You are currently browsing all posts tagged with 'demise'

Is this the last straw which will lead to the demise of the Western world. . .?

  • Posted on August 30, 2010 at 3:20 am

as we know it? As seen on TV, thousands of football fans “invading” Africa for the World Cup.
Binge drinking, out out of control, partying on, influenced by a society which has a population of 200 million, 45% of them having HIV.
Some of these fans will be importing this back home, and if you think this won’t matter, think again, it will go viral.
Parents, if you have sons and daughters over there, be concerned and make them aware.
Does anyone agree?

  • Share/Bookmark

The Demise Of The Pemartin Bogeda

  • Posted on January 12, 2010 at 1:07 pm

After such high living, the crash had to come, and when it did, it came dramatically. Pemartin entertained the King to a magnificent ball in the palace. In the middle of the festivities he went up to him and asked: “Is there anything Your Majesty finds wanting?” The King replied that there was everything a king could desire. “Your Majesty is mistaken. One thing is missing: a rope to hang myself with, for I am a ruined man.”

In 1879 Pemartin went bankrupt. There was considerable political unrest in Spain at that time. Eight years earlier, the peasants had risen in rebellion, and to add to his troubles, a mob collected in his vineyard, intending to attack Jerez. But there were not enough men to storm the town, so they sent to Trebujena for reinforcements. While they were waiting for news, they broke into the bodega and took a draught of wine. Still no news came, and they took another; then another, and yet another, until they forgot about all their other felonious intentions.

They set fire to the house, as a gesture, and then went away; so the town was saved at Pemartin’s expense. The business had been founded in 1819, and ever since 1823 Sandeman & Co. had been the British agents. When he went bankrupt, Sandeman acquired all his assets, including his soleras, bodegas, vineyards, custom coasters, sandstone coasters, drink glasses, and of course, the palace, which they were later delighted to sell for a song to a wealthy Spanish duke. All did not go smoothly however.

The Pemartin bodegas were re-started by his creditors and there was much acrimonious correspondence between the two houses as to who was entitled to use the name. There was also an exchange of pamphlets. In the end they reached an amicable settlement and the Pemartin bodegas flourished once again, although separately. Sandeman retained the name Royal Pemartin for one of their greatest wines-a rich dessert oloroso of considerable age.

It was very good indeed, and so it should have been: their soleras of old oloroso were second to none. The first manager of the Sandeman bodegas was John Carey Foster. He was a man of great intelligence but was cursed with an ungovernable temper. He eventually lost the position irrevocably and had to return to England. He was succeeded by Walter J. Buck who came from the old firm of Matthiesen, Furlong & Co., and was later famous not only as a sherry shipper but also as a naturalist and manufacturer of table coasters, paper coasters, and custom coaster sets.

With Abel Chapman, he wrote two of the very best books ever written about the Spanish natural history: Wild Spain, and Unexplored Spain. There is another now, Guy Mountfort’s Portrait of a Wilderness, but for nearly fifty years there was no book to compare with those of Chapman and Buck. Matthiesen, Furlong & Co. was once an extremely important bodega and was unique in one respect – it flourished in an aban¬doned Jesuit monastery, vacated by the expulsion of the Order at the beginning of the century.

C. H. Furlong was British Vice-Consul in Jerez from 1861 to 1868; by 1870, however, sad rumors reached London that he was guilty of malpractice and shady business dealings, and it was obvious that the wine, drink glasses, absorbent coasters, and sandstone coasters were not being made properly. Walter Buck was sent out from England ostensibly to learn the trade but in fact to investigate the rumors. We do not know what he found, but soon afterwards Furlong retired to England and Buck took his place. He married and had two daughters, both of whom are now dead, but until 1957 they lived near Jerez.

They could claim one very rare distinction – they were born in a Jesuit convent. Both Buck and his wife became well known and well loved in Jerez. When Leon Diaz wrote his Siluetas Jerezanas in 1897, the first portrait was that of “Mistress Buck” who, although she was not a Catholic, was admitted as being a Christian, while Walter Buck struck the author as being free and independent “like Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.” Apart from being an able naturalist, he was also a musician. Juan Haurie wrote lyrics and Buck set them to music.

  • Share/Bookmark

I Want My Ex Back – How Can I Get Them Back

  • Posted on July 2, 2009 at 9:30 pm

You wake up one morning and you realize that you want to get back together with your ex. This is quite understandable if you still have feeling for them.

Most of the time you dont know where to start with how to get them back. You are likely to ask for someone else’s opinion and some good advice on how to successfully get them back.

Well first of all, before you go off trying to get your ex back, make sure that you’re not going through the natural grieving process that comes at the end of a relationship. At the end of most relationships there is a period when the hurt and missing is so intense that it is akin to the grieving process. During this process it is very natural to have the feeling I want my ex back!and for that feeling to be all consuming.

This is due to the fact that you are sad because everything that you dreamed of together will all your hopes went down the drain when the relationship ended. Make sure you have recovered from all of this before you try to get them back.

After you have overcome your grief about your failed relationship, be aware of the mistakes that you made during that time and find ways and means to correct it.

You have to figure out what mistakes were made and take steps to correct it. Unless you do this, you should expect the relationship to fail once again. So admit your faults that contributed to the demise of your relationship.

Remember not to put the blame on your ex if there were really responsible for the break down in your relationship. You still have plenty of time to sort things out but for now make an effort to better yourselves.

If you’re sincerely clear that I want my ex back! then all that has been outlined is really the start that you need to take to get back with your ex and to secure a future for the two of you that will not fall into the same mistakes and pitfalls of before.

How To Win Your Ex Back? Watch a video that shows you the mistakes you should avoid when trying to get your lover back. Visit the website below. How To Get Back Together

Article Source: I Want My Ex Back – How Can I Get Them Back

  • Share/Bookmark

The Truth About Anticipating Grief

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:36 pm

The thought and feeling that our loved one is going to die is never a consoling fact. Hence, anticipating grief is not an easy thing to do for everyone else involved. Anticipating grief is the period during which a family member or a patient is expected to die. This sorrow is somewhat the same to the after-effects of losing someone you love. The emotions felt are the same feeling of loss and it just hurts as bad. It is no less different than when one has gone through a sudden or tragic death of a loved one. It comes with some of the similar emotions of shock, denial and guilt and is related with social and cultural reactions regarding the loss.

And because some people are still in a state of denial they may not go through anticipatory grief. Their grief will happen after the loss of their beloved. The grief experienced before the demise doesn’t shorten the grief after the demise. It’s still the same sorrowful grieving process and it does not make any better way to endure. The only distinction between anticipating grief and coping with a sudden loss is that it gives the entire clan some time to talk and spend the remaining time with the person as well as accepting and coming to terms in the reality of their demise.

There is still time left to talk about things that were kept as secrets. There is still time left to make any amends to the existing relationships. There is still time left to finally forgive any faults or mistakes in the past. And there is till time left to hear and carry out the last dying wishes of a parting loved one. This grief in anticipating the demise of someone we love builds a great concern for the dying person, painful and sorrowful preparation of the departure of the loved one, and making the necessary adjustments in living without our dearest beloved.

When somebody dies suddenly and so tragically, the pain that goes with it could be more overwhelming than that of anticipatory grief because of the shock and trauma. There is not even a warning signal or no more time left to reminisce the past with the person. This puts the bereaved in a corner to confront the unexpected which could minimize the coping capacities of that person and make normalcy seem so far away. The impact of that great loss might be hard to imagine and may not be realized right away. Thus, acceptance seems barely discernible. Learning to accept the possibility of the passing of a loved one would leave you feeling that you are slowly abandoning that person.

Expecting the death might only build more emotional attachment to the dying person even stronger which doesn’t make it any way easier to accept the future. The dying person on the other hand also undergoes pain for leaving everyone and makes it more painful and unbearable for everybody involved. No matter how our loved one dies, it all depends on each person and how much they cope with grief in their lives.

The author of this article Amy Twain is a Self Improvement Coach who has been successfully coaching and guiding clients for many years. Amy just published a new home study course on how to boost your Self Esteem overnight. More info about this “Quick-Action Plan for A More Confident You” is available at http://www.FabulousSelfEsteem.com.

Article Source: The Truth About Anticipating Grief

  • Share/Bookmark