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José Ándres
Update on José ÁndresJosé is a responsible and hard-working married man who is the father of 12 children. He has been farming since he was quite young. He grows corn, beans and sorghum. His wife is a housewife.
In the winter months José works on the land undergoing the process of preparing it. He starts by getting rid of all the weeds until the fields are clear. Then he seeds and doing this he uses the herbicides and fertilizer to obtain a quality product. He also makes tiles, an activity that creates more revenue.
José needs a loan to begin the preparations for planting buying manure, fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide and pay for labor for the people who help him. José's dream is for his children to complete their studies and become good people who are active in their community and are recognized as honest people who inspire confidence within the community.
José en los meses de inviernos se dedica a reservar la tierra reailizando el proceso de preparacion empezando por cortar las hierbas malas hasta que el campo quede libre de malezas, luego hace las siembras y para eso utiliza los herbicidas y abonos para obtener un producto de calidad. Ademas, se dedica a la fabricacion de tejas actividad de la cual obtiene otros ingresos.
José necesita el préstamo para comenzar los preparativos de la siembra, comprara abono, fertilizantes, herbicidas, pesticidas y para pagar la mano de obra de las personas que prestan sus servicios.
El sueño de José, es que sus hijos puedan culminar sus estudios y que puedan convertirse en personas de bien y que sean participativos en su comunidad y que sean reconocidos como personas honestas y de confianza dentro de su comunidad.
Previous Loan DetailsJose is a 45 year old day laborer and father of twelve children. He attended school until the third grade, because his family's finances did not allow him to continue his studies. However that hasn't prevented him from getting ahead. Providing for his large family's daily needs has entailed many ... More from José Ándres's previous loan »
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This loan is part of a CrediCampo project to help rural farmers living in extreme poverty plant basic grains to feed their families. Excess product is sold on the local market. These loans are smaller than the typical loans offered by this field partner, and guarantee requirements are also reduced. Individuals who receive this type of loan also get access to technical assistance, information on good environmental practices and increased access to farm inputs like fertilizer. This is considered a high risk loan due to the population and loan purpose, and CrediCampo is one of the very few institutions in El Salvador willing to working with these farmers.
About CrediCampoThis loan is administered by CrediCampo, a Kiva Field Partner in El Salvador. CrediCampo seeks to improve the lives of rural communities and their families in areas including health, education, basic services, and infrastructure. Through its Community Development Unit, CrediCampo provides scholarships, leadership development training, and financial education programs for families in rural areas. CrediCampo's work is crucial in addressing the issue of poverty in El Salvador. Based on 2009 estimates, 37.8% of the population lives below the poverty line. To learn more about CrediCampo and their work, visit their partner page.
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Bahrain is all set to host the fifth Bahrain Summer Festival starting next week that will continue until September 9. The much anticipated annual extravaganza is expected to draw a big crowd especially from GCC countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar that have 12 day Eid Al Fitr holidays.
The Culture Ministry said the key event is part of celebrations to mark Manama being named Capital of Arab Tourism 2013. Held under the theme "A Journey of Joy", the festival is a mélange of art, theatre, music and dance, bringing together talented artists and performers from countries like Lebanon, Germany, Thailand and India.
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Skip to comments.Can Barack Obama quit smoking?
Posted on 12/19/2008 9:48:13 PM PST by melt
It's important to understand that stopping is not simply about willpower or determination (qualities that Obama personifies). Smoking is an addictive behaviour and to quit you need to overcome the addiction and learn new behaviour. On the addiction front, Obama uses Nicorette gum. He even handed some out to someone in the crowd who said they were trying to quit. But many quitters use it only when they have a craving. That isn't going to work. You need to chew the gum of the right strength as directed, using up to 15 pieces a day. There are dozens of randomised controlled trials showing that if nicotine replacement is used properly, you double your chances of quitting successfully.
Obama also seems to have got it right when he says you need to eliminate connections. In other words, if you always smoke after a meal, while on the phone or with a cup of coffee, you need to find something to distract yourself at these times. Exercise - Obama spends an hour a day in the gym - helps, as does the support of those around you. Hopefully, the non-smoking Michelle Obama will be firm but fair. He will just have to make sure that he doesn't hang out too much with secret-service men who smoke.
Whether Obama's efforts are successful or not may ultimately depend on his motivation for giving up. If he is just quitting to save himself from embarrassing photos having a crafty one behind the White House bike shed, he might not succeed. He needs to really want to give up: for financial reasons (unlikely), for the sake of those around him, or for his health.
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Hell quit? He can't even tell the truth about his smoking.
What the hell is wrong with people. They don't even know who Obama is and yet they seem to worship him for reasons I will never understand. What next?
True. Who dreams up these dopey "news" stories? Who cares if he smokes? There are more important concerns.
Nobody except radical left wing social engineering leftist care if he smokes or not. It would ruin their years of demonization of smokers in order to coerce them to quit.
How about policy issues? Does anybody here give a crap if Obama lights up in the White House? Tell me.
Huh? Willpower and determination is all that is required to quit. Only takes a lot of willpower for the first 3 days, after that it just takes a little determination. The withdrawal period is only bad for the first two or three days.
I wonder if this article isn't designed to make the sheeple think it's a cigarette he's holding in that "Time" photo, rather than a joint.
As for me, if a guy is President, let him smoke all he wants. Most of the Presidents up until the insanely paranoid hippie class took over enjoyed puffing tobacco.
Please explain. I don't know what that means.
FDR and Churchill both smoked and drank copious ammounts of alcohol while in office and no one cared.
Nicotine is an excellent tranquilizer.
That ain't no "joker" joint ...
Exactly. Check the upsurge in the incidence of workplace violence when cigs were declared off-limits. It's astonishing.
Better yet, can he quit being a pre-packaged pretender?
I don't care if he smokes.
Being loaded up with morphine for three days helped me.
Just stop! It's a matter of balls, either you got them, or you don't!
No excuses, all you are doing is lying, to yourself.
The point, for me at least, is this. He will dictate what behavior is proper for you and me while ignoring it for himself. Frankly I don't care if he smokes himself to death. That's his choice.
No real American does. That weirdly paranoid -- yet very influential -- sect of super-thin liberal women and the men who love them -- or else! -- are the ones who have made huffing a Marlboro somehow a capital offense.
I won't ask how you know that. But thanks for the info.
They say there's no smoking in the White House, yet Laura Bush smokes. Does she have to go outside to light up?
FITFLOL that is post of the day
Same here.
On another note, I have worked at the Harry S Truman Building - The State Department, which is visited by dignitaries from all over the world. There are plenty of offices upstairs where smoking is still tolerated (Noticed I did not say allowed) because it is done in the visitor's home country.
It's often characterized as tinfoil helmet stuff, but there is no doubt in my mind at all that the "Surgeon General's Report" in 1964 was the beginning of a major social experiment — with LOTS of grant money, kinda like "Global Warming." If the Central Government could impact an addictive behavior practiced by most adult Americans through sheer propaganda (Public Service Announcements) and, eventually, legislation, then the Central Government could do ANYTHING.
It appears to have worked.
My husband quit a 3 pack a day habit when he had 50 pages of term papers to write in a week doing research in a library that did not allow smoking. After two days he had written 5 pages and was going outside for a smoke every 20 minutes, so he quit. After the first day as the little hair cells inside began to revive, he felt like he wanted to scratch the inside of his lungs all the time. After 4 days the little cells started sweaping nasty black gunk out of his lungs and he was astonished. After the first week, the craving was not so strong but he was coughing and spitting up black nasties several times a day. After two weeks the cravings and lung clearing subsided. Six months later he had a big coughing fit, and large chunks of black for deep in his lungs came up. He never smoked again for the 45 years before he died. On the other hand, 3 years later he began his drinking toward 20 years of alcoholism. The addictive personality will out.
My father had a one pack a day habit. He quit at age 87 and died at 90 of a stroke. His father who never smoked lived to be 98. I read somewhere that you loose 11 minutes of life for every cigarette you smoke. If you smoke, do the math, it might convince you to stop. Good luck all.
Yikes! Thank God I married a Conservative Woman.
I'm 25 years old and I smoke between the ages of 16 and 24 and thank God I don't smoke anymore now.
It's very difficult to quit smoking but it's possible.
He ain't giving up those doobies either.
Its only a tranquilizer to those who are addicted and need a smoke bad.
Luckily, I live in Nevada. We're decades behind the prohibitionist curve. And we like being "backward."
This guy has never demoonstrated any character — where does all this hype come from?
I'd like to wrap you up in some paper and smoke you. I'm addicted to beating people like you up and down the sidewalk for amusement.
Where's the patch for that?
you're correct — it is habit and can be stopped if you really want to quit.
That is the bottom line - you have to want to quit!!
And if his little girls are not motive enough, shame on him.
I think the patch or whatever only hurts the effort to quit, you have to get the nicotine out of your body - and 3 days does it!
Say what?
Before "smoking cessation treatments" became part of every corporate health insurance plan, virtually 100% of ex-smokers used willpower and determination.
How did that work out?
Well, in 1995 America had more ex-smokers than smokers!
Let him keep smoking. It is about the only human aspect about him.
Who knows, maybe his lordship will stand up for smokers............ Nah, the smoke-nazi's would castrate him.
They say theres no smoking in the White House, yet Laura Bush smokes. Does she have to go outside to light up?
I asked my husband about the WH and the federal no smoking policy inside buildings. He said (he's retired military & now civil service) since the president can make whatever policy he wants, Obama can smoke inside the WH.
I'm assuming that's what the deal is with Laura Bush, although I had no idea she smoked.
I always wondered why FDR fell apart and died at the tender age of sixty-three.
We were also a lot thinner.
I remember reading that his blood pressure was 180/100 and according to US News it was 226/118 on D-Day.
I don't care if people smoke. That being said, Obama is a horrible, sneaky, weak willed, twit who must stop this awful habit. Everyone else, carry on.
Bill Wilson (founder of AA) famously quit drinking after many attempts but he was never able to quit smoking (or philandering). However, I have met others in the rooms who were able to do all three.
The Californians still pour over the border to escape California, and then turn around and try to make us like the place they just left, but we're fighting them.
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Thread: Me again.. My poor brain hurts!
December 3rd, 2013 12:12 PM #1
Me again.. My poor brain hurts!
So lol i'm at it again with these names- i bet everyone is thinking why cant this person shurrup!! Tehe..
I'm at a blank again....
So out of my names i like ( will list them ) what names would you come up with for future children for me that will suit my naming style lol... add some of your own names too if you think you know one will suit..
Girls- Esmerée, Lilith, Kairi, Tahlia, Peyton, Bonnie, Avalon, Amethyst, Darby,Piper, Darcy.
Boys- Rylan, Phoenix, Xander, Levi, Dylan, Logan, Spencer, Harley,
( there are some other names that i have written down somewhere that i cannot recall at this present time)
We're open to other name suggestions.. As i'm at a lost cause!
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December 3rd, 2013 12:38 PM #3Anastasia Dulcie, Arthur Sylvan, Aurora Millicent, Cecily Helena, Charlotte Griselda, Cressida Blanche, Cvijeta Beatrice, David Frederick, Dorothea Giselle, Edmund Ludwig, Edward Godfrey, Emil Orpheus, Erik Amadeus, Flora Isabella, Freya Gwenllian, Gareth Florian, Juliet Sunniva, Lewis Dorian, Magnus Roland, Matilda Celestine, Melody Isolde, Percy Beowulf, Robin Lysander, Rosalyn Amoret, Rosamund Paisley, Seraphina Thisbe, Tristan Harley, Wesley Dimitri
December 3rd, 2013 01:01 PM #5I'm a thirteen year old writer with a name obsession.
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I like: Lilith, Kairi, Tahlia, Bonnie, Avalon, Piper, Dylan, Logan, Spencer
Add to Girls List: Lily, Belle, Mia, Roza, Rose, Cassidy, Lucy, Brenna, Macy, Evella, Brielle, Amelia, Ariel, Cecily, Clara, Verity, Adira, Katie, Ava, Lucia, Annika, Alana, Grace
Add to Boys List: Luca, Luke, Sawyer, Jaxon, Jackson, Jack, Jacob, Jake, Rowan, Will, Andrew, Charlie, Jace, James, Alex, Grey, Daniel, Benjamin, Ben, Rory
Sorry for the long lists! I am so name obsessed! Anyways, I hope it helped!
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Recently, one of GM's most toxic assets has been the iconic Hummer brand. The lineup of gas-hungry mammoth vehicles fell out of favor among consumers last year as gas prices soared. Sales plunged by double digits month-to-month in a free fall. With GM now officially in bankruptcy, one of its top priorities was to offload Hummer.
It now appears the company has found a buyer and agreed to terms, according to a press release by the company aired this morning. Hummer spokesman Nick Richards told PickupTrucks.com, "GM has signed a memorandum-of-understanding with an investor. Both parties have agreed to the basic terms [of the purchase] but the financial details and buyer's name are not being released at this time. That's expected to be announced some time in the near future."
He says the buyer meets GM's basic criteria in that they have experience in the international market, where Hummer sales are stronger. Also, they have a long-term development plan and look to stick with the brand even if it struggles. Troy Clarke, president of GM North America, states, "Hummer is a strong brand. I'm confident that Hummer will thrive globally under its new ownership. And for GM, this sale continues to accelerate the reinvention of GM into a leaner, more focused, and more cost-competitive automaker."
The purchase will not include the military technology or military trucks developed by AM General, the original developer of Hummer vehicles. GM acquired the license to the rights to use the Hummer name and develop a civilian heavy vehicle brand under it from AM General a number of years ago.
Mr. Richards speculated on the expected current and upcoming models, stating, "The [Hummer] H4 [also known as the HX] and H3T concepts are good examples of where Hummer's future products could go. The H3 SUV and pickup and H2 [full-size truck] will also continue in the portfolio. We're working on ways to change the H2 beyond [its most recent update in] 2008."
The upcoming Hummers will likely include alternative fuel and diesel powertrains to help them adopt leaner fuel economy footprints. They are expected to remain pricey luxury vehicles.
The deal safeguards 3,000 U.S. jobs in manufacturing, engineering and at Hummer dealerships around the country. The move saves GM's Shreveport, Louisiana facility, which produces the H3 SUV and H3T pickup truck. However, the contacted workers from AM General at GM's H2 plant in Indiana will be released.
One major shift is that the Port Elizabeth, South Africa plant which builds right-handed H3s will close, returning its production to Shreveport. The right handed SUVs, soon to be produced in the U.S. will be sold in Europe and Asia. Currently, thirty percent of Hummer's sales are outside the U.S., but the new management wants that number to rise.
GM plans to provide engineering and transition assistance to the new owners for some time. It also will continue to honor pre-existing warranties. Additionally, the deal still hinges on government approval, with the government GM's new majority owner.
quote: The lineup of gas-hungry mammoth vehicles fell out of favor among consumers last year as gas prices soared.
quote: you'd be making several runs a month to pick up loads of stuff. Those rental fees would quickly add up.
quote: I love capitalism, but I prefer responsibility over the whims of individual consumers. While driving an Hummer you wear out the road below you, accelerate any man made global warming that may exist, decrease the air quality everywhere you go and generally show an irrisponsible disposition towards society (compared to almost any other kind of vehicle besides trucks).
quote: Now, if you drive that Hummer because it provides something you need, and cannot obtain otherwise, I'll defend your right to buy it
quote: No - I have no answer on how to objectively calculate that cost, but the basic idea that those that create costs should pay for it is just.
quote: my rabbit was just great to transport my 50" flatscreen... no hummer needed.
quote: Therefore I claim you did not buy the hummer (primarily) for it's utility - but (mostly) for it's "Cool" factor. A wholly irresponsible choice
quote: I understand your revulsion for people limiting others' freedoms and choices but in my humble opinion, we live in such a complicated and interconnected society that we should be encouraged to consider the common good and not just our own desires.
quote: Perhaps the more wealthy can afford to live in the 'burbs or to keep the windows rolled up and crank the AC but that just perpetuates the problem as more people drive and use electricity during high-demand hours. Passing idling bylaws and placing progressive costs for electrical consumption seem like better alternatives to me.
quote: I don't think Hummers should be banned but given that they demonstrably pollute more than alternatives, I would support slapping a luxury tax on them and giving a rebate to those people who genuinely use SUVs for work purposes (not impressing clients but hauling material).
quote: What exactly do you propose? That people should be able to do whatever they want as long as it does not directly interfere with the freedom of others?
quote: Well again I ask what exactly constitutes interference? Who in your opinion should moderate those conflicts?
quote: As the above op points out there are cases where most would consider freedoms of action or purchase needing to be limited.
quote: The reason capitalism works so well is because for most cases, the best choice for the individual coincides with the best choice for society.
quote: Ahh there we go. Wealth envy, and hate that other people prefer things that may give them what they conceive to be a certain status.
quote: and BTW, my rabbit was just great to transport my 50" flatscreen... no hummer needed.Using a rented trailer (I guess I could own that trailer) I transported all my furniture when I moved. Therefore I claim you did not buy the hummer (primarily) for it's utility - but (mostly) for it's "Cool" factor. A wholly irresponsible choice
quote: You obviously have a poor grasp on the capitalism you so love, if you would prevent consumers from buying products they want.
quote: Who should decide what is acceptable and moral for customers to purchase?
quote: share for the damage you cause to the public road and environment
quote: ...but I'll defend anyone's right to own one.
quote: these vehicles remain very popular with certain groups of consumers.
quote: If you really want luxury, there are higher end Grand Cherokee diesels
quote: And when I refer to the Hummer as 'stupidly wasteful' its not because its a luxury vehicle.
quote: I'll admit to being biased as I live in the city and don't own a vehicle
quote: but when I move I don't think I'll be interested in anything other than a sedan for the family or a sports car for me.
quote: Despite, the author's opinion he injected here
quote: It doesn't matter what it can do, it matters about it's mpg. No one is denying that an SUV, Semi, or truck can haul more equipment, weight, etc than a Honda Civic. We are saying it uses more gas. Which is fact.Does a semi use more gas than a Civic? Yes. Bam. End of discussion. I don't care what the semi can do.
quote: Hummer - 10 mpg. Even less with 4 additional passengers
quote: I'd just get a Nissan Armada. 9000 lbs towing capacity and 19 mpg.
quote: Seeing as the sun gives off the most light in our galaxy
quote: one can argue that the amount of gas it uses is acceptable for the tasks being performed
quote: Expect any supersized SUV to be below 20 mpg.
quote: This vehicle is classified as HPV (High Pollution Vehicle).
quote: A $30-50 delivery fee every few months vs. cost of ownership of a Hummer. Hmm, let's see. When you fill the tank from near empty is it possible to spend less than $50?
quote: I have a new Tahoe and a new F-150 4 door.
quote: While General Motors' bankruptcy-court filing will not disrupt any services at GMAC Financial Services, the lending arm will still feel some effects.GM's filing will "allow its direct business with GMAC to continue in the ordinary course during GM's restructuring," GMAC said Monday.But if GM's reorganization makes consumers shy away from GM cars and trucks, GMAC will suffer because a third of its revenue comes from financing GM vehicles. GMAC is partly owned by GM and private-equity firm Cerberus.
quote: I don't think that even counts what they are paying to support GM's parts suppliers...
quote: Support companies that don't take our money. It is the only way the government will *hopefully* get a clue.
quote: I have no idea where you got the 5bil post bankruptcy reguarding GMAC, but last I looked they were looking to repay early and not need another lifeline. The bankruptcy shoudn't affect them too much.
quote: Who is paying what to whom? If you're talking about suppliers who are going into bankruptcy, than that's just part of the fallout of a tiny portion of GM failing. Imagine what would happen if it all went away. Even Ford's biggest fear was that GM would fail since it would cripple thier supplier base.
quote: First off, every company takes taxpayers money in the form of tax cuts. If a company didn't have those cuts, the local tax payers burden would be less. However, those tax cuts are smart because they spur spending and job creation.
quote: Shitty management killed GM. If they arent capable to keep their company alive themself, then let it be so. Sorry GM, but u failed
quote: So it's Obama's fault?
quote: Well, GM management voluntarily entered into those labor and benefit contracts - they didn't have to, they chose to.
quote: a huge part but in the end the people running GM decided who they would get their labor from and who they would get their benefits from.
quote: No one said it would be simple. Short term it would have cost GM more money but long term they would have saved money and been afloat right now instead of $50+ billion in debt to the US Taxpayer and in bankruptcy. The horrible management took the easy way out and caved to the demands of the unions. Horrible management is the reason GM has failed, bottom line, zero way around it. Please, no more apologists in this thread - we've heard the BS arguments long enough. GM has failed because of actions made by GM management, period.
quote: No out of control labor and benefit costs killed GM. The domestic automakers had to become reliant on high margin vehicles to stay afloat (of which trucks and SUV's made up a sizable portion) and when the market collapsed the companies could no longer maintain solvency.
quote: Yet, GM was able to control labor and benefit costs before the boom in truck/SUV sales took off.
quote: This was all piss poor management. Instead of putting more work into higher fuel efficient vehicles, they went for higher profits from trucks/SUVs. So all their money was going into their pockets and very little into R&D.
quote: When gas prices skyrocketed, this bit them in the ass. Why? Cause they didn't bother to make fuel efficient cars, nor had the ability to produce cars as fast as a truck/SUV.
quote: This is why Japanese companies, who were constantly working on perfecting their cars are doing fine. It costs over ten times as much to design a car, than to design a truck/SUV. Hence why GM failed.


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