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Keeping it in the Family?
Though not of their making, family firms will play a vital role in the economic recovery from the current recession – they are major contributors of new job and wealth creation. Innovative, resilient and adaptable, succession is not always right or practicable for a family firm. Where a sale is the best route, their potential is sometimes the most attractive for acquirers.
How did we get where we are?
The current recession is the culmination of one of the most distorting decades. Governments – most notably in the West – kept interest rates too low for too long, chasing conveniently skewed inflation targets which were set too high in light of price deflation being imported from India, China and other low cost economies.
There has been lax control over the supply of money leading to a boom of easy personal and corporate credit causing asset bubbles. In the absence of effective regulatory oversight, reckless speculation by banks was permitted, dealing in complex financial derivatives which no one, not even the bankers, really understood. Business models became distorted by relying on excessive debt, and the perception of management competence has subsequently been exposed in many such firms. Salary levels, job and wealth creation in some firms and sectors have proven to be unsustainable.
Family values
Family businesses largely didn't succumb to these distorting conditions. Most continued to practice traditional good governance by running sound, profitable businesses with low debt. Thankfully, family businesses are generally more risk averse and likely to take a patient approach to growth, and as such, provide, in many cases, a solid platform for future growth.
BCMS Corporate is itself, a family business, and as many of our clients are founding, second, or third generation family business owners, it is right that we declare an interest when championing family businesses. Surveys from a range of independent sources confirm that family businesses are fundamental to innovation, job and wealth creation. In fact, according to The International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), there is a very close correlation between the number of family businesses in an economy and entrepreneurial activity. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor also asserts that most entrepreneurial start-ups usually begin as family businesses.
However, it is perhaps the behavior of owners which really reveals the true nature and relative strengths of family businesses. Particularly pertinent to the current economic circumstances are findings in the Coutts 2005 Family Business Survey which revealed that family firms are more likely to invest for the long-term and focus on long-run return rather than quarterly results.
There is evidence that families tend to draw smaller salaries and dividends, allowing more profits to be reinvested back into the business. In a further survey "Trust as a competitive advantage: Why family firms have an edge in the global marketplace," by Baskin, it is argued that family businesses are more prepared than other firms to continue investing during downturns, giving them an advantage over public and private equity-owned firms where investment tends to follow cash flow more closely. Other findings across a range of surveys suggest that in family firms, managers and owners interests are better aligned, staff loyalty is higher, working practices are more flexible, corporate social responsibility is taken more seriously and the management approach is more flexible with quicker decision making.
There are also well documented disadvantages such as the danger of nepotism; a reluctance to bring in outsiders or Non-Executive Directors in larger firms; family conflicts, such as divorce and infighting, all of which might disrupt the business and hamper growth. There is good evidence, however, that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Loyola University Chicago created a Family Firm Stock Index to track the performance of publically traded, family-run firms headquartered in Chicago, which outperformed local and national indices over a 5 year period from 1990 to 1995.
Succession or sell
Despite their many strengths, family firms do struggle in much the same way as any other private firm with the issue of succession or exits. An annual survey by the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI, now part of the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform DBERR) found that 77% of family firms in the SME sector are controlled by the first generation, 10% by the second generation and 6% by the first and second generation. Further, a Barclays survey of family firms, "A Family Affair; Today's Family Businesses," suggests that most have no definitive plans about what to do with the firm in the future, with 61% of owners saying they had made no decision about what would happen when they stepped down from the helm. Of the remainder, 16% had already decided on a successor, 13% planned to sell the business, while 10% planned to close down.
Where owners of family firms no longer see generational transfer as viable or desirable, and the business has potential for growth, this becomes an ideal situation to seek a sale of the business. This exit strategy not only is beneficial for the owners' financial future, but can also be in the best interest for the employees and their continued career paths.
Their own words
One of our clients was Stuart and Gail Shreeve, a husband and wife team who established their family business Somers Refrigeration in 1990, a business supplying temperature controlled vehicles predominantly to the food industry.
Typical of many family businesses, Stuart and Gail were very close to their staff and the successful buyer had to offer stability and continuity for them. One prospective buyer had plans to close the existing site and consolidate operations which would have threatened jobs – this was rejected immediately by Stuart and Gail. Ultimately, the sale of the business was concluded with the "right" purchaser, who would maintain the company culture, at the "right" price for Stuart, Gail and the staff. Stuart and Gail's expertise has not been lost to the business; they have continued to provide consultancy services and have set up a joint venture with the new owners.


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Who wants to dust off their old Super Nintendo?
Bust out the old TV adapter and pick up a corded controller.
It's been almost 15 years since the last cartridge was made for the 16 bit system.
I play Tetris attack semi-regularly on my old SNES. I'll at least have to check this out.
JUST BOUGHT RETRO PORTABLE the system is awesome
enable you to connect to your HD tv im playing SNES contra alien war 3 goood lord REAL arcade gaming is back.
im able to play
Battletoad/double dragon
etc....... i'll pass on first person shooter now.
Never knew about g-darius in the nintendo days.
That is however one of my favorite games for the ps1. Those boss battles were the most epic to date at the time.
May just have to dust off the SNES Emulator!
I still play Star Fox and Street Fighter 2 on my SNES EMu every now and then!
wow i cant believe there's actually more buzz for a super nintendo game than for a wii u game, but super nintendo is a better system and its getting more support than wii u
There is more buzz because it is a new super nintendo game. A very old system in other words.
They will never get $60 for a SNES game in this day and age though.
Well there are only something like 600 copies being made, so I assume the price is just as much a collector's price as anything else. Not to mention that for developers of this level, their skill level may mean that they actually had to put A LOT of hours into this, and the price point was created as a direct reflection of that. Who knows?
im more excited to this super NES than the wii u.
It's so ironic... I've been sat here saying they need to make a SNES game in 2013 and then they do... Pretty sure some crafty sod at nintendo has bugged my room..
"Feb 28, 2012 6:00 PM"
Everything about this article is trolling us. 450 degrees for a Kotaku post from last year that has incorrect information in it to begin with.
Benjaminkno... for shame
Finally a new game! Been waiting for a while now...
Skeptics were right...Games on Nintendo
systems are few and far between!
Since last year!
Last SNES game released: 2012.
Last NES game released: 2013.
You should check out Homebrew for the systems, there's tons of new content being released for NES. Not so much SNES but that may be changing. :)
And the prices are usually about $35 per copy, maybe a bit more or less. Depends on the hardware, really.
I'm an NES homebrewer BTW, hence why I am in to this stuff. :) But yeah there's some great games, I'd recommend checking them all out. Lots of great free ROMS of new games, just keep looking!
There is a thriving community of SNES devs out there making games on flashcarts. This is not news.
It's certainly news to me ... not all of us have the finger on that pulse like you my friend ...
This just in: Titanic sank!
I kid, I kid. Seriously though, people have been doing this for so many years now you don't have to keep a "finger on the pulse" to know it. XXXD
I understand that some people aren't aware of niche developers, like those developing for SNES, NES, and Dreamcast, but they are out there, and there are a lot of them (well maybe fewer for dreamcast, but still) The point is, Kotaku does not do their research. There are quite a few people still developing for the SNES because it is easy and fun to develop for.
Again, it is a niche market, so it is not expected that many people know about it, but a gaming "journalist" for Kotaku should, especially if it is the basis for their article.
2 or 3 games released last your for the snes. its really not new
We need a New System Tab. Seems N4G got rid of the Super Nintendo tab too soon.
"Why are you Posting Super Nintendo Info on a WiiU Tab?"
Because it's Kotaku.
wow, i bet now a days, it isnt to difficult or expensive to develop a game that looks like this, and theyre selling it for 60 bucks with no competition, pretty smart
Time to dust off my old Super Famicom.
I sold mine for weed money back in the early 90's :(
Oh well, got a Wii U now so I can at least play some virtual console games. Maybe I'll find a stoner to sell me their SNES for $20 so I can play this game. Seems every pot-head has a "retro" system at their home, but no modern systems.
Haha I keep all my old systems, Still have my Master System, MD/Genesis, PS1 and PS2 as well.
I just think they're good to have around as I like the old games and I don't want to re-buy the new re-released versions if I already have the original versions.
I dusted mine off recently - amazed at how yellow it's gotten!
hehe mine isn't that bad, just the bit around the Super Famicom logo and the controller ports have gone yellow, the rest is still the normal colour.
The Phantom Pain is Atari 2600 exclusive !!
Pointless. Just make a game for PC...any modern computer can do the equivalent of a SNES game. And then you have 100000x the potential customers.
And don't tell me that the point is nostalgia. You can have nostalgia for an old school style game on any platform.
Your statement makes me question your credentials as a gamer. The SNES is the greatest console in existence, and if someone wants to make a game for it, I say all the power to them.
You question my "credentials" because you misread my comment as if it were a shot at the SNES or someone's "right" to make a game for it (as fanatics always word it when they think something is under fire).
What, do you think a game being on a platform where everyone can enjoy it does NOT trump making a game on a cart to cash in on nostalgia?
You can question my credentials as a SNES fanboy, because I'm not one, but not as a sensible gamer.
I didn't misread your comment. You took a jab with your usual sarcastic style at people who want to make a SNES cartridge and told them they should put it on PC. You don't care that they may not want to put it on PC, or if they are specifically targeting people who still have a SNES (like collectors for example), or if they are doing it just to stand out among the hundreds of devs that make stuff for the PC. You made a crack, a bad one at that, plain and simple.
You continue to prove that you completely misread my comment. It isn't a "crack" in the slightest.
"You took a jab with your usual sarcastic style at people who want to make a SNES cartridge"
Nope. Sorry, consider going back to school and get some basic reading (and logic) skills. I said that what they were doing lacked reason; you have to be a majorly sensitive SNES fanboy to read reason as a "jab" because I suggested that trying to cash in on misplaced nostalgia has less reasoning and purpose than making a game for everyone.
I'm not living 25 years in the past. If I'm playing an old style 8/16 bit game, I get the same enjoyment playing it on any modern platform as I would paying a likely premium price to play it on old hardware.
Not that I would ever expect someone that calls out my "credentials as a gamer" (a ridiculous phrase that only a fanboy could ever muster) for thinking a game would be better placed on modern hardware than something over 25 years old to understand something as simple as me not attacking SNES because I didn't gush over an idea so deficient in meaningfulness.
It is my experience that ego centric people read their sarcasm as "reason." Given the way you post everywhere, constantly filled with sarcasm, it isn't a stretch to see your previous comment as a sarcastic jab at someone who wanted to make a SNES cartridge. Calling it pointless, and using an overexaggerated number, then trying to say that people who would say it's for nostalgia purposes are wrong is not an argument of reason. It's you trying to impose yourself and your definition of "reason" on the subject. Try again when you've actually learned what reason is.
You strike me as quite an obnoxious person SilentNegotiator. You don't seem to understand that people do things for other reasons than catering to the mainstream and making more money.
There are many people who still love various consoles that aren't supported anymore because they've been discontinued, but still have games made for them by people such as these.
It's not just about making a game that someone can download and play on an emulator, people also like to have a physical copy to put in their collection.
The people who make games still for these systems do it for themselves, and for that audience.
It's not just the snes, many other systems still have games made for them today -
It may be something you can't comprehend, but some systems aren't just bits of plastic and metal to people but something they really love and are still very fond of.
It's not pointless to the people making it. There are are a lot of people who still make games for old systems, not because they want to make huge amounts of money, but because they love the systems and ENJOY making games for them.
Who are you to tell people what they should do and enjoy?
Ha! I knew all you punks with your PlayStation and PSDews and Xboxes were barking up the wrong tree and making an early transition! The 16-bit era still has life left in it!
Maybe Nintendo will reveal the successor to the Super Nintendo at E3 this year or next year?
Super Nintendo is cool and all but how can developers make a profit from a console not many have
I know a few people that still have their super nintendo but I really doubt they'll try and buy this game
I was being completely sarcastic. Kiiinda thought that was obvious. >_>
It is a niche market. People used to say
"Video games is cool and all but how can developers make a profit from a medium not many people use?"
Video games have historically been a niche hobby that only recently came into the mainstream. There are still niche developers who aren't doing this for money, but for fun. They are probably selling the carts just to cover cost of development and nothing else.
This is REALLY old news. I've read this back on QJ in 2009...
Might just try out the rom if someone decides to release it :)
Is this the 3rd part support Nintendo was talking about? :P
This is a duplicate. This was posted before, heck, this is from February last year.
-Sorry to beat the dead horse into glue, but THIS is from Last February! Apparently people aren't ready to let go of 2012? -Also, I believe there was a pre-order for the Cartridge which sold out in a day! This is long gone.. :'(
For everyone complaining about the price, look at it this way. $60 per copy and only 600 copies were made. That is $36,000 total to pull employee pay, cartridge manufacturing and marketing out of. That is skin of the teeth for sure.
Have you seen the screenshots? http://www.nightmarebusters...
The game looks frickin awesome, and has great colors
This whole article is about Super Fighter Team. They release OFFICIAL ports of games already released in different regions like Japan only and such. No new content, just game hackers that translate them really. Sucks Homebrewers who actually make new content get no media attention, but this hacker group does. Shame.
Nightmare Busters looks awesome. But for some odd reason NB reminds me of ghost and goblins for the SNES, the graphics& art style is what gives me that impression.
This is the first time in this generation where I can say Hallelujah. Why? because strangely enough, compared to this generation, even though technology has become superior in every way, I still play my Super Nintendo Roms far more than my consoles.
A new SNES game limited to 600 copies HUH?
I wonder will Nintendo release other SNES games besides Nightmare Busters?
Wow...article's only 11 months old. And from Kotaku. N4G pls
Agreed. I don't know why this is being circulated again...
By now many programers know what the Super Nintendo can do and how it can be supplemented. I can't wait to see how they utilize the SNES cart.
It's a known fact that some of it's best games had custom chips (SuperMario RPG) that helped the SNES to achieve better results in performance. Most average games didn't use the sixteen extra pins to offload extra processing power as was normally prohibitively expensive.
Edit: Um wait! wasn't Nightmare Busters released some time ago? Were they referring to a new project in 2013?


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Midlife: Going Where No Man Has Gone Before
- Stephen Arterburn & John Shore Authors
- 2008 25 Jan
One of the most wonderful things about being in midlife today is the sheer time it leaves us to reflect upon, adjust, or change our lives. In the year 1800, life expectancy for an American man was thirty-five years.
In 1900, the average life expectancy was forty-six years.
In 1950, it was sixty-nine.
Today, the average life expectancy for a man is seventy-six years old. So you literally could say that seventy-six is the new thirty-five.
Besides reminding us that we have much to be grateful for, these facts show that those of us who are actually in midlife are going through something that's truly unprecedented. Never in history have so many people at one time had to deal with what it really means to be, say, forty-five years old and know that you might very well still have half your life ahead of you. The uniqueness of that situation sheds light on the reason so many of us don't feel anywhere near as old as our chronological age. In fact, the other day, when I was speaking to a group of "twentys," I told them what fun it was for me to speak to people who are the same age as I feel. They laughed (the whippersnappers), but it was completely true.
Our feeling that way makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Because the model that we have in our heads of what it means to be fifty years old is the people our parents were—or, worse, the people their parents were—when they were fifty.
Our parents at fifty seemed a lot older than we feel at fifty. And I don't think it's just because men's hair was oiled and women's ratted—or that any of their wardrobes would be featured today on What Not to Wear. No, they seemed older because in every physical way our parents were older at fifty than we are or will be at the same age. And we know that's true because we know that overall their generation's life expectancy is lower than ours. (And they were modeling their midlife on what our grandparents were like at forty-five or fifty. To our parents, forty-five or fifty meant you were truly old.)
At fifty, I felt like I was just getting started—and I still feel that way today. And with a one-year-old, that's a very good thing indeed.
The bottom line is that by every possible measure we are simply not as physically or mentally aged as our parents or grandparents were when they were as old as we are now.
It's more than just a cliché. Sixty really is the new fifty. Fifty really is the new forty—and forty really is the new thirty.
And that means that all of us who are middle-aged today really are (whether boldly or not) going where no man has ever gone before.
And that can be a little disorienting.Signs of the Times
Each man going through midlife right now will respond to that extremely personal journey in a way unique to himself. For some guys, midlife means watching their diet and joining a gym. For others, it means shaving their head, getting a tattoo, and trying to join their nephew's college fraternity. For some it becomes a time for "performance enhancing drugs" such as Viagra and Cialis. (I thank God for the advances in pharmacology such as these—well, and of course for those that do so much to fight other conditions, such as diabetes and psoriasis.) Most of us take the simpler route to midlife: We just start losing our hair and try to prevent parting what's left of it in a circle, or start combing it with a washcloth with the use of a "follicle enhancing" drug like Propecia or Rogaine.
For the majority of guys, midlife is an experience to be ranked on a scale somewhere between "a cake walk" and a "trip to hell and back." In other words, chances are you are reading this book because you have a desire to take some stock of your life, recalculate your priorities, and position yourself to have a great "second half." Most of you are not in free fall, feeling like your entire world is coming apart—but maybe you do believe that certain pieces of it are indeed fraying at the ends. Maybe you know you've made mistakes along the way, and that you're carrying some bags on your back with labels like "unfulfilled dreams," "regrets," "disillusionment," or "guilt." And you know what? We are too! The good news is, it's time to lose the baggage and grab hold of the amazing (though not always easy) things God has in store for you at this phase of the journey.
In other words, you're normal—whatever "normal" is, other than a midsized city in Illinois.
So it's time to learn how to pack lightly, gentlemen, because on the trip we're taking, there's only room for a couple of light carryons. As you'll see, previous sins, gaffs, screw-ups, regrets, and guilt fit neither under the seat in front of you nor in God's overhead compartment. (Whatever that means—heaven maybe? We really don't know. It's just an analogy; it's best not to think too much about it).The Roles of a Lifetime
When from the crest of the formidable speed bump that is midlife we look back on our lives, most of us see that what we've been so busy doing with our lives is our absolute darndest to successfully fulfill—or perhaps just survive—what amounts to four distinct Life Roles: that of Son, Husband, Provider, and Father. These are the Life Roles that most of us at first simply inhabit, and then (less simply) become.
So remember, guys: It's Roles, Inhabit, Become. Or RIB—as in what Adam discovered he was missing just before his big life role became Just Like Eve, But Different. (And don't forget: We are all members of the Adam's Family.)
Here's the thing, though, about those four Manliest of Roles: By midlife, they have radically and permanently changed. What in one way or another wakes and shakes up every man in midlife is the dawning truth that he can no longer continue to be the only person he's spent his entire life learning how to be.
We've learned how to be good sons—but then find that our parents need us to care or provide for them.
We've learned how to be good husbands—but then the bodies and sexuality (to name but two aspects) of both ourselves and our wives change into something with which we have no experience at all.
We've learned how to be good providers—but then find that we're becoming obsolete in the workplace, or we realize that the careers we've spent so long carving for ourselves have almost nothing to do with what we've always really wanted to do with our lives, or we've simply become painfully bored with our jobs. Or maybe we just want to retire—and yet can barely imagine what that actually means.
We've learned how to be good fathers to our children—and then discover that, alas, our children are children no more.
So here we are, in a life that's clearly become a production radically different from the one in which we're used to starring. Suddenly, it seems as if everybody's character in the show has changed and nobody's sticking to the script; the action's not like anything we've rehearsed before. Pieces of the set are getting dragged off into the wings, lights are blinking all over the place—all kinds of things are going on that we've never even almost experienced.
Pretty exciting!
Pretty unnerving!
And, we would like to suggest, in every last way, wonderful. The whole thing is just great. Because we believe that it's in our middle age that God intends for us to stop, look back at the roles we've played thus far, and see if we can't find within them every last thing we need in order to create for ourselves, with his help and guidance, the very life that he most wants us to have.
So. We're going to spend the next five chapters talking about how we might most fruitfully go about that most precious and vital of explorations.
To help us cull the Right Stuff from each of the four primary roles of our lives, we will, in the chapter devoted to each role, follow the same four-step process.
First, under Good Riddance, we'll look at the aspects of that role that quite often prove less than entirely healthy for us. These will be the negative aspects of each role that we would do well to identify and then jettison.
Next, under Pure Gold, we'll take stock of those aspects of that role that have typically been good for us: that tended to ennoble us, strengthen us, make us better, wiser, more pleasing to God. This is the stuff about that role which we should hold on to and build upon as we move into the second half of our lives.
Under the next section of each chapter, Movin' On, we'll consider how we might use the best of what that role taught us—the "gold" that we just identified—to fashion for ourselves the kind of life that we've always dreamed of having.
Finally, under Things to Do, we'll offer suggestions and exercises designed to enhance your experience and appreciation of what was covered in that chapter. Do whichever of these exercises feels comfortable to you, secure in the knowledge that if you don't do every single one of them God will strike you down for your lackadaisical attitude toward him, your family, your community, your church, and your very own self.
Say about us what you will, but you can't say we're not funny.
Okay—you can't say that we don't try to be funny.
Anyway, back to business.
Let's begin!
Excerpted from:
Midlife Manual for Men: Finding Significance in the Second Half by Stephen Arterburn and John Shore
Copyright © 2008; ISBN 9780764204234
Published by Bethany House Publishers
Used by permission. Unauthorized duplication prohibited.


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Here are the nominees for best fake Beatles song.
1. "Lonely Days" by the BeeGees. The verse is a parody of Abbey Road (with touches of "Sun King"), and the chorus is a parody of the Sgt. Pepper album, with the same use of a horn section. For an extra touch, you get the fade out, with one of them imitating Lennon on lead vocals and the others imitating Harrison on backing vocals. The fake Harrison is a nice bonus touch. A strong contender.
2. "So You Are a Star" by the Hudson Brothers. This a straight-up imitation of a Beatles song written and sung by John Lennon. The verses are a clear imitation followed by a thoroughly shameless imitation in the chorus — although the coda sounds like suddenly it's McCartney singing, with backing vocals by Lennon. The bass line is very much like a Lennon song. The Lennon imitation reaches its climax at 2:54.
3. "Lies" by the Knickerbockers. This is good enough that it almost fooled me. Another imitation Lennon song, this time Lennon in his rocking early Beatles mode. Even the subject matter sounds like early Lennon.
4. "Laura" by Billy Joel. This one has a lot to recommend it. First, it's a good song on its own. Second, it's musically sophisticated. Billy Joel is clearly imitating Lennon here, but he shifts in and out of various Lennon modes, so that you know different songs are being sampled or parodied or borrowed from, but you don't know exactly what. Of course, the opening is straight out of LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS. The guitar sounds like something off the White Album. The guitar playing style is very George Harrison, and the drum fills sound just like Ringo. The melody line takes from Lennon the tendency to use notes that are very close together — as in GIMME SOME TRUTH, LUCY IN THE SKY, HELP and I'M SO TIRED.
Joel also gets credit for not trying to sneak this by anybody. With the other songs, you get the feeling that they were hoping someone might not notice — OR be fooled. But Billy Joel is clearly enjoying himself here.
Anyway, take your pick. And by the way, these were all Lennon parodies. If you know any McCartney parodies, let us know.


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It was maddening to watch Mayor Ed Lee deliver his annual State of the City address this morning. This was pure politics, from the staged backdrop of housing construction at Hunters Point Shipyard to the use of "regular people" props to the slate of vague and contradictory promises he made.
"This place, the shipyard, links our proud past to an even more promising future," was how Lee began his hour-plus, invite-only address.
Later, he touted the housing construction being done there by Lennar Urban as emblematic of both his promise to bring 30,000 new housing units online by 2020 — the cornerstone to what he called his "affordability agenda" — and the opposition to unfettered development that he is pledging to overcome.
"A great example is the place we're standing right now. This took us too long," Lee said after decrying the "easy slogans and scapegoating" by progressive activists who place demands on developers.
But that implication was complete bullshit. As we and others have reported, progressive and community activists have long encouraged Lennar Urban (which has a close relationship to Lee) to speed up development on this public land that it was given almost a decade ago, particularly the long-promised affordable housing, rather than waiting for the real estate market to heat up.
That was just one of many examples of misleading and unsupported claims in a speech that might have sounded good to the uninformed listener, but which greatly misrepresented the current realities and challenges in San Francisco.
For example, Lee called for greater investments in the public transit system while acknowledging that his proposal to ask voters this November to increase the vehicle license fee isn't polling well. And yet even before that vote takes place, Lee wants to extend free Muni for youth and repeal the policy of charging for parking meters on Sundays without explaining how he'll pay for that $10 million per year proposal.
"Nobody likes it, not parents, not our neighborhood businesses, not me," Lee said of Sunday meters, ignoring a study last month by the San Francisco Muncipal Transportation Agency showing the program was working well and accomplishing its goals of increasing parking turnover near businesses and bringing in needed revenue.
Lee also glossed over the fact that he hasn't provided funding for the SFMTA's severely underfunded bicycle or pedestrian safety programs, yet he still said, "I support the goals of Vision Zero to eliminate traffic deaths in our city."
Again, nice sentiment, but one that is totally disconnected from how he's choosing to spend taxpayer money and use city resources. And if Lee can somehow achieve his huge new housing development push, Muni and other critical infrastructure will only be pushed to the breaking point faster.
Lee acknowledges that many people are being left out of this city's economic recovery and are being displaced. "Jobs and confidence are back, but our economic recovery has still left thousands behind," he said, pledging that, "We must confront these challenges directly in the San Francisco way."
And that "way" appears to be by making wishful statements without substantial support and then letting developers and venture capitalists — such as Ron Conway, the tech and mayoral funder seated in the second row — continue calling the shots.
Even with his call to increase the city's minimum wage — something that "will lift thousands of people out of poverty" — he shied away from his previous suggestion that $15 per hour would be appropriate and said that he needed to consult with the business community first.
"We'll seek consensus around a significant minimum wage increase," he said, comparing it to the 2012 ballot measures that reformed the business tax and created an Affordable Housing Fund (the tradeoff for which was to actually reduce the on-site affordable housing requirements for developers).
But Mayor Lee wants you to focus on his words more than his actions, including his identication with renters who "worry that speculators looking to make a buck in a hot market will force them out."
Yet there's little in his agenda to protect those vulnerable renters, except for his vague promise to try to do so, and to go lobby in Sacramento for reforms to the Ellis Act. While in Sacramento, he says he'll also somehow get help for City College of San Francisco, whose takeover by the state and usurpation of local control he supported.
"City College is on the mend and already on the path to full recovery," Lee said, an astoundingly out-of-touch statement that belies the school's plummeting enrollment and the efforts by City Attorney Dennis Herrera and others to push back on the revocation of its accreditation.
Lee also had the audacity to note the "bone dry winter" we're having and how, "It reminds us that the threat of climate change is real." Yet none of the programs he mentions for addressing that challenge — green building standards, more electric vehicle infrastructure, the GoSolar program — would be as effective at reducing greenhouse gas emmisions as the CleanPowerSF program that Lee and his appointees are blocking, while offering no other plan for building renewable energy capacity.
Far from trying to beef up local public sector resources that vulnerable city residents increasingly need, or with doing environmental protection, Lee instead seemed to pledge more of the tax cutting that he's used to subsidize the overheating local economy.
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How that squares with his pledges to put more resources into public transit, affordable housing development, addressing climate change, and other urgent needs that Lee gives lip service to addressing is anybody's guess.


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Bertan/Spellman 225-20R HV Power Supply Teardown
I just picked up another high voltage power supply, this time it is a working Bertan/Spellman 225-20R 20kV one. Unlike the Bertan 205A-05R that I did a teardown with last time which was entirely analog, this one can be controlled digitally either via the front panel or via GPIB from the back. In this blog post, let me share some of the teardown pictures with you. If you are interesting in seeing some cool experiments with this high voltage power supply, you can scroll down and watch my video towards the end. Continue reading 'Bertan/Spellman 225-20R HV Power Supply Teardown' »


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Today's media and fan event takes place at Bell Centre in Montreal with headliners Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz and UFC President Dana White.
The video stream begins at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT).
UFC 158 takes place March 16 at Bell Centre. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. St-Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) defends his welterweight title against Diaz (26-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) in the main event.
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Battle Blanche vs. La Pique, 5th January 1795
Historical Background
In December 1794 the 32-gun frigate HMS Blanche was detached to cruise off the French held island of Desirade. Captain Robert Faulknor patroled off Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, where the 36-gun French frigate Pique was known to be refitting.
The French ship came out of the harbour on 4th January but at first tried to avoid an action. The two frigates spent several hours manoeuvring and circling each other, trying to gain an advantage, eventually coming to close quarters and exchanging broadsides in the early hours of 5th January. Both ships sustained heavy damage. The Blanche lost her main and mizzen masts before the Pique turned and ran afoul of the Blanche, with her bowsprit caught across her port quarter.
French boarding attempts were repulsed and the crew of the Blanche attempted to lash the bowsprit of the Pique to their capstan. During this attempt Captain Falknor was killed by a musket shot through the heart.
The Pique broke away and came round the Blanche's stern once again colliding with the Blanche on the starboard quarter. The crew of the Blanche were this time successful in lashing the bowsprit to the stump of their mainmast. The Pique was now unable to manoeuvre or bring any of her guns to bear and the Blanche raked her until she was forced to surrender after over five hours of action.
by Robert Phillips, Canvey Island, September 2013
The death of Captain Faulknor
About the scenario
Fast and simple scenario for two players to learn the first manoeuvres and how to use the artillery.
Board Setup
One board:
Blanch, 14-14
La Pique, 20-13
Number of players: two
Number of turns: unlimited
Estimated play time: 2 hours.
Wind condition: normal
Board limitations: None. Move the board whenever a ship touches the edge.
Rule limitations:
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- No Anchor. Ships cannot anchor.
- No Striking. Ships do not strike their colours.
Victory conditions: Fight until one ship sinks.
Number of players: two
Number of turns: 8-14
Estimated play time: 2 hours.
Wind condition: normal
Board limitations: None. Move the board whenever a ship touches the edge.
Rule limitations:
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Victory conditions: Count Victory Points.
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Furtive Funding of Hate Group by State of Arizona Prompts Outcry, Legislation
You don't have to be an atheist to be appalled at reports that the state government of Arizona has been funneling taxpayer money to a known hate group, but it might help. Indeed, the site Friendly Atheist was in the vanguard in reporting on the story.
On the other hand, given that even Christian ministers have spoken out against the secretive practice — which Arizona's state government seems to have taken steps to conceal — maybe the only people who would not be shocked at the breach would be supporters of the hate group in question and organizations like it.
The funding flap, which multiple LGBTQ news outlets are reporting on, centers around a vanity license plate the state of Arizona makes available for a fee of $25 per year. The plate sports the motto "In God We Trust." But that isn't what's gotten at least one state lawmaker concerned enough to introduce new legislation designed to do away with the plate and require the state to make funding of non-governmental interests through such fees a matter of public knowledge.
Rather, it's what unsaid — but clearly implied — by the state's shoveling $17 from each and every $25 yearly fee into the coffers of Alliance Defending Freedom. ADF is a group that has worked to repeal anti-discrimination laws in states and municipalities around the country.
Watchdog group the Southern Poverty Law Center has listed Alliance Defending Freedom as a hate group. As SPLC reports, ADF works to re-institute laws that would criminalize LGBTQ Americans and has repeatedly spread disinformation about sexual minorities.
"ADF also works to develop 'religious liberty' legislation and case law that will allow the denial of goods and services to LGBT people on the basis of religion," SPLC warns.
What's more, as recently reported at EDGE, ADF has launched an effort to attack state bans on so-called "conversion therapy," a discredited practice that purports to turn GLTBQ people into heterosexuals. Fifteen states now outlaw the practice on minors. Survivors describe elements of the practice as being similar torture, and responsible mental health professionals warn could endanger at-risk youth.
At least Arizona lawmaker disagrees with the methods that the state has resorted to and the company it's chosen surreptitiously to keep.
"State Sen. Juan Mendez, one of the few openly atheist state senators in the country, has now proposed a bill, SB 1462, that would create a public list of groups that benefit from those specialty plates. He wants to make everything transparent," Friendly Atheist reports.
That report calls back to another site, that of the good government group Secular Coalition for Arizona, whose director for government affairs, Tory Roberg, pointed out that "The legislation establishing this license plate passed as a floor amendment with no discussion — there was no public awareness of what was happening or where the money was going."
What Roberg added to that statement was, however, even more alarming:
"People who choose the 'In God We Trust' plate never know that they're sending money to ADF," Roberg noted. "It's not on the ServiceArizona website, it's not in the statute establishing the plate, it's nowhere."
That, it would seem, is no mere oversight: As Friendly Atheist went on to note, the vanity plate, which was legislatively established in 2008 by the state's statue 28-2430, is simply "skipped over" on the bill's provisions for which vanity plates would be included in any accounting of where fee money for the plates goes. In the case of the "In God We Trust" plates, that's a major omission to the cumulative tune of over $1 million over the last decade — money the state has simply forked over to ADF without the state's residents knowing about it.
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The Rome Statute is the first international treaty to identify crimes against women as crimes against humanity, war crimes, and in some instances, genocide. Non-governmental organizationsincluding members of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court were at the forefront of ensuring that the Rome Statute thoroughly safeguarded womens rights.
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MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today learned of the impending fight from sources close to the event, who said verbal agreements are in place with paperwork on the way.
Although not officially announced, UFC 131 is expected to take place June 11 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A heavyweight title eliminator between "The Ultimate Fighter 13" coaches Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos headlines the night's pay-per-view main card.
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Soszynski is back at it after undergoing surgery for meniscus tears in both knees, as well as a deviated septum. He most recently appeared this past November at UFC 122, where he bested Goran Reljic by unanimous decision. The win put him back on the right foot after Stephan Bonnar stopped him by second-round TKO at UFC 116 (though he and Bonnar were awarded an extra $75,000 each for "Fight of the Night" honors). That fight was a rematch from a meeting at UFC 110 that ended when doctors ruled Bonnar unable to continue in the third round due to a nasty cut.
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beating of the foreign drums.
It's all counting, it's all trade,
beauty envied but not looked at.
Stuff back, shot-like, into boxes,
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We lunge, retreat, fall out, regroup,
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�The Times Literary Supplement
A compelling, beautifully nuanced historical account [and] also a powerful and poignant cautionary tale for the 21st century Western idealists and ideologues alike.
�Peter W. Graham, The Wordsworth Circle
When in 1821, the Greeks rose in violent revolution against the rule of the Ottoman Turks, waves of sympathy spread across Western Europe and the United States. More than a thousand volunteers set out to fight for the cause. The Philhellenes, whether they set out to recreate the Athens of Pericles, start a new crusade, or make money out of a war, all felt that Greece had unique claim on the sympathy of the world. As Lord Byron wrote, "I dreamed that Greece might still be Free"; and he died at Missolonghi trying to translate that dream into reality.
William St Clair's meticulously researched and highly readable account of their aspirations and experiences was hailed as definitive when it was first published. Long out of print, it remains the standard account of the Philhellenic movement and essential reading for any students of the Greek War of Independence, Byron, and European Romanticism. Its relevance to more modern ethnic and religious conflicts is becoming increasingly appreciated by scholars worldwide.
This revised edition includes a new introduction by Roderick Beaton, an updated bibliography and many new illustrations.
That Greece Might Still Be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence
William St Clair | November 2008
xxi + 419 | 35 illustrations and 5 maps | 6.14" x 9.21" (234 x 156 mm)
ISBN Paperback: 9781906924003
ISBN Hardback: 9781906924010
ISBN Digital (PDF): 9781906924027
ISBN Digital ebook (epub): 9781906924027
ISBN Digital ebook (mobi): 9781906924027
BIC subject codes: HBJD (European history), 1DVG (Greece), 3JH (circa 1800 to 1900)
Introduction by Roderick Beaton
1. The Outbreak
2. The Return of the Ancient Hellenes
3. The Regiment
4. Two Kinds of War
5. The Cause of Greece, the Cause of Europe
6. The Road to Marseilles
7. Chios
8. The Battalion of Philhellenes
9. The Battle of Peta
10. The Triumph of the Captains
11. The Return Home
12. The German Legion
13. Knights and Crusaders
14. Secrets of State
15. Enter the British
16. Lord Byron joins the Cause
17. 'To bring Freedom and Knowledge to Greece'
18. Arrivals at Missolonghi
19. The Byron Brigade
20. Essays in Regeneration
21. The New Apostles
22. The English Gold
23. The Coming of the Arabs
24. The Shade of Napoleon
25. 'No freedom to fight for at home'
26. French Idealism and French Cynicism
27. Regulars Again
28. A New Fleet
29. Athens and Navarino
30. America to the Rescue
31. Later
Appendix I: Remarks on Numbers
Appendix II: The Principal Philhellenic Expeditions
Notes on the Select Bibliography
Select Bibliography
Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Material Since 1972
© 2008 William St Clair
That Greece Might Still be Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
William St Clair, That Greece Might Still Be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2008, https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0001
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Eight months after Ali Pasha of loannina�s act of mutiny, rebellion broke out almost simultaneously at two new centres. One was at the northern extreme of Ottoman territory in Europe, in Moldavia; the other in its southernmost reaches, in the Morea � this time it was the Romioi laying claim to independence. Yet when compared to the staunch resistance put up by the pasha, the latter uprisings seemed feeble � a few harsh measures against the Romioi in Istanbul and Smyrna might suffice to strike terror into the hearts of the unseasoned revolutionaries.
Yet it soon emerged that events were taking a very different turn. The moment the sultan realized that Russia would allow him to act unchecked, the rebellion in Moldavia was easily quashed. But in the Peloponnese the revolutionaries put the few Turks to the sword, and forced the remainder to take refuge in a handful of strongholds, while the rebellion spread to south Roumeli and the islands. And the strangest thing of all was that almost overnight, a powerful sympathy movement made its appearance in Europe: money was raised; poems were printed; societies and committees sprang up; vessels were chartered; and shiploads of volunteers began to sail for the lands in revolt. In what was for many an unanticipated paradox, philhellenism burgeoned overnight.
Yet it soon emerged that events were taking a very different turn. The moment the sultan realized that Russia would allow him to act unchecked, the rebellion in Moldavia was easily quashed. But in the Peloponnese the revolutionaries put the few Turks to the sword, and forced the remainder to take refuge in a handful of strongholds, while the rebellion spread to south Roumeli and the islands. And the strangest thing of all was that almost overnight, a powerful sympathy movement made its appearance in Europe: money was raised; poems were printed; societies and committees sprang up; vessels were chartered; and shiploads of volunteers began to sail for the lands in revolt. In what was for many an unanticipated paradox, philhellenism burgeoned overnight.
Wishing to comprehend that paradox and explain it to us, William St Clair wrote a captivating book that is a veritable fount of information. Never before had so many names of volunteers been recorded, never before had numbers been made available. This was a systematic attempt to classify and thus gain a deeper understanding of the various tendencies that led philhellenism to flourish; ever since it appeared progress has only been made in subordinate issues. So it was not without reason that when first published in 1972, the book was hailed as a classic. It has now been reissued with an updated bibliography and a new Introduction by Roderick Beaton. Demanding readers might have wished for a full chronology, which would aid a fuller and more analytic approach to the phenomenon.
Though it was never the author�s aim to write a strictly academic textbook, it has all the features that make for scholarship � systematic use of primary sources, exhaustive knowledge of the wider political context, erudition and an insistence on illuminating details.Yet the final target, the reader whom the author had in mind, was the educated European. And that is where the book�s chief virtue lies: though the author has a sound, often impressive grasp of all aspects of his topic, he leaves details aside so as to focus on the overall outline. This leads his readers to comprehend how and why certain cultured Europeans so doggedly sought to become involved in a bloodbath between Christians and Muslims at the western extreme of the Ottoman empire, at what was often great loss of life.
Without any doubt there were those wandering mercenaries who were keen to offer their services once left high and dry by the peace of 1814. Some were motivated by ambition, others fired by the democratic aspirations born of the French revolution and kindled by Napoleon�s victories, which had ultimately been defeated on the battlefield. Others were simply out to make a living. There was also the movement of educated professors and students raised on a love of classical Greece. Na�ve and inexperienced, buried in lifeless books and lofty ideals, they believed that in Greece they would meet the descendants of Pericles, Sophocles and Philopoemen. Lastly, there were those romantic oppositionists scattered across Europe who, disappointed by Waterloo and the Holy Alliance, were stubbornly dedicated to any action directed against the restoration of kings, and who supported uprisings of all kinds: the Carbonari in Italy, the constitutionalists in Spain, the Christians in the South Balkans and, later on, the Polish nationalists.
Such is the general framework William St Clair proposes. He sets it out well and, as we said, backs it up with plenty of evidence and a captivating narrative. As Roderick Beaton rightly points out in his introduction, stressing the author�s sense of foresight, a whole series of events have altered our perspective since 1972: ethnic cleansing in the Balkans of the 1990s, holy wars and so on. Yet I would add that the perspective of many historians has also changed over exactly the same period: doubt has been cast on the feasibility of any grand-scale narrative, while a post-colonial view has sought to undermine the right of �westerners� to cast negative judgement on the cultural conduct of �others�. Personally, I am glad that William St Clair gave himself and his narrative the right to express his opinions � for in doing so he forces his readers to think for themselves, search and judge.
At several points I believe the narrative really does go beyond mere information, takes on a life of its own and wins one over, leaving the careful reader with a number of questions unanswered. It is true that large numbers of philhellene volunteers were so sorely disappointed that they returned home, and their memoirs obviously describe actual conditions most accurately. Yet the stream of volunteers did not dry up. Here we have a fact that lends us a more comprehensive understanding of things � a fact which, while contained in the book, is not in thread in the narrative. Though it is true that in all conflicts the barbaric, boorish forces led by the kapetanoi came out on top of the European-educated politicians, ultimately it was the latter who won the war. It was they who began the struggle for independence, and they who imposed their opinions at the end of the day. True enough, the central government was weak and never managed to control the fighters� dispositions, yet for all the internal strife and conflict it never ceased to exist. Likewise, somewhere along the line the narrative forgets that via some incredibly fast process � in a flash, one might say � the uncivilized, illiterate Romioi became Hellenes. How and why this happened has not yet been analysed to a sufficient degree, but happen it did. That, after all, is why philhellenism did not evaporate. And why, despite the military failure of the revolution, it succeeded in forcing European governments to intervene and impose Greek freedom on the sultan � whereas Ali Pasha�s mutiny was quelled without anyone taking the slightest interest in the matter.
We may still be due one final chapter, offering a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon. Yet we can be sure that it will rest firmly on the foundations laid by St Clair�s book, which is why this reissue is to be warmly welcomed.
� Alexis Politis, The Anglo Hellenic Review (Spring 2010). Reproduced with permission.


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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – A 5-year-old boy has suffered a fatal head injury after he fell from the high diving board at Lake Brantley High School on September 11, according to Seminole County Fire Rescue.
Fire officials said they received a call about a victim falling from the high dive onto concrete at Lake Brantley Aquatic Center on Tuesday afternoon at around 5 p.m. Officials said the boy fell onto the concrete and has been airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital. It's not clear what caused the fall.
The parents of Ian Freeman issued a statement Saturday saying their son died.
"For more than a week, our son, Ian Freeman, had been fighting for his life. Last night, that fight ended as Ian passed away," Christopher and Lisa Freeman said.
"We decided to donate Ian's organs. It is the only positive we can draw from this experience and will help others in need. We are extremely humbled by the outpouring of support, and in Ian's honor, we have established a fund where our friends throughout the community can make contributions. Please call 407-719-0079 for more information. Through this tribulation, we have seen the importance of having the support of our community. Our family, friends, and neighbors have helped us tremendously during this time. We cannot thank everyone enough for their kindness and generosity. Instead of a funeral, we will celebrate Ian's life with the community at an appropriate time, but at this time, we request respect for our privacy," the Freemans said.
Altamonte Springs police said Lake Brantley Aquatic Center has a child diving and swim team affiliated with the high school. Students tell Local 6 the diving board was at least 10 feet high.


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I can't remember when I started having trouble with sleep. I mean… I can't. It has become a nightmare and a blessing. Blessing… this is not. Trying to externalize the internal and it's not happening. I'm… no. What heck is this? What blowing hiss! This forking lack of sleep in the middle of sleep. See that? I'm not cursing anymore. LOL. Anyway… this business of sleepy time without the sleep? Sure. It's quiet now. There is no one needing me, no eyes looking at me to… What? Why you staring at me like that! Anyway… this road is long and sometimes very weakening, this lack of sleep. But do I really need it? I seem to do okay without some sleep now and a day. Okay isn't good, is it? I'm not even going to worry about how this thing I'm writing sounds. I never do. LOL. I mean these days… what's with the days. I think I've skipped some. I know I have. You know I have, unless… ah! Fork it! Spoon it even! Spork full of sugar makes the medicine go down… the wrong way. Ah that Mary Poppins. Don't you just love that Mary! Breathe sigh. You know the first time I saw her, I wanted to be her. She was magical and it didn't look like she needed any sleep. I mean… always peppy and full of herself and dreamy. Oh… actually, that WAS Julie Andrews. I love Julie Andrews. The sound of her music… glorious. I loved that Cinderella story line. So much enchanting, that. That what? Nothing… just that. Another favorite one was when she went and fell in love in Victor Victoria. That was great fun to watch. I love Julie Andrews. What the fork is happening here? The lack sleepy I feel stems from two things. Love and poetry. The love I feel exploding in me and the poetry that is my life right now. (*wink*) Sweet! I know. My girls make me happy. I love their smiles and sleepy eyes in the morning. I love watching them try to wake up for school. It's like… fairyland and all the possibilities of a dream come true. It's embedded in them. Breathe sigh this! Why don't you! I've fallen, and I can't get falled.
So what do you say to that! Nothin… you need to get more sleep yo! Trying! You don't think I'm trying?
Fork you and that and everything else!! You're nuts if you think you can fool me into this. I know what you are! I'm sleepy y'all but I can't sleep. I wake up refreshed in the middle of my sleep. Forking sleep!!!!!!
Ah! Fork it! Sleep is for mere mortals. Those mortals that can't handle incoherent thoughts that just make it to impossible this. Oh… Hi!
"Hi Mel."
"Charlie! It's so good to see you!"
"Good to see you too sexy. Umm… why don't you stand up and come with me."
"What are you wearing?"
"Umm… nothing. You're dreaming me up this way so… meh… I went with it even though I rejected you and wore these jeans. I like this power I have to overwrite you."
"You look good… in jeans."
"Yeah… you're drunk."
"I don't drink."
"You're drunk with sleep."
"Oh… you're good."
(He's so cute. He makes me all dreamy like molasses and… oh my!)
"Sorry girl. Ugh… you're kind of heavy. Molasses? Cute. Have to get you to bed where you belong."
"You're so strong?"
"Ha! You're funny. You're asking me?"
"You're carrying me."
"Yep… what is going on here? Where's your bed?"
"That one."
"Oh… right."
"You love me Charlie?"
"Yeah. I love you a lot girl."
"What about Rachel?"
"Umm… stuff is happening that you're writing. But you're my one true love."
"Oh… I'm writing it?"
"Shush… you're very tired. I can tell. I had to come tuck you in."
(Breathe sigh and all the wonderful dreams. He's perfect.)
"Well… you make me perfect in every way. Wait! Damn! I'm Mary Poppins!"
"Yes… that's why you don't exist but only in my dreams."
"Wow… that kind of hurt because… never mind. Sleep Mel."
(I'm fading… he's fading… Charlie…)
"I'm here. Sleep. I'll always be here."
© 2017 Mel Gutiér
Breathe sigh this song! (*wink*)
Love y'all!
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Fundraiser draws crowds despite the cold
Organizers say crowd was three times larger than expected
Cold weather did not stop 800 people from venturing out to downtown Fayetteville for Foam Fest, a fundraiser where people could sample an assortment of local beers.
Organizers of the event said they saw three times as many people at the event than they had originally an anticipated.
The money raised at Foam Fest is going to Feed Fayetteville, a group that teaches community members how to grow self-sustaining gardens.
Organizers say they are pleased with Saturday night's turnout.
"We're raising lots of money for Feed Fayetteville," said Melissa Terry, one of the event's organizers. "It's a great event and everyone's having a good time."
John Curlett braved the cold to taste some local beers and show his support for the community.
"The weather is just crazy in Arkansas," said Curlett. "It's cold one day, hot the next day. You've got to be prepared."
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Fayetteville police officers said they did not beef up security after a shooting that happened just down the street earlier Saturday morning.
Organizers said having a police presence was a big part of the event.
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The vineyard and winery sits on 640 acres of beautiful Kentucky countryside, in a hollow between the hills along Town Branch Creek, a tributary of the Little Kentucky River. The winery and property is nestled along the Little Kentucky River currently with short trails to the river and amongst the hillside.
In addition to some of Kentucky's best wine, you will find yourself surrounded by a multitude of peaceful areas while enjoying our wines. Guests are welcome to bring a lunch and enjoy a unique picnic next to the vineyard, under the Pavilion, find a special nook amongst the wooded hillside, or along the Little Kentucky River. In addition we also offer public fishing in the Little Kentucky River. The Little Kentucky River Winery offers a very peaceful setting in which to relax, socialize, and enjoy a taste of true country charm. Our dreams and vision of the winery and grounds will extend over time. Each time you visit you'll enjoy a new experience.
We strive to be "green". The winery's current wine tasting pavilion was built with over 95% of all the materials that came from the farm; everything from the extensive stone work and fireplace, to the massive timber frame, to the reclaimed oak (from 100 year old barn that stood on the site) and hickory tasting bar. We purchased our tables from a hotel closing sale and our antique chairs from various second hand stores. Our larger mission is to create a sustainable model to preserve and improve the land, manage wildlife/forest, help the local community, and provide a place of enjoyment in a natural setting.
The vineyard and winery is located within 20 miles of Bedford, Campbellsburg, New Castle, Eminence, La Grange, Madison, and only 45 minutes from Louisville, and one hour from Lexington and Cincinnati.


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To kick off the New Year in fine style at Fisherman Style, we are proud to present from Sydney the mighty Firehouse Sound. Its been a couple of years since theyve been over this side so its gonna be a mad night of all things Reggae!
But as you know Fishermans does not do things half way so along with Firehouse you get the local dons Earthlink Sound alongside Sabata alongside Future Soundz.
All sounds will be playing on a half hour rotation so its gonna be all killa no filla fi real!!!!!
Runnings start from 8pm with entry free until 9pm then its $10 pressure on the door.
Also Coming up in the New Year:
Fisherman Style #69 February 3rd 2012 Million Stylez (Europe)
Mojos Bar February 25th 2012 Gappy Ranks (UK)
Reggae music to di world!!!!!
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Posted 26 December 2011 - 10:15 PM
Posted 27 December 2011 - 04:20 AM
and yu know the rest!
Posted 27 December 2011 - 09:42 AM
Posted 27 December 2011 - 11:55 PM
DJ PINK PANTS listen to what Bounty sez on yur false rasta no future dub, You Not meant to be frens with fish Ha Ha too funny
When u stop running from the clash Gabriel come talk & until then
Posted 28 December 2011 - 08:03 AM
DJ PINK PANTS listen to what Bounty sez on yur false rasta no future dub, You Not meant to be frens with fish Ha Ha too funny
Look what it says on your avatar. You supposed to have wisdom ...fuck outta here!
At least Rasta aint scared to post up audio of his dubs, you clearly are despite raving on all the time about your dub box...will you ever respond to Static's clash challenge I wonder. A coward dies a thousand deaths.
Posted 28 December 2011 - 01:53 PM
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Posted 28 December 2011 - 03:46 PM
General among most things he does cant read, he keeps saying Im known in Jamaica for wearing Pink Pants cause I dissed this guy from Black Roses for wearing a pink bag & pink pants but was dissing homosexuals & then I played a custom Vegas Certain Law Dubplate. Can't nobody take away my performance @ Fully Loaded, I got some of the biggest forwards of the night, you can ask anyone from Solid Agency, Sean Paul, Sizzla, Vegas, Leftside, Jabba etc
Big up yaself sameway Stats. Does DJ Rasta really wear pink pants though? Where do these names come from
Read here for what old Gabriel got his hard brain working & his poor conclusions from lol.
Fullyloaded with highs and lows
The recently concluded Boom Fullyloaded lived up to expectations in some areas, but failed to end as a seamless event because of some technical difficulties and an overbooked line-up of performances.
The STAR arrived at the Palisadoes Go-Kart Track after 1 a.m., during a heated musical battle between DJ Naz and Close Range.
The war was being dominated by Close Range until he lost respect from the audience because of a statement he made regarding the chopping up of females.
The audience showed their displeasure in the selector's distasteful attempt at dissing DJ Naz, by booing Close Range's selections and crowning DJ Naz as the victor.
Following the clash Barrington Levy's Black Roses Sound took centre stage to perform a set filled with homophobic selections. Ironic was the fact that the selector was wearing pink pants and a pink bag.
left in total shock
This gave the Australian DJ who played next a big edge over Black Roses, as the Australian selector shouted in his accent, "mi kno sey Jamaica a bad-man place, so how come selector a bun ... and a wear pink pants?" He got a huge uproar from the crowd and exited with Mavado's Don't Wanna be a Memory.
American DJ Green Lantern was up next, and he played a segment filled with hip hop selections.
His biggest impact came from Biggie Small's Juicy, and his explicit Junior Gong dubplate that had the audience in total shock hearing such words from the conscious reggae artiste.
Veteran DJ Sky Juice also made a decent impact, stealing the attention from the younger selectors with his diverse selections.
Sky Juice expressed that the younger generation of DJs could only get hype by disrespecting others.
He then schooled the young DJs by using musical selections and stage performance to deliver one of the best sets for the entire night.
notable performances
He even played Celine Dion songs to the delight of the females. "A woman mi mek dance, some selector mek man dance," he shouted while closing his set.
Other notable performances came from Vertex Sound who represented well, playing custom dubplates from the likes of Mavado and Konshens, that earned them big forwards. Exclusive Sound, Black Cat, Flava Unit, Japanese Sound Barrier Free and Baby Jew also delivered great sets.
Entering into the war zone, selectors threw words at each other for the greater part of the night, but there was no major matchup until Flava Unit took on the experienced Black Cat.
At 4:30 a.m., Jabba announced that no more selectors would be allowed to perform to facilitate the artistes and, mysteriously, the sound equipment began to malfunction during the set of the young artistes. During this time, many patrons made their way through the exit.
However, at 5 a.m., Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Elephant Man and Capleton took the stage by storm, and, mysteriously, all the technical glitches were gone. They delivered an energy-packed tag-team performance, to bring to a close Fullyloaded 2011.
Posted 28 December 2011 - 05:11 PM
Posted 29 December 2011 - 10:31 PM
Looking at the poster for this event , ya have to admit it amounts to false advertising , as at least 4 of the people pictured will not be appearing. Can you really claim a Sound is playing when 2 thirds of the sound are not playing ??? So not really worth coming to, Rather see Lucifer Dance next night at the Hyde Park Also Simmer down sundays is hardly original with another event in the east coast.
and yu know the rest!
Posted 29 December 2011 - 11:41 PM
So not really worth coming to, Rather see Lucifer Dance next night at the Hyde Park Also Simmer down sundays is hardly original with another event in the east coast.
Point 1. How yuh a waych man dance so? Yuh a wobble deh Jeffrey fe real!
point 2.
Point 3. WHO GIVES A FUK! .... really?
http://twitter.com/SimmoTee
Posted 29 December 2011 - 11:45 PM
Looking at the poster for this event , ya have to admit it amounts to false advertising , as at least 4 of the people pictured will not be appearing.
Really? which four was that Jeffrey? Your a fukn eeediot fe real! Maybe two people might not be there, big fkn deal! Yuh envy ah show in everything yuh sey example... even wen yuh ask Tony for a CD...we can see it just cause him give one to Corby already yuh come off like a vulture nuh? Yuh head no good man, it just not healthy!
http://twitter.com/SimmoTee
Posted 30 December 2011 - 12:34 AM
Watch out fe Mr. Good mi hear sey im head butt ah worl class an mi sure im would love break dat big fucken beak yu love stick in people business all de while...
Posted 30 December 2011 - 12:44 AM
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:54 AM
Surely a 'Keyboard Coward' is someone that posts violent or threatening messages and won't back up their talk in real life. I'm just teasing you General, there is nothing threatening or intimidating about my posts and if we ever actually meet you can be assured you'll get the same treatment from me in person. That being said I don't expect you to comprehend complex notions like logic or common sense, you are clearly a completely dillusional individual.
As a father your behaviour is shameful. Really, take a pause and consider the example you are setting with the language and pettiness in your posts.
Anyway, going up against you is the mental equivalent of kicking babies. Maybe if I can rise above all this pettiness then so can a middle aged dwarf with a teenaged daughter and a wife - one would hope so.
So as a peace offering please check out my latest Ragga mix, I'd love to hear your feedback.
Posted 30 December 2011 - 11:14 AM
Posted 30 December 2011 - 10:26 PM
25 Jan = The Prince of Wales, Bunbury.
26 Jan = Settlers Tavern, Margaret River
Fri 27 Devilles Perth
Sat 28 Jan = Fly By Night,Fremantle with special guest Grace Barbie
Sun 29 Jan = The Indi Bar,Scarborough.........
Posted 02 January 2012 - 01:41 PM
After a wikid sunday session in Nth Freo yesterday the vibes are high!
Hopin this really buk up on friday!
Hopefully the two likklest men in Australian reggae fling sum wud n sum dubplate!
http://twitter.com/SimmoTee
Posted 02 January 2012 - 01:49 PM
Simmo as me say last night a bere gal chune Future Soundz a deal with, but if any old man wanna fling word, a casket him get!!!!!
Wat eva Tony! Ha!
After a wikid sunday session in Nth Freo yesterday the vibes are high!
Hopin this really buk up on friday!
Hopefully the two likklest men in Australian reggae fling sum wud n sum dubplate!


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Custom injection molders' capacity utilization jumped almost 9 percentage points from mid-year to December 2012, hitting an average of 59%, back to the high levels of 2010 and the first half of 2011.
In our latest half-year survey, with 75 plants responding, 35% saw higher capacity utilization in the second half of last year, about the same as in the first half, while 45% saw lower utilization, and 20% reported no change.
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Our index of custom molders' machine-hour rates showed no change in the half-year period, after a 1.5% increase in the first half. That was less than the 1.9% cumulative growth in the index for 2011.
A whopping two-thirds of respondents expressed optimism that business conditions would improve in the near term (a 50% increase over the first half), vs. 11% predicting worse conditions, and 23% foreseeing no change. Optimists outnumbered pessimists by more than 6:1, almost twice the ratio in the first half. In the Northeast, Southeast, and South Central regions, at least 75% of the respondents expressed optimism about business conditions. Optimism was considerably weaker among molders in the North Central and Western regions.
Among 41 mold shops reporting, the average increase in new orders was up 2.6%, vs. 2% in the first half.