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"She's not my mother. I don't need to get her a Mother's Day gift."
If you're a guy who thinks this way about your wife -- like my dad does -- you'd better be smart enough not to actually say it.
While it's true that guys have plenty of other moments to shine -- such as birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, etc. -- it would be a mistake to ignore Mother's Day altogether.
If nothing else, at least make sure your children don't forget about Mom. Help them out with gift ideas (and spending money). But a gift from you isn't a bad idea, either.
Luckily, it seems many men realize this. A survey from the National Retail Federation found that 42.6 percent of men bought a Mother's Day gift for their wife last year.
OK, fine, so you're convinced that you'd better pony up and get your wife a gift. But what?
A survey of 300 women from WishList.com found that the most popular romantic Mother's Day gifts were flowers, a weekend getaway and jewelry.
Other items mentioned included a nice dinner out, lingerie, diamonds, and a spa/massage. Only three respondents out of 300 wished for sex.
But your gift doesn't have to come in a wrapped-up box. Here are five ways to show your wife that you appreciate the job she does as a mother.
--Get the kids out of her hair. Take them out of the house and let your wife have some alone time with her favorite Lifetime movie or romance novel.
--Send her out of the house for a while. Encourage her to go out to lunch with friends or spend the day at the spa. Then you can take charge of caring for the kids and fixing dinner.
--Finish that home project she's been asking you to do. It might not seem romantic, but fixing that door hinge or cleaning up the basement -- after she's been asking you to do it for months -- would be a huge gift. Along the same lines ...
--Clean the house for her. In this day and age, maybe the man in your family already does his share of cleaning. But if it's the woman who generally cleans in your home, surprise her with a spotless house. Get the kids to pitch in for a bigger surprise.
--Get a sitter. When's the last time you had a date night? Even if it's just dinner and a movie, get your lady love out of the house and into some adult conversation. Or, if you really want to "wow" her, book a hotel room for an overnight adventure.
If you still scoff at the idea of getting your wife a gift on her special day, just remember: Father's Day is right around the corner ... and she could ignore you, too.


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I want to thank all of the folks who participated in and contributed to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday and National Day of Service in Barre.
Twelve AmeriCorps and A*VISTA members serving in Washington County hosted the community event on Monday, Jan. 21. The day began with service projects benefitting several local nonprofit organizations, followed by a community lunch, documentary viewing, and poetry workshop.
Forty-three community volunteers joined the AmeriCorps members and spent the morning completing projects at the Good Samaritan Haven, Central Vermont Community Action Council Food Shelf, ReStore, Vermont Foodbank, and Aldrich Library. It was inspiring to see volunteers of all agesadults, children, and teens turn out to support their community. After a productive morning, 63 community members, including the volunteers, met at the Aldrich Library for a hearty lunch made possible with generous contributions from Bagitos Bagel and Burrito Café, Basils Pizzeria, Dominos Pizza, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Mister Zs Pizza, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, Red Hen Bakery, Rubber Bubbles, Shaws Supermarket, Smokehouse Deli, Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery, and Vermont Youth Tomorrow A*VISTA Program.
During lunch, participants watched Louder Than a Bomb, a powerful documentary following four Chicago youth competing in a slam poetry competition. The movie illustrates what youth can do when they have the space, motivation, and peer and adult support to express themselves. After the film Geoff Hewitt, Vermonts Slam Poet Laureate, led participants in writing workshop. Mr. Hewitt said, I think we all enjoyed Louder Than a Bomb, which shows that poetry and spirit, humor and pathos, deserve verbal expression, and young people often say it best.
The days success is measured by the volunteers accomplishments (painting, organizing, sorting, and building), the donors generosity, the AmeriCorps and A*VISTA members participation (planning and leading projects; cooking the meal), as well as the community spirit and good will of all. I want to extend a very big thank you for all who participated and contributed.
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general review, photos, manual and software download, Gmail access and browser tips, and tips on connectivity and syncing the KE970. There's no Contents Bank hack to transfer Java from PC to the Shine KE970, however; LG have disabled that, and even OTA Java downloads may not work - unless you get it from LG. But transferring Java apps direct via the "mass storage" facility (USB drive to the rest of us) does work for some games etc - see this post for a step by step howto.
Here's how to transfer Java games and apps from your PC to your LG Chocolate KG800 cellphone using LG's Contents Bank software over the USB cable, thanks to an anonymous commenter or two who kindly spelled it out, plus some extra research I did. I tried it, and it worked a treat, so here's a more basic fuller step by step. (Updated 2 Jan 2007)
This post is meant for the LG KG800 Chocolate phone but I gather that a lot of it applies to other LG phones too. UPDATE: thanks to Paul Ancap for confirming that they work with the KG 320 too. I've not tested that personally so if you want to try it with another model of LG mobile phone, do so at your own risk. The Contents Bank software (and manuals) for the main LG phone models in the UK, like the KG320, KG810, KG920 etc, can be downloaded from the uk.lgmobile.com site. Note that you must install the modem driver software too, see this post.
(You can supposedly download compatible Java apps to the phone via its Web browser, OTA (over the air), but that doesn't always work for me, plus you may get charged by your network/carrier for the data download. So I like this way better!)
Install the LG softwareYou must have already installed the LG software including modem driver (see this post on how, it's trickier than it should be). Contents Bank won't work without it. Sorry Mac owners, it's PC-only. That link was for the software for the UK model, I can't guarantee that it will work if you bought your Chocolate phone elsewhere so on your own head be it if you try it and it doesn't work for you.
It's vital that you install the software properly and take the correct steps as mentioned in this post, or else the phone won't talk properly to the Contents Bank program which is responsible for transferring Java and other files to the phone.
Where to get Java software for your Chocolate mobile phoneA good source of free Java games and other Java apps that should hopefully work on the LG Chocolate cell phone is this page on Getjar.com.
(UPDATED 8 APR 2007) What Java software will work on the Chocolate?It's Java MIDP 2.0. Runs J2ME Java software only, and not all Java apps are compatible, according to the manual.
Also, Brad has reported that it will only compile files that are less than 512MB in size. For bigger files, it seems it's tough luck, they won't work on the Chocolate.
Download Java software to Contents BankOn your PC, using your file manager such as Windows Explorer or My Computer, in C:\Program Files/LGGSM/LGContentsBank/Contents create a new folder inside the Contents folder, and call it Java. (The Contents folder will then contain 3 folders called Java, Picture and RingTone.)
Download and save into that new Java folder the Java software you want for your Chocolate mobile. You must put the downloaded Java files in that folder, or it won't work.
Java software often comes as a duo - a .jar file and a corresponding .jad file. Both files need to be in that Java folder.
If, as with WidSets, there's only a .jad file available, then unfortunately the following steps will NOT work as it's the .jar file which is recognised by the LG software.
If you only downloaded a .jar file, you should be fine provided you make the corresponding JAD file first. Use Mango's excellent free JadMaker software which can even batch process multiple JAR files. Note that the JadMaker makes a jad file in the same folder as the original jad file, so don't be fazed if you drag and drop and can't seem to see anything happening - just check in the folder. Make sure both JAD and JAR files are copied to the C:\Program Files/LGGSM/LGContentsBank/Contents/Java folder.
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Then, follow these steps:
1. Making sure that the Contents Bank program is not open (close it first if it is), in a text editor like Notepad open the config.ini file (on my PC at least, that file is located in C:/Program Files/LGGSM/LGContentsBank). Save a backup first just in case, e.g. save it as backup.ini or config.bak, whatever you wish. Remember in the File Open window you may have to change "Files of type" to "All Files" to open the .ini file.
For more on that file, e.g. to see the typical full contents of that file and other possible configuration tweaks, see this post. (If your own config.ini file is missing a section like PROG_SETTING you could try copy/pasting into your own file, but do so at your own risk as there may be a good reason why in your country it's been deleted!)
2. Find the line in the PROG_SETTING section that reads "EXIST_JAVA=N" and change it to "EXIST_JAVA=Y" (without the quotation marks, but still uppercase).
3. Find the line that reads "MODEL_NAME=XXXX" (where XXXX is something, on my system it was L3100, yours may be different), and change it to "MODEL_NAME=KG800" (again without the quotes) or =whatever is the model number of your LG phone (though note my warning above that I don't know how well this works for other phones).
4. Now "File Save as" the edited file, remembering to change "Text Documents (*.txt)" in the "Save as type" line of the "Save as" box to "All Files" before you hit Save. (Or else it'll save it as "config.ini.txt" which will stop it from working).
5. In Notepad or other text editor again, open the downloaded .jad file (or the JAD file you made from the JAR with JadMaker, above) and at the end of that file in the last line paste the following line in:
MIDletX-LG-Contents: KG800
(or instead of KG800 whatever is the model number of your LG phone, though note my warning above that I don't know how well this works for other LG phones). Important: the model number here must match the model number in step 3, or it won't work.
6. "Save as" the edited file, again remembering to save it as "All Files" so it will save as a .jad file and not a .jad.txt file (as per step 4).
(To restore your backup later, just make sure you're disconnected, delete your edited config.ini file and rename your backup.ini or whatever you called it to config.ini.)
7. The order of the following is very important: if you change the order in which you do these things, it may not work. Do NOT launch LG Contents Bank yet, do NOT connect your Chocolate phone to your computer with the USB cable yet.
8. Instead first turn the phone on, and as mentioned in my previous post, keeping the phone slider open at all times, activate the modem (menu Settings, Connectivity, Modem, Activate modem, Yes, then the back button a few times to get back to the standard "home" screen on the phone, what it looks like when you first turn it on. UPDATED 8 Apr 2007: Alan reports that, on his phone anyway, backing up turns his modem off; in his case he connects to the PC straight after activating the modem and it works. Do whatever works for your phone, obviously, and if one way doesn't work try the other). Do NOT close the phone slider, always leave it open.
9. Now you can connect the phone to the PC via the USB cable.
10. Then, and only then, open LG Contents Bank on your PC. You'll see a new Java icon pic underneath the music and pic buttons (thanks to what you did in steps 1 to 4 above):
11. Click that icon (there's also a Java option now in the View menu, but it just doesn't always work for me so I don't use it). You'll see that the bottom left hand of the window now lists the .jar files which you'd previously put in the Contents Bank/Java folder (in the example below, tobitrislq, a Tetris game):
12. In the Contents Bank Tool menu, pick Option and under Setting, Port, pick "LG USB Cable" and OK. Then click the Connect button in the middle/bottom right of the window.
13. Once it's connected (there's nothing to confirm this really, just give it a couple of seconds), in the bottom left quarter of the window click on the name of the Java file you want to transfer to the Chocolate phone to select it. Then click the Download button in the middle of the window to start the transfer, and let PC and phone do their stuff.
Troubleshooting problemsAs mentioned above the first thing to make sure you followed the instructions in this post in relation to installing the Contents Bank software and modem driver. Also take a look at this post on troubleshooting and improving connectivity by tweaking the config.ini file further.
If you've followed them and all the above steps and you still have problems, I'm afraid there's little that I can suggest.
I've seen one suggestion that in the JAD file if there's a line saying "MIDlet-Vendor : Nokia" (or Motorola or possibly others) you should change it to "MIDlet-Vendor : 851510" (for LG). That site also shows the MIDletX line that you add to the end of the JAD file as "MIDletX-LG-Contents : Running". I've not seen that anywhere else at all, everyone else seems to think the usual "MIDletX-LG-Contents: KG800" (or your LG model number) works. If you're really desperate you could try that 851510 or Running change and see, but on your own head be it! (and make sure you saved a backup of the ini file first).
Another site seems to say something about "MIDletX-LG-Contents : L3100 (plus his MIDletX-LG-Contents when necessary : True)" - but that's from a Google word for word translation of the original Chinese and I've no idea if the writer meant to suggest adding a line saying"MIDletX-LG-Contents: True" or they were saying that you need to change the model number to your own phone's! If anyone else can make sense of the Chinese please let me know.
You also might try asking for help in mobile phone forums like Mobile Review or Mobile9.
Using the downloaded Java softwareOnce the Java software has been copied to your phone, to access it go to menu My Stuff, Games & apps. There should now be a list of your downloaded apps, just select the one you want to open it, and there you go.
UPDATE May 2007: if you want info on the LG Shine KE 970 phone - general review, photos, manual and software download, Gmail access and browser tips, and tips on connectivity and syncing the KE970. There's no Contents Bank hack to transfer Java from PC to the Shine, however; LG have disabled that, and even OTA Java downloads may not work - unless you get it from LG.


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Video: The Concert Corner - Recapping Kenny Chesney
Country superstar Kenny Chesney performed for a sold-out crowd at Miller Park Saturday for the Brewers ballpark's first major concert since 2010. Photo by Rick Wood. »Read Full Blog Post
CBS pulls 'Mike & Molly' tornado-themed finale
CBS has pulled Monday night's "Mike & Molly" season finale in light of today's tornado devastation in Oklahoma, according to TheWrap.com.
The episode, entitled "Windy City," placed the characters in a tornado in Chicago. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Summer Reading: Books for people who loved John Green's 'The Fault in Our Stars'
On May 26, we're publishing our Summer Reading preview in the Journal Sentinel's Sunday Cue section and at TapMilwaukee.com, with dozens of suggestions for your enjoyment.
For today's preview of those suggestions, we asked our friends at Boswell Book Company to suggest young-adult titles for readers who were captivated by John Green's novel "The Fault in Our Stars," the story of two teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. Booksellers Jannis Mindel, Nick Berg, Stacie Michelle Williams, Hannah Johnson-Breimeier and Daniel Goldin suggest these young-adult novels for readers who loved "Fault." »Read Full Blog Post
Ryan Braun, Aaron Rodgers opening Bayshore restaurant
8-Twelve MVP Bar and Grill, a restaurant associated with athletes Ryan Braun and Aaron Rodgers, will open its second location at Glendale's Bayshore Town Center.
The new 8-Twelve will be located in the space now leased to COA, a locally owned Mexican restaurant which Marc and Marta Bianchini opened in 2009. COA closes June 30, and 8-Twelve is expected to open in the fourth quarter, said David Moss, Bayshore general manager. »Read Full Blog Post(23)
'Summertime': 'The livin' is easy,' in many different voices
'Summertime,' the signature lullaby from 'Porgy & Bess,' is one of America's greatest musical hits. More than 33,000 versions of the song have been recorded, according to The Summertime Connection, a Dutch website that compiles a list of recordings of the song.
Through June 9, Milwaukee audiences can hear the song performed live at the Broadway Theatre Center, where the Skylight Music Theatre is staging "Porgy & Bess," with Kearstin Piper Brown and Rhea Olivaccé alternating in the role of Bess. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Pabst Mansion hosts summer wine tasting
The Pabst Mansion, 2000 W Wisconsin Ave., hosts a summer wine tasting on the mansion's front terrace June 14.
Downer Avenue Wine will select the wine list and Buddy Squirrel will provide Milwaukee-made chocolates. »Read Full Article
GMC and MiKE get $350,000 ArtPlace grant
ArtPlace America, a consortium of national and regional foundations and banks that works with the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal agencies, will award a $350,000 grant to the Greater Milwaukee Committee's MiKE initiative.
On Tap Today: Drink up, me hearties - while you still can
Summer's finally here, but some things are leaving town. One of them is the "Real Pirates" exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum, which pulls out next Monday. So, if you haven't set sail for it yet, you might want to heave to.
Speaking of scoundrels, the Brewers limp home today to start a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Maybe the team's "Spring Madness" ticket-deal promotion will help fill Miller Park - and get the team back in a winning frame of mind. »Read Full Blog Post


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Early in Second City's opening night performance of its "Dysfunctional Holiday Revue" at the Marcus Center, the cast launched its first improvised skit by inviting the audience to give it four words.
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Weekend Guide: From budget-priced concerts to singles night
Well, that was interesting. Turns out it is still winter.
So what if you have to wear a muffler, mittens and boots? It's the weekend. Here's a look at what's coming up. Think garden. »Read Full Article
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Art, self - and Bruce Lee
Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg play a couple who head into the Caucasus Mountains to find themselves (and more) in "The Loneliest Planet," the multilingual drama by "Day Night Day Night" director Julia Loktev showing in free screenings at UWM Union Theatre, at 7 p.m. Friday, 9 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. »Read Full Article
'Amour' a powerful tale of love measured through loss
You know that phrase "Till death do you part"?
"Amour" is what that looks like. »Read Full Article
Where, how you can see this year's Oscar-nominated feature films in Milwaukee Feb. 1-7
Here's a guide to where you can see this year's Oscar-nominated feature films in Milwaukee:
"Amour" (5 - best picture, best director for Michael Haneke, best actress for Emmanuelle Riva, original screenplay, foreign-language film): Showing at Downer (see review on 3E). »Read Full Article
New chef at the Stackner Cabaret, with a menu update
Updated menu information as of Jan. 31:
The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Stackner Cabaret has a new chef this season. »Read Full Blog Post
Bands upbeat for 'All Messed Up' music experience
You People has three more practices until its first show. It has three songs written. And as the band runs through a noisy punk track at its downtown practice space, the instruments fall out of sync, the song flies off the rails and drummer Anthony Schwader bursts out into nervous, hysterical laughter.
"You feel nervous and anticipation," Schwader says. "But I think those feelings are good feelings. You feel them when you do something new." »Read Full Article(1)
Pacino, Walken keep 'Stand Up Guys' on its feet
Just because "Stand Up Guys" is not very good is no reason not to see it.
The film about a day in the life of a mobster, who just completed a long prison stretch, and his best friend stars, respectively, Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. And the result is like taking a weirdly intimate joy ride with actors who appear to be enjoying the pleasure of each other's company. »Read Full Article
'Warm Bodies' finds charm in zombie love
Being one of the walking dead would be incredibly tedious, especially if you possessed self-awareness. For R (Nicholas Hoult), it means spending every day ambling around an airport with no idea how he ended up there or who he is. (He thinks his first name starts with R, but he isn't entirely sure.)
In the slightly unconventional romantic comedy "Warm Bodies," R is a zombie unsatisfied with his station in life. He can't sleep or dream and, outside of grunting, can't speak. To survive, he must feed on humans. The odds may be against him, but as he informs viewers in voice-over, R yearns for something more. »Read Full Article
Maggie Smith, director Hoffman hit right notes (mostly) in 'Quartet'
"Quartet" asks the musical question, "Is there such a thing as too much Maggie Smith?" and answers it with a resounding "No."
But there is more, and less, to this film set in a retirement home for classical musicians and opera singers than the beloved "Downton Abbey" actress, who also appeared in the similar senior-citizen-themed ensemble piece "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." »Read Full Article(1)
Reunited Soundgarden returning to Milwaukee
Let's travel back to 1994, the year that alternative rock band Soundgarden last played in Milwaukee.
O.J. Simpson was charged with killing Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. "Schindler's List" won the Academy Award for best picture. "The Sign" by Ace of Base and "I Swear" by All-4-One were two of the year's biggest songs. Mark Zuckerberg turned 10. »Read Full Article(1)
Milwaukee Music Video: Introducing rap newcomer $killz
The already busy local hip-hop scene has just gotten a little more crowded. For full-length "Watch and Learn," Anthony "$killz" Kolstad spits fast rhymes, and gets a nice boost from Aderson "Lib" Gonzalez (who worked on Yo-Dot's "Red Mist," one of my favorite local albums last year.)
Check out the video for "Watch" track "Livin' My Dream" below - but beware, there is some salty language here. »Read Full Blog Post
Watch: YouTube's 'Sad Packer Fan' featured in VW Super Bowl ad
Casey Lewis, whose "Sad Packer Fan" video has been seen by more than 2 million people on YouTube, will appear in a Volkswagen ad during the Super Bowl.
The ad is a collage of clips of outbursts and meltdowns from various real-life people, to the tune of "Come On, Get Happy," the Partridge Family theme, as sung by reggae star Jimmy Cliff. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
On Tap this Weekend: Birthday parties, music and bar olympics
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Clay Matthews, Obama join CBS' Super Bowl coverage
CBS news anchor Scott Pelley will be interviewing President Barack Obama on Sunday as part of the networks' all-day coverage of Super Bowl XLVII.
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Simple Cafe serving breakfast, lunch on Farwell
Simple Café, a popular Lake Geneva breakfast-and-lunch spot, has opened its long-awaited east side restaurant at 2124 N. Farwell Ave.
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Have a question for Phillip Phillips?
Milwaukee will be seeing a fair share of Phillip Phillips, the "Home" singer and last season's "American Idol" winner, over the next couple of months. He's opening a sold-out show for Matchbox Twenty at the Riverside Theater Feb. 9, and then on March 22, playing the BMO Harris Bradley Center at a post Admirals game concert. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
On Tap Today: Bruisers Under Glass
Do rampaging Rollergirls do well around fragile things like, say, glass? Indeed they do, when the glass is set in the Mitchell Park Domes. Join members of the Brewcity Bruisers roller derby team when they party at "Brewcity Bruiser Night" Thursday as part of the "Music Under Glass" series. The music part of the party comes courtesy of The Barrettes, a rock, punk, indie (and more) band. Find out details here.
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"Today is a real honor," Linden said in a statement. "I came to Vancouver 26 years ago and I have never left. I love this city. It is my home and the Canucks have always been part of my family.
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At Pilates this evening, I enjoyed a quick chat with a White Sox fan. Last season I introduced her to the cheap ticket wonders of StubHub and gave her information about the Big A so she could see her guys play – she was concerned about our "scary" freeways – and we've been friendly ever since. As I was leaving the parking lot, a group of guys in Pirate caps, one of them quite old school, walked by. On the freeway drive home, the usual mixed bag of bumper stickers streamed by as speeds increased in the final fade of rush hour. In and among the honor roll proclamations, fading Obama/Biden stickers and occasionally humorous sayings was an eclectic array of baseball stickers – Dodgers, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies. Nothing new here.
Los Angeles is not like other places. The billboard signage proclaims that this is Dodgertown and that is true to a certain extent. But a sufficient number of Angels fans call Los Angeles County home to warrant equal representation in the team gear sections of our local Targets and Costcos and the same is true in reverse with Dodger fans in neighboring Orange County, home to my Halos of the absurdly lengthy and geographically challenged name. I read as many of your blogs as I can find, and more and more each week as Spring Training brings more sleepy bloggers out of hibernation, so I know that two team towns are nothing special. But Los Angeles is a little more complicated than that.
In and among the Dodgers and Angels gear, you can usually find a fair bit of Yankees and Red Sox items. White Sox caps and shirts are becoming more common as well and, if the number of Cubs fan Chicago transplants I ran into in Orange County last year is any indication, I expect to start seeing the occasional Cubs logo on the sales racks in the next year or so. Native Angelenos like myself are rare, you see. In Los Angeles and, increasingly, Orange County seemingly everybody is from someplace else. And even among the natives, most of us are only native by a generation or two. My grandparents and their families all came out to California during the Dustbowl, which is very common story.
When it comes right down to it, this is one of the things I love most about living here – so many different people bringing pieces of their home to mine and mixing them together in new and different ways. I love that I can go out for authentic soup dumplings at Din Tai Fung (the only location outside of China), hit a jazz club hosting a band from New Orleans and then finish off the evening line dancing at a club opened up by Texas transplants who thought it might be fun and profitable to bring a little bit of home to Los Angeles. Authentic street tacos, a cheesesteak place opened up by a couple of guys who moved out here from Philly, New York style delis, a German deli where more people are speaking German and Polish than English on any given day, Kansas City style BBQ joints, all of these offerings are within easy driving distance of my house, and it's amazing.
And the sea of different baseball caps? Dodger, Angels, Giants, Red Sox and Pirates at my office's summer picnic alone. Enough nowadays that, seriously, if I were a kid, I'd give up playing "States" and play "MLB caps" instead. It's just one more manifestation of what I think of as the real Los Angeles – Dodgertown yes, but kind of Everytown at the same time. I know that Los Angeles is far from the only big city to experience this phenomena, but I wonder if any other city sees their diversity carry over into their baseball cap offerings at non-ESPN type stores? I would definitely be interested in learning if this is so if any of you care to share.
I went to Costco on my lunch break this afternoon and did some of our grocery shopping with this post percolating in my mind. I decided it would be funny to take a picture of the souvenir baseball jersey rack so you could appreciate the wild mix of logos we tend to stock out here but, apparently it's a little early for baseball still at Costco. However, serendipitously enough, when I walked out to my car this is the picture I was presented with. What are the odds? Well, around here? Fairly good, actually:
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SoCal has many more transplants than other big cities, as people move for warm weather, switch jobs, go to colleges, etc. My favorite part about being in NYC is that you DON'T see caps from lots of other teams – just Yankees (and a few Mets).
Take my dept at work. Out of 17 of us:
3 born in Southern Cal, two of them Hispanic.
3 born in England
2 born in the Phillipines
1 each born in China, Korea, India, Canada, Japan & Honduras (me).
1 each born in Maine, NH, Nebraska.
I was gonna write a comment about different hats and jerseys in Chicago, or the lack thereof. But instead I just want to say that I'm really enjoying your posts. To take something as mundane as seeing different baseball hats and turn it into an interesting couple of paragraphs that people can enjoy reading is a great skill. I look forward to additional post.
Internet access at last! We're spending the long weekend in Cambria (CA Central Coast) and while all this stormy weather is gorgeous, it's more than a little hard on the internet connectivity.
Jane – LOL, I figured you would prefer local baseball caps only in Yankee territory.
Emma – That sounds like a really fun group of coworkers and very, very Los Angeles!
Russel – Thank you! I always wonder how my "weird" baseball posts, as opposed to my more traditional ones are going to go over and really appreciate the comments.
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Definitely right about the diversity. I used to live in NoHo and every time the Cards came to town I'd go all decked out and was always surprised to see so many fellow Cardinals fans show up to support. It was awesome really. Cards fans run deep everywhere, but never thought LA would be a place they'd call home… me included. Then again, I live in Chicago now…
In the Twin Cities, you see your share of Twins caps – but there's plenty of others floating around. Plenty of Cubs and White Sox ones – since there are some ex-Chicagoans living here (some for political reasons that I will not get into here…). Plenty of Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals, Brewers (darn Wisconsinites…), Tigers, Reds and, yes, Dodgers, too. But, I'm rest assured the majority of us wear the T-and-the-C around these parts…a fact I'm assured of every time I walk through the Sprawl of Pathetica (i.e. MOA)
– Randy
Jeff – Come to think of it I have seen a lot of Cards caps in that part of town – I grew up next door in Burbank. Yeah, you never know where school, jobs and life in general will take you.
Randy – Okay, so Los Angeles is not completely unique in this regard, which makes sense, given the job magnet of the Twin cities…though in the studio parts of Los Angeles (I grew up in Burbank) as you probably remember from your youth, the east coast caps come close to equaling the Dodgers caps in number.
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Jane is right about NYC…I wandered all over town one day in Phillies gear and could not take more than 5 steps without a comment tossed at me. It is rare to see other teams' gear there. Most New Yorkers were very kind though. I guess it is harder to bash a silly girl with pony-tail braids than a tough looking Philly guy ;o)
Jenn – That's a fun story. I think it's more a case of it being more fun to joke around with and tease a fellow baseball fan than it is to bash them, especially when the fan is a smiling girl with pony-tail braids.🙂
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NORTHFIELD FALLS Allen Richard Thurston, 70, died peacefully at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. He was born in Northfield on May 31, 1942, the son of Ralph and Leonora (Morris) Thurston. He was a graduate of Northfield High School, class of 1960.
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In February, Ireland finally came clean regarding some very dirty laundry, admitting its long-standing role in aiding and abetting the existence of the notorious Magdalene laundries.
Ostensibly asylums for the reform of "fallen" women, these facilities enabled the Catholic Church to turn a tidy profit by using women - petty criminals, unwed mothers or simply young women deemed overly flirtatious or beautiful, in a country that has long associated women with sex and sex with sin - as a slave labor pool. The last one wasn't closed until 1996. »Read Full Article(4)
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Political power playNovember 24,2012
Hillary Clinton plans to resign as secretary of state as soon as President Obamas choice to replace her has been confirmed by the Senate. Although Clinton and Obama were rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago, they have worked together remarkably well, and Clintons reputation globally as well as here in the United States has grown on account of her impressive performance at the State Department.
The Obama-Clinton team has been especially impressive during the current crisis between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and while the cease-fire was brokered primarily by Egypts new president, Mohamed Morsi, the Americans influenced the negotiations.
There are clear indications that Obamas first choice as Clintons successor would be the current American ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice. But that possibility has created an unlikely political firestorm on Capitol Hill, so there has been speculation that Obama might turn instead to Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who many believe has long aspired to be secretary of state.
The average American citizen may have insufficient knowledge of either Rice or Kerry to know which would be the better nominee, but there are issues surrounding the nomination process that suggest it has become cynically enmeshed in partisan politics. Some, perhaps many, Republicans appear determined to deny a Democratic president his first choice for a vitally important position.
Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are leading the charge against the nomination of Rice, but they are doing so for reasons that defy logic unless their logic includes the calculation that putting Kerry in charge at the State Department would give Republicans a chance to capture his seat in the Senate and thus weaken the Democrats.
Curiously, several years ago during another nomination debate, McCain famously said this about the process: We all have varying policy views, but the president, in my view, has a clear right to put into place the team he believes will serve him best. He apparently has changed his mind.
But the strangest part of this drama playing out in Washington is that 97 Republican members of the House recently fired off a letter to the president challenging the rumored nomination of Rice, even though they know that the House has absolutely no say in the process. Under these circumstances, how could the American people see that letter as anything but a purely political ploy by the presidents diehard opponents who were still wringing their hands over the election results?
The principal objection to Rice, at least as expressed by her Republican critics, is that she was less than truthful when, prior to the election, she told several television interviewers that to the best of her knowledge the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was not an act of terrorism, but of course we now know that in fact it was. The point that must be emphasized is that at the time she spoke on television, Rice did not know this.
Initially, the fact there was controversy over what Rice said was neither surprising nor unfair, but subsequent authoritative disclosures have proved that what Rice said was, as far as she knew at the time, totally truthful and that she couldnt have honestly said anything else.
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A 20-foot tall pile of goat manure spontaneously combusted, sparking a fire that turned up noses for miles in Vermont.
Windsor Police Chief Stephen Soares compared the stench to the smell of "burning rubbish" in an interview with the Valley News newspaper.
The manure normally would have been spread around the Oak Knoll Dairy farm earlier in the year, but owner George Redick said lots of rain and other factors prevented that from happening.
The flames were discovered by a worker on her way to milk the farm's 800 goats early Wednesday morning.
Town Manager Tom Marsh told The Associated Press he could smell the fire at his home five miles away.
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NORTHFIELD Aldis Calvin Trombley, 88, died Thursday evening, March 7, 2013, at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Montpelier on Sept. 23, 1924, the youngest son of Roy and Lida (Bedell) Trombley. He attended school in Montpelier and Northfield Falls.
A World War II veteran, Aldis served in the United States Army with the 88th Division, 350th Infantry Regiment. As an 88th Blue Devil, he fought in Northern Africa and throughout Italy, culminating in the liberation of Rome.
He married his childhood sweetheart, Lourena Reed Pike, on Feb. 17, 1947, in Northfield Falls. They made their home and started their family in Northfield Falls. In 1960, they moved to Water Street in Northfield and enjoyed 52 years in their home until the flood in August 2011. They celebrated 66 years of marriage in February.
Aldis worked over 30 years as a polisher in the granite industry in the Barre-Montpelier area, retiring in 1987. During those 30 years, he was quite proud of many notable monuments he polished to perfection. One, in particular, was Louis Armstrongs monument. After retirement, he worked an additional 21 years at the Northfield Savings Bank in Northfield.
Aldis enjoyed collecting, tinkering and repairing antique time pieces. Throughout his life, he was an avid hunter and fisherman. He made many trips with family and friends to northern Quebec, Canada, to fish Lac du Cerf. He enjoyed playing card games; cribbage was his favorite. As a true family man, Aldis relished the time spent with his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. With Lourena, Aldis provided a strong family foundation. He was proud of the bonds among his children.
Survivors include his beloved wife, Lourena, of Northfield; five children, Dale Trombley and his wife, Nancy, of Montpelier, Susan Greemore and her husband, David, of Alexandria, Va., David Trombley, of Cabot, Pamela Demasi and her fiance, Bill OBriant, of LaPorte, Texas, Lori Trombley Arnold and her husband, Bryan, of South Burlington; his brother Leroy Trombley, of Satsuma, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his father, mother and brother Clayton.
Calling hours will be held Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Kingston Funeral Home, 35 Slate Ave. in Northfield. A memorial service with military honors will be conducted Wednesday, March 13, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church on Main Street in Northfield. Donations may be made in his memory to the Mayo Healthcare Activity Fund, 71 Richardson St., Northfield, VT 05663.MORE IN ObituariesPaul N. Sourdiff
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A Florida man faces an animal cruelty charge after authorities said he killed at least one kitten and bit the lips off another.
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An unusual crime resulted in an unusual sentence in northern Kentucky this month.
On Feb. 9, Park Hills Police Sgt. Richard Webster said he was working an off-duty security detail at a Covington bingo hall when Austin Whaley, 18, entered the hall with several other youths and yelled "Bingo!"
"This caused the hall to quit operating since they thought someone had won," Webster wrote on his citation. "This delayed the game by several minutes and caused alarm to patrons."
Webster cited Whaley for disorderly conduct.
Last week, Kenton District Judge Douglas Grothaus sentenced Whaley by banning him from using one word.
"Do not say the word 'bingo' for six months," Grothaus ordered.
Whaley could have faced up to 90 days in a jail and a $250 fine on the misdemeanor charge, which will be dropped if he complies with the judge's order.


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Firefighters render aid to students and drivers involved in a school van collision at Cook and Wellesley on April 23rd.
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Fall Quarter 2013 - Lab Meeting Wednesdays, 9:00 - 11:00am, Center for Design Research, 2nd Floor and via Skype
ME Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI) - Summer 2013
The DEL SURI's had a productive (and fun!) summer. Pictured above, Lea Eaton (left) and Ruben Pierre-Anotine (right):
- Lea Eaton - Homework
- Ruben Pierre-Antoine - Beyond Engineering: Concept Maps and Value-Added Labs
Lea and Ruben were assisted by Helen Chen, Samanatha Brunhaver, Mark Schar and Sheri Sheppard.
ASEE Annual Conference - June 23-26, 2013
More than a dozen DEL members and colleagues attended the ASEE annual conference in Atlanta, GA -- our largest group yet! Congratulations to Dr. Mark Schar and team for winning the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Division's Best Teaching Strategies Paper Award, and to Samantha Brunhaver for winning one of five Educational Research Method Division Apprentice Faculty Grant Awards.
- Not All the Same: A Look at Early Career Engineers Employed in Different Sub-Occupations Samantha Brunhaver, Shannon Gilmartin, Helen Chen, Michelle Grau, Michelle Warner, & Sheri Sheppard
- Research-Informed Practices for Inclusive STEM Classrooms: Strategies to Close the Gender Gap - Helena Scutt, Shannon Gilmartin, Sheri Sheppard, & Samantha Brunhaver Presentation (Prezi in PDF form) + Paper
- Bending Moments to Business Models: Integrating an Entrepreneurship Case Study as Part of Core Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Mark Schar, Sheri Sheppard, Samantha Brunhaver and Mark Cuson Presentation in Pecha Kucha format conducted with Ruben Pierre-Antoine
DEL "Dreaming and Planning" Retreat - April 18, 2013
Retreat Goals:
1) Share DEL-related research; findings, methods, passions
2) Further connect the local community working on engineering pathways questions
3) Discuss connections between the various projects
4) Identify gaps and opportunities in current pictures of pathways
- One Researcher's Pathway through Engineering Education (Gary Lichtenstein)
- The work of the DEL through a series of lenses: New perspectives and insights (Helen Chen)
- Orange Juice and the Case Study Method (Mark Schar)
- Post-graduation Pathways: Backwards-engineering the undergraduate engineering experience (Samantha Brunhaver)
- Understanding 'opportunity' in engineering environments (Shannon Gilmartin)
- Young Entrepreneurs Study: Descriptive Analysis of Entrepreneurial Intention and Achievement (Heather Malin)
- Teacher Professional Development/RET (Kaye Storm)
- NSSE studies of engineering student outcomes and retention (relative to other college students) (Sheri Sheppard)
- NBER chapters (Sheri Sheppard)
- Shelley Goldman's d.loft work (Sheri Sheppard)
- Helena Scutt's gender equity in the classroom work (Sheri Sheppard)
- Impact of Interactive Web-based Activities on Mechanics Self-Efficacy and Achievement (Sarah Billington)
Small Group Work: Emerging Themes
- Theme 1: Recruitment: HS to college; college seniors to post-graduation: Career decision-making: consequences/experience
- Theme 2: Engineers, Engineering and Empathy (E3)
- Sheri Sheppard, Gary Lichtenstein, Shannon Gilmartin, Samanatha Brunhaver, Helen Chen, Mark Schar, Heather Malin, Kaye Storm, Sarah Billington and Anthony Antonio.
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ME Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI) - Summer 2012
The DEL SURI's had a productive (and fun!) summer. Pictured above, starting in the upper left, clockwise:
- Michelle Grau: PEARS School Reports
- Helena Scutt: Research-Informed Guidelines for Inclusive STEM Classrooms
- Alethea Atkins: Introduction to Solid Mechanics
- Rosalinda Cortez: A Qualitative Approach to Researching Engineering Education
- Mark Cuson: E-14 Truss Solver, E-14 Vector Math Modules, E-14, Delta Design Online, Longboard Case Study
- The 2012 SURI's with Professor Sheri Sheppard, Helen Chen and Samantha Brunhaver.
Epicenter Research Workshop - May 21, 2012
This research workshop was sponsored by Stanford's Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Epicenter and held on May 21, 2012 at Stanford University. The workshop explored current research on entrepreneurial skills and abilities with emphasis on undergraduate engineering students. The event was hosted by Sheri Sheppard and Shannon Gilmartin.
Attendees included:
- Şenay Purzer of Purdue University, who presented a thought-provoking perspective on the nature of innovation and how to "see it live" in student's work;
- Nathalie Duval of Purdue University, who outlined a plan for big engineering schools to successfully create entrepreneurship programs (and measure the changes);
- Chuck Eesley of Stanford University, who shared his work on the institutional changes that can affect entrepreneurial outcomes, based on two large survey alumni studies;
- Bill Lucas of MIT, who presented a compelling case linking self-efficacy with entrepreneurship across a variety of settings, giving us very solid indexes and theoretical basis to build on;
- Bill Damon, Anne Colby, and Heather Malin of Stanford University, who are in the field with a gigantic Kauffman Foundation-sponsored project examining entrepreneurial activities among college-aged students;
- Mary Besterfield-Sacre of The University of Pittsburgh, who presented fascinating research on how innovation, entrepreneurship and design might be related, connected and measured;
- Lawrence Neeley of Olin College, who has rolled up his sleeves and is teaching design-innovation-entrepreneurship to first year students;
We definitely packed a lot into just one day. We shared interesting research, as well as a willingness to present engage in discussion, made it a very productive day. Locally, our next steps are compiling notes from the day, then starting to synthesize themes and candidate research treads. As these materials come together, we will post them in this area.


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The California Gold Rush begins, the Eskimo Pie is patented, Jackie Robinson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the first Apple Macintosh goes on sale, all on this day.
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