 prayer had just gone out, and a few men smoked on the balcony of the third-floor conference room that overlooked tan buildings, fields strewn with garbage and rocks, and a shepherd goading sheep. Patrick hopped up on a stool to address the crowd, saying, “I unfortunately don’t speak Arabic,” and apologizing for his rapid-fire brogue.
Much of the talk centered on Atlas, Stripe’s year-old service. For $500, a business can incorporate in Delaware, get a taxpayer number and U.S. bank account, and receive legal and tax advice on forming a company. Typically, this would require months of work, visits to the U.S., and lawyers. As it did with payments, Stripe simplified the process to a few clicks. A large number of Atlas customers are U.S. companies that want a quicker way to get up and running. But the majority of its clients are overseas, where the service helps with credibility, lower fees, and access to American customers and venture capital.
In Ramallah, entrepreneurs trying to build tech com­panies have had to contend with travel restrictions, a 2G cellular network, and poor access to investors. Odeh Quraan, 30, one of the Leaders attendees, runs Mostawda Inc., a Middle Eastern version of Etsy Inc. that links artisans and consumers from Morocco to Oman. Quraan uses Stripe to manage cross-­border payments and help online merchants fill stores with hijabs, labneh, and mosaics. He turned to Atlas to incorporate and is trying to attract foreign venture capital. “When I found Stripe, it seemed unbelievable,” Quraan says.
Born in South Africa, Vance grew up in Houston, Texas and attended St. John’s School. He studied in Pomona College. He now works in Mountain View, California. Author of best seller on Elon Musk – http://amzn.to/1DdOpTX. Writer for Businessweek. Host of Hello World. https://tinyurl.com/y8fhkqur Former scribe for NYT.
Disclosure: Smita doesn’t own stock in any publicly traded companies. She has equivalent of the American 401(k) plan in India that is automatically managed.
Whitetail/Mule Deer
6 Day 1×1 US$3400
The above price includes licenses, taxes, allocation fee, and experienced guide, airport pick up/drop off, it does NOT include food or accommodation.
6 Day 1×1 US$5200
November 18 – November 23
November 25 – November 30
This is an all inclusive hunt which includes, taxes, licenses, allocation fee, experienced guide, airport pick up/drop off, food and accommodation.
We hunt the last two weeks of November right during the rut.
Incidentals
A 40% deposit is required to book your hunt to ensure your dates. Balance due 30 days before the commencement of your hunt dates. An invoice for the rest of your hunt cost, directions, and any paperwork required for border crossing will be sent to you.
A non-hunter fee US$175/day
Rifle rental US$50/day
It is advised to get out of country insurance as well as trip cancellation.
The hunt is not guaranteed and if you wound an animal every effort is made to retrieve it. If it cannot be found that animal will be considered yours and the hunt for that particular specie will be over.Accidentally becoming a necromancer was NOT on the to-do list. Oops.
Today was meant to be all about destroying the assassins who have plagued the Realms of Faerie for centuries. 
Somehow, I’ve ended up with some of dear old Dad’s necromantic power. He’s the kind of guy who gave necromancy its bad name, and I’d give his tainted magic back in a heartbeat if I could. But he’s disappeared along with the assassins and the sinister dagger known as the Thief of Souls. That’s a triple threat that could smash the Realms into dust.
When all that power is turned on my best friend, my only option is to embrace the deadly new magic I despise. And that’s a choice that could destroy me.
‘The Old Man’ finishes his tour of duty.
A couple of weeks ago, Harold and I had ironically been discussing our health and joking about who would go first. He told me that he was seriously concerned about his medical condition. From all appearances he passed away from natural causes, probably from heart disease, in his apartment in Bremerton, Washington. He also dealt with other physical issues which challenged him.
Harold and I disagreed about the location of a future White ethnostate, but little else except, perhaps, the efficacy and utility of public activism. We were very cordial and civil to one another, especially in our private conversations. He and I discussed his past interactions with other movement leaders, whether rancorous or cooperative, as he sought psychological closure and confided in me. I had a great deal of respect for him for his lifetime of dedication to our movement and our people. He was a fellow member of the Balk Right, recognizing that the future breakup of the United States and the rise of White ethnostates is inevitable. He also upheld strong standards of character and behavior as a proud ‘purity spiraler’, opposing the inclusion of race mixers, Jews, and homosexuals in the movement, as well.
His life was one of adventure and heroism, too, from his time as a volunteer in Rhodesia fighting against black Communist revolutionaries, to his open pro-White patriotism here in the United States for decades.
If you have not yet read Harold Covington’s books, you really should. Here is a link to them. He was a better writer than me, and I told him so. I don’t know if he believed I was being sincere or thought that I was just being diplomatic, but it was true.
While it would be indiscreet of me to share our private conversations now that he is gone, here is our last public conversation, a Balk Right roundtable discussion which I think you’ll enjoy.
Rest In Peace, HAC. I’ll miss you. Who will help me keep these young kids straight, now?
Shakes and Bacon. Bacon and Shakes. When enjoyed together, the poetry it makes.
To celebrate the signature combination of Chocolate Shakes and Culver’s Bacon Deluxe, our guests became Bacon Shakespeares and crafted tasty poems. Check out just a few of our favorites!
Anna M. doesn't need to ask for directions.
Becky D. lays down a sweet and salty beat.
John H. pens a touching tribute.
So simple, yet so true. Wise words from Nathan L.
Vic G. tells it like it is.
What makes Shakes and Bacon worth such a tribute? Hear it from Craig!
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“But I still think it’ll be a lot bigger than Jeremy’s. I laughed out loud when I saw that. It just so happened that’s the picture I chose and I’m going to be towering over Jeremy.
“I mean, he’s only the winningest speedskater of all time. So it’s kind of nice to A) be next to him; and B) to just be larger than him.”
On Saturday, Groves joins a pretty exclusive group with the unveiling of her banner on the Olympic Oval Wall of Champions, in the lane right next to Wotherspoon.
“It doesn’t feel weird to me. It’s just such a great tradition they’ve started here,’’ she said Thursday, on hand to promote the sixth Essent ISU stop of the World Cup season this weekend at the Oval, “with the Wall of Champions, with the banners. I remember when I was skating, you’d be on a lap around the rink, look up, and appreciate what all those people had accomplished. They inspire you.
“So, no, it doesn’t seem weird. Not at all. It just seems... wonderful.”
Oddly enough, for unfurling an image sizable enough to shove the all-time World Cup wins leader into the shade, not being larger than life — being down to earth, being accessible, being Kristina — is what sets her apart in the first place.
“She didn’t need to be on the front of a cereal box,’’ says the Oval’s Marcel Lacroix.
“She’s real, you know? Here was someone who came to Calgary as a junior skater from Ottawa and worked her way up, step to step to step, at this facility, to be an Olympic medal-winner.
“So for the Oval, her career is a model. What it tells young people is that when you come here and you put in the time, stay patient, you can accomplish great things. Kristina Groves did, and looked what happened. It’s not just a story you read in the papers. It’s possible. It’s truth. This is someone in the same building that you know, that maybe you’ve been training with, who became one of the best in the world, working toward that goal the way you are right now.”
Kristina Groves parlayed late-blooming skill (“I was not an obvious talent as a young kid”), a fierce desire/determination and, most significantly, an endless capacity for work into a career that won her international acclaim, four Olympic medals, three silver and