Chapel is intentional, said the Rev. Price Oswalt its pastor.
The chapel opened in March at 6114 NW 63, next door to Outpatient Services for Women in a small office complex.
Oswalt, 52, and longtime anti-abortion advocate Debby Krisch, 62, said the chapel provides a year-round place of prayer for anti-abortion advocates.
"My goal was to put the ultimate good — God — next to the ultimate evil, because it is the destruction of human life," Oswalt said.
Despite Oswalt's strong words to a reporter, the clinic's office manager, who only gave her first name as "Telena," said there have been no problems between the chapel attendees and clinic employees and clients thus far.
"We're fortunate. They're not yelling or yelling ugly things," Telena said. "Most of the protesters are friendly. They know us by name, and we know them by name."
Does she think the chapel and the anti-abortion advocates who talk to the clinic's clients are intimidating?
"Some women are annoyed by it, but I think they've made their decision by the time they get here. They've thought it through and are making it for a particular reason," Telena said.
Krisch believes otherwise.
She said the chapel volunteers are keeping a count of the women and couples who they say have decided against terminating a pregnancy after talking with volunteers.
She said before the chapel opened in March, anti-abortion volunteers who kept vigil at the clinic reported one baby a month had been "saved" from abortion. She said about 20 have been saved since Holy Innocents opened in the office complex.
Among that number are two couples who were headed for the clinic but mistakenly entered the chapel instead, she said.
'Life and death'
Oswalt and Krisch use terms that some might find extreme when they talk about the chapel and its neighbor.
Oswalt pitches the relationship as God and the "ultimate good" versus the "the ultimate evil, because it is the destruction of human life."
To Krisch: "It is about life and death."
Oswalt said the idea to open a chapel next to the clinic was based on a situation he knew about in Albuquerque, N.M. He said he prayed about it for several years and eventually tried to lease available space next to the Warr Acres clinic for the house of worship. He said he was told the space was not available for rent or purchase.
But a Christian man found out he wanted to create a chapel and paved the way for the Holy Innocents Foundation to buy the building space, Oswalt said.
The chapel construction costs and furnishings totaled about $750,000, including in-kind and monetary donations, Oswalt said. The house of worship operates on private funds, with no money coming from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, he said.
Oswalt said the chapel's connection to the archdiocese is through him because he serves as pastor of the National Shrine of the Infant Jesus in Prague and the St. Michael Catholic Church in Meeker.
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Krisch said she and other anti-abortion volunteers are grateful for the chapel's presence. She said it has provided a refuge for some of the women and couples who seek out the services of the nearby clinic.
In two cases, the chapel was mistaken for the clinic by people seeking out the latter, she said.
"I think they get a little emotional, and a lot of them are scared and get confused," Krisch said.
She said a sign on the chapel door also might have caused the misunderstanding. The sign promises aid for someone who is pregnant and needs help.
Krisch said one couple that mistakenly entered the chapel went to a faith-based pregnancy crisis center nearby, at the recommendation of anti-abortion volunteers. She said the other couple told volunteers they were headed home.
"Actually, it was an answer to prayer," she said.
As for Oswalt, he said he has served for many years as a "Project Rachel" counselor, providing one-on-one counseling to women seeking spiritual healing after an abortion.
The priest said the chapel has given him a role in the abortion debate that he did not foresee.
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Skip to comments.Through The Crimean Prism: Five Things We've Learned About Russia
Posted on 03/14/2014 10:29:51 AM PDT by No One Special
After speaking with the Kremlin leader by telephone this week, Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev said Putin told him that Ukraine's 1991 independence referendum -- and therefore the subsequent breakup of the Soviet Union -- was "not really legal."
The Russian president's comment, which spread like wildfire on social media, could not be independently confirmed. But given that Putin has called the Soviet breakup the "greatest tragedy of the 20th century," it certainly seemed plausible.
And it served as as the latest reminder that with the Crimean crisis, we have entered into a new phase of the post-Soviet and post-Cold War period.
"Russia resorted to military force because it wanted to signal a game change," Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Sofia-based Center for Liberal Strategies wrote in "Foreign Affairs."
The most immediate manifestation of this is in Russia's relations with the West and with its former-Soviet neighbors. But Putin has also initiated a clear game change at home, which is visible in how he makes decisions, the constituencies he appeals to, how he views the Russian economy, and how the Kremlin deals with dissent.
The Incredible Shrinking 'Collective Putin'
It has gone by different names, from "the collective Putin" to "Putin's Politburo." But Kremlin-watchers have long argued that Russia is governed by an informal clique, a collective leadership of about a dozen key figures -- with Putin as the front man and decider-in-chief.
Veterans of the security services have always had the strongest voice in this inner sanctum,but they did not monopolize it. They were countered by a group of technocrats seeking to integrate Russia into the global economy -- until now, that is.
The way the decision to intervene in Crimea was made seems to suggests that the "collective Putin" is getting smaller and smaller -- and is entirely made up of of KGB veterans.
Putin, it appears, has made his choice. The battle between the siloviki and the technocrats is over -- and the siloviki have won.
"The decision to invade Crimea, the officials and analysts said, was made not by the national security council but in secret among a smaller and shrinking circle of Mr. Putins closest and most trusted aides," according to a recent report in "The New York Times."
"The group excluded senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the cadre of comparatively liberal advisers who might have foreseen the economic impact and potential consequences of American and European sanctions."
According to the report, the group included Kremlin chief-of-staff Sergei Ivanov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, and FSB Director Aleksandr Bortnikov -- all of whom served with Putin in the KGB in the 1970s and 1980s. Other reports suggested that Russian Railways head Vladimir Yakunin, a close Putin confidant widely rumored to have KGB ties, was also present.
The Best Laid Plans
In all likelihood, Putin has been preparing for something like the Crimea intervention for some time.
Less than a year after he returned to the Kremlin in May 2012, he initiated a campaign to force officials who hold assets abroad to repatriate them. The campaign to "nationalize" the elite was presented as an effort to make Russia less vulnerable to Western pressure.
The respected political analyst Yevgeny Minchenko said at the time that Putin was seeking to make sure officials were "completely independent of foreign countries and fully accountable to the president."
And with the threat of economic sanctions now looming, those that didn't heed Putin's warnings are probably having regrets.
In a recent post on Facebook, Valery Solovei, a professor at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, said based on conversations he's had with insiders, the handful of officials with Putin when he made the decision to intervene in Crimea don't hold foreign assets.
Fortress Russia
Taken together, all of this suggests that Putin is on the verge of sacrificing the economic gains of the past decade on the altar of imperial expansion.
The sidelining of the technocrats and the fact that the Kremlin felt it necessary to compel the political elite to repatriate its assets suggests that Russia is retrenching on its longstanding policy of integrating into the global economy.
Citing unidentified officials, Bloomberg reports that Moscow is "bracing for sanctions resembling those applied to Iran after what they see as the inevitable annexation of Ukraines Crimea region." One official said a sanction war with the West "could wipe out 10 years of achievements in financial and monetary policy." Another said it "could erase as much as a third of the rubles value."
Bloomberg also cited Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, as saying Putin met senior officials in Sochi on March 12 to discuss Russia's options in a "difficult global environment."
Russia's main stock market, the MICEX, has had its worst week since 2011 and on March 13 closed 24 percent below its January 2013 high. Likewise, the ruble has lost nearly 10 percent of its value this year.
Putin, Krastev wrote in "Foreign Affairs," is apparently ready to abandon all thoughts of Russia being a European nation in good standing -- far better for it to be a civilization of its own -- and has proved willing to sacrifice his countrys economic interests to achieve his goals."
Tightening The Screws
And as Russia stops to even pretend that it cares what the West thinks -- or does -- it appears that the opposition is in for a rough ride.
From the closure of independent websites like Grani.ru, Kasparov.ru, and "Yezhednevny zhurnal" to the firing of Galina Timchenko as editor of Lenta.ru, it is clear that the crackdown that began when Putin returned to the Kremlin is intensifying. And it is intensifying concomitant with the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine.
"As Vladimir Putin sends troops into Crimea and hints at following up on this cruel gambit with further moves into eastern Ukraine, he is, step by step, turning back the clock on information," David Remnick wrote in "The New Yorker" magazine. "It is a move of self-protection."
This week's rollback of independent media was preceded by a series of moves earlier in the year that now appear part of clear pattern.
On January 24, the popular social networking site VKontakte came under Kremlin control when Pavel Durov, its founder and CEO, was pressured into selling his remaining shares to Ivan Tavrin, a partner of the pro-Putin oligarch Alisher Usmanov.
Late January, the opposition-leaning television Dozhd TV came under fire for posting a controversial poll about the Leningrad blockade during World War II. In early February, Dozhd's main satellite and cable providers announced -- one after another -- that they would stop carrying the channel, effectively barring it from the airwaves.
And on February 28, a Moscow court placed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny under house arrest, barring him from speaking to the media and using the Internet.
Nationalist Love
Suddenly, the nationalists love Putin again.
When the Kremlin leader lost the support of Russia's urban middle class in 2011-12, he began appealing to the the working and urban classes with populist appeals.
There was just one problem with this strategy. The country's nationalist electorate, a key part of this demographic, had turned against him. Indeed, angered by an influx of migrant workers, many had become enamored of Putin's nemesis, Navalny.
In addition to the predictable chants of "Russia for Russians," "Stop Feeding the Caucasus" and various antimigrant diatribes at this year's Russian March, there were plenty of calls for the end of Putin's "Chekist regime."
But with Putin flexing Russia's imperial muscles with his incursion into Crimea, all seems to be forgiven.
"The most radical members of the nationalist subculture are rushing before our eyes to become ardent 'Putinists' and are eager to swear allegiance to the current government, which only recently they opposed because of the 'import of Tajiks,'" commentator Aleksei Roshchin wrote in Politcom.ru.
This week, for example, Aleksandr Prokhanov, editor in chief of the nationalist newspaper "Zaftra," penned a commentary singing Putin's praises in the pro-Kremlin daily "Izvestia."
"Western pressure on Russia will be enormous," Prokhanov wrote. "But the response will be society's spiritual mobilization and consolidation around their leader -- Putin. He has qualities unsurpassed in world politics. In the image of a spiritual leader, Putin has said 'Russia -- this is your fate.' And now we see how the fates of Russia and its president have merged."
NOTE TO READERS: Be sure to listen to the Power Vertical Podcast on March 14, when I will discuss the issues raised in this post with co-hosts Mark Galeotti and Kirill Kobrin.
-- Brian Whitmore
Russian nationalists didn't like him all that much to begin with but now all is forgiven.
And with a record 78% popular approval rating, Putin doesn't have to worry about dissent. Bringing Crimea back into the Motherland is popular at home.
Putin is riding high.
Well, of course it wasn't legal!
A revolution is by definition a bypassing of the pre-existing legal and political system. That's pretty much the whole point.
Anywho, it ill behooves a government set up by revolution, like USSR (or USA for that matter), to decry the illegality of a revolution against it.
A much better question is not whether a revolution is illegal or not. It's whether the previous system had, or should have had, any real legitimacy.
I'd also like to point out that people have just as much legitimate right to fight in defense of an existing system as they do to attempt to overthrow it by revolution.
Dear STUPID liberals! What did you think, after Kosovo, was going to happen?
A blind DRUNK could see this coming when Clinton tried to play Tzar.
At the time Russia was too weak to defend its Yugoslav ally from NATO aggression.
That has not been forgotten in Russia and what the West did to Kosovo is for Russia both a precedent and payback as in the form of Russia reacquiring sovereignty over Crimea.
And now Russia is enjoying Western helplessness in the face of a Russian fait accompli. Turnabout as they say, is fair play, indeed.
Just as Hitler marching into the Rhineland was popular with all Germans, even those who didn't care for Hitler nor the Nazis.
Anyone who did not see this coming over the past year, especially for those who are paid to know what they are doing, is a ball lost in the high weeds.
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer
Russia is 'Going Galt'!
Expositions on the events in the Ukraine that don't put the vacuum created by Obama and Hillary's nrglect and bumbling just strike me as rants (I ranted).
In 1908, Russia was too weak to defend the south slavs against Austro-Hungarian aggression. They swore they wouldn't let that happen again...
It'll turn out much better than Libya, Egypt and Syria.
Especially for Christian women and children.
We need to support the Neo-Con Fascistas.
Number two, meandering drivel is still easy to publish.
The topic does not need to drone on and on.
In one very short paragraph:
The Black Sea ports are considered vital to Russia's military viability. The Russians will do whatever it takes (no limits at all) to keep them.
Thats it.
Everything else is window dressing.
Everyone who served in the armed forces during the cold war should be able to explain it.
Actually, you have to be pretty damned stupid not to understand the importance of those ports to Russia. The EU appears to have been that stupid in provoking this.
OOH I don't like Russia in expansionist mode, like most people with Western oriented thinking.
OTOH, I wouldn't trust Obama, I don't trust EuroNATO, and it's a little hard to criticize when Clinton pulled his little game in Kosovo. Open the door, reap the storm.
For the record, the Kremlin English language translation of Putin's 2005 speech gives this as the line;
Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century.
Ding! We have a winner! And the Crimeans wanted to be back in the fold. And we set the precedent in Kosovo. From the Russian point of view I'm sure it was a no-brainer.
Number one takeaway: Putin is a ruthless son of a bitch and a true Russian strongman.
What exactly forced Russia to intervene in Crimea... ?
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The Easter lilies that adorned the altars and pulpits of our decorated sanctuaries have been removed. The soaring special music is only memory. The people whose presence swelled worship attendance in our churches on Easter may have returned to what they were doing the week before Easter. Yes, some have returned to their routine.
My response to that is: How tragic!
The message of Easter 2012 proclaims to us again that we cannot return to what we once were. Jesus refused then to let His disciples fall back into anonymity, and His message for us now is still the same. There is no going back to normal.
Because of that first Easter, Christians today cannot act as though nothing happened.
Travel back in time with me to the days after that first Easter. Pilate was still the governor of Judea, Caiaphas was still the high priest, and the Scribes and Pharisees still held the
The events of Good Friday and Easter morning seemed only a momentary disruption. For most people, a newfound prophet had come — and gone.
As for the disciples, early reports that Jesus was not in the tomb drove them into further isolation. If they could just hide out for a few days, they thought, everything would go back to what it once was. They would return to fishing, and in time they would be forgotten.
Behind locked doors, the disciples gathered. Imagine their amazed faces as Jesus came to them through those locked doors. And instead of scolding them for hiding, Jesus' very first words were "Peace be with you." So much for going back to normal.
Returning to 2012, on the surface, not a lot has changed since Easter Sunday. Lives continue in their routine ways, and we let the excitement of the season run its course.
And yet the risen Savior has managed once again to enter into locked homes, barricaded churches and closed hearts of society today. He again has transformed a faithful few. Jesus convinces us that we can make a difference in this world if we allow the Easter spirit to dwell in us.
He comes to each of us now and speaks to us personally. With that hope, can your life ever go back to being the same as it was before you knew Him? I know I can never go back to what once seemed normal, and I pray that you can't either.
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54-year-old Juan has a small factory where he makes 'bollos de maiz'. He lives together with his wife and his three children who are 18 and 19 years old. He dreams of seeing his children become successful professionals and this is what he is working towards. Juan's business was born when, through family tradition, he started making 'bollos de maiz' (a corn mixture, wrapped in leaves and tied with twine), in order to support his family. He has achieved his goal as he has one son who is nearly a professional and the other two are also on this path, in a field they enjoy. Juan makes his sales from home, for cash and on credit. He also has a sales location outside a very well-known supermarket in the city, near his production site. Juan's goal is to further strengthen his business every day and for his children to become well-respected professionals. His greatest challenge is a lack of sufficient working capital when faced with growing demand. He would like to buy in larger volumes so that he can obtain discounts. This is precisely why he is applying for a Kiva loan (his first loan from Fundación Mario Santo Domingo). He will use it to buy raw materials and supplies, so that he can increase his production and improve his access to new customers through stores, grocery stores and other sales locations. He will also invest in making some structural improvements in his patio which is where his production area is located. This will allow him to carry out his work more efficiently.
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Juan de 54 años tiene una pequeña fábrica de bollos de maíz; él vive con su cónyuge y sus tres hijos en las edades de 18 y 19 años, a quienes sueña con verlos convertidos en profesionales exitosos y él trabaja para ello. Su actividad inició cuando por tradición familiar, se dedicó a elaborar amasijos de maíz envueltos en hojas y amarrados con pita, para sostener su familia y bien que lo ha logrado, pues ya tiene un hijo que se perfila como profesional y los otros dos van por ese camino en lo que les gusta. Sus ventas las realiza desde su casa, de contado y a crédito; además de tener un punto comercial en la puerta de un supermercado muy conocido de la ciudad y cercano al sitio de producción Su máxima es que su negocio se fortalezca cada día mas y que sus hijos sean profesionales prestigiosos. Su mayor desafío es el insuficiente capital de trabajo, ante la demanda del mercado que cada día crece, él quiere comprar en mayor volumen para obtener descuentos. Esta es justamente la razón por la cual acude a su credikiva, primer financiamiento que hace a la Fundación Mario Santo Domingo, con el cual comprará materias primas e insumos, para incrementar la producción y potencializar el acceso a nuevos clientes entre tiendas, graneros y puntos comerciales, además invertirá en adecuaciones de su patio donde estará ubicado el área productiva, con mayor orden, lo que generará mayor eficiencia en la tarea..
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Fundación Mario Santo Domingo (FMSD) is a non-profit organization in northern Colombia dedicated to developing programs for the country's poorest communities. In addition to numerous social services, FMSD runs a microfinance program to strengthen micro-businesses in the areas where it works. The organization also offers several non-financial components as part of this program, including training to help entrepreneurs start their own businesses.
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Update on EddieThis is forty-six-year-old Eddie. He is married and has four children, aged seven, fifteen, eighteen and twenty-two. He has two additional dependents, who live with him to help with the housekeeping chores.
In 1995, Eddie established his business, where he sells t-shirts, button-down shirts, school bags, perfumes and umbrellas. He began his business because he wanted to be self-reliant, after coming from the mines. His business is located in the city center, and his main customers are adults. Working 7 days a week and 12 hours a day, he earns about Le 2,774,075 every month from this business.
He would like a loan in the amount of Le 5,000,000. Eddie has already received and successfully repaid five loans, and now he requires a new loan in order to buy additional goods to sell, including school bags, exercise books, school shoes, socks and belts. He hopes that this loan will increase his profit, by increasing the stock at his store.
In the future, Eddie plans to open another shop for his brother to manage. His brother has just come from the village. In addition, Eddie hopes to be able to raise enough profit to complete the house he is constructing. He thanks you for your support.
Previous Loan DetailsThis is 46 year old Eddie. He is married and has four children aged seven, fifteen, eighteen and twenty-one, all of whom are attending school. He has two additional dependents, who live with him to help with the household chores. In 1995, Eddie established a business selling school bags, umbrel... More from Eddie's previous loan »
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About the Association for Rural DevelopmentThe Association for Rural Development (ARD) is one of the leading microfinance institutions in Sierra Leone. Established in 1989, ARD has offered individual and group loans to support small-scale businesses across the country for two decades. You can learn more about ARD on its partner profile page, support the organization and its staff by joining the ARD lending team, or lend to another one of its borrowers currently raising funds on Kiva.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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STOCKTON, CA - Two men were arrested in Stockton Tuesday for carjacking a 50-year-old man operating a church-run shuttle, say Stockton police.
According to Stockton police reports, the driver was preparing to start the morning runs for residents of a center on the 500 block of W. Worth Street when Cortez Craig, 55, and Cornell Moses, 31, punched the man and stole the keys to the vehicle.
Police reports indicate the men punched the driver because they did not want to wait their turn for a ride to visit a friend in the county jail.
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