Friday, January 25, 2013

USDA Finalizes New Microloan Program ? Start Farming ? Penn ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2013 ? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new microloan program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designed to help small and family operations, beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers secure loans under $35,000. The new microloan program is aimed at bolstering the progress of producers through their start-up years by providing needed resources and helping to increase equity so that farmers may eventually graduate to commercial credit and expand their operations. The microloan program will also provide a less burdensome, more simplified application process in comparison to traditional farm loans.?


?I have met several small and beginning farmers, returning veterans and disadvantaged producers interested in careers in farming who too often must rely on credit cards or personal loans with high interest rates to finance their start-up operations,? said Vilsack.?By further expanding access to credit to those just starting to put down roots in farming, USDA continues to help grow a new generation of farmers, while ensuring the strength of an American agriculture sector that drives our economy, creates jobs, and provides the most secure and affordable food supply in the world.?


The new microloans, said Vilsack, represent how USDA continues to make year-over-year gains in expanding credit opportunities for minority, socially-disadvantaged and young and beginning farmers and ranchers across the United States. The final rule establishing the microloan program will be published in the Jan. 17 issue of the Federal Register.
Administered through USDA?s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Operating Loan Program, the new microloan program offers credit options and solutions to a variety of producers. FSA has a long history of providing agricultural credit to the nation?s farmers and ranchers through its Operating Loan Program. In assessing its programs, FSA evaluated the needs of smaller farm operations and any unintended barriers to obtaining financing. For beginning farmers and ranchers, for instance, the new microloan program offers a simplified loan application process. In addition, for those who want to grow niche crops to sell directly to ethnic markets and farmers markets, the microloan program offers a path to obtain financing. For past FSA Rural Youth Loan recipients, the microloan program provides a bridge to successfully transition to larger-scale operations.


Since 2009, USDA has made a record amount of farm loans through FSA?more than 128,000 loans totaling nearly $18 billion. USDA has increased the number of loans to beginning farmers and ranchers from 11,000 loans in 2008 to 15,000 loans in 2011. More than 40 percent of USDA?s farm loans now go to beginning farmers. In addition, USDA has increased its lending to socially-disadvantaged producers by nearly 50 percent since 2008.


Producers can apply for a maximum of $35,000 to pay for initial start-up expenses such as hoop houses to extend the growing season, essential tools, irrigation, delivery vehicles, and annual expenses such as seed, fertilizer, utilities, land rents, marketing, and distribution expenses. As their financing needs increase, applicants can apply for an operating loan up to the maximum amount of $300,000 or obtain financing from a commercial lender under FSA?s Guaranteed Loan Program.
USDA farm loans can be used to purchase land, livestock, equipment, feed, seed, and supplies, or be to construct buildings or make farm improvements. Small farmers often rely on credit cards or personal loans, which carry high interest rates and have less flexible payment schedules, to finance their operations. Expanding access to credit, USDA?s microloan will provide a simple and flexible loan process for small operations.?


Producers interested in applying for a microloan may contact their local Farm Service Agency office.?


The Obama Administration, with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack?s leadership, has worked tirelessly to strengthen rural America, maintain a strong farm safety net, and create opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers. U.S. agriculture is currently experiencing one of its most productive periods in American history thanks to the productivity, resiliency, and resourcefulness of our producers.

Source: http://extension.psu.edu/start-farming/news/2013/usda-finalizes-new-microloan-program

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

12 benefits of using remote access for your personal and business ...

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Remote access is a connection of an automatic system of data processing to a remote system, through some virtual private network. This technology is widely used in various software industrial applications. In fact, there are many benefits of using this technology.

  1. Stay connected to any computer from anywhere

It helps monitor and control several systems in different parts of the world, with the central control unit. The technology is controlled by a set of protocols and software. A well-organized networking system is required for this technology to work.

  1. Easy to use technology

It is a revolution in the world of computer hardware, software and networking technologies. It is used by many big and small companies. This technology does not need much of the technical knowledge. A person who has little bit of computer knowledge can use this technology.

  1. Latest software to keep the session alive

Remote desktop software is applied in this system. It is an operating system (OS) software which allows various applications to run on a remote server and displays the graphs locally. This operating system software is installed in the central controlling system. This system controls and monitors the activities of remote servers and remote computed, located far away from the central work station.

  1. Best master slave technology ever available

The controlling computer imposes its keyboard functioning on the controlled system and displays the output on the monitor. Graphical as well as textual data and information is displayed on the monitor of the controlling computer. A large number of such systems can be controlled simultaneously by this procedure.

  1. Highly secured connection

A very strong firewall system is applied in order to prevent virus attacks on the system. Also, the computers that are communicating are under strong security shields to prevent leakage of information.

  1. Remote Access for troubleshooting of any computers

The system uses the features of Linux operation system, which supports multitasking and multiprogramming. The software uses the tools of Telnet and SSH. Telnet is software, which is widely used to remote control a computer system. SSH is shell software that is secure and used in remote controlling software applications.

  1. One technology for unlimited applications

This technology is extensively used by big software companies, who have their branches in various parts of the world. Remote access helps in remotely controlling virtually any computers. This saves a lot of transport cost, time and energy.

  1. End to end solution for business

Sitting in your place you can get connected to any other computers provided you are given the authorization. This help in meeting most of the software demands of the industry.

  1. Remotely access the files or any other programs

This facility also lets the users who use one particular computer to view and also interact with the user of another computer.

  1. Getting access to computers from remote distance

This facility is very important when it comes to offices where there are a number of computers and the employees might need to interact with one another who are using different systems.

  1. Server client configuration

A single computer work station can be connected to a number of remote computer work stations by this technique.

  1. Read and write from remote systems

When it comes to accessing files, remote network lets files to be written to target and also read from it.


Source: http://www.richescorner.com/12-benefits-of-using-remote-access-for-your-personal-and-business-needs/

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian

CAIRO (AP) ? Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest case raised by Islamist lawyers against outspoken media personalities.

Lawyer Ramadan Abdel-Hamid al-Oqsori charged that TV host Bassem Youssef insulted President Mohammed Morsi by putting the Islamist leader's image on a pillow and parodying his speeches.

The case against Youssef comes as opposition media and independent journalists are growing increasingly worried about press freedoms under a new constitution widely supported by Morsi and his Islamist allies.

Other cases have been brought against media personalities who have criticized the president. Some of the cases have ended with charges being dropped. Morsi's office maintains that the president has nothing to do with legal procedures against media critics.

On Tuesday, the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, one of Egypt's most widely circulated newspapers, said Morsi's office filed a complaint accusing it of "circulating false news likely to disturb public peace and public security and affect the administration."

The paper had published a report earlier this week attributed to sources saying that Morsi was due to visit the hospital where ousted President Hosni Mubarak is receiving treatment after being injured in his prison cell. Mubarak is serving a life sentence for failing to stop the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the uprising against him.

A visit by Morsi would have enflamed public anger. The paper later updated the story to say that Morsi's wife had only visited a relative in that hospital.

The paper said a reporter and an editor were summoned for interrogation.

A local committee of journalists and editors has called for stronger guarantees of press freedoms and a rejection of the current constitution, fearing it allows for jailing journalists under broadly-worded articles regarding media offenses.

Authorities ordered the closure of TV station "Al-Fareen" last summer after bringing its owner, Tawfiq Okasha, to trial for scathing attacks against Morsi and his Brotherhood group. Okasha had emerged as one of the most popular TV personalities of post-Mubarak Egypt by railing against the uprising that toppled Mubarak's 29-year rule in February 2011.

Another prominent case was directed at the editor of a prominent opposition newspaper, al-Dustour, who has since stepped down. He went on trial briefly for "spreading lies" and fabricating news.

Youssef, a doctor, catapulted to fame when his video blogs mocking politics received hundreds of thousands of hits shortly after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime leader Mubarak.

Youssef's program is modeled after Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show," where he has appeared as a guest.

Unlike other local TV presenters, Youssef uses satire to mock fiery comments made by ultraconservative clerics and politicians, garnering him a legion of fans among the country's revolutionaries and liberals.

Among his most popular clips are the ones where he pokes fun at the president's speeches and decisions.

While holding a red, furry pillow with Morsi's picture on it, Youssef satirizes Morsi's style of speech.

"He tells us things we never knew," he says, before wordy clips of Morsi going into detail about the day of the week and other basic facts.

"It's October 6! Tell us when it's Christmas!" Youssef shouts to the camera as the audience erupts in laughter and applause.

Youssef, 38, is one of Egypt's most popular TV presenters with 1.4 million fans on Facebook and nearly 850,000 followers on Twitter, just shy of the president's number of followers.

Also Tuesday, police said they arrested a suspect in a shooting that seriously wounded a protester in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, where an open-ended sit-in protesting the Morsi regime is taking place.

According to witnesses, before dawn on Monday, gunmen shot and wounded 19-year-old Muhanad Samir, who has said he was jailed and tortured under Egypt's former ruling military council after he witnessed the killing of another activist. Lawyers say the attacked appeared to target Samir, who is battling for his life with pellets embedded in his head.

Security officials dismiss allegations Samir was the victim of a political assassination. On Tuesday, they said they arrested the owner of a cafe in downtown Cairo who told police that he fired on the square after people manning makeshift checkpoints there searched his car and shot at him. The officials spoke anonymously in line with regulations.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-prosecutors-investigate-popular-tv-comedian-121039629.html

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