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Hi!

I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary new website called Kiva.

You can go to Kiva's website and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business - like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent - and you get updates letting you know how the business is going.

The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back - and Kiva's loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

I just made a loan to an entrepreneur named Sandra Isabel Maldonado Funez in Honduras. They still need another $50 to complete their loan request of $800.00 (you can loan as little as $25.00!). Help me get this business off the ground by clicking on the link below to make a loan to Sandra Isabel Maldonado Funez too:

kiva.org/app.php

It's finally easy to actually do something about poverty - using Kiva I know exactly who my money is loaned to and what they're using it for. And most of all, I know that I'm helping them build a sustainable business that will provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate their family long after my loan is paid back.

Join me in changing the world - one loan at a time.

Thanks!
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 12:35 AM permalink - 1 comment
 
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After a ton of research, lack of reviews on the Sigma SD14 after its release and discovery of a flaw in the Foveon X3 taking low light images I've decided to pick up this bad boy instead.



Pritty!



After my next two paychecks come in, in about a week and a half it will be mine unless I find a recent up to date review on the SD14 that highlights how it overcame shooting in low light which is my only detractor to not purchasing the camera, but seeing as I want to shoot concerts, indoors (with low light) and outdoor event's at night including Burning Man and time lapse star shots and such its a huge reason. Why I'm getting the D200 over the D80 though is that it has a mirror lockup and can shoot a blistering 1/8000 of a second in pretty decent bursts and gets an even better review than the massively loved D80.
Tue, March 20, 2007 - 7:28 PM permalink
Sun, February 11, 2007 - 9:40 PM permalink
Who needs a long winded description of Web 2.0. This about sums it up, sums up now, sums up where we're heading and sums up the things we need to completely reevaluate from the ground up at a personal, social, professional, community, state, national and world level. As we become the machine, the machine in turn becomes us.



Fri, February 9, 2007 - 1:52 PM permalink
The record label that has been putting out artists such as VNV Nation, Covenant, Rotersand, mind.in.a.box, Seabound, Suicide Commando, Dismantled, and Stomkern is shutting down due to fans opting to download their music for free rather than pay. You can read the owner's long reason why. http://dependent.de/en/booklet_en.php
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 10:55 AM permalink
While stumbling around the intarwebs.. actually I was checking the play count on my Cruxshadow's - Marilyn My Bitterness clip I filmed at DNA I ran across this site: http://www.kiva.org/



Seems like a cool idea for those who don't like to or don't feel donating money helps. I have no problem donating money at times if I know its being put to good use. This site seems to help people help themselves with the opportunity to get the money you LOAN back and then redistribute to some other entrepreneur that could use the loan in a developing nation.
Sun, February 4, 2007 - 12:07 AM permalink
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