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What Drives Entrepreneurs to Win
We can thank entrepreneurs for much of the success of the global economy over the past half century. And if we're going to emerge from the worldwide economic slump, entrepreneurs will lead the way.
Most leaders and policymakers don't have a clue about what makes entrepreneurs successful.
These driven, creative individuals know plenty about battling adversity. They've overcome infrastructure and regulatory hurdles to start their businesses. Often, they've fulfilled an unsatisfied demand and, in many cases, actually built demand by introducing new products to the market.
But despite all that entrepreneurs have contributed to the global economy and to wellbeing and human development worldwide, most leaders and policymakers don't have a clue about what makes them successful or how to help them thrive. In the U.S., for example, nearly half of all jobs are in the small-business sector, and small businesses accounted for 65% of the net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. Yet fewer than half of new American businesses survive their first five years.
To drive startups, the U.S. and other countries have created an infrastructure of incubators and coaching programs to support entrepreneurs and spur business growth. Though these programs are useful and necessary, they often overlook a key element in a new enterprise's success: the innate talents that successful entrepreneurs bring to the task of building a business.
The process of entrepreneurship
Because entrepreneurship is vital to the global economy, Gallup scientifically studied entrepreneurs and the role of human motivations, perceptions, and behaviors in explaining entrepreneurial decision making. We started by studying how successful entrepreneurs behave and the activities they engage in to drive new venture creation or business growth. Focusing on the task or the process of entrepreneurship helps identify the innate talents that are most relevant to success.
Most current models of the entrepreneurial process propose a standard sequence of events, starting with opportunity recognition, resource acquisition, venture creation, and finally business expansion and growth. This sequence of events covers two developmental phases in the life cycle of a venture.
The first phase is the early or new business stage (entrepreneurial startup or firm less than three years old), which is characterized by innovation and creativity, a high sense of mission, short-term orientation, minimal hierarchy, and an autocratic management style. Entrepreneurs must be able to perform multiple roles, live with ambiguity, and develop an idea very quickly.
"I look out and I see opportunity," says Shawn Macken, president and cofounder of Edge Technologies, LLC, which creates and sells a health and wellness dashboard system. "My first client was someone I knew through networking. He came to me and said, 'Do you think you can do something for me?' Sure. That's my answer! I don't know how we're going to do it, but we're going to do it."
The second or formalized/structured phase (entrepreneurial stability, firm three or more years old) is characterized by an emphasis on service, a slower rate of innovation, decentralized decision making, institutionalized procedures, functional specialization, and a team approach to problem solving. In this phase, the entrepreneur's focus shifts from high creativity, ideation, and basic planning to managing a more mature company with a larger workforce. The entrepreneur must be able to delegate power and take a team-based approach to running the company.
"If we want to go to a $15 [million] or a $150 million company, we have to expand our vision," says Tom Long, president of ISI Technologies, which creates sales messaging solutions for companies. "We aren't just a family company anymore, so we're bringing everybody along on those kinds of decisions. And [my business partner] Bob is a big part of that."
Each phase has its own demands, and the entrepreneur must perform a specific set of tasks to be successful in each phase. Many of the activities performed in the first phase continue to be important during the second phase. For instance, cultivating relationships is critical to access resources to start a venture, but successful entrepreneurs must keep building relationships in the later phase to further their business goals. The relative significance of each demand may vary from one phase to the other, but there often is a carry-over effect.
The demands of entrepreneurship
Though the activities that successful entrepreneurs must perform change over time, Gallup research shows that there are 10 functional demands that are enduring and universal. These demands encapsulate the tasks of entrepreneurship and are highly correlated with both business creation and business success. They also measure an individual's ability to perform in the role of entrepreneur.
A person's inherent talent and acquired ability (skills, knowledge, and experience) will influence how successfully and by what means he or she responds to the demands of the role. These demands require a behavioral response from the entrepreneur, which is framed by the individual's dispositions and traits. Usually, the more prevalent the trait, the higher the likelihood that the demand will be met, resulting in better performance in the role. (See sidebar "The 10 Demands of Successful Entrepreneurs.")
Different entrepreneurs bring different strengths to the role; some may be highly creative and competent but low on focus and relationship building. Others may be astute business thinkers but have problems delegating. Often, the gaps in ability to meet a certain demand can be filled by acquiring skills or knowledge or by establishing partnerships with others who have complementary talents, thus enabling the entrepreneur to meet the demands of the role.
"My partner and I saw things differently. He was looking more at building something for the future, while I was looking more at profitability," says Bob Harris, Tom Long's partner at ISI Technologies. This is precisely why Long brought him into the company, and it was a smart move. Each partner was focused on meeting a crucial demand of the business — one on developing products and the other on ensuring profitability. Understanding how to meet the different demands of entrepreneurship by forming a complementary relationship has helped the business overcome hurdles and grow. "Bob is exactly the right person, and his talents are exactly what we need," Long says.


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It feels really good to be sitting in front of my computer and writing my first blog post after a couple of months being completely consumed by the new TransformEd Creative Studio and Learning Centre!
If you have been following along my journey in Kindergarten or with my own children, you have probably noticed my love of colour is pretty evident! Naturally, when a company like Crayola approached me to partner with them I couldn't help but do a little happy dance about our collaboration!
Within this blog post I am sharing my personal opinion on a few of their "My First" products. Crayola generously sent the samples that you see in the photographs to Sebastian and Lilianna last month and we really enjoyed exploring them together! They have also included a special prize pack giveaway (see details below to enter and win!) for your classroom or home.
To make this experience more authentic for my children, I placed all of the products for them to discover in our studio. One by one they would grab for them, open them, and eventually use what interested them most!
My son loved the Paw Patrol book with the shape stampers (tripod grip stampers) and both of my kids enjoyed the new brush set (jumbo paintbrushes) and blue light up drawing board (mess-free touch-lights).
I personally liked the new triangular shaped markers (tripod grip markers) that have a flat marker surface, so that children could freely make their first creations without ruining the tip. It encourages line making and even stamping!
Another couple products that I will be taking with me to restaurants or longer car rides is the double doodle board and reusable activity set. I loved to colour as a child, and the activity set has colouring pages within a flat case that slide under a clear sleeve which can be reused over and over again. Instead of colouring on the paper, the child colours on the clear sleeve and changes the colouring page underneath. And then of course for those instances where you would rather create your own marks, doodles, or drawings, simply insert a blank white piece of paper! Both of these come with washable tripod grip crayons.
So incase you were wondering how this all came about... Crayola Canada recently redesigned and relaunched their "My First" product line of creative art tools for infants and toddlers. This partnership that we were able to form, couldn't have come at a better time in my life having both an infant and toddler of my own and a brand new studio to be creative within!
When Sebby was little we bought as many of the original "My First" products, as we could get our hands on! The egg shaped crayons (washable palm grasp crayons), safety scissors, finger paints and art smock were some of our personal favourites!
What I didn't know about these products, was that they have been designed to meet the early stages of a child's artistic development.
For instance,
Stage 1 - Scribble: Making first marks
Stage 2 - Doodle: Repeating patterns like swirls or lines
Stage 3 - Draw: Composing basic pictures
I want to thank Crayola for reaching out to me to raise awareness for their "My First" line. Parents/Educators -- creative materials really do exist for children as young as infants or toddlers!
And the best part about them, after of course fostering your child's/students' creative development from an early age, is that they are non-toxic and safe!
Giveaway details:
Win your own art smock, jumbo paintbrushes, palm-grasp crayons, tripod grip markers, tripod grip stampers, and mess-free touch-lights.
To enter, please email me (email@example.com) and answer the following questions -
- What is your name?
- If you use instagram what is your account?
- Are you an educator or parent?
- Where are you from?
- How old are your children or the students that you work with?
- How will you use this prize pack if you win?
The winner will be announced Sunday, June 10th on my Instagram stories and will be mailed directly from Crayola Canada headquarters. I will also send a follow-up email, incase you miss the announcement!
Thank you to Crayola and Laura Clarke our photographer for inspiring me to get back into my blogging!!!
I continue to be a huge fan of you both!
Thank you also to all of you for reading this blog post and understanding that I only support brands that I believe can make a difference in our work or daily life with children. My hope is that by seeing these images and possibilities, perhaps more children will have the opportunity to be creative at an earlier stage!
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The scientific program of the conference will start Wednesday, July 8, 8.45 am and end Friday, July 10, 1:50 pm. Schedules are available!
The booklet in pdf is available
Link to the Invited Lectures.
A full list of presentations is available (sorted by author and title) as well as a book of abstracts.
Prior to the conference, on Tuesday, July 7, several half-day tutorials will be held.
useR! Kaleidoscope
These sessions with oral presentations of 15 minutes each will give a broad overview of the many different applications and usages of the R system that should appeal to a broader audience. Each talk is directly followed by a discussion.
useR! Focus Sessions
These sessions with oral presentations of 15 minutes each will focus on topics of special interest and their goal is to provoke fruitful discussions in the respective user communities. In focus sessions, plenty of time for discussion is reserved at the end of the whole session (rather than after each talk) to discuss all talks of the topic together.
Technical details
All lecture rooms are equipped with a laptop and an LCD projector.
All presenters should send a PDF (preferred!) or PPT (Office XP available only) file with their presentation slides to aline.legrand[at]agrocampus-ouest.fr by 2009-06-26 (unless the presenters need their own laptop for software demonstrations).
The social program is also available, starting with a Welcome Reception on Tuesday, July 7 at 18:30 in the conference building (building 24).
Registration / conference office hours: July 7-10 8:15 - 18:00


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So if it wasn't obvious already, I completely lost track of the main point of this game about halfway through. I know I was supposed to be investigating and looking for clues, but I was just in awe by the sounds, visuals and acid trips throughout this work of art. This game was gorgeous. I know it's a prototype and has some bugs, and I'm pretty sure I ran into one with the big building. But otherwise, it was fun. It had some interesting features and stuff to do that would keep players entertained. Oh! The mouse sensitivity! It'd be cool to have some sort of option for adjusting it. It was SUPER high for me. Anyways, this game was awesome! Thanks for making this!!
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Hey man. Thanks for playing. Glad you enjoyed it :) As for the mouse sensitivity, I thought it was just me that thought it was a bit high and that all the kids these days play like this ;)
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Haha I like mine a tad slower. Now that I think of it, a lot of people do play with the sensitivity insanely high lol. Adding something to help adjust it would never hurt :D


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A double-whammy for me: Tom Hayden's death just after hearing Bill McKibben at Bioneers makes me cry a bit, then I want to seize the day, Carpe Diem. As Bill McKibben said last weekend at The Bioneers Conference "Give it all you've got," referring then to all the efforts to face off with climate crisis. Tom Hayden inspired earlier generations to take up work for peace and later for social justice and the environment.
Just read a bit about Tom Hayden "overcoming his past" to become a "responsible California Assemblyman." I'd say no, his past was stellar – he was true to his beliefs and an early ecologist. This from his site in 2014: "My dream is that California under Governor Jerry Brown's leadership will become a multi-cultural world-class economy powered entirely by renewable resources and energy conservation, and a model to which President Barack Obama can point during the critical global talks on climate change in December 2…" (referring to the Paris climate agreement known as COP).
In Berkeley in the '60's, from Santa Monica and in other countries, Hayden called for anti-Vietnam War protestors to rally and to prevail. As a new bride of 21, I was quite impressed with his passion and ability to lead; he never caved; brave and clear and generally humble, my favorite Berkeley radical "outside agitator," not a Cal student but a force for everything I believed in then, admired for leading from the back of the room, nudging the crowd to be their own leaders, dig in and do the work of stopping an unjust war.
He was the core organizer of SDS, Students for Democratic Society, anti-Vietnam War and pro-democracy group I engaged with SDS as a college sophomore in DeKalb, Illinois, starting a chapter with three guys, creating a march on our streets, traveling together for a March on Washington that remains in my mind as the time a Nazi group yelled at us "We'll gas you, you Peace Freaks!" Hoping we're not feeding that kind of sentiment currently, but am afraid we are!
Tom started Community Control of the Police in Berkeley and I invited the group to meet in my commune's living room. One day, I relished sitting with him in his library during a long-winded meeting of CCP, asking about what he read and his philosophy. Quite a fine human according to me.
I joined up with his Campaign for Economic Democracy years later in San Francisco and lost 15lbs hiking up and down stairs to collect money and signatures to clean up superfund (polluted) sites. Each day of canvassing, you'd meet memorable people who would invite you in for tea and then that one person who believed you had no right to knock on doors and bared their teeth as if to bite.
I was very pleased to help Tom Hayden a last time when I ran a meeting space at 3220 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, a home for visionaries of many stripes. Tom showed up unexpected and requested a press conference in 1/2 hour; I wrote a release and got it running, landing him on, of course, KPFA FM radio, and a few other places.
Last time I saw him he was upbeat at a book signing at Georgia Kelly's Praxis Peace in Sonoma and after I relayed some of the above to him, he gave me two extra books. I always his newsletters, hoping to learn and agreeing with his assertion that patience is core to any political progress. Needed political changes may take decades rather than months or years but don't give up or your even slim chance is gone.
"Tom Hayden never lost his passion for social justice," says a CNN headline. Yea. And he was pretty spiritual, too.
This from Discover the Networks.org:
In the 1970s Hayden organized the Campaign for Economic Democracy (CED), which identified "Corporate Capitalism" as "the source of our ills" — i.e., "racism and sexism and joblessness and wars and inflation and [the] sugar-coated poisonings of our minds and bodies." Same old nagging issues we face bigtime about now.
This from Jerry Brown:
Governor Brown Issues Statement on the Death of Former Legislator Tom Hayden
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the death of former legislator Tom Hayden: "Tom took up causes that others avoided. He had a real sense of the underdog and was willing to do battle no matter what the odds."
Tom Hayden created The Peace and Justice Resource Center, with its Democracy Journal at
There is fine, clear writing there – speeches given by Tom Hayden as recently as April, 2016.


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August 2013: Comfort Zone ONLINE
Dear HSPs,
It's summer, and I hope your living is easy. There's a lot below, so I will keep this part brief: I hope you're getting the right amount of sun and water, shade and clouds. We HSPs like it just right.
In this Issue:
Some Upcoming Events:
October 19, San Francisco Bay Area: "Working with the Highly Sensitive--Twenty Percent of the Population and Probably Fifty Percent of Clients." This is sponsored by the Santa Clara and San Mateo County California Psychological Associations so California therapists receive CEs. Time: 10:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. All the other details are here.
I will teach at a level appropriate for professionals, although nonprofessionals may attend. Only Clinical Psychologists, MFTs, and LCSWs with licenses in California can obtain credits. However, psychotherapists from out of state are welcome. This could be the only time I do this (although I would like to train more therapists, so I might do it again if invited elsewhere). Another reason to come is that, to make it easier for HSPs to find HS-knowledgeable therapists in their area, I will list on my website licensed therapists or counselors who have taken the course. (That would be for one year--I will charge after that, to help pay for the website upkeep, but you could drop out if you receive no referrals from the website in that time.)
November 2, Wellington, New Zealand: While I'm in New Zealand in November to attend a conference at Victoria University of Wellington, I have accepted an invitation to speak at a public event organized by a small group of dedicated volunteers from NZ/Australia who are HSPs or parents of HSCs. While my lecture will focus on HSPs, I will dedicate some time to the needs of HSCs too, for the benefit of parents, teachers and others involved in nurturing them. There will be a Q&A/panel discussion afterwards, with myself, a teacher/educator, a parent and a psychotherapist, each with experience with HSPs or HSCs. Place and Time: Museum Hotel (near Te Papa in central Wellington). 1.30 – 4.30pm. Tickets are limited to 80. Those who book early will receive a discount. For further information and to book tickets please visit https://elaine-aron-wellington.eventbrite.co.nz. For information not on that site, you can email email@example.com or email@example.com
November 4, Wellington, New Zealand: "Introduction to Sensitivity Style in the Workplace," Janine Ramsey will be the main speaker, but I will discuss the research on HSPs. 9am - 12.30pm Victoria University of Wellington, Executive and Professional Development Program.
News About the HSP Gathering Retreats:
It is hard to believe the first HSP Gathering was held 12 years ago. Thanks to Jacquelyn Strickland, they seem to keep evolving in unique ways. The 26th one in Sweden, in May 2013, was a very special time, and Jacquelyn and I are both happy so many HSPs are being connected throughout the world through these four-day events.
There is still time to attend the 27th HSP Gathering Retreat, September 26-30, in beautiful Colorado. A special theme recently evolved: "Coming Out As You Are: The Journey Toward an Empowered HSP." HSPs are attending from California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Japan and Canada. Register at http://www.lifeworkshelp.com/hspgathering.htm I will be joining the group via Skype on Sunday.
Four more HSP Gathering Retreats are in the early planning stages for 2014: Thanks to co-hosts who have come forward, the 28th Gathering will be held near Austin, Texas in the spring. Early summer, Jacquelyn will travel to the Pacific Northwest for the 29th Gathering, and in early November, the 30th and 31st Gathering Retreats will be held in Australia and New Zealand. If I cannot attend in person, I always look forward to joining the group via Skype on Sunday morning.
New in the Store
A brand new DVD of me speaking this summer to an audience of 90 (so lots of good questions) in Walnut Creek, CA. All the latest research is here, along with coping suggestions and answers on many different special topics. Some of this is on YouTube, if you want to check it out.
This DVD is in addition to the one made in Denmark in 2011, which you can buy on Amazon. This DVD is also excellent, with more focus on children and relationships as well as "linking and ranking" in the light of sensitivity. There is also one in the store made in 2007, full of lively questions.
HSPs in the "CZ News"
For Those in Chicago Area Seeking a Therapist who is Also an HSP I generally do not recommend therapists unless I know them well, and I know Candy Crawford. She is a well trained, thoughtful, spiritually oriented, client-centered sort of therapist specializing in HSPs along with grief work, mid-life crisis, and finding meaning in life and along with all the usual things therapists do such as help with relationships. You can visit her website at http://www.candycrawfordlcsw.com/
Finland, Finally I'm not sure of the exact date, but Hilkka Salmen, whom I met in May at the Gathering in Sweden, tells me it won't be long until The Highly Sensitive Person is published in Finnish. She knows because she is reading the publisher's draft of the translation so that she can comment on it. Hilkka has been the key to making this happen, and says this fall there will be an organization and website for HSPs with many people now involved, so that she can finally sit back and get a little downtime with her grandchildren. Thank you, Hilkka.
A Highly Sensitive Poet Who Writes About Just That As far as I know, Fiona Gyde has written the first book of poetry--actually two books--on being highly sensitive. They're beautifully done, and as an HSP, I find these poems very comforting. Here are two, both from Sensitive Walking. Read two more poems and buy the books at http://sensitivepoetry.blogspot.co.uk/
Making Ends Meet
I have spent all my words
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Turning a Page
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The Mission of Student Health Services is to maintain or restore the health of the students of Tarleton State University to maximum capability to enable them to achieve their academic goals. It is the intent of Student Health Services to deliver quality medical care in a cost effective manner in treating acute illnesses or injuries, evaluating and treating acute exacerbation of chronic illnesses, and referral to appropriate medical care for those medical problems that lie beyond the scope of treatment in the Student Health Services' office. It is also part of the mission to provide education that will have long-term benefits to enable the students to be productive members of society.
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Meningitis vaccines are available at the Student Health Services' office.
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Helene Celmina. Women in Soviet Prisons
Her pleading eyes would not leave mine and I promised to put together her plea within the next day or two. Her situation was simple. She lived alone, close to the forest. She kept a cow. The men hiding in the forest threatened to shoot her unless she gave them milk or bread. Her neighbor observed the nightly is its and turned her in to the militia. She received twenty-five years of confinement in a penal camp.
Another time I spoke with a young Ukrainian girl called Nastenka. Barely able to read and write, she delivered a case of political flyers to Odessa. For that she received ten years. I wrote Nastenka a petition for parole since nothing else could help her. Three months later the news came that Nastenka was being paroled. Overjoyed, she left me a small soft cushion as a memento. Later a letter came form Odessa, explaining that she was working as a dishwasher in a canteen, and was allowed to eat as much as she wanted. Nastenka's handwriting and style were like a child's. Everybody was amazed at Nastenka's parole, having taken it for granted that nobody could go home before serving her entire sentence.
A few days later after Nastenka left, I met a new "friend," Jurisson. She was an older Estonian with an unholy character. She did not have to work and ran through the zone, cursing everybody she met. She suspected people of stealing everything: Her soap, her towel, her bedsheet from the clothesline. In the evening however the bedsheet was on her bed, she hadn't remembered that she'd carried it inside herself. Her preferred sitting spot was the little bench near the gates where she could see who was coming and who was going. Whenever somebody high in the administration arrived, she would run to him, grab his sleeve with both hands and rattle off complaints against the other inmates. One of them spilled soup on her, someone else stole her shirt, and once again, her soap was stolen. When the administration tried to get rid of her by promising to investigate the matters Jurisson simply switched to a different topic. According to her. nobody in the entire zone could be trusted; everybody lied and acted under false pretenses. This went on endlessly.
All the officials ran from Jurisson. And now she wanted to make friends with me. Wherever I went there she was, waiting. She showered me with gifts, a yellow enameled mug for tea, then an old beaten aluminum bowl. Only several weeks later did she explain her sudden friendship: She too needed a plea for parole.
Putting the plea together was not easy because Jurisson refused to admit to the crime for which she was sentenced. She recounted only an approximate version of what occurred. He neighbors were always stealing from her. When she unmasked them, they turned her over to the militia, swearing under oath that Jurisson prayed to God both by herself and with others in her room at night. Their libelous testimony brought Juri son a ten-year sentence. She wanted me to write that in her plea. In vain I explained that first she had to admit guilt because the gist of the case was that she insulted her neigbbors by calling them thieves. It took me several weeks to convince Jurisson how the plea should be worded if she wanted to go home.
The entire zone commiserated over my spending hours each day with Jurrison. Finally, the plea was written and mailed. I endured her company for another seven months until the answer arrived. Jurrison was granted parole. She packed her belongings and left so quickly that she never thanked me. But several dozen other inmates gratefully shook my hand to thank me for saving the camp from Jurisson's presence.
Once I overheard a brief conversation which stuck in my memory. In the camp where the inmates received twenty-five year sentences for political causes, the actual level of political knowledge was low. Two old women, one Lithuania one Ukrainian, were speaking Russian. The Lithuanian waved her walking stick at a photo of Lenin on the wall, saying: "See, that's Lenin that they've hung on the wall there. Must be a clever man. D'you know if he's still alive?" (This was 1965.) The Ukrainian, sneaking a look at her partner, muttered to herself, "You old stupid bag," and announced aloud that he had been dead for ages.
Why did they keep these old women imprisoned? None of them were physically capable of doing any work, nor could anyone receive any benefit from them.
One more political inmate left the camp before completing her sentence. Valentina Semyonovna Sanagina was well past seventy. Her lawyer friend, Skripnikova, helped to prepare her pleas from outside the camp. Sanagina's political crime was unique. In her old age she decided to write a book about her life, starting with her childhood. Before she was finished the Cheka ransacked her home, confisscated the half-finished book, and arrested her. Her manuscript recorded her childhood memories of her despotic father, who in drunken stupors beat his wife and children. However this despot was a member of the Communist party. For slandering a Party member, Sanagina was awarded ten years in a strict regime correction camp. Sanagina spent eight years before she gained a new hearing which reduced her sentence. In the eyes of the Cheka, Sanagina commited a dangerous political crime. She was sentenced in 1958 when everybody believed the terror of Stalin's era was over. However the Cheka continued to work according to the proven pattern.
Anna Aleksandrovna Borkova was horn in 1890. A revolutionary, journalist by profession, working in the Kremlin as the First Commissar for Culture, Lunachsky's ,secretary, she knew Lenin. Despite having devoted her life to Communism, she was in for her third decade.
She was a tiny, extremely thin woman. Her thick white hair, loose to her shoulders, normally blew in the breeze. Because of the wind-blown hair, her narrow face looked even narrower. Her face was covered with freckles and her eyes were unusually small, like two tiny, dark brown pearls darling rapidly to and fro while she read. Borkova never used glasses. No one disturbed or pestered her with small talk and gossip, but kept instead a respectful distance.
I obtained a couple of cigarettes, and offered her one. Anna Aleksandrovna thawed a bit after taking one and asked me to sit down next to her. We sat and talked; Borkova found out all about me, because she shot questions so rapidly all I could do was answer. She decided I had been wronged by the system when I received such a lengthy sentence for reading foreign magazines. A few days later she showed me her photo album. Only later did it dawn on me that this album was her only valuable possession. She had never owned anything besides the album. She didn't own her clothes which were state issue. In prison she wore prisoner's garb, and during her post-revolutionary years in the Kremlin, the state provided everybody with one set of clothes every couple of years. Whenever she was paroled and released from a prison or camp, she was clothed by the state. She never owned a plate or a spoon, let alone furniture or other worldly goods.
As a young woman, finished with her studies, Borkova lived and worked within the Kremlin. During those early days, none of the revolutionaries owned personal possessions because they lived public lives. Reminiscing Borkova said: "The healthiest period of Soviet power was the revolutionary period when we truly were one for all and all for one.
While turning the album's pages, she came to a photo of Lunachsky, and next to it one of herself as a young woman, seated in the midst of Lunachsky's family. After closing the album she added, "I've only made one mistake in my life. When Lenin died, I should have shot myself." Strong words, I thought.
I discovered that Borkova was an idealist. She earned her first ten year sentence when, as a journalist she tried to publish an article about the extravagant lifestyle of Stalin and the members of the Politburo. She wanted to remind everyone that in a communist society it is not permissible for the highest functionaries of the Party to put their personal interests above those of the people. She was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1937, the darkest year in the history of Russia when Stalin shot the most trustworthy idealists in the Communist party.
After spending ten years in prison, Borkova saw that the conditions she criticized had deteriorated. All the Party functionaries had cars and drivers, access to special shops with better quality goods, as well as numerous other privileges. In righteous indignation, Borkova wrote scathingly that the Party was not following the principles of Lenin. Borkova again received ten years in a forced labor camp. After spending six years in the camp, Borkova was released and rehabilitated in 1953, when Stalin died.
Borkova carefully observed the new leadership under Khrushchev, who criticized Stalin. The time arrived, she thought, when the life and work of the high Party officials would be controlled. However, the entire Party and government officials lived in full comfort. Everybody had dachas (villas), servants, cars, and personal chauffeurs. Once again Borkova dared to criticize the highest circles of the Kremlin. For the third time, she received ten years in a correctional camp, regardless of the fact that she already served two terms and had been rehabilitated.
She believed that her sharp critiques would reform the Party and the government. The Cheka on the other hand believed that lengthy sentences would change Borkova. Neither side achieved success. Borkova, smoking cheap tobacco wrapped in strips of newspaper, sat on her bench in camp, still criticizing the government.
Then, Khruschev was out and Borkova was released after seven-and-a-half years, a total imprisonment of twenty-three-and-a-half years. The authorities placed her in the Communist party's old comrades' home, and gave her a personal pension, granted only to Party members. Thus this idealist passed her entire life without a bed, table, or chair that she could call her own.
In the camp were two former members of the Communist Youth movement (Comsomol). One young girl received one year because she once muttered something unacceptable at a Youth meeting. She could no longer recall what she said. The other Communist Youth was a twenty-six year old woman from Georgia, sentenced to two years. During Khrushchev's years, she ran afoul of the anti-Soviet agitation paragraph, applied to the glorification of Stalin. At a Communist Youth meeting she openly defended Stalin after someone criticized him. Stalin could not be called an anti-Soviet element. Therefore defending Stalin could not be interpreted as anti-Soviet action. But apparently the Soviet system had not yet determined how to deal with cases like hers. I once asked the Georgian, "Why did you defend Stalin? Do you know what he was like?"
She replied, "When I was little, they taught us in kindergarten that our most loving father was Stalin. When I later went to school, we were taught that Stalin was the apple of our eye and the bringer of our luck. In the Communist Youth meetings we were taught that we must be grateful to Stalin for everything and that he was the only true embodiment of the people's wishes. How could I speak otherwise?"
There were a few more inmates among the "particularly" dangerous to the state" offenders, whose crimes were unusual and worthy of mention. One was a student from Moscow University. She was part of a group interested in learning more than what was offered in the official course program. One enterprising youth discovered a library hidden in the attic of the university building and was able to make a duplicate key. Only a small circle of friends knew about the secret library, among them this girl. With great precautions, they visited the library to read the forbidden authors like Freud, Kant, Lessing, and others.
Despite their precautions, other students followed and betrayed them. All of them were arrested and sentenced to five years in a strict regime forced labor camp for anti-Soviet agitation. The student who initiated the crime and under whose influence the others joined, received seven years. Is there any other country where reading Freud will earn a prison sentence?
The case of Tamara was also strange. A Russian, she was living in the Ukraine. Tamara's brother-in-law regularly listened to the "Voice of America" and "Radio Liberty." He interested Tamara and both of them listened. There was an extreme food shortage in their provincial town which lacked butter, other dairy products and meat for months. When somebody at work complained about not having enough to eat, Tamara and her brother-in-law told them what they heard on the radio: Some people had enough food and some to spare. The Cheka arrested them for spreading lies. The court handed down a "just" verdict of guilt for denigration of the true living conditions in Russia and spreading the false foreign propaganda. Tamara received three years, but her older brother-in-law received five.
Another case involved Esperanto. Although not a popular language in the Soviet Union, some study it. There is even an Esperanto Club. One club member received permission to visit the Esperanto fans in Bulgaria. She struck up friendships and corresponded in Esperanto. Within a short time one of her letters to Bulgaria "accidently" reached the Cheka. Not pleased with the contents of the letter, the Cheka decided to teach this club member a lesson. They arrested her and gave her three years for denigration of the true conditions of Soviet life.
A woman doctor in Minsk, Byelorussia, who lived with her entire family in a damp narrow basement apartment was unhappy with her living conditions. She wrote to President Kennedy, apparently expecting that her case would be talked about abroad, and that the Russians would be shamed into giving her a more suitable apartment. But the letter went directly from the mailbox to the Cheka. Her writing to Kennedy and denigrating the true conditions of Soviet life earned her five years in a strict regime corrective labor camp.
There was another "particularly dangerous criminal against the state" whose crime made everyone grin. Despite being a cook at a big restaurant she was denied an apartment. Angry with the Party and Khrushchev's government, she drew a corn cob on a strategic spot of Khrushchev's picture on the front page of a magazine. For this, she was given three years.
Nobody knew what Tanya was sentenced for. She seemed rather stupid and nobody could understand her stories. She walked around singing to herself. When I first saw her she was pregnant. During her final two months she did not have to work and received supplementary food rations: half a glass of milk, one egg, and a knife tip of butter daily. Her child was born in the hospital, located several hours drive from camp #17-A. The child died and Tanya was brought back.
If the child had lived, Tanya would have remained at the hospital and received supplementary rations for another six months, although even breastfeeding mothers in the hospital worked. During the first six months a mother fed her baby. The baby would be taken from her the first day she ran out of milk and handed over to the children's home while the mother would be returned to prison. Once she completed her sentence, the mother could claim her baby. If she did not want the child, however, she would not have to claim it.
Tanya returned to the camp and after a few months sharp eyes noticed that she was about to have another child. The women talked about her, "She isn't too bright, but apparently she's got enough brains to know how to make children." Once again Tanya received the extra rations for expectant mothers, did not work, and walked around the camp, singing. What Tanya was in for no one ever learned.
To prevent camp life from becoming too monotonous and so that inmates would not think too much about their personal problems, artistic and cultural activities ere encouraged. The camps held folk dance competitions and the best troupes traveled for guest performances to other camps. Most camps had a choir and various quartets and soloist singers.
Camp #17-A however, had neither dancers nor singers and instead, literary evenings became popular. During these evenings an inmate read either a poem or a prose work. The choice of authors was restricted to the classical Russian writers such as Gogol, Pushkin, and Lermontov. Dora Borisovna led these literary evenings. A professional literature teacher, she worked in Russian high schools until her retirement.
Once retired, Dora Borisovna submitted a proposal to the government comparing the Hebrew culture with other U.S.S.R. cultures. She noted the fact that other cultures have their own publishers, their own movie studios and theaters, and are allowed to stage cultural weeks in Moscow to demonstrate singing dancing performing arts and folk arts. Dora Borisovna noted that in a country as international as the U.S.S.R., where friendship between and equality of culture is constantly proclaimed, Hebrew is the only culture unable to cultivate and display its folk traditions and cultural riches.
The Soviet Ministry of Culture, instead of answering directly, handed the case over to the Cheka which decided to punish Dora Borisnova and her husband with seven years each n strict regime corrective labor camps, basing their sentence on the paragraph on nationalism. Dora Borisovna was nearsighted, so could not take part in corrective labor. As a woman who actively worked her whole life, she took the lead in organizing the literary evenings. 'These evenings were beneficial because many of the inmates in the camp, sentenced on political grounds, had not completed their education.
All Soviet penal settlements have schools to serve the young criminals. For them the prison school was obligatory. Camp #17-A had no school because the average age of the inmates was fifty. However one inmate, Vera, insisted on learning. At twenty-four she wanted to finish primary school. She was allowed to study on her own and twice a year was mailed a list of printed test questions to be answered in writing. The entire camp helped her to prepare for her examinations.
Vera could not explain what exactly she was accused of. She said they talked at a furious pace in court, rattling off the numbers of the applicable penal code paragraphs. However she could not recall what she was charged with. This factor probably influenced her desire to complete her education by reading in camp.


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With a week passing since my last fishing trip, I was more than looking forward to getting out on the river again. My 'break' had come because of a half-term family holiday, and due to it being just a few days mid-week I didn't take any rods. Plus work commitments didn't allow me to fit in even a short session, so a week off it was. However, it's not like I'm obsessed or anything like that, I wasn't exactly doing cold turkey. Well, not much anyway…
With the clocks going back it means that we are now into darkness by 5.00 pm, so with a late afternoon / early evening free, I set off for the River Sow in Staffordshire to do business (hopefully) with the elusive barbel that inhabit the river. Well, elusive they remained, although I did catch a nice 4lb+ chub that initially made me think it was a barbel due to the aggression of the bite. This session was my 20th of the season on the Sow, and with four barbel to show I think you will understand why I used the word 'elusive'. However, with three of the fish being doubles I'm not complaining.
Just an hour into dark a barn owl flew along the far bank right in front of me and then crossed the river a few metres upstream. Then within the minute an otter passed through the swim swimming mid-river on the surface, then becoming aware of my presence before diving and reappearing further down. Like many anglers I fully appreciate the wider package that being at the water's edge presents. So although I didn't catch a barbel, I was still happy knowing that if I hadn't have been sitting in that spot at that time I wouldn't have spotted the creatures.
To round the week off I decided to pay a visit to the Worcestershire Teme. Although it hadn't been raining for a few days, the river itself was still carrying water from the deluge of a week before – but nothing that a three-ounce lead couldn't cope with. Opting to fish with my favourite barbel bait – the boilie – I set up in a swim that gave me decent access to the river. With the banks still quite slippery, this is an important factor when choosing a swim, and particularly so if you intend to fish into dark.
Walking to the swim I saw a female goosander. They are quite regular sightings on the Teme, and always a pleasure to see. In addition I saw a group of five red-legged partridges, which was great, as partridges are my current favourite birds. I would have been over the moon if they were grey partridges, but I was more than happy to settle for their more numerous cousins.
Even in mid-afternoon as I set up to fish, the weather had a definite chilly edge to it. In fact the forecast was that the mild spell (which goes back to early summer) was about to come to an abrupt end. And that was why I was determined to get at least one more barbel session in before the cold weather enveloped us like a blanket. Already considering what I would fish for during the colder times, with my thoughts edging towards chub, my rod tip sprung into action and I found myself playing the second one of the week.
A sign of things to come perhaps, but it was barbel that I had set out to catch. And whilst I appreciated the chub I really wanted a nice barbel to write about. As the evening wore on, the weather forecasters' predictions about the cold were spot-on. In fact the first frosts of the autumn were imminent as the temperature plunged. But my wishes for a barbel were granted as the rod wrapped round in such a way that can only mean one thing. Anyone that has ever caught the species will relate to me when I talk of the great excitement associated with looking at a rod tip that is motionless one second and the next is bent double as the fish tears off downstream.
Lifting into the fish I could feel it was a good one, actually the word 'double' more than crossed my mind. And nothing about the fight made me think otherwise either. However, it was another fish that fell short, which just goes to show doesn't it. How many times does 'the one that got away' leave us with a sense of frustration that we have lost a real biggie when in fact it may not have been what we thought it was.
By the time I got back to the car it was a very cold evening. Driving home, as soon as I noticed the temperature gauge rising then on went the blower on the heater. Although I really don't like packing away – I find that the only part of angling that I dislike – there is definitely something very appealing about the thought of driving home in a warm car after a cold weather session.
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Every business owner knows well that marketing plays a major role in developing new product. It helps to communicate with people. It is applicable for both profit and non-profit organization. Newly entered firm uses marketing for making their product popular and helps to compete with already existing product. Product must differ from already existing ones. Lots of efforts included in making it popular. The 4p's of marketing helps to decide how marketing satisfies consumer needs. They are product, price, promotion and place. Marketing strategy helps to promote the entire product or brand and individual product and services. For new product it is not easy to capture the market and make more sales. Initially profit is low for them due to various expenses involved in it like advertisement and research activities. If they select the right media for marketing then it will reach the people quickly. Nowadays, the best Singapore internet marketing firm plays a major role. People share their ideas and views through social networks.
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- Country: Cambodia
- Director: Bradley Cox
- Year: 2010
- Duration: 55'
Who Killed Chea Vichea? is about the murder of a Cambodian labor leader and the two innocent men sentenced to twenty years in prison for the crime. In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. As international pressure mounted, two men were swiftly arrested and convicted of the crime, each sentenced to twenty years in prison. Filmmaker Bradley Cox's five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian society.


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Elizabeth Edwards, the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. John Edwards is universally reviled for his hypocrisy, smarmy character, and for cheating on his wife, but Elizabeth is respected by the media and the American public. We hold her is high esteem because of her courageous fight against breast cancer, and the graceful way she dealt with her husband`s betrayal.
Elizabeth endured many heartaches in her life, including the death of her son when he was only 17; it`s sad that even in her death controversy swirls around her. The Westboro Baptist Church is planning to hold a protest at her funeral, presumably for her support of same-sex marriage. This Baptist cult is known for using hurtful signs to picket funerals of American soldiers, but they will picket the funeral of any famous person in a bid for publicity. The evil cult is vehemently opposed to equal rights for gays and lesbians, and they condemn anyone whom they consider to be gay-friendly.
Some folks are organizing a counter-protest to Westboro Baptist Church`s hateful actions at Edward`s funeral.
I hope that the press will ignore the shenanigans of the cult, they shouldn`t give them any free publicity. Edward`s funeral is a time to remember and celebrate the courage and dignity of this great woman, it`s not the time to focus on side show freaks.
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Catherine Cabral, daughter of a Brazilian father and a French mother, was born in Lisbon, and graduated in Interior Architecture and Decorative Arts from the Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas - Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation. In 2000 she defended her thesis "The Second Empire in the Third Millenium", and then did an internship in Paris, her second city.
Catherine's design and decorating is influenced by her two cultures, French and Brazilian. With great insight and aesthetic sensitivity, she combines simple shapes, strong lines and raw materials (typical of Niemeyer's modernist architecture), with French classicism, the source of all trends. Catherine also travels around the world for further inspiration.
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Revolutionizing The Workplace
This Unique Little Device Has The Business World Talking
Some Meetings Just Happen.
On the spur of the moment, in hallways or elevators. Others are more formally "called" into being, in rooms specifically designed for a meeting of the minds. You know the kind — big table, big charts, big numbers and big ideas. So it's time for the big meeting. There's an agenda, a discussion, and a plan evolves.
Executive Summary
Compact and portable. Voicepoint Plus goes anywhere. It turns any desk or table into an open forum for discussion and decision making. It weighs in at less than two pounds, and is just 10.3 inches deep, 9.1 inches wide and 2.2 inches high.
Simple operation. The controls are simple to operate, and the unit can be used with or without an analog telephone set. Just connect an analog telephone line to the unit and it is ready to use.
Designed for user friendliness. Voice point plus's high tech design enhances any desk, credenza or conference table. No matter where you place voicepoint plus, there is no need to huddle around it or talk 'to' it. The supersensitive microphones will not miss an audible remark from anywhere in the room.
Less expensive than lesser products. Voicepoint plus costs considerably less than other teleconferencing system that do not measure up in voice quality, conversational convenience, or features and functions.
Product Overview
For Meetings Of The Mind
The very word 'teleconference' makes some people cringe. That's because conventional speakerphones actually inhibit, rather than enhance clear communication.
They deliver booming echo chamber voices, and occasionally, shrill feedback. Worse, they stifle spontaneity by permitting only one person at a time to speak, because the speakers old fashioned voice switching apparatus keeps shutting off to eliminate the howling. As it clips the first and last words of sentences, your meeting is reduced to a guessing game.
Digital signal processor
VoicePoint+ eliminates speaker-phobia. NEC's unique digital signal processing technology actually cancels out conflicting echo and feedback signals. The original NEC voicepoint was the first compact, full duplex teleconferencing unit on the market.
The new VoicePoint+ enhances that proven technology by clearly defining interrupting, overlapping voices of several spontaneous conversations, just as if you and your associates are all in the same room.
And here's something else. Voicepoint plus works in a wide range of room sizes or meeting areas. NEC has utilized this new technology enabling it to automatically adjust to the smallest office or the largest board room.
Its automatic acoustic adjustment, with manual fine tuning capability, delivering the finest sound quality across a spectrum of business environments.
And , for large scale teleconferencing needs, two voice point plus units can be teamed together without creating feedback.
Echo cancellation
With the VoicePoint+ echo cancellation feature, those annoying howling sounds and echoes do a disappearing act. The VoicePoint+ can continuously detect acoustic coupling noise. It then generates a signal that offsets the echo, and thus cancels it out.
Cost effectiveness
There's no better or more cost-effective way than Voicepoint+ to bring your company's teleconferencing operations completely up to date. Make it a part of your corporate communications and hear for yourself why VoicePoint+ has the whole business world talking.
Ease of use
VoicePoint+ works with existing analog phone lines. Just plug into a phone line using the supplied telephone cord and your in business.
Phone calls are made and answered using the convenient dial pad on the voice point plus unit in the standard operation mode. An analog telephone can be used with the VoicePoint+. No complicated wiring, no antennas, no separate microphones. Highly sensitive microphones are built into the four corners of the VoicePoint+ to pick up all audible comments.
Mute button
The MUTE button on the VoicePoint+'s keypad mutes the units microphones, ensuring that confidential comments are not heard at the other end. The convenient dialing pad on the unit allows it to be used without a telephone set in the standard operation mode. That means you can call directly to a telephone using only the keypad. You can also answer a call using voicepoint plus.
Options and Features
VoicePoint+ Options
Additional Extension Cable
Increases the distance between the wall telephone jack and VoicePoint+.
Bridge Connection
Provides for a wider range of teleconferencing by connecting two VoicePoint+ units together.
Recording Interface
Provides for connection to a recording device, so you can record important conversations.
VoicePoint+ Features
Direct calling to a telephone using the VoicePoint+ keypad
Answer a call using VoicePoint+
Can be used with or without an analog telephone set
Hands-free communication for several people
Compact and portable (weighs less than 2 lbs)
Can be used in a wide range of conference rooms or offices
Has a convenient MUTE function for private in-room conversations
Has a recording interface for recording important conversations
NEC's echo cancellation feature decreases the echo and howling that can occur during traditional teleconferences
Has a FLASH key for transfers and third-party calling
Has silent automatic acoustic adjustment
Composition and Specifications
Basic Composition
VoicePoint+ Main Unit
AC Adapter
VoicePoint Adapter
8-pin Modular Jack Cable
AEC-50-C3, 2 cables supplied
8-pin Jack Cable Connector
6-pin Modular Jack Cable
User's Manual
Line Interface
Analog public switched telephone line (dial pulse or push button) or analog PABX line
Audio Band
300 to 3400 Hz
Transmit Level
Howling Control Method
Echo cancellation system
Power Requirement
AC 120V (using attached adapter), maximum 10W
9.13″ W x 10.3″ D x 2.2″ H
1.98 lbs.
Environmental Specs
Operating temperature of 41 deg. to 95 deg. F (5 deg. to 35 deg. C)


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See you all next year! If not sooner...to find out more about upcoming events at Hinterlands, visit our What's On page.
Independent Liverpool Cheese Festival at Hinterlands
Independent Liverpool stopped by last month; bringing with them tons of local vendors, live music and good times.
Masterminds behind the much-loved Baltic Market, Independent Liverpool are responsible for some of the tastiest treats available in the Cains Brewery Village. Their friends? Independents with cheesy dreams filled with gouda, raclette, toasties and fondue.
Taking place over two incredible days, Hinterlands played host to a sold out crowd of foodies, all in search of the perfect cheesy experience.
Check out the gallery below and find out why Hinterlands is the perfect location for food festivals in Liverpool!


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Follow seven estate agents from Atlanta as they showcase their business acumen in the previously male dominated property industry.
The ladies' client lists include everyone from professional athletes to music industry executives and even foreign diplomats.
The business of property is cut throat and as the women compete for Atlanta's golden property, the Beltline, their big personalities come to a head.
Tensions rise and result in severed friendships and hit them hard where it hurts most – the bottom line.
Selling it In the ATL premieres on Tuesday 7 November at 18:35 CAT.


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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Top 10 Ways to Save Money on Car Expenses
Unless you live in an area that is well-served by a public transportation network, a vehicle is an expense that most people would deem necessary. Owning a car gives you the freedom to move from one place to the next without too … Continue reading
Life Hacks by Alex: Less is More
Spending LESS than you earn! Seems obvious doesn't it, if you have 10 dollars then make sure you spend 9. So why does it trip me up so often? In fact, it trips many of us. It's easy to keep … Continue reading
Do You Need Renter's Insurance?
You may be wondering whether or not you need renters insurance because you may be thinking that surely the owner of the property has property insurance. The truth is that their insurance only covers the property itself, and any liability … Continue reading
"I have been with my partner for more than 5 years – should I have a joint bank account with him?"
Having a joint bank account if your finances are closely linked can be very useful, especially if you live together and share expenses. It is very convenient to be able to pay bills, or write cheques from one account. Many … Continue reading
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Investing Money
Investing money is much different than investing wisely. It is easy to put your money into various investment opportunities and say you have some investments. The truth is that if you are not very sure of what you are doing … Continue reading
Four Ways to Conserve Energy and Save Over the Summer
Summer is a beautiful time of year where a whole lot fun can take place, but you need to be conscious of the fact that summer can also drain your bank account if you aren't careful. Unlike fall or spring, … Continue reading


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Message from ecce_lux in South African Genocide Awareness #general-chat
Trump is too consumed with other things
@Buddy Hobbs I really think he will in due time, he cant afford to jump on a "hoax"
the western world is burnong as a whole
South Africa is simply another tire fire
I mean no disrespect, obviously, but most people have no idea what's going on in S.A.
White people are universally hated
try to explain it to them and it comes off like another wrist-band cause that will be forgotten like KONY2012
People who deny it are crazy
crazy / deluded / mislead / naive
I think the only thing I'm able to do is just discuss the topic
White people are a minority not a majority lol
I'm unable to do much more than bring about some level of awareness
That's more than enough. Much more than most do.
Congratulations, @Buddy Hobbs you are now at level 3
the western world doesn't observe that whites are a global minority
Thanks, bot.
for now the leftist anti-white rhetoric still reigns supreme in the public sphere - the light at the end of the tunnel, in my opinion, is that people are catching on
People are definitely waking up
GenZ is starting to look like they might be pretty redpilled compared to Millennials and GenX
I'm GenX and I woke up - that's a hell of a thing
My generation is the worst
Millenials have had the worst of the brain washing
I'm old enough to remember before it got bad
this is part of why I broke conditioning
I grew up when you could go outside unsupervised
I had to solve my own problems
I never deferred to authority the way millennials do
fifferent mind set
I was really Liberal until 2015. I thought Conservatives were racist my whole life. Didn't give them any thought. Then I took that red pill.
I voted liberal my whole life - Trump came along and for some reason I started to see things clearly
it was the Cologne rape attacks that did it for me
plus the Trump triggering
I can't believe I wanted Obama in 2008....
it's okay - I voted for Bill Clinton and Al Gore


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The park has several news feeds, also called RSS Feeds, that can give you a more direct link to updated park information -- including news, photos, podcasts, and other content.
A news feed is way to have a list of new web content (including press releases, videos, Podcasts, photo galleries, virtual tours, eBlasts, etc.) sent right to your computer. News feeds are also called RSS. There really isn't good agreement on what the letters RSS stand for, but most people say it means Really Simple Syndication.
How can I use Fort Vancouver's News Feed?
Another way to receive the news feed uses a feed reader. Feed readers are simply software that can check the feeds of Web sites and present you with a list of the latest news from those sites. There are many different types. Some work with your Web browser and others are downloadable applications that work on their own.
Once you have chosen a feed reader, all that is left to do is identify the feeds you want it to receive. To subscribe to Fort Vancouver's News Feeds click on the links at the top of this page and then copy and paste the URL of Fort Vancouver's News Feeds into your feed reader.
How do I get a feed reader?
Last updated: February 28, 2015


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SFGate.com posted an AP news article entitled "Judge Sentences Spammer to Nine Years" that I found interested, particularly in light of my war on comment-spam of this week.
Here's a quick quote from the article:
[Jeremy] Jaynes, 30, who was considered among the top 10 spammers in the world at the time of his arrest, used the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services such as a 'FedEx refund processor,' prosecutors said. Thousands of people fell for his e-mails, and prosecutors said Jaynes' operation grossed up to $750,000 per month.
Also from the article:
Jaynes told the judge that regardless of how the appeal turns out, "I can guarantee the court I will not be involved in the e-mail marketing business again." He remains under $1 million bond.
Looks like nine years in prison can be an effective spam deterrent.
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text: Aloe Blacc's affecting voice, perceptive lyrics, and dapper sartorial flair are already familiar to music lovers around the world. the soulful singer-songwriter co-wrote and provided vocals for Swedish DJ Avicii's international hit single – Wake Me Up, – which hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts. in 2010, his international Top 10, platinum-selling single – I Need a Dollar – surged across the world, combining social consciousness with irresistible pop. the time is right for brand new music from Aloe and his band!


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Great News! We have recently completely renovated our bathrooms and added better WiFi for your enjoyment!
Stay for $100 per day per guest or less! Add an all inclusive option for just $40 per day per guest. Rate is based on 8 guests. More guests? Lower rate per guest! See our rate information for more details.
Villa Karaway (VK) is the ultimate Puerto Vallarta (PV) Beach Villa! A rare find on the powdery sands of Puerto Vallarta. The home is RIGHT on the beach. Please read the entire description, but first some ideas to save money and select the proper home.
When shopping for a home for your hard earned vacation in PV, make sure the ask the following:
1. Is the home right on the beach, or do you have to walk to the beach?
2. Is there SAND on the beach? Except for downtown and north of town, sandy beaches are rare. We have sand on our beach!
3. Are there any additional charges? VK rates are all inclusive, you just pay for the food and drinks that our chief prepares, along with tips.
4. Exactly where are you located in PV? You are 6 km south of town (about 12 minutes away), so you have the town amenities, without the hustle an bustle. We are right on the bus route (50 cents to town), or cabs are usually parked by the complex ($6 into town).
With over 4000 square feet of pure luxury, this four bedroom, five bath vacation rental is ideal for corporate meetings, family reunions, or just an intimate get-away. Many rooms have 12-foot high ceilings - just right for bringing in the incredible views of the Bay and Mountain Ranges around Puerto Vallarta.
See the end of this description for other guest comments, but this comment from a NYC guest sums it up - 'Absolute Paradise!' Make sure the visit our web site for even more pictures and information. The address is listed at the bottom.
Make no mistake - this villa is right on the beach. The beach is beautiful with a protective rock reef creating a wonderful family swimming area and an incredible sandy beach. Let the professional staff of a full-time maid and gourmet cook pamper you. It is your vacation - so enjoy it!
You enter your two-story vacation home (named 'Villa Karaway') from a private iron gate into a masterfully constructed tiled hallway. To the right, past the sitting area, is the lower bedroom with two single beds, which can be make into a king bed (all bedrooms have air conditioning), a walk-in closet, and private bath. Close by is the washer and dryer. To the left of the hallway is the open-air patio with splendid plants.
Up five tile-covered steps is another hallway. Turn left and you enter the gourmet kitchen (Viking stove, Sub-Zero refrigerator - but why care - you have your own chef!), bar, walk-in pantry, table for four, and bathroom. Proceeding past the kitchen is the dining room with seating for eight. Past the dining room is the living room with floor-to-ceiling glass sliding walls to another outdoor patio with lighted palms, the downstairs porch, and the private infinity pool. Just past your pool is the wondrous Los Palmares Beach.
Proceed the other way down the entrance-way hallway and you arrive at bedroom two. This is a bedroom with one queen and one king bed, a large walk-in closet, and an even larger bathroom. There is a large window that opens to the interior patio.
Up the stairs further is bedroom three with two double beds, 12-foot high ceiling, a large window opening to the interior patio, TV and VCR, and private bath.
Further down the hallway is the ultimate, master bedroom with a king-size bed. Floor-to-ceiling movable windows separate the bedroom to the upstairs patio. There is also a large window providing a view to the famous Los Arcos islands just off the shore of Puerto Vallarta. The master also contains a sitting area, large walk-in closet, and a bath that is also a jetted tub, steam, and a ten-side spigot shower. For those that are traditional, a normal showerhead is available. A telescope is provided to further enjoy the breathtaking views. These views include dolphins and whales playing in one of the largest bays on the continent.
You will not be disappointed with Karaway or the Los Palmares facilities! Villa Karaway is part of the classy Los Palmares condominium complex. Everything is in tip top condition, including the large infinity pool, jacuzzi, kid's pool, and exercise room. There is also ample parking and 24-hour security. It is located just under six kilometers to the south of downtown Puerto Vallarta and is on the city bus route for easy transportation.
We have wireless high speed internet connection. So bring your laptop or use the computer provided at the Villa. We also have a phone for free, unlimited phone calls back to the US and Canada.
For Rental information and availability, please contact Hillary by phone or email. For more pictures and a floor plan, see the Villa Karaway web site listed below!