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Every year for my children's birthday's I start a few months out trying to get a fix on what they want to do to celebrate.
I am never sure what I will give them to celebrate their special day or what they will be into. As you can imagine, their whims change from day to day; but I am happy to see as they get older that they are easier to figure out.
With my oldest, he just wants to have a friend over and get to have uninterrupted play time. Uninterrupted meaning I keep them supplied with snacks and munchies and the little brother stays out of their hair. Luckily, his birthday falls around Memorial Day, so they can play outside, fish and play in the woods.
My youngest has a birthday that falls just past Valentine's Day. I am not sure why I had hoped for his birth to fall on the day set aside to show love and friendship, because he would probably not like any of the spotlight to be taken away from his big day.
This year he is turning 10, and I am not looking forward to it. There is just something about saying your youngest child is 10 that makes you feel a bit aged. Yes, an overreaction, but still.
My oldest is about to move on to high school and is a good four inches taller than me, and my youngest is getting older. I guess more than feeling aged like a good blue cheese, I am wistful and reminiscing on when they were small and under my wing.
As they get older, having a conversation with them has become a real event. One-word answers, grunts and wordy diatribes on why I cannot possibly understand what they mean gets old but is almost always entertaining.
Such was the case when I asked my youngest after Christmas what he had in mind for his birthday. What he wanted to do, what kind of birthday cake he wanted and how he wanted to celebrate. This decision was obviously more than he could make because until a few weeks ago he wouldn't give me a straight answer.
Finally, while in the same house one night, he sent me a message that simply said "surprise me". Now I don't know about you, but when I hear the words surprise me I instantly already feel defeated. It's like I was set up to fail.
So I put together a low-key family night that I thought he would enjoy. First we had dinner at home completely unplugged, and I pulled out all of the stops. My nice dishes, cloth napkins — the whole shebang.
Remember, this is my foodie child, so he eats this kind of stuff up. I made maple pear and blue cheese mac and cheese, which is pretty fantastic, if I do say so myself. We went meatless in his honor. I followed that with his favorite flourless chocolate cake and strawberries.
Later, we visited the new SkyZone indoor trampoline park in Plainfield.
We didn't tell the boys we were going because they had been on me all summer to take them to the other location in Fishers, but we never had a chance to get up there.
Imagine a sea of trampolines with a dodgeball court, foam cube pit and basketball. We bounced our way through the night, and the boys had a blast.
So maybe not overplanning an event and chasing down every detail is the way to go. I have planned countless birthday parties over the years that were probably overdone and too elaborate. Guess what. They don't remember a single one.
But on this night, my son told me no less than five times that it was his best year ever. A great meal together and a fun night was just what this young man wanted.
Maple Pear and Blue Cheese Mac 'N Cheese
8 ounces of elbow macaroni
5 tablespoons of unbleached flour
6 tablespoons of unsalted butter
2 cups of peeled and diced pear
½ teaspoon of kosher salt
¹⁄8 teaspoon of fresh black pepper
pinch of ground nutmeg
2¹⁄3 cup of half and half
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
½ cup of crumbled blue cheese
¹⁄3 cup of real maple syrup (plus more for drizzling)
½ cup of walnuts, chopped (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray (or butter) a 2-quart baking dish with nonstick spray.
Fill a large pot with water and boil macaroni just shy of al dente. Drain and reserve.
In a small skillet saute the pear with 1 tablespoon of butter. Remove from heat.
In a saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter and whisk in the flour. Add salt, pepper and the nutmeg.
Allow to cook for 1 minute on medium heat, then whisk in the half and half.
Add 1¾ cup of the mozzarella and ¾ of the blue cheese.
Stir until melted and smooth. Stir in the maple syrup and pears.
Add the drained pasta and remove form heat.
In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of melted butter, walnuts and remaining cheeses.
Ladle the pasta mixture into the baking dish.
Cover with the cheese and walnut topping.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.
Allow to sit five minutes before serving.
Heather Tallman lives in the Center Grove area and writes the cooking blog Basilmomma.


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A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
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I'll admit that Martin's epic may not be for everyone. Certainly those fantasy readers who enjoy orphan children who are secretly heirs to a kingdom and wizards who shoot fireballs from their hands will find little to love here. But it would be a shame if you denied yourself, as a reader, the compelling read Martin offers.
I don't use the word compelling lightly either, this is an utterly enjoyable read. Its quick, complex, exciting, and it defies expectations repeatedly. In many ways it stands alone in the genre, but I wanted to highlight three virtues of this book and, by extension, the series.
First, the female characters are treated with respect and empathy. Within Martin's books are princesses forced into political marriages, sisters who inadvertently do greater harm than they intend through their bickering, and mothers who are completely devoted to their children. It's a far cry from the petulant temptresses and the masculine amazons who inhabit most other fantasy novels.
Second, the violence in the story carries a weight absent from most fantasy novels. Martin captures the casual, sudden, and unexpected nature of violence. Horrible things happen so quickly that one stops to reread sentence, almost as if, like the characters, we can hardly believe what we've just seen. There's gut-wrenching injuries and accidents. A character thrown from his horse breaks a leg and swoons with pain instead of hopping up to fight on. In Martin's imagination, just as in reality, these things, these ignominious accidents, happen.
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John Hollinger today revealed his spreadsheet driven big board, where he rated the top 68 players in the draft. It's an Insider article, but it's just fantastically interesing.
Additionally, this is but one tool among many. I'm sure one could greatly improve on the Rater's performance by using it as a starting point and adding other known variables to the mix. This system rates "pro potential," which sometimes differs substantially from "pro performance." As I mentioned a year ago, the fact that Michael Sweetney and Shawne Williams both rated highly coming out of school isn't necessarily a mistake — they failed in the NBA not from a lack of talent, but for other reasons. Part of good scouting is knowing which players are committed to this enterprise for the long haul, and we can't tell that from their college stats.
The Draft Rater has one other weak spot: It thrives on information and struggles when it lacks enough. As a result, players who leave school after just one season give it problems. Not only are they the youngest players, and thus the ones we're projecting farthest into the future, but what makes it even worse is that we have only one season of data to evaluate. That's the reason that one-and-done players have historically had the greatest error margin, which introduces an added level of uncertainty this season because three of the top five prospects are leaving school after one year.
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Oklahoma voters will have to resolve a complicated tax issue in November that state officials estimate could cost the state's county governments and schools up to $50 million in 2013.
But if voters don't widen a current tax exemption by voting yes on State Question 766, Oklahoma businesses fear they will be hurt badly by taxes on their intangible property — something that almost no other state taxes.
"It's not really a tax break as much as just a drawing back on the tax that I think is inherently unfair," said Rep. David Dank, R-Oklahoma City. "To tax people on such things as trademarks and patents and customer lists and that sort of thing and you have just have those people who were centrally assessed being taxed on that, is unfair."
Dank, who co-chaired a task force that studied the issue, said if the state does nothing, it will be a huge tax increase on virtually all of Oklahoma's major businesses.
Also pushing the issue is AT&T, formerly the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
The company sued the state Board of Equalization claiming that taxes it paid in 2005, 2006 and 2007 should have included exemptions for "intangible assets such as customer lists, customer relationships, assembled work force, databases, goodwill, employment contracts, patented technology, lease agreements, trademarks, and trade names, licensed software, an extensive advertising effort and the attendant copyrights on the advertising materials [and] technical documentation."
The case went all the way to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which ruled in September 2009 that those types of intangible properties were not exempt.
Voters had in 1968 passed a constitutional amendment defining exempt intangible property as cash on hand, gold, silver, bank drafts, certified checks, bank deposits, accounts and bills receivable, brokerage accounts, bonds, stocks and a variety of other specifically enumerated intangible assets.
AT&T spent the next two years lobbying state lawmakers on the issue.
The company reported to the Ethics Commission spending more than $7,000 on politicians and their spouses between September 2009, when the Supreme Court ruling was released, and June of this year. A company can only spend $100 per lawmaker per calendar year.
"A yes vote on SQ 766 will ensure that Oklahoma individuals and businesses won't face potentially the largest tax increase in state history," said Tony Wyche, with AT&T public affairs. "Hunting leases, unused mineral rights, insurance policies, computer software, and even patents and inventions would all be subject to taxation without passage of SQ 766, and as one of the largest private investors in Oklahoma, AT&T stands with many Oklahoma families and businesses, large and small, who want to ensure that Oklahoma is poised for future jobs, investment, and economic growth."
Bryan Gonterman, president of AT&T Oklahoma and a registered lobbyist for the communications company, also was a governor appointee to the Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform created by lawmakers during the 2010 legislative session. The task force held four public meetings to explore simplifying and creating fairness in the tax structure of the state.
The 21-member task force, which was comprised of lawmakers, business leaders, school officials and a county tax assessor, ultimately recommended a constitutional amendment be put before voters to expand the scope of the existing constitutional ad valorem exemption for specified intangible property.
The House and Senate approved Senate Joint Resolution 52, which brings the constitutional change to a vote of the people in November.
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Many Oklahoma business owners are concerned that by stating specifically in an opinion that intangible property like customer lists and databases weren't tax exempt, the Supreme Court opened the flood gates for local tax assessors to tax things that have never before been taxed in Oklahoma.
"Before I got involved in the task force, I really wasn't paying that much attention," said Charles Mills, owner of Mills Machine Co. in Shawnee.
"I thought, oh Southwestern Bell, that's just the big guys."
But Mills said once he learned that local assessors could start taxing his patents, copyrights and trademarks, he became concerned.
"The more I found out about it, the more disturbed I got about what it really is," Mills said.
"To me, it seemed like they were trying to tax an idea. The whole term intangible tells you that no one can quite get their mind around what the value is of that. You think hard and you work hard, and you develop a product or a service. That's a free enterprise system. That's innovation."
Mills said a tax on that brain power could be stifling to entrepreneurs.
Mills' drilling company has been around since 1908 and focuses on shallow drills for things like wells and utilities.
He said they have one domestic patent and four international patents on their drilling equipment that could be taxed under the Supreme Court's interpretation.
Dan Ramsey, president of Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, the state's largest trade association, also served on the task force.
"The insurance industry could be impacted by this up to $100 million," Ramsey said.
"That would be a tremendous hit, especially on businesses that are struggling right now."
Ramsey said almost all of what insurance agents possess is "intangible."
What is the value of the paper that insurance contracts are written on?
"It would just be crippling to anybody in the service-related industry," Ramsey said.
Assigning value
Wade Patterson, the Garfield County assessor, said it would be nearly impossible for county assessors to start assigning value to intangible property.
He used McDonald's as an example.
"I value the building, the land, the kitchen equipment, but I don't value the intellectual property of the golden arches because it's so hard to determine a cost of that," he said.
"If the state question does not pass, there would be a requirement for county assessors to pick up intangibles."
But Patterson said the complications come when lawmakers include exempting all intangibles, such as public service companies that are centrally assessed by the Board of Equalization — like AT&T and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.
"We don't agree with that simply because no one knows what the impact is going to be," Patterson said.
Currently those companies pay taxes based on a unit valuation of their company. With the change in the Oklahoma Constitution, they may start filing exemptions for their client lists and other intangible property to be subtracted off their current tax bills.
"We're not against the state question passing, but there was no measure there to make up the shortfall if this thing passes," Patterson said.
"It becomes an unfunded mandate instantly."
The money from those centrally assessed companies' property taxes is distributed to counties based on where the companies have their assets. Among the hardest hit would be Oklahoma, Tulsa, Rogers, Noble and Muskogee counties, according to officials with the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
About 65 percent of the centrally assessed ad valorem taxes go to common education.
"That's just kind of where you are walking on egg shells hoping it doesn't hurt too bad," Patterson said.
"We know it's going to be a loss, but hopefully not too staggering a loss."
The Tax Commission issued a report estimating a worst-case scenario cost to the state of $50 million in 2013 if voters approve the constitutional amendment.
But the impact to businesses in Oklahoma who aren't centrally assessed could be much greater, Patterson said.


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While testing the performance characteristics of the SQL Azure backup tool I am building (called
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As of today, very few techniques are available to capture VM's performance metrics in Microsoft Azure. One thing you can do is to configure your application to send Diagnostics data to Azure Tables and Blobs; however this requires a lot of work when comes time to parse the information. I had previously tried the Azure Management Pack of System Center. While the Management Pack was indeed powerful, it was difficult to install and came with a very limited number of metrics by default, making it more difficult for a small organization like mine to customize and fully leverage. System Center's capabilities with Azure will grow over time and will most likely appeal to larger organizations.
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re: Spotlight (R) on Azure: Cool Tool
Roger Jennings
at 9/7/2011 3:38 AM
You aren't kidding that "While the Management Pack was indeed powerful, it was difficult to install and came with a very limited number of metrics by default, making it more difficult for a small organization like mine to customize and fully leverage."
See my Installing the Systems Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Azure Applications on SCOM 2012 Beta
(http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/installing-systems-center-monitoring.html) and Configuring the Systems Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Azure Applications on SCOM 2012 Beta (http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/configuring-systems-center-monitoring.html).
Have you tried Cerebrata's Azure Diagnostics Manager?
re: Spotlight (R) on Azure: Cool Tool
Herve Roggero
at 9/7/2011 4:56 AM
Hi Roger,
Actually I have not evaluated Cerabrata's tool just yet. I will take a look and possibly amend my post accordingly. Thank you for the feedback.
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Experts and authors discuss George Washington's connection to the ancient and powerful Freemasons. Experts discuss Benjamin Franklin's possible membership in several secret societies. Such as the orgiastic Hell Fire Club in England. Paranormal investigators use high-tech tools to uncover the existence of ghosts in the famous Hell Fire Caves. Experts then attempt to explain how the remains of over 1200 people wound up in the basement of Ben Franklin's London townhouse. Secret Masonic symbols and and images are analyzed and uncovered in the layout and streets of Washington DC.
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He wants to pay for it by increasing taxes on some companies doing business overseas. He says the current system encourages companies to send jobs overseas.
Giannoulias on Monday proposed extending the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. It expires in December, but the Democratic candidate wants it for another year.
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Clearly a bold faced lie for the lesser people to eat up. Do not be fooled or manipulated friends, stand up for yourself and demand your intelligence stop being assaulted!
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Mayweather needs to be careful with his gambling but he fights once a year
Not because he is broke but his inactivity helps sell his fights plus tax purposes
Arum makes Pacquiao fight twice a year but his star has declined quite a bit
Any boxer can go broke,look at Tyson and Holyfield but Mayweather is doing well these days
After his career might be different tho!!!!
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wow, so fighthub rips off chris robinson's videos and just posts it as theirs? this was posted on here like a month ago. old news. it's also another dumb lie by arum so gullible fans like some of the people on here can eat it up. if floyd was truly broke, there would be some serious articles posted on it. floyd def has the potential to go broke in the future (after retiring), but right now he's nowhere near broke imo.
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yea broke..a big fat mansion and 20 luxury cars in front of his house..
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Arum has already the next 3 or 4 fights lined up for pac...next one is against jmm..thats gonna be a close won again where manny is "just" gonna win..then he's gonna face bradley in a rematch..manny is gonna get ripped off again in that fight because uncle arum needs bradley to stay unbeaten..manny is gone soon so bradley is gonna be his next cash cow..after that we can all expect a fifth fight against jmm for pac..and as we can see..every opponent pac is facing is from top prank..uncle bob doesn't like to share
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Floyd has only fought 4 times since 2007.....Fighting for paydays seems apparent.
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When you take a trip to Vegas on your private jet, flashing millions of dollars, and accommodating for over 50 people by yourself it will drain your money. You think those people aside from Floyd in "TMT" are making money? They are merely yes men who stay around for handouts. When Floyd goes broke they leave.
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its funny he says that when ironically its manny that ask for advances before fights.... so who's really broke?
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you do know that Mayweather lives in Las Vegas, right?
oh yeah, I saw Mayweather heading home with money and his friends.. well that sounds about right. after all, it is his home.
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Mrs. Khoudia, standing second from left to right in the photo, raising her hand and flashing a big smile, is the group's leader. She is 30 years old. She is married and the mother of three. She also has five other children entrusted to her care by relatives. She keeps a shop where she sells sewing supplies and fabrics. She has six years of experience in this area. Her loan will allow her to bolster her business by stocking up large quantities of sewing supplies and fabrics. Her goal is to help provide for the family as concerns food and healthcare expenses.
Madame Khoudia debout en deuxième position à partir de la gauche, levant la main et affichant un large sourire est responsable du groupe. Elle est âgée de 30 ans. Elle est mariée et mère de 03 enfants. Elle a aussi en charge 05 enfants qui lui sont confiés par des proches.
Elle est détentrice d'une boutique où elle vend des articles de mercerie et des tissus. Elle a une expérience de 06 ans dans ce domaine d'activité.
Son crédit lui permettra de renforcer son activité en achetant des articles de mercerie en quantité et des tissus.
Son objectif est de participer à la prise en charge de la famille en terme de nourriture et de santé.
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About CAURIE Micro FinanceThe mission of CAURIE Micro Finance is to contribute sustainably and to offer microfinance services adapted to impoverished micro-entrepreneurs, primarily women, based on the principles of 'credit for the poor' and on microfinance best practices, all while investing in order to become financially independent.
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A Memorial Service for Mr. Allen McMillan Tartt, Jr. age 72 of Livingston will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 11 A.M. from the Livingston Presbyterian Church with Rev. Neil McCarter officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 5 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. at the Livingston Presbyterian Church.
Allen McMillan Tartt Jr. of Livingston, Alabama, descendant of a pioneer Sumter County family, died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Riley Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi. Mr. Tartt was a retired banker, graduate of the University of Alabama, a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and veteran of the United States Air Force. He served as elder and deacon for the First Presbyterian Church of Livingston. He was involved in numerous civic organizations and was a man who will be remembered for his keen wit, integrity and lively personality. He will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Mr. Allen Tartt is survived by his wife Mary Williams Tartt of Livingston.
He is survived by his son Allen McMillan Tartt, III of Livingston; daughter Jody Tartt White & Husband Jack of Livingston; Mary Adams Tartt of Washington, DC; sisters Mrs. Anne Lyons of Birmingham, Alabama; Mrs. Duke Robinson and Husband Duke of Orange Beach, Alabama; grandchildren Bill Tartt, Blackley Tartt, Kate Hightower, Mary McCollum White, Henry Tartt White; host of nieces and nephews.
Honorary pallbearers: the deacons and elders of the First Presbyterian Church of Livingston, Coke Williams Jr., McNeil Robinson, Hill Robinson, Sam Jones, Fred Walburn, and Bob Holycross
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Professor Anamarija Frankić, director of the Green Boston Harbor Project (GBH) at the Center for Governance and Sustainability, reports she is coming back from Durban once more a vegetarian. She is likely not alone. From a five course banquet in the conference proper, to vegan chefs on the Durban beach (see photo), a switch to a primarily plant-based diet is on the menu for many conference attendees, as well as for those gathered outside.
Organic farming and related land management practices, coupled with meat-free diets, may be one climate mitigation strategy that can be implemented in the short term. The switch in diet directly reduces energy use for food production. Animal protein production can require more than eight times as much fossil-fuel energy than production of plant protein; beef production requires up to 16 times as much.
Vegan diets may also reduce deforestation and its resulting climate impacts. In the Amazon, for example, as much as 90% of forest clearing is for grazing cattle or for growing livestock feed.
Vegan diets have other potential ecological and human benefits. Plant-based diets require significantly less water, reducing threats of water scarcity. Plant-based diets may also reduce hunger globally, as grain currently grown for cattle production could be shifted to human consumption.
A vegan diet may not work for every individual or community culturally or ecologically. And while it may be part of the climate mitigation picture, other causes of climate change, in particular fossil fuel use for energy production, will still need to be addressed in the long term.
But for now, Frankić is on the Durban beach, giving an interview to a group that cooks, provides vegan food, and dances. When asked why they look happy, they said that they know and are acting on the solution.
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For a long time, Graciela has made a living selling new clothing. This business is her main source of income and is how she manages to get what is necessary to maintain her home. She asks FUSAI for this loan in order to repair her house. She needs to change the roof and plaster the walls because the rain has damaged them. She will invest the loan in the purchase of materials like galvanized sheet metal, wood, sand, and cement. She hopes she can rely on this support and thus be able to provide better housing conditions for her children.
Graciela habita en condiciones muy humildes junto a sus 3 hijos de 2 años de 4 años y 21 años de edad. Desde hace mucho tiempo se separó de su esposo y es quien asumió la responsabilidad del hogar. Con muchas dificultades va sacando adelante a sus hijos quienes cada día le demandan más ya que están creciendo y necesitan más atenciones. Graciela se dedica a la venta de ropa nueva dese hace mucho tiempo. Este negocio es su principal fuente de ingresos y es así como logra sacar lo necesario para llevar el sustento a su hogar. Solicita este crédito a FUSAI para invertir en la reparación de su vivienda ya que necesita cambio de techo y repellar las paredes ya que con las lluvias se han dañado. El crédito lo invertirá para comprar materiales como, lámina galvanizada, madera, arena y cemento. Espera poder contar con este apoyo y así poder dar mejores condiciones habitacionales a sus hijos.
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This loan will be administered by FUSAI (Salvadoran Foundation for Comprehensive Development), a Salvadoran NGO that owns Kiva partner Apoyo Integral. FUSAI will disburse this loan in order to reach a population that doesn't currently work with Apoyo Integral. This type of loan covers basic services (like housing and water), and supports small business and agricultural activities. Borrowers come from low-income families in rural and peri-urban communities, and are considered to be too poor or lack the proper guarantees to get credit through traditional banks or microfinance institutions. Before receiving their loans, they are vetted by local community organizations and enrolled in classes in financial literacy, and the importance of sanitation, potable water and clean energy. Additionally, FUSAI enables borrowers to guarantee one another and take out loans smaller than El Salvador's average. Important to note is El Salvador is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world, holding the 2nd place in the ranking of murders per capita. All these FUSAI borrowers live in areas considered by the police as highly violent and dangerous, mainly because of gangs influence. Main risks they face in these areas are thefts, extortions, kidnappings and murders.
About Apoyo IntegralApoyo Integral (Apoyo) is a nonprofit organization offering financial products that enable clients to increase their working capital, purchase fixed assets, buy and remodel homes, expand agricultural business and more. The organization's target group is businessmen and women who have already established their businesses but need financial support to strengthen or expand them.
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