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Many guests on my show in the past have advised those on Active Duty to take care of their finances so that they have the time they need to find their ideal career. Well, today's guest, as a financial advisor, has made it his profession to help people take control of their finances. He talks about financial advising as a career path, as well as what it has been like to start his own company.
BTU #144 - Active Duty to the Boston Consulting Group (Kristen Sproat Colley)
For those interested in a career in Management Consulting, Kristen does a fantastic job of breaking down what the projects and day-to-day life are like, as well as very tactical steps to prepare for your interview. But even if you're not interested in consulting, Kristen has great advice on how to explain your skills and make a connection with the person interviewing you for whatever job you pursue.
BTU 141: The CEO of Franchise Business Review talks about Vets in Franchises (Eric Stites)
(1) Franchises - we continue our deep dive into a career as a franchise owner - why this may be appealing to veterans and how to succeed at it. (2) Honesty about skill set - Eric talks about how vital it is - in franchising and in any career - to be exceptionally honest and reflective about your strengths and weaknesses. (3) Long-term investment - Eric talks about viewing a franchise investment as a 5-15 commitment (which, coin end tally is a great asset of veterans who often have approached the military as a long-term commitment). He talks about doing your homework - especially around culture, and making sure the business won't be uprooted by technology in the long-term (4) Market Research - Eric's career has been in market research and he provides some insight into what this sort of career is like.
BTU #132 - Active Duty to Chick-fil-A Franchise Owner (Marlon Terrell)
For those that listened to Episode #129 with John Francis, you know that I've been thinking about how veterans that are interested in entrepreneurship should really consider a franchise. It seems to be a business with training wheels. It helps bridge the gap between someone's military strengths and what's necessary to grow and run a successful company. My guest today is Marlon Terrell, who went straight from the Navy into owning a Chick-Fil-A franchise. I really enjoyed this conversation. Marlon provides just the right amount of detail. I walked away feeling like I understood what it's like to be in a franchise owner's shoes in terms of pay, career progression, and hours. He really painted a vivid picture of what life in a franchise looks like. I also think it's helpful because Marlon was really articulate in discussing exactly how what he learned in the military was applicable to his work as a franchise owner as well as how he went about selecting a franchise. He also talks about why a franchise may or may not be suited for you as a veteran.
BTU #126 - Airlines, E-Learning & finding excellence in VERY different industries (Nicholas Loudon)
In this interview we discuss a variety of topics relevant to veterans in any industry. Nick has great advice for veterans about checking one's ego at the door, rolling up one's sleeves and doing whatever it takes to improve whatever task you're given. He shows how a willingness to learn has allowed him to transition - and be successful in - wildly different industries. And how a mindset of happiness, learning and humility can make all the difference.
BTU #120 - Traveling the world for 4 years after Active Duty Navy (Tim Patterson)
Tim Patterson started off at the Naval Academy as part of the mighty class of 2002. He served as an officer onboard nuclear submarines for 8 years. After his transition from the military, Tim spent over four years traveling the world. Two of these years were done by BMW motorcycle, where he rode over 28,000 miles along the Pan-American highway, from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina. Studied Spanish in Guatemala. Survived Arctic weather, flat tires, and Colombian soldiers.
BTU #108: Team Red, White & Blue (Garrett Cathcart)
Garrett Cathcart is the Southeast Regional Director at Team Red, White & Blue - an organization that enriches the lives of America's veterans by connecting them to their communities through physical and social activities. He is also the Chief Community Engagement Officer at VETLANTA. He started out at West Point, after which he served in the Army for 8.5 years, with two years in Baghdad as a Recon Scout Platoon Leader and then as an Aide-de-Camp to Commanding General. After his transition from the Army he worked at NuVasive as an Associate Spine Representative before joining team RWB.
BTU #103 - Dr. Felicia Haecker: From RV to Dr, entrepreneur, and mom
"There are people who have - in their head - ideas that they think are ridiculous; dreams that they're afraid to pursue because of failure; because we're all afraid to fail. But while you have that safety net, go ahead an investigate it - dig into it deep, and then make a plan. Work backwards: this is the goal, assess what you have, and what do you need. And sometimes with plans you have to go back and course correct. Be OK with that. It's not a bad thing sometimes. We often beat ourselves up because we made a plan and it didn't go the way we thought it would - but that's OK. Always look back, reflect and see how you can grow from this." - Dr. Felicia Haecker
Dr. Felicia Haecker is the President of Haecker Associates Consulting, CEO of Dog Tag Divas, and Adjunct Professor at Brandman University, where she also received her Doctor of Education and Organizational Leadership. She started out in the Air Force, where she served for 12 years along with her husband, who served in the Air Force for 15 years. She faced many challenges after her separation from the military, and ultimately chose to pursue her Ed.D on female veterans transitions into post secondary education. Using this understanding of transitions, she now seeks to help other veterans diagnose where they are and construct a plan to reach their goals.
She has made herself available to the Beyond the Uniform community by email at shaecker@yahoo [dot] com
The top 2 reasons to listen to this episode is:
- A road of discovery - Felicia articulates so well what I - and so many of my guests - have experienced about a meandering road from the military to finding our career. She talks about taking leaps of faith, making mistakes along the way, but learning and being ok with those mistakes. Felicia and her husband left the Air Force after 12 & 15 years of service, respectively. They purchased an RV, and with their newborn daughter spent a year traveling the United States. This was the starting point of a journey that would lead Felicia to pursue her doctorate.
- Advice on transitions - Felicia did her doctorate work on the female veteran transition into post secondary education. She has also advised and mentored many veterans about this process, and has fantastic advice about how to avoid common mistakes in this transition.
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Selected Resources
- Roadmap: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life - a great book to help you figure out what to do with your career
Show Notes
Note: I've typed these notes during my interview with Josh, so they may not completely represent his words, and may contain spelling and grammar errors. My intention is to provide veterans with a quick reference to see the gist of our conversation, along with timestamps to hear Josh's actual advice in his own words within the interview.
- 3:10 - Felicia's bio
- 4:03 - How would you explain what you do
- Every veteran makes a transition
- Her and her husband realized they transitioned out of a community that was safe and comfortable. After their transition, a lot of people didn't understand their background and they were definitely out of their comfort zone.
- This applies to the families as well - they have to deal with their significant other
- 6:15 - How she divides her time
- HCC & Dog Tag Divas are both emerging. She was diagnosed with PTSD and ADHD, and is learning there are things she needs to do to stay on task. Must do / should do / could do "To do lists" dominate her schedule on bright orange post its.
- She has two kids, and it's a matter of taking advantage of time when she has it - time in line at Starbucks, at piano practice. Sometimes she
- 8:12 - How did you decide to leave the military?
- It wasn't an easy decision; she was an Army brat, with both parents in the military. She followed her dad all over Europe as an Army kid.
- She recognized on her own she wasn't ready for college, and didn't want to waste her parents money
- Decided to join the military - originally the Marine Corps - but wasn't treated seriously during the process and saw the Air Force recruiter on her way out. The military was safe and something she understood.
- She was a photographer, and wanted to try something else out - she loved the military but wanted to try something new
- When she found out she was going to have a mother, she wanted to be the mother she didn't have. It would be tough to do both the military and a mom, so her and her husband decided she would transition. Her husband had a similar background, so they both decided - at 12 & 15 years - to get out of the military.
- They made the goal of each of them finishing their master's degree prior to leaving the military, which lead for a rushed schedule leading up to departure
- They purchased a 35' RV, and spent a year traveling the United States.
- 11:46 - Advice for figuring out when to leave the military
- Investigate the feeling - if you feel like you need to move on, give that room. See if you can switch jobs within the military, but if you can't find it start figuring out how to make it happen.
- She recently worked with someone who decided to open a catering business. But you need to do EVERYTHING you can to investigate this right now - intern, or find a temporary job. This person learned it wasn't what they wanted to do it. So investigate every avenue you can. Call people who do that job (better yet a veteran who does it) and get a feel for what it is like.
- Harness your power - my power right now is I have a paycheck and roof over my head. This is what I have - what is it I need. Capitalize on your opportunities for growth. I want to have this much money in the bank, this much education, talk to them and get buy-in with the family. Sometimes you need to go back and course correct
- The Hack Process:
- H - Harness your power. You have SOME power in the situation
- A - Assess your resources. What do you have on hand that will propel you forward, and what do you need to gather to get to that goal
- I - Identify them. The people and resources that will help you and you need to get in your corner to get there
- C - Capitalize on the opportunity
- You may be more comfortable right now than you realize - any stress you can take
- Give yourself permission to recognize how difficult the transition is, but don't wallow in it.
- 22:59 - How would you describe your path from the military to deciding to pursue a PhD?
- They were stationed in Missouri. They got in their RV and didn't know what to do next. They decided to visit her parents in Oklahoma. They piecemeal the first part of the trip together, visiting diners and different sites.
- They noticed in their journey there was a subculture of veterans everywhere they went. She noticed many experienced difficulty, and many were on the verge of homelessness. She realized that she wasn't the only one who felt challenged in the transition - there were many other veterans like this.
- Along the journey she became pregnant with their second child. As they were unpacking their house in Georgia, her husband received a job offer in Sacramento. So they packed up their house and moved cross country with their two kids
- After five days as a stay-at-home mom, she realized she couldn't do it. It was more difficult than her three deployments. She saw a commercial for a doctoral degree, and wanted to give it a try. Her children were 9 months and 3 when she started - it was crazy but she did it. And her husband just received his degree from the same program. He saw the growth and self discovery journey she went through and that motivated him to do it as well
- What was the PhD process like for you?
- She views herself as very lucky. Her program was very creative, and she was able to chart what she was interested in - which was transition in veterans. She was able to research, write papers, and do whatever she wanted. It became addicting, because she kept finding more and more information, but didn't find the readily available resources she wanted for veterans. It felt like a well-kept secret and she didn't want it to be like that.
- She kept getting assignments that kept her digging and before she knew it she stood back and realized what she wanted to go after
- When she left, her resume was good, professionally she was ready to transition. No one spoke to her heart and mind transition, that you never receive when leaving the military.
- 37:40 - In your work with veterans, what are common problems you see them facing in their civilian career?
- She teaches a masters class on Leadership. One thing she has her students do (and she does as well) is Morning Pages. You put the pen on paper for 20 minutes and you just write non-stop. She didn't think it would work and the first two weeks were random song lyrics, shopping lists, and babble, but at the end of two weeks the cob webs went away and certain things came into focus.
- She kept doing it and started to get clarity on different items - things she hadn't thought about in years. It's completely free and is an easy way to make progress in thinking through issues. Just write about whatever comes to mind - no matter how random. Keep with it and you'll find clarity. Supposed to do it first thing in the morning, as soon as she wakes up.
- There's a book called Road Map. There was a PBS show called Road Trip Nation and they actually wrote a book "the get it together guide for what to do with your life" - it will inspire you but also give you a roadmap.
- A mentor would be a GREAT addition for veterans. Help you navigate the new waters and identify what is important to you.
- Common mistakes that veterans face
- The adage that "the grass is greener" is definitely true. Without someone telling you what to do, there is also a challenge of autonomy and having to do everything on your own.
- She encourages people to imagine that you were dropped into the center of England. Yes - they speak English, but there are different words, customs, and norms. You still need to learn a lot - and it's like this with a military transition
- Some people may not understand your life and may ask you offensive questions like, "Have you ever killed someone." Try to remember it's out of ignorance and curiosity and not malice.
- She has found in Mommy Groups that things that are earth shattering to other people are not so for her... she has to remember that "my journey is different." It may take time to find your time. Observe how they interact with other people.
- Emotional Intelligence will be key too and this was something she had to learn
- 44:50 - What can we do to help veterans who are struggling in their transition
- Her local VA has a special office to help veterans who are homeless and she is looking at how to help with this
- Sometimes they just need someone to listen to them
- The TAPs programs send a LOT of information towards veterans, and going and talking and sharing there could help a lot
- She was surprised that she was diagnosed with PTSD, even though she had taken many disturbing photos as a photographer on active duty.
- 49:20 - Final words of wisdom?
- If you've been listening to this and thinking of an idea and not sure if you should do it - give yourself permission to try. It's ok to be afraid to fail - that's ok. If you think about it - the times you succeed you probably didn't think about how you got there... you didn't think about how you got there. It's only when you fail that you do. But this is when we learn - from this failure. It may work, it may not, but it's ok. Have more than an A-D plan - there are 26 letters in teh alphabet. At the end of the day, try to do what makes you happy.
BTU#102 - Christopher Perkins: Marines to Managing Director at Citi
Christopher Perkins is the Managing Director and Global Head of OTC Clearing at Citi and founder of Citi's Military Veterans Networks. He started out at the Naval Academy, after which he earned a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. He then served as an officer in the Marine Corps for over nine years. After the Marine Corps, Christopher worked at Lehman Brothers as their US Head of Derivatives Intermediation. He is also the co-founder of Veterans On Wall Street - an initiative dedicated to honoring former and currently military personnel by facilitating career and business opportunities in the financial services industry.
BTU #101 - Joshua Jabin: Marines to COO at the Travis Manion Foundation
Joshua Jabin is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Travis Manion Foundation. He started out at the Naval Academy, after which he served in the Marine Corps for 12 years, first as a Aviation Supply Logistics Officer, obtaining his MS in Operations Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School, and teaching Mathematics at the Naval Academy. After his transition to the civilian sector, Joshua worked as a Senior Management Consultant at the ReefPoint Group, before joining the Travis Mountain Foundation about 2.5 years ago.
BTU #98 - Jared Wymer: Marines to Amazon & a PhD... simultaneously
Jared Wymer is a Program Manager for Global Talent Management at Amazon. Jared started out by enlisting in the Marine Corps, where he served for eight years in logistics, supply chain management, and intelligence, while also pursuing and receiving an undergraduate degree and MBA. Jared transitioned from the Marines into a PhD program, working concurrently in finance and as a Fellow for the Department of State. Since that time Jared started his own consulting company, Wymer & Associates, and joined Amazon. Jared is currently one year away from obtaining his PhD.
BTU #95 - Andrew Watts: Navy to Full-time Author
Andrew Watts is the author of three books, The War Planners, The War Stage (The War Planners) (Volume 2), and Pawns of the Pacific. Andrew started out at the Naval Academy in 2003 and served as a naval officer and helicopter pilot until 2013. He started his civilian career at Proctor & Gamble for nearly four years, first as an Assistant Brand Manager and then as an Initiative Operations Leader. He published his first two books while at P&G before making the transition to full-time author in 2017.
BTU #91 - Seth Jordan: Marines to Founder of Dog Tag Brewing
Seth Jordan is the Founder & Chairman of Dog Tag Brewing Foundation, a brewery that provides the highest quality crafted beers that deliver a message of gratitude for the selfless sacrifice of our nation's military. Dog Tag Brewing donates 100% of profits to benefit charities created or selected by Gold Star Families,the families of fallen warriors.
BTU #90 - Dan Piontkowski: Navy to Recruiter at Marriott, Amazon, KPMG, HP, and more
Dan is the Manager of Sourcing for all the hourly roles at Marriott in the US. He has worked in a variety of recruiting capacities at Amazon, KPMG, Hewlett-Packard, and Booz Allen Hamilton to include leading and launching many of the veteran recruiting pipelines and initiatives. Dan started out as a Corporal in the Marine Corps, before going to the Naval Academy and then serving as a Surface Warfare Officer. His last tour in the Navy was as an Officer Programs Recruiter stationed at Penn State that got him hooked on recruiting.
BTU #77 - Michael Freed: 10 Years on Submarines to President at Mirion Technologies
Mike is the President of the Health Physics Division at Mirion Technologies, a provider of radiation detection & monitoring products and services to the nuclear power, medical, military and homeland security markets. He started out at Northwestern University, after which he as an officer in the Navy for ten years, serving on submarines and on the Chief of Naval Operations personal staff. After the Navy he received his MBA from the Darden School of Business, after which he worked at Bain & Company for nearly six years as a Principal.
BTU #68 - John Lee Dumas: Army to EOFire and over $205k a month in revenue
John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of EOFire, a daily podcast that interview entrepreneurs 7 days a week, where, as reported by Forbes, he has generated #2M in sales by his second year in the business. He started out at Providence College where he did Army ROTC, after which he served in the Army as an Armor Platoon Leader for eight years. After his time in the Army, John enrolled in Law School, but left after his first semester. He then worked in corporate finance at John Hancock in Boston, and later at a tech startup in New York. In 2009 he moved to San Diego to work in real estate. During his long drives, he started listening to podcasts, until he decided to start his own podcast, which launched in September of 2012. He is the author of Podcast Launch, the creator of Podcasters' Paradise, and has been named the Best of iTunes in 2013, with over 7.4 Million downloads. and subscribers in 145 countries. John is very open about his financials - they're available on his website - it's worth checking out because the numbers are staggering.
BTU #60 - Matt Miller: Air Force Pilot to Vending Machine Empire
Matt Miller is the President and Founder of School Spirit Vending, a Hassle-Free, Year-Round Fundraising company for Schools that he started over nine years ago. He is also the Host of the School Zone Podcast, a podcast resource for educators, school volunteers and the fundraising companies that serve them and their schools. And he is also the Owner of Sticker Swarm Media, a publishing company for children's books. And also the President & Co-Founder of School News Guru - a newsletter program. He started out at the Air Force Academy, after which he served as a pilot in the Air Force for nearly nine years. After the Air Force he served in a variety of sales roles, first at the Hospital & Health Care industry with Abbott, and then with the Marketing & Advertising space with Valassis.
BTU #48 - Kate Kranz Jordan: Navy to Public Service @ Veterans Campaign
Kate Kranz is the Director of Women's Initiative at Veterans Campaign, a non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage, mentor and prepare veterans, transitioning service members, and other members of the military community for a "Second Service" in civic and political leadership. She started out at the Naval Academy, and served as a Naval Flight Officer for 11 years. She is finishing up a Masters of Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University, and a Master's of Administrative Leadership from Oklahoma University.
BTU #64 - Anthony Garcia: Army to Founder of Guide-On, an Essential Veteran Resource
Anthony Garcia is CEO and co-founder at GuideOn -a military veteran talent acquisition platform. He started out at St. Mary's University, after which he served in the Army for eight years as a Medical Service Corps Officer and Medical Evacuation Pilot. After transitioning out of the Army, he received his MBA at Cornell University. Since then he has worked as a General Manager at SRI International and the CEO and co-founder of Adjacent Applications. He started GuideOn in late 2014, and has raised funding from Mike Maple's VC firm - Floodgate, one of the most respected investors in Silicon Valley.
BTU#38: Chris Shaw - Army to Startup Founder and Bunker Labs
"The autonomy is incredible. I think back to my time in the military and the best times I had was when I was flying around the mountains of Afghanistan, and we had a lot of flexibility in the mission we were running. When I think about being an entrepreneur, it's very similar to that in a lot of ways. I love that I can set my own hours and create my own success. That is really exciting and gets my adrelanine going. The bad part is that you don't have a paycheck. If you make a sale and get cash you can take a small salary from there, but there's a lot of unpredictability there. Going into this I didn't expect that aspect of this to wear on me emotionally as much as it does. But it does, and it's real - you just need to understand that that's part of the deal." – Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw is the Founder of CORE Leader, the Director of the NY Office of Bunker Labs at the NYU Tandon Engineering School. He graduated from NYU Stern School of Business in May 2016. He started out at Cornell University, where he earned his BA in history, after which he served in the US Army as an Aviation Officer for 8 years flying the Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance helicopter. He deployed twice to combat in Afghanistan, most recently as the head of his squadron's intelligence department in the 82nd Airborne Division.
In this conversation, we cover a lot of topics, including:
- How Chris decided to go to business school rather than industry after the military
- An overview of Bunker Labs, and why every aspiring entrepreneur should consider applying
- Advice on finding a co-founder... and how to make sure you get it right. Chris talks about the biggest mistake he made when starting his company
- The experiences that best help Chris prepare for his life as an entrepreneur
- And much, much more…
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: How can I make these episodes more valuable to active duty military personnel considering transitioning to the civilian world? Please let me know in the comments.
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Selected Links
- NYU Stern School of Business
- Chris' second company - CORE Leader
- Bunker Labs - their entrepreneurial program is EPIC
- Leaders Reaction Course
- Tough Mudder - a visit here was one of the catalysts for Chris starting his company, CORE Leader
Show Notes
- 1:50 - Chris' background
- 2:30 - How Chris decided to leave the Army
- 3:12 - How Chris thought about joining the Reserves and why he chose not to
- 3:48 - The most surprising aspect of Chris' transition to civilian life
- 5:20 - A few bad habits Chris had to break when he left the military
- 6:30 - How Chris decided to go to business school rather than industry after the military
- 9:28 - Chris' experience at Stern School of Business and his advice on how to apply and why to go
- 11:10 - An overview of Bunker Labs, and why every aspiring entrepreneur should consider applying
- 15:20 - What Chris' day-to-day life looks like as a Director at Bunker Labs
- 17:40 - An overview of Chris' second company - CORE Leader
- 20:13 - Advice on finding a co-founder... and how to make sure you get it right. Chris talks about the biggest mistake he made when starting his company
- 24:17 - The experiences that best help Chris prepare for his life as an entrepreneur
- 25:38 - What Chris' day-to-day life looks like as an entrepreneur
- 27:44 - What Chris like most and least about his life as an entrepreneur
- 29:30 - Chris' advice for other veterans considering entrepreneurship
- 32:45 - How Chris felt ahead and behind his civilian counterparts
- 36:37 - Final words of wisdom from Chris for all veterans


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Stand Firm & Be Still
Exodus 14:13, 14 – Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still." (NIV 1978)
My Musing – You need only be still. Usually we either flee in fear, or plunge headlong and recklessly into danger. As a result, instead of never seeing the "Egyptians" again, we fail to see the deliverance that God intended.
My Advice – You will face many "Egyptians' in life's journey. You need neither face them down alone, nor will you need to flee from their face. Stand firm in the Lord and see how magnificently He delivers you. Once He delivers, you will never see them again. There may be others to take their place, but the God who delivers once, is more than able to deliver time and again.

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Rick sits far right as you look at the stage. He takes care of the mid range harmonies and almost all the heavy lifting when it comes to the guitars. That electric 12 string sound from The Byrds – that's Rick jangling away.
Rick is from Leicester and started working with John longer ago than either of them care to remember. Rick's trademark jangling guitars and brilliant harmonies that grace the Marrakesh stage can also be heard on records by acts such as Natalie Imbruglia and Ronan Keating. Rick performs regularly as a solo artist.
Rick's favourite member of CSN is Stephen Stills.


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Abgeschickt von Terry Clipson am 12 November, 2004 um 08:45:28
Did Your Relatives Ever Talk of Louie Middleton ?
My great-grandfather and great-uncle used to run the White Lion Inn, in Barton-upon-Humber Market Place from the late 1800's to the mid 1900's.
I am researching family history and am looking for any information about Louie Middleton in the Barton-upon-Humber area. Louie, who may have also been called Louisa, Louise or similar, has also been referred to as Mrs Louie Middleton. Louie was born about 1881 and died on 31 July 1926 aged 45 years. Louie is known to have helped with work at the White Lion Inn at Barton, which was run for many years by Foster Middleton and later, his son Fred, who never married and died a bachelor. Louie is thought to be buried in an unmarked grave in Barton Cemetery, but an inscription about Louie was later put on the gravestone of Fred Middleton in order that she should be remembered. A search of the 1901 census did not find any matches for Louie Middleton who would have been about 20 years old at that time, so if Middleton was her married name, she may have still been single at the time of the census. A look through the Barton Parish Church Records has failed to find a marriage of any Barton Middleton male to a Louie, Louisa or Louise. This leaves the thought that if Louie Middleton was her married name, she could have married under another religion in the town or even married in another town or village. Louie may not even have been married. If Louie was married does anyone know her maiden name ?
There are no close relatives still alive to ask, and research into her background has come to a halt.
I would appreciate any knowledge of her life and history.
Terry Clipson
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Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Steelers LB Ryan Shazier is dealing with a sprained MCL but is still hoping to return to the team before their Week 8 bye.
Shazier has been forced to miss the past two games because of the knee injury he sustained.
Shazier, 24, is a former first-round pick of the Steelers back in 2014. He's currently in the third year of his four-year, $9.5 million contract and set to make a base salary of $1,284,292 for the 2016 season.
Next year, the Steelers will need to decide whether or not to pick up his fifth-year option.
In 2016, Shazier has appeared in three games for the Steelers and recorded 20 tackles, one interception, a forced fumble and two pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 73 linebacker out of 83 qualifying players.


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The Killing Shot(2010)
A novel by Johnny D Boggs
-Boggs is unparalleled in evoking the gritty reality of the Old West- -The ShootistJohnny D. Boggs is one of America-s great Western writers-mixing adventure and realism with a torrid storytelling style all his own. In 1880's Arizona Territory, a good man goes bad - but for the best of all reasons...
Deputy U.S. Marshal Reilly McGilvern is hauling criminals to Yuma when his prison wagon is attacked, and McGilvern is left locked inside to die. When another outlaw gang comes upon the scene, Reilly McGilvern thinks he's lived to see another day - but his problems are just beginning.
Bloody Jim Pardo wants to avenge the Civil War - and to steal the kind of weapons that will let him do it. Riding with his mother, his trusted killers and two hostages, Pardo thinks McGilvern is a fearsome criminal. Now, to stop Jim Pardo's bloody madness, McGilvern needs to play his part perfectly. And when the time comes, make every shot a killing shot..
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Animal screeches heard in Park City
A mountain lion might be in American Flag
A woman who lives in the American Flag neighborhood said she heard sounds like those made by a mountain lion in the overnight hours on Monday, another case possibly involving one of the animals after a series of reports in August.
Andy Barros, who lives on Golden Eagle Drive, said she did not see the animal making the sounds but is confident it was a mountain lion. She said she heard the sounds at 1:30 a.m. They were loud enough to wake her and her husband.
Barros said she at first considered whether an animal in distress was making the sounds. They went on for one minute. When she woke up later in the morning she searched the Internet for sounds made by a mountain lion. The audio clips she found online matched the sounds she heard. It was a different sound than the ones made by bobcats, which she also found online, Barros said.
"It's jolting. It was really loud . . . It sounded like it was right in our backyard," she said, adding, "It was screech after screech after screech."
Barros said she and her husband did not investigate at the time they heard the sounds and did not see a mountain lion.
Barros said she has once seen a mountain lion in Park City, in August. The animal was off Deer Valley Drive on the route to Snow Park Lodge, she said.
Barros said she does not let her two small dogs out into a fenced yard at night and her husband carries a stick while walking the dogs that can be used to fend off a mountain lion.
The episode on Monday follows a month after a series of mountain lion reports in the Park City area, including in Bear Hollow and in the vicinity of Mellow Mountain Road.


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Tales of the tragic, harsh, strange, and amazing lives of those brave
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Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 2.—Two bullet wounds in the head and body of a man found in a hay stack near the corner of Ninth avenue and Oak street this morning tell the ghastly story of a murder, the mystery of which police are trying to unravel.
The victim, whose identity is unknown, was apparently shot twice by his murderers, who then shoved his body head first into the hay and attempted to burn the stack to destroy the evidence of the crime.
The body was found at 10 o'clock this morning by A. Flom, 621 Cottonwood street, and Henry Sorbo, 710 Cherry Street, who were stacking hay close to where the dead man lay.
They first noticed the feet protruding from the hay stack and proceeded to investigate. They found the body lying on its back. The coat had been loosely thrown over the head and shoulders.
J. W. Lowe, chief of police, and Coroner F. E. Murphy, were immediately summoned. On removing the body from the hay they found that the man had been shot twice.
One bullet had entered the head just above the right eye, and the other had passed through the left arm and chest passing out through the back.
The hay around the man's head was partly burned, and the flames had singed the hair and scorched the scalp on the back part of the head. It is supposed that the murderers tried to destroy the hay stack thus getting rid of the body.
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Bismarck is coming pretty well to the front as a divorce center. Last spring a couple came to the city from the east, and took up residence here. The woman was married, but the marital bonds chafed. The man was not married, but wanted to be—to the woman. They staid here during the summer, and last week the woman was unmarried from the man she didn't want. The she was married to the man she did want, and the pair went east Saturday night, rejoicing.
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Pete Podhola, a prominent Sawyer real estate man, started for his farm on horse back during the recent big storm. When he came to a deep coulee filled with snow, he took the saddle and bridle off the horse and started to walk home. Growing weary he threw himself down exhausted by an old hay stack, where his clothes soon froze stiff and his limbs became numb. He managed to dig a hole in the pole of hay and kept from freezing to death. He spent two days in this place, when he was rescued.
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The Next American Revolution
Resources for further discussion
|Follow up in more depth with Gar Alperovitz's new book
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Selected articles by Gar Alperovitz
- What Then Can I Do? Ten Ways to Democratize the Economy
Read my article with Keane Bhatt on Truthout or here on garalperovitz.com.
And find out how to host a community screening of my new film, The Next American Revolution or organize a reading group around What Then Must We Do? here.
The richest 400 Americans now own more wealth than the bottom 180 million taken together. The political system is in deadlock. Social and economic pain continue to grow. Environmental devastation and global warming present growing challenges. Is there any path toward a more democratic, equal and ecologically sustainable society? What can one person do?
In fact, there is a great deal one person working with others can do. Experiments across the country already focus on concrete actions that point toward a larger vision of long-term systemic change – especially the development of alternative economic institutions. Practical problem-solving activities on Main Streets across the country have begun to lay down the elements and principles of what might one day become the direction of a new system – one centered around building egalitarian wealth, nurturing democracy and community life, avoiding climate catastrophe and fostering liberty through greater economic security and free time.
Margaret Mead famously observed: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Some of the ten steps described below may be too big for one person to take on in isolation, but many are exactly the right size for a small and thoughtful group committed to building a new economy, restoring democracy and displacing corporate power.
As the history of the civil rights movement, women's movement, and gay-liberation movement ought to remind us, it's precisely actions of this sort at the local level that have triggered the seismic shifts of progressive change in American history…. Read more »
- The Question of Socialism (and Beyond!) Is About to Open Up in These United States
Little noticed by most Americans, Merriam Webster, one of the world's most important dictionaries, announced a few months ago that the two most looked-up words in 2012 were "socialism" and "capitalism."
Traffic for the pair on the company's website roughly doubled from the year before. The choice was a "kind of no-brainer," observed editor at large, Peter Sokolowski. "They're words that sort of encapsulate the zeitgeist."
Leading polling organizations have found converging results among younger Americans. Two recent Rasmussen surveys, for instance, discovered that Americans younger than 30 are almost equally divided as to whether capitalism or socialism is preferable. Another Pew survey found those aged 18 to 29 have a more favorable reaction to the term "socialism" by a margin of 49 to 43 percent.
Note carefully: These are the people who will inevitably be creating the next American politics and the next American system.
As economic failure continues to create massive social and economic pain and a stalemated Washington dickers, search for some alternative to the current "system" is likely to continue to grow. It is clearly time to get serious about a different vision for the future. Critically, we need to be far more sophisticated about what a meaningful "systemic design" that might undergird a new direction (whether called "socialism" or whatever) would entail.
- Laura Flanders talks to Gar Alperovitz about What Then Must We Do?
Welcome to the spring of sequester and discontent. Just ahead, whatever happens in the world of politics, a world of people are going to experience yet more cuts to education, housing, healthcare, and there's no solution to poverty in sight. Even for those who were flushed with excitement last November, the new term is already feeling like a pretty glum place. What real change is likely to come? Probably not much. By how much are real wages going to grow? Probably less. "If you counted poverty the way every other nation in the world counts it, a quarter of our society is in poverty," says political economist Gar Alperovitz.
So why is it then, that Alperovitz also says we may be witnessing the prehistory of the next American Revolution? What's up?
Alperovitz believes that the storm of failure we're witnessing creates crisis but also possibility. When states and cities have "no answers," new ideas and new experiences have a chance to insert themselves into the mix. Indeed, look a little deeper than the money media tend to, and the US economy is pretty heterodox. Far from one "economy" we live in a "checkerboard" of systems, some of which look a whole lot like socialism.
What's "hotel socialism"? Find out in this conversation about Alperovitz's latest book What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution, which comes out later this month from Chelsea Green. Alperovitz teaches at the University of Maryland. We talked for GRITtv.
Laura Flanders: Am I describing this moment correctly? Post-election enthusiasm followed by gathering gloom?
Gar Alperovitz: I think that's about right and rightly so. The president is committed to $1.5 trillion in cuts for the next decade and at the same time he is talking about boosting the economy. I suspect we'll get very little change in the unemployment rate [that is] the real unemployment rate, which is probably 15% if you count the people who just don't show up anymore.
- A Checkerboard Strategy for Regaining the Progressive Initiative
President Obama is Time magazine's "Person of the Year" – the first Democratic president to receive two consecutive popular-vote majorities since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Yet these are clearly tough times for progressives. Everything progressives have fought for is seemingly on the chopping block nationally, and in many states and cities. Programs are being cut; public assets are being sold off; school teachers are losing their jobs; unions are being attacked; pension and health care benefits are being slashed – even Social Security is being challenged.
Progressives, in short, remain on the defensive.
No one would deny that defense is important. But even as every effort must be made to hold the line, how, specifically, might it be possible to regain the political initiative?
History suggests one powerful strategy – one that begins by getting clear about the checkerboard of power, and its possibilities.
- Wall Street Journal More Interested in Caviar and Foie Gras Than Worker Ownership
Social pain, anger at ecological degradation and the inability of traditional politics to address deep economic failings has fueled an extraordinary amount of practical on-the-ground institutional experimentation and innovation by activists, economists and socially minded business leaders in communities around the country.
A vast democratized "new economy" is slowly emerging throughout the United States. The general public, however, knows almost nothing about it because the American press simply does not cover the developing institutions and strategies.
For instance, a sample assessment of coverage between January and November of 2012 by the most widely circulated newspaper in the United States , the Wall Street Journal, found ten times more references to caviar than to employee-owned firms, a growing sector of the economy that involves more than $800 billion in assets and 10 million employee-owners — around three million more individuals than are members of unions in the private sector.
Worker ownership — the most common form of which involves ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership Plans — was mentioned in a mere five articles. By contrast, over 60 articles referred to equestrian activities like horse racing, and golf clubs appeared in 132 pieces over the same period.
- Anchoring Wealth to Sustain Cities and Population Growth
This article, co-authored with Steve Dubb and Thad Williamson, originally appeared in Solutions Journal
Americans face a unique challenge in solving the climate crisis. Unlike other Western countries and Japan, where population is projected to be relatively constant, the U.S. population is set to grow by at least 100 million—and likely 150 million—people by 2050. Where and under what conditions these people live present serious challenges to sustainability planning. American cities today are so spatially and economically unstable that anything beyond superficial sustainability planning is impossible.
Alternatively, we can radically change existing community and regional planning strategies to more sustainably house and serve the growing population. Fortunately, emerging approaches are capable of helping with this shift. One involves building local economies that anchor capital in place through community, worker, or public forms of ownership—so-called green community wealth strategies. By linking such stabilizing forms of economic organization to democratic forms of local, regional, and national planning, cities can regain the capacity to target jobs and investment to specific locations.
Beyond Throwaway Cities
A good starting point is a clear understanding of America's "throwaway city" habit. Simply put, as jobs move in and out of cities in uncontrolled ways we literally throw away housing, roads, schools, hospitals, and public facilities—only to have to build the same facilities elsewhere at great financial, energy, and carbon costs. All the while, the instability makes it impossible to carry out coherent transportation and high-density housing planning.
The most dramatic examples are places like Detroit and Cleveland, where the devastated landscape in many areas looks like bombed-out World War II cities. But these cases are not exceptional. Of the 112 largest U.S. cities in 1950 with populations over 100,000, 56—fully half of them—had experienced population decline by 2008. The people moved elsewhere, where all the usual facilities had to be built anew to serve them—and, built under conditions that were inherently likely to be subject to future instability and disruption. (more…)
- Beyond Corporate Capitalism: Not So Wild a Dream
with Thomas M. Hanna
This article originally appeared in the June 11th, 2012 edition of The Nation.
It's time to put the taboo subject of public ownership back on the progressive agenda. It is the only way to solve some of the most serious problems facing the nation. We contend that it is possible not only to talk about this once forbidden subject but to begin to build a serious politics that can do what needs to be done in key sectors.
Proposals for public ownership will of course be attacked as "socialism," but conservatives call any progressive program—to say nothing of the modest economic policies of the Obama administration—"socialist." However, many Americans are increasingly skeptical about the claims made for the corporate-dominated "free" enterprise system by its propagandists. A recent Pew Research Center poll found that a majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of corporations—a significant shift from only twelve years ago, when nearly three-quarters held a favorable view. At the same time, two recent Rasmussen surveys found Americans under 30—the people who will build the next politics—almost equally divided as to whether capitalism or socialism is preferable. Another Pew survey found that 18- to 29-year-olds have a favorable reaction to the term "socialism" by a margin of 49 to 43 percent.
Public ownership in certain sectors of the economy is the only way to solve some of America's most pressing problems. Take the financial arena, where the current recession was hatched. Today, five giant banks control more than one-third of all deposits. Wall Street claims this makes it more efficient; but even if the Big Five banks were efficient (which is open to question—how "efficient" are institutions that didn't know they were carrying a huge backlog of underwater loans?), they were all deeply involved in creating the meltdown that cost taxpayers billions in bailouts, and the overall economy trillions. Numerous economists, left and right, believe that these unbridled operations will inevitably lead to another crisis. JPMorgan Chase's recent speculative loss of at least $2 billion should be fair warning.
- Neither Revolution nor Reform: A New Shape for Progressive Politics
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2011 Issue of Dissent.
For over a century, liberals and radicals have seen the possibility of change in capitalist systems from one of two perspectives: the reform tradition assumes that corporate institutions remain central to the system but believes that regulatory policies can contain, modify, and control corporations and their political allies. The revolutionary tradition assumes that change can come about only if corporate institutions are eliminated or transcended during an acute crisis, usually but not always by violence. But what happens if a system neither reforms nor collapses in crisis?
Quietly, a different kind of progressive change is emerging, one that involves a transformation in institutional structures and power, a process one could call "evolutionary reconstruction." At the height of the financial crisis in early 2009, some kind of nationalization of the banks seemed possible. "The public hates bankers right now," the Brookings Institution's Douglas Elliot observed. "Truthfully, you would find considerable support for hanging a number of bankers…" It was a moment, Barack Obama told banking CEOs, when his administration was "the only thing between you and the pitchforks." But the president opted for a soft bailout engineered by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers. Whereas Franklin Roosevelt attacked the "economic royalists" and built and mobilized his political base, Obama entered office with an already organized base and largely ignored it.
When the next financial crisis occurs, and it will, a different political opportunity may be possible. (more…)
- The New-Economy Movement (This article first appeared in the June 13, 2011 edition of The Nation and was first published online here) The idea that we need a "new economy"—that the entire economic system must be radically restructured if critical social and environmental goals are to be met—runs directly counter to the American creed that capitalism as we know it is the best, and only possible, option. Over the past few decades, however, a deepening sense of the profound ecological challenges facing the planet and growing despair at the inability of traditional politics to address economic failings have fueled an extraordinary amount of experimentation by activists, economists and socially minded business leaders. Most of the projects, ideas and research efforts have gained traction slowly and with little notice. But in the wake of the financial crisis, they have proliferated and earned a surprising amount of support—and not only among the usual suspects on the left. As the threat of a global climate crisis grows increasingly dire and the nation sinks deeper into an economic slump for which conventional wisdom offers no adequate remedies, more and more Americans are coming to realize that it is time to begin defining, demanding and organizing to build a new-economy movement. (more…)
- The Cleveland Model (This article first appeared in the March 1, 2010 edition of The Nation)
Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson and Ted Howard
Something important is happening in Cleveland: a new model of large-scale worker- and community-benefiting enterprises is beginning to build serious momentum in one of the cities most dramatically impacted by the nation's decaying economy. The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL)–a worker-owned, industrial-size, thoroughly "green" operation–opened its doors late last fall in Glenville, a neighborhood with a median income hovering around $18,000. It's the first of ten major enterprises in the works in Cleveland, where the poverty rate is more than 30 percent and the population has declined from 900,000 to less than 450,000 since 1950. (more…)


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Bradley Newberger : President and Founder
After 10 years of experience in the food service and hospitality industry, Bradley founded Ambiance Radio to apply his education, experience and vision to the solution to a widespread industry problem—the profusion of dull, inappropriate and "just plain bad" music in restaurants. A graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Bradley began his career as a server for a prominent Southern California catering company at age 14. By age 17, he was managing complex catered events and the café at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, overseeing a staff of 20 or more at times. Though young in his career, Bradley has worked every line-level restaurant position from a line-cook to food runner and bartender. He managed the upscale-casual Taverna Banfi in Ithaca, NY, where he conducted his first tests of research-guided restaurant music. His entrepreneurial drive and desire to expand his knowledge about all aspects of hospitality led him to work as a consultant for Coyle Hospitality Group and to spend a year working internationally with Celebrity Cruises. His passion for improving the dining experience and his in-depth understanding of restaurant operations are providing the guiding vision for Ambiance Radio.
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Ambiance Radio's "Dr. Music," Carl is a widely respected music executive and entrepreneur. He has worked with NBC, CBS, ABC, HBO, Showtime, ASCAP, and BMI. He founded IndustryRadio.com in 2000, a company that today creates and distributes programming heard on 75 radio stations around the country. He has worked with Jerry Seinfeld, Oprah, Little Richard, the cast of the Brady Bunch, as well as many other celebrities. He has composed music for Sesame Street, the United Nations 40th Anniversary film, and wrote music for many Fortune 500 companies. Carl has won many prestigious awards and remains at the forefront of new ventures in audio, internet media, and adaptive use of existing technologies and techniques.
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On July 12-14, 2017, the 17th International Conference Interdisciplinary, Science, Engineering and Technology (IMESET) was held at the Azerbaijan Technical University.
The conference was headed by the chief of the Department of Economic Cybernetics, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics of BSU ( Baku State University). Farhad Alif Mirzayev .
The teacher of faculty Assoc.Prof. Mirvari Aghayeva,took a lot active as the member of organizing committee, in teh holding and execution of conference. The teachers of faculty Assoc. Prof.Aytakin Afandiyeva, Assoc. Prof.Nazli Hasanova, Assoc.Prof. Gurban Gasimov, Assoc.Prof.. Rafig Guliyev, Assoc .Prof.. Rafael Hamidov, prof. Valeh Hajiyev as being in the composition science committee took an active part in the coming to an agreement of conference in the choosing and submission of acticles and in the holding of sector meeting of conference. Conference was began with the putting flowers on the bust of the national leader Heydar Aliyev in the lobby of the Azerbaijan Technical University.. At the opening of the conference, the rector of the university, Khalig Yahudov, the responsible secretary of the conference, Shakir Parlakyildiz, the chairman of the conference, Farhad Mirzayev, the president of the Pakistani youth affairs office, Muhammed Rzvan, the Turkish scientist Fatma Ayhan have performed. Then the event continued in the sectional sessions. The closing of the conference has been completed with a Gala Dinner at the Big Manqal restaurant in the center of the city and it was decided to hold the next conference in Bitlis, Turkey, on October 27-29.


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Bar Red
Spaghetti was lukewarm temperature, portion small, no smell of food when walking in, so that was not a good sign. Cocktail tasted stale with no fizz and not enough ice. Appetizer Ravioli was so over warmed or microwaved that the cheese in the middle had disappeared, so just chewy crust was the only part left to eat. Meatballs were good, but also small.
Great food with great prices
Bar red was top-notch, I would absolutely recommend anyone looking for either great food or great service to stop in. Their chef knows what he's doing and he does it well.
Excellent food!
Had a great time. The food and drinks are awesome! We'll be coming back.
More of a bar/lounge atmosphere but the food was very good. I had the beet salad and salmon and both were prepared perfectly, good thin crust on the salmon with the center done just right. Limited wine menu but the Chardonnay I had was OK. I will go back again.
Had a great dinner for a very affordable price. The happy hour flatbread was delicious and drinks were a great deal. Our entrees were very good and filling as well.
This is an amazing little restaurant. The food was so fresh and delicious! The small space plus the wonderful ambiance made it seem like you were over at a close friend's house for dinner. Probably the best place to eat in Denver!
We picked Bar Red because it's super close to the Bellco Theater. My wife had the seared salmon risotto and I had the chicken parmigiana. Both were exceptional...clearly attention-to-detail was a priority in creating these dishes. We also had the beet salad and fried ravioli as a first course--again very good. The menu is small but everything we had was awesome..compliments to Chef Luke. We had the house pinot and Stella Artois--can't go wrong here either.
The waitstaff was superb throughout our visit. They were really down to earth and seemed interested in us having a memorable evening from the moment we walked in. We were made to feel welcome without overpowering our experience. Well done!
Bar Red is a small and cozy restaurant that we found to be perfect for a pre-concert dinner.
Place was empty.
Great food and friendly staff! The cocktails are very unique and tasty, plus the ravioli was amazing. You can definitely tell the pasta is house made.
Inspired cocktails. Attentive staff. Elegant, casual Italian food and so much more.
Great location and atmosphere. Limited menu; could be expanded to encourage more repeat business.
Great spot for girls' night out dinner before catching a show at the Buell. Delicious and very affordable Happy Hour food and wine. I've driven by this restaurant 100's of times but never gave it much of a look. We were all pleasantly surprised at how warm and light the ambiance was inside. Glad we tried it!
We did a selection of appetizers and craft cocktails...all were wonderful. Service was a bit "relaxed" but they had a large private party downstairs so I think they were a little slammed. Everything was so good, though...fresh and hot, too...so worth a little extra wait time!
Very nice place. Great drinks, great food. Went for New Years Eve dinner.
great service, nice atmosphere, awesome food and drinks!
This got a fairly good review on Yelp. I was in for a conference and wanted to meet some friends for a drink. On a Friday night, it was nearly empty. The 2 servers (guess they weren't expecting a busy night) seemed fairly indifferent about getting our orders. Extra points for the bartender who made me a good mocktail on request. Seems like it was on its last legs.
This is more of a lounge/bar then a full restaurant. They have limited drinks and a menu, however, everything we got to eat and drink was great! They are in a great location for the Denver theater, it was less than a 10 minute walk. I would definitely go here again.
Not impressed. The service was poor, our bill was wrong, and then they didn't check us in for our reservation despite us mentioning it to two different people that night. Definitely not going back.
This was a perfect choice for dinner before the Cirque du Soleil show at the Pepsi Center. The food and service were excellent. I loved the upscale, funky, urban decor. Next time I will check out the scene downstairs.
The food is fantastic -- authentic Italian. The Carbonara is the real deal -- which is really hard to find. Zach, the owner, made out evening exceptional. Service was excellent. Highly recommend it. And, they have a downstairs lounge for large parties.
I think the restaurant is in transition, as the menu on line was way larger than what we found in person. The food they had was very good, but less variety than what we were expecting. Also, their wine list was apparently in transition but what we had was good and reasonably priced. So....... if the trend continues, it bodes well, but it's always hard to say what the future brings.
Disappointing, the staff really appeared to be lost and dysfunctional. The food was OK but nothing to rave about. Their location is good, close to theaters and other activities. The interior is fun and inviting. They need some direction with management.
We were there early on a Wednesday evening, so we were the only ones there for most of the time. It was happy hour till 7, so the drinks were cheaper. The server/bartender was personable, helpful and efficient, and the food was great. The menu is somewhat limited due to the small kitchen, but they do a great job on what they offer. Business picked up a bit around 7.
This was our second time to visit this restaurant and again we were not disappointed. The service was great and the food was very good. It does have a limited menu but you shouldn't have any problem finding something good to eat. We will go back again in the future.
You might just walk by thinking this was a no go, but that would be a mistake! We went in and we given the option to be seated downstairs in a brick walled basement with the entrance to the original tunnels that were used during prohibition and a lovely fire place. The owner Zach could not be nicer as well as his entire staff. The food was good and it definitely is a "cool" place to go. My 8 year old wanted to make sure I stressed that.
When we got there no one was there and maybe an hour later a couple showed up. That was about it for the evening. The menu was a little strange. We ended up all ordering the same thing since nothing was really appetizing. The bartender was friendly but it took him a while to make drinks even though no one was there. Would want to come back on a busy evening to see if it is any different.
Early dinner of artichoke dip, lasagna and Italian saga plate --- all of it freshly-prepared and absolutely delicious.
We had a great time at Bar Red. We weren't sure what to expect, but our server mixed up wonderful libations! The chef came out to check on how everything tasted, and our group ordered quite a variety off the menu. All delicious. We had to rush out to see a show at the DCPA but our server was so fun she got us all a round of desserts shots right before we headed out. She was accommodating as well with our use of Restaurant.com coupons. Can't wait to go back! Thanks Bar Red.
Will not ever be back- my friend and I were the only two customers there and we waited forever for subpar food and drinks.
This is really a very small bar that happens to serve Italian food, which looked and tasted like it came straight out of the microwave. Also, our server was very inattentive. After we ordered he literally never even looked over at our table. I finally had to yell across the room at him to please bring our check over.
In his defense, they had a lot of people come in at once, and he did take 20% off our bill for the inconvenience.
I expected bar kitchen quality food but was served an excellent Italian meal. I ordered the asparagus antipasti and the linguini with pancetta. Am planning on returning to try another dish.
As usual, we would not have found this restaurant without OpenTable. We are glad we did though. We got there ahead of their busy period so getting a table was not a problem. They had some great happy hour specials and we really like the flatbread pizza we ordered. There were drink specials and although I am writing this review several months later, I do remember that we had some great drinks at really great prices. It is not a big place by any means so unless you book through OpenTable, you may be standing for a while.
The food is great, their specialty cocktails are fantastic, the ambience is cool and most importantly the servers and managers work very hard to make sure everyone is satisfied.
We arrived for Valentine's Day and at first blush this little place, in a random location (behind a strip club) turned out to be wonderful! Flamenco guitar, ambiance with table clothes, and 5 course Italian (unique) meal - definitely will go back!
Went to celebrate a special occasion was shocked at how small the dinning area was, but we received excellent service with absolute amazing food and drinks. Will defiantly be going back!!
The sausage and polenta was delicious. The service was very strange.
BaRed is a small, cozy restaurant which has two levels to it; tables and a bar upstairs and more of a lounge type atmosphere downstairs. We started with small plates. The antipasto was very good and fresh as well as the margarhita pizza. We split the Bianca pasta for dinner and it was also very good. Cocktails were enjoyable nice and fresh ingredients. Crème brulee for dessert hit the spot. The service was exceptional, they were very attentive to us. Would definitely recommend spending an evening at BaRed.
BaRed is a new little club that will be a neighborhood go-to once it is discovered. That may take a little time because they are off the beaten path in downtown Denver. But, they are located just three blocks south of the Denver Pavilions off of Tremont and Colfax. They have a regular bar upstairs with leather couches, a fireplace and large screen TVs downstairs. The food was surprisingly well portioned and tasty. The drinks were likewise very good. They also have a Happy Hour with their Mixology Cocktails and a few food items featured. The service was outstanding. Angelo made us feel very welcome and explained everything clearly. We plan to return to BaRed in the future, perhaps with friends.


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It's a concept that has fundamentally changed the way I pray over the past several years. I used to pray, "Lord, please give me opportunities to share You with people." Then I remembered...
When life is short on answers, WHOM you believe matters even more than WHAT you believe...
Pastor Jeff takes a quick look at King Saul's tragic mistake in 1 Samuel 13 and how it reminds us of the importance of trusting God all the way the end - no matter how dire the situation may seem...
A challenge to grow in faith and reach the place of hope - even in the darkest of trials.
A quick reminder from Pastor Jeff on why it matters so much that we choose to live by faith TODAY.
After last night's earthquake around Vancouver, Pastor Jeff reflects on Psalm 125:1.
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! - Psalm 27:14 I've been recently reminded of a great truth that I am quick to forget and slow to remember - the word "wait" is a verb.
In Sunday's message, we heard from guest speaker Pastor Craig Groeschel of LIFECHURCH.tv on the subject of "Bold Prayers"… and there was one specific point Craig shared that stuck out to me. He pointed out the implications of the statement, "All we can do now is… pray."
Sooner or later, every single one of us will find ourselves in a situation where life becomes suffocating. Some type of difficulty will put a massive amount of pressure on us and we'll feel as though we're drowning under the weight of it all. What do you in that situation?
If you grew up in the church, then it's almost guaranteed that at some point you had a Sunday School teacher who shared a version of this lesson: "We're all like a tube of toothpaste - when we're 'squeezed' by difficulties in life, what's on the inside comes out."
On Sunday we studied one of my favorite accounts from the Gospels - Jesus walking on the water. Many of you are familiar with the story but there's one little detail, all the way back at the beginning, that I find profoundly moving…
Have you ever noticed that our default setting as human beings is almost NEVER to consider the big picture? The grand scheme of things? When I'm having a frustrating day and everything seems to be going wrong, there is nothing in me that naturally rises up and says, "Don't forget how fortunate you are to live where you live and do what you do. You have an amazing family. In the grand scheme of things, it's not even worth breaking a sweat about these temporary inconveniences."
Much of the Christian life is the struggle between ULTIMATE REALITY and PERCEIVED REALITY. Ultimate reality includes the spiritual dimension, sometimes called "heavenly places" in the Bible. That reality is the truest reality there is. Perceived reality is what we are able to observe with the naked eye and our 5 senses.
On Sunday we took at a look at one of the most powerful, lesson-packed, life-applicable miracles of Jesus - the Calming of the Storm. Check out these intense 6 verses from Mark 4:35-41: On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side." Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"
My pastor to used to wisely say, "Here's what I know about you - you've just come out of a challenging situation or you're about to go into one." Anyone who's lived on this planet for a while can attest to to the truth of this statement! And any believer can attest to the reality that when the crisis hits, the faith you have is the faith you have. There is no "faith switch" you can flick to take your faith to the next level. It is what it is, when the crisis hits.
In Colossians 1:11, the Apostle Paul prays that the Church is Colosse would be: "…strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy…" Like me, you've probably realized that those seasons and situations in life that require patience and endurance - what the Bible calls "longsuffering" - tend to reveal a lot about where we are in our relationship with Jesus.
There are certain verses and passages in the Bible that I find myself going back to again and again and again. These precious verses restore my faith and strengthen my soul. They get my mind right. I encourage you to find a way to keep verses nearby that do the same for you. Write them on 3'x5' cards or in a notebook - whatever. Just find some way to get access to those verses in a hurry, when you need them. Here's one of my favorites, and if you don't have a collection yet - this is your start...
It blows my mind that while Jesus was on the Earth, He had the ability to be surprised and amazed by people. In the miracle of the Incarnation (Jesus becoming a flesh-and-bone human being), Jesus emptied Himself of enough of His all-knowing-ness to "marvel", as the Bible says, at people like you and I. There are only 2 recorded instances in Scripture where Jesus marvels at the faith of people...
On Sunday I had the opportunity to preach on one of the most personally convicting passages in all of Scripture. These words of Jesus are so beautifully simple while simultaneously cutting to the core of what we believe of the character of our Heavenly Father… What words am I referring to? "Do not worry…" In Matthew 6:25-34, during the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says this...
God exists outside of time. While we function in linear time, where the future is yet to be, God exists off that line of time completely. He stands over it and sees it all as we might look out upon a valley front eh top of a mountain. God is in it all, at the same time - truly omnipresent. That's why God is able to say with absolute authority...
I love Easter because it's not a time of mourning but a time of celebrating the most significant victory that has ever been been won - the triumph of Jesus over death. You might have heard the term "victory" thrown around a lot in the Christian faith but what does it really mean to live victoriously?
The freeing of the Israelites from Egypt is hands-down one of the most epic narratives of all-time. How can you not love the drama of the plagues? The stubbornness of Pharaoh? The calling of Moses at the burning bush? An entire nation coming out of another nation? Freedom, slavery, drama, action, plot twists… it's all there!
When I was a kid, one of my favorite stories from the Bible was "The Miraculous Catch". I'll set the scene for you - Peter, Andrew, James, and John have fished all night and caught nothing. It's the next morning and during the daylight the fish migrate back to the deeper waters of the Sea of Galilee, out of the reach of fishermen's nets. Enter Jesus (see Luke 11)…
We all face challenges, obstacles, and various trials in our lives that lead us to the conclusion, "I need a miracle." And that's where the challenge really begins. The time between that realization and the miracle moment often determines whether or not that miracle moment ever arrives. There are all kinds of questions we have to face, like...
On Sunday we began our new message series on the End Times by taking a look at the amazing prophecies, stories, and history of the nation of Israel. I love studying modern day Israel because she is such a vivid example of God's faithfulness and miracle-working power. The story is hard to top...
It's one of the phrases I hear most often uttered from the lips of believers and non-believers alike, and it's always shared as though it's Scripture. I'm pretty sure most people think it's, "Somewhere in the Bible." It's not.
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you 1+1 to equal 5? Or 10? Or 20? Maybe you're in that situation right now. Do you need to get more done than is possible in the time you have? Do you need more financial resources than you're able to scrape together? Are you longing for a spouse but there's none on the radar? The truth is, whatever the impossible math is that you're facing - you need a miracle.
As a parent, I can tell you from firsthand experience that there is nothing worse than the feeling you get when you can't find one of your kids. Whether it's at a park or in a store, those moments between not finding them where you thought they were and finding them again are agonizing. It's a crushing sense of panic, fear, and sheer terror. That's the state of the nobleman in John 4 when he comes to Jesus…
It's that time of year again - time to make promises to ourselves that 99% of us will break! That's right, it's new year's resolution time… Most of us want to change in some way but are (justifiably) skeptical of our ability to do so. Yesterday I came across one of my favorite portions of Scripture in the entire Bible (Luke 10:38-42), an interaction Jesus has with Mary & Martha in their home…
Where did Abraham go when he died? How about Noah? Or David? We tend to immediately think, "Heaven, of course" but an interesting problem arises when you consider what Jesus accomplished on the Cross - namely, the payment for the debt of our sins. So what about the people who died before that "payment" was made?
On Sunday we studied Jesus' first miracle - turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana (see John 2:1-11). It's an amazing story that's packed with symbolism but today I want to draw your attention to one specific angle of this miracle… Many of us are at times overwhelmed by the feeling that we've wasted so much of our lives. Whether we lived for years loving God in a lukewarm manner or lived for years without knowing Him at all, once we discover the incredible life that is only found in Jesus we often also discover a deep sense of sadness at the amount of our lives that has already passed...
Have you ever noticed how good we are at forgetting what God has done in our lives? I've often thought how amazing it's going to be to arrive in Heaven one day and have my eyes opened to all the ways God was faithful to me that I was completely unaware of. But I think we're also going to be amazed at all the things He's done for us that we simply forgot...
When we come to know and follow Jesus, it's easy to start feeling like we have to make massive sacrifices to be a Christian and belong to Him. Satan knows that miserable Christians are never effective Christians and one of his favorite tactics is to convince us that following Jesus means being miserable in this life so that you can be rewarded in the next life.
On Sunday I had the privilege of preaching on the first 6 verses of Matthew 2. It covers the magi arriving in Jerusalem in search of the Messiah and Herod freaking out about them asking around town where they can find the "King of the Jews".
Have you ever noticed how much energy one can spend worrying about the future? I'm not talking about planning or making wise preparations, I'm talking about that part of the future that we don't know and can't control. It's so easy to pour our emotions, thoughts, and time into worry that ultimately has no purpose or benefit.
The Incarnation - Jesus coming to Earth in human form - is absolutely staggering. The idea of the glory of the God of the universe being contained in a simple, nondescript human body is more than we can honestly wrap our minds around.
"No, Lord" is an oxymoron. If we call God our "Lord" then we are calling Him our "master" and more than that - our owner. The implication is that He has Lordship over our lives. He calls the shots. He's in charge.
So much of the Christian life is about promises - the promises of God for our lives. In the Bible, we see character after character receive a promise from God and then see it fulfilled. But most of the time, the real narrative is about the struggle for faith in between those 2 points.
Have you ever stuck your foot in your mouth? Of course you have. But some of us are better at it than others (count me in that group). Perhaps the worst of all foot-in-mouth offenses are the ones we make out of a lack of faith…
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? - Amos 3:3 We understand this principle when it comes to business, sports, and even marriage. But we're slower to understand how powerfully this principle applies to our walk with God...
My two oldest children love to try and figure stuff out. Sometimes they come up with the most ridiculous ideas, like: "Well… you see… ovens get super hot and cook food because when you trap the air in there super-tight, it gets hot - just like we get hot in small space. And that's where the heat comes from."
On Sunday we kicked off our new series on the life of Jesus Christ, titled "I Am Jesus". We began our study with a look at one of the most fascinating aspects of our faith - predictive prophecy. What is predictive prophecy? Simply put, it's God making a specific prediction about the future and then causing it to happen exactly as He said it would.
On Sunday we studied the spiritual discipline of worship. In modern English, to "worship" is to ascribe worth to something and make it inherently valuable by the way you treat it. In other words, your actions toward the object of your worship reveal that you consider it worthy of attention, honor, praise, devotion, etc.
In Revelation Chapter 2, Jesus pens a letter to the church in Ephesus. After commending them for their faithfulness to His Word, their commitment to sound doctrine, and their perseverance in the faith, Jesus gives them a stern correction in verse 4... I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
On Sunday we talked about the times in our lives when people are watching us the most closely. While I wish those moments were our greatest successes, they're not. The people in our world are watching us most closely when we're going through a crisis… a trial… a seemingly hopeless situation. They're straining to see if there's anything different about us because when the heat is on, the truth tends to reveal itself.
On Sunday we took a look at Paul's instructions to parents and what it looks like to parent out of reverent submission to the Lord. When addressing fathers, Paul exhorts us in Ephesians 6:4… "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."
On Sunday we studied Ephesians 5:15-16, which reads… See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time… That short verse contains one of the most profound truths in all of Scripture. The word "circumspectly" means "carefully" and implies looking all around you, having the 360 degree view of reality. The instruction is for us to live out our lives with care, intentionality, and purpose.
Everybody knows the Bible verses on judgment. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!" or "Judge lest ye be judged!" thrown out by those both inside and outside the Church.
My favourite colour is black. For real. It's mystical slimming properties and the fact that it goes with anything is a Godsend to my increasing waistline and partial colour blindness. My 3-year old son, Caleb, will often come up to me and point out the fact that there is black somewhere in his outfit. He'll say, "My belt is black! And black is your favourite colour!"
Why does God deserve our best? Watch this special video devotional based on Malachi 1 that reveals a lot about us and even more about our amazing God.
The current trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell is producing details so horrific, they do not bare repeating in this post. Suffice to say, they are grotesque on a level can only be described as demonic and were carried out with an enthusiasm that can only only be rooted in Satanic possession.
In John 6:44 Jesus says, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…" Time and time again, this verse is proven in the way God reaches us with salvation...
One of my favorite characteristics of Jesus is His straightforwardness. Contrary to the meek-and-mild portrayals of Jesus I grew up with in Sunday School, the Bible has Him being uncomfortably up front about the Gospel and the cost of following Him. In John 14:15 Jesus says, "If you love Me, keep My commandments."
I grew up dreaming of being like Mike. When I was a teenager, I would lower my basketball hoop and spend hours recreating his signature dunks. Well, as accurately as my 12" vertical would allow me. For those wondering, this was the best one. MJ recently hit the big 5-0 and in an interview with ESPN magazine, gave us this quote: "I would give up everything now to go back and play the game of basketball." That quote is not heart-warming, it's absolutely heart-breaking. It's tragic.
One of the distinct differences between our faith and all others is grace. We live in a cause and effect universe, from the biological level all the way up to our human relationships. For every action, there is a reaction. If you want to have friends, try being a friend. Some religions and philosophies refer to this dynamic in the universe as "karma".
All of us tend to take stock of our lives when a new year comes around. We look at where we've been for the past year and dream about where we'd like to go over the next year. Over the next 3 weeks, we're going to look at 3 basic spiritual commitments that have the power to change the next year of your life in a bigger way than you may even think is possible.
Where does faith come from? How do I grow in my faith? How do I get to the place where I'm able to believe God for incredible things and not just the bare minimum?
For the past few weeks, I've been meditating on the incredible promise of 2 Timothy 2:13...


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