text:
Obama's Civilian Soldiers
"Everybody knows" that the welfare state is finished, but the peculiar institution is profitable, very profitable — for liberals. Look at usgovernmentspending.com. Liberals get to spend $4 trillion a year on their favorite programs. Conservatives get $1 trillion a year for defense. Why would liberals give up on a deal like that without a fight?
By Christopher Chantrill at American Thinker
President Obama's State of the Union speech last week was about battlefield preparation. He is taking his party back to the old Progressive totem of the "moral equivalent of war."
"Fairness" is how liberals talk to the American people. To each other, they talk about "inequality." There is another word they like: "exploitation." They use that one on the masses. But the words all mean the same thing.
Ever since Karl Marx, liberals have rebelled against the fat, sloppy way of voluntary cooperation that leaves no room for political power and civilian soldiers. So voluntary cooperation must go.
Help Make A Difference By Sharing These Articles On Facebook, Twitter And Elsewhere:


text:
All All,
Life is full. There is much to do in paradise, though writing hasn't been one of the things I've been focused on lately. Let's just say I've been soaking up life experiences and calling it research!
Besides hula dancing, there are all kinds of tiki drinks and bars to explore.
I spend a lot of time thinking about fun things to do at Tiki Parties.
Costumes to plan!
So while I'm busy living the Tiki life, I thought I'd share a sneak peek of the unedited opening scene of Book Six of the Tiki Goddess Mysteries with you.
Right now the working title is "Six Shots at Sunset."
Gun shots? Tequila shots?
I'll leave what kinds of "shots" to your imagination.
Scene 1 Book Six of the Tiki Goddess Mysteries
"I can't believe they're in a mass grave!"
On a lawn behind the Tiki Goddess Bar and Restaurant parking lot, a light rain misted on the line of geriatric Hula Maidens gathered beside a seven by three foot trench.
The women stood shoulder to shoulder, neatly lined up like slices of a sushi roll. They all stared down into the open grave. Three of them held shared umbrellas while the others ignored the passing shower. Dressed alike in one of their most understated dance costumes, their muumuus were made of fabric with pink hibiscus blossoms scattered over an unflattering brown background. They referred to them as their "poop" muumuus. Each of the ladies had a five foot ti leaf lei draped around her neck.
Kiki Godwin, the self- appointed leader of the troop of mostly over fifty, mostly haole hula dancers was afraid her hearing wasn't what it used to be until she turned to the woman with the pink bouffant hairdo standing beside her.
"I can't hear you with that Kleenex stuffed in your mouth, Lillian. What did you say?"
Lillian Smith, a transplant from Iowa, lowered the wad of tissue and whispered,
"A mass grave. It's just," she made a desperate, choking sound. "It's just awful."
Kiki ignored Lillian's theatrics and stared at the long narrow trench in the ground. Uncle Louie, owner of the Tiki Goddess Bar, donated garden space in his yard for the burial. As soon as the service was over he'd fill in the hole. Tomorrow Louie planned to plant ti and heliconia on top, hiding all evidence of the grave.
Flora Carillo, the hula sister to the right of Lillian leaned around her and whispered, "You gonna say a eulogy or something, Kiki? I gotta get back to the store." Owner of a trinket shop in Ching Young Center just down the road in Hanalei, Flora was their only hapa or part Hawaiian dancer.
Kiki shrugged. "Of course I'm speaking."
She turned, happy to see the parking lot jammed with cars. Big and Little Estelle, a mother and daughter who were dancers and artists from Princeville had painted a banner and hung it in front of the bar on the highway announcing the time of the memorial, inviting locals and tourists alike to stop and pay their respects.
Always energized by an audience, Kiki reached up and patted the flower studded chignon atop her head, licked her lips, put a smile on her face and thought, it's show time!
As if on cue the drizzle stopped falling, the trades blew most of the clouds away and the sun made a partial appearance as it dipped toward the horizon. Kiki carefully threaded her way around the open grave. She craved attention but figured toppling into the trench and landing on the dearly departed might be a bit over the top.
The Maidens with umbrellas folded them up and shook raindrops off over the trench. The crowd gathered behind them consisted of tourists snapping photos. There didn't appear to be any locals in attendance, which wasn't surprising seeing as how most folks had a love/hate relationship with the departed.
Uncle Louie Marshall, owner of the bar and the house on the beach stood off to the side beneath the eaves of his house and leaned on the long handle of a pointed shovel.
In his mid-seventies, Uncle Louie wore his usual bright aloha shirt, white Bermuda shorts, a kukui nut necklace and a Panama hat.
Kiki gave him a nod and a wink, looked down into the grave to compose herself, took a deep breath, then raised her head. She scanned the crowd assembled across from her.
"Aloha, everyone."
Before she could continue, the tourists, being tourists who had mostly learned the Hawaiian greeting at hotel luaus, shouted back, "A-looooo-ha!"
Kiki sighed. "We are gathered here today to bid a fond farewell to our dearly departed friends."
A loud choking sound escaped Lillian. She jammed another Kleenex against her mouth.
Kiki went on. "We knew them well. Many of us watched them grow up. Red, Gimpy, Fluff, the Kernel, Whitey, and Chicken Little lived long and happy lives here behind the Goddess. They were always darting in and out of the hedge, fighting over scraps and road kill, dodging cars and posing for photos. Uncle Louie pampered them.
"Some of you knew them by name. Many of our yearly visitors watched their countless off spring grow to follow in their footsteps. Who knows how many little ones they've left unprotected from dogs and feral cats? Such a tragedy. Terrible."
Surprised by a sudden flood of tears, Kiki attempted to stem the tide by blinking them away without loosening her false lashes.
"To have them all gone in one fell swoop is almost unbearable," she said. "At least we can find consolation in the fact that they're all together."
Somewhere down the highway a rooster crowed.
Kiki raised her voice and shook her hands, gesturing like a preacher at a tent revival, "To many folks, these poor creatures and so many like them are a big nuisance. But many of us feel they add a unique quality to life on Kauai. They give our island its rural atmosphere. They were here long before us, having come to Hawaii on the voyaging canoes of the first settlers from Polynesia. They're not only a piece of island history." She paused, lowered her hands and shook her head before she added, "They were our friends, our family."
Tourists pressed closer. One man took telephoto shots of the bodies lined up in the grave. With the sun out from behind the clouds, the air was heating up. Kiki realized she'd not only started to perspire, but she'd worked up quite a thirst. It was cocktail time. Time to speed things up.
"And so we say aloha o'e to our dear departed friends. But before we go, we Hula Maidens promise we'll get to the bottom of this tragedy. We promise Red, Gimpy, Fluff, Kernel, Whitey, and Chicken Little, that we'll find whoever did this and make certain that person, or persons, are held accountable."
She looked at the Maidens lined up across the grave and said, "Ladies, please toss your lei into the grave and start singing."
Then she encouraged the onlookers. "Everyone, please join us in singing Aloha O`e."
Afterward, as Kiki walked around the grave to join her hula sisters, a trim blond female tourist in a nautical striped Polo shirt and navy shorts, pulled her aside.
"Thank you so much for opening this memorial up to the public. This is such a local experience. We'd never see anything like this in Waikiki or on Maui."
"Probably not," Kiki agreed. Droplets of sweat slid down her face, making it hard to focus.
"Thanks for coming." Kiki tried to move around the tourist so that she could head for the bar.
"I mean, really," the woman went on. "I can't wait to get home and tell everyone I attended a memorial for six dead chickens."
Let me know what you think of the opening scene by leaving a comment below.
THEN CLICK ON TO THE HOME PAGE of THIS website and add your email to the NEWSLETTER sign up at the BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
Until next time,
Aloha from The Tiki Goddess

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The history of American higher education shows a long-time tension between disciplinary and interdisciplinary influences. Studies of the history of higher education show that the issue of disciplinary versus interdisciplinary education has been debated for some 100 years. Now, with more limited resources and flat or reduced collections budgets, it is a current hot topic for higher education and academic libraries. Many interdisciplinary programs, especially those developed over the last five years, are career-oriented,and are structured similarly to professional programs such as law or engineering.
Academic libraries are tasked with actively collecting, organizing, disseminating, and evaluating knowledge to support the information needs of faculty, administration, and students. It may first appear that libraries do not have to choose between disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. Both of these approaches are legitimate and there are advocates for both; however, the support of new interdisciplinary programs that cut across disciplines is a big challenge. The level of support needed will depend upon the proliferation of information, organization, and budget issues that continue to loom and force librarians and faculties to make difficult choices. For example, to acquire one necessary but expensive resource, libraries often must discontinue another quality resource. Librarians take their cues from both classroom faculty and students. They must be involved in academic discussions and be flexible so they can deliver the best resources, when and where needed, and within budget. Thus, budget issues and choices in academic libraries are never far away.
The purpose of this chapter is to orient librarians to collection development strategies that address the particular needs of interdisciplinary programs. It includes a summary of the history, trends, and budget issues that impact the growth of interdisciplinary programs by presenting them with a broad view of the issues they may face. This approach will provide a context for academic librarians such that they will be able to more confidently discuss the issues with colleagues in the library and the classroom. While collection development techniques are available to librarians working with interdisciplinary programs, the issue of funding continues to be a primary obstacle. Therefore, a brief survey of academic librarians was done that focused primarily on collection budgets that may either encourage or hinder the development of library resources for interdisciplinary programs. A review of the literature of higher education and libraries shows how some institutions are responding to these challenges.


text:
I have such a long standing history with sleep troubles that it is hard to know where to begin. Since I was very young I have struggled to get to sleep and actually stay asleep, I have such horrible memories of feeling trapped at sleepovers while everyone else slept like logs, or spending lots of the nights up and about having weird hallucinogenic dreams that left me shattered the next day. Fast forward 20 years and I still suffer and when I am stressed or worried it gets much worse, throw in a bad stomach that can keep me up and my quality of sleep dwindles dramatically, except now it was no longer just me it affected but poor ally having to sleep next to me. He is so used to it now and knows how to drag me back to bed or soothe my confused half-asleep self, but it is a tiring job!
One of the aspects of bedtime that I found so annoying was watching Ally who can literally fall into a deep sleep within seconds ( seriously, it amazes me) and I would lie awake for really long periods of time just getting more and more annoyed. In the past I have tried a few things, meds ( not something I wanted for every day life) nice smelling sprays and candles, switching off tvs etc and even resorting to shoving crystals under my pillows! None of these were particularly effective and I had pretty much given up hope on bedtime gadgetry until a product caught my eye and I thought it was worth a stab. A bed of nails might sound a daunting prospect but this little beauty has not spent a night away from my side in those two years and I look forward to getting myself settled on it every night. Lovingly referred to as my 'prickles' by Ally, this is a thin comfortable mat with lots of sharp points that hit pressure areas on your body much like acupuncture would. I have used a cheap version of these mats for the past two years and got on fine but when the chance to try a more robust version through Pranamat came up I just had to compare how the experience might be.
Instantly you might think I am mad ( I didn't believe it could help until I tried it), but I can honestly say this little beauty has been such a fantastic addition to my night time routine and when this one arrived it meant my colleagues could finally try out what I had been harping on about! There is something fun about seeing everyone suddenly want to lie on the floor!! Instantly I could tell the Pranamat version was something special, coming in a super handy travel friendly box ( and with some gorgeous colour combinations) this baby is built to last. It is much thicker and more pressure point heavy than my old one and makes for even more relaxing experience.
You can use the bed of nails in various ways ( even for performing yoga moves on!) their are lots of handy how to videos on their website but I basically use mine every single night for 20 mins or so when lying in bed and it just completely calms me, you feel a bit of heat when in contact with the pressure points but it is not actually painful. I quite often will take the mat to the floor and places my legs up the wall when I really need a de-stress, and Ally is always stealing it to seek some pressure relief on his sore muscles.
I love that this version is made from such durable eco-friendly material, and the extra thickness means this one is far more comfortable for lying on the floor with as their is extra padding in comparison to my cheap version. This padding actually comes in the form of coconut fibers inside which I thought was super cool and is cleverly used as it doesn't hold dust like usual foam rubber. Pranamat also do small pillow versions which i am now desperate to try in one of their other pretty colour ways and offer a fab 5 year guarantee and worldwide shipping.
I could instantly tell the difference with this version of a bed of nails, and turns out it really is superior not just from looks but to the user experience too. I am absolutely thrilled with my Pranamat and think it is well worth checking our their products if you are looking for something to help with sleeping or just a way to help relax.


text:
Malaga is an important tourist destination, due to its proximity to the Costa del Sol and being the birthplace of Pablo Picasso.
If you have never been impressed before, you will be mesmerized now!
Sighisoara is considered to be one of the most beautiful fortresses in Europe. It has been kept almost intact, and it is one of the few places where medieval houses are inhabited.
You want to go shopping, visit museums, art galleries, watch sports games, eat at famous restaurants or go to an amusement park?
With a population close to 1.5 million, formerly the imperial capital of Japan, Kyoto is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture and a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. Kyoto was the emperor's residence from 794 until 1868.
Lying in Southern Transylvania, Sibiu was one of the richest cities in Transylvania, being the place of settlement for the "Transylvanian Saxons".
The touristic offer in the area of Maramures is so rich and diverse, the only thing that is not available here being the sea.
This villages provide a picture of the cultural landscape of Southern Transylvania and illustrate building styles from the 13th to the 16th century.
More than a thousand islands rising from the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean...just 1m above sea level. These are the Maldive Islands.
The unspoilt beaches, the turquoise water, the breathtaking scenery will satisfy even the most pretentious of you.


text:
December 2017 Ceatus Chronicles
The Night Before Christmas: CEATUS Edition
'Twas the night before Christmas, and the CEATUS Media team was on edge. They were waiting for Santa. Would he come? Would he hedge?
For they had sent him a letter — they had even asked twice.
Would he agree to a makeover? He sure would look nice!
The time passed slowly — tick tock — like molasses.
If he agreed to laser eye surgery, he could read lists without glasses!
There were other things, too, that could make him feel great
And maybe even drop a little excess weight.
For one, Santa's ruddy cheeks are likely rosacea.
He could have IPL and maybe a facial.
There's almost no downtime, just think of the joy!
When Santa's gifts arrive quickly to good girls and boys!
And how about Lap Band for our jolly chum,
To ensure his good health for Christmases to come.
Don't get us wrong — he's no lazy curmudgeon.
But we hope he contacts a qualified Ceatus surgeon.
Santa could also revamp his smile – just to mention.
He's surrounded by sweets and his teeth need attention.
So a check-up's in order this holiday season.
Just for a cleaning if for no other reason.
On the night before Christmas, the CEATUS team admired.
The glowing new Santa they had inspired.
He arrived jolly and laughing, in a great Christmas mood.
Still timeless St. Nick, just new and improved!
(In case you're curious how St. Nick found all the right doctors, the answer is simple: he just plugged his requirements into CEATUS' surgeon and dentist locator box.)
Happy Holidays!
CEATUS Media Group
CEATUS Internet Tip of the Month
Going Live in 3…2…1!
Jumpstart your Facebook marketing for 2018 in January – take advantage of Facebook Live
Facebook Live is a great new tool to educate potential patients about the procedures you offer – sort of like a virtual patient seminar. Not only does it reach those that sign up (ask us about this option), it is also available to the 2 billion people on Facebook – in real-time and for later viewing.
Facebook Live allows watchers to engage with your practice, type in questions and get real-time answers. It can also be easily promoted through your Facebook page and e-blasts, and in your practice.
Interested? Call us today at 858-454-5505 or email us at email@example.com to learn more about our Facebook Live program.
Ask the Experts
Q: What should be the focus of my digital marketing strategy for 2018?
A: Both consumers and (importantly) Google continue to look at an increasingly wide range of online factors to make judgments about you and the quality of your services. These critical factors include primarily your practice website(s), reviews, social media engagement and off-site branding, such as citations and directory profiles.
The focus of your 2018 digital marketing strategy should be to ensure that all of these critical factors are aligned and working for you to create a comprehensive online brand!
Achieve digital marketing success in 2018 by calling us today at 858-454-5505 or emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Events: Maximize Your Internet Strategy
Come by the CEATUS booth for a FREE website evaluation!
Caribbean Eye
Cancun, Mexico
February 2-6, 2018
Stop by and meet the CEATUS Digital Marketing experts at the Caribbean Eye meeting. Also, join CEATUS CEO David Evans, PhD, for his presentation, "Blending Traditional and New Marketing." Don't miss out!
White Sulphur Springs, WV
March 7-10, 2018
Give your Internet strategy a smile makeover. Visit the CEATUS team to learn how to increase your conversion and start bringing new patients to your door!
Tech the Halls!
Ultimate Guide to Gadgets and Gear for the Holidays
Philips White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit
Make Clark Griswold proud with the Philips White and Color Ambiance starter kit. Sync its limitless color variations to your holiday carols, TV and more. Use its smart control monitor and control your lights from home and away. Oh Holy Light!
Price: $99
Relive Super Mario Kart and Street Fighter® II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, as well as all 20 classic Super NES games, with the Super NES Classic Edition system. The '90s called and they want their holiday gifts back!
Price: $79.99
No need to fumble anymore with buttons or stop mid-action with this voice-activated GoPro camera. Its compact size also helps when mounting on handlebars and helmets. Ready, Set, Action!
Price: $299
While small compared to its much bigger counterparts — the Phantom lineup of drones — don't underestimate the DJI Spark because it is jam packed with technology. From its 3D-sensing camera which recognizes human faces and movements to being able to control it with a wave of the hand, good things do come in small packages!
Price: $470-$680
This massive battery pack can recharge a smartphone nine times and a tablet eight times, and can fully charge a laptop (with a standard three-prong power port and laptop adapters). The battery pack itself recharges quicker than most power packs its size, and its indicator clearly shows how much power is left. Power up!
Price: $249
If its portability, flat design and waterproofing don't get you, its sound quality will. Packed into this tiny speaker is 15% more sound than the original UE Roll and a wireless range of 100 feet, plus it comes with its own floatie for water fun. Do you hear what I hear?
Price: $99.99
Prynt Pocket Instant Photo Printer for iPhone
Capture the holidays in an instant with the Prynt Pocket iPhone printer. Works like a Polaroid with the technology of 2017, with no ink required, and prints in 30 seconds (bonus: prints have an adhesive backing perfect for sticking on fridges and surfaces). Precious moments, happy people…somewhere in my memory!
Price: $150


text:
Подготовка к астрономическим наблюдениям
Started by
1 post in this topic
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new account
Sign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now

url: http://realsky.ru/forums/topic/3371-подготовка-к-астрономическим-наблюдениям/#comment-25613


text:
Here's What Marijuana Does to Your Stress
We already know that despite the fear mongering tactics and dangers espoused by countless politicians, marijuana has indisputable benefits that reach beyond the sensory effects of simply getting stoned. And according to a new study, its benefits now reach even further.
Neuroscientists at the University of Buffalo's Institute on Addictions concluded that the active compound found in marijuana, known as THC, could activate chemicals in the brain that could help reduce the effects of depression brought on by chronic stress.
"Using compounds derived from cannabis – marijuana – to restore normal endocannabinoid function could potentially help stabilize moods and ease depression," Dr. Samir Haj-Dahmane, the study's lead researcher, said in a press release.
Researchers used rats to discover that symptoms of chronic stress caused their brains to stymie production of a naturally-occurring chemical compound called endocannabinoids, which play a role in affecting things like behavior, emotion, and cognition. Other studies have shown links between endocannabinoids and feelings of well-being, a healthy appetite, and reductions in feelings of pain and anxiety. It's no wonder, then, that chronic stress has been shown to be a major factor in persons developing depression.
But the study shows that the THC in marijuana, which affects the same receptors in the brain that naturally-occurring endocannabinoids do, has the potential to restore levels of those natural compounds, thereby, potentially, reducing symptoms of depression.
In any case, augmented options for patients who risk forming habits around dangerously addictive, powerful anti-depressants is seen by many as a good thing.
For decades, research and empirical evidence has suggested that marijuana can be used to combat chronic pain, and fight off the toxic effects of physically draining treatments like chemotherapy. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, long a scourge for millions of veterans, has also been found to have diminished in patients using marijuana as a treatment.
Back in July, 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, voiced her cautious optimism towards marijuana, as well as her faith in evidence-based reforms. "I'm a big believer in acquiring evidence, and I think we should see what kind of results we get, both from medical marijuana and from recreational marijuana, before we make any far-reaching conclusions. […] We need more studies. We need more evidence," she said.
Maybe this new data will tip the scale.


text:
How Discovering My Asexuality Set Me Free
I was 21 when I found out I was asexual, and it changed everything in my life – my perception of myself, my expectations for the future, my understanding of the world. In a way, it more than changed my life; nothing was ever the same after that discovery, and I often say that a new life started for me then – that the person I became once I started identifying as asexual and seeing the world through new eyes was so different from the one I had been until then that it could not be the same person at all. It was a new me – someone with a new view of the world, different hopes, and far more possibilities.
I do not believe that I was born asexual – I do not believe that our sexual orientation (or our romantic orientation, or most of our other preferences for that matter) are already set at birth. I am not a big fan of the "it's all genetic" theories. I strongly believe that our environment, and the various things we experience as we grow up and later as we grow older, are what makes us who we are, and I think I can pinpoint some of the things that made me asexual, or at least some symptoms of that change taking place, back when I was about nine or ten years old. No, it was nothing awful – I was not sexually abused, I was not exposed to sexually explicit material, I was not brought up in fear of sex. But many little things happened and combined themselves in that way and I became asexual. I have never regretted it – I may not have been born asexual, but there are many elements of my personality that make this orientation especially appropriate and, indeed, probably the most suitable for me. Maybe, in fact, these elements did contribute to making me asexual. In truth, I do not care much about how it happened; I just think about it sometimes because I want to understand such things. But I am certainly glad it happened, and even more glad that I eventually found out about it; in fact, the only negative thing about my asexuality is that for so long I was not aware of it, and that if I had not become aware of it I would certainly have been very unhappy without ever understanding why or what I could do to change that.
Before I discovered that asexuality existed, I never suspected that I was different in that way (there were other ways I knew I was different from other people, though). When I thought about sex, it was as something that would happen to me someday – I would meet the right person (at the time I thought it would be a guy), fall in love with him, and we would "make love" and it would be wonderful, like in the romance novels I had read. I never asked myself if I really wanted this; I did not know it was possible not to want it. I never asked myself if having sex would really be so wonderful, when I felt nauseous and deeply uncomfortable whenever I read more factual and realistic (but not necessarily detailed) descriptions of sex, like in biology class when we talked about human reproduction, or the couple of times I looked up sex education websites. I did not think it was possible not to want sex, so it had to mean that this discomfort would pass when I met the right person.
When I discovered that asexuality existed, I did not think it might apply to me – it was too "special" an orientation, too rare, and I was not really aware that I was not interested in sex anyway (since I expected I would only be interested with the right guy). But when I eventually (for other reasons) had to question my orientation, asexuality appeared the only possible answer – and when I decided that it had to be the right one, I felt relieved. I had never felt pressured before, but now I was liberated; I had never thought that I might not want to have sex, but suddenly I was happy to know that indeed I did not have to – and that I probably would not.
Becoming aware of my asexuality allowed me to understand that I should not take anything for granted about myself or the world. I suddenly understood that I had choices where before I had always believed I had none – that maybe I did not truly feel or want things that were supposed to be experienced and desired by everyone – and I began questioning many aspects of my life that I had never thought much about before. This led me to realize that it was possible to love people deeply without being "in love" with them, to want to be close to them without this closeness being necessarily achieved by dating them, and to have fantasies but not actually want them to become true. It allowed me to understand what I truly wanted my life to be like.
Now, three years later, I think that discovering I was asexual is probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I do not think very often about what this orientation describes – my lack of interest in sex – but I am grateful every day for the many other things my awareness of it has brought me – all the choices I discovered I could make, all the new ways I discovered I could relate to other people and love them, all the possible futures that I now see open before me. Because I know I do not conform to the one expectation that is so deeply rooted in society that it is not even really formulated anymore and that most people cannot believe exceptions are possible ("everyone is interested in sex, or if they are not, then it is because something bad happened to them and they certainly want to be fixed"), I find it easy not to conform to social expectations in other ways – like preferring to be alone or not being interested in a romantic relationship. Knowing I am asexual has given me the possibility to discover who I really am and the strength to be who I want to be.


text:
A simple Gravity Forms plugin to enable invisible Google Captcha V3 on all forms.
From within WordPress
- Visit 'Plugins > Add New'
- Search for 'Invisible reCaptcha addon for Gravity Form'
- Activate Invisible reCaptcha addon for Gravity Form within your Plugins page.
- Go to "after activation" below.
Adding Google reCaptcha Keys
- Visit: https://www.google.com/u/1/recaptcha/admin
- Press the + button in the top right
- Fill in all details (select reCAPTCHA v3) and press "Submit"
- Copy these keys into the settings area of Gravity Forms – Google reCaptcha
Logging reCaptcha Score
In some situations you may want to keep a track of your submissions, and the scores that Google has allocated them. This may help if you are having an influx of spam.
If this is the case, we have include a "reCaptcha Score" field that can be found in the Advanced Fields field section.
Just add this to your form once, and it will be populated with the score.
Google reCaptcha Badge
The Google reCaptcha badge is shown by default. This can be removed in the plugin settings, but Google require their terms and conditions to be shown within the user flow. This is up to you to manage.
See their FAQs for more information: https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/faq
Contributors & Developers
"Invisible reCaptcha addon for Gravity Forms" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.Contributors
Translate "Invisible reCaptcha addon for Gravity Forms" into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.


text:
...all the Bears updates from around the web, all rolled into one!
Dan Pompei takes a look at the concerns surrounding the CB position.
Best/ worst officiating in professional sports.
The commish says that more cold weather Super Bowls are very possible.
One of our favorite teams reports, courtesy of USA Today.
Windy City Gridiron is on Twitter!
Charmin Ultra sings during 7th inning stretch during Cubbies game.
EPSN interview with Brian Urlacher... good read.
Interview with Da Coach... did he really cry? I may call shenanigans.
Thoughts on OJ Atogwe from the NFC North.
Stafford versus Cutler... thoughts?


text:
Credit: LA Wildcats/XFL
Los Angeles (Feb 4, 2020) – The XFL Los Angeles Wildcats have announced key elements of the team's 2020 gameday experience at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. All five LA Wildcats home games during the team's first season will take place on Sundays, with the home opener kickoff scheduled for Sunday, February 16 at 12 p.m. against the Dallas Renegades.
"The Wildcat way is a great football experience that is fun for the entire family and all fans, whether you are eight or eighty years old," said Wildcats President Heather Brooks Karatz. "Our pledge is to provide access and affordability through initiatives like $20 tailgate parking and player meet-and-greets."
Elements of the LA Wildcats gameday include (but are not limited to):
- The parking lot opens three hours ahead of kickoff, with an affordable $20 price point to park and tailgate.
- A three-hour Wildcats FanFest that is accessible from the parking lot and will feature:
- Live broadcasts from our media partners, happy hour-priced beer and a hometown fair of community partners.
- A DJ selected through a fan poll conducted over the summer on Wildcat social media channels.
- Players going straight from their buses to the Wildcats FanFest and entering the stadium along "Wildcat Way" to connect with fans prior to kickoff.
- A special "Cub Zone" for families with kid-friendly music, face painting, arts and crafts and more.
- Unique access to sounds of the game that bring fans close to the action, including player interviews after great plays and commentary from Head Coach Winston Moss.
- In-stadium-only promotions for fans with prizes that include VIP access to the post-game press conference and locker room.
- Jumbotron entertainment that celebrates the community.
The Wildcats also recently announced a "Family Four Pack" for $80 that includes four tickets and a unique experience for each game, starting with a post-game picture on the field for the home opener.
The LA Wildcats are one of eight teams in the XFL. Tickets to all five Wildcats home games are available now for purchase. Lower level season tickets at Dignity Health Sports Park start at $20 per game and season ticket packages range from $100 to $425 per seat. Lower level single-game tickets start at $24. The Wildcats take on the Houston Roughnecks in Houston at TDECU Stadium on Saturday, February 8 live on FOX. The team's home opener takes place on Sunday, February 16 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson live on ABC.
For more information go to www.XFLWildcats.com to learn more about Wildcats season tickets, see all prices and benefits, and sign up for special information and content. Follow the team on social media @xflwildcats (Twitter and Instagram).
📢 Attention XFL News Hub community! We've got a quick 30-second survey and we need your thoughts. Your feedback will help us to bring you the XFL content you love even better. Just click the link in the description below to get started. Thanks for being a part of our team!
Unleash the Action: Sign up for XFL Insider and Fuel Your Passion for Football!
Leave a Reply
Leave a Reply
XFL 2023 Season Attendance Recap: The Ups and Downs
Latest Podcast
XFL Podcast/ 2 weeks ago
Vipers Leaving Vegas, NFL Cutdown Day Which XFL Players Made It, Season Tickets, Exclusive Combine Insights & More!
Join us on 'XFL Week In Review' as we cover the Vegas Vipers leaving...


text:
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Quilting With Friends
4 comments:
Sure was an awesome sale at the Castle, should go back and pick up the stuff we missed!ReplyDelete
That could be dangerous!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2011 at 8:27 AM
It's really not so bad here in the frozen north today it's supposed to be +5. When it's nasty out we quilt when it is nice we feel guilty and should really go out for a walk. Guess I should walk today!!! Enjoy your escapades. Miss you two! From one blockhead to another.ReplyDelete
Good thing you Blockheads aren't as frozen as we thought...could be bad for creativity.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I try to respond to all of your wonderful comments....if you are not getting any response from me it's because you are set up as a no-reply blogger. In order to receive a response you can change your status in your blogger profile. I'm no longer accepting anonymous comments.
Thanks again for all your wonderful comments


text:
[blockquote]There's an Eighth clan here: the spoilers clan — you have been warned[/blockquote]
The review format for Green Arrow #30 is going to be different in that one, it is done in bullets to make the flow of the reading easier, and two, to not just review the comic, but to also fill out some observations, kind of like The A.V. Club but not as good. Anyways, on to the review:
- Oliver Queen still feels like he has experienced minimal growth as a character, and this could be attributed to the decompression of comics, but it can also be attributed to the belief that Ollie's character in the New 52 was never very well defined to begin with, even when Lemire took over. Sure, Lemire's writing and actual handling of the character is about a million times better than it was before, but he still feels like a brash, angry man who makes some increasingly poor decisions due to arrogance. A lot of what makes Green Arrow great is his relationships to other characters, like a rivalry with Hawkman or a romance with Black Canary, and it feels like that's something that's only just starting to take place in Green Arrow with Robert Queen (it's no secret at this point that he's alive) and Shado, and Green Arrow #30 does give the character some progression towards this, but it's still minimal.
- After some muddy, very static art last issue, Sorrentino and Maiolo kill it here, giving the action scenes the touch of stylization they need to fill out the gaps. The black and white (and partially green) hit boxes when Arrows are fired, the mood-setting coloring, the illuminated atmospherics, and the simply well done character movements are all elements of this stylization. I've seen Sorrentino get called a poor man's Jae Lee, but the only similarity is that they have a shadowy, wispy style. Sorrentino is definitely more free form, and the creative choices made with the art in Green Arrow every month definitely showcase that. It seems he's always looking for a way to make a fight scene we might've seen elsewhere many times over feel entirely brand new, and it works.
- It's hard to talk about art that's so consistent on a month-to-month basis because eventually you run out of things to talk about. I will say, I love the first spread on pages four-five where they shatter the glass of the cathedral and the red-yellow-orange color scheme indicates that this is going to be a battle driven by anger and disorientation. Oh and the scene with Richard Dragon and Count Vertigo was illustrated really well in that "follow-the-panels" technique comics like Hawkeye use.
- I was predicting a long time ago the reveal of the seventh clan would come around this issue and that Magus would be its leader, what with the solicitation and all, but I guessed that the clan weapon would be magic. It turns out I was wrong, and while it's implied to have mystical properties, it is not magic it is The Mask Clan. Apparently it allows for shape-shifting and blowing red smoke at people. I thought it was a pretty good reveal, and Komodo's comment about Magus Means there's more to him than meets the eye. Always love long-term plot expansion.
- Story wise, Lemire really ramped things up and amped up the tension. Looking back at the previous four issues, I have noticed that they kind of stall for time by drawing things out longer than they needed to be. I'm usually a very "journey, not the end" kind of guy, but the ending third seems to be way more satisfying already than the previous four issues.
- It was very cool to see an actual outsider's war, and Katana showing up with Butcher to kick some serious ass is great. Hope Katana becomes a regular cast member. Same with Butcher too.
- Finally, I'm excited about the next story arc already, "Green Arrow Broken", and an aforementioned certain scene shows how Dragon is already setting up the rogues gallery for Ollie. Here's hoping Killer Moth returns.
Green Arrow #30 is a definite step-up for the series, with long-term plot implications, killer artwork, and a decent script to boot.
My Rating: 4/5


text:
Kickoff Meeting for Marsyas I Trial
On 23 Oct. 2014 the clinical phase I trial Marsyas I, a prospective, single-Center, randomised, double-blinded, placebo controlled, dose finding phase I study in the indication skin wound healing was initiated. The Kickoff Meeting took place in the Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology of the Medical University of Vienna.


text:
A polar bear named Berit escaped its containment area at the Cincinnati Zoo on Wednesday afternoon. People were anxious for a few moments, but everything's fine!!
Though zoo officials claim Berit never posed a physical threat, emotional chaos did erupt after various reports cited a polar bear "on the loose" at the zoo, meaning (if true) the aforementioned "bear" had the potential to maul a bunch of innocent people. The situation has been resolved, according to the Cincinnati Zoo.
Uh they're kinda underplaying it? "Breached behind the scenes area." A polar bear ESCAPED. Isn't this the plot for Zootopia?
While zoo officials were clearly looking to avoid pandemonium, visitors were reportedly told to stay put until Berit was returned to her resting place. WKRC reported:
Zoo officials say the bear got out of its primary holding area shortly before noon on March 16. However, it did not escape its enclosure. The zoo says it's in a secondary area that's only accessible by staff members.
No one was in the polar bear exhibit at the time. The zoo says there's no immediate threat but staff are asking visitors to stay where they are until they can secure the polar bear. They're not letting anyone through the gates.
According to tweets from visitors of the zoo, some people were held in separate areas and at one point zoo officials started escorting people out of the zoo.
No one's been hurt, and there's no word on whether Berit is back to being contained in its normal area. A statement from zoo officials says, "Visitors are safe to leave the park if they choose. There are no injuries to animal staff or visitors."
Image screengrab via Cincinnati Zoo


text:
The first three months of this year have witnessed extensive enforcement activity by Italy's Autorità Garante per la Concorrenza ed il Mercato ("AGCM"). In the closing 90 days of the chairmanship of Professor Tesauro, former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, the AGCM initiated a number of investigations for infringement of EC competition rules in various key markets: natural gas, telecommunication services, pharmaceuticals and postal services. The cases reported below are of particular interest since they are the first examples of enforcement of EC competition rules by the AGCM in the new "modernised" system of European enforcement.
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Date of this Version
March 2005
Recommended Citation
Antonio Capobianco and Stefano Fratta, "Antitrust Enforcement: Four New Investigations Opened by the AGCM in the First Months of 2005" (March 2005). Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Antitrust Series. Working Paper 54.


text:
The gravel parking lot held old, low-slung buildings in a U-shape around an empty pool. A Model-T and a golf cart were parked under an awning at the office compound, a soda machine humming around the corner. A rusted-out washing machine sat to the right of the door, and a buzzer sounded when she pushed herself inside.
The "Office" sign flickered, about to burn out. Behind the short counter, a curtained doorway led to a residence. She could hear canned laughs from the television and smell bacon fat clouding in a cold pan.
A man she assumed was the owner stepped through the curtain, scratching his belly, smoking a cigarette.
"Evening, miss."
"Could I get a room for the night?"
"Sure thing."
The man propped his cigarette in his lips and turned to the key boxes on the wall, pulling out a pair from a cubby marked 36. They were real keys, not the thin cards of the new hotels. On the tag was the hotel address with "Drop in any mailbox. We guarantee postage."
"I'm going to put you in room 23," he said, handing the keys over, pulling a small, yellowed form from somewhere under the counter.
"These say 36."
"Go by the keys, not the tags."
Etched into each key was a small "25."
"The keys say 25."
He took them back, studying each key closely. "Cleaner must've put them back in the wrong spot."
He turned around, rooting through the cubbies, pulling keys out, putting them back, trying new slots. He finally handed over the keys from slot 12.
"There we go. Room 25."
The tags said 36. The keys said 23.
But she didn't say anything.
"Now, I'm putting you in 23 because we only have one section open this time of year. Only traffic we get is them ice-climbers and with the winter we've had, they're not too thick. You an ice-climber?"
"Didn't think so. Anyway, you've only got two neighbors. The fellow to the right of you—he works nights, so you won't hear nothing from his way until about five. He comes home, turns on the TV and smokes 'til it comes through the walls. I just want to tell you straight, it'll seep through."
"All right."
"It's empty on the other side of you, but on the other side of him, there's a guy who's on the construction site next door. He'll be up around six, but I don't think you'll be able to hear him."
"Anything else I should know?"
"The pool's out 'til the summer. We used to keep it going through the winter, but the heating bills were too damn high. Oh, and you'll probably need to crank the heat in your room—we keep it low when there's no guests."
He slid the form over to her.
"Sign right down here. We'll even up in the morning."
Her room was about 50 degrees. There wasn't a light switch near the door, which she left open to get some of the bluish flood light from outside to help her find the bedside lamp. She turned it on. The light bulb popped, throwing off a spark of light. She unscrewed the bulb and shook it, listening to the broken filament, a baby's rattle. She stumbled back toward the bathroom. The single switch in there turned on a bare bulb mounted on the wall, a fan and a heat lamp overhead. Her father was an electrician. He'd be back in the hotel office saying he had a deal for the guy—trade the room for a bit of rewiring. You're asking for trouble with all those running to the same switch. Should be an easy fix, though. What do you say? He was always trading services when he could. The sheetrock, plumbing, cement in their house had all been traded, like the old VW pickup he'd driven—more car than truck—even after he could afford something newer, nicer. He hadn't driven for years, but the VW was still parked next to his shop. He was too loyal to sell it to the local junkyard, where they'd scrap it out for parts.
The bulb cast enough light to show her another switch, near the bed, that turned on a lamp on the desk. She closed the door, discovering the main switch tucked into the two inches between the door and the wall she shared with her neighbor.
She found the thermostat and turned it up to 90. She pulled the comforter from her bed and sat down on the ratty blanket underneath, tucking her hands into the pockets of her coat. The wind beat dust from the parking lot against her window.
Her fingers grazed an old tin cigarette box that had been her father's. He'd used it for the same purpose. There were only two joints left and the bag in the bottom of her backpack was empty. Maybe she'd wait up for her swing-shift neighbor, feel him out.
Her lighter was low too. She had to shake it a couple times to get a flame. Joint lit, she took a deep drag and tucked her feet up underneath her, cross-legged.
The walls were covered in wooden paneling and the sole piece of art was a framed cross-stitch of a big-horned sheep.
She needed to check her email. There wasn't even a phone in the room. She pulled her cell out of her pocket to check for coverage. Three bars. Good enough. She had a text message from her mother.
She closed the phone and took another hit.
It would be good news. She'd never put something bad in a text message, would she, this woman who hated the phone she'd gotten for Christmas from her daughter, who hated the very idea of email?
"Why can't you just write me a nice letter in your beautiful handwriting? I can keep those with your old stories. They're meaningful, sweetie. Nothing you guys do any more is meaningful."
"Are you saying my life's without meaning, Mom?"
"Oh, come on, honey. You know what I mean."
Neither of them really did though.
She wanted to hear from her father first. He'd send an email. She took one more hit and squeezed the coal out from the end, sliding the rest back into the tin box.
The wind drove into her as she crossed the gravel back to the office. Dust gathered in her eyes, even though she narrowed them to slits and ducked her head. Her hair whipped out of its ponytail and slapped her face.
The buzzer sounded again. The man emerged from the back. He'd stripped down to his undershirt.
"Something wrong, miss?"
"Not really. I'll take a spare light bulb if you have it."
He ducked down behind the counter and pulled up a single bulb.
"Just took this one out of one of the closed down rooms. Should get you through the night."
She took it gently by the threads, holding it down at her side.
"And I have a question that might be silly. You don't have wireless Internet, do you?"
The man smiled. "Just got it! How about that, huh? You're the first to ask."
"Is it password protected?"
"Sure as hell is. I don't want them folks across the street bringing in customers with my wireless and not giving me a nickel. If they wanted to do some kind of partnership or something, I'd go in, sure, but takin' it for free ain't what I'm in for, you know?"
She nodded. "Could I get the password? I promise not to slip it across the street."
"Hell, I trust you. It's for my guests anyway. I'll write it down."
He grabbed another form from under the counter, wrote something down on the back and slid it to her.
"Let me know if it's slow, huh? I've been downloading all afternoon."
She smiled and walked back outside. The password was redneck82414.
The wind pushed her back to her room. The air was possibly five degrees warmer. She screwed the light bulb into the bedside lamp. It glowed before she'd finished tightening it. She should've turned the switch back off before putting the new bulb in.
The light lent the room a little comfort.
She kept her coat on and pulled her laptop from her bag, sitting back down on the bed. She relit her joint while her computer started up.
The connection was quick. She opened her email. There were seven messages from the boy. Three from eBay. Two from Amazon. One from her father.
The subject was "Sorry kid."
She put her computer down on the bed next to her and took a long drag. Then she rummaged in her bag for the bottle of whiskey she'd bought in town. She unscrewed the cap and took a pull. Her father had taught her to drink, walking her through the burn. "Just wait, kid. Wait. Give it a second. Just a second. See? Feel that? Feel that belly warmth? That's the why."
She didn't think she could read it.
She picked the computer back up and opened one of the messages from the boy.
"Where are you at, love?"
The next one: "Running away isn't going to fix it. It isn't going to make him better, that's for sure."
They got needier and angrier, the last ending with, "You could at least write me back or answer your goddamn phone to let me know you're alive."
She looked back at her father's name in the Sender column. Sorry kid.
It didn't take. He'd have a week, maybe two, if he stayed in the hospital. Hours, maybe a day, if he didn't.
He wasn't any good at it either. When she'd broken her arm at the park near their house, a sunny summer afternoon, after second grade, some freak fall from the monkey bars that gave her a compound fracture, bone boring out of the skin, he'd rushed to her, then turned away when he saw the damage, vomiting, unable to switch off the hardwire, to find a ground.
Email had been their way around it. She didn't have to see him sick; he didn't have to see her choke.
She looked around, studying the big horn sheep. The yarn looked sticky, covered in smoke and dust. Her father would like the place, the tacky décor, bad wiring, mislabeled keys. He'd pick it over the chains clustered in their rows, promising indoor pools, free continental breakfasts. "The older something is, kid, the more you can trust it. All these new strip malls and plastic future-rama cars are like zitty adolescents asking you to bed before getting your name."
She could make it back. Her mother wouldn't let him leave the hospital immediately. The doctors would keep him hooked up to their machines. A town with an airport was only a couple hours away—she'd driven by the signs. She could leave right now.
She squeezed the roach of her joint between her nails and held it close enough to her lips to get the last of its smoke.
The first time she'd smoked was through an apple in her father's shop, discussing circuits. "Don't tell you mother, huh?" he'd whispered as they sneaked back into the house for food. "Let's see if we can get in and out without her catching us."
But she had caught them, spreading mayo on bread for sandwiches, rustling chip bags, popping lids off beers.
"Tom, you shouldn't be giving her beer at this age."
He'd laughed and said, "That's not what you said back when I was deciding whether I wanted to have kids with you, so I won't buy it now."
And they'd closed their sandwiches, gathered up their drinks and snacks and headed out the back door. She'd stolen a glance at her mother and thought she was smiling, just a little, just enough.
She replied to the boy's last message. "I'm alive. Thanks."
Sorry kid.
A car pulled up outside, loud, a missing muffler.
She looked around for a clock. She'd rolled in late, but it couldn't be 5:00 already. There wasn't a clock in the room. She pulled her cell out again. It was 2:00 and there was another text message from her mother.
The door to 25 opened and slammed. The shared wall wobbled a bit. There was quiet, then the low murmur of the TV. She wondered if her smoke seeped through too. Her heater banged and gave off the smell of burning hair.
She closed her email, shut down her computer and took one more sip from the bottle of whiskey. She stood and switched off the lights. Then she lay down, still in her coat, pulling the sheet and ratty blanket up to her shoulder, putting her head on the smoky smelling pillow. She closed her eyes, listening to the tinkle of dust on the window like broken filaments.
The wind was quieter in the morning. She left a fifty dollar bill in her room with the keys and a quick note in her beautiful handwriting, "I was up early. Didn't want to wake you. Thanks for the hospitality and speedy wi-fi."
Her mother would be jealous.
She pulled out onto the road. In the rearview, she could see the other side of the reader board. "Wi-Fi(ght) it Stay Here!"
She smiled and slipped her last joint to her lips, listening to the sizzle of the paper against the car's cigarette lighter, pulling air through, getting it to burn, a completed circuit. She took a long drag and turned up her music, her father's tin box sitting empty on the seat next to her.


text:
Anyone else getting stumped about what to make for dinner lately? I swear my children have developed hollow legs since we've been social distancing. Keeping everyone fed while being somewhat creative is a stretch most days, so I went back through almost 11 years of blogging archives to pick my 25 All-Time Favourite Dinner Ideas. Not just to inspire others, but to motivate myself to change up the meal plan too! Most of these recipes are made with pantry staples or fresh produce that you can get in the stores right now.
Easy Cherry Tomato Pasta – a delicious and quick vegetarian pasta that works great as a side dish or on it's own.
Creamy Mushroom Parmesan Risotto – Italian comfort food at it's finest, and the leftovers can be panfried into deliciously crispy risotto cakes the next night
Northern Italian Bolognese – I liked to make this the day before I need it, to let the flavours develop fully while it sits in the fridge. Leftovers freeze well too.
Healthier Chicken Marsala – a lighter version of my favourite dish to order at Italian restaurants.
BBQ Chicken Pizza – we liked to make pizza on Friday's and call it "take-in" these days. Made with the Best Pizza Dough recipe I was gifted at my bridal shower.
Rustic Rosemary Parmesan No Knead Bread – the perfect low-fuss bread to go with any soups and stews for dinner. Or even on its own with a generous pat of butter.
Cheddar Bacon Twice Baked Potatoes – a great make ahead side dish that freezes well too. I like to add crumbled bacon, cooked using the oven method for perfectly crispy bacon while preheating the oven.
Homemade Perogies – my half-Polish husband loves this recipe and says it reminds him of the ones his grandmother made growing up.
5 Grain Power Salad – keep a simple grain salad prepped in the fridge as a dinner side dish or easy work-from-home lunch idea.
Dill Bean Salad – another easy side dish that uses pantry staples and fresh herbs from the garden.
Classic Macaroni & Cheese – Better than anything you can get in a box. I make it for our girls some days without baking it, but if you have the time to bake with a crunchy topping, it's even better.
Perfect Roast Chicken – such an easy, classic way to roast a chicken and I always roast two at the same time. The leftovers are great for sandwiches, quesadillas, salads, soup, casseroles, etc., and you can freeze it chopped in the right measurements for future meals.
Gordon Ramsey's Shepherd's Pie – another great comfort food classic. This British recipe calls for traditional lamb, but I also like making it into a cottage-style pie using ground beef, as is typical here in Canada.
Roast Beef with Yorkshire Puddings – if there is one meal that always makes me think of my mom's home cooking, it's a traditional Sunday roast beef dinner with all the fixin's. Tender meat, rich gravy, creamy mashed potatoes, honey glazed carrots and the star of the show is always mom's Yorkshire Puddings. I make them now for my family and they're always a big hit. They also reheat in the oven well the next night for leftovers (if you have any!)
Chicken Pot Pie – Simple, easy comfort good, that can be made ahead when you have some time during the day, then popped in the oven closer to dinner.
Ginger Beef Stir Fry with Mushrooms and Kale – my go-to Asian dish when I don't have any bottled sauce in the pantry. Great way to use up the kale in the garden too.
Tex Mex Slow Cooker Shredded Beef – the beef cooks away and then when it's dinner, you just set up a taco bar with all the toppings.
Loaded Potato & Buffalo Chicken Casserole – another recipe given to me by a friend at my bridal shower and it has become a classic around here.
Sizzling Chicken Fajitas – loaded with flavour and bright colours
BBQ'd Nachos – great way to use up leftover taco meat and toppings. Can be done in the oven or on the barbecue.
Perfectly Seasoned Homemade Burgers – a summertime staple that will beat anything you find in the freezer section, I guarantee it.
Classic French Onion Soup – a big savoury bowl of soup, with cheese melted over cheese – YUM!
Mushroom Beef Barley Soup – I made this hearty and flavourful soup last week with a big loaf of homemade bread and the whole family enjoyed it.
Sweet Potato Vegetarian Chili – Easy to do on the stove or slow cooker and the leftovers freeze really well. I usually freeze it into individual size portions for quick lunches when I don't want to eat the same thing as the kids.
Apple Cheddar Soup – so creamy and delicious, this makes a great meal with some crunchy crackers and a crisp salad.
Cheese Fondue – for when all you want is cheese for dinner, and lots of things to dip in it (bread, apples, peppers, broccoli, more bread, lots and lots of bread.)
I hope these recipe ideas inspire you in the kitchen this week. It's definitely got me looking at our pantry and fridge with some new enthusiasm! If you try a recipe and share it on social media, pleas tag me! I always love to see others enjoying our family favourites too 🙂


text:
Any career development plan must consider the needs of the organization, but a critical step, however, is to align yourself with the right organization.
Once you know that your personal and professional values align, it's time to concentrate on your goals; skip this step at your own peril.
Strategy – Deciding Your Long Term Goals
Once you know you are in the right place, then it's time to assess your personal and professional development goals.
Two critical questions to ask yourself:
- Do my personal goals support the company's goals?
- What competencies will I gain by making these professional development goals a priority, part of my long-term strategy?
Factors to consider for achieving your goals and objectives:
- Do you want to improve your general competence, or a specific area of performance? Are you seeking broader knowledge or a specific skill?
- Will this goal help improve your company's effectiveness? Are you looking to update your skills or expertise, or learn new skills for changing job needs?
- Do you want to broaden your skills for greater flexibility in the future, so that you are prepared for a potential promotion?
- Maybe you want to improve your communication skills to enhance dialogue between departments.
Once you've determined your purpose, refine your plan. You've established your goals and objectives, now it's time to assess factors that might influence your success.
- What are the obstacles?
- Will you be able to adapt and overcome?
- What other resources are available to you to help?
Now that you've considered all of the alternatives, it's time to choose your course of action, execute it, and monitor your plan. But, before you do that, you want to break your long-term goals into smaller, short-term goals.
Planning – Setting Your Short Term Goals
Your goals should not only support your strategy, but also keep you motivated to continue your journey. For example, imagine you are a high school athlete who goes off to college, able to bench press 150 lbs.. Your coach tells you that you should be able to push 250 lbs if you want to remain competitive.
- Your goal: Get there by next year.
Can you do this immediately? Of course not, but with a plan that breaks down the long-term goal into manageable short-term goals, it's doable.
For instance, if at the beginning of August you can press 150 lbs., your goal is to increase by 10 pounds every month, by the end of December, you'll put up 200 lbs. – 1st semester over and you're halfway there.
Then, keeping the same goal of increasing weight by 10 pounds each month in the second semester, by the end of May you'll put up 250 lbs. If you fall short, you still have two more months in June and July to reach your goal.
Similarly, in order for your career development plan to be successful, adhere to WHY-SMART.
Your professional development goals must be:
- Written
- Harmonious
- Yours
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Realistically High
- Time Bound
(See also – 3 Tips on How to Set Employee Performance Goals)
Execution – Realizing Your Professional Development Goals
Finally, your career development plan must consider any barriers or obstacles that might prevent you from accomplishing your goals, e.g., time, money, other commitments.
- What can you do to overcome these obstacles?
- Do you have a partner or battle buddy, a mentor or coach who will hold you accountable to your plan?
See also – 7 Tips for Realizing Employee Development Goals
Don't forget to set intervals to evaluate your progress, then adjust and refine as appropriate.
And remember, your first, critical step in your career development plan is to ensure that you align yourself with the right organization, so that you can live your values.


text:
My organization, Umby, a peer-to-peer microinsurance startup, has a vision of ending poverty around the world. This is definitely an ambitious goal, but the hope is that microinsurance has the power to do just that. By allowing individuals living in poverty to invest in savings, education, and new ventures, microinsurance can break the poverty cycle and help whole generations of families.
While Umby is certainly not in a position to end poverty all by itself, we do have the opportunity to raise awareness of people living on less than $4 USD a day – the realities of their lives and, most importantly, what their needs are. In the US, we certainly have to face the reality of poverty in certain ways: walk down the street in any urban area in the country and you will see people living outside, many of whom are asking for our help. But it is still easy to ignore what poverty is really like for those that experience it, especially those that are living in a context that is vastly different than the one here in the US. I think one of the most valuable aspects of Umby's work is the peer-to-peer aspect. The eventual platform will allow people with the resources to provide support to directly connect with those who would be receiving the microinsurance. This allows for powerful connections. It will raise awareness of the realities of international poverty to those of us who have the immense privilege of living in the US.
This has also been my role. As I reflected last week, my role as a Marketing Intern means that I am in charge of informing people who've never heard of microinsurance, as well as trying to bring to life the realities of living in some of the poorest countries in the world. I believe that this ties into the idea of raising awareness, and hopefully will lead to people making donations to support microinsurance for families experiencing poverty.
This is a small step towards ending international poverty. Of course, a simple raising of awareness is not going to be enough to end poverty, especially in countries where there is a lack of infrastructure and/or a corrupt, unstable government. However, I believe that getting privileged people interested in these conversations and issues is a wonderful step on the way towards reaching a poverty-free world. The more people are willing to work together to address these problems, the faster they will be eliminated.


text:
What Runners Should Celebrate on International Women's Day
We still have a long way to go in the name of gender equality, but here are three ways the sport is making progress.
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app.
In many ways, running is a place where men and woman today experience more equality than many other sports and professions. But of course it wasn't (and still isn't) always the case. Lest we forget, just a couple generations ago, men told us our uteruses would fall out if we ran more than 800 meters at a time.
Now, with our reproductive organs still intact, we're training through pregnancies, earning equal prize money, competing in (mostly) the same events and distances, and even breastfeeding during ultramarathons. We do all of this in shoes and apparel made just for us, designed for our bodies and our needs.
Of course, we've only made it this far because of the fierce women who came before us, demanding equal recognition on the podiums, entry into the most prestigious marathons, and representation at all levels of the sport—all while often dressing in gear made for men. They often sacrificed their own success in the hope that opportunities would abound for runners following in their footsteps. Will we do the same for the next wave?
International Women's Day, a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of woman—as well as a call to action to continue working on issues of gender parity—is a good time to take a little stock of where we are as women who have made running an important facet of our lives.
While we acknowledge that we still have a lot of work ahead of us, on this day of celebration we present three of our favorite reasons to applaud the running community's progress right now.
1. We've created a movement.
About 59 percent of any given road race's participants are women, according to the most recent statistics from Running USA, a trend that has been consistently building for the past decade.
What accounts for the female domination? Many variables have conspired to make running accessible to more women, regardless of age or ability. A weekend 5K is never far from home, offering frequent opportunities for attainable goals. More women are starting running groups—in person or virtually—that speak to diverse interests, offer support, and create community, like Moms Run This Town and Black Girls Run.
And at the top of the sport, where our Olympic hopefuls train, we see more inspiration than ever before. The past three years have produced a flood of historic performances: Jenny Simpson earned the first Olympic medal (bronze) in the 1500 meters for the U.S. in 2016; Emma Coburn won the country's first world championships title in 2017 in the steeplechase; also in 2017, Shalane Flanagan was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years, followed last year by Desiree Linden, the first U.S. woman to win Boston since 1985.
Who doesn't want to get out the door when we watch such barriers crumbling on the grandest stages?
In trail running, however, women still lag, comprising 42 percent of the field in 2017, according to the American Trail Running Association. And women represent just 34 percent in ultrarunning, according to Ultrarunning Magazine. Issues like safety concerns in remote areas, unfamiliarity with the terrain, and time requirements for training remain obstacles for many women interested in these niches of the sport—an opportunity, perhaps, to bring some of the more successful road racing strategies to the single track.
2. We're raising a new generation of male allies.
Progress for women's equality only happens when men join the movement and use their voices to uplift and amplify our own. We know that change only happens when men and boys shift their own beliefs and behavior regarding gender norms.
In Clifton Park, New York, the Shenendehowa Boys Track & Field team is moving in the right direction. After Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old runner for the University of Utah, was shot and killed in October 2018 by her ex-boyfriend, the boys' team decided to dedicate their season to raising awareness of dating violence and harassment.
The group started logging their running under the hashtag #Meters4McCluskey—30.7 million meters in all—using social media to educate their followers about what healthy relationships look like.
In the final week of their season, the Shen boys ran 735,200 meters #ForLauren, bringing their total season total to 30.7 Million #Meters4McCluskey. It was an absolute honor to watch these boys raise awareness for such an important issue. @ShenAthletics @jjmccluskey @milesplit pic.twitter.com/ZORmklvumf
— Shen Legion (@LegionRising) February 23, 2019
The program was devised under the umbrella of an organization called Coaching Boys Into Men, which recognizes the influential role male coaches play in the critical upbringing of young athletes. It uses sport to teach boys healthy relationship skills and that "violence never equals strength."
If running can serve as a channel for more boys to recognize such valuable lessons so early on, let's do more of it, please. The majority of running coaches in the U.S. are men (by a long shot)—the more of them who model and teach what appropriate, healthy relationships with women look like, the better place the world will be for all of us.
3. We're teaming up.
Women achieve more when we work together. It's a lesson that was a long-time coming. For so long we felt like we were fighting each other for limited seats at the table—now we know we can make space for all of us. And, as the saying goes, "if there aren't any seats left, bring a folding chair."
Running has served as a perfect illustration of this shift. At the top of the sport, we have watched the tremendous breakthroughs for women who have decided to work together. Flanagan has led the women of the Bowerman Track Club to Olympic berths, national championships titles, and American records. Coburn has invited like-minded women to join her training group in Colorado as well, sharing her experience and expertise to help them perform at a higher level.
From their example we see younger generations of women watching—and doing the same. At the Big Ten indoor track championships in February, for example, Wisconsin runner Alicia Monson caught the attention of commentators when, during the 5,000 meters, she shouted encouragement to her teammate Amy Davis, telling her to follow her surge in the final lap.
Monson won the race (as well as the 3,000 meters) and Davis was second. A cascade of younger onlookers on social media chimed in with, "teammate goals." And, hopefully, a new cycle begins—not just on the track, but at the office and in the boardroom, too.


text:
top of page
Mommy and Me
Play Group
Our Mommy and Me Play Group provides a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment for both parents and children. Program activities encourage both mommy and child to make new friends, build confidence, and develop a solid foundation as their first "school" experience.
Play groups are held on Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:00 am.
The program is for children ages 9 months to 3 years.
The class fee is $40 for 9 week sessions. Sessions are offered in the fall, winter, and spring.
bottom of page


text:
4-Digit HP | VMP 3100 TVS Superchargers for Coyote and GT500
We've known this was coming for over a year, but that passage of time hasn't seemed to reduce the fevered interest in the forthcoming slate of TVS 3100 based superchargers. Of the manufacturers that will be releasing kits based on the 3100 rotor pack, VMP Performance has to be the one garnering the most interest. We've heard talk of VMP 3100 blower head units testing out in the wild for some time now, but we recently got a chance to check out a couple such setups at VMP's HQ in FL.
Totally unassuming, just your average everyday 1,200 RWHP Mustang.
The two engines in question are heavy hitters in the field of modern Ford performance mills, a 5.0L Coyote and a 5.8L Trinity. The Coyote was instrumented up for testing. On top of several pressure sensors located throughout various sections of the intake tract, VMP placed one very interesting sensor near the blower pulley. With some custom bracket work, a Coyote exhaust cam position sensor, and a Mustang Dyno Smart Tach VMP is able to read blower pulley speed. By knowing this figure and what the theoretical speed should be based on the pulley diameters they are able to determine if belt slip is occurring in the system.
When it comes to power output, the built Coyote topped with the VMP 3100 is in the 1200HP range and that is rear wheel horsepower. That's pretty healthy for a nearly stock appearing convertible. Speaking of appearances, it's practically impossible to differentiate a VMP 2650 TVS from a 3100 TVS based on outward appearance. That's because when VMP was designing its 2650 superchargers it designed the blower case with enough extra material to allow it to be further machined to accept the 3100 rotors when they became available. That means if you run into someone running a VMP blower in Mexico it's going to be pretty tough to determine if he's actually running a 2650 or trying to take your money with a 3100.
All sensored up and ready to go to work.
Turning our attention over to the SVT GT500, it too is rocking a classically styled VMP 3100 TVS. If this car looks familiar; that may be because it is owned by Justin Young, the organizer of ModNats. Though the car could be a serious contender at ModNats 2021, it is being built for 1/2 mile runs and probably won't be one of the racers at that event. It's 3100 TVS rotors are housed in a VMP Gen3R case and are fed by a massive oval throttle body. The goal is 1,200 rear wheel horsepower, and with the fully built engine that seems quite attainable. In any event, we have more VMP 3100 Supercharger news coming up soon. If you have an SVT Terminator you won't want to miss it.
Last edited:


text:
If you listen to the press conferences after a NBA playoff or finals game each year, a marquee player always reveals how his play is amped up compared to the regular season. But how does one really perform at a champion level? There's ambiguity in a game – a key player's injury can redefine a team's chances to win. In business, leaders are surrounded by ambiguity. Just ask Carlos Ghosn, the Nissan/Renault CEO who ran two car companies during the ambiguity of a world economic struggle.
In sports, in business or in life, why do some people rise to the occasion while other struggle? Is it luck or something more?
Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others is by Justin Menkes, a leading executive consultant for Spencer Stuart and author of Executive Intelligence: What All Great Leaders Have. I received a review copy from Harvard Business Review, and dug into a great breakdown of the qualities one should develop to grow a business under stressful conditions.
Learn what it takes to manage in an uncertain environment
The image of coal and diamonds on the book jacket is appropriate. As you probably know, diamonds are created over time by shifting pressures in the earth. Menkes asserts that a dramatically shifting workplace, expressed as a result of economic uncertainty, has a similar effect on forming leader wisdom and experience:
"The new paradigm for leadership becomes a fluid virtuous cycle of exchange and growth between leaders and the people they lead."
As a rebuttal to the aforementioned cycle, Menkes describes the three cornerstone catalysts needed to be successful:
- Realistic optimism – confidence about actual circumstances without delusion or irrationality
- Subservience to purpose – the consideration of how you contribute to the further efforts to achieve a goal
- Finding order in chaos – finding invigoration in complicated problems, leading to meaningful solutions
It's the third point that may be most directly helpful to small businesses. Menkes offers perspective on maintaining clarity of thought when a million things needs to happen at once. Sound familiar, small business owners?
Menkes shows examples of each tenet in action, including an example of execs who successfully manifest all three tenets. Dave Dillion, CEO of Kroger, is mentioned as having identified a trend during an offsite retreat with employees and vendors. It would have been overlooked had there been no moment of clarity available.
What you may want to read again and again in Better Under Pressure:
- A brief evaluation of your own level of realistic optimism
- What the thought process of success entails in "Learning How To Realize Potential"
- "Maintaining Clarity of Thought"
- The value of intelligence tests – understanding what is essential to think clearly, including a segment about making adrenaline your friend
This book is naturally rich with insight and free of verbose jargon. Menkes offers intriguing ideas about separating frustration from ego-crushing shame, which impedes the real need: the commitment to manage business challenges.
"Failures do elicit a feeling of deep frustration in masters of today's competitive climate, but these downfalls do not elicit shame. Shame reflects a deeper uncertainty about your own competence and is much more threatening to your sense of stability. If you feel the recurring shame about your failures, you ignore their existence altogether. This defense mechanism is useful in protecting your short-term sense of self esteem, but …you no longer have the opportunity to face your challenge and ultimately conquer it."
The insights will become a personal guide for reflection about your business and your place in the business world.
Learn how some common beliefs may not be useful to face real pressure
Menke debunks a number of commonly shared beliefs, not to just propel his own thesis, but to debunk them in a thoughtful, eye-opening way. An example on the idea of life balance is not meant to turn folks into workaholics, but to help them realize their potential.
"On the contrary the happiest and most satisfied people tend to spend the majority of their time and energy in effortful activities, not leisure. This is because self-esteem can only be generated by distinguishing yourself through purposeful work…When you believe strongly in the importance of your enterprise, there's nothing you'd rather do than pursue it."
This is my favorite comment, because it, along with other passages will have you constantly assessing your actions against your reality, which is the point of Menke's observation of how leaders tap into each of the three catalysts examined. According to Menke, they delve into the catalysts "in a recursive fluid way so that it isn't always easy to tease apart where one ability ends and another begins."
Better Under Pressure compliments books like Clutch, but with examples more specific to organizations other than professional sports. Even if you operate a one-person small business, it will give you a blueprint for how to conduct your best performance under pressure.


text:
Trudeau Government Busted Spreading Fake Stats On Illegal Border Crosser Rejections
The Trudeau government has been busted spreading fake news about the number of illegal border crossers from Nigeria who are being rejected.They tried claiming 90% Nigerian 'asylum' claimants were being rejected. Turned out that stat was totally false. We didn't need yet another reason to distrust everything the Trudeau government says, but now we have it. Their failure at the border, and their failure to be honest with Canadians keeps getting worse.


text:
The modem features innovative 24x8 channel bonding providing data rates up to 1029 Mbps for downstream, and 206 Mbps for upstream.
The TC7650 supports baseline encryption (BPI)/BPI+/EAE/SSD.
Please use the Add Comment function below to review devices you have used (please be descriptive). If you find an error in our database, or have additional information about the product, please


text:
Jianan Tian is the leader of a new generation of amazing accordion players worldwide. She was born in 1994 in China. and started playing the accordion at the age of five. By the age of 11 she was noticed by the most recognized accordion teacher in China, Professor Cao Xiauqing, who later guided her through her formal education at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
As a student, she has been successively competed internationally and won 31 competitions, including the biggest international competitions Coupe Mondiale and Trophee Mondiale, as well as the International competitions in Castelfidardo, Klingethal, Moscow and China.
Franck Angelis, a renowned French composer, has composed the suite Beijing 2011 for her, which has won the best original solo work award at the Coupe Mondiale 2013 which was successfully released to the market.
Apart from being an amazing performer, Jianan is very successful as a composer too. Her new chamber piece Mementowas awarded the "outstanding-work" in Yan-Huang Composition Competition in China and she has been given the best performer prize in the final concert.


text:
PVC pipe offers many benefits for home improvement projects — its inexpensive, durable, versatile and easy to use.
But it's also vital that you cut and glue it correctly for home projects. The wrong techniques could damage the fittings, make it impossible for pieces to connect correctly, and cost you money and time.
Read on to learn the best methods for cutting and gluing PVC pipe, and which options are right for different projects.
How to Cut PVC Pipes
There are several tools for cutting PVC pipe at home; among them are PVC cutters, hacksaws and cable saws.
PVC Cutters
PVC cutters are the simplest, most cost-effective method for cutting PVC pipe. They produce a smooth cut with no jagged edges.
You can use simple cutters, which are great for 1-inch thickness or smaller, or heavy-duty cutters that can cut pipes up to 2 inches in thickness. Best of all? Some tools, such as the HDX Plumbing Multi-Tool, include a PVC cutter, giving you the biggest bang for your buck.
Using cutters is easy and requires little force — you simply place the cutter around the pipe and squeeze until the blade slices through the pipe.
If you already have a hacksaw on hand and don't want to purchase another tool, you're in luck. Hacksaws are another efficient way to cut PVC pipe. Some people even prefer them because they can control the cut better.
To use a hacksaw, you'll need a vise or a clamp to hold the pipe in place. From there, just saw through the pipe until you cut all the way through.
Keep in mind that saws have sharp teeth and can produce jagged edges — be careful and stay safe!
Cable Saws
You might find that you need to make cuts to PVC pipe after a project is finished. In those situations, cable saws are the best option. They're perfect for cutting tough-to-reach pipes.
When using a cable saw, you wrap the cable around the part of the pipe you need to cut, forming a "U" shape. Then pull on each end of the cable, alternating until you've made the cut.


text:
For all practical purposes, President Barack Obama has now recognized the Syrian opposition group as the government of Syria. Specifically, he called them the "legitimate representative" of the Syrian people." The European Union did the same a few days earlier. While this move has little immediate, practical effect, it is enormously interesting for understanding this issue. And it is also yet another signal that the civil war in Syria is moving into the endgame.
First, the implications include the following:
– Thank goodness this only happened after the U.S. government switched its allegiance from the Syrian National Council (SNC). That group, basically created by U.S. initiative (implemented by the Islamist Turkish government), was about 100 percent controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. The new group which Obama recognized, the Syrian Opposition Council, is "only" about 40 percent controlled by the Brotherhood. That means there is at least hope of a non-Islamist regime in Syria. (See below, and see the note at the end of the article for an example of how U.S. policy gave behind-the-scenes support to the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.)
– Let's take a moment to remember: despite all the talk about the problems of backing dictatorships, the Obama administration did backthe Bashar al-Assad dictatorship. It then easily changed sides to back the opposition.
In Egypt too, Obama switched sides to support the opposition.
There are two lessons here. First, you can support a dictatorship and then back the opposition if a big challenge happens to take place. Second, what's most important for U.S. interests is not whether the Americans want to befriend an opposition but whether the opposition, once in power, wants to befriend the Americans.
If they are Islamists, abandon hope of that happening.
– Ironically, of course, the group recognized as being the true representatives of the Syrian people was largely created due to U.S. and Western patronage and power. While the new Council did arise from discussions among Syrians, of course, this decision shows that just as in the nineteenth century, the West – Obama progressives as much as Victorian-era imperialists – still tries to control who gets into power in Third World countries. Power politics is still the name of the game; the question is whether that game is well-played.
In the American presidential campaign, Mitt Romney made the little-noted assertion that the United States should put the emphasis on ensuring that moderates win in Syria. That notion is totally alien to the Obama administration.
– The Syrian Opposition Council does not really represent Syrians, not only because those within the country haven't voted, but also because this is an external organization with little or no influence inside the country. It also doesn't have the guns. What it will have is control over Western economic aid in the future, but this Council cannot be expected to be the basis for a post-civil war government.
– In sharp contrast to Libya, we know a lot about the Syrian opposition groups and their leading personalities. The problem, however, is determining the relative military strength of each group. No doubt the CIA has a project to analyze the situation in every province and city. I wish we could see their data, but since we can't, we have to try to figure out the balance of forces.
This situation is made even more complex because so many groups exist and ideology is cut across by the existence of five different ethnic-religious sectors: Sunni Arab Muslims (about 60 percent), Christians and Alawites (about 12-14 percent each), Kurds and Druze.
Will Alawites end up being cut out entirely from holding real power because that group formed the basis for the Assad regime? Probably.
Will Christians end up being cut out almost entirely from holding real power because that group backed the Assad regime due to fear of the Islamists, who now will probably try to cut them out? Probably.
Will there be massacres of Alawites and Christians by a victorious opposition, accompanied by tens or even hundreds of thousands of cross-border refugees? Very possibly, yes.


text:
Funeral service for Sue Glenn Brown, age 82, of Midlothian, TX will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, November 17, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel in Sulphur Springs. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, TX. There will be no formal visitation. Surrounded by family, Sue Glenn Brown, peacefully took the heavenly journey on Saturday November 11th, 2017.
Sue was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, with a contagious smile. She was an inspiration and an example to so many of us who had the privilege to know and love her. A wonderful woman, loving and sweet, Sue could light a room with her presence, and was blessed with a boundless desire to give of her time, talent, and self to her family and friends. She loved unconditionally, and placed family above all else. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Born on January 8th, 1935, to the late Oscar Wade Dubose and Ida Stubbs Dubose in Victoria, TX. Sue was raised in Hobbs, NM, and married the late Earl Ray Glenn there in August 1953. The two moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 1965, where they would raise their two children, Belinda and Kirk Glenn. Sue married TC Brown in Garland, Texas, Feb 18, 1995 and worked as a real estate agent for several years in the greater Dallas area. Sue and TC lived in Hurst, TX, until they moved to Midlothian, TX in 2005. She made so many friends through all these adventures, and loved each and every one of them. Recently, her most enjoyable job was being a grandmother and great grandmother to eight loves of her life, showering all of them with her boundless energy and love. Sue was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs, and was a founding member of the local Beta Sigma Phi chapter. She also managed Ellen's on the square and owned Primrose Lane while living in Sulphur Springs.
Sue was preceded in death by her daughter- Belinda Janice Glenn, her husband – Earl Ray Glenn and her siblings – Valarie Darling, Glenn Dubose, and Allan Dubose.
Sue will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Thomas (TC) Brown, Sons– Kirk Glenn, Tom Brown, Daughters in Law – Leslie Glenn and Pam Brown, Grandchildren – Ethan Glenn, Blake and Bennett Brown, Dakota and wife Matti, Brianna, Jared and Danny Richardson and Great Grand Child: Cason Anthony Glenn.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.