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Along Came Trouble
by Ruthie Knox
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Loved Caleb...Ellen not so much.
I loved Along Came Trouble! Ellen was determined not to even like Caleb, seeing him as a thorn in her side, a distraction she didn't need in her life. Caleb started out only wanting to charm Ellen into going along with his security measures for his client Jamie, Ellen's famous brother. She fought Caleb every step of the way, especially since he was such a gorgeous hunk of man set to change her independent way of life. The chemistry between them is explosive and the interaction between them romantic and smokin' hot! Not only a sexy read, but one packed with a lot of laughs!
After reading (and loving) [b:How to Misbehave|16162932|How To Misbehave|Ruthie Knox|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1353497599s/16162932.jpg|22005525], I was ready to be swept off my feet with the first longer novel from Ruthie Knox.
And. Well. I wasn't.
And I'm trying to put my finger on why that was, exactly. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy the book; I did. Three stars to me means I liked it. But, well, 3 stars for a book by Ruthie is rather low.
Let's start with what I did like... The plot was interesting and engaging. I always enjoy small town stories, and the setting of Camelot, Ohio was no different for me.
And, of course, Caleb. If there's one thing Ruthie does well it's writing a strong, unfy, swoony male lead. He was hard in all the right places (*ahem*), but still soft as well. She balanced him beautifully. Almost too beautifully, and I think that maybe why the spotlight shone so brightly on Ellen (and, unfortunately, not in a good way).
Ellen. Hmm. Well, I didn't like her. I thought I was going to at first. She was all big brass balls and sharp wit and strength. And then that started to get old. At about 50% in, I started to wonder when she'd give a little. At 75%, I was ready to lead Caleb by the hand to the nearest bar and find him someone else. She grew as a character too little, too late, in my opinion, and even though by the end she'd balanced out nicely, it was not enough in my eyes.
The rest of the characters, though, I enjoyed. Ruthie's secondary characters have a way of coming to life right off the pages. Nana. Caleb's younger sister, Katie. His dad. Even Henry, though I'll admit to not loving the addition of the child in this book. However, after reading How to Misbehave, I was rather disappointed that we saw virtually nothing of Tony and Amber. Instead, we got this odd side-plot of Carly and Ellen's brother Jamie. I'm not a fan of the multiple romantic-story line plots, and this one was no exception. I want my books focused on two people, that's it.
The only other thing that didn't quite sit right with me was the three day time-span. In all honesty, it didn't feel like only three days while we were reading, but still. Three days and you're singing the happily ever after song? That was a little hard for me to swallow.
Finally, the steam in this was way way low as compared to Ruthie's other books, and even as compared to the novella that started off this whole series.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a few hours, but nowhere near her best work. (instead, see: [b:About Last Night|13414764|About Last Night|Ruthie Knox|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327173323s/13414764.jpg|18714133], [b:Ride with Me|12991105|Ride with Me|Ruthie Knox|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327953797s/12991105.jpg|18151138], or the first in this series [b:How to Misbehave|16162932|How To Misbehave|Ruthie Knox|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1353497599s/16162932.jpg|22005525].
Okay. Rarely do I read a book with a heroine named "Ellen." I don't understand that. It is a lovely name, not too common, not too weird. It is just right ;-).
Anyway, I will readily admit the "hero" was my favorite of the two main characters. He seemed sensible, sweet, very empathetic and understanding.
My girl Ellen, on the other hand, well, let's just say I am impressed with how patient Caleb (the hero) was. I don't know that I would have been quite that open to negotiation (although their negotiations were quite fun).
Caleb's security company is given the task of providing personal protection to Jamie the rock star's twin sister (Ellen) and her next-door-neighbor, who just happens to be said rock star's ex, who just happens to be pregnant with a sperm-donor baby. Yeah. Seemed a bit much to me, too, but it is all woven in nicely to the plot.
Instead of being grateful for the "protection," the young women are quite put out with the disruption of their lives. I felt that both women were immature and petty and too tiresome for words over most of the security issues (but I will also say, I think the setup was a little too much as far as the security detail for the sister. Okay, the ex-GF, that's another story). The reasoning behind Ellen's behavior is explained in the book, but I still felt that as a mother/lawyer/reasonable adult, she should have been a bit more mature in her responses to the steps of personal protection, especially when she has a young child to protect.
Anyway, this book takes us through the exploration of the relationship possibilities of the bodyguard and the sister of the rock star. It is a very enjoyable read, almost sweet, with lots of hot loving (although some of the love scene descriptions made me dizzy with trying to figure out just how "that" was possible, or even if it was enjoyable once accomplished).
If you don't like plot moppets, well, you might have a couple of issues. Ellen's two-year-old son is large and in charge.
There is a subplot of the relationship between Jamie and the next-door-neighbor. I also found that that story had all sorts of "oh, really" moments for me. But I still enjoyed it. Willing suspension of disbelief and all that.
It is a fun, well-written book. There were a few typos in the Kindle version, some mysterious punctuation that seems to just appear. But it was well edited and just the right length.
Now, this is part of the Camelot series. I had read the prequel novella so I knew some of the family members, but it is not necessary to have read it to understand the story. It is just a nice little, oh, yeah, I remember them moment or two.
3.5 stars
So many other readers had problems with the heroine. I actually quite liked her and understood why she behaved that way (even though I felt sorry for the hero at times).
My problem was more the pacing. It was quite slow at the beginning and the hero fell in love with the heroine in a very short time. They only knew each other for some days. I couldn't believe in that. And, I know I'm in the minority here, but the secondary love story wasn't really my cup of tea. But I have to say I'm generally not fond of rock star heroes.
Still, I absolutely recommend this book to anyone who loves contemporary romance with smart characters and new plot twists.
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An accomplished lawyer and driven single mother, Ellen Callahan isn't looking for any help. She's doing just fine on her own. So Ellen's more than a little peeved when her brother, an international pop star, hires a security guard to protect her from a prying press that will stop at nothing to dig up dirt on him. But when the tanned and toned Caleb Clark shows up at her door, Ellen might just have to plead the fifth. Back home after a deployment in Iraq and looking for work as a civilian, Caleb signs on as Ellen's bodyguard. After combat in the hot desert sun, this job should be a breeze. But guarding the willful beauty is harder than he imagined and Caleb can't resist the temptation to mix business with pleasure. With their desires growing more undeniable by the day, Ellen and Caleb give in to an...… (more)
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Deer Meadow by BiffnoWatch
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A little mini-painting I did at a friends house the other night. I was looking at a lot of Eyvind Earles Sleeping Beauty background paintings earlier that day and thought Id do a little homage to them. That man could paint.
The original painting is also up for sale in my store if anyone is interested:
The original painting is also up for sale in my store if anyone is interested:
Im so in love with this
Oh cute! Thanks for reminding me of his name, I only remember seeing Eyvind Eerle's artwork on postcards and liking it. You have a great gallery by the way!
I really like the stylization here! The range of colors and feeling of depth is nice. Great work~
I wish I could afford to buy the original :[
Wonderful work! I love the colors and shapes <3
oo I like the style :3
I've "suggested" it as DD.
I've "suggested" it as DD.
I love this. The most beauty and lovely watercolor, what I've ever seen.
I love how the silhouette of a tree is just as good as a fully developed tree in a case like this. The branches absolutely make me think of the Sleeping Beauty! I felt that even before reading your description, haha! Thank you or your beautiful art.
so adorable!
Love the trees, kinda reminds me of the classic animation film "The Last Unicorn" :]
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Super amazing style!!
It's so cute !! Like a fairy tale !
I love shapes and colors !
I love shapes and colors !
lovely shapes and colours!
So lovely!
There are a pretty colours!!
it's so sweet and soft, love the scene and the colors too!
Very good work!
Very beautiful!
How lovely
nice and i think the original one has slightly more vibrant colors than the one here on deviantart
Beautiful colours! Very deep. Great composition!
very very cool
i love the style, the painting is super cute
great job!
i love the style, the painting is super cute
great job!
Beautiful! Yeah this really does evoke Sleeping Beauty. Also SAmurai JAck, Genndy Tartakovsky, so I wonder if he was inspired by Earle. Most likely, eh?


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Dobie Paisano Writing Fellowships for 2011-2102 Announced by The University of Texas at Austin
Manuel Luis Martinez and Stefan Merrill Block have been awarded the 2011-2012 Dobie Paisano writing fellowships sponsored by the Graduate School at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Institute of Letters.Read more
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The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired a collection of African, African-American and Native-American literature from Charles R. Larson, a professor at American University who is highly regarded for his work on African and Third World writers.Read more
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Is Twitter for Everybody?
Mar 30th
Is Twitter for everybody?
This is the question that eventually gets asked by every person and every company trying Twitter for the first time. In the height of your initial frustrations, you may be wondering … is Twitter really for me?
Most social media hype-masters will tell you "yes." Indeed, there is probably some business use or benefit you could discover for everyone and every organization.
But after working with hundreds of students and professionals across diverse businesses, I've come to realize the answer is no — it's not for everyone.
Here's an example. One of my customers is a brilliant management consultant. An engineer by training, he does not come by marketing instinct naturally and asked me to help.
This is a customer who would be perfect for Twitter:
- Small business-owner
- Enormous, global market potential (needs a lot of awareness)
- Small marketing budget
- Selling differentiated personal services
- No time to blog, develop extensive content, etc.
- Tech-savvy
- Is a charming, bright person with engaging personality.
And yet he WILL NOT TWEET. I coaxed, cajoled, and threatened him. I've trained him patiently and even prescribed a daily Twitter regimen. I demonstrated the power of the platform when I found him a potential new business contact on the very first day of our operation. He didn't follow-up and seems content with his tweet-free existence.
This may seem strange, but it isn't uncommon. I've found similar resistance from many people who can obviously benefit from this business tool. I asked my client "why" and here is his answer:
"I'm not sure why really. I guess the idle chatter (which is mostly what I seem to see when I log on) just doesn't make any sense to me. There's obviously some self-imposed barrier that I can't or just don't want to cross. You were kind enough to introduce me to Twitter, and I appreciated that. There's the old expression about leading a horse to water. Guess I'm just not that thirsty for Twitter water… at least yet."
The Twitter Quitter
This type of reaction is not unusual. In fact I was a Twitter Quitter myself and had to really push through a few weeks of this non-intuitive communication platform before I started to understand it.
What is the difference between a Twitter-lover and hater? Does success on Twitter lend itself to a certain personality type? Some say it favors out-going people, yet introverts are quick to say that they love the platform as way to connect on their own terms and build quality relationships slowly. Maybe it has something to do with patience. Perhaps it is being creeped out by the crowds or by having strangers "follow you."
Honestly, I haven't figured it out, but I do acknowledge the fact that some very intelligent and wonderful people just don't like Twitter even when they can see the benefits.
What About Organizations?
Is there a business case for Twitter for every organization and company? Like nearly every business question, the answer is, "It depends!"
Medical professionals, lawyers, financial managers, and defense contractors may have severe regulatory limitations on the information they can discuss in public. Remember, Twitter is a form of publishing.
When it comes to business communications strategy, it really gets down to this: What are your business objectives? What do you need to say? Where do your customers get their information?
If your customers are not engaging in this platform you're going to waste a big wad of time on Twitter and get frustrated.
But I want to suggest two big HOWEVER's before you decide your business is not cut out for Twitter.
HOWEVER, you may not really know where your customers are getting their information, even if you think you do! People are piling on to the social web in record numbers and are also spending an enormous amount of time there. In an always-connected world, the role of social media in the business and personal world is blurring.
Better check those customers again!
I have a client who resisted Twitter because she insisted that her customers had no interest in it. I conducted some customer research for her — completely unrelated to Twitter — and discovered that "social media" was the number one marketing and business issue for the majority of her customers! By getting in front of the curve and mastering Twitter before her customers were immersed in it, she capture a leadership position and guide them, become a valued subject matter expert, and even create new business opportunities for her company.
Now for HOWEVER number two — However, there are MANY other business benefits to Twitter beyond simply getting sales leads. Even if your customers aren't there in force, it is still an incredibly powerful way to learn, connect with thought leaders, and identify new business opportunities.
I have seen an incredible diversity of organizations thrive on Twitter, from pizza joints to florists, from mega-brands to my handyman (who I found on Twitter). Colleges, hospitals, non-profits, shipping companies, government agencies, and utilities have all realized business gains from a Twitter presence.
There are just so many way to define success, create wealth, discover benefits, and even have fun with Twitter. Clearly there can be benefits for anyone if they have the fortitude to stick with it.
How do you handle the Twitter Quitters in your organization? Is it a matter of time or are you hitting a wall too?
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Five questions to help you choose your target market
Mar 29th
Ken Rosen is an important part of our {grow} community and a wonderful strategic thinker. Today he graciously offers this guest post on choosing the right target markets:
A Sales and Marketing Credo: "If you want to sell to me, solve my pain. And if you want to talk about my pain, do it in my language." To market effectively, you need to talk to someone. But if you try to talk to everyone, you usually connect with no one.
To solve pain for customers you must choose some audiences…and not choose others. And stakes are too great to leave this to chance. This is one of the most important marekting decisions your company will make.
So what is the best way to pick target markets? We use five criteria. We call them "Market Success Factors" or MSFs … because every consulting firm needs a few juicy acronyms, right?
You obviously need to start with candidate customers groups. How wide you cast your net depends on schedule, budget, and selling experience. For one enterprise storage vendor, we literally started with every NAICS code (the new name for SIC codes). For young companies, we might build a set of 12 with the management team.
Next, evaluate each market against the Market Success Factors. At Performance Works, we use a five-point rating scale. Use what you like, but to keep things simple, a high rating always means "attractive."
- How intense is prospect pain in the area you serve?
If the pain from the problem you solve isn't setting prospects' hair on fire, if they don't think about it almost every day, your sales cycle will be longer. Personally, I greatly prefer customers who use words like "pain" over "need," but both trump "desire." Sell aspirin, not vitamins.
- How well do you solve that pain?
This is where most companies are most comfortable, because it is the most inward-looking question: Do we solve the problem? For too many companies, a "yes" to this question implies "Ok, let's hire the sales force and start advertising!" We humbly disagree. It's one of five criteria and you're not likely the only firm solving the problem.
- How strong is competition?
This criteria is pretty obvious, so I'll only refer you back to the statement " '5' always means 'attractive.'" To make comparisons make sense when you add up totals, a hypercompetitive environment gets a rating of "1."
- Can you actually close deals?
Many companies think about the problem they solve without worrying about whether they can actually reach a decision maker. Maybe she only buys integrated products. Maybe she only buys from F500 companies. Maybe she hasn't changed vendors in 10 years because the cost to change is too high. Maybe the ideal market is fragmented and requires a sales channel too expensive for this stage your development. You have to convert someone who needs your product into someone who buys your product.
- Long-term value of the market
Market selection doesn't mean you cut your growth aspirations. Far from it. It means you believe the fastest path to growth is by saying something compelling to someone specific. So our final criteria: What is market growth? Will success lead you to adjacent markets (Geoffrey Moore's "bowling pin strategy")? Does one market offer better-known references? Does your team have special background that makes success easier?
If you're tempted to weight criteria or sub-topics under each criterion, I won't discourage you, but after doing this for too many markets to count, I'll tell you a secret: It probably won't matter. If you apply this approach to 8-15 candidate markets, here's what's likely to happen: 3-5 markets will rise to the top with almost equal scores. And you can only focus on 2 or 3 (maybe 4 if you have significant resources and a segmented sales channel). So use management judgment as the final cut.
Finally, what data do you use to rate markets? Here's one more secret: talk to decision makers. Yes, just talk to them. One-on-one at first, then maybe focus groups and later, for validation only, you can use surveys. (FYI, here's our view of when to use surveys.) If you don't try to sell them anything (so no, your reps cannot do this step), people will tell you what they need and even how to sell to them.
When we do market-selection for clients, we start decision-maker conversation with, "I don't want to sell you anything or change your mind. I just want to know what matters to you." Executives routinely spend an hour on the phone with us, tell us we can call them back, and say they are surprised how much the enjoyed the conversation. Why? Because they got to talk about their world and what matters to them.
- Commit to focus: solve the pain of a specific market and speak to decision makers in their language.
- Pick markets based on the Market Success Factors above. Get data by talking to potential customers in non-selling situations.
- Align all your functions (Marketing, Sales, financing terms, product or service design, etc.) with your target markets. Remember, this is not a strategy to stay small within a niche; it is usually the fastest path to scale.
Ken Rosen (@ken_rosen) is co-founder of Performance Works, bringing the voice of stakeholders (and a little magic) to executive decisions. He blogs at Performance Talks.
Why are the "social media elite" ignoring us?
Mar 27th
I received an email this week from a reader who is struggling with a problem experienced by many social media newcomers. His question:
"How does a real unknown like me get the big name social media marketers to pay any attention to me? They won't give me the time of day. I tweet to them and retweet their posts, talk about them on my blog, and don't receive any acknowledgment. Am I just following the wrong people? Who would you recommend?"
The social web is an enigma. While many top marketers have built their careers touting the importance of "the conversation," they have become so popular, they no longer have time to converse!
I've had the great fortune to meet many of the leaders in the field. And while we certainly have our share of iconic douchebags, the vast majority of these folks are hard-working, well-meaning professionals just trying to make a living.
It's not always about the conversation
It's a numbers game. At some point, the workload and crush of followers that comes with celebrity exceeds any human's ability to engage in a meaningful way, no matter how willing they may be.
Even in my own little world on {grow} I am probably not as attentive as I used to be as blog subscribers and followers multiply. What's the option? Block people out … or slowly become less tuned-in? I am succumbing to an inexorable corrosion of engagement like everyone else. Some people probably think I'm ignoring them. One popular blogger once told me, "When you are standing in front of a stadium full of people, you can only slap hands with the people in the front row."
Just because somebody is busy, it doesn't necessarily make them a snob. So my first recommendation is, don't take it personally. I doubt most people are intentionally ignoring you. Extend them some grace.
Looking for love in all the wrong places?
My second thought on this question — maybe the attention on the social media elite is mis-placed.
Many believe if they could only get their blog post tweeted by a social media superstar then everything would change! This is a pervasive myth. At some point I have been tweeted by about every leader in the field, including Guy Kawasaki and Alyssa Milano — who have enough followers to be small countries. After a short spike in traffic (Alyssa actually crashed the server), there was no lasting impact on the blog. I'm not exaggerating. I literally mean NONE. In fact after a Kawasaki tweet my blog subscriptions went down.
There is no shortcut to building a blog community. You have to work hard and create your own movement one reader at a time. Let's use Dave as an example. By providing personal attention to him, I may create a lifetime fan who will actively engage with me and tell others, too. One connection with a self-proclaimed "unknown" will probably mean more to building the {grow} community than a dozen tweets from Chris Brogan. That is a fact.
Start your own sphere of influence
When I started blogging, many people thought I was on a kamikaze mission by ignoring (or even challenging) the status quo. But I don't see it that way. Why does the world need another suck-up regurgitating the same old blog topics week after week? How many social media sycophants have gone on to stand out and create distinct value for their readers?
Spending all your time trying to get the attention of the big names is probably not going to have a business pay-off. So go make your own tribe.
There was a small band of beginning bloggers who supported each other when I first started out and we're still friends today. Srini Rao wrote about this strategy beautifully last week. If you're a blogging "baby," go find some more beginners and support each other. As you learn and grow together, you'll be your own network of A-List bloggers!
Don't get caught up in keywords, SEO and Ad Age bloggers. Your key to lasting success is originality, and the key to orginality is having the courage to share your own wisdom.
Any way, that's my take on it. What has your experience been? Are you successfully connecting with the social media leaders? Any impact?
Shooting for the Starbucks of blogs
Mar 25th
This week I was sitting in a crowded cafe off of a hotel lobby in New York City. The cafe offered free coffee for the hotel guests and I helped myself to the delicious hot drink. I am not a coffee elitist. In fact, the more my coffee tastes like a milkshake, the happier I am.
A group sitting next to me had another idea. They scoffed at the free coffee and sent a scouting party across the street — in the freezing sleet and rain — to round-up four coffees from Starbucks. Probably paid $4.50 apiece for them.
I couldn't help but draw a parallel between me — taking the convenient 'free content" — versus the alternate group willing to go out of their way and pay for their content. As marketers and bloggers, isn't that really our goal? To be so unique, so insanely great, to be able to summon a powerful emotional connection that would drive people out into the sleet to find us!
That's awesome. That's what I want to be when I grow up. Or {grow} up as the case may be. I don't intend to charge for blog content but I do want to provide that kind of value to readers. A few people have told me — "I would pay for your blog." I think that is the highest compliment possible!
How about you? What would it take for people to want to PAY to read your blog? Are you up to that big of a challenge? If you reached for a goal like that, what would you be changing right now about your blog, your career, your team, or your company?
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Sack: I told you about full moons.
Wyatt: And I told you I don't wanna hear anymore of your magic 8-ball philosophy.
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Wyatt: She said the guy she hit fell out of the sky.
Alice: Great! It's raining men and I forgot my umbrella.
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Dr. Cole: What fresh hell is this?
This is an allusion to American author/critic/poet Dorothy Parker (1893–1967). She reportedly answered her phone with the phrase regularly. It is also the title of a biography written about her by Marion Meade.
Although spelled differently, the character name "Bordon" may be a reference to Lizzie Borden who is famous for (though was acquitted of) attacking her parents with an axe.
The zombie movie on the portable DVD player is Junk (Shiroh Gari) (2000).
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The long thread started to have a discussion about trainers over the weekend. Since I didn't have a chance to follow-up until now, I thought this would make a great thread. There are lots of trainers on the market and none of them are any good if you don't use them. But I think the two best units on the market are the 1UP and the Kurt Kinetic. Which trainer, if either, is better? Both are similarly priced, and have lifetime warranties. Below is a review that was posted earlier in Bike Forums. The review is very thorough.
Kurt Kinetic Road Machine vs 1UP Trainer Review
I have the 1UP trainer, I had it a little over a year now. I also have most of the Carmichael and Spinerval DVD's. Those make a difference. I could not just get on the trainer and spin, I need some direction. That being said, I enjoy riding the trainer much more that spin class. The workout with the DVD's is great, interval training with proper recovery between intervals. My improvements in outdoor cycling are much more evident after using the trainer with the DVDs, than with the spin classes.
I miss the social aspect of spin class, but I don't miss the lousy music and lousy instructors. There are good instructors with good music, bu most spin instructors offer nothing more than an aerobics class on a bike. I bet if you took a poll, 75% of spin instructors don't own a bike, yet they are teaching a class utlizing a bike.


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shapes which form the entities that the brain must work on in interpreting actions and gestures. We appear to be up against a limit of subjective comprehensibility in studying four-dimensional shapes. It appears that we can deal in them, and must do, when engendering four-dimensional text, but we cannot stand aside from them and manipulate them at the same time. We cannot even represent them, but must put ourselves through a chunk of experience in order to perceive them at all. This does not mean that five-or "n"-dimensional models cannot be constructed, but it might mean that a four-dimensional model of the process of text generation has no predictive value. Perhaps the Greeks were right, and brains do, in fact, project out through the eye.
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The president of the bank is Silvia, 37. She's married and has three school-age children. She earns a living selling construction materials such as parquet for floors. She has a store located in the 16 de Julio area.
This is Silvia's first loan sequence with the institution. She's going to use it to buy construction material to stock her store. She's requesting this loan to continue improving in her job. Silvia's going to use the profits to buy tiles and parquet to continue stocking her business.
Silvia's a very hardworking person. She's happy about the opportunity of being granted the loan because this is her only activity that allows her to support herself.
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The current population of Alleghany County is 16,087 with the median age of 46. Alleghany County's median household income is $44,330, and the average household net worth is $321,598.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Alleghany County by age group. In Alleghany County, the male-to-female ratio is 7,907:8,180, which is 0% lower than the ratio of Virginia, which is 4,127,655:4,267,822. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Alleghany County, has 49% less property crime than Virginia, and is 60% below the nation's average. Alleghany County, has 54% less personal crime than Virginia and when compared to that of United States, Alleghany County is 74% below the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Alleghany County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Alleghany County, 78% of people are married and 22% of people are single. The percent of people married is 3% higher than the ratio of Virginia, which is 75%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Alleghany County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Alleghany County is $44,330, which is 30% lower than that of Virginia ($63,033). Income data for Alleghany County is sourced from census, 2015.
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The Blues look to return to their winning ways tonight when they host the Montreal Canadiens. St.
The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Alexander Steen to a three-year, 17.4-million-dollar extension. The 29-year-old is in the final season of a four-year, 13.45-million-dollar deal.
The St. Louis Cardinals are likely set for the 2014 season. Cards General Manager John Mozeliak called the organization's offseason activity "short" and "quick... more
Dwayne Evans scored a season-high 24 points, and Rob Loe added 15 with nine rebounds as St. Louis defeated Indiana State 83-66 Wednesday night.
The Sharks doubled up the Blues 4-2 at Scottrade Center.
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The KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Sophomore Lauren Gerlemann from New Haven High School.
She was 15 years old--an accomplished student-athlete from a loving home, the kind of kid of whom it is said "she has the world going for her."
In November of 2015, her father went in to her room to discover she had taken her own life.
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Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil is a story of promises and an immortal love that transcends all boundaries. It is set against a traditional Punjabi family backdrop. It is the story of two friends Balraaj Maan and Lalit Juneja who live in Ambala and the promise they make to each other, the promise that will decide the destiny of their children, Heer and Prem.
Commenting on the launch of the new show, Anupama Mandloi, Senior Creative Director, Star Plus, says, "Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil is replacing Kasauti Zindagi Kay which has been a huge success on the channel and it is only apt that a beautifully crafted, passionate love story about an eternal, pre-destined love should take its place. The show is bound to enthrall women of all ages with its colourful characters, its rustic feel and the story of a young man and woman whose journey of love has been decided even before they came into existence. We are very excited with this new offering for the viewers and are confident that they will enjoy this fresh saga of love."
Ekta Kapoor, Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms, further adds, "I would only love to describe this as an ethereal story from the heart. This show is bound to ignite the magic of love and romance on television once again. I hope that the audience enjoys watching the show, as much as I enjoyed making it."
The show has an impressive star cast consisting of Virendra Saxena, Deepak Quazir, Tasneem Shaikh and Sadhana Singh. The role of Heer will be played by new comer Additi Gupta.
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I went back on-track with this NaPoWriMo exercise and it was a fun one. The focus is on Iain M. Banks, a Scottish science fiction writer whose books have poetic spaceship names. There's also a Twitter handle that creates Banks-like names for spaceships and I took one from there. I never heard of this guy until I read this prompt. Maybe it's because I don't read sci-fi much.
Anyway, I didn't think that my piece would take me to the direction it took me, but it did. And I liked how it turned out. Here it is:
cultureshipname – MSV: Mass Literacy (January 27, 2012)
[This public service announcement is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Defense:]
My fellow Americans,
it has come to my attention
that there are weapons of mass literacy.
There are plenty
in different languages and adaptations:
Beloved Bombs,
F-451 Flamethrowers,
Great Gatsby Grenades,
GO-1984 Drones,
Scarlet AK-47s.
You name it, it's out there.
You're probably wondering if you should be scared.
Well, your worries are in the wrong place.
You see, these weapons are used for face-to-face
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Out of the 205 ranked countries,
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"That's not bad," one might say,
but with this country having a low literacy level at 49.6%,
for adults,
it makes you think in a different way.
How can we prevent this from being a crisis?
I propose these actions: read your books, newspapers, e-book devices.
Raid a library with a thirst of knowledge.
Give yourself a monthly book quota for a reading challenge.
Volunteer your time to teach someone to read
so they can succeed
in life.
Stock up your bookshelves and bomb shelters.
I'm calling out to everyone,
from the children to the elders.
These weapons of mass literacy
are meant to protect you and me
from being misinformed and ignorant,
and strengthen our reading comprehension and intelligence.
Let's take all of our strength and destroy illiteracy's wall.
God bless the United States of America, God bless us all.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The National Trust for Historic Preservation has named a century-old hospital in Hot Springs for war veterans as one of America's 11 most endangered historic places.
Battle Mountain opened in 1907 to treat Civil War veterans with lung or respiratory problems. The National Park Service says the Black Hills site was the first sanitarium to provide short-term treatment to veterans.
Battle Mountain reportedly used water from the fabled springs nearby to treat residents.
The sanitarium is currently in use as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System's Hot Springs campus. The VA is planning to abandon the building and open an outpatient clinic.


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I cant believe how big everyone is already! I noticed a tiny bump today but I did eat 4 pieces of pizza last night.....I think my bump is from food!
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I feel like my weight gain is too high to be baby... I really hope it's not just fat! 13 weeks 1 day...
You all are so beautiful! Here is mine @ 12w4d
Becky (31) DH (40) DSS (12) DS (21months)
well, i can't seem to do the pic either, but definitely feel ver small in comparison! I know my sister was very small the whole way through her first pregnancy, maybe I'll be the same....who knows?!!
i really wish i had the capabilities to take pictures. i feel so alone here where i live. everyone else is so skinny and partying in crazy clothes. and here i am fat for no apparent reason to them :P. i can't wait til everybody knows and i can just feel good about being so big. also though i think i've gained too much for how far along i am. i hope it's not a sign of things to come. lol.


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Linux Plumbers Conference: Day 2 Wrap Up
The second day of the Linux Plumbers Conference in Portland, Oregon began with an informative address by Jonathan Corbet of LWN.net. After Corbet talked about the challenge of sustaining such a high rate of kernel development (4-5 releases a year), attendees went on to face the biggest challenge of the day: choosing from the multitude of available sessions.
From Linux server management to the well-attended power management microconference, the LPC had something for nearly everyone. Presenters didn't just offer their solutions for developer consumption. A couple of the speakers made it clear that they were discussing the problems they were having in an attempt to put the brains in the room to use. It was a successful approach – more than once, audience members contributed their skills to the given problem.
The day culminated with a cocktail social where the buzz in the room was the sound of verbal hacking. Small groups gathered in corners, in empty conference rooms, and in the hallways for scheduled – and impromptu – birds of a feather sessions, just as the conference organizers hoped they would, to push project development one step further.
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[caption id="attachment_81446" align="alignnone" width="450"] Workers empty tubs of cabernet sauvignon grapes picked before dawn at Trefethen Family Vineyards' Hillspring Vineyard in Napa Valley's Oak Knoll district on Oct. 9.[/caption]
The size and value of the winegrape crop in the North Coast reached new records, crushing even the record-scale 2012 crop, according to the first release of the state's tally of the harvest released Monday.North Coast crop by the numbersTonnagePrice per tonValue
Overall, the North Coast had about a 1 percent increase in tonnage to 562,000 tons, equating to more than 400,000 more cases of wine, based on 165--170 gallons of wine per ton of grapes, according to preliminary figures from the California Grape Crush Report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service and California Department of Agriculture.
"That gives wineries more cases to sell in markets that are growing," said Brian Clements, senior partner and winegrape broker for Novato-based Turrentine Brokerage. "We have them when we need them. Mother Nature often gives us crops when we do not need them."
A 15,000-ton increase from Lake and Mendocino counties and a slight uptick from Sonoma County last year offset a 5.5 percent drop -- 10,000 tons -- in Napa County tonnage (see the table of North Coast tonnage below). Sonoma County last year reached 268,000 tons, led by a 7.0 percent increase to 87,000 tons for its chief variety, chardonnay.
Napa County tonnage of nearly 173,000 last year was dampened by a significant drop in production -- down 8.1 percent, or nearly 5,800 tons, to nearly 66,000 tons -- for the chief county variety, cabernet sauvignon. Sonoma County also had a drop cab tonnage of 7.1 percent, or nearly 4,700 tons, to almost 44,000 tons. That was despite new plantings of cab in Lake and Mendocino counties, which had tonnage growth of about 17 percent last year, or 3,400 more tons.
Such plantings helped cab uproot pinot noir as Mendocino County's second-largest winegrape variety, up 1,400 tons from 2012 to nearly 10,000 tons last year, according to the Mendocino WineGrowers trade group.
The outcome was the equivalent reduction in higher-end North Coast cab of about 400,000 cases in wine, coming when sales of finer cab are growing rapidly nationwide.
"We were a little surprised to see a big drop in merlot and cab in Sonoma," said Greg Livengood, president of San Rafael-based wine and grape brokerage Ciatti Co. "Pinot noir was good in Sonoma -- up a couple of percent. Chardonnay was big, but it may be a little bit long [in bulk-wine supply] in Sonoma.


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Getting to know the EOS-M 22mm lens
I like the 18-55mm kit lens, but I thought I'd give it a go using just the 22mm prime for a bit. The zoom lens I have found to be quite nice; the biggest difference with the 22mm being that it is significantly slower to focus. If you want a quick snap of a moving object, I think you'll be in trouble. But with a bit of imagination and a knowledge of photography, I think it represents a nice challenge to really test your skill.
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I have 3 boys who all require carseats. I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it fits all the car seats but it is very difficult to put one child in the middle so my hubby and I have decided to sell one of our smaller cars (that we can't get the carseats in) and invest in a van or something with 3 rows of seating. We want something that gets good gas mileage for a van and something that we can all fit in comfortably. Any ideas??
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We invested in a Mazda MPV. It's a little on the smaller side of vans, drives more like a car, but I'm able to get to the kids in the back without having to climb over the seats. The middle row has bucket seats, but the passenger side one slides back and forth if you'd rather have it like bench seats. When my 3 year old in trying to steal the blankets from the baby's carseat, I just slide her seat over so he can't touch her. I've loved it. I love that I feel like I'm in a car instead of a bus, (though we'll have to move up to that size someday), love that I can buckle the 2 year old in her car seat without having to climb in the car. One thing I don't like about it is that the trunk barely fits my double stroller. Also, my girlfriend has an MPV and it has the automatic doors, mine doesn't. Wish I had that feature, but we make do. I've also heard the Sienna is a good one. We looked at those a little. Hope that helps a bit. Good luck!
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'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories - Hyattsville armed-robbery victim talks about his ordeal; Cleveland girls who were abducted make a grateful video; D.C. fall; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m M-F.
SHHHHHHH: Of a not-so-quiet food fight, per the Richmond Times-Dispatch, "As legal and public pressure mounts over the use of Executive Mansion resources by Virginia's first family, Gov. Bob McDonnell late last week reimbursed the state for nearly $2,400 in food and household supplies used by his children.
"The governor's office disclosed the reimbursement Monday, the same day that a Richmond Circuit Court judge deferred until later this week a decision on whether to dismiss the four-count embezzlement indictment against former mansion chef Todd Schneider." http://bit.ly/11xJgnw
JOHNS HOPKINS: Show me the money, per the Baltimore Sun, "The head of the nation's medical research agency and leaders of Johns Hopkins hospital and medical school warned Monday that progress in fighting diseases could be slowed, jobs lost and scientists driven overseas unless across-the-board federal funding cuts are reversed.
"Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, joined Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, Hopkins executives and a stroke survivor at Hopkins' Children's Center to appeal for restoration of $1.5 billion in NIH funding cuts as part of the budget "sequester" approved last winter by Congress." http://bsun.md/13xG3pw
SAD: Just the facts, per ABC7WJLA, "Within moments of finding 7-year-old Michael Kingsbury's body, police ran to the scene and began shutting down streets all over the area. It was in an abandoned car that police discovered Kingsbury's body just before 6 p.m. It was only about 40 feet from where the child had last been seen by family members about 32 hours prior. It only took first responders minutes to arrive, but it was too late. Kingsbury had died, and neighbors are in shock." http://wj.la/154jyE2
MARYLAND MOVES: Overdue measures, per the Washington Post, "Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Monday touted close to $650 million in planned spending on transportation projects in Prince George's County, including some new interchanges that have languished on the drawing board for years. The new projects were the latest around the state that O'Malley administration officials have attributed to a major transportation funding bill approved earlier this year that gradually raises gas taxes. The first increase of 3.5 cents per gallon took effect last week." http://wapo.st/16lSyzc
FED UP: That would be POTUS, per the New York Times, "Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a "zero option" that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials.
"Mr. Obama is committed to ending America's military involvement in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and Obama administration officials have been negotiating with Afghan officials about leaving a small "residual force" behind. But his relationship with Mr. Karzai has been slowly unraveling, and reached a new low after an effort last month by the United States to begin peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar." http://nyti.ms/11wS4dq
PRISON STRIKE: Over prison conditions, per the Los Angeles Times, "Officials said 30,000 California inmates refused meals Monday at the start of a prison strike involving two-thirds of the state's 33 lockups, as well as four out-of-state facilities. Participants refused breakfast and lunch, said corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton. In addition, 2,300 prisoners skipped work or classes, some saying they were sick." http://lat.ms/1aUBeby
EGYPT: The saga continues, per the Associated Press, "Egyptian security forces killed more than 50 supporters of Egypt's ousted president in one of the deadliest single episodes of violence in more than 2 1/2 years of turmoil. The toppled leader's Muslim Brotherhood called for an uprising, accusing troops of gunning down protesters, while the military blamed armed Islamists for provoking its forces." http://apne.ws/12V0tpo
POLITICO PLAY: "A small group of Senate and House Republicans met Monday night to discuss how to pass an immigration overhaul through Congress. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who has been hungry to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this Congress, was planning on going to the session. Most top members of Republican leadership in the House and Senate were not planning on attending the confab, according to sources." http://politi.co/185Fa9i
RINGER: Or something like that, per Gazette.Net, "One of the men behind President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has joined Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown's 2014 gubernatorial bid. Jim Messina a former Takoma Park resident who was Obama's campaign manager in 2012 will be a senior adviser to Brown. Messina said he will apply the same focus on technology and social media that helped push Obama to a second victory to the Brown campaign's grass-roots efforts." http://bit.ly/185Crga
BIG RALLY: Or not, per City Paper, "With Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh demanding his resignation and Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells slamming his performance, you might think Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe doesn't have much support left in the city. And judging by Monday's Wilson Building rally in support of him, you'd be right. The demonstration, organized by Ward 5 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Ronnie Edwards and D.C. Federations of Civic Associations President Barbara Morgan, drew only about a dozen supporters to the hallway outside an empty Council chamber." http://bit.ly/1dbKUew
COZY COLLABORATION: And questions, per the Washington Times, "The use of tax credits to lure production of the Netflix series "House of Cards" to Maryland has renewed a nationwide debate among lawmakers over the benefits of offering high-dollar incentives to encourage Hollywood to come to them. The popular series, which has been filming its second season around Baltimore and Annapolis in recent weeks, is taking advantage of a tax credit for film productions that more than tripled from $7.5 million to $25 million in the fiscal year that began July 1." http://bit.ly/12TuCkj
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This painting by Stanley Spencer was inspired by a visit made by the artist to a wool shop with his friend Daphne Charlton while staying in rural Gloucestershire at the end of the 1930s. The composition of The Woolshop
is sharply divided between the foreground and the background. In the foreground, a female figure with long and loose blonde hair is turning her head; she hugs a skein of wool to her jumper to compare the colours. The woman is accompanied by a male figure, who, with his head bowed, holds up looping skeins toward his companion, which could be seen as creating a kind of halo above her head. The texture of the wool echoes the texture of the woman's jumper and hair, and the crooked stripes on the man's jacket. Details of the shop, including shelves laden with wares, dominate the background.
Spencer produced this work following an unsettled period in his life in the wake of the break-up of his turbulent relationship with Patricia Preece, the woman he depicted in Double Nude Portrait: The Artist and his Second Wife 1937 (T01863). In July 1939 Spencer joined the artist and lecturer George Charlton (1899–1979) and his wife Daphne, on a painting holiday. He set up his studio at the White Horse Inn in the remote village of Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, which afforded him the first chance to paint large-scale works since leaving his home in Cookham, Berkshire, in 1938.
The Woolshop has its origins in a series of drawings that Spencer made during this period that depict Daphne and the artist on their rambles around the locality. Spencer recalled in notes written in the 1940s: 'Stonehouse had several of these small local shops such as I remembered years ago in Cookham. The Cookham ones must have emigrated there. The girl [in The Woolshop] is matching some wool against her jumper. To the left one can see some sort of structure on which small rugs or carpets are hung. This stood at the entrance to the shop and one had to turn left or right to enter.' (Tate Gallery Archive 733.8.79.)
Because it is reminiscent of Cookham the scene is nostalgic but also tinged with sexual tension. The artist explained that when he drew Daphne: 'I drew ... anticipating a sexual affair ... that is the state I like to draw in' (quoted in Bell, p.147). Spencer places himself in a subservient role in the painting. His drab, dark-haired and downward-looking figure acts as a foil to the swirling, contrapposto pose of his golden-haired and more brightly dressed companion.
The following year, Spencer produced the landscape Farm Pond, Leonard Stanley 1940 (T05762) and the portrait of Daphne Charlton, Daphne 1940 (N05148). Both of these are naturalistic studies, but with The Woolshop, Spencer weaves his life and friendships into a complex and imaginative composition, a feature of much of his earlier work, albeit here imbued with emotions that are calmer and less charged than before.
Further reading:
Keith Bell, Stanley Spencer: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, reproduced p.161.
Stanley Spencer: A Sort of Heaven, exhibition catalogue, Tate Liverpool 1992.
Timothy Hyman and Patrick Wright (eds.), Stanley Spencer, exhibition catalogue, Tate Britain, London 2001.
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Ana Luisa is a member of this community bank and can be seen in the photo sitting in the middle of the first row. She has long black hair and she is wearing a grey jumper and holding a brown bag on her lap. She has been selling artesanal crafts including paintings, letters, earrings, necklaces and clothing for twelve years. She makes her own artesanal products out of glass and also purchases products from other well-known artisans, going on to sell these products at the artesanal fair.
With this loan Ana Luisa will purchase glass so she can work in the glass fusion style, which is the art of styling glass at high temperatures. She will also buy ashtrays, cups in various styles and vases in different sizes, both large and small. Her business goals are to sell her artesanal works exclusively, and to create quality products.
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San Antonio is one of the main traditional port towns in the Valparaíso region and is located on the central coast of Chile. It has become a very important town for fishing and selling fish and seafood. Because of the commercial activity on the dock of the port, there is also a high unemployment rate.
Ana Luisa integrante del grupo del Banco comunal, quien en la foto se encuentra en primera fila, sentada en el lugar del medio, su cabello es negro y largo, además viste un sweater color gris y sostiene una cartera de color café en las piernas.
Se dedica a vender artesanía desde hace 12 años, sus productos son pinturas, letras, aros, collares y ropa. Ella misma se dedica a la elaboración de productos de artesanía en vidrio y también compra productos a otros artesanos conocidos. Ella vende en una feria artesanal.
Con el crédito comprará vidrio para trabajar en vitrofusión, que es el arte de modelar el vidrio a grandes temperaturas. Además comprará ceniceros, copas de diferentes estilos, vasos de diferentes tamaños, chicos y grandes.
Las metas en su negocio son generar cierta exclusividad con los productos que pueda realizar y que además sean productos de calidad.
Ana Luisa vive junto a su marido y sus dos hijos de 17 y 12 años de edad.
Sus sueños son ampliar el local que atiende en la feria artesanal.
Ella está muy contenta y agradecida de los servicios brindados por Fondo esperanza, ya que le permitirá invertir en su negocio y generar mayores ganancias. Comenta que el grupo del Banco comunal al cual pertenece se ha unido y están cada vez más comprometidos.
San Antonio es un puerto de la región de Valparaíso, siendo esta una de sus principales características, ubicado en el litoral central de Chile. Se desarrolla en forma importante la pesca y venta de pescados y mariscos. Pese a la actividad portuaria y comercial del puerto, existe un alto índice de cesantía.
Additional Information
About Fondo EsperanzaFondo Esperanza (FE) is a private non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurship by providing micro-credit and training to people living in poverty in well over 100 cities throughout Chile. By providing these services, FE aims to improve the living conditions of the entrepreneurs and their families. In 2010, FE provided loans to more than 41,000 entrepreneurs. It utilizes a communal banking model in which groups of 18 to 25 clients meet on regularly and guarantee each other's loans. The members use their portion of the loan to create or expand their own businesses. In the group meetings, clients receive training though the FE Entrepreneurship School, which enhances clients' personal and business skills and ability to work in groups.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 5 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Sep 9, 2011
- Listed
- Sep 24, 2011
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
- Ended:
- Jan 15, 2012