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Let's face it: Whether voluntarily or involuntarily, most employees will leave their current job at some point. As much as we want people to remain loyal to the firm or to live forever, neither is reasonable. Retirement, death, disability, career changes, recruitment by other firms—all will take employees from us at some point. The question is, how effective will the business be in finding a replacement who can perform the role at the same level or better than the previous seat holder?
In the past, my most distressing times as a leader occurred when I had to search outside the firm to replace a departing employee because there was not an obvious candidate internally. My most rewarding moments occurred when I could fill key roles with people already within the business.
This may surprise some who think the highest stress point is when a key person actually tells you he or she is leaving. That's inevitable. Preparing for that eventuality makes the difference between a great business and an also-ran. Preparing includes developing people within the firm and accepting departures without going into crisis mode.
Of course, it is normal to feel angry and disappointed when employees tells you they are leaving. Often you feel sour because you think they did not appreciate the opportunity you gave them, or embarrassed that they chose someone else over you. Your ire truly rises when you realize the key person did nothing to prepare the firm for their absence. Once you get past the rejection and hurt, and the frustration of being left in the lurch, you should look at staff turnover as an opportunity rather than a setback. At a minimum, use the experience as the catalyst to say "never again" will you be unprepared for someone's departure.
The ability to replace a departing employee with an obvious internal candidate is a great marker for business maturity. A staffing strategy allows you to create opportunities for existing employees and move the business forward with minimal disruption to culture. Further, it is far less expensive than recruiting from the outside.
The best firms make individual succession plans a key component of their compensation and promotion practices. I often tell our associates that they may miss out on another opportunity in the firm if they have not developed someone to do their current job. This tests their individual leadership and their commitment to the firm mission. Failure to plan ahead and groom their successor may be reason to reduce their bonuses or limit their pay raises until you see behavior change. Every key person has an obligation to their fellow stakeholders in the organization to think about what would happen to the firm if something happened to them.
Ironically, many employees believe that by making the business dependent on them they increase their value to the enterprise. The opposite is true. There is a bright line between occupational blackmail and having the confidence to make you indispensable.
Why Prepare for Individual Succession?
There are five important reasons why every financial services organization should prepare for the inevitable departure of key people:
- Business continuity with minimal disruption
- Profitability
- Opportunities for employee growth
- Opportunities to improve the organizational structure
- Re-energizing the enterprise
Minimizing Disruption
Fundamentally, the financial advisory business is a "people business." While technology is the great equalizer, this profession requires individuals who can process work, interpret data, interact with clients, develop business, deliver recommendations and support those who are providing advice. In addition, most advisory firms are relatively small and tend to lack redundancy in key positions.
Leaders performing an internal business assessment typically evaluate if the firm is operating efficiently and managing risk. Many view risk solely through the lens of compliance. In reality, firms create an even greater hazard in not planning for departures of key employees. In a small business, one person leaving the firm can paralyze a process, disturb clients, disrupt quality and undermine morale. Good firm management includes having a succession plan within the firm to mitigate this pain.
You may feel that your business is not large enough to provide staff for every eventuality, but this argument shows why it is important for advisory firms to reach a level of critical mass where the loss of one big client or the loss of one important employee or partner does not materially impact the business. Further, by preparing for transition, you are also investing in the capacity to grow.
Managing Margins
Human resource consultants often say the cost to replace an employee falls somewhere between 150% and 250% of that person's compensation, calculated in replacement cost, recruiting cost and lost productivity. Obviously, retaining the valuable employees and supervising the turnover of the mediocre helps to manage these costs. Creating an orderly succession plan for each position means your productivity will continue during transitions, giving you time to recruit a replacement for the individual you just promoted to fill the empty slot.
People Development
Most people like to be challenged in their work and given the chance to grow. Growth may be lateral or up, but employee satisfaction involves imparting a clear vision for how individuals can improve their position. Oftentimes switching firms provides the greatest likelihood for upward mobility, especially in a stagnant organization. Putting employees on a path where they can see their next opportunity creates a desire to invest in their own skill set in order to prepare for the advancement of their career.
Organizational Change
As an advisory firm grows, staff members must grow along with the company. Inevitably, certain employees will not keep pace, forcing a decision on whether they can be trained or whether they can adapt to the way the firm leaders want to manage the business. Some employees will leave out of frustration or fear, or they will be urged to depart because they no longer fit into the business model or have not taken the initiative to expand their skills. A deliberate program for training and development makes it much easier to fit people into positions vacated by those who did not evolve with the changing organization.
Lighting a New Fire
As organizations mature, longtime employees may no longer carry their weight, choosing to rely on their legacy. Advisory firm owners are often reluctant to dismiss those whose impact is declining. Meanwhile, more ambitious and eager individuals desire opportunities for growth. Younger staff can see this as a hopeless scenario. Advisory firms that create a new energy, replacing those who are camping out in their roles with individuals focused on improvement, generally experience a pick-up in morale. Hopelessness becomes hopefulness.
Turnover is inevitable. The key is to view succession as a growth strategy, not an exit strategy. Failing to invest in a plan to develop qualified and motivated replacements from within the firm will only lead to greater problems down the road.


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Legislation includes emergency funding for public schools this fall
WASHINGTON - August 05, 2010 -
The U.S. Senate today approved legislation (61-39) containing much-needed funds to help states cope with the Great Recession and to fund an extension of the increased federal match for Medicaid (FMAP). An amendment offered by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to H.R. 1586, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, would create an Education Jobs Fund to stave off massive layoffs of educators and harmful cuts to education programs. According to a National Education Association analysis, the fund will preserve the jobs of approximately 138,000 educators. Both the education jobs funding and the FMAP extension are fully paid for. The Congressional Budget Office confirmed yesterday that H.R. 1586 will actually reduce the budget deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade. The measure now moves to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The action by the Senate comes at a critical time. School budgets across the country have already been cut to the bone, forcing massive layoffs of teachers and education support professionals. Some districts are moving to four-day school weeks, gutting critical services and programs for students, or even closing schools entirely. Other districts are projecting class sizes to double as a direct result of the layoffs.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
"We applaud the Senate for voting to address students' needs. We commend Sen. Harry Reid for bringing this legislation to the floor of the Senate, and we are especially grateful to Sens. Patty Murray, Charles Schumer, and Tom Harkin for offering the Education Jobs Fund amendment.
"Today, with the passage of this important legislation, we are now a step closer to making sure that children do not bear the brunt of our nation's economic woes. The education jobs fund will keep tens of thousands of educators in schools and classrooms and off of unemployment lines. Most importantly, however, the much-needed funds will keep class sizes from ballooning and prevent even more harmful cuts to education programs for students.
"We thank Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins for putting our students' needs before partisan politics.
"We also applaud the action of the Senate to extend federal support for FMAP. This important funding will help prevent additional funding cuts in the states and maximize money going to education.
"We urge the House of Representatives to act swiftly to pass FMAP and the education funding bill. We need to keep schools open, educators working and students learning."
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The name appeared out of nowhere, unfamiliar to the players who have worked for months to influence how recreational marijuana will be regulated in Colorado.
On March 28, someone named Matt Taylor hired high-powered lobbying firm Axiom Strategies to work on "marijuana issues," records show. Taylor has since expanded his lobbying team to rival that of anyone with a stake in adult-use marijuana legalized by Amendment 64 in November.
"No one knows who he is, and with a name like that, no one has been able to find out much," said Joe Megyesy, who lobbies for a law firm that specializes in marijuana and for the Marijuana Policy Project, the main funder of the Amendment 64 campaign. "I haven't seen anything like it — but we've never seen anything like Amendment 64."
Colorado's marijuana mystery man, it turns out, describes himself as a former Marine and failed race-car driver who made his wealth in home heating oil on the East Coast and wants to get in on the ground floor of a budding industry worth untold millions in his home state.
Big spender
The appearance of a new, big-spending character comes at a key moment as Colorado enters unchartered territory of legalized pot. Disparate interests and unlikely alliances are trying to shape the rules that will determine who can enter a highly lucrative business and how the market will be structured.
Marijuana interests — led by medical marijuana business groups and dispensaries — already have paid at least $137,475 to lobbyists in the fiscal year that began in June, a Denver Post analysis found.
And the real battle has not begun: Bills in the General Assembly to establish rules for recreational pot have yet to be introduced, and fewer than three weeks remain in the session.
One issue has proven especially controversial: whether to let recreational pot stores and commercial growers operate independently.
Momentum has shifted to that approach, a turn away from medical marijuana industry rules that require growers and sellers to be part of the same company and for stores to grow most of what they sell.
On the side of at least starting with the medical model is an unlikely alliance of medical marijuana business groups, law enforcement and a citizens group seeking to restrict the recreational industry.
Those advocating for a more open system are strange bedfellows, too: a labor union, activists, smaller medical marijuana business interests — and the mysterious Mr. Taylor.
The issue first arose publicly in a working group of a task force appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The working group backed making shared ownership of grow operations and retail stores optional.
Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, the panel's co-chair, said voters made clear they wanted marijuana to be regulated like alcohol, which has a three-tiered system of manufacturers, distributors and retailers.
"The purpose of that is to prevent monopolies and cartels and a small amount of interests owning the industry," Pabon said. "Primarily, that came out of Prohibition, where mobsters and the black market were prevalent. And we didn't want to make that same mistake — to have legitimized drug dealers and thugs running our system."
The full task force reached a different conclusion. The group recommended the medical marijuana industry's regulatory model, noting that industry officials, law enforcement, and state and local regulators all advocated for it "to ease implementation and enforcement and to demonstrate to the federal government that Colorado is sticking with a regulatory model that has worked."
A swinging pendulum
The pendulum swung back in the other direction April 8.
A legislative committee, spurred by Pabon, voted 7-3 to endorse allowing recreational pot stores and growers to operate independently. Lawmakers also shrunk the window in which medical marijuana businesses would have exclusive access to seeking recreational pot shop licenses, from one year to three months.
Medical marijuana interests and law enforcement were suddenly on defense.
"I don't think the general principles of supply and demand should apply to something like this that is still against federal law," said Greenwood Village Police Chief John Jackson, legislative chair of the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police. "We are in the infancy of this here, and we are deciding to turn the faucet wide open."
Christian Sederberg, an attorney who helped write Amendment 64, said he supports requiring common ownership of grow operations and retailers for a "minimal period of time" to give regulators time to adapt. Other large dispensary interests stress they don't want to make the structure permanent, either.
Meg Collins of the Cannabis Business Alliance — which includes dispensaries, lawyers, doctors and others — argues that the approach also will make the federal government less likely to intervene.
"I don't look at it as us trying to preserve a monopoly," she said. "I look at it as us having been in the business trying to make sure we remain in the business, and that the Department of Justice does not make an example of Colorado."
Marijuana entrepreneur-in-waiting Matt Taylor hired a team of six lobbyists — one more than the Medical Marijuana Industry Group — to argue otherwise.
Business success
Taylor, 47, said he was born and raised in Colorado, attended public high schools in Denver and Metropolitan State College, then joined the Marines and was deployed to Iraq and the Pacific.
He said he worked in semiconductors and software in California, then made an ill-fated venture into racing Corvettes and Vipers.
His business success, he said, came with a New Jersey biofuels company called Shintan Inc. The company's CEO, Galvin Glover, said Taylor turned the company around, made it a lot of money, divested his shares in February 2012 and moved on.
Taylor said he does not know exactly what he wants to do in the marijuana business but has no interest in being a retailer.
His lobbyists argue the medical marijuana structure constrains supply and makes it tougher to track product.
"Do I want to be the next Google or Facebook of marijuana?" Taylor said. "I want to be able to be the best legitimate business operating in that industry that has transparency, that the public approves of and feels is actually operating in the community as a community partner. … I would like to be a model for legitimacy."
Taylor said he has no partners or investors. He said he lived in Denver while commuting to his East Coast job — important because under the proposed rules, any marijuana business owner must be a Colorado resident for at least two years. Records show Taylor is an active Colorado voter registered as a Republican.
"I'm just a businessman trying to make his way into a business that apparently the other business owners don't want anyone else in," he said.
Michael Elliott, director of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group, said his group is disappointed collaborative efforts to create an effective regulatory structure "were subverted at the 13th hour by a new, anonymous and well-financed player."
Taylor does not think he has been that influential.
"If you ask me what my lobbyists have gotten me," he said, "it's gotten me an interview with you and a big bill."
Staff writer Karen E. Crummy contributed to this report.
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Where they stand
Key players and lobbying dollars disclosed to date on marijuana issues. So far, the legislative session has featured three bills impacting the medical marijuana industry. Bills that will set rules for recreational pot are expected to be released anytime. Those in favor of at least starting off the recreational industry with a "vertical integration" system, meaning growers and sellers are part of the same company, and stores grow most of what they sell:
Medical Marijuana Industry Group
Trade organization with 50 members, many larger businesses.
Lobbying expenditures: $37,250
Sweetwater Partners
Medical marijuana business considering the recreational market, according to its lobbyist. Cannabis Business Alliance member.Lobbying expenditures: $21,000
Cannabis Business Alliance
Another trade group, including dispensaries, lawyers, doctors.
Lobbying expenditures: $20,000
Gaia Plant-Based Medicine
Medical marijuana business, interested in moving into recreational marijuana. Owner Meg Sanders served on the Amendment 64 task force. CBA member.
Lobbying expenditures: $17,975
Vicente/Sederberg law firm
Represents marijuana interests, helped write Amendment 64.
Lobbying expenditures: $5,000
Smart Colorado
Citizens group that supports strict regulation, heavy taxation, ban on TV, radio and online ads. Hired Sandra Hagen Solin and former congressional candidate Mike Feeley as lobbyists.
Lobbying expenditures: $7,500
Interests opposed to vertical integration in launching the recreational pot industry
Matt Taylor
Businessman interested in recreational marijuana.
Lobbying expenditures: $5,000; more lobbyists hired since last disclosure cutoff.
Cannabis Alliance for Regulation
Smaller medical marijuana business interests.
Lobbying expenditures: $1,000
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Organizing marijuana industry workers in 12 states including Colorado. Mark Belkin, organizing director of UFCW Local 7, said the union opposes vertical integration as "protectionism."
Lobbying expenditures: None to date.
Neutral on vertical integration
Marijuana Policy Project
National lobbying group and main funder of Amendment 64. Group is now "agnostic" on vertical integration after originally supporting it, its lobbyist says.
Lobbying expenditures: $20,000


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The comedic, musical duo from New Zealand known as Flight of the Conchords has announced that they will be touring the United States and Canada for the summer of 2016. The tour will begin in June and will span throughout a considerable portion of North America. Fans in the states can likely expect to see a tour date that will be within driving distance of their neighborhood.
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Anne Shannon Worrell Chapman to Fenstone Development Ltd., parcel in Ivy Creek, $540,700.
Thomas E. Worrell Jr., Trustee, to Ivy Creek LLC, 36.60 acres, $860,900.
Fenstone Development Ltd. to Ivy Creek LLC, 2.670 acres at 1220 Zack Lane, Ivy Creek, $759,300.
Aeacus Real Estate Ltd. to Ivy Creek LLC, 64.800 acres at 1200 Zack Lane, $14,598,400.
Andrew B. and Pamela G. Murray to Paul R. Cox, 8.989 acres at 2596 Earlysville Road, $169,900.
James L. Jessup Jr., Trustee, to Evergreen Land Co., 4.016 acres, $20,471.
Alexander J. and Joan B. Anonick to Margaret M. Walton, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, $110,000.
Andrew W. and Eleanor W. Dillaway to Patrick J. and Betty Marie Bolger, 2635 Kendalwood Lane, Kendalwood, $407,500.
Michael H. and Margaret M. VanVranken to John S. Angle and Lani Peppers-Angle, 21 acres in Rustling Oaks subdivision, State Route 601, $600.000.
Dennis L. and Kathleen S. DeSilvey to John O. and Betty M. Nilsen, lot in Southern Hills, $83,000.
Dennis L. and Kathleen B. DeSilvey to David B. and Donna E. Appleby, 2712 Southern Hills Court, Southern Hills, North Garden, $424,000.
Peter Easter to Country Green LLC, 2.004 acres at 630 Country Green Lane, $570,000.
Jeanne M. Ward to Edna S. Doernberg, Trustee, 1308 Sycamore Court, Branchlands, $215,000.
Charles W. Hurt, Trustee, to Tri-County Development Corp., lot in Ashleigh subdivision, $54,500.
Rocks LLC to MacMillan Pace LLC, lot in The Rocks, $230,000.
George E. Mahanes to Lonesome Mountain Farm LLC, 208.897 acres at 3595 Lonesome Mountain Road, $1,475,000.
Happy Valley LLC to Weston Development Co. LC, lot in Walnut Hills, $135,000.
Forest Lakes Associates to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., lot in Willow Bend, Forest Lakes, $91,944; lot in Springridge, Forest Lakes, $90,000.
Pierson S. and Daniel D. Morrill to W.A. Pace Jr., 30 acres in the Scottsville magisterial district, $80,000.
Frederick W. Holt to Glenn E. and Victoria C. Branham, 2.695 acres at 989 Britts Mountain Hollow, $34,000.
Sandra E. Frazier to Michael E. Frazier, 3815 President's Road, Scottsville, $96,000.
Carolyln J. and John B. Fowler III to Manoj K. and Anita Karadia Patel, 3215 Malbon Drive, Forest Lakes, $385,000.
Teresa A. Curtis to Robert F. and Amy G. Dudley, 0.762 acres at 734 Miller School Road, $189,900.
Gigi Jordan and Raymond A. Mirra Jr. to Ram Realty Holdings LLC, 60.75 acres on Taylor's Gap Road, gift.
Peggy S. Harbert, Trustee, to Carolyn J. and John B. Fowler III, 1920 North Pantops Drive, Ashcroft, $492,500.
VanderLinde Housing Inc. to John Okaah and Yvonne S. Okyere, 362 Pleasant Place, $334,950.
Glenmore Associates Ltd. to Craig Allen and Martha Jean Benardo, lot in Glenmore, $220,000.
Marsha B. Manganini to David A. and Denise G. Salzman, 1005 Shadwell Road, Milton Heights, Keswick, $235,000.
Barry Meade Homes LLC to Ricky G. and Kimberly W. Clark, 1126 Foxvale Lane, Foxcroft, $268,500.
Forest Lakes Associates to VanderLinde Housing Inc., lot in Springridge, Forest Lakes, $345,000.
Wade Apartments LLC to Rogers Building Systems LLC, lot in Sachem Village, $168,000.
Lucille W. Willis to Betty J. and T.M. Batchelor, Jr., parcel in Carrsbrook, $53,900.
T. M. Batchelor to Stephen R. Jacques, Trustee, lot in Carrsbrook, $70,000.
Southland Homes Inc. to George S. and Marilyn M. Hertel, 1515 Running Cedar Court, Bentivar, $499,501.
Jeanne B. Clevenger to Keith A. Crawford, 2008 Leyland Drive, Springridge, Forest Lakes, $269,900.
Arnold J. and Georgeann F. Hendrick to Suzanne K. and Earl L. White Jr., 2089 Whispering Woods Drive, Forest Lakes, $291,500.
Ginger A. Slavic to Michael S. and Liviana A. Stone, 3382 Moubry Lane, Forest Ridge, $250,000.
James M. and Carolyln S. Holcomb to Robert J. and Janice R. Randall, Trustees, 2290 Lonicera Way, North Pines, $230,000.
Bryan P. Ducharme and Kelley Desclauriers to Blaine A. and Mardi T. Brownell, 4640 Mockernut Drive, Hickory Ridge, Earlysville, $780,000.
Sharlene C. Chambliss to Buck Island LLC, 2.91 acres at 3036 Garland Lane, $100,000.
Shahnaz Ghassemi to Stephen B. Birchell, 113 Scarborough Place, Sherwood Manor, $130,000.
Blue Ridge Homecrafters Inc. to Maple Ridge Group LC, 2.88 acres, $185,000.
Roy W. Collins to Maple Ridge Group LC, 2.36 acres, $185,000.
Melvin D. McCauley and Gwendolyn M. Rion to Handbilt Homes Inc., 935 King William Drive, Dunlora, $150,000.
Deborah H. Shook, Trustee, to Randall A. and Constance M. Yim, 149.9702 acres at 106 Jim Lane Road, Royal Oaks, $1,250,000.
Anna M. Worthington to Ronald E. and Paula Y. Peterson, 157 Spring Mountain Road, $171,000.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Laurie Johnson, 1051 Bristlecone Lane, Willow Bend, Forest Lakes, $202,950.
Jodie Edwards to Beth Goldstein, 2.0 acres on State Route 637, 6482 Dick Woods Road, $40,000.
Weather Hill Homes Ltd. to Daniel K. and Jane R. Addison, 1827 Clay Drive, Waylands Grant, Crozet, $280,000.
Glenmore Associates Ltd. to R. D. Wade Builder Inc., lot in Glenmore, $120,000.
Charles W. Hurt, Trustee, to Richard F. Doyle, 2436 Hansens Mountain Road, Advance Mills Farm, $250,000.
Glenmore Associates Ltd. to MGR Development Corp., lot in Glenmore, $180,000.
Rio Associates Ltd. to Castle Gardens Shopping Center Ltd., 3.766 acres, $560,347.
William G. Taylor III to Phil G. Wendel, 24.007 acres at 1335 Garth Gate Lane, $1,150,000.
Hilda M. Monroe, Trustee, to Nancy F. Gordon, Trustee, unit in University Village condominiums, 500 Crestwood Drive, $325,000.
H. Wilson and Joan C. Davis to Dorie R. Wade, 1638 Garden Court, Gardencourt townhouses, $154,500.
Earl H. Burton, Trustee, to Kostich Construction Inc., parcel, $60,000.
Cassandra K. and John F. Mowbray to Josephine Pipkin and Douglas E. Loyd, 98 Wendover Lane, Key West, $339,000.
Timothy D. Veliky to VanderLinde Housing inc., six lots in Copperfield subdivision, $1,102,500.
Southern Property LLC to Landmark Enterprises LP, 1.605 acres at 1360 Stony Point Road, $475,000.
Myron E. and Betsy G. Tremain to Roland J. and Mary W. Land, 512 Wiley Drive, Ednam Forest, $702,000.
Tobey M. and Brandy S. Bouch to James and Margaret Ann Christmas, 1104 Amber Ridge Road, Highlands at Mechum's River, $186,000.
Weather Hill Homes Ltd. to Wendell W. Gibson Inc., five lots in Parkside Village, $257,500.
Dofflemyer Development LLC to Keith E. and Lisa A. Johnson, lot at 765 Yorkshire Road, Earlysville, $382,000.
Robert J. and Phyllis B. Bressan to Southern Property LLC, 2.01 acres at 170 South Pantops Drive, $535,000.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Jane Matthews and Ronald D. Wiley Sr., 3281 Turnberry Circle, Springridge at Forest Lakes, $264,900.
Kenneth G. Hale Jr. to VanderLinde Housing Inc., 0.633 acres, $900,000.
Allene M. Jenkins and Sherrilynn K. Foster to Stuart B. Allen and David J. and Betty M. Cain, 136 Goldenrod Court, Lake Reynovia, $231,500.
Nell A. and James E. McFarland III to Madhusudhana R. and Kiranmaye Yadali, 206 Westbrook Place, Woodbrook, $225,000.
Alan and Lucy W. Richmond to Tobey M. and Brandy S. Bouch, 35.467 acres at 2936 Milton Road, Five Oaks, $270,000.
Robert Hauser Homes Inc. to Ching Tom Kong, 1053 Bristlecone Lane, $206,950.
Stuart F. Carwile to Suzanne Bowman, 2.0 acres on State Route 810, 5617 Rockery Place, Crozet, $135,000.
Susan M. Howelll, Trustee, to Jose P. and Eileen M. Gomez, 1663 Empress Lane, Empress Place, Forest Lakes South, $349,500.
Frank T. and Melissa A. Ballif to Liberty Homes Inc., parcel on Buck Island Road, $52,500.
Elizabeth W. Pugh to Weather Hill Homes Ltd., two lots on Jarman's Gap Road, $500,000.
R. D. Wade Builder Inc. to William F. and Kathleen M. Lee, 3512 Glasgow Lane, Glenmore, $515,442.
Stuart F. Carwile to Lincoln Trust Company, Trustee, 3.0 acres, $90,000.
Two Hundred Fifty West Holdings LLC to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., lot in Foxchase, $360,000.
Elizabeth E. and Benjamin M. Miller Jr., Trustees, to Paul M. and Virginia Coleman, 56.66 acres in Scottsville magisterial district, $140,000.
Jeffrey F. and Beth R. Monaco to Loring G. Woodriff, 317 Parkway Street, $354,000.
Adul Keomahathai to Nenad Amanovic, 435 Moseley Drive, $193,000.
Lewis N. Woolford and Cindy Rich to Carlton Property LLC, 1203 Carlton Avenue, $110,000.
Eugene P. and Mary W. Pollock to 214 Sprigg Lane LLC, 2.34 acres at "Morea," 214 Sprigg Lane, $800,000.
Jason L. Washburn and Emily Thompson-Washburn to Tara H. Hodges, 815 Orangedale Avenue, $84,800.
Jennifer R. and Michael K. Morris to Ken and Betty Jane Mori, 214 Little Graves Street, $236,000.
Robert M. and Judy C. Rogers to Alfred J. Laluna, 919 Altavista Avenue, $115,000.
Jennifer R. and Daniel S. Behe Jr. to Gregory T. and Edna R. Drudy, 1613 Cedar Hill Road, $179,900.
Martha Jefferson Hospital to Martha Jefferson House, 1602 Gordon Avenue, $109,218.18.
L.G. and Kathlene B. Harding to David E. and Annette Watkins, 310 Cleveland Avenue, $99,500.
Reba F. Woodward to Theodore L. and Ruth J. Davis, 104 Denice Lane, $200,000.
Vernon G. Sullivan to John and Gwendolyn Loehr, lot in "Oaklawns," $32,000.
Edsel H. and Mary V. Lester to University of Virginia Real Estate Foundation, unit in Wertland Commons condominiums, gift.
Tiger Fuel Co. to Eagle Corp., 934 Harris Street, no price given.
Kenneth A., Christian A., and Karen B. tombs to John T. Jackson III, 113 Darien Terrace, $135,000.
Alease T. Smiley to Gene and Gayle Lawhorne, 2308 Banbury Street, $175,000.
Loring Woodriff to Wildan Property LLC, 1203 Belleview Avenue, $190,000.
William A. and Bonnie Gayle Johnson to Karl D. Smith and Nathan Blessing, 809 Anderson Street, $95,000.
East Jefferson Street Partnership to DGK LLC, unit in 10 Market Street condominiums, no price given.
Frank H. Earle IV to John F. and Myrian G. Pitts, 309 Monte Vista Avenue, $227,000.
Phaedrus Acgtblu (fka Kent Schwager) to Joann F. and Arthur T Conroy III, 12 & 17 Elliewood Avenue, $320,000.
Richard A. Weinberg to Jason M. and Dana E. Dunn, 1517 Trailridge Road, Johnson Village, $200,900.
Vincent P. and Alice S. Riccabona to Edward W. Pettersen and Nancy H. Page, 2406 Jefferson Park Avenue, $339,000.
Mary P. Newton to Kenneth B. Fox III, 1316 Early Street, $130,000.
Charles E. and Melody Swartz to Ellen C. Dietrick, 439 Fairway Avenue, $186,500.
Aaron Buchanan to Thomas D. and Kelly Silliman, 520 Caroline Avenue, $170,000.
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Veliky LC Timothy D. and Melanie D. Veliky, 354 14th Street NW, $169,600.
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John C. Whitten to Joel A. and Kerry E. Blum, 1124 Meriwether Street, $214,900.
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A Complete Guide to Pancake Month at Clinton St. Baking Co., NYC
National Pancake Month is almost upon us, and Clinton Street Baking Co. is offering 10 different flavors of pancakes throughout the month to celebrate.
"February is usually a slower month at the shop," says owner Dede Lahman. "The weather's pretty bad, and people are still staying inside a lot after the holidays. So we've come up with a way to celebrate National Pancake month, and also give a nod to the seasons and the neighborhood that we're in." Some pancakes, like the crunchy bananas with spiced chocolate, are customer favorites and stay on the menu from year to year. But Dede and her partner Neil aim to bring in a few new flavors every February to keep things fresh.
Click through the slideshow to see all the flavors that will be offered at Clinton Street Baking Co. The menu, as well as when the flavors are available, are also available online. The special pancakes are served on the weekdays for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will be offered for $16 a serving.
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Because I'd like to see more and better public transportation in this region, I'd also like to see more–and better–sources of public transportation funding. In my ideal world, we'd fund transit with gas taxes, parking taxes, tolls, and congestion charges–instead of just sales tax. For now, I'll settle for advertising as a source of revenue.
Which brings me to my point…
In December, the King County Transit Advisory Committee, "an appointed County board drawn from King County Metro Transit riders," sent a letter to Seattle City Councilmember Jan Drago encouraging the city to allow "tasteful" advertising in bus shelters. (Apparently, this is currently not allowed.) An excerpt from the letter:
The King County Transit Advisory Committee respectfully requests that you and your Seattle City Council colleagues study the potential for Seattle to join with Metro Transit in placing revenue-generating, tasteful advertising panels on Seattle-area Metro Transit bus shelters.
Our committee has researched the use of bus shelter advertising in municipal locations within the United States and internationally. We have learned that municipalities can tightly control advertising content and images, while striking revenue deals that greatly enhance the ability to provide shelters and another important customer amenity, signage. Given the urgent need to upgrade customer service and amenities during the coming decade, the King County Transit Advisory Committee strongly favors the use of such advertising-enhanced revenue to increase the number, cleanliness and quality of bus shelters, adjacent lighting and informational signage within the City of Seattle.
(Full disclosure. I was recently appointed to the TAC. I attended my first meeting as a member on February 13th.)
I'd love to see more shelters and better signage, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to come to consensus about how we define "tasteful." I was all for bus wraps (which, in case you missed it, are going away) until I saw McDonald's-wrapped buses and Fox-News– and Mercedes-Benz- wrapped People Movers in Detroit. I also hate the idea of corporations having that kind of access to our public spaces. (Anyone seen the monument to Starbucks at Powell Barnett?)
That said, I've seen bus shelter ads in other cities, and they actually looked nice. Here are a few examples I found in my own photo archives:
The TAC's letter also has a few.
Bottom line: We need more transit funding, and we definitely need more shelters and better signs. I support the shelter ads, but I'll continue to raise my voice (and vote) for more public funding of public transit.
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The 74th Street block of Jackson Heights, running between Roosevelt Avenue and 37th Avenue, referred to as "Little India," is often the setting for heated power struggles among the Indian business community. There are many lawyers creating problems on the block, so strange lawsuits are a way of life.
This case might have seemed no different, but now our judges and the court system must endure a waste of time on acts of total disrespect for fundamental fair values.
Some of the merchants had contended that a member orchestrated an illegal election – and now the court of law agrees. Court documents show that a Jagir Singh, who was elected president, sent out letters about the election being held on a different day than they were supposed to be, and then the real election took place with only a few hours of notice in a restaurant. To boot, he only sent the election notice to some of the nearly 180 members.
Gee, do you think a low turnout was the plan? Cuba might be closer to holding a fair election.
Now comes the fun part…
In order to vote in this election, court papers say, Singh charged you pay $50!
But the best comment on this case came from one of the court documents (so even though we'd like to take credit for it, we can't). It's a Leonid Brezhvev quote brought to life: "The problem with free elections is that you never know who is going to win."
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Perimeter Institute Associate Faculty member Niayesh Afshordi has won an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI) of Ontario.
PI Director Neil Turok commented, "This is a wonderful endorsement of Dr. Afshordi's exceptional potential. He is a highly creative and talented young scientist whose research may well shed new light on the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy in the universe."
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- Neutron Stars and the Cosmological Constant Problem, Farbod Kamiab, Niayesh Afshordi, arXiv:1104.5704
- Prospects for Detecting Dark Matter Halo Substructure with Pulsar Timing, Shant Baghram, Niayesh Afshordi, Kathryn M. Zurek, arXiv:1101.5487
- Stellar Black Holes and the Origin of Cosmic Acceleration, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Niayesh Afshordi, Michael L. Balogh, arXiv:0905.3551


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Robert Lunn is a former defensive tackle from UCONN. He graduated in 2008 and is now playing professional football - in Portchach, Austria. He's graciously shared some of the things he's experienced so far.
Lunn is no stranger to blogging, either. Some of his musings can be found on his personal blog "Thoughts From A Fat White Guy," guest appearances on Chris Cooley's blog portion of his personal site, and a blogger for the newly launched NESN.com.
The University of Connecticut's weight room is a testament to big time college football: 35 championship platforms, valued at $25,000 dollars apiece, a 70 yard running surface on the second floor, with integrated laser-timing technology and a staff of five full-time strength and conditioning coaches. 500lb bench presses, 700lb squats and stale sweat and tears fill the air as grunts and yells from the toil of college athletes echo of the concrete walls, adorned with the phrase, "Championships Start Here."
This is Austria. I train at the "FitMax."
The Austrian workout is simple. Before entering said FitMax make sure to light up that one last Marlboro Red (don't be caught up in the irony of this), proceed to locker room where upon entering, you will witness three things:
1) Circumcision: not big in Europe
2) Banana hammocks are a recession proof investment
3) Judging by that tribal tattoo-the early mid to late 90's were not kind to you.
After all this, it's time to get your swell on.
You will then time it so that every important business call you could make, must be made in between sets of bicep-curls, thus making it is utterly impossible for you to finish your work out. Run outside to your Fiat, Alfa-Romeo, Pugeot, or Volkswagon, light up another cigarette and be on your way.
There really is nothing like a good sweat.
Spending a lot of time "researching" the bar scene has taught me a few things. Austrians are incapable of saying, "excuse me" and that's fine with me. Nothing like getting muscled out of the way by a faux-hawk and a pair of skinny jeans. The other thing I have learned is that, there will always be the one guy who looks like the poster boy for Levi-Strauss. The jean jacket warrior, the Canadian Tuxedo; I understand that denim is expensive here, but draping yourself in it ala George Costanza-velvet-obsession doesn't make it okay. But then again I am sure he's thinking the same thing about "ze Americans" who are wearing Larry Bird jerseys and Red Sox hats to the bar (in my defense, it was an Irish bar).
At some point I had to remind myself that all my preconceived notions of football and how it is played in America need to be thrown out the window. Things have changed significantly for me in the past two months. I graduated college, gave up my dream of playing in the NFL, moved to Austria (as previously noted, I don't speak a word of German), I now write for what amounts to "sport-news-smut-peddling," and my teammates rip cigarettes at half time.
But the biggest change? I actually enjoy the bye week.
The "bye week" is a myth in the NCAA. The notion that any fan has of players using this time to "rest and recover" is complete bullshit. For players, the bye week means that training camp is back in session in the middle of your season. But that was before; now the bye week allows me to take 4 day trips to Spain (with Daulerio tracking me down via Blackberry).
This is something I can't wait to tell my kids, "when Daddy was out of college, he played football in Europe, visited Spain and got attacked by Nigerian prostitutes as he exited a bar at 4am drunk off of CruzCampo." Who thought that the stories of my days playing football in Europe would have so little to do with football and so much to do with European night life.
I left this bar in Spain at closing time, and to be honest it was time for me to go. There's only so many times you can fall off a barstool and still be served. I make my way to in the street and immediately received what the Austrians call "Luft-Schlagen" or "the air slap" Meaning when the cold night air hits delivers an immediate, sobering blow to your rosy cheeks. Imagine my continued surprise, when in the post luft-schlagen moment I was mobbed by no less than seven Nigerian whores.
Should I issue the "my best friend is black" disclaimer on this next part? Probably. But these women were dark. Like Wesley Snipes black. Like the guy from "Blood Diamond" (or was it "Amistad?") black. Next thing I know I am being hounded for sex, each one offering a more competitive price than the next, then sweetening the deal with claims "No AIDS, baby!" and "I don't have The Germ." Next thing I knew I felt hands reaching in my pockets; grabbing, touching, stroking. Then one of these night walkers found the ultimate prize.
No not my penis. My Orbit gum. It should be noted that good gum is impossible to find in Europe. So this package of winter mint was worth its weight in gold, and like piranhas to an injured calf, they were off of me and tearing apart a package of chewing gum.
I laughed all the way home. Then I woke up on the kitchen floor the next day.
Robert Lunn can be reached at thefatwhiteguyATgmail.com. Share your thoughts with him. He's a big boy.


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Archive for December 31st, 2012
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January 2012- High Doors
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Finally, the end of 2012, and the arrival of the Newtown Pentacle Greatest Hits of 2012 posting.
It was actually a pretty good year for your humble narrator, which started off when I stumbled across the fact that the Paragon Oil building in Long Island City used to be Queens Borough Hall- back in the day. check out "high doors"
February 2012- mural history
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Steve Brodie said he jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and lived, becoming one of the great celebrities of the 19th century in the process. Mr. Brodie was buried in Calvary Cemetery and in February, we paid him a visit in "mural history".
March 2012- skillfully wafted
– photo by Mitch Waxman
In "skillfully wafted", an opportunity to visit the titan Waste Management facility at Varick Street in Brooklyn was taken advantage of, and the LIRR Bushwick Branch received some attention as well.
April 2012- strange corridors
– photo by Mitch Waxman
An opportunity to witness the procedures followed at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in pursuit of "scientific odor control and engineering" came along, and your humble narrator leapt at the opportunity in "strange corridors".
April was an interesting month for other reasons, especially since the news that I had discovered a missing piece of the Queensboro Bridge broke at several news sources.
Check out the dnainfo article here, and the cbs radio piece here.
May 2012- obscure world
– photo by Mitch Waxman
On the subject of odors and Newtown Creek, a great personal victory was announced when the definitive location of Conrad Wissel's Night Soil and offal dock was revealed in "obscure world".
June 2012- strange wanderers
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The Johnston Brothers were the proprietors of the J. & C. Johnston company, located ultimately at the corner of Broadway and 22nd street in Manhattan. Their mausoleum in Calvary Cemetery was the subject of interest in "strange wanderers".
There was also that whole NYtimes article and video about me in June- check out "Your Guide to a Tour of Decay" and "Newtown's Champion". To be seen, by so many, diminishes me.
July 2012- virgin aether
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The answer to the question- "what- exactly- would you have done if you suddenly had to get rid of a dead elephant in pre 1977 NYC?" was answered with "call Van Iderstine's" in "virgin aether".
August 2012- the last birthday of the Kosciuszko Bridge
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The Kosciuszko Bridge was opened on August 23rd, 1939 by Mayor LaGuardia.
"the last birthday of the Kosciuszko Bridge" carries several historic shots recently made accessible via NYCMA's Luna images.
September 2012- central chamber
– photo by Mitch Waxman
In September, the Tidewater building on the Queens bank of the Newtown Creek in Blissville received some scrutiny in the "central chamber" posting.
October 2012- embowered banks
– photo by Mitch Waxman
In "embowered banks", a little altar was discovered in Calvary Cemetery, alongside a certain "tree fed by a morbid nutrition".
November 2012- open place
– photo by Mitch Waxman
November was defined first by Hurricane Sandy disabling New York City, and then by a back injury which disabled your humble narrator for a spell. An effort to document the post Sandy environment around Newtown Creek was detailed in several postings, the first of which was "open place".
December 2012- palatial magnificence
– photo by Mitch Waxman
December of 2012 was dominated by the Mayan Apocalypse, and our extensive Newtown Pentacle bunker was described in "palatial magnificence".
Overall, its been a decent year.
I've done a plethora of walking and boat tours of the Newtown Creek- close to 900 people have attended one or another of these events.
The "Magic Lantern Show" has been presented at Universities, Colleges, and for community groups.
Thanks to everyone who has been reading and commenting here, and to everyone who came along on one of my crazy long walks around the Newtown Pentacle. Stick around, 2013 is shaping up to be a fun time.


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Brushfire is a tabletop anthromorphic wargame produced by On The Lamb Games. It is is "a skirmish war game in which animals fill the role of historical parodies."[1]
The game is played with white metal miniatures manufactured by On The Lamb Games representing military characters based on historical characters. The game is meant to be a parody of military history using mostly indigenous animals of the countries each faction is based on. The initial rulebook was released at Gen Con 2010, and contained eight factions.
A Roleplaying Game based in the world of Brushfire using Mongoose Publishing's Legend system has been announced.[2] It is expected to have a May 2012 release.[3]
Game Play[edit]
Players control an army of models led by a hero model acting as a commander. At the beginning of each turn players will roll a d10 to determine which goes first, the winner of the die roll gets to activate a number of models that are the same species, have the same equipment, and are within three inches. While activated the controlling player does all the available actions with those models, when done his opponent may do the same with a group of their models. After both players have activated all of their models the turn is over and each player will roll for initiative once again. This continues until the game's victory conditions are met.[4]
Players build their armies using a three resource point system, similar to computer based RTS games. Before playing the players will choose a maximum amount of Food, Lumber, and Gold that their armies may use. Troop models generally only cost Food points, while there equipment and upgrades will cost Lumber and Gold. Heroes (models that lead the armies) are enlisted using a fourth resource, Hero Levels. Hero Levels are determined separate from the resource limit and determine the overall power of heroes on the battlefield. While heroes will have the same stat block regardless of level, players can assign Hero Levels to each hero to give them additional abilities and equipment.
Eight factions were included with Brushfire =Historia Rodentia=.
The Empire of Aquitar[edit]
Based on Napoleonic France
In the days before the Empire, Aquitar was a sick and dying country. Its rulers had once been majestic benevolent kings, but, by 1789, Shrouis XVI had reigned in luxury and despotism. By the time that the Moles, nomads from the east, had burrowed into Aquitar, the country was at the threshold of revolution. The leader of the nomads, Louis de Bore, would find himself quickly involved in the affairs of the country, his charismatic speeches and tactical skill resulted in the successful overthrow of the Corelingian Dynasty. Unfortunately he would soon succumb to wounds sustained in the final battle, and was posthumously styled Moleon I, Emperor of Aquitar. His adopted son would become the defacto first Emperor of Aquitar, as Moleon II. After taking the throne, Moleon II began a war to retake lost lands. To the horror of noble families only the most skilled soldiers rose in the ranks. Farmers and city workers that joined the Grand Army were given Dukedoms and other noble titles, pushing out the old class for actually competent allies. His reforms didn't just stop at the troops employed but their equipment and the tactics developed. In a few years, Aquitar expanded its borders into its ancient holdings, pressing against their old foes.
Faction Highlights
- Undermine - All models in the Aquitar Faction can ambush, and be placed anywhere on the battlefield.
- Elite Infantry - Aquitaran soldiers strike fast and strike hard, don't expect armor to protect you too well.
- Tactical Genius - The heroes lead their battles from the hill, out maneuvering their enemies skillfully.
Faction Summary
Aquitar invests in highly skilled, powerful troops, their cost counteracts that power, resulting in fewer soldiers on the field. Their heroes boost their ability even further, making Aquitaran troops unstoppable.
The Commonwealth of Axony[edit]
Based on Napoleonic England
The greatest seafaring nation in the world began on the small rainy island of Axony. Today their colonies dot the coastlines of every inhabited continent. Thousands of ships cross the oceans every year, keeping the world's power seated on the tiny track of land. The ego of its citizens matches its power, and its soldiers march into battle, assured of Axon victory and superiority. Axons do not realize that below their massive naval empire lies a criminal one. the Bandits of Ashdown Forest, and the Pirates of the Albator have destroyed the moral fiber and wallets of Axon citizens. To combat this internal threat, Parliament has organized a group of "Experts" each a man of specific skills, to seek out threats to the empire and destroy them.
Faction Highlights
- The Experts - A group of exemplars that have had mysteries and stories told of their exploits. Though each functions independently, They act in coordination acting like a squad without base cohesion.
- Tea Time - Bloodshed aside, Axons refused to let civilized life be disrupted. Once every 4 turns, Axon models may take a break and heal 1 VY.
- Bearded Highlanders - Their northerly cousins, the Gaelites, have never seen eye to eye with the Axons civilized life-style. Highlanders take every defeat personally, every death, the death of a brother. Best not make them angry.
Faction Summary
Axony is a powerful group with a soldier for every occasion, and Experts moving about the field solving any problems beyond another soldier's scope.
The Kingdoms of Chugoku[edit]
Based on Three Kingdoms China
Far to the east of the Mare-Civitas, and south of the snowy reaches of Eastern Vandalands, lies one of the largest kingdoms in the world, and it lies in ruins. With the constant assailing from their island neighbors, and the inept ruling of its aristocrats, Chugoku has found over a century of conflict within its own borders. As leaders and peasants alike choose sides, their ancient foe, the Shogunate of Ribenguo, plans to take advantage of the instability. Despite its problems, Chugoku still has the highest quality of living of any nation. Gardens and food a plenty, gluttony more-so. Every day magnificent statues of long dead heroes are erected, along side irrigation waterways and paved roads. Merchants and explorers from all corners of the globe travel to the city centers to discover medicines and sciences beyond their comprehension. Perhaps the most revolutionary being the explosive black powder, used around the world for firearms. Chugoku remains extremely rich, despite bleeding money in senseless war efforts.
Faction Highlights
Broken Kingdom - The once proud nation of Chugoku has been thrust into civil war. Four sub-factions now vie for control, and provide the player with several special rules for their selection.
- Yellow Tail - The lower classes have revolted against their decadent leaders and sworn to a religious path. Yellow Tail soldiers fast weekly and cost 2 fewer FD than other troops.
- Red Claw - Having stolen the Imperial Seal during a moment of crisis, the pirates of souther Chugoku stand behind its holder with pride, having a boost of +2 CM.
- Blue Fang - The young emperor's caretaker has stood fast behind the throne, For years his forces have had a hand in every military action, and an eye on every foe. Blue Fang models may reroll any KE roll once per phase.
- Green Eye - With his inept nephew under the thrall of a corrupt bureaucrat, the Green Eye leader calls for a return of the Han Dynasty to power, under his rule of course! Many of the people, not swayed by the Yellow Tail rebellion have flocked to his banner.3d10 + KE Civilians (1 VY, 0 in other stats) join his cause in battle.
Faction Summary
Chugoku a has large variety of Heroes, Exemplars, and Troops, but must select a sub-faction, changing their overall play style accordingly.
The Free Cities of Mare-Civitas[edit]
Based on Spanish Conquistadores
Before the age of gunpowder, before the age of sail, the Holy Rodentian Empire spanned from the Mare Civitas north to the Axonian Channel, and far east to the mountains of Chugoku. In the days before the decline of the Corelingian Dynasty, Charles de Mange, King of the Shrews, refused to favor one son over another in their dispute for the throne. Instead he split the kingdom amongst them. His eldest son, Lowther would follow in this fashion, splitting his own kingdom amongst his children. These lands, along the coast of the Mare Civitas, and the islands off the shore are now numerous independent city-states. Despite the many times these small countries squabble amongst themselves, their common lineage ties them together in times of strife. Today the Merchant mice thrive on trade and colonization with their armada of warships and merchant marine vessels, controlling the world's waterways. Their masterful weapons designs have protected them both from attacks by sea and by land, their island and coastal fortresses neigh impregnable. Allied with the Capybara of Vespuccia, the city-states stand unified against outside threats.
Faction Highlights
- Mercenari - The amassed fortunes of the merchantmice allows them to take more mercenaries than other factions. Additionally they can spend food like gold to pay for these mercenaries.
- Heavy Weapons - Chipmunk engineers have created devastating weapons feared by potential invaders.
- Leaping Lancers - Though most troops of Civitas are lightly armored conscripts, the Mice Lancers are the pride of the Free Cities, striking from the sky.
Faction Summary
The Free Cities rely mostly on low cost, high count troops to protect their borders, However their army selection is much more diverse with the choice to take more mercenaries than other factions.
The Shogunate of Ribenguo[edit]
Based on the Sengoku Period of Japan
Long a mystery of the western world, Ribenguo is spoken of merely in tales and words of warning by Chugokan merchants traveling abroad. Each story contradicts another, described as marauding pirates by one teller, and as ancient mystics by another. Ribenguo stands today as an isolationist country, ruled by the longest continuing ruling line in history. The Tanuki Dynasty has lost its military power, however, to the Shoguns, expert generals with the skill and armies to keep other Samurai in line.
The Samurai of Ribenguo have to contend with enemy spies and assassins, when their leaders cannot find the focus to place their attention to their foreign borders. However, each generation of Shoguns, as their base of power crumbles, points to the Chugokans and other foreigners as the source of all problems in their territories. When the battle plans are set, the entire might of the Ribenguan army is brought to bare against their enemies. Their current foothold on the mainland has tipped the balance of power in favor of this ancient empire.
Faction Highlights
- The Seven Wanderers - A group of Exemplars that have become friends over a hundred battles. Unlike normal exemplars which join troop squads, the Wanderers join together as a squad, creating a horrible force that roves the field.
- Shinobi - The foxes of Ribenguo have long trained in stealth and assassination techniques, troops should watch their backs when fighting this army.
- Samurai - the Tanuki of Ribenguo have pledged their lives to honor their masters and their families, any of them would give their lives for victory.
Faction Summary
Ribenguo is a faction of elite warriors, most important of which are the Wanderers, each one with their own epic tale of battle.
The Scyzantine Empire[edit]
Based on the Ottoman Empire
The great fortress of Agaminople, seated at the center of the ancient capital of Scyzantium, Lacerta, stands today as a testament to reptilian fortitude. Challenged both by invaders from the west, attempting to take the cradle of life from its rightful owners, and by imperialists from the east, beyond the mountains, the Scyzantines have fought foes on their own terms, on the dunes of their homeland. For centuries the Sultanate has guided the lizards, turtles, and other reptiles of the deserts with a unified fist.
The current Sultan, Varanus the Lawmaker, has kept the most stable government of the Empire, even able to call upon the Zabarans and the Khonshans, in times of great need. His diplomatic skills have even brought the last of the Hassassins into the reptilian fold, working as messengers, scouts, and spies.
Faction Highlights
- Progeny of Alhazred - The scaly skin of all reptiles provide a +1 AR
- Siege Tortoise - These massive creatures act as mobile war machines, breaking down walls and crushing foes.
- Vizier's Guidance - The ministers of Scyzantium advise their lords both in government functions as well as in military tactics. Their abilities are extremly varied, providing a number of unique attacks.
Faction Summary
All troops of Scyzantium are incredibly tough, providing enough defense to slow down attackers and allowing their own heroes and war machines to destroy the invaders.
The Vandalands[edit]
Based the Vandals of Germany
From the north the barbaric hordes rode down upon the great Rodentian Empire, long steeped in corruption. With its fall came the dark age of the world, taking nearly a millennia to recover. By 1000 two new empires had risen, Scyzantium in the eastern deserts and the Holy Rodentian Empire in the west. The two fought over faith and territory for generations. Until the unified tribes and countries fell upon old ways, set against themselves. Though the Holy Rodentian Empire is now divided, the spirit of the Rat King, the leaders tailbound to protect their lands and each other, pervades the Vandalands, giving rise to the honorable barbarian.
Faction Highlights
- Heart of the Fatherland - A Vandalands army may convert Gold and/or Lumber to Food at a 1:1 Rate
- Knightly Heritage - Elite troops of the Vandalands have steeds and count as cavalry.
- Raiding Hordes - The low cost Vandal troops have multiple wounds, having a higher survival rate.
Faction Summary
Due to their 'sliding' food resources, Vandals can be an incredibly high count army, but still have troops tough enough to survive like high cost models.
The Tribes of Zabar[edit]
Based on the Zulu Tribes and Dutch Settlers of South Africa
The mysterious jungles south of the 'civilized' world have long rejected colonization, but with the discovery of rich diamond and gold mines throughout the region, the many tribes must band together to fight foreign invaders. Hyena, Boars, and even Vandal settlers fend off the industrial machinations of the colonists from Axony, who bring more soldiers into the war every month. Becoming more outnumbered everyday, the tribes have turned to the great elephant chieftan Loxodon to lead them in a ferocious fight, and to once more show outsiders why they feared the dark jungles of Zabar for millennia.
Faction Highlights
- Highveld - Zabar models gain +1 WS and +1 AR while in cover.
- Tribal Witch Doctors - The Hyenas of the jungles are experts in war medicines, providing power to their warriors and weakening their enemies.
- Heroes of guerrilla warfare - The lioness huntresses and ivory chieftains of Zabar know just where to lay in wait and surprise their foes.
Faction Summary
Zabar relies heavily on their troops being in the right place with the right bonuses, and their heroes taking an active role in combat. With their powerful Ivory Chiefs, Zabar players have less risk of losing their generals to fighting troops.
- ↑ http://www.on-the-lamb.com/content/brushfire/ Retrieved January 5, 2012.
- ↑ Brushfire Moves to RPG. Beasts of War.
- ↑ Legendary News. Planet Mongoose Blog. Mongoose Publishing.
- ↑ Brushfire =Historia Rodentia=, On The Lamb Games, 2010
External links[edit]
- On The Lamb Games
- Official Forums
- Beasts of War Interview with On The Lamb Games' Emily Fontana
- Review of Brushfire by GeekNative
|Some of this page is derived from Wikipedia. The original article was at Brushfire (game). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WikiFur, the text of Wikipedia is available under CC-BY-SA and the GFDL.


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Kiszla: Give John Elway credit for landing Wes Welker for Peyton Manning
John Elway is 52 years old, walks on an artificial left knee and hasn't played football since Bill Clinton was president. But Elway can still beat the snot out of New England quarterback Tom Brady.
In fact, Elway just did. Hurts, doesn't it, Mr. Brady?
Touchdown, Broncos.
Wes Welker scored on a post route so deep it took the five-time Pro Bowler all the way from New England to Denver. He agreed Wednesday to join the Broncos as a free agent. Welker was rewarded for switching teams with a two-year, $12 million deal the Patriots were reluctant to give him.
Peyton Manning now has Brady's favorite little buddy as a pass-catching target.
You can hear the chowderheads curse Elway all the way from here in the Rocky Mountains.
This was a good get. It doesn't signal a seismic shift in the balance of NFL power, in the same way the acquisition of Manning did a year ago. Landing Welker, however, ignited the same fist pumps of celebration at Dove Valley headquarters. Why are those high-fives so significant?
The games on the field belong to the players. But this might well be Elway's favorite stretch of the NFL calendar. This is the time of year that old No. 7 can compete against New England coach Bill Belichick or anybody else in the league with designs on a championship.
For Denver, it's Super Bowl or bust.
You expected anything less, as Manning's window of opportunity closes a little with each passing day?
If it wasn't clear before, there's no mistaking the reality now. Elway is the team architect, but Manning is at the forefront of the boss' thoughts as roster plans are drawn. In fact, Elway has told me Manning should have some degree of input in crucial team decisions, the same as Mike Shanahan taking advice from his legendary quarterback when Denver was an elite NFL team.
Manning doesn't want to be the general manager of the Broncos. And the pursuit of Welker was particularly difficult for Manning.
Oh, Manning did place a recruiting call to the Patriots star.
Then, Manning had to make peace with the fact he was pushing old friend Brandon Stokley out of a job.
Make no mistake. Stokley is a major reason Manning chose Denver to begin chapter two of his NFL life. Manning is intensely loyal. Football is a tough business, and that's why, for any man with a heart, what makes football sense can also gnaw at the gut.
It appears the Broncos aren't trying to repeat their championship glory years of the late 1990s so much as they are reassembling a very convincing facsimile of the Indianapolis Colts' offense that Manning led to perennial Super Bowl contention.
Denver, which has vowed to play even faster than the 30-point-per-game offensive juggernaut of last season, can now line up Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker as wide receivers, with Welker in the slot.
Hmm, didn't Manning throw to Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and Stokley back in the QB's Indy prime?
It has been an open secret since the end of the regular season the Broncos would like to upgrade at wide receiver, a move that seemed unfathomable to devotees of Thomas and Decker. While Thomas is on the verge of being a top-shelf No. 1 target, Welker has more than 750 career receptions on his NFL résumé, not to mention talent Decker can't match, with all due respect.
In a league with a salary cap, franchises that win the Monopoly money season know how to legitimately manipulate the budget. While it is overly simplistic to state, there's a kernel of truth to the idea that Elway took $6 million from waived linebacker D.J. Williams and passed it along to Welker. That's cash well spent.
"We wanted to get better. Obviously 13-3 was a successful year, but we lost our first playoff game, so we wanted to take advantage of an opportunity to get better," Elway said. "We'll continue to work on that during the free-agent period and then again in the draft."
Not only did the Broncos improve, they dealt a blow to New England, a consistent Super Bowl contender. Two birds. One stone.
Wonder how Brady feels now, after the glamour-boy quarterback restructured his contract for the purpose of keeping the Patriots on top during the twilight years of his NFL career.
The Manning vs. Brady rivalry has always been intensely competitive.
This is only a guess: The rivalry between the Broncos and Patriots just got hotter.
C'mon, Belichick.
Give us a scowl.


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Study Suggests Faster Approach to Anorexia Treatment
Treatment for anorexia nervosa still stymies health care professionals. A new study provides support suggesting that accelerated refeeding may be more effective than the traditional treatment of slow, low-calorie refeeding. WSJ's Shirley Wang has the details. Photo: AP
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1. The golden plates lay hidden
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Until God found one faithful,
In whom He could confide.
2. A record made by Nephi,
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Commencement came on a cool and overcast day, though without the rain and mud that marked Abraham Lincoln's Second Inauguration. Ron White, our Commencement speaker, did note that the weather was dreary for Lincoln's address, though he emphasized the promise of the president's biblical cadences and redemptive themes. Despite the dark skies, several reporters in 1865 remarked that the occasion was far more bouyant than four years earlier, when agitators filled the dusty streets of the capital with hints of secession. Yet one of Lincoln's best friends observed that it was a "pale, melancholy figure" who rose to accept a second term at the head of a war-weary nation.
I appreciated how Dr. White concluded his remarks by asking us to recite Lincoln's closing words, hopeful that the national benediction of 1865 can still inspire our best labors: "With malice toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in. . . " As Gayle observed in his own closing comments, this has been both a wonderful and a trying year for Westmont, and many in the community have been striving on with dignity in the midst of great challenges and sorrow. In this report, I get to celebrate several of the high points of the year—including a few awards, some newly appointed faculty, and the recent grants of tenure. But I also want to acknowledge the steady efforts of many colleagues who remain committed to work that we are still finishing, and doing so with perserverance, often in times of trial. At the conclusion I have attached the remarks that I shared at the farewell reception in appreciation of Jane Higa as she finishes her work at Westmont and strives forward in faith.


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Lostwinds is pretty great, but because it's only available on WiiWare, many people are missing out. Maybe a version on the 360 or PlayStation 3 could be a little more inclusive.
In an interview with VideoGamer, Frontier studio boss David Braben has said that as the 360 and PS3 begin to adopt new control schemes, "opportunities may also change".
Pressed whether this meant Lostwinds could make its way to the HD consoles via Project Natal and Sony's motion controller, Braben said "Well who knows? All of these things are enabling new gameplay mechanics, some of which could be quite close to something like LostWinds."
"We're certainly doing more in the world of LostWinds anyway. The very fact that we're doing this sequel shows it's been successful. But also, what those opportunities are, we'll look at."
So we might get Lostwinds, we might get something...else. As he says though, Lostwinds is already a strong "brand", it'd make sense to push on and take it to other systems and new players.
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Children of undocumented Mexican immigrants have a significantly higher risk of behavior problems than their co-ethnic counterparts with documented or naturalized citizen mothers, according to a new study.
The difficulties come in two forms: sadness or social withdrawal — what the authors refer to as internalizing behavior problems — and issues such as aggressiveness towards others — which the authors call externalizing behavior problems.
A new study finds some surprising ways in which women's health at midlife is connected to when they had their first child and to their marital history. Researchers found that women who had their first child in their early 20s didn't report better health at midlife than those who had their first baby as a teen.
Kids with life-threatening illnesses need cutting-edge technology and medical expertise, but families face uneven access and paths to such care.
Subsidized campus childcare was hard-won and remains very effective, while budget cuts and the privatization of childcare threaten centers across the country.
Indian-American spellers are known for dominance on the national stage and even host regional, culturally specific bees. How did the niche emerge?
Even when married couples think childhood class differences are in the past, those factors shape how each spouse tackles tasks and allocates resources.
We elaborate a cultural framing theory of legal cynicism—previously used to account for neighborhood variation in Chicago homicides—to explain Arab Sunni victimization and insurgent attacks during the U.S. post-invasion occupation of Iraq. Legal cynicism theory has an unrecognized power to explain collective and interpersonal violence in international as well as U.S. settings. We expand on how "double and linked" roles of state and non-state actors can be used to analyze violence against Arab Sunni civilians.
Since the 1980s, leading U.S. firms have announced massive downsizing plans in the name of maximizing shareholder value, but some observers are skeptical about how serious firms are in implementing these plans. Building on political theories of corporate governance, I examine how conflicts of interest and alignment among investors, workers, and top managers affect the implementation of announced downsizing plans.
Conventional research in organizational theory highlights the role of board interlocks in facilitating business collective action. In this article, I propose that business collective action affects the evolutionary path of interlock networks. In particular, large market players' response after a collective action to the classic problem of the "exploitation" of the great by the small provides a mechanism for interlocks to evolve.
Community reactions against organizations can be driven by negative information spread through a diffusion process that is distinct from the diffusion of organizational practices. Bank panics offer a classic example of selective diffusion of negative information. Bank panics involve widespread bank runs, although a low proportion of banks experience a run. We develop theory on how organizational similarity, community similarity, and network proximity create selective diffusion paths for resistance against organizations.


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