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A specialty men and women's workwear retailer, based in Wisconsin, has opened the doors of its second location in the Milwaukee area.
"Milwaukee is a great market for us," company President Stephanie Pugliese said during a grand opening event of the Port Washington store on Thursday.
Steve Schlecht, CEO of Duluth Trading Co., said that the company considers its retail concept a "destination store," and Port's destination attributes really fit with the company.
"We are proud today to showcase what Duluth Trading is all about, and equally proud to (be a part of Port Washington)," Schlecht said. "We hope you'll see that we tried to bring the history of Port Washington alive in these two buildings (the retail story and the coffee shop)."
The company focuses on three main concepts for its customers, Pugliese said, including: ingenious solutions, durability and functionality.
The retailer specializes in selling "workwear" for men and women, meaning durability is important, Pugliese said. Functionality comes in with special features such as oversized zippers and buttons so that workers do not need to remove gloves to take off a jacket; or "tuckable" pockets to make it easier for workers who are reaching in and out for items often.
"(We try) to build comfort into everything we do," she said. The store also prides itself on its unique product names as well as its unique retail experience.
The company sells underwear and pants with "more room" for men, calling it the "crouch without the ouch," line. Other signs in the store read: "Squat without singing soprano," or, for women: "Heat it up with nearly naked" long underwear.
"There's a lot of choices out there — they should have an experience in the store that's different from anywhere else," Pugliese said, adding that the elements of Port Washington incorporated into the store help to fuel the company's "partnership" with the city.
As part of evolving this concept to fit Port Washington, Pugliese said the funny names have also made their way into the coffee shop. A plain old coffee is now called "Buck Naked Brew." Other latte names include "Tool Belt," "Lug Nut" or "Gardener's Delight."
"As we evolved the store, the coffee shop became an integral part of what we're doing here," Pugliese said. In October, the store will add the historic Smith Brother's fish sandwich back to the menu, as well as once again offer lemon meringue pie.
The store is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m., and again on Sundays from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. It is located at 108 N. Franklin St., Port Washington.
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I think its done in (template_portfolio.php) and there just needs to be some php code added to the alt tag in
<img src="<?php echo $vt_image['url']; ?>" id="home_fader-<?php the_ID(); ?>" int_id="<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="custom-img grid_image" alt="" />
After scouring the net I still can't quite figure this out.
This should not have nothing to do with it, because I doubt that the plugin tests the page that will display all the portfolio entries (template_portfolio.php). Anyway I just commented on your previous comment.
Hi Pirenko, I just can make it to show the number of portfolio items after the skill name under portfolio menu. it shows 0 and when clicked everything disappears. but there are items with that skill.
Deactivate all the plugins you might have. If this does not work can you send me a private message with the credentials to access your WP Dashboard? Thanks!
It worked after I deactivated the translation plugin. But I need this plugin, it's essential.
You don't need any plugin for translation. Are you just translating or are you using multiple languages?
I use 2 languages
What plugin are you using? I remind you that plugin compatibility is not ensured by themes here, but I know some people who used qTranslate with this theme…
yes, I use qTranslate. Is there any way to get them work together?
The only way I can try to see why it's not working is if you send me a private message with the credentials to access your WP Dashboard.
wow, it worked after I reactivated the plugin
Great theme and support.
Two questions:
1) Is there a way to remove the loading (hourglass?) thing – Make the page display each item being loaded instead only loading the page AFTER everything is completed? My site has a lot of images and I don't want users to wait for everything to load. Not sure if you get what I mean.
2) The menus on the left doesn't seem to have drop down feature, is there a way to activate it?
1 – I assume you are talking about the portfolio pages… If this is the case the content can only be displayed properly after all the images are loaded to create that nice tile effect. So it's a bad idea to show the content while it's loading. If you have a large number of items, why don't you divide it across multiple portfolio pages? Also there are some tools/plugins to reduce your image size with a minimal loss of quality. Here's one: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-smushit/
2 – To make a parent button open a submenu create a Custom Link and set the URL to #.
1 – I'm using blog masonry as the homepage. I would like to apply this to individual blog posts as well as each post has a large number of images loading. I'm not really concerned about the bad tile effect. My images are already optimized using Photoshop. Thanks for the link though. May I ask how I can go about doing so?
2 – Thanks for this, may I know if it can display the sub menus during a mouseover instead of click?
1 – Add this custom CSS to the respective textfield under Pixia Options>Custom Scripts tab (make a line change between the 3 instructions):
#aj_loader {
display:none !important;
visibility:visible !important;
opacity:1 !important;
filter: alpha(opacity=100);
display:block !important;
2 – Open the main.js file and near line 120 you have "jQuery('#nav-main ul li>a').click". Adjust this part of the code so that it does what you need.
I am wondering if there is a way to use a colored outline for the portfolio mouseover or just a border foe th element to indicate mouseover rather than the current blackout span with the text that flies in. SOmething simpler
You can simply hide the text by adding this code to the Custom CSS textfield under Pixia Options>Custom Scripts tab:
You can also open the main.js file and change the hover event for the grid_image_wrapper (somewhere near line 1448).
Worked great on removing the title. thanks.
The second part though is instead of the overlay darkening the opacity I wanted to do a border on mouse over. Is that possible? When you remove the title it just makes things black. Id like an alternative way to show the item selected or even a different color than the blackout
Well I have told where to edit the code (depending on what you really want to do other files might need to me changed). If you need assistance with it I can only implement it as a paid customization. Send me a private message for a quote if you are eventually interested.
Hi Pirenko,
The search function doesn't work. It opens always a 404 error page… Do you have an idea what could going wrong ? Thanks for your help, Vanessa
Some user had this issue before and here's what he did:
Activated the theme with a new/fresh wordpress install. Then activated the plugins you are using one by one and keep testing the search function. One of them should be interfering with the permalink system or the .htaccess file.
You can try turning off all your plugins and clear the .htaccess file to see if it fixes that issue.
I've tried all this, but the problem still remain. I've tried to activate another theme (the twenty eleven) and it works fine with this theme. Another idea ? Thanks
I made a small adjustment to the cleanup.php file on your server and it's fine now. This change will be included on the next theme update.
Thanks ! You are great
You said to send you a private message about image centering in the masonry view but I don't see a link for that. Also, when you have more than one line in the copyright text area, it smashes against the div above it, and adding margin or padding in the custom.css menu doens't help.
I bought this theme and here come my comments : 1- the theme works perfectly 2- very good after sale service (I asked for personal customization and it has been both cheap and very fast) Thank you Pirenko!
Thanks man
I added only a few small css changes to the custom.css file and I've also gotten the Smush.it plugin as you recommended but the page is still loading really slowly. I can't give you the url because it's limited by IP as it's on a live server so I would need your IP for you to see it.
Go to my profile page and send me a private message.
It's taking about 10 seconds to load anything…and it freezes the page and other pages. It wasn't doing this yesterday when I was working on it. Yesterday you could see the loading animation but today it's frozen until the page loads.
Disable all the plugins you have. If you made changes to the code try uploading the original file package.
The contact page isn't loading/working
Once again: the original theme works on all the scenarios… Disable all the plugins you have. If you made changes to the code try uploading the original file package.
Contact me again if after doing this those issues subsist. Also I can't help you if you don't send me a link.
I have disabled all plugins but the contact page still isn't working. I don't want the site to be live for very long so I will turn on the Gatekeeper plugin when you have finished looking at it: wray-co.com
From what I can see it's pretty obvious that you made changes to the code. Upload the original theme files and get back to me if you still have these issues.
I have removed the few lines of styling code I did (all at the bottom of the custom.css file) but the problems persist.
I don't want to be a pain, but the menu looks different and it wasn't with simple CSS. Wasn't the theme working perfectly before? Something you have done or installed created these issues. Sometimes plugins mess up the Wordpress database and even after being uninstalled they leave the mess behind…
One more thing please: If you decide to continue this conversation please use the reply button so that we don't flood the theme with multiple comments all about the same issue.
I used the menu widget so that you can put custom menu items in there. That is all I did. Sorry about creating a new post. There is no way to reply if you visit the page separately and I wasn't getting emailed because I forgot to check the option to be notified of a reply.
This is my final answer here on Themeforest: contact me by email if you want help with this and I need to be able to upload the theme original files by myself. Cheers!
Hey there! Thank you for creating such a beautiful theme. I have just one little problem. When you go to a post, and click shift+left or shift+right it loads the post before or post after. This makes it very hard for people who comment (including myself) to edit or select any text in the comment box. How can I fix this?
thanks. My site is http://www.unbrokenhorse.com
Open the main.js file and near the end of the code remove the functions located after this comment: "BACK AND FORWARD ARROWS ON PORTFOLIO SECTION".
Hi Pirenko , i'm trying use the masonary on my portfolio, but doesn t work, and the portfolio menu don t show the submenu filter.
Please take a look at this video http://www.screenr.com/Z2w8 and make sure you have selected the correct page template. You might also want to take a look at the menu management video: http://www.screenr.com/xUw8
Hi Pirenko , i'm trying use the masonary on my portfolio, but doesn t work, and the portfolio menu don t show the submenu filter.
Please take a look at this video http://www.screenr.com/Z2w8 and make sure you have selected the correct page template. You might also want to take a look at the menu management video: http://www.screenr.com/xUw8
Olá Pirenko, falando em bom português, estou com uns problemas no "tema", pois no menu quando seleccionas a pagina portfolio, não aparece o submenu de filtro, e nao consigo usar o masonary.
Although I'm a proud portuguese speaker we should comply with Themeforest rules: English is the official language here
Anyway, I have just replied to your previous comments. Cheers!
Great theme. Perfect for artist gallery.
One question. Why is all the CSS embedded at the bottom? I'm a web designer too so it's not good to embed to but link to an external CSS file.
Is there a way to move the CSS to the CSS file? or would that break some things?
I assume you are talking about the Custom CSS that you placed on the Pixia Options>Custom Scripts section. I don't see any problem with adding the custom CSS at the bottom, but if you prefer you can manually change the custom.css file inside the css folder. Add your custom code at the end of the page.
Thank you for your kind comments and Happy 2013!
Hi Pirenko,
I enjoy working with this very much! Thank you for a solid job!
I would like to suggest / request two features for the next update that I think would be very useful for everyone!
1. A sidebar to the default template for all standard pages. Currently, information based pages display as full width. With an addition of a right-sidebar, the theme's flexibility can really be extended. I would greatly appreciate this addition.
2. Social media actions at the bottom of every project page. Where we have the "Love it" icon, Facebook Like & Pintrest action buttons would be very useful!
Many thanks and look forward to seeing these updates!
Cheers, Andrew
Thank you for your kind comments. Here's what I have to say:
1 – I decided not to have a right sidebar, because this will make the main content to narrow, because of the left menu size. I prefer too keep the users with their focus on what's more important on each page. The theme has 3 widgetized areas which I think are enough.
2 – Most of the themes that show this feature here are using a plugin for this. So this is what I recommend you do: grab a social network sharing plugin for this. They all look the same and generally do their job pretty well.
Cheers and happy 2013!


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With a bye week – two weeks, really – Central Michigan football beat writer Aaron McMann evaluates and dishes out grades for the team. This week, he'll focus on the offense and special teams. Next week, he'll take a look at the defense and coaching.
It's been a wild ride for Cooper Rush through eight games, going from big man on campus one week to single-handedly throwing a game away two weeks later. He has struggled at times with reading receivers and routes, but there's something to say about his arm strength and pinpoint accuracy. He may not be there yet in terms of development or confidence, but he's handled the situation better than a third-string should have. Maybe head coach Dan Enos was right when he discussed parity at quarterback before the season. That, or Rush was better than Enos wanted to give him credit for.
Grade: D+
Running backs:
Hit and miss has been the way best way to describe this group. Much like quarterback, the unit took a hit in the season opener when senior Zurlon Tipton went down to injury, leaving the spot open for the taking. Sophomore Saylor Lavallii appeared to step up, and has shown glimpses of explosive plays and impressive games, but they haven't been able to put together a consistent effort. Since getting more reps, redshirt freshman Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore has provided added competition and an early look at CMU's back of the future. Having Tipton would make this group so much more effective.
Grade: C+
Offensive line:
The effectiveness of the quarterback and running backs depend directly on the offensive line, and much like both, they've been average at best this year. Part of that can be contributed to a sophomore at center and redshirt freshman at right guard, and it doesn't help matters when senior left guard Jake Olson goes down to injury again. The unit appears to be meshing, evident by the Lavallii's back-to-back career highs in rushing against Miami and Ohio, but we should have a better idea of how it's doing after the Nov. 6 game at Ball State.
Grade: C-
Aside from Titus Davis, this group has been a bit of a disappointment so far. Courtney Williams has trouble holding on to the ball and we haven't really seen that break out season we thought we would from sophomore Andrew Flory, who shined in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl amidst Davis' absence. It's funny, though, that this group seems to step up when Davis is out, with the upset win over Ohio as proof. Williams, Flory freshman Anthony Rice and tight ends Ben McCord and Connor Odykirk all came up big. That just goes to show you how much this team relies on Davis for his speed and playmaking abilities.
Grade: C-
Kicking/special teams:
Things looked good early, with redshirt freshman kicker Ron Coluzzi making his first five field-goal attempts, including three in the season opener at Michigan and a game-winning 27-yard kick against New Hampshire. But he is 3-for-7 in the last four games, missing twice in the win over Ohio. The Chippewas, meanwhile, rank in the bottom half of the MAC in punting and return average. Aside from an occasional return from Titus Davis, CMU hasn't been able to turn kick returns into much of a field advantage.
Grade: C-
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There's singing in the hallways once again. For the first time in years, Chouetau Public Schools welcomes back music classes.
"We were able to hire two music teachers this year, one for kindergarten through second grade and one for third through 12th grade," said Chouteau Elementary School Principal Donna Pillars. "We made it a priority and worked it out in the budget."
Teona Looney will join the Chouteau Elementary staff as their new music teacher. Looney is a first year teacher who moved with her son from New Orleans to Chouteau last year.
"I am so excited to be a certified music teacher after all this time," said Looney, who spent time as a stay at home active duty military wife and mom before becoming a single mom.
She is teaching elemengary general music with third through fifth grade as well as first grade.
"The curriculm my elementary general music classes follows state PASS standards as well as National Music Educators national standards. We are learning how to read and play music on rhythmic instruments in class. This year, we are focusing on learning about music in our American culture ranging from early rock and roll, jazz, country, pop, R & B, and patriotic music," said Looney.
Looney is taking her love of music education to the older students as well.
"I am also directing the middle and high school Chouteau Wildcat Choir Style group this year. We have 22 young ladies from grades 6-12. We had our first fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 21, at Black Buggy Days. We will be hosting a Bake Sale at the event. The following Saturday, Sept. 28, we will be hosting a car wash at Mr. Woods auto lot in Chouteau. We are raising funds for choir music and uniform shirts and pants for concert attire. We help to be ready to attend and sing in a choral competition in the spring," said Looney.
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For the Class III paddler wanting to the confidence and knowledge to step up a grade, there could be no better place to learn than the Soča valley.
The pool drop bedrock style of the Soča offers the perfect training ground, with endless opportunities to perfect your technique before testing it out on more challenging whitewater. This week will see you building confidence and style.
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|Day 1 Arrival day. Relax, settle in and sample the local cuisine
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Day 4 Today we'll concentrate on improving your general river awareness and using it to improve your paddling and your river leadership
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Of course, this schedule's only a guideline: we'll chop and change depending on how you're getting on, what the levels are like and what everyone wants to do.
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Our leaders hold current wilderness first aid certificates and have experience of dealing with remote river related medical conditions.
We will take a maximum of 6 paddlers on each trip, although the number may well be less than this. With every 3 paddlers we have on the trip, we'll have a highly experienced Gene17kayaking Teacher/Guide.
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|Soča Fundamental Core trip takes place on Class III/IV- whitewater.
The Soča Fundamental Core trip is suitable for experienced paddlers who are able to paddle for 3 – 4 hours in a day on Class III/III+ Generally the rivers are accessible with near road access, but occasionally there may be some exposed terrain. This trip begins on an easier section of whitewater, but will soon reflect conditions expected at the grade. Participants should therefore expect to be in a river environment during peak runoff for sometimes extended periods of time.
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I've been doing the low carb/high protein deal since December, and I can tell a LOT of difference. However, there's a guy at my gym that competes in BB shows and he told me that I should enter some complex carbs into my diet during breakfast and lunch. He recommended sweet potatoes. I don't know about that. I've been staying away from regular potatoes like they had the plague. Are sweet potatoes much different? Can anyone explain?
They are much lower on the glycimec index and have more nutrients than regular potatos. When I want to add complex carbs to my diet I either eat sweet potatos, old fashion oat, or brown rice
Alright, I'll try it for a little while. I was just curious, because the guy that told me that is naturally very lean, where I'm always fighting the BF battle. Seems like an uphill battle, too. Oh well, if the carbs will make me lift more and help me to not feel so tired, I'll try it.
Would be to stick with your low carb diet and have 2 carb up meals each week. Have one on day 3 and day 7. When I am trying to get shredded I go with a low carb moderate fat diet and have the 2 carb up meals. What has worked best for me is to have the carb up meal as my last meal of the day. I shoot for about 125-150 grams of carbs from oats, yams, and a banana. You can prepair the oats and yams then mush them together with the banana and throw in a scoop of protein powder. Trust me it taste a lot better than it sounds. This will do two things. 1 it will replenish your muscle glycogen stores and 2 it will jump start you metabolism. Trust me I was very sceptical when this was first suggested to me but I tried it and found it to be the best way for me to add carbs into a fat loss diet.
One other thing. If you are going to try the 2 carb up meal approach it is important to keep your carbs low for the rest of your meals. Try to keep it at about 10 gr per meal and make things like vegggies, strawberries or grape fruit your primary carb source. Good luck!
I still havnt tried these yet, i dunno what I am waiting for lol
I am a fatass thank you very much! LOL
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My max bench is @110 x 8
i consider sweet potatoes a vegetable for the reasons gopher mentioned. great way to get starchy carbs when you are low-carbing. high in vitamin a too.
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I'm sure you guys (and gals) are right. I probably need to eat more carbs. I honestly eat mostly meat. I don't eat enough, really. So far today I've had Ripped Fuel, a protein shake, Ripped Fuel and a water pill, Grilled Roughy and steamed veggies. But I feel bloated, so I can't eat anymore. Oh, and I kinda' do that carb up meals like you said. I basically just have Saturdays to eat what I want...with moderation of course. I still won't eat cakes or anything like that. No sweets. Fried foods, though....mmmmm


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We know what ecological degradation looks like: Clearcut hillsides, vanishing elephants and whales, forests overtaken with kudzu, and Florida swamps filled with Burmese pythons. These constitute a poignant, convenient visual shorthand for landscapes out of balance -- so convenient, in fact, that it's easy to forget about the ecological communities we can't see.
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I've been thinking a lot about how much I consume. I spend all day, every day reading things, watching things, and listening to things. Rarely only one at a time. If my eyes are reading, then my ears should be doing something too! I wouldn't say I feel inundated with images and noise. It's rare that I feel overwhelmed enough that I need to take a break from it all. But I do think about the quality of the things I'm consuming.
I'm as guilty as everyone else of refreshing my twitter stream even though only seconds have passed since I last refreshed it and, hey, why don't I check tumblr to see if anyone has posted anything in the last minute, and then after that, I should probably check twitter again because it's been 30 seconds. At a certain point I realized that cycle is boring and unfulfilling; whatever I'm avoiding is probably more interesting and if I just need to connect with people, I have better ways of doing that.
I get anxious when I think of all the things I want to see and read and hear and experience, so I'm trying to be more intentional about what I consume. As I am prone to do, I've been in a rut lately, listening the same music I always do, watching the same shows, and barely reading fiction at all.1 I stick to what's familiar instead of seeking out what is new. But right now I find myself itching to experience novelty.
To consume sounds so passive, but it can really be very active. It takes some discipline to keep myself moving. Or at least some intention. I'm ready to take that challenge more seriously even though I am as much plagued by a lack of time as always. At the moment, I find myself wanting to consume as much quality content as I can. I know it's unreasonable, but I keep thinking that I should be able to read a novel a week, listen to a new album a week, and watch a thought-provoking movie a week. I'm going to fall short (especially trying to read a novel a week), but I'm going to try anyway.
What you consume is important, because it becomes part of who you are. And it becomes part of what you create. That's the other part of this. I've been thinking a lot about what I create. I guess I've always placed a higher value on creating than consuming, because it requires so much hard work. More than just hard work. It takes courage and talent you're not sure you possess and so much patience. I'm proud of how much I produce, but right now I'm thinking that I want to say so much more. I want to say as much as possible. For a long time, I've had this crazy idea that I should write a novel and fill a journal every year.2
I'm going to keep up with my own ambitions the best that I can and especially focus on reading fiction and listening to new music. I hope to find things worth writing about and sharing. I like the idea of connecting to people through literature and music especially. I'm going to try to post what I'm reading/listening to/watching in the sidebar of my blog (in part to keep myself accountable). If you have any suggestions, throw them my way, and I'll add them to my long and growing lists of things I must consume right this second.
I'm starting to think there might be something about this time of year. In 2010 I was listening to Contra on repeat and obsessively plotting out the next five years of my life.


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Full mailbag for this election week.
The Stamford Taxpayers Political Action Committee has taken responsibility for endorsing Independent Party candidates Joe Tarzia, Bob Kolenberg, and Cynthia Reeder, stating in a letter to Stamford Patch:
On Saturday, November 5, 2011, a political telephone call was sent out from the Stamford Taxpayers Political Action Committee that inadvertently had a City of Stamford telephone number as the call back number...we sincerely apologize to the city and to anyone who was misled by this error.
Many who received the automated calls immediately recognized the callers as STPAC, as they identified themselves at the conclusion of their message. Stamford Democratic Party president Jim Diamond described his own suspicions in his written reaction to statements made by the Stamford Independent Party in to his party's charge of unethical campaigning:
"What we need is a full blown investigation into the involvement of the candidates Tarzia, Kolenberg and Reeder into the use of the Government Center by political operatives to send out a call to thousands of voters which listed the Board of Finance as the caller. Somebody had to make the decision to list that number as the caller-ID number, which was deceptive at a minimum, if not illegal."
In his written response, Diamond further elaborated on his opinions regarding the SIP's Board of Finance Candidates:
"The Independent Party is not really independent, they are an arm of the Republican Party, and this so-called taxpayer's PAC are not independent of Tarzia, Kolenberg and Reeder. It's all the same people, a group we've all had enough of. The voters should retire them Tuesday and reboot Stamford with Mary-Lou Rinaldi, John Louizos and David Martin, a team of ethical and responsible public servants."
According to STPAC chair George Stadel, STPAC has endorsed Democratic Party candidates several times in the past.
Yesterday's Board of Finance election poll placed former Board of Finance chairman Joe Tarzia as a favorite to win a seat on the Board of Finance, behind David Martin (D) and John Louizos (D).
If made by most, if not all of Stamford's civil service unions are any indication, they would prefer that Joe Tarzia not be allowed anywhere near the Stamford Government Center. However, as evidenced by Tarzia and Kolenberg's promotion of the , they still have the ability to call for an assembly, and that assembly can be taken seriously.
Joe Tarzia may not be the only Board of Finance candidate who's earned the ire of a local civil service group. In response to a recent Scott Mirkin op-ed piece in the Stamford Advocate, Brendan Keatley wrote the following to Stamford Patch and the Advocate:
"Shame on Scott Mirkin for electioneering over the bodies of the 9-11 heroes.
This is the same Scott Mirkin, who as a member of the Stamford Board of
Representatives called our city's fire fighters who risk their lives on a daily
basis terrorists merely because they sought an open public debate about the
wisdom of Mayor Pavia's proposed fire service plan...as Stamford, like the rest of the country goes through challenging times, the last thing we need are elected leaders who spend more time name calling and demonizing than trying to constructively solve problems."
Meanwhile, Board of Finance candidate Cynthia Reeder(I) seems to have made no enemies in the course of her campaign, and chose to write the following in response to allegations that she, like Joe Tarzia and Bob Kolenberg, engaged in "deceptive campaign practices":
"Stamford faces serious financial issues...voters should be judging for themselves which candidates are most qualified and committed to fixing these problems and setting Stamford on a sound financial path. Partisan rhetoric and unfounded accusations about campaign practices are just noise in the system and a distraction from the real issues that voters care about."
The Board of Education's candidates maintained a far than their Board of Finance counterparts, and remained focused on three critical issues:
- The Achievement Gap
- The selection of a new superintendent
- Middle school reform
As the only candidate to receive endorsements from both the Stamford Education Association's Political Action Committee and Stamford Residents for Excellence in Education, Gary Klein may go into today's election with a considerable amount of support.
While Karen Murphy and and Micheal Bayonne also received endorsements from SREE, SEA claims Michael Bayonne did not submit a required questionaire, and Karen Murphy was not endorsed by SEA. In announcing their endorsements to Patch, SREE wrote:
"Gary Klein "gets it". He is a supporter of middle school reform, and he is an advocate for getting it right..."
"Karen Murphy is sharp, fearless, and intelligent. She approaches issues based on fact and believes that good solutions to Stamford's education challenges should be driven by applied common sense."
"Mr. Bayonne is a straight-shooter who believes in accountability, responsibility, and giving every child in Stamford the opportunity for success."
With an ever-widening achievement gap and Stamford preparing for a major shift in it's economy through , today's winners have a long road ahead.
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We're planning a camping trip up to the Traverse City area for the end of the month. There are a handful of breweries/bars in town that we'd like to hit up in town at least one of the days, but we don't want to have to drive into town to do that (because then we can't drive back to the campsite - or one person would have to not drink - which isn't much fun since there's only 2 of us).
So does anyone have a recommendation for a place to camp that we might also be able to get a taxi and/or some kind of shuttle that can take us into town and then later back to the campsite?
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Mom and I are going to TC for the day and would like to have lunch in a quaint local restaurant with good home cooked food. Any suggestions?
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I'm looking for a 1-2 bedroom place for my family within 15 minutes of Traverse City. I'm finding most rental places seek full week rentals for the summer, and we only need 4-5 days. Any suggestions? I'd even consider a hotel if it has a suite set-up, with separate living and sleeping areas. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) in Children
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Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the body's blood-making system. (It is also known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute lymphoid leukemia.) The word "acute" refers to the fact that the disease can progress quickly. "Lymphocytic" means that the cancer develops from lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell.
Bone marrow, the soft inner part of bones, makes cells that circulate in the blood. They include white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. The two major types of white blood cells are myeloid cells and lymphoid cells. Lymphocytes form from lymphoid cells.
Normally, the bone marrow makes three types of infection-fighting lymphocytes:
In ALL, the bone marrow makes too many immature lymphocytes. These lymphocytes, called blasts, contain abnormal genetic material. They cannot fight infections as well as normal cells. In addition, because these lymphocytes multiply quickly, they crowd out healthy white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets in the blood and bone marrow. This may lead to infection, anemia, and easy bleeding.
ALL typically invades the blood quickly. It can involve other parts of the body, such as the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, brain and spinal cord (central nervous system), and testicles (testes).
Although it is rare, ALL is the most common cancer in children. It can affect children of any age, but most are diagnosed between 2 and 4 years old.
A few factors may increase a child's risk of developing ALL. These include
Having one or more of these risk factors does not mean your child will develop ALL. Many children with the disease have no risk factors.
ALL has several subtypes. Subtypes depend on
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PALMETTO -- Forty-five Palmetto residents signed a petition to establish a housing authority within the city in hopes that it will provide affordable housing for residents. The petition was delivered to City Hall Wednesday by Commissioner Charles Smith.
"There's not enough decent affordable housing in Palmetto," said Smith, who also signed the petition.
A housing authority would create opportunities and jobs for developers, and improve safety, Smith said.
"One of the benefits would be to establish affordable rental units for citizens that have retired and live on a set income," he said.
Without a housing authority the city is unable to receive some grants and federal assistance, Smith said.
"If a hurricane or disaster comes through the city of Palmetto half the residents cannot rebuild as is," he said, noting that there are building codes that specify what can be rebuilt and where rebuilding can occur. "If we have a disaster come, you must have a housing authority to receive federal funds. ... That needs to be established now, not after a disaster."
The state may establish a housing authority at the commission's urging, said Donna White, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But since there isn't a lot of federal funding to build new public housing, the new housing authority might be one that would only administer a federal housing program.
"Local housing authorities have a contract with HUD to administer the federal housing programs, that includes public housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Program known as Section 8," said White.
There are about 2,000 housing authorities in the nation that solely administer Section 8 programs, White said. Section 8 is an income-qualified program that allows families to pay no more than 30 percent of their income toward rent, according to White.
But even establishing an authority that only administers Section 8 "would be a large comprehensive undertaking," White said.
There is limited funding in the voucher program, and the "only way a new housing authority would even be able to support a voucher program is if a neighboring housing authority donates vouchers," she said.
The next step in proceeding with the citizens' request is the verification of names and addresses of those who signed the petition, said Mark Barnebey, city attorney.
A housing authority is not required within cities unless a need for one is determined. Such need may be determined through the city's governing body, a petition signed by at least 25 residents, a resolution, and a shortage of safe or sanitary housing.
"When you have slum and blight and unsanitary conditions in the city, it's a mandate for you to act," Smith said.
"I think this is for the working people, I think that they deserve something decent," said Cesar A. Garcia, a Palmetto resident and a pastor at Full Gospel Holiness Church of Samoset, who signed the petition. "I see people who live in bad conditions. ... I think somebody has got to do something."
Some businesses might be deterred from going into Palmetto because it lacks affordable housing for its employees, said Smith.
"Economically it's a win, business-wise it's a win," he said.
There are neighborhoods in Palmetto with properties in declining condition, Smith said. A housing authority would be able to purchase those properties, then rehabilitate and convert them into affordable rental units, he said.
"We need something in place for those who want a hand up in their lives, not a handout," said Smith.
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White Team
Whaley: 10/65 yards <------ Walk On outperforms all the hyped guys
Bell: 3/2
Miller: 2/16
Jones: 2/-9
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Clay: 12/59 yards, 1 TD
Finch: 8/20
Williams: 7/13 (1 Fumble)
Bell: 1/10
Allen: 1/5
Williams had an awful game, and a walk-on named Whaley was the best RB on the field. How ironic!
McFiction McFarland got a little hype, but the clips I've seen of the game show that he has no pass rush. He might be big and fat enough to stop some runs, but I think we are going to have fun pancaking his fat butt while Malcolm Brown runs all over him.


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How sequestration affects your job
The sequestration will have a direct impact on the construction market, especially federal government contracts.
According to a CBS News poll released on March 4, 53% of Americans feel that sequestration will personally affect them. Sequestration, the automatic spending cuts that took effect in the United States on March 1, has a broad reach. The blame game is being played out in Congress and at other levels of government: Democrats point the finger at Republicans, and Republicans blame the Democrats for the problems. In the end, most people (46%) expect the cuts will be bad for the country, as it will force cuts to important programs and services.
To add to the pain, construction spending was down in January 2013 compared with December 2012, according to the Census Bureau, which put it at an annualized rate of $883.3 billion. That's 2.1% below the revised December rate of $902.6 billion, and 7.1% higher than the January 2012 rate.
Both private and public construction spending dropped month over month. In January, the annualized rate of public construction spending was $269 billion, 1% below the December rate. Public spending is down 3% year over year, and at its lowest level since 2006. Considering that federal stimulus spending has largely run its course, and that the sequestration might drag on, it's unlikely that public construction is going to be anything but a drag on total construction spending.
To top it all off, furloughs have been scheduled for several government employees starting in April and ending in September. Travel, conference attendance, and nonessential programs have been put on hold. The list of employees to be furloughed is still in a state of flux, and a lot of rumors are flying about state, county, and municipal employees.
While I won't point fingers at anyone, I do want to look at how sequestration will affect the engineering and construction community. In conversations with engineers and construction attorneys , I learned the following:
· While the consequences will be slow in coming, we expect that ultimately there will be a slowdown in both governmental and nongovernmental contract volumes.
· Outside of the federal marketplace, I don't think the sequestration will have a direct impact. Federal work already in progress may get more challenging to complete on schedule-agencies that use civilian employees are going to be furloughing staff, so turnaround for reviews or clarifications will become lengthier. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond T. Odierno has already stated that civilian employees will be taking 22 days off without pay between now and the end of the fiscal year. Getting five days of work done in four will reduce agencies' ability to manage work. Upcoming work will likely be slashed from the projected work plan. Reducing the number/size of opportunities will cause firms that have been doing federally funded work to look elsewhere for opportunities. Future work also is affected by the unknown; investing in preparing bids for work that may or may not move forward is risky.
What can consulting engineering firms do to keep ahead of the fray? Everyone had the same answer: diversify. And prepare for intense competition.
· The wise firms will already have a diversified mix of clients, reducing the impact of sequestration. If a firm is heavily invested in federal work, it's going to be challenging to do much at this point-the federal market was already shrinking rapidly and now sequestration is a reality.
· In some respects, the across-the-board cuts will impact all market segments, but, as in all slow work periods, broadening your customer base to diversify can only help in carrying the firm through this slow period.
· One significant legal challenge for architects and engineers will be protecting their accounts receivable on current projects that, because of the sequestration, won't come to fruition. They may be due money for their design/engineering services with no available funding to pay them. Or they may currently be under a contract to perform design services on an upcoming project that will be cancelled/postponed as a result of the sequestration. They need to review their contract language to see what remedies, if any, may be available to them for having those contracts terminated.
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Favorite Foods: Chocolate Croissant Nirvana
Monday, April 1, 2013
Next up in our series of Favorite Foods Around Town, Chocolate, is a bit of croissant nirvana from 9 Beans Row.
When we started Up North Foodies in 2007, I wrote in my bio that I was on the lookout for a good chocolate croissant. I had been spoiled by the pain au chocolat from Zingerman's Bakehouse, just a short drive from our previous home in Ann Arbor. Tender and light, with just the right amount of chocolate, these croissants are a dream. The ones I found around Traverse City were usually heavy, dense, and cloyingly sweet.
And then Jen Welty came to the rescue.
She and her husband Nic got their start running a CSA farm at Black Star Farms in 2008. That fall they decided to start their own farm, 9 Beans Row, based in Northport. Jen also decided to add baked goods to their business, so with Nic focusing on the farm, she set about working magic to produce delicious pastries and breads.
"I was trained to make bread at La Chatelaine Bakery/Cafe in Columbus," Jen says. "This was a family-owned business, the family being from Belgium."
While working at the bakery, Jen ate a lot of croissants but never made them. Clearly though, one can learn by the eating. One bite of Jen's croissants shows that's just what she did.
Searching online, Jen found a promising recipe from Julia Child and tried it out. It proved to be a great recipe. With just a few tweaks, Jen came up with a keeper that has found a receptive market in Northern Michigan. In the summer, the bakery makes anywhere from 250 to 1,000 croissants per day. In the winter, they make about 250 on busier days, like for the farmers market on saturdays.
Jen uses Ghiradelli 60% dark chocolate chips, about 10 big ones per croissant. "And the not-so-secret ingredient is....BUTTER, mais oui!," she says. "One pound of butter makes 16 croissants."
Until recently, you could find Jen's baked goods at their shop on Front Street in Traverse City. But the bakery outgrew that space, and Jen and Nic are looking for bigger quarters closer to their home.
In the meantime, you can find Jen's croissants at the indoor Village Farmers Market each Saturday at the Grand Traverse Commons, as well as Brew in downtown Traverse City and the Pedaling Beans Coffee House in Lake Leelanau.
Also in this series:
- Favorite Foods and a Sense of Place
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TRAVERSE CITY — There was no getting around it — 2010 was an ugly year for the Lake Michigan Conference.
And it centered on football.
For some time, rumors had swirled about fellow league schools upset with playing Traverse City St. Francis. The Gladiators have built one of the top programs in the state with numerious state titles and a record 21 consecutive playoff appearances.
Talk of the frustration became public early in the year when representatives from the Lake Michigan Conference, as well as other surrounding leagues, met to discuss possible changes to football in northern Michigan.
Then in July, the superintendents of the league voted to remove the Gladiators from the conference in 2012, but only for football.
The schools that were perennially beaten by St. Francis on the gridiron finally scored a win against the Gladiators.
With the vote, St. Francis will stay a member of the league for all other sports. And for football, the Glads will play four LMC teams a year — Elk Rapids and Grayling on an annual basis and the others on a rotation.
"We'd still love to be in a conference where we're part of it in whole," St. Francis athletic director Tom Hardy said. "But, we are pleased for our kids to be in the league for the sports we are in."
No question, the decision had to be a difficult one. While other schools have been as dominant in other sports, those sports don't have a required amount of wins needed to reach the playoffs.
Playoffs and getting the required six wins to qualify for the playoffs have now become an even bigger point of contention for St. Francis as Hardy tries to fill the schedule as an independent.
"A lot of phone calls, a lot of possibilities," Hardy said. "We're working hard at it. Fortunately we're guaranteed a few games, but we have to find Weeks 1-2 and Weeks 7-9."
St. Francis' reputation as a state power makes scheduling difficult, as both bigger and smaller schools are hesitant to face the Gladiators.
When the superintendents booted St. Francis from the league, the Gladiators were riding a 55-game winning streak that dated back to 2001.
Perhaps the acted too quickly.
Elk Rapids ended the run at Thirlby Field on Sept. 11 with a 20-15 victory over the Glads. It was the first time the Elks had beaten St. Francis.
Boyne City and Grayling both played the Gladiators tough in narrow losses this fall. And the league title wasn't decided until the final week when the Elks beat the Ramblers 29-14 for their first LMC football title.
In 2011 St. Francis will return a number of key players from a 7-3 team and look to win one final league title before switching to an independent.
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TRAVERSE CITY — There was no getting around it — 2010 was an ugly year for the Lake Michigan Conference.
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RICHMOND: Four of Virginia's state-run psychiatric hospitals have been named Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. The Joint Commission recognized these four hospitals for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care. These hospitals are operated by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services (DBHDS).
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Last year was the first year that freestanding psychiatric hospitals or hospitals with inpatient psychiatric units were recognized as Top Performers. DBHDS psychiatric hospitals monitor measures that expand their ability to continuously increase quality of care and improve the experiences of patients during their hospital stay.
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Cwmcarn pupils in limbo as asbestos school stays shut
9:44am Tuesday 16th October 2012 in News
CLOSED: Cwmcarn High School yesterday Fears for education as asbestos school pupils may have to move
● No end in sight to asbestos closure
● 900 pupils with nowhere to learn
● Parents want answers from council
● Cleaners claim they've been sacked
CWMCARN High School's 937 pupils are set to be in limbo for at least a week as Caerphilly council tries to find them temporary accommodation while asbestos concerns are investigated.
Parents reacted with anger and confusion to the uncertainty yesterday, with one pupil saying "educations are at risk".
Cleaning staff claimed they were also laid off yesterday, raising concerns that the building may be shut for an extended period.
Kevin Lloyd, a cleaner at the school, claimed: "We came in today and asked our manager what was going on and he tells us we are sacked."
A spokesman for Caerphilly council said the cleaners are employed directly by the school, so it was not involved in the decision. No-one at the school was available to comment on that yesterday.
Cwmcarn High closed on Friday, with Caerphilly council saying it was to safeguard the "health and wellbeing" of pupils following a structural report.
It released a statement yesterday, saying it is working with the school's senior leadership team and governors to explore alternative arrangements for pupils and staff.
The statement added: "This is unlikely to be resolved this week. Every effort is being made to accommodate pupils in Years 11, 12 and 13 as a priority."
Year 13 pupil Nikki Smart told the Argus she found it "distressing" that pupils only found out about the closure on Friday evening's news.
She claimed there has been a disregard for pupils, saying: "The asbestos has been a known problem since I can remember."
Kayle Garkut has two children at the school, 15-year-old Darren, and Lauren, 12.
He said: "My main concern is my 15-year-old, who is studying for his GCSEs. Will they be able to use another school temporarily or will they re-open the more modern blocks for those at important stages?"
Heather Jeremiah moved to the area to get her children into the school, and said: "It's a very unnerving time for them. They may have to move to another school."
Liz Howell, who runs the local post office, said trade is down in local shops, as there are no children about.
Michael Gray, chairman of governors at Newbridge School, said its head teacher has been in touch with Caerphilly council and officials for the site are willing to help the situation in any way they can.
Parents' anger at closure
PARENTS have reacted with anger to the closure on our website: Darky69 said: "I am furious in the way that this matter has been dealt with, my daughter is currently in Year 13 and is about to resit A levels Which I paid £40 for on Thursday."
Alexman1: "The school said they didn't hear about the asbestos until Friday. My son has said they closed one of the departments for 2-3 weeks because of it (asbestos)."
JWG1967 claimed: "Anyone who lives in the area knows how much the local council dislike this school.
"Despite having good results it never gets any good publicity.
Does anyone really thinks it's a coincidence that the head was called into a meeting quarter of an hour before the end of school on a Friday afternoon.
"Thus taking the control of the situation and preventing the school notifying parents itself."
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10:57am Tue 16 Oct 12
R_Adams says...
11:07am Tue 16 Oct 12
sherrie says...
12:56pm Tue 16 Oct 12
mikeyd says...
Asbestos is dangerous if crushed, cut, drilled or physically moved without dustmasks etc. Still not comforting to the parents and pupils.
Also there are thousands of houses and garages still standing built with asbestos within the structure!!
1:25pm Tue 16 Oct 12
R_Adams says...
ns.htm Not sure if this triggered the asbestos assessment at the school??
1:50pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Jane Em says...
8:24pm Tue 16 Oct 12
bobmech1 says...
They have been trying to do this since the school has been independent.
Why haven't they shut the other schools in their area which are having asbestos removed from them.
They state that there are 30 or so schools which have asbestos in them but only Cwmcarn is shut!
8:50pm Tue 16 Oct 12
berryboyxo says...
9:43pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Careful says...
Jane Em wrote:I can only speak from my personal experience. Individual letters were received in respect of my children on Saturday morning. The letters issued by CCBC were dated 12 October and each one was in a separate CCBC envelope franked with the same date.
Parents received letters informing them of the closure on Saturday morning. They were sent second class! How could we have possibly got the letters so quickly if the decision was only made on Friday afternoon?! My daughter also told me weeks ago that part of the school was closed off because of asbestos that was considered "Immediately dangerous"
They were clearly mailed first class on Friday!
There are questions that everybody needs an answer to:
1) How was it possible for the Council to draft, mail merge, print, envelope stuff and frank c.950 letters to learners in the time between telling the Head of the School's closure at 2.45pm Friday afternoon, and getting those letters in the post before they were collected. I am of the firm opinion that the letter printing task had already been instructed by the Council prior to informing the Head, and her hands were totally tied as the School day ends at 2.55pm - some 10 minutes after she was told of the Council's decision! It was therefore impossible for the Head and Board of Governors to lead on this important PR matter and inform the staff and learners in a controlled, timely and professional manner, that I am sure they would have done had she been informed of the decision at the same time that the Council themselves acted on their decision by going ahead and printing almost a thousand individual letters!
IMHO the above reflects badly enough on the Council already, for Jane Em to claim these letters were decided upon much earlier, if her claim is found to be correct, has much greater implications for the Council's PR function and its concern over pupils' health and safety.
Perhaps someone can also ask the highly relevant questions: 1) At what time the Council's Health & Safety Officer met with the Asbestos Consultants?; 2) At what time was the Officer informed of the gravity of the problem?; and 3) At what time did he/she inform the Director?
10:17pm Tue 16 Oct 12
CwmcarnHSpupil says...
Friday afternoon, pupils were told that we would return to the closed off areas the following Tuesday at the latest.
I fail to understand how one minute certain parts in the school are safe enough to re-enter to the whole school being closed down an hour later.
Personally, I find it distressing that both staff and pupils have spent the majority of their life in such a dangerous environment, and that us pupils haven't been given the fair chance to voice our opions and ask the questions that we urgently need answers to.
We are expected to return to the premises Friday at 8:30 AM, I for one, am not satisfied that we are expected to return to such a high risk area when we haven't even had a parents meeting or been told just how much we have been exposed to this Asbestos! I will not be returning until the school can prove to everyone that the Asbestos has been removed and the premises are safe.
7:25am Wed 17 Oct 12
rlewis says...
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