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Sure, working on Wall Street can be lucrative, but it typically means brutal hours, relentless bosses, and Shia Labeouf. What, James Marsden wasn't available? Realizing they'd rather just clothe the people on Wall St, the guys behind Jack Robie
From a pair of Brown grads who schlepped it in the finance world for years, JR's a fresh online-only concern peddling luxe button downs inspired by "American cool and charisma" a la Cary Grant, who fit none of that description when he was born in England as Archibald Leach. Distinguished by their trim yet comfy cut, each shirt boasts higher armholes for a fitted appearance in the chest; a "modified spread" collar that can accommodate a variety of tie widths & knot styles, but won't flare when unbuttoned (thanks to shorter points); a shrink-resistant inner lining; and a shorter "scalloped" tail -- appropriate, as the tail it will reveal certainly isn't musseled. They're launching with nine distinct models, including highlights like the pink-and-blue micro-check Charles, with one-button mitered barrel cuffs; a vertical white-&-pink-striped number made with extra-fine cotton from renowned English mill Thomas Mason; and an Italian cotton number in broad blue and white stripes with French-style white collar & cuffs for their "most formal expression" (though if it's anything like their approach to WWI, it's still probably pretty casual)
JR's also got a "Sport" series, featuring more casual patterns like plaid and gingham -- prewashed for extra softness -- that "dress up as easily as they dress down", kind of like a sartorial Transformer. God, Shia Labeouf sucks.


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Efficacy of Optison Echo Contrast to Detect Thrombus in Left Atrial Appendage (DOLOP)
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Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Atrial Fibrillation |
Drug: Optison echocardiography contrast agent |
Phase 4 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Diagnostic |
Official Title: | The Use of Optison Echocardiography Contrast in the Detection of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus With Transesophageal Echocardiography. |
- Sensitivity of TEE to identify thrombus in left atrium [ Time Frame: one Transesophageal Echocardiography ]We will be assessing the sensitivity and specificity of TEE to identify thrombus (blood clot) in the left atrial appendage.
- Specificity of TEE to detect left atrial thrombus [ Time Frame: One transesophageal echocardiography ]The investigators will test the specificity of ability of optison to detecting left atrial thrombus during transesophageal echocardiography
Estimated Enrollment: | 100 |
Study Start Date: | June 2013 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | October 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Echo arm
Subjects with atrial fibrillation who are undergoing a transesophageal echocardiography procedure for deciding treatment regimen
Drug: Optison echocardiography contrast agent
Subjects undergoing transesophageal echocardiography who will receive the Optison contrast agent during the procedure to test if the image quality improves to provide accurate assessment of the presence of left atrial thrombus.
Other Name: Perflutren Protein-Type A microspheres
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Accurate determination of the presence or absence of left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus has a large impact on the clinical course of patients with atrial fibrillation or ischemic stroke and has large financial implications as well. Misdiagnosing the presence of LAA thrombus can lead to unnecessarily cancelled procedures (cardioversion and atrial fibrillation ablation) and potentially hazardous, unnecessary changes in clinical care (such as prolonged Coumadin anticoagulation). Missing LAA thrombus can result in continuation of cardioversion or atrial fibrillation ablation procedures at a time when there is higher risk of subsequent embolic stroke.
Several of the patients with atrial fibrillation require transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) performed prior to cardioversion or atrial fibrillation ablation procedures. There is opportunity to enroll most of these patients in our proposed study. There has been essentially no work published about the use of echo contrast materials in TEE (other than agitated saline), particularly the use of Optison. Thus, the investigators will be exploring a new field in echocardiography and echo contrast.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- > 18 years old
- Cognitively sound and able to provide informed consent
- Indicated for TEE as a standard clinical procedure for evaluation of cardiac health status.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients will be excluded for meeting the contraindications for TEE or Optison administration.
- Contraindications for TEE: Esophageal stricture, tracheoesophageal fistula, postesophageal surgery, esophageal trauma, esophagectomy/esophagogastrectomy, barrett esophagus, hiatal hernia, large descending aortic aneurysm, unilateral vocal cord paralysis, esophageal varices, postradiation therapy, previous bariatric surgery, zenker diverticulum, colonic interposition, dysphagia
- Contraindications for administration of Optison, including but not limited to: Right-to-left cardiovascular shunt, bidirectional cardiovascular shunt, history of myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, tachycardia, Torsades de Pointes, prolonged Q-T Interval, acute heart failure, vasculitis, emphysema, respiratory compromise, congenital heart disease, hypoxia, allergy to albumin; Individuals objecting to receiving albumin, a blood product, for personal, religious, or cultural reasons.
- Not able to provide informed consent
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01721447
Contact: Brent D Wilson, MD, PHD | 8015852341 | firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Contact: Christopher J McGann, MD | 8015852341 | email@example.com |
United States, Utah | |
University of Utah | Recruiting |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132 | |
Contact: Brent D Wilson, MD, PHD 801-581-2341 email@example.com | |
Contact: Christopher J McGann, MD 8015812341 email@example.com |
Principal Investigator: | Brent D Wilson, MD, PHD | University of Utah |
Responsible Party: | Brent Wilson, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Utah |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01721447 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Study First Received: | October 25, 2012 |
Last Updated: | November 1, 2016 |
Keywords provided by University of Utah:
Atrial fibrillation stroke TEE Left atrial thrombus |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Atrial Fibrillation Thrombosis Arrhythmias, Cardiac Heart Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Pathologic Processes Embolism and Thrombosis Vascular Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017


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Watson beats Wolves with late goal
Time was running out, so when Austin Watson returned to the ice, he knew exactly what to do.
"I was trying to get open in the slot," Watson said. "I think (Taylor Beck) was at the end of a shift and just wanted to put (the puck) on net. So I figured I might as well go there. That's where good things tend to happen."
Watson was right, as he scored a rebound goal with just 1 minute, 33 seconds left in Milwaukee's 4-3 victory over Chicago on Thursday in front of 3,009 people at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Goalie Jeremy Smith finished with 29 saves, including 12 in the last period, to win his sixth game in a row.
The Admirals won for the fourth time in their last five games to prevent fourth-place Chicago from passing them in the Midwest Division.
"We should've got this thing to overtime and taken it from there," Chicago coach Scott Arniel said. "We were sloppy for stretches. When you're on the road, you need to be squeaky clean."
Just after Watson left the bench, Beck had the puck in the right circle and sent a shot that bounced off goalie Matt Climie.
Patrick Cehlin tried to score on the rebound in front of the crease only to have that blocked by Climie, too.
But in skated Watson through the slot, past Chicago's Darren Haydar, to swipe it in between the goalie's legs.
"I think you've just got to be hungry," Watson said.
After falling behind, 3-2, on a goal to Haydar with just 8.8 seconds left in the second period, Milwaukee rallied to win for only the second time in 12 games when trailing at the start of the third.
The Admirals tied the score at 3-3 on Mark Van Guilder's goal with 15:04 left.
Kevin Henderson, who played an all-around good game, gathered the puck in the neutral zone and skated into the offensive end. His shot bounced off Climie and then off the skate of teammate Chris Tanev in front of the crease. The puck slid to Van Guilder at the left crease where he scored.
"We talked to them after the game," Milwaukee coach Dean Evason said. "We liked their resilience. We don't seem to get flustered by it. As coaches, we get flustered by the three goals we gave them. Because that's exactly what did. We gave them three goals. We obviously have to be better in that area.
"Having said that, we do like that we don't get flustered, we don't lose our composure, we just continue to go about our business. But eventually that late goal is not going to be there. Then it will be frustrating for the entire group."
Milwaukee held a 2-1 lead on a goal by Kevin Henderson with 16:06 left in the second. Chicago tied it with 12:43 remaining on a power-play goal by Jordan Schroeder.
Chicago | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 |
Milwaukee | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
First period - 1, Gordon (Sterling), 11:28; 2, Bartley (Beck, Mueller), 13:26. Penalties - No penalties.
Second period - 3, Henderson (Van Guilder, Latta), 3:54; 4, Schroeder (Tanev, Rodin), 7:17 (pp); 5, CHI, Haydar (Ebbett), 19:51. Penalties - MIL, MacLellan (bench minor - too many men), 5:48; CHI, Davies (bench minor - too many men), 13:37.
Third period - 6, MIL, Van Guilder (Henderson), 4:56; 7, MIL, Watson (Cehlin, Beck), 18:27. Penalties - MIL, Cehlin (holding), 8:08; CHI, Ebbett (tripping), 14:17.
Climie, CHI | 5 | 12 | 7 | - | 24 |
Smith, MIL | 12 | 5 | 12 | - | 29 |
Summary: Shots on goal - CHI 32; MIL 28. Penalties /minutes - CHI 2 for 4; MIL 2 for 4. Power play opportunities - CHI 1 for 2; MIL 0 for 2. A - 3,009. T - 2:24.
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East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Cultural Trust have three multi-purpose sports and leisure facilities.
All 3 Leisure Centres open Monday - Friday from 7.30am and Saturday & Sunday from 8.30am
Allander Leisure Centre was originally known as The Allander Sports Centre , and was officially opened in 1977. A major refurbishment programme took place in 2001.
The Centre has two swimming pools, fitness suite with the very latest Technogym and functional training equipment, over 70 classes a week, an eight court sports hall accommodating most sports: including badminton, basketball and gymnastics. There are also 3 indoor five a side 3G pitches and an indoor tennis court. Other facilities include 2 squash courts, sauna steam room, Bistro with Costa Coffee and free Wifi
Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre opened to the public in July 2007 this £8.66m state of the art centre rivals some of the best in Central Scotland. In only one year after opening it obtained a VisitScotland four star quality assurance award. Set in Woodhead Park, it has helped to regenerate the surrounding parkland and create a brand new children's playpark. Designed in consultation with the community.
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Yes, AT&T is king... IF you get service. Most the people I know that complain about poor reception in calls or dropping calls are on AT&T. Their 3G is faster though.
The city survey up there^ doesn't show a great deal of difference between AT&T and any other carrier. They have a few weak cities in So Cal, but overall, they were "as reliable" as everyone else.


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You look a little pale. Everything okay?
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What's wrong, honey? Oh hey, you swept the living room! Thanks!
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Oh, huh. I coulda sworn it was more cluttered when I left for work this morning…
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Okay, what is going on here? And why are you whispering? We're all alone here.
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"The house! It's haunted! Don't you see, I didn't sweep the living room! A ghost did!"
Wait, really?
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We've got a house haunted by chore-doing ghosts? That's… that's…
I was actually going to say amazing. Two quick questions, do they know how to use the washer and dryer and can they iron?
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Not a chance! We are staying right here!
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You're damn right I do! We made a deal two years ago: you stay at home and work on your writing if you complete some really basic chores around the house. Well, two years later I still have to clean your beard trimmings off the rim of the sink. So what then? We move into this old house because you thought it would inspire your work, and I said okay. But no! I put my foot down here! We WILL not leave simply because there are ghosts in this house WHO TAKE INITIATIVE!
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Here's one. I recently changed out my tranny mount in my 93 yj 4.0 automatic. The mount was beat after many years of hard driving, I'm assuming. I picked up my Jeep almost a year back. When I dropped the center plate, the tranny mount fell right off. There were no bolts attatching the mount to the tranny. The only bolts were the mount being attatched to the center skid plate. When I put the replacement mount in, and went to mount it to the tranny, I noticed that it was extrememly hard to fit any type of bolts into the mounting holes. Now I did not have the Jeep lifted off the ground, just had it on some jack stands. I was able to get two bolts into those mounting holes, but it was quite the task. I put some Locktite on the bolts, just to make sure they would not work thier way out. So my question is, are there bolts that hole the tranny mount to the tranny, or does the tranny just rest on the mount itself? It seems that it would make sense that it (the mount) would be sucured to the tranny, and the holes in the tranny were threaded. So I would assume that they do take mounting bolts. Though it was a bastard to get those bolts in there and then to torque them down.
unfortantly for you there are about two bolts that hold the mount assembly to the trans.there should be a metal peice that goes right above the transmission mount you just replaced.
Your absolutely correct. That piece is what I was reffering to. The bolts were almost impossible to get to. Like I said, I put some Loc-tite on to give the bolts a little more holding power. I figured the original bolts worked themselves out. They were not in the bottom of the skid plate, so I wasn't sure if there were bolts that held the mount to the tranny. I thought it may just have rested on the mount. Didn't make much sense to me that it would be designed that way. Appreciate your feedback. Thanks.
I recently replaced my trans mount and found a way that should make the job easier for you. I placed a floor jack with a block of wood under the oil pan and jack stand at the rear diff of the Jeep. This will allow you to completely remove your skid plate and give you a ton of space to install the other two screws without having to worry about the trans moving or shifting. Then simply re-install the skid plate and go drive. Good luck.
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Immigrating legally to the United States is not easy. "Over the past several months, skilled foreign nationals have seen no improvement in their prospects for obtaining green cards and, in fact, wait times are likely to increase in employment-based immigration categories," according to a new report released by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), an Arlington, Va.-based policy research group.
An October 2011 analysis found the wait times for skilled immigrants, particularly those from India and China, could last 5 to 8 years, or potentially even decades in some cases. The State Department has reported in the latest Visa Bulletin that wait times could be imposed on individuals from countries other than India and China in the employment-based second preference (EB-2), for persons of "exceptional ability" and "advanced degree" holders, with the employment-based first preference (EB-1) category (outstanding researchers and professors, aliens of extraordinary ability) also possibly becoming backlogged as well.
Unlike the long-term problems in entitlement programs such as Social Security, the solutions to reducing the long wait times for employment-based green cards are easy to implement and have received bipartisan support. These solutions center around two areas: eliminating the per country limit and providing more green cards.
Providing additional green cards or exempting from the annual limit foreign nationals with advanced degrees from U.S. universities in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field, while also eliminating the per country limit, could have a significant impact on employment-based green card backlogs.
The October 2011 NFAP analysis estimated, "An exemption of at least 50,000 for advanced degree STEM graduates would eliminate the backlog in the employment-based second preference (EB-2) and make the category current within three years. It would also eliminate the employment-based third preference (EB-3) backlog and potentially make the category current within 10 years." Even 25,000 additional green cards for holders of U.S. advanced STEM degrees would likely "eliminate the backlog and make the EB-2 category current in 4 years."
An argument made against providing more green cards to highly skilled foreign nationals is that doing so would harm the job prospects of Americans. However, skilled scientists, researchers and professionals help create more jobs and innovations. Moreover, such individuals are typically hired as part of the normal recruitment process, complementing, not replacing, Americans. A recent economic analysis supports the view that immigrants help expand economic opportunities for others.
A study by Madeline Zavodny, a professor of economics at Agnes Scott College, concluded, "Immigrants with advanced degrees boost employment for U.S. natives. This effect is most dramatic for immigrants with advanced degrees from US universities working in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields."
The research performed for the American Enterprise Institute and the Partnership for a New American Economy examined employment data in the United States for the year 2000 through 2007. The analysis found, "An additional 100 foreign-born workers in STEM fields with advanced degrees from U.S. universities is associated with an additional 262 jobs among U.S. natives. While the effect is biggest for U.S.-educated immigrants working in STEM, immigrants with advanced degrees in general raised employment among US natives during 2000-2007."
Long wait times carry implications for whether or not highly skilled foreign nationals, including international students, will be able to make their careers in the United States. Fixing this problem makes economic sense and is in line with America's tradition as a nation of immigrants.


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Maybe you were under the impression that the working address of the Sacramento Kings franchise doesn't really fall into the realm of geopolitics.
But Chris Lehane, of the ThinkBIG group that was hoping the Kings would agree to play in a downtown Sacramento arena, said that dealing with the Kings' owners was like "dealing with the North Koreans, except they are less competent."
Actually the North Korean government seems quite stable and purposeful by comparison. It has played its games in Pyongyang, its capital city, for 64 years. And, according to those who have been there, it has seen the need to build no new arenas. Just monuments to themselves.
Since the Maloofs don't seem organized enough to even do that, Lehane's tirade was juvenile, unfair, and harmful to Sacramento's effort to keep its only major league team.
In fact, if the Maloofs' recent actions resemble anything, it is the 2000 Gore-Lieberman presidential campaign, of which Lehane was the press secretary.
Like the Maloofs, Vice President Al Gore was presented with a 2-furlong lead, with peace and prosperity abounding, and instead moved himself back to the gate. He distanced himself from his own administration's record and lost the Florida Derby to George W. Bush, after a photo finish and an inquiry.
Like Gore, the Maloofs don't know how to claim victory.
In February, Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson announced a deal that would reward the Maloofs' many threats by providing them a new building, without exorbitant cost. Last Friday the owners walked away, even speculating they might renovate their existing barn, once known as Arco Arena.
You know, the place that the Maloofs always have said was too dilapidated, outmoded and inadequate for a competitive NBA team. Without a new one, they absolutely couldn't stay in Sacramento.
And, yes, there are alternatives to staying in Sacramento.
Anaheim is fixing up Honda Center in hopes of getting the Kings and has talked extensively with the Maloofs, or their representatives. You can rest assured that at least one of those conversations has happened since Friday.
But George Maloof told SI.com Monday that moving anywhere "is not an option" and has steadfastly refused to discuss selling the Kings.
Would you rather have a bad basketball operation or none at all? And do we really need another flighty owner?
The NBA, which had pushed the Sacramento arena deal, backed off Friday as commissioner David Stern shook his head. He criticized the sudden appearance of economist Christopher Thornberg, who poked holes in Sacramento's plans.
But he also said the Maloofs were perfectly within their rights to pursue their dreams.
Whatever those are.
Meanwhile, Anaheim is excited. It would take an NBA team even if it were owned by the Amish. Or even a Democrat.
"We are NBA-ready," said Mayor Tom Tait. "There are 25 million people in Southern California, and yet there is only one venue to watch pro basketball. When people talk about two teams in Los Angeles being enough, we disagree with that. These are two different markets, and people from San Diego, for example, could get on a train and arrive within walking distance of the arena."
That is true, although I might be more inclined to jump a moving train to escape a Sacramento-Washington game, just to name one.
Tait is correct about the two markets. But there is only one TV market, and a limited number of channels. Even with the Lakers going to Time Warner, it is difficult to squeeze one's games on to the Fox stations.
The Los Angeles Kings are going for a first-round series victory Wednesday and there is no local broadcast, thanks to the Angels and Dodgers. Those Kings will only be seen on the NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus), and their fans will not hear Hall of Famer Bob Miller and Jim Fox.
To dominate the winter sports market in Sacramento, Seattle or Kansas City would seem far more desirable than to wallow on the inside pages here, or to share one's building with the proprietary Ducks.
But that's where one market helps, because the Maloofs can get a bigger local TV package here than anywhere else, presumably.
"We're not going to get in the way of what's going on in Sacramento," Tait said.
Good. It would be like interrupting Robin Williams in mid-routine. The Maloofs are the NBA's version of improv.
The one thing you know is that they are more likely to come south than they were a week ago.
Like Bakersfield, perhaps. Close your eyes, and it's a lot like the DMZ.
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Cora, I love This! Beautiful capture. It takes you a million miles away. #192959Cora Miller 12/1/2004 8:50:29 AM
Thanks so much, Ronda. I'm glad it helped you 'escape'. :) #948645Darren K. Fisher 12/15/2004 10:10:07 PM
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RESTON, VA, February 1, 2008 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released rankings of the top U.S. Internet properties based on the number of display ad impressions delivered. Display ads are defined as any rich media or static images that are served and loaded into a Web browser, but do not include video streams, text or paid search ad impressions. comScore reports the display ad impressions as "ad views," since the comScore technology records the ads as they are actually rendered on an Internet user's computer (as opposed to other technologies that only "spider" publisher sites for ads but are not able to record the actual delivery of all ads, especially behaviorally targeted ads, to the sites' visitors.)
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Yahoo! Sites ranked as the top display ad publisher property in November, with 18.8 percent of display ad views, followed by Fox Interactive (16.3 percent), Microsoft Sites (6.7 percent), Time Warner Network (5.8 percent) and Facebook.com (1.5 percent). Nearly half (49.1 percent) of all display ads seen by U.S. Internet users originate on only five properties, illustrating the concentration of advertising among a few properties.
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On Saturday, June 26, my husband and I drove to North Royalton, Ohio for a parade and memorial service to my ancestor John Shepherd. John was born in 1729 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. He moved to central Pennsylvania, then New York, and finally to Ohio. He died in North Royalton in 1842. Reaching the age of 117 years.
Now I'm not exactly a believer in all that is credited to John Shepherd. Maybe he really did live all those years. But was he really in all the battles that he said he was? Did he really serve with George Washington? Why was his pension denied if he was telling the truth?
But despite all that, I decided that I had to be a part of his memorial day. The day started with a free pancake breakfast sponsored by the city. Then I got to ring the traveling Liberty Bell.
We visited John Shepherd's grave before the service. A new base was recently installed.
Then it was time for the parade.
Then a wonderful memorial service. The keynote speaker was Lt. General Robert W. Wagner, United States Army, retired.
An Ohio historical marker was unveiled.
The best part of the memorial was meeting and talking to distant cousins.
You can read more about the memorial here and find out more about John Shepherd here.
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Monday, July 07, 2008
behind the scenes
First thing I notice as I sit outside the room in the viewing area is that M is the only one not wearing a little dress. She's got on sweats, J had supervised the dressing, this is what she always wears, he said.
All the other little girls are in little girl dance dresses. Ribbons in their hair. I notice but since M's never once said anything about needing a dress, not having a dress, I figured it was no big deal. One of the other moms sits down next to me. Which one is yours, she says. That one, I point proudly at M, her wild and unruly hair flying everywhere. Oh, she says. No dress then?
Three little words, no big deal but somehow they are. Well, I say, I am never the one to bring her, I had no idea everyone else wore a dress. She's never mentioned it. I suppose she would, she says. That one's mine. Adorned in dress and ribbons. She's cute, her kid.
I come to every class, she says. Are you fucking kidding me, woman? I think and instead I just say I'd love to but I have to work. I want to stupidly elaborate. I work in non profit. People who have no homes. Mmmhmmm, she replies and I look at her. I tell myself I'm going to be blogging this later so bring it on, chick. I bet you drive a gas guzzling SUV.
The class starts and let's just say ballet is never going to be M's thing. But she's having a great time and that's all that matters. After a few minutes the mom says do you practice with her outside of class? As she's talking I watch her kid, she looks like she belongs in some 70's era Maoist state run school, you know, the ones where they force the kids into these camps and work them 10 hours a day? Exactly like those kids. No, I reply. We don't really practice.
We practice every day, she says. Touche, I think and say well, she's only three and a half. (Her kid is obviously even younger but what the hell, I'm starting to get annoyed). Oh, mine just turned three, smug, she is. So I say I figured she was older, seems like wanting to practice every day would be something that might come later but maybe that's just me. My kid prefers you know, to play. If there was the equivalent of a kick in the shins I've just offered it, I'm petty and besides, you've been pissing me off for 10 minutes and if I had a gold star I'd give you one, your kid is so totally better at three year old ballet than mine and she's got a dress on too. That must feel really, really good. You've just won this bullshit competition. Like I said, I'm petty like that.
We don't exchange another word for the rest of the hour and that's just fine with me. But there was one point when a teacher didn't notice immediately that her kid's shoe was off and this woman almost came unglued. She's talking to the teacher through the wall but of course there is no sound. Fix her shoe, fix her shoe, she's agitated and coincidentally within seconds the teacher happens to notice and does. I lean farther in the other direction and wonder why I'm feeling so defensive, why I'd let any of this matter to me at all.
Part of me still stings so when the class is over I say to M I noticed everyone else has on a dancing dress and she says yeah and I so I ask her if she wants one and she says no, that's ok. But when I get home I tell J about the woman and I can't help saying it's worse than a reality show in that viewing room, the competi-mommies are hardcore and he replied I'm usually the only guy there so they all just sit in a pack and leave me alone. But you should have told me about the dresses, I reply and he looks at me sideways but I can't help the urge to make sure M is mothered in all the ways she needs to be and yet at the same time I realize this is more about me or better said more about others than it is about her and I wonder again why I let it matter, even for one minute, what someone I do not know decides to think about the way I parent my kid.
49 comments:
- Joker The Lurcher said...
oh jen, how i relate to this! my kid is always the one without the dress (well metaphorically - given he is a boy he is probably better without a dress among our narrow-minded fellow parents)...
- Amanda said...
Oh, Jen, I want to wrap your sweet resilient M and you up. Such a serrated blade you stand on, comfortable with what and who you are, but ever more made to feel by others as if if it is wrong or something is lacking. Damn, but you're raising an amazing spirit.
- Z said...
M has your independence of spirit, in not minding. You and she are right. My granddaughter's nursery school has a uniform, for goodness sake, and she's three and a half too.
- Little Monkies said...
Been there, been there (shakes head) and can't stand myself when I creap onto the other side too. We screw ourselves and our girls with this shit.
Sigh. - 3:29 AM
- kristen said...
dude, mom's like that are looking to regain their glory and all of their missed opportunities. how i love your girl, for not caring about the farking dress or ribbons, because M knows what's important and it's not the dress or ribbons.
- QT said...
Funny that M went through that princess-y phase and didn't ask for the dress for dance class. I agree with kiki, those kinds of moms are trying to recapture some missed glory days. Instead of it being about their kid, it becomes all about them.
- Sober Briquette said...
breathe, jen.
Three year olds do not do ballet, or soccer, or whatever. Anything for three year olds is just an activity to get them together with their peers having fun, while learning to socialize instead of behave like savages toward each other. But you knew that.
However, if it still rankles, consider this: what do the real ballet dancers wear when they practice? Something that looks a lot more like sweats. - 5:22 AM
- ewe are here said...
My boys live in secondhand or super cheap tshirts and jeans, shorts or sweats. And they're usually grubby to boot. As opposed to so many little ones in 'nice pants' and 'nice' shirts and expensive shoes and jackets. THose are the same kids, Inotice, whose parents chase them around the parks and playgrounds telling them not to sit on the ground or get dirty. I always feel sorry for those kids.
You're doing the right thing by letting M do her thing. M is happy. Thhat's all that matters... plus teaching her to be immune to peer pressure at such a young age can only be a good thing from where I@m sitting. - 5:36 AM
- Omaha Mama said...
My B only made it 8 weeks at dance class and what you write about was the most uncomfortable part for me. Our class had a dress code, so that made it easy, but there were still the other things to snark about. I'm surprised that one would leave her pack to talk to a newbie, rather than just give sidelong glances. If your M is having fun, that's the part that matters. My B wasn't, so we gave her the choice to stop going. I was more bummed about it than her. I think the dress part you refer to is just mommy-guilt, yes? If M doesn't feel she needs a dress, than I guess she doesn't.
- Gina said...
That is the hardest part of parenting. I can deal with the sleeless nights and the ear infections and the crying, but that drives me insane. And the worst part about parents like that is that they raise kids like them. So while the 3 year olds don't really care about that stuff and it's just the parents being smug and nasty to you, when they get to be 6 and 9 and 12, it's the kids being smug and nasty to your kid. It sucks.
- Catherine said...
Hallelujah and AMEN sister. Your tale is one for the ages.
- Her Grace said...
What sober briquette said.
Our dance class is, thankfully, filled with moms that care more about the 30 minute break they get while the kids are dancing than anything else, so I'm lucky in the respect.
I was cheering you on while reading your post. Good for you for not taking shit from her. - 6:43 AM
- wheelsonthebus said...
She makes a 3 year old practice? Fabulous. That is something to be very, very proud of.
I make my almost-four-year old practice being polite. Does that count? - 6:43 AM
- Bon said...
oh wow. we haven't been to any 'classes' yet. we may just cower in our house for the next decade or so.
i think it's cool - and telling - that M doesn't give a shit about the dress thing. and yet i get you, about wanting her to be mothered as she needs and yet wondering if that's really about you and oh, god, this is hard, friend. - 7:07 AM
- Missy said...
I can so relate to this. Bizzare how we allow ourselves to be led into these little social jousts.
Statistically, they'd all be lucky if one student from that school ever made it to the big time. Let alone a whole class of ballerina wannabes.
You know this. Keep telling yourself. :) I think sober briquette said it best. - 7:10 AM
- Defiantmuse said...
ah. you restrained yourself much better than I would have. That sort of shit gets my knickers in a right twist, dude. who has their 3 year old practice ballet outside of class? ew.
- jen said...
Dudes, thanks. I KNOW! it felt ridiculous. I mean, J only decided to do this b/c they are home together this summer - this sort of thing is not our thing, and so I was disappointed in myself for actually letting that interaction bug me.
Off to 8am practice session now. KIDDING. - 7:46 AM
- meno said...
You are mothering M in the way she needs.
I hate it when i get sucked into the competitive parenting game.
"You know mine took her first step at 9 months."
"Well mine was potty trained at one and a half."
"Oh really? Well mine knew 10 words by the time she was 10 months."
Whatever. - 8:39 AM
- cinnamon gurl said...
I love that M didn't care about the dress. I can't imagine making my kid practice anything under the age of 12.
- Beck said...
Competi-moms. Bleh.
I know EXACTLY how you feel, though - on The Boy's last day of swim class, another mom referred to him as "the little guy with messy hair and old swim shorts." Bitttttchy! - 9:03 AM
- mamatulip said...
M is light years ahead of that little girl, and so many others. She has wisdom and introspection and eyes that truly see.
The same can be said about you. - 10:35 AM
- Amy Y said...
It's hard to let stuff like that roll off... to not get caught up with those stupid competi~moms. With us, it's sports. My boys love to play, for fun, but they are not overly skilled. And I'm fine with that ~ I'd rather they be well rounded and find their own passion... it doesn't have to be sports just because they are boys. But society doesn't like that. Ugh.
I always assume that a**holes drive gas guzzling SUV's, too. ;) I am starting to think I might be overly prejudiced towards them. Especially Hummer drivers. Oops. - 11:37 AM
- Binky said...
Dress, schmess. She's happy in her sweats, right? But how about a new tee-shirt for you? One that says "I'm going to be blogging this later so bring it on, chick"!
'Kay, maybe not, but I love the quote. - 12:38 PM
- Julie Pippert said...
This has to be one of the best, best, best encapsulations of the snag moment in between (place a) of wanting to empower our kids to be who and how they are and not get caught up in or over-value the petty crap AND (place b) of wanting to help them know what they need and have what they need to succeed and not get crapped on by people whose parents failed (place a).
As the mom of at least one kid who will never be competi-mommy approved typical?
I am at the snag often.
Add to that? I know she's got a built in challenge already: me.
I am also not competi-mommy approved typical.
When my daughters go out and about in public I am never sure who is judged worse or more: my daughter (poor thing, a mom who lets her go out dressed like *that* when it happens to be a look my daughter loves) or me (my gosh, what kind of a mom lets her kid go out dressed like *that*). - 1:02 PM
- hypoglycemiagirl said...
let them play their little games and watch them being silly from a distance, you rock anyway.
- thailandchani said...
Sheesh! What a wretched woman!
- Tabba said...
this is what turns me off most about being a woman.
women exactly like this. who find no greater satisfaction in life than to make a sister feel like total shit about herself as a (woman) mother.
- patches said...
You are so my kind of people.
- Magpie said...
lord i hate those kinds of mothers. i don't take my kid to any activities...she's got enough what with being in daycare 10 hours a day...so i rarely encounter them - but at the kindergarten orientation there was one that i wanted to slap upside the head.
besides - ballet classes before age 7 or 8 are for fun. no real dance training can happen before then; the body is simply not ready. - 7:30 PM
- Ally said...
Who ARE these freaky mothers? I don't know anyone like that, and I am just so thankful that as of yet I've not had any run-ins like this one. You handled it brilliantly. PLAY, indeed. I found my heart racing, wanting to jump in and pummel that mom on your behalf. But your M, sweet girl, she doesn't need a dress, or a ribbon-- she's got so much more self-confidence and joy than that crabby mom will ever have. That's probably the best come-back of all.
- flutter said...
well she goes to ballet classes. Good for her, and I bet they go home to eat a bunch of fried food at watch hours of mind rot on tv.
wow, I am judgmental right now! - 8:10 PM
- marymurtz said...
I was reading a book by Ann Lamott, where she talked about her son playing with a kid whose mom was sort of a Stepford Wife. This perfect woman came to pick up her son at Ann's house, and said something perfectly innocuous about how busy single-mom Ann must be and some other passive agressive parenting judgmentalism delivered in a chipper voice.
I'll never forget Lamott's quote: "She made me think thoughts to terrible they would have made Jesus drink gin straight out of the cat dish."
I thought about that when I was reading your post. I hate when people try to make others feel bad. Even more do I hate it when they succeed without even trying. - 8:18 PM
- bgirl said...
so humanly annoying isn't it?
we all do that, that caring about what others think, when in actuality what they think has nothing, nothing to do with us and in my experience is usually so far from what i think.
my mantra...
no nos importa que lo piensen. - 8:48 PM
- painted maypole said...
you are of course teaching M things far more important, but it is hard, sometimes, to be so different in this world.
- alejna said...
I love you guys all the more for this.
I love it that M doesn't care about the dress or the ribbons. That she is just having fun. The little girl who has to practice (at 3? are you freakin' kidding me?) is really missing out on the fun.
I've been largely spared this sort of mommy so far. I'm not looking forward to them. - 9:56 PM
- Z said...
The other way of dealing with this nonsense is to use her own methods - "I think it's so important to encourage individuality, don't you? The time to conform comes so quickly and I don't want my child to be a clone of all the others; I want her to choose for herself." It puts the competitive mommy on the defensive at once.
- Gwen said...
ugh, just ugh, ugh, ugh. I so get this, jen, but I love that M doesn't need the dress or the ribbons. As far as I can tell, you "win." (even though I know, as you are the bigger person, it's not about winning for you; or at least you don't want it to be.)
- Christine said...
you are the best mommy, jen. hear me? screw those bitchy witches.
and i did dance for 8 years askid and teenager and while it was fun it also sucked in an all too girly -competitive- early eating disorder sort of way. and there were LOTS of competi-moms then, too.
my girl is in judo. no dresses required, man.
never doubt that you are good mommy, because like i said before you're the BEST.
ps i want to write a just post for ya, but I am lame and can't remember the deadlines... - 11:59 AM
- Janet said...
What a fucking bitch.
I can't be bothered to think of a nicer way to say it. Luckily, those vocal competi-moms are few and far between. - 12:48 PM
- Deezee said...
I'd be proud to have the non-conformist, dressless kid, but hey, that's just me. :)
Still, the annoyance of that other woman! eek! - 5:07 PM
- hele said...
One day M will know how to enjoy dancing without having to be perfect and this little girl will believe that perfection is all that matters.
Mothers like that should be sentenced to deep soul searching classes. - 9:43 AM
- Expatriate Chef said...
I sent my kid to gymnastics in sweats. Some of the others had the little gymnastics suits. Sweats are good. Hell, she already blatently reaches in her pants to readjust undies at will. Why make it worse with the leotard, huh? Sweats work. And, no, I was not home every night doing somersaults, either. I just don't bend that way, not even during sex.
- KC said...
She sounds like a caricature. I would have totally been petty and passive-aggressive sound-maker.
Whatever. She's annoying. And a sad creature of a person. Poor girl of hers, that's all I can say.
Does she have one leg of her sweatpants hiked up? Because that is totally hot. Like a b-girl. - 5:25 PM
- Arwen said...
M will rule the world if she wants to because she isn't fitting into a schedule and a dress and all that other crap.
You and you alone give her that opportunity. Competi-mom could never even fathom that gift! - 5:46 PM
- the end of motherhood said...
It is impossible to not let that sh*t get under your skin, no matter how meaningless it is.
- carol said...
That poor 3 year old. Her mom will most likely wind up investing as much in counseling as in dance lessons and never have a clue why.
- Wayfarer Scientista said...
ah, jen, i never told you, did i, that i once was a professional ballerina? no shit. and i have to say, if i ever have a kid i'm never letting them take ballet after say, 3rd grade. because it gets worse. and quitting it was one of the best things i ever did in my life.
- crazymumma said...
hey hon.
they get under your skin with that better than thou attitude. Always do.
some competi's are so insidious you don't even know it until you are trying to fall asleep at night.
I think it says alot that M does not care however. Alot. - 3:44 PM
- Lawyer Mama said...
Oh, babe. I hear you.
I love, love, LOVE that M doesn't care. You & J are doing such a great job.
We all know we aren't supposed to let those people get to us, but it's hard. We were bred to it. It's hard to throw that off, no matter how much we want to. But hopefully our kids will grow up to truly not care what others think. Sounds like M is on her way to dancing the only dance that matters, her way. - 8:43 PM


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goes Hollywood and gets weird this week. Tonight's back-to-back episodes leap from a baffling international mystery box challenge to the set of
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Eddie's reward for winning the mystery box challenge is, of course, the power to control the next elimination challenge. The theme of the challenge is filled pasta (yum!), and when given the choice of agnolotti, mezzelune and caramelle pastas, Eddie chooses the agnolloti -- the dish that looks toughest to execute. That's no problem for Eddie, though. He has immunity!
Since few of the cooks know how to prepare
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is pulling celebrity guests out of its chef sleeves), Lidia Bastianich will teach the cooks to prepare the obscure Italian dish. But wait! As a bonus prize, Eddie can pull two cooks out of class and handicap their performance, so he chooses James, whom he views as a threat, and Lynn, who's too good a student to leave in Lidia Bastianich's schooling. James manages to steady himself after the blow, but Lynn is hit like a bull's eye. Well played, Eddie. You win this round.
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boil water
. No, it was Howard, whose California swagger wasn't impressing Joe's Italian mom. Howard offended with his misty-eyed presentation of San Diego-inspired
agnolotti with jalapenos and cumin. Cumin isn't used in Italian cooking and is somehow more upsetting to the Bastianich family than cooking pasta with maple syrup, so Howard is pushed into eliminating himself for being a "narcissist in denial" who commits crimes against stuffed pastas. So long, Howard. I'm not sure why you're being iced out, but at least you're leaving with dignity.
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The cooks then move on to the main event: cooking for the cast and crew of
. Top pasta chefs, Krissi and Jessie, captain teams chosen by Jane Lynch, who dons her Sue Sylvester persona and divides the cooks into teams of Beauties and Beasts. I give Krissi credit for taking the joke with a great sense of humor, but that's all the credit I give her for tonight. Predictably, Krissi bitches about her team assignments and regrets having Bime on her team because she thinks he's an idiot. I think Bime seems like a sweet guy, a loyal teammate and a good chef, but what do I know?
The teams are asked to make fried chicken, salmon and vegan lasagna for the
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, and lots of it, please! Bime makes his spicy chicken as quickly as possible, but a few plates go out raw and Joe starts throwing them in the trash. Meanwhile, Jessie's team is slowed by their captain's encounter with a mandolin blade.
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lunch, but with one baking mishap and a back-stab from Krissi, he's unduly sent packing.
It's painful to watch Bime go. Krissi is a front-runner who's a lot of fun to watch, but it's hard to cheer for someone with such a disregard for justice.
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Maurice de Vlaminck was born in Paris, the son of musicians, but grew up in Le Vésinet, where the family moved in 1879. When he was sixteen he bought his first racing-bike and decided to become a professional cyclist. For two years he was able to support himself and his family-he married in 1894-through his racing, but then a bout of typhoid fever put an end to his sporting career. In the meantime he had begun to draw, but it was not until 1900 and a chance meeting with Derain while he was on leave from the army that Vlaminck decided to paint seriously. His friendship with Derain lasted throughout his life. First, they shared a studio in Chatou and then in 1913 they went together to Marseilles and Martigues. In the early 1940s they met again at the opening of Arno Breker's exhibition in Berlin. There are at least two portraits of Vlaminck by Derain, and one by Vlaminck of Derain.
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Rotweiller owner testifies at inquiry
SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The owner of a pack of Rottweiller dogs that killed a four-year-old New Brunswick boy in his backyard says they were "perfect pets'' up until the day of the killing.
Mike Clark took the stand in Saint John this morning at a coroner's inquest into the death of James Waddell. Clark says he let the dogs out for a run that morning but admitted they were normally kept in a chain link pen even though they'd gone through obedience training. He figures that the largest dog, a 150-lb. male named Thor, did most of the damage while trying to get to a female dog that was in heat. Clark told the hearing that when he came out to look at the scene Thor was standing there with blood all over his face and neck wanting to play. He says he thinks he went into shock after locking the dogs up again. The animals were destroyed. © Copyright 2003 Broadcast News
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