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Toasting St. Pat
Celebrate the holiday with parades, parties, Irish dance or a stay in an Irish inn.
In Chicago, the river is dyed green.
Why do we love St. Patrick? Because when the landscape still is icy and white, he makes everything else turn green — clothes, beer, even rivers.
For that, the legendary Irish priest deserves sainthood. Here are some good ways to celebrate his day. And if you miss the parties, four Irish inns are green year-round.
In 2019, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday.
Big parades and parties
At least two towns get an early start on the holiday. In the Chicago suburb of St. Charles, the St. Pat's parade starts at 2 p.m. March 9.
In Milwaukee, the big St. Pat's parade starts at noon March 9, starting at Third and Wisconsin downtown and followed by music, dancing and pipes and drums at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.
In Chicago, they really do dye the river green. Watch the dye job at 9 a.m. March 16 from the east side of the bridge at Columbus Drive or upper and lower Wacker Drive between Columbus and Lake Shore Drive.
Then watch the St. Pat's Day parade at noon along Columbus Drive past Grant Park.
And there's more: parades March 17 on the South Side and Northwest Side. In nearby Palatine, there's an 11 a.m. parade March 16, followed by an Irish market and entertainment.
In northeast Illinois, McHenry dyes the Fox River at 9 a.m. March 16, and there's a parade at 11 a.m. The McHenry ShamRocks the Fox festival continues through March 17, ending with fireworks at 7 p.m.
In traditionally Irish St. Paul, the annual noon parade runs along Fourth Street to Rice Park on March 16. The Landmark Center on Rice Park is holding Irish Celebrations March 16-17.
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Milwaukee's big St. Patrick's Day parade draws revelers from around the region.
Metro Transit offers free rides home on buses and trains (print or download the pass).
The city's early power brokers were Irish. Up on the hill, the James J. Hill House is holding Irish Heritage Weekend March 16-17; reservations are recommended.
Across the street, tour the magnificent Cathedral of Saint Paul, commissioned by Archbishop John Ireland.
In Madison, the parade is at 1:30 p.m. March 17 and runs from Capitol Square. On March 16, there's a Shamrock Shuffle run from State Street.
More parades
In the Lake Michigan port town of Manitowoc, Wis., the parade starts at 6:30 p.m. March 15, includes St. Patrick himself and ends with fireworks.
Three other towns on Lake Michigan hold parades on March 16: Holland at noon, Muskegon at 11 a.m. and Ludington at noon.
In Galena, Ill., the St. Patrick's Day parade starts at 4 p.m. March 16.
In Minneapolis, the parade starts at 6:30 p.m. March 16 on Nicollet Mall, near Orchestra Hall. Metro Transit offers free rides home on buses and trains (print or download a pass).
In northwest Iowa, Emmetsburg is the state Irish capital, and it celebrates with a long weekend of festivities, including a parade at 1:30 p.m. March 16.
In eastern Iowa, Cedar Rapids holds its parade at 1 p.m. March 17.
In the Quad Cities, the St. Patrick's Day parade starts at 11:30 a.m. March 16 in Rock Island, Ill., and crosses the Mississippi River to Davenport, Iowa.
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The Trinity Irish Dancers are parade favorites.
In the Brainerd area of Minnesota, Crosslake holds a parade at 2 p.m. March 16, with tethered hot-air balloon rides beforehand.
Around Wisconsin, there are parades in Prairie du Chien, Racine, Sturgeon Bay, Fond du Lac, La Crosse, Plymouth, River Falls and the usually Swiss capital of Monroe.
In the usually German capital of New Ulm in Minnesota, there's a downtown parade March 17. Nearby, St. Peter pays tribute to St. Patrick with a parade at 3 p.m. March 17.
Near Appleton, Wis., the festivities in New London — that is, New Dublin — start with Leprechaun Day on March 18 and wind up with Irish Fest and the Grand Parade at 1 p.m. March 23.
The Trinity Irish Dancers, from the Trinity Academy of Irish Dance branches in southeast Wisconsin and northeast Illinois, always have a very busy performance schedule around St. Patrick's Day.
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In Green Bay, St. Brendan's Inn includes an Irish pub and restaurant.
They also perform in pubs and nearly every parade, plus the Kids in the Rotunda program in Madison's Overture Center on March 16.
Music, beer and a bed
If you really like beer, you may want to stay put on the big day. Each of the Irish inns below has handsome rooms and a pub that serves up Irish specialties and live music. Check for on-line specials.
In the eastern Wisconsin town of Plymouth, the Irishman's Walk parade on March 17 begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 52 Stafford, an 1892 hotel renovated into a Irish inn with a beautiful restaurant and pub that features cherry millwork and Celtic-themed stained and etched glass.
The Stafford has two sister inns, St. Brendan's in Green Bay and County Clare in Milwaukee. The St. Brendan's Inn is on the Fox River in downtown Green Bay.
In Finland, Minn., there's a St. Urho's Day parade.
On the edge of downtown Milwaukee, which has one of the region's biggest parades, the County Clare has comfortable rooms above the pub.
In Galena, the Irish Cottage Boutique Hotel includes Frank O'Dowd's Irish Pub & Grill. It celebrates St. Pat's Day with Irish dancers and music.
In Finn country, two saints
The northern Minnesota town of Menahga, home of a fiberglass St. Urho, celebrates St. Urho Days March 15-16. On Saturday, a 12:20 p.m. parade will be followed by barstool races at Spirit Lake Beach.
There's also a mojakka feed, a St. Urho look-alike contest and human foosball.
A pitchfork-wielding St. Urho is said to have banished the grasshoppers from Finland, thereby saving the grape harvest in the vineyards.
Just off Minnesota's North Shore, the village of Finland celebrates St. Urho's Day March 16 with a beauty contest, craft fair, tug of war across the Baptism River and parade.
In the northern Wisconsin town of Brantwood, St. Urho is guest of honor, with St. Patrick, at a corned beef-and-cabbage dinner and program March 16 at the community center.


I love having a review for myself! It makes it even better when it is one that will help me save money. I received a book from Christi the Coupon Coach called Couponing Made Simple. This book can be purchases at Amazon for $18 or $4.99 for the e-book.
The best part of this book is that the words are bigger than in normal reading books. This helps those eyes that have been going over homework for hours already. The terminology is very easy to read and understand for every age raged shopper.
I have been a couponer for awhile now, no extreme couponer though. I have a binder that I keep my coupons in but I never could figure out a good order for them that would make it easier to find what I needed. In this book she does give you directions on how to set up and file away your coupons for best and easiest use using file folders. Then she goes on to talk about getting extra Sunday papers to get more coupons of each item. I like this idea but I do not live close to town so it is hard for me to use the gas and pay the extra for papers right now that I wasn't able to do this right now. Though when I really know a good deal is coming I will make the trip so I can get several of what I am needing.
The next part of the book tells you about the jargon used in couponing so that you know what they are talking about. This tells you how to stack coupons (use a manufacture coupon with a store coupon) to get twice the savings. Sadly I live in an area that the stores do not have their own coupons. I can say when I lived in a bigger area this was a great way to save more. I used this method a lot on diapers.
She also talks about using matching sites to help you out with matching the current store sales with the coupons you should have on hand. I was hoping she would mention the actual sites to these places but she didn't. I did have one that I have used for a long time and love so I just continued to use it hoping it was the best one that is out there. She does suggest how to search for them, this will help you find the most up to date sites out there. I know there are a few that have been out there. The one I use is free so don't get drawn into pay sites that do the same thing.
I have had the most success with HBA items at Walgreens using my coupons and the stacking method. I have been able to get my personal care items much cheaper and some almost free by using my coupons. I am still having a hard time with getting good deals on food. I really only have Walmart to food shop and the savings generally are no worth it with the coupon for the name brand. I think once I get better and a good stack of coupons that I will travel to the next bigger town where they double coupons.
The only things that I found in the book that I wasn't impressed with was the lack of editing on the book. I am not great on my own grammar and spelling so for me to notice issues was a big deal. Also she mentioned batch cutting of coupons which if I remember correctly is not allowed.
I liked that she mentioned about only buying what you NEED. I think is a big deal in this whole deal. We can't be greedy and take all of a good deal when others are in need as well. Overall this was a good read for someone new to the coupon scene. For those that have a good idea and have been doing it a bit probably wouldn't benefit from the book at all. Also I suggest saving the money and getting the e-book as it is not something that you will need to reference back to after you have read it once.


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Latest Plan to Privatize Post Office Hits Unexpected Obstacle
by Source on August 18, 2014 · 3 comments
in Civil Rights, History, Labor, Organizing, Politics
By David Morris / On the Commons / Nation of Change
Labor solidarity is stopping the U.S. Postal Service's pursuit of a fully privatized post office. Could this be a game-changing obstacle?
The United States Postal Service (USPS) management just ran into a possible game-changing obstacle to its shameful pursuit of a fully privatized post office: labor solidarity.
Here's the background. For a decade the USPS has been aggressively shrinking, consolidating, and outsourcing the nation's postal system. In July 2011 management upped the ante by announcing the rapid closure of 3600 local post offices, a step toward the eventual closing of as many as 15,000, half of all post offices in the nation.
A groundswell of opposition erupted. Citizens in hundreds of towns mobilized to save a treasured institution that plays a key and sometimes defining role in their communities. In December 2011, after Congress appeared ready to impose a six-month moratorium on closures USPS management voluntarily adopted a freeze of the same length.
In May 2012, the moratorium ended but management, possibly concerned about reviving a national backlash, embraced an ingenious stealth strategy. Rather than closures, management moved to slash hours at 13,000 post offices. That could be accomplished quickly. Reduction in hours, unlike outright closures, requires little justification. Appeals are limited. Moreover a reduction in hours doesn't generate the same level of outrage as a closure. The building remains open even though its value to the community is dramatically diminished.
By the end of this year management may achieve its goal. Already 9,000 post offices have had their hours cut drastically. Part time inexperienced non-career employees have replaced full time experienced career postmasters. Management duly held meetings in every affected community but refused to heed or even respond to the counsel of local residents and businesses or provide them the data used to justify its decision
Postal clerks and letter carriers are the personal face of the most ubiquitous, trusted and respected of all public institutions. By gradually replacing to-the-door service with delivery to more remote cluster mailboxes management has already reduced our personal interaction with letter carriers.
Last fall USPS management proceeded with the second phase in its campaign to sever our personal links to the postal clerks by quietly launching a pilot project in 82 Staples stores. After the news became public management ingenuously announced that nothing had changed. "Staples joins with more than 65,000 retailers . . . who currently provide expanded access to postal products and services." Management conveniently forgot to mention that these 65,000 locations just sell stamps or flat boxes. None hosts a postal counter staffed by a retail employee that sells services.
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The arrangement with Staples is different. As management conceded, Staples "is the first retailer to take part in a USPS pilot program dubbed the Retail Partner Expansion Program." The Retail Partner Expansion Program creates mini post offices inside big box stores.
If the pilot proves successful the USPS expects to expand it to all 1,500 Staples. And then to all big box retail outlets. Steve Hutkins, creator of the inestimable SaveOurPostOffice.org runs the numbers. We can now buy stamps at 7,450 Walgreens; 3,830 Wal-Marts; 1,632 Staples; 1,200 Office Depots; 847 Safeways; 609 Sam's Clubs; and 426 Costcos. That adds up to over 14,000 locations. "If all of those arrangements were converted from selling stamps on consignment to setting up postal counters, the Postal Service would have an instant infrastructure of "mini post offices" to replace real post offices…"
A bill introduced by Rep. Darrell's Issa (R-CA) would make this replacement much easier. According to Section 103 of the Postal Reform Act of 2013 the right to appeal a post office closing to the Postal Regulatory Commission "shall not apply to a determination of the Postal Service to close a post office if there is located, within 2 miles of such post office, a qualified contract postal unit." There are 1,200 post offices within two miles of just the Staples retail network.
For management replacing a real post office with a fake post office is a good deal. USPS average pay is about $25 an hour. Staples retail clerks earn about $8.50 an hour.
For the customer this is a bad deal. Staples' employees receive just four hours of "classroom" training for postal retail duties. Postal retail clerks receive 32 hours of intense classroom training, followed by 40 hours of on-the-job training alongside experienced window clerks. Postal workers must pass a test before they are considered qualified to work the window. Given the turnover at Staples it's unlikely the employee at the postal counter is going to be around long enough to acquire the experience or expertise of a career postal worker.
For the community this is an awful deal. A cherished local institution created to serve the public interest would be replaced by a counter in a business created to serve distant shareholders and management. If its economic self-interest dictated Staples could decide to close the store. To underline the reality of this threat in March Staples announced it will shutter up to 225 stores. That would leave the community without any postal services at all.
Labor Solidarity to the Rescue
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) responded to management's hostile action by organizing protests around the country. On April 24th a Day of Action resulted in hundreds of pickets, marches and rallies in more than 50 cities across 27 states under the rallying cry, "Stop Staples: The U.S. Mail is Not for Sale".
In late May Staples Vice Chairman Joe Doody nervously acknowledged the USPS deal "could become a problem if more unions backed the postal workers." He told the Boston Globe, "The retailer will continue to evaluate the situation to determine whether the negative backlash is worth the benefits of the partnership," Staples had signed the deal because it was desperate to gain more traffic through its stores. If the deal actually reduces traffic and sales, Staples would reconsider.
State labor unions and national federations began to endorse the 'Don't Buy Staples' campaign. On May 30, when the AFL-CIO, comprised of 56 unions representing 12.5 million members came out in support of the boycott. In mid June California's Service Employees International Union 32BJ, representing 145,000 union members in 11 states and the District of Columbia, voted for a boycott. In a letter to the Staples CEO SEUI 32BJ President Héctor Figueroa observed, "The Postal Service is the largest single civilian employer of union middle-class jobs for African Americans, and Veterans (including disabled veterans), and is the largest single civilian union employer. We need more of these types of jobs to strengthen our economy and the middle class, and we will not accept your efforts to undermine them through low-wage privation."
After July 4th more unions formally joined the boycott. Perhaps they were inspired by Benjamin Franklin's enduring comment at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
In July the International Association of Firefighters representing more than 300,000 backed the boycott. AFSCME union, representing 1.6 million public-sector workers, followed suit. Then on July 12th the 1.5 million member American Federation of Teachers (AFT) delivered the coup de grace when it signed on. APWU President Mark Dimondstein made the case for solidarity to the convention, "We too are in the public sector, we too are meeting the needs of people. We're facing some of the same problems you are—I call it divert, defund, demoralize, demonize and dismantle."
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten responded. "Who does Staples really want and need to come into its stores every single day? Teachers. The best way we can help is if we say to Staples: 'You do this to the postal workers, and we aren't buying supplies in your stores.'"
School supplies are a key market for Staples, accounting for up to one-third of its sales. Last year teachers spent about $1.6 billion of their own money on school supplies. Back-to-school supply-buying gets going in earnest in late July.
On July 14th Staples announced it had withdrawn from the Retail Partner Expansion Program.
The celebrations have been muted. Postal service management hasn't thrown in the towel. It's simply changed the name of the program. As one USPS spokesperson explained, "We look forward to continuing the partnership whether it's called Retail Partner Expansion or approved shipper." The USPS wants to establish a beachhead in thousands of retail stores. Once a postal counter staffed by low paid non union non postal service employees begins to sell services it will be easy to expand the kinds of services it offers.
But Staples announcement and USPS' obfuscation demonstrates that retail stores are vulnerable to boycotts, especially those organized by people in the communities they serve. Teachers, firefighters, government workers, service employees live in significant numbers in every community. They can form the backbone of an effort that puts big box retailers and USPS management on notice. Hands off our post office!
And who knows? Hands off our post office could evolve into Give us back our post office! A successful boycott to stop the further privatization of the post office could then move demand that the post office be restored to its former glory and effectiveness by reopening processing centers, extending local post office hours and rehiring experienced staff. Benjamin Franklin, the first Postmaster General of the United States, would be pleased.
sean M August 18, 2014 at 12:08 pm
Hopefully junk mail companies join americans who get electronic bill statements in the usps boycott. Lot of good that will do the workers.
Christo August 18, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Since you brought up Benjamin Franklin, consider his 6th virtue : "Industry. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions."
Buggy Whip makers 100 years ago had a similar problem. The needs of society moved beyond their product. Pretty much everything that the Post office does has been taken over by digital delivery or UPS. The bulk of what they do is deliver junk mail.
Everything has a time, and the time for Post Office is past.
Frank J August 18, 2014 at 9:00 pm
For the above comments… there would be no 'junk' a-k-a bulk business mail if it wasn't profitable for the sender and the business using it. And in case you haven't noticed , the PO is delivering an overwhelming number of Amazon packages, including 'Prime' on Sundays. As the elderly represent an increasing number of customers, the PO remains an important part of the economy. And FYO, if it were not for the onerous pre-funding of 75 years of future retiree health benefits, the USPS actually is up more than 1 billion in the last fiscal year. Finally, when was the last time Darrell Issa was right about something?
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, Op. 4 No. 2, K. 413
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Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, Op. 4 No. 2, K. 413 (Version for Piano & String Quintet): I. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, Op. 4 No. 2, K. 413 (Version for Piano & String Quintet): II. Larghetto
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, Op. 4 No. 2, K. 413 (Version for Piano & String Quintet): III. Tempo di minuetto
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Home » Lifestyle » Why men talk over women at work, and five ways to push back
Written by Stylist Team
Research shows women are interrupted or spoken 50% of the time while speaking in work meetings – and the culprits are usually men. Consultant and author Patricia Seabright explains how to deal with people who routinely talk over you.
There's nothing more frustrating than trying to get your voice heard in a work meeting – but every time you weigh in, someone cuts across you. If anything, this perennially thorny issue is made worse by the mass-move to work from home this year, and the hundreds of Zoom meetings that have popped up in its wake.
Without access to a full roster of body language cues, it's even harder to know when to pitch in; especially when there's no limit on how many people can attend. If you're not careful, you can spend an entire half-hour in blurts of "Can I just… ?" or "I was thinking…" without ever getting your point in.
Unsurprisingly this is an issue that hits harder for women, too. A recent Women In The Workplace report by McKinsey and LeanIn.org found that women get interrupted 50% of the time in meetings; and 38% had experienced others taking credit for their ideas.
Another study from the University of California showed that, in a series of recorded conversations, nearly 96% of interruptions took place as a result of men speaking over women.
"Men interrupt more partly because they feel they are entitled to, partly because they can and are used to getting away with it, and partly because of the style differences in communication," public speaking consultant Patricia Seabright tells Stylist.
"Men in professional settings tend to compete and women collaborate. When women communicate, they are much more about listening, collaboration and two-way communication, their interactions tend to be less combative and adversarial than men."
The issue is so widespread that Patricia has written a new book, She Said!, to help millennial women to speak up and be heard in the way that they deserve.
"Being routinely interrupted has certainly been my experience in the business world, and that of virtually all the women I interviewed for my book," she says, adding that the effect is a "subtle but powerful silencing" of women's voices.
Here are Patricia's top five tips to leverage your power in meetings, and push back against the patriarchy.
1. Be direct
You can choose to just be very clear, confident and direct in the style so beautifully illustrated by Vice President elect Kamala Harris. In the VP televised debate when Mike Pence interrupted her, she just calmly but very directly responded, "Mr Vice President, I'm speaking". Phrases like "let me finish" also fall into this category.
2. Assert yourself
You could be assertive but a little less direct, with phrases like, "I'd appreciate the chance to finish my point" or "please let me finish my point".
3. Try collaboration
You could take a negotiation-style approach, and offer the interrupter a clear opportunity to get their point across when you've finished yours, for example, "Give me one more minute to finish my point, then I'm interested to hear your point of view."
In this collaborative spirit, you could also give them the benefit of the doubt, saying: "I'm sure you didn't mean to interrupt me, so if I could finish my point, which was…"
4. Introduce humour
Humour can work well with something like, "Hold on, I haven't got to the good bit yet!"or "just let me finish this point, as I haven't reached my punchline!" Bear in mind, though, that this only works if humour is part of your normal style of speaking or conversation. Otherwise it can sound a bit forced or even sarcastic.
5. Push back with positivity
Another way into the interruption dilemma is to position someone else's interruption in a positive light – while simultaneously pushing back. This would sound something like, "I'm glad you're so eager to contribute but please do let me finish my thought." Or, "Great that you are so passionate about this, but I just need to finish my point."
The important thing is not to allow yourself to be silenced. Don't let go and not make the point or not share the idea that you were going to. It's tempting to think it's not worth struggling against the interrupters, and that you'll find another way to make your point.
This becomes an ingrained habit of silence and is a major reason why people continue to interrupt.So, take a moment to consider, what's your chosen comeback to deal with the next person who speaks across you?
She Said! A Guide For Millennial Women To Speaking And Being Heard by Patricia Seabright, published by Panoma Press, is out now.
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Nikon's D7200 is a versatile DX-format DSLR that caters to both still photography and video users. Featuring a 24.2MP CMOS sensor which lacks an optical low-pass filter, and an EXPEED 4 image processor, the D7200 is able to record up to 6 fps at full-resolution, or 7 fps at a 1.3x crop, with a 100-frame buffer for extended high-speed shooting. This sensor and processor combination also avails a top native sensitivity of ISO 25600, which can further be expanded to black & white-dedicated ISO 51200 and ISO 102400 sensitivities. Full HD 1080p video recording is supported up to 60 fps in MOV format. While, how about the editing workflow of Nikon D7200 in Final Cut Pro?
UFUWare HD Converter for Mac is the software we would recommend to transcode Nikon D7200 MOV to edit in Final Cut Pro as well as Avid MC, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Premiere, Vegas, Pinnacle smoothly on Mac OS X(Mountain Lion included). With this Nikon MOV converter, you can transcode D7200 files into Apple ProRes, ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes 4444 that Final Cut Pro recognizes natively. It ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7/6. Just download and follow the brief guide below.
1.Download HD Video Converter for Mac. This professional HD Video Converter that can help you convert Nikon D7200 1080P H.264 MOV files to Apple ProRes 422 MOV format for Final Cut Pro, more output formats are also supported.
2.Install and launch this Nikon D7200 Video Converter Mac. Import Nikon D7200 footage to the converter.
4.You can click "settings" to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.
With this Nikon D7200 1080P H.264 MOV to Apple ProRes 422 converter, you can easily convert Nikon D7200 files to FCP X/6/7 best codec, and then you can import the footages to FCP for editing on Mac, please take a free try, hope this software can help you.


GAMMA's heaviest paddle, the Atomic 2.0 pickleball paddle, is perfect for power players, providing a stable feel and power on all strokes. The textured fiberglass surfaces provide greater feedback for accurate placement on any shot. The Atomic is the perfect choice for hard-hitting players looking to put a little extra wallop into their game.
This is my favorite GAMMA paddle and I have used nearly all of them. This paddle is heavier for power but also allows for touch and precision. This is my go to paddle!