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Chez Willy's
Enjoy big city dining in a small town atmosphere. The unique American cuisine, and premium wine selections are a treat for anyone visiting Galesburg and especially for our regular customers.
Bishop Hill Bakery & Eatery
This is a family owned and operated business. Step up to the counter and watch fresh bread and cookies being baked right before your eyes. Be tempted with many baked goods or stay for lunch with homemade soup, casseroles, or a sandwich from the daily lunch menu. The bakery is located across from the Colony Store and Steeple building.
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Colony Inn
Friendly tavern serving food made on site. Decorated with historic sports memorabilia from local Bishop Hill teams.
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Sirloin Stockade
We are a steak house with a very extensive buffet with a lot of selections. No delivery service. Take-out available.
Hy-Vee Food Court
Hy-Vee's kitchen includes salads, a hot case for lunch and supper, and breakfasts between 5am-11am are cooked fresh and fast. Catering service. Chinese express, Italian express and New York Deli.
Iron Spike Brewpub
Located in the heart of beautiful Galesburg, Illinois, Iron Spike Brewpub features delightful craft brews. Iron Spike prides itself on original beer, great food, and local entertainment while supporting the Galesburg community.
Landmark Cafe and Creperie
A casual bistro-style restaurant serving pasta, sandwiches, crepes, vegetarian fare, stuffed baked potatoes and the world's best spinach bisque.
The Packinghouse Dining Company
American steak house serving beef, chicken and seafood. Wonderful salad bar with unique selections. Famous for their cinnamon buns. Located in an old butcher plant sitting next to the railroad tracks. Unusual decor.
Chez Willy's
An elegant eatery in a bistro-like atmosphere, serving current American cuisine with the freshest ingredients.
Homestead Room at Best Western Prairie Inn
Italian-American cuisine specializing in seafood, pasta and steaks.
Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream
Buffet 7 days a week. Family fun center with games, pizza and ice cream. Delivery also.
Cornucopia Natural Food/Uncle Billy's Bakery
Fresh baked from scratch bread & sweets, vegetarian deli items such as tarts & salads, lasagna & eggplant parmesan, coffee, smoothies, bulk food, organic produce, teas and imported cheese.
Rib Shack
Casual dining for ribs, barbecued chicken, fried chicken, barbecued rib tips and steaks.
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Family sit-down restaurant. No delivery service. Take-out available.
Hammer's General Feed Store
Unique dining atmosphere, children's menu available, party room for larger groups, specializing in homemade pizza and pasta, also sandwiches, salad bar and Mexican dinners. No delivery service. Take-out available.
Cerar's Barnstormer
Affordable family/fine dining and lounge takes you back to the early 1900s when biplanes and barnstorming were all the rage.
Monmouth Soda Works
Serving salads, sandwiches, pies and old-fashioned ice cream treats.
Italian Village
Casual dining. Serving Italian style pizza, spaghetti and sandwiches. Banquet room.
Located in beautiful downtown Galesburg, Illinois, just blocks from the Amtrak Station and the Seminary Street Shopping District. Q's Cafe offers homemade soups, sandwiches, salads and desserts. They also offer wonderful vegetarian fare. Special orders and catering are also available.
Roseville Lanes Diner
Family-owned restaurant and bowling alley with a banquet facility available.
Mary's Restaurant
Mary's Family Dining offers affordable home-cooked meals served on white table cloths. Lunch specials and a salad bar are offered daily. Enjoy the friendly lounge area while you wait for your seat.
Main Street Eatery
Try the top-secret honey-poppy seed dressing on top of the apple, celery, and chicken salad, it is a local favorite. Sandwiches, Panini's are just a few of the delectable offerings. Breakfast is available.
Sherry's Cafe
Sherry's is known for a few things: good food, great prices, and all the friendly service you can expect in Henry County. Located in an old quaint church, Sherry offers daily specials including fish, barbeque ribs, chicken, and more.
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Taming the beast
Weeks after Elvis Presley was buried in August 1977, then Nashville news anchorman and police reporter, Russell Ruffin, got wind of a plot to steal the King's entombed body.
His first journalistic instinct might have been to wield a camera and a microphone to capture the scoop before other media personnel. But that's not what Ruffin ultimately decided to do.
"I actually called police to alert them to head it off," he recalls. "It was a situation where I trusted them, where I was getting the story of a lifetime and giving it up so no one got hurt. They paid me back and said, 'Since you did this for us, we're going to give you the exclusive and let you come with when we make the arrests.'"
Because of his tip, police quickly foiled the plot to snatch the rock-n-roll superstar's body and arrested the three men involved.
This kind of partnership between law enforcement and the media might seem odd, since a lack of trust often characterizes the police-media relationship. Law enforcement officials fear journalists might disseminate information that could harm their cases, and reporters worry that the closed-mouth, "no comment" wielding law enforcers they encounter are hiding something.
But Ruffin, an Emmy Award winning news veteran who worked for NBC News, Fox News and others for more than 30 years before starting a training firm to help improve law enforcement-media relations, says in today's news-hungry world this climate needs to change.
"The attitude that we don't have to say anything or explain anything doesn't work anymore. Those days are gone," agrees Chris Ryan of Ryan & Associates, who conducts law enforcement-media relations training in his four-day "Public Information Officer (PIO) Boot Camp."
The more we work together...
A good rapport with the media fosters a positive relationship with the general public. "If you have a good partnership with the media, you generally have a good relationship with the public, because that's how the public gets its information," Ruffin explains.
He bases "Russell Ruffin's Law Enforcement Media Training" on his experience covering the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. He says this tragedy defines how law enforcement-media relationships should look. Here, the PIO had implemented a crisis media plan before the tragedy.
Part of their strategy included designating one spokesperson to speak to the media no matter how many agencies responded to an event. "We didn't have 15 PIOs saying 15 different things," he says. "There was one person. That person did such a good job I thought we could use some of these examples to help others."
Law enforcement must learn to manage the media, stresses Chief Deputy Michael Copeland of the Franklin County (Missouri) Sheriff's Department. "The media can be an aggravation," he admits. "But they also can be a helpful tool if they are managed correctly."
Copeland makes this statement after Franklin County found itself in the middle of what he describes "a full-blown media circus" while investigating two kidnappings less than 6 months apart. In one instance, a manhunt ensued after a woman slashed a young mother's throat and stole her 11-day-old infant. In the second case, authorities searched for a 13-year-old boy who went missing after he got off the school bus near his home.
During the investigations of these two cases, Franklin County authorities received a crash course in why it pays to work with the media. In the Ben Ownby kidnapping, authorities employed the media to release descriptions of a truck seen in the area around the time the teen went missing. A tip from someone who'd heard the broadcast and noticed a similar vehicle led to the recovery of Ownby, and a second boy, Shawn Hornbeck, who'd been abducted by the same man 4 years before. In the Baby Abby kidnapping, a family member turned in the abductor after media releases raised her suspicions.
When working with the press, the sky's the limit. Not only can law enforcement rely on journalists in large-scale investigations, but reporters can help disseminate Amber Alerts, Crime Watch notifications, crime prevention tips and more.
"There are a number of proactive things police can do," Ruffin says. "When law enforcement does something good, they should tell the media, 'Hey we did this.' If you have a good rapport, the media will almost always respond with news coverage. The police and the media really can work together effectively."
Warring factions
With all these benefits, why the hostile relationship between the two?
Sometimes green reporters fail to understand the importance of effectively working with police. "I think inexperienced journalists screw it up for everyone else," Ruffin says. "But there has always been an adversarial relationship between the two."
Who can blame law enforcement for its negative views? The press has cast law enforcement in an unsavory light many times. These examples create a climate of mistrust, Ruffin points out. He believes if reporters adequately explain the story they are after as well as the information they seek and why, it would help a lot.
On the flip side, Ruffin emphasizes law enforcement must meet the media half-way and developing ways to work together. Officials might express a willingness to provide reporters with information, but at the same time list their expectations. "Tell the press, 'I want you to be honest with me because I'm going to be honest with you,' " he says.
Ryan teaches law enforcers to be more maverick-like. The news analyst and commentator, who's been featured on ABC World News, Fox News, Court TV, Inside Edition and MSNBC News, says law enforcement agencies traditionally have been very good victims. "You kick law enforcement when they're down, and they just take it," he says. "They don't fight back because they have cases they're worried about and they're afraid of being sued. But why should you let people kick you when you're down? You can say things in a certain way that gives the news media what they need, doesn't harm the case and gets your side of the story out there."
Say anything
When faced with a pack of news-hungry journalists, officials often follow their first instinct and turn away. That's the No. 1 mistake law enforcement makes, says Ryan.
Two words define many law enforcement media releases, and they are: No Comment. Ryan says this phrase means one of three things to most people: "You're hiding something, you're lying or you must be guilty." "Saying 'No comment' is terrible because you have set the tone," he says.
Police Chief Ken Manthey of the Portage (Wisconsin) Police Department recently spent weeks negotiating a media swell when a case involving a family-member abduction evolved into a kidnapping, murder and child abuse investigation that drew national media attention. He refers to "no comment" as the worst thing agencies can say. "With open records laws, the media is going to get the information somehow. Why not put it in a positive light rather than a negative one?" he asks.
It's important to specify what information cannot be released, and follow such statements with facts that can be made public, notes Ryan. Officials can simply say: "Out of respect for the case and our victims, we are not going to be able to release all the information you seek because we have a responsibility to keep the integrity of the case together."
Ryan assigns the name "The Indictment" to the second most common error authorities make. This is where something happens, say an officer-involved shooting, and the department fails to discuss the situation at all. Before long, the victim's family talks to the press, then an activist in police brutality or another cause speaks out. Meanwhile the department continues to say, "No comment" or "The matter is under investigation."
"To me that's like an indictment," he explains. Like a grand jury, the public hears just one version of events, and that account might be very negative. "Ideas are formulated in the first hours and days of the situation," he says. "Later after the police have been pounded for weeks, they say 'We've got to get out there and say something.' But guess what? You lose; it's too late."
Smooth talkers
In the dating world, the smooth talker is the person who says all the right things at all the right times to get what he or she wants. In law enforcement-media relations it pays to be a smooth talker and say things the right way, and the reward is information control.
Ryan reminds agencies to use keywords that spotlight the traumatic situations and difficult decisions officials face. A PIO, for instance, might state after an officer-involved shooting that "the officer, in a very serious situation, with limited options and fearing for his own safety and the safety of others, made a difficult, split-second decision to fire his weapon, and unfortunately that person died." The keywords in this statement include: difficult, split-second, limited options and unfortunately. "These are important words that help people realize this wasn't easy," he says. "It helps them see there were not a lot of options at that point."
Ruffin warns agencies to refrain from using the word "not." He says this word raises red flags and leaves the public with questions." It's better to say something less adversarial, he says, such as: "We will be getting you that information at a more appropriate time."
Using "not" in instructions for the public also merits concern. After some school shootings, departments noted, "Parents, do not come to the scene." But this creates more problems, according to Ruffin. "It's almost like you've scolded the public, and you've scared them to death," he says. He recommends instead reminding the community they can assist police by avoiding the area.
"You can have the public's confidence if you express yourself in a proactive way," he explains. "The public wants to help and will help if they're asked to do so."
Law enforcement comments lacking emotion or sounding too polished also raise red flags. Ryan says a PIO must be a little less of an officer, who's been trained in the academy to suppress his emotions and remain detached. He discusses a video shown at PIO Boot Camp to illustrate his point. In this recording, a choked up, distraught commander announces an officer's line-of-duty death. "The impact of that is powerful," he says. "If you're trying to be too perfect, the powerful impact of being genuine is lost. You have to give a little of yourself."
That means if a child has been victimized and the person who did it is still at large, it's OK to be angry. "Why hide that?" Ryan asks, citing a notable news broadcast by Sheriff Mike Carona of the Orange County (California) Sheriff's Department. While investigating the murder of 5-year-old Samantha Runion, he solemnly stared into news cameras, addressed the murderer and warned, "Don't sleep, don't eat, because we're coming after you."
"That's what I want people to think about," Ryan says, "because that's powerful. Ordinary people are not powerful. People who change, challenge and question are."
Controlling the beast
"The media only has the control you give them," Ryan emphasizes. Just because a journalist asks a question a certain way, does not mean law enforcement has to do what they want. "You make the decisions," he says.
While law enforcement calls the shots, it's still a tough line to walk because like a hungry beast, the media must be fed. PIOs quickly learn when they fail to furnish information, journalists simply find another way to uncover the facts. Ryan speaks of a reporter who candidly explained during an interview that her only goal for that day was to "break" a news story. "That's a reporter's goal every day," Ryan emphasizes.
But what happens during a crisis? How can law enforcement meet journalists' needs as well as their own? The Portage PD's recent case provides insight into how law enforcement can successfully navigate a media snarl while maintaining the integrity of a case.
Portage officials were fortunate that the media remained largely unaware as their case exploded in several unexpected ways. A Florida department asked Portage officials to visit a nearby residence, where Candace Clark was believed to be living with her 2-year-old daughter, whom she'd abducted. Two Portage officers paid a visit to the home and spoke with several women, who denied they knew or were the woman in question. Officers brought them to the station for further questioning and during their interviews learned one of the women was Clark, that a mistreated 11-year-old boy was locked in a closet at the home, and that the boy's mother had been murdered and was buried in the backyard.
Realizing a media surge would soon be upon them, Manthey scheduled a press conference for 3 p.m. The department notified all media via a fax blast. "Once we sent that out, we had the media calling saying they wanted information before 3 p.m.," he says. "We were firm, saying we're going to give it to everyone at the same time. If we had started doling out information prior to that, it would have caused more headaches for us."
Once news got out, helicopters soared overhead and reporters lurked near the crime scene. "It helped that the scene was behind the house because it afforded us further protection from reporters and made it difficult for them to see anything," says Portage Det.-Lt. Mark Hahn. To further keep things under wraps, a portable tent and tarps protected the grave site as crime scene technicians worked. Crime scene tape, a command post and a road block also prevented the media from getting too close. "The media was pretty good about respecting that," says Manthey, "but they did everything they could to get photos from every direction."
Manthey and Hahn took steps to make sure they controlled the event. They held it on their own terms and on their own turf, at police headquarters instead of at the crime scene. Three spokespersons hosted the 20-minute press event: Manthey, Hahn and District Attorney Jane Kohlwey. To ensure they didn't answer something they shouldn't, Manthey and Hahn paused between questions to give Kohlwey time to jump if facts should not be released.
Case information quickly went national, and Hahn says they underestimated how many additional media outlets would request information. He negotiated this media frenzy by summarizing the facts of the case in a written press release. This document also contained information on the date, time and place of the next news conference. "It alleviated having to answer questions from new agencies wanting the same information," Hahn explains.
The agency hosted a second press event as the court arraigned the four suspects. This time the department moved the event to the Columbia County (Wisconsin) Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement Center. This facility afforded them more room and had a backdoor, or escape route, in the media room. "It's just nice to know you have an exit route if the media goes into a frenzy," Manthey explains.
Hahn, Kohlwey and Marc Playman, the county medical examiner, hosted the second conference. Hahn discussed case details while Kohlwey explained the criminal complaint, and Playman shared the victim's autopsy results.
"I would say from the compliments we received, that maybe some departments have too many press conferences, or if they hold one, they are not giving out new information," says Hahn. "Reporters told us we had the right amount of people, the right amount of press conferences and the right information. With the information we gave, they had enough to do their own press investigation."
To make sure your department experiences similar successes, experts interviewed for this article recommended that officials:
- Determine how often to meet with the press. There are two schools of thought on this. While some advocate speaking to the media every hour on the hour to quash rumors, other experts say it is best to only talk when new information becomes available. The key factor is to maintain the lines of communication.
- Have a PIO deliver information. A story can be quickly sidetracked when the chief presents the facts because he can answer questions a PIO cannot. "A PIO can only report as much information as he's been given," Ruffin says.
"I train PIOs to sometimes censor the information they receive," adds Ryan. "If an officer tells you this happened, that happened, then this, but you can't tell the media that information, you're in a very uncomfortable situation. A good reporter with enough time can get that information out of you." - Put some ground rules in place. Tell the media you'll hold a 10-minute briefing. Ask reporters to please raise their hands, let you acknowledge them before they ask a question. "This keeps the news conference from becoming a circus," says Ruffin. "And it keeps law enforcement in control."
- Set media policy. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke set some important guidelines in the Ownby case. Officials had to clear information for release through the FBI, sheriff, U.S. and district attornies. Spokespersons were designated in advance. "Everyone can't have free access to the media," Copeland says. "All of our guys know to be courteous but to tell the media they have to speak to the sheriff or the major."
- Establish a rapport with the local media. It sounds easier than it looks, admits Copeland, noting the adversarial relationship between the two groups is well ingrained.
"I know it sounds kind of 'pie in the sky' but having ethical boundaries, sticking to your word, being trustworthy and reliable, and giving information when you can helps the media understand your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do," says Copeland. "To be successful you have to establish trust and that takes time."
For more information, listen to Ryan and Ruffin's media relations' podcasts at www.officer.com.


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While less common in the United States, worldwide there are approximately 1 million new cases of gastric cancer each year, making this disease one of the most common cancers. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has established the Early Onset and Familial Gastric Cancer Registry (EOFGC), with the primary objective of identifying factors that raise the risk of gastric cancer — especially inherited or acquired genetic alterations which cause gastric cancer in young patients.
The Registry prospectively collects epidemiological data, answers to a questionnaire about risk factors, family pedigrees, and biological material (including germline DNA) from patients with gastric cancer and matched "control" patients without the disease. Tumor tissue samples are also obtained from gastric cancer patients. From this clinical and epidemiological information and the accompanying biological material, researchers aim to identify the factors causing gastric cancer among individuals at high risk for this disease (especially due to inherited genetic alterations). The ultimate goal is to establish effective prevention and early detection strategies for those at high risk, and to develop new therapies for patients with more advanced disease.
MSKCC is the coordinating center for this study, along with four collaborating sites: The University of Southern California, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Queens Medical Center, and Obafemi Univeristy Hospital (Nigeria). At the collaborating institutions, data — including family pedigrees and blood specimens for germline DNA — are collected and sent to MSKCC for analysis.
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Despite the fact that there are acres of new parts on display in the nearby air-conditioned buildings, there are those among us who can't resist the opportunity presented by the outdoor swap meet. It's the place to participate in automotive archeology by digging through piles of vintage parts, exploring the intricacies of abandoned projects, or finding that elusive great deal.
While not the biggest swap meet to be found, this year's edition did contain some treasures as well as the usual assortment of "optimistic" asking prices. Sought-after sheetmetal continues to be pricey, however the broadening of the traditional definition of street rods (read 1950s and 1960s cars) seems to have resulted in a "market adjustment" of sorts. Prices on many early cars and parts seemed slightly lower than in the past, while later-model machines and components seemed higher. But then trying to get the best deal possible is part of the process, so asking prices and selling prices are often two different numbers. And swap meets are a game of numbers.
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One question often asked by those in our hobby is "where will the new crop of street rodders come from?" If this year is any indication, we'd say the seeds have been planted by Vintage Air's 29 Below program.
Over the past 18 years the team at Vintage Air has hosted a special display of street rods owned by the youngsters at the Nats—and while we all like to think of ourselves young at heart, only those under 29 years of age qualify to participate.
Along with Vintage Air, a number of the biggest names in the business support the Below 29 program, including Painless Performance Products, ididit, and Classic Instruments, and each donates gift certificates to participants chosen at random.
This year's winners are:
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Nicholas Dant — Louisville, KY
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Samuel Davis — Williamsburg, KY
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Jerred Gibson — Louisville, KY
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Classic Instruments $100 off a complete set of gauges
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Congratulations are in order for Jack Chisenhall and Rick Love of Vintage Air and John McLeod of Classic Instruments who put their time and energy into the program, as well as all those who made donations. Thanks to all those involved the new crop of street rodders is growing.


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While Barack Obama was trying and failing to sell Obamacare to the American people, he and his allies on the Left incessantly demonized the insurance companies. On the other hand, during the debates, Mitt Romney noted that, "I'd just as soon not have the government telling me what kind of health care I get. I'd rather be able to have an insurance company. If I don't like them, I can get rid of them and find a different insurance company. But people will make their own choice."
Well now that Mitt Romney may very well be elected, guess who's upset?
You'd think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney's improved election prospects, but instead they're in a quandary.
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law. The companies already have invested tens of millions to carry it out.
Were Romney elected, insurers would be in for months of uncertainty as his administration gets used to Washington and tries to make good on his promise repeal Obama's law. Simultaneously, federal and state bureaucrats and the health care industry would face a rush of legal deadlines for putting into place the major pieces of what Republicans deride as "Obamacare."
…Things could get grim for the industry if Republicans succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act's subsidies and mandates, but leave standing its requirement that insurers cover people with health problems. If that's the outcome, the industry fears people literally could get health insurance on the way to the emergency room, and that would drive up premiums.
…Obama's law is starting to look more and more like a tangible business opportunity. In a little over a year, some 30 million uninsured people will start getting coverage through a mix of subsidized private insurance for middle-class households and expanded Medicaid for low-income people. Many of the new Medicaid recipients would get signed up in commercial managed care companies.
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study estimated the new markets would be worth $50 billion to $60 billion in premiums in 2014, and as much as $230 billion annually within seven years.
Under the law, insurance companies would have to accept all applicants, including the sick. But the companies also would have a steady stream of younger, healthier customers required to buy their products, with the aid of new government subsidies. That finally could bring stability to the individual and small-business insurance markets.
In other words, the American people get screwed by Obamacare as businesses drop their coverage left and right while costs explode, but it would be a nice, wet, sloppy kiss for the big corporate insurance agencies that have the money and manpower to survive while the little guys go belly-up. It's also worth noting who would be PAYING for that $230 billion extra that will be going into the pockets of companies like UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield.
Here's a hint: 12 of the 21 new taxes in Obamacare hit the middle class.
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I love Melissa McCarthy. I think she's hands-down the funniest woman in Hollywood- the funniest since Lucille Ball. Despite its sweetness, this is her least funny movie. Maybe Melissa McCarthy is best when others are doing the writing. McCarthy co-wrote this with her hubby, Ben Falcone, who also directed and stars in the opening scene as her fast food eatery boss from hell.
The movie begins with Tammy having the worst day ever. She totals her car after hitting a deer who bashes Tammy's nose as it runs off. Then, she's fired for being late to her fast food job and comes home to find her hubby (Nat Faxon, who wrote and directed the highly recommended coming of ager "The Way, Way Back") having an affair with a neighbor (Toni Collette- who also starred in "The Way Way Back"). Yeah- that kind of bad day. Tammy leaves home only to go a couple doors down to her mom's (played by yet another "The Way Way back alumn- Allison Janney.
The movie is in large part an homage to "Thelma & Louise" with Tammy leaving her troubles behind , taking a road trip with her grandmother (Susan Sarandon). Now, Melissa McCarthy is 43. Sarandon is 68- and even with a gray wig doesn't even look that old. Janney is 54 to McCarthy's 43. So, yeah, miscasting all the way around.
Gary Cole has never looked better as a married man who ends up having a hot and heavy fling with the grandmom after meeting at a roadhouse (another aside to "Thelma & Louise"). Indie prince Mark Duplass (one of the creators of the indie dialogue-driven, heavily improved mumblecore movies) plays his son and McCarthy's ultimate love interest. Kathy Bates is fun with Sandra Oh as her life partner.
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By Sean Early, MD and Michael Maguire, MD
The team-oriented, subspecialty care required to properly treat children with complex orthopedic pathology is rarely found in community hospitals. Cottage Children's Hospital has a breadth of pediatric subspecialists and institutional experience that allows for optimal outcomes, while minimizing the risk of complications, for children with orthopedic disorders.
Patients with acute traumatic injuries are a large part of our pediatric orthopedic surgery practice, yet we also care for a multitude of extremely complex disorders. Children present weekly to our office with limping or refusal to bear weight. Within the past six months alone, we have diagnosed infection, rheumatoid arthritis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and leukemia in children whose only presentation was a limp.
Sean Early, MD
Children with leg length inequality, angular and rotational deformities of the lower extremities, foot deformities, torticollis, and upper extremity pathology such as Erbs palsy and trigger finger, are also commonly seen. Two of the more common disorders that are almost exclusively treated by pediatric orthopedists are hip dysplasia and childhood scoliosis.
Hip Dysplasia
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) occurs in 1 of 100 births. Risk factors include breech position, positive family history, first child, female gender, and any intrauterine "crowding" disorders such as oligohydramnios or twin birth. The left hip is involved 3:1. Critical parts of the newborn examination are the Ortolani maneuver (hip clunks and reduces into place with abduction) and Barlow maneuver (hip dislocates with gentle posterior pressure), which allow definitive diagnosis of hip dysplasia.
Michael Maguire, MD
Pavlik harness treatment gently relocates and maintains the hip in the acetabulum. If the hip remains unstable, it is repositioned into the acetabulum under general anesthetic and held in place with a spica cast (closed reduction). Children of walking age at presentation require a surgical or open reduction, one of the more difficult orthopedic procedures.
In children with long-standing dislocation, femoral and / or pelvic osteotomy is necessary to maintain stability of the reduced hip. Although remodeling of the acetabulum is expected over time, if the socket remains shallow, a pelvic osteotomy provides proper coverage of the femoral head and prevents early degenerative arthritis. Adolescent or young-adult patients with undiagnosed hip dysplasia present with a limp or pain after modest activity. In these patients, a much larger procedure, the periacetabular osteotomy, is performed. This requires cuts in three different pelvic bones to allow free rotation of the socket into proper position.
Childhood Scoliosis
Spinal pathology in children and adolescents is most commonly treated by pediatric orthopedists with specialized spinal deformity training. These disorders include kyphosis, congenital anomalies, spinal infections and trauma, but most often involve scoliosis. Scoliosis may be secondary to underlying pathology, such as congenital vertebral anomaly, neuromuscular disease or connective tissue disorders, but the vast majority of patients are otherwise healthy and have idiopathic scoliosis.
The occurrence rate for idiopathic scoliosis is as high as 3 percent, with the vast majority of patients never needing formal intervention. With curves approaching 20 degrees, referral to a pediatric orthopedist is imperative. Patients with curves greater than 20-25 degrees and significant growth remaining are usually treated with bracing to prevent further progression. Children with scoliosis that approaches 40-45 degrees, with significant growth remaining, are candidates for corrective surgery due to the very high incidence of continued deformity if untreated. Patients with curves greater than 45-50 degrees will have their curves progress throughout life, possibly resulting in pulmonary and cardiac sequelae; thus, corrective surgery is indicated.
The goal of surgery is to obtain bone fusion, thereby arresting curve progression by correcting the deformity with metallic anchors to the spine that are connected to straightening rods. Successful outcomes in these complex patients require not only specialized surgical training, but an entire team of specialized care providers. This includes pediatric orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatric critical care physicians, pediatric hospitalists, nurses, surgical scrub technicians, and respiratory, physical and occupational therapists who are uniquely trained and experienced in managing all facets of pre-operative, intra-operative, and postoperative care.
Cottage Children's Hospital has a breadth of pediatric subspecialists and institutional experience that allows for optimal outcomes, while minimizing the risk of complications, for children with orthopedic disorders.
Hip Dysplasia: The pre-operative X-ray (left) shows a 4-year-old patient with a dislocated right hip and a subluxated left hip. The X-ray below at right shows the same patient after open reduction and pelvic osteotomy on the right hip and femoral osteotomy on the left hip.
Childhood Scoliosis: The pre-operative X-ray (below) is of a 14-year-old patient with 75 degree scoliosis. The X-ray on the right shows the same patient after surgical correction.
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(The Girl from the Golden West)
Giacomo Puccini
1858 - 1924
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini after the play The Girl of the Golden West (1905) by David Belasco
World premiere December 10th 1910, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Production from the Royel Opera House (Kungliga Operan) Stockholm (December 17th 2011) Sung in Italian with German surtitles
Duration: c.3 hrs incl. 2 intervals
About the work
»The west is wild … « and life is hard, the place full of danger in times torn between greed and violence: we are at the foot of the Cloudy Mountains in California, in a rough gold prospectors' camp during the feverish gold rush years of 1849/50, in a veristic scenario with musical elements including jazz-like syncopation, spirituals, gospel, ragtime and cakewalk; a scenario the like of which had never been experienced on the operatic stage before. Games of chance as lifestyle, a »Polka« Saloon as living quarters, shoot outs, lynchings and ritual executions as everyday risks of life in a habitat that belongs to the indiginous Indians. In the midst of all this: the dream of a simple life, of happiness; a »love drama played out before the backdrop of primative people and a free, unspoilt landscape« (said playwrite David Belasco). Puccini used a tried and tested theme, the tussle between two men for the love of a woman.
It ends with former highwayman Dick Johnson and Minnie, popular owner of a saloon, riding off together into the distance, leaving the loser, Sheriff Rance, behind.
It ends with former highwayman Dick Johnson and Minnie, popular owner of a saloon, riding off together into the distance, leaving the loser, Sheriff Rance, behind.
California. The gold rush. Female company can be found in Nina Micheltorrena's establishment, whisky and gambling in Minnie's saloon. One evening young Larkens is overcome with homesickness. Money is collected to send him home. Sheriff and Sonora, the miners' spokesman, argue and a shot is fired. Minnie appears, shocked by their behaviour. The men manage to win her round again. Mr Ashby, travelling salesman for the Wells Fargo Trading Company, is searching for a bandit called Ramerrez. The Sheriff proposes to Minnie. She turns him down but they share their previous disappointments and dreams. A stranger enters (Dick Johnson, from Sacramento) - Minnie has never forgotten meeting him briefly on the street. Rance tries to make him leave but Minnie vouches for him. A Mexican is grabbed by Ashby, who suspects that Ramerrez's gang want to steal the miners' gold hidden in Minnie's bar. He says that he has run away from the gang, which the men go in search of. Minnie and Johnson are fascinated by one another. A whistle is heard – a signal that Johnson's men are ready to attack. Minnie is ready to die to defend her boys' gold. Johnson, moved by her courage and passion, calls off the hold up. She invites him to visit her at home. Minnie waits for the stranger with girlish trepidation and gives him her first kiss. A snowstorm makes it impossible for Dick to leave. Voices are heard. Minnie hides him before opening the door to Rance Sonora, Nick and Ashby. Rance has proof that Ramerrez and Dick Johnson are one and the same. Minnie sends them away before confronting Ramerrez. He had hoped to keep the truth from her because he loves her so much. He leaves. Minnie hears a shot. He rushes back inside and she helps him into the attic. Rance returns, searches the house but finds nothing, until drops of blood fall to the floor. Minnie strikes a deal: a game of poker: her stake: Ramerrez and her body, his: safe conduct for Ramerrez. Minnie wins by cheating. A week later the miners set off like a pack of hounds to hunt for Ramerrez, who is captured. Ramerrez begs them to tell Minnie that he escaped and has gone to start a new life. The rope is prepared. Minnie, armed with her pistol, appeals to them by saying that she devoted her youth trying to provide them with a little happiness. Sonora speaks for the others: she should leave with the stranger, free and in God's name.
With generous support from the Frankfurt Patronatsverein - Sektion Oper
Thursday 16.05.2013 19:30 h
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Sebastian Weigle
Christof Loy
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Herbert Murauer
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Bernd Purkrabek
Hobi Jarne, Nils Fridén, Emil Gotthard
Thomas Wilhelm
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Eva-Maria Westbroek
Jack Rance, Sheriff
Ashley Holland
Dick Johnson alias Ramerrez
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Alfred Reiter
Simon Bailey
Michael McCown
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Sungkon Kim
Hans-Jürgen Lazar
Beau Gibson
Nathaniel Webster
Björn Bürger
Billy Jackrabbit
Carlos Krause
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Jake Wallace
Franz Mayer
José Castro
Cheol Kang
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Griffin III undergoes knee surgery
Surgery to repair ligament, assess damage
Noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery that involved fixing the lateral collateral ligament and determining the condition of his anterior cruciate ligament.
ESPN.com reported Wednesday that the rookie was having of total reconstruction of the knee after a complete tear of the patellar graft that was used to repair the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner's torn ACL at Baylor in 2009. The report indicated that Griffin would be recovered in time for next season.
However, a source told USA Today that the ESPN report of a total reconstruction was inaccurate.
Griffin reinjured the knee in the first quarter of Sunday's wild-card playoff loss to Seattle but stayed in the game despite being clearly impacted, raising questions about whether he should have continued to play.
The 2012 No. 2 overall draft pickhad sprained the LCL in December during a game against Baltimore and sat out the following game against Cleveland but returned to finish the regular season playing with a knee brace that limited his mobility.
The Redskins have not made a formal announcement regardining Griffin's condition.
A torn LCL is less severe and normally necessitates a recovery period of several months as opposed to the more serious ACL surgery that usually involves a year of rehabilitation.
Before going into surgery, an upbeat Griffin tweeted, "Thank you for your prayers and support. I love God, my family, my team, the fans, & I love this game. See you guys next season."
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This is not the cover the new Lady Gaga album, Born This Way, but a weird motorcycle/cyborn fantasy ripped from the dark recesses of the mind of graphic designer, Nick Knight. Obviously, Nick vision didn't win this time, but we have to agree it might be fun to ride Gaga on a dark stormy night.
But Gaga is a big fan of Knight's work. That's why she uses him. They probably share the same bong.
"Nick Knight? He's such an asshole," she proclaims, which means he's a genius. And her inspiration for her latest music video's out-of-this-world surrealism? "A lot of weed."
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I went to a meeting yesterday, entered did my usual hugging of fellow members and was speaking to a group at a certain table. My husbands sponsor which has been quite impatient and down right rude to him, reflected the same rudeness on me. He does have some good sobriety and I have always respected him and the way he tries to work the twelve steps principles in all his affairs.
He blurted out in front of atleast seven other members very loudly that he can not stand my voice. He did not say this once, he said it five times telling me a couple of times he just cringed when he heard my voice. The only response I could come up with, without crying was "Have you heard me sing?" I told him that made me want to cry and another gentlemen asked if I wanted them to get the orchastra out for me.
I am a loving person and do not treat others that way. If I start judging others I speak to my sponsor and try to find out what is going on inside of me.
It hit my feelings hard and I cried the first 20 minutes of the meeting like a little baby. I was not leaving for nothing or nobody. Even though I did not want to drink over it I reminded my self that no person, place or thing is worth picking up a drink over anymore. I am out of excuses.
Dallas, it helped to hear what you told me about dealing with my son... Conflict does not mean it is about me. When a person is stuck at the impasse of their own opposing forces they are at war with their self. So don't blame yourself for someone elses bad behavior. I believe I can apply this their. Although it is hard to get my hurtful poor pity feelings out of the way.
For me this is not placing principles before personalities. Why would someone do that to a newcomer, fresh again in sobriety? He stated it was an honest program and he had to be honest.
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Just after Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown, the lights in the Superdome went out. / Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Although CBS' Super Bowl coverage Sunday drew a 48.1 overnight rating â?? the highest in history -- the "fast" national rating shows the game was slightly down from last year's New Yoirk Giants' victory against the New England Patriots, with teams in two of the USA's biggest markets.
The Baltimore Raven's 34-31 victory against the San Francisco 49ers on CBS drew a 46.3 rating, translating to 46.3% of households in the USA, vs. the 47.0 rating for Giants-Patriots on NBC last year.
The positive spin for CBS is that the Harbaugh Bowl, or the Blackout Bowl -- the 33-minute power outage period isn't included in the ratings -- drew the second highest national rating since the 48.3 for the 1986 Super Bowl won by the Chicago Bears (Walter Payton, William "The Refrigerator" Perry) against the Patriots.
Last year's Giants-Patriots on NBC turned out to be the most-watched TV show in U.S. history. So far, the Ravens-49ers Super Bowl comes up the third most-watched TV show in U.S. history.
CBS' rating doesn't include viewership from 8:45-9:15 p.m. ET, when the game was delayed by the power outage in the Superdome in New Orleans.
Said CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus on why that time period wasn't included in the Super Bowl rating: "Basically, ratings are for game coverage the advertisers are paying for."
He says CBS went to commercials immediately because the network had lost communication with its announcers and the use of most of its cameras. Then, in what was an unprecedented situation, he was informed by CBS' ad sales staffers that because there was no game coverage the air time wouldn't count in game ratings.
Baltimore was the highest-rated market for the game. There, coverage drew a 59.6% overnight of households.
The second-highest local market was host city New Orleans (57.1%), which was followed by Washington, D.C. (56.9). San Francisco was not among the 10 highest-rated markets.
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Looking out over the LA skyline...I wonder how Mike Smith keeps his job!
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There are many good , young players who couldn't make it to NBA. If NBA can pick atleast 25 players every year and groom them for International Basketball, that would be great. NBA is rich enough to allocate enough funds on these players. If NBA loves USA, this is one of the ways to prove it. To win world championship, year-long total coomitment is required. Asking NBA players to sign up for this tournament is ridiculous.
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Cameron Johnston, Ohio State's freshman punter from Australia, kicks during Saturday's game with Wisconsin. / Photo courtesy of Ohio State Athletic Communicatio
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COLUMBUS — You�re not in Geelong, Australia anymore, Cameron.
It gets brutally hot there, but Saturday night brought a different form of oppressive heat for Cameron Johnston, Ohio State�s first-year punter from Down Under.
In a tightly-contested rivalry, seemingly always on the verge of turning on one special teams play, Johnston was asked to repeatedly pin Wisconsin deep in its own territory. He delivered every time � six times to be exact � as the unbeaten Buckeyes hung on for a 31-24 victory over the three-time defending Big Ten champions.
In the immediate afterglow of that victory, coach Urban Meyer said Johnston produced the play of the game with his booming, 55-yard punt in the final two minutes. It all but closed the lid on Wisconsin�s coffin, leaving the Badgers with no timeouts and 90 yards to travel in 1:29.
Good luck with that. Wisconsin had Jared Abbrederis, but they didn�t have Kenny Guiton.
Or LeBron James, a freak of nature who spent most of the night close enough to Johnston and his kicking net on the OSU sideline to be a 6-foot-9 distraction for a kid still adapting to a strange country.
It�s unnerving enough playing in your first Ohio Stadium night game, in front of 105,826 fans, without having the greatest athlete on the planet close enough to spike on your warm-up follow-through.
�We had a chat on the sideline,� Johnston said. �Back home, you always watched him on TV, and to actually have him there was a great experience. A few years ago, playing back home, you�d never think you�d meet someone like that.
�Being here at Ohio State, you get all the opportunities nowhere else pretty much in the world you get those opportunities to do.�
If meeting LeBron seemed unfathomable, finding himself in Columbus as a 21-year-old Ohio State freshman and chatting with reporters Monday as the Big Ten�s Special Teams Player of the Week had to be a close second and third.
It�s not like the accolade wasn�t deserved. Five of his punts landed inside the 10.
Given the way OSU is covering punts, that�s certain death. Abbrederis� meager three-yard return of Johnston�s (so far) signature kick marked the first return yards allowed this season.
A leg that looked bionic on video made Johnston an Internet sensation and obviously caught OSU�s eye. But it�s the net punting yards, after returns, that get highly-caffeinated special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs excited.
�If we want to ooh and aah, we can do that any time,� Coombs said of Johnston�s leg strength. �At the same time, teams that do that have returns that are extreme (because the punter out-kicks the coverage). We want to cover kicks. We want to split the field and make sure other teams don�t return the ball.�
Coombs laughs as he recalls a conversation with coaches at ProKick Australia, the training center responsible for Johnston and more than a dozen kickers succeeding at NCAA schools.
Coombs saw the video. But there weren�t any piranhas � the pet name Coombs and head coach Urban Meyer give their special teams coverage units � in sight.
�I had to see him against the rush,� Coombs said.
�Next thing I know they�re sending me video of guys in helmets and shoulder pads and these other jokers running at him. It�s still not the same, but at least it showed you something.�
Johnston came to Ohio State at the 11th hour when other recruiting plans fell through. Up against the clock, and hoping to avoid having placekicker Drew Basil pull double duty, Coombs looked at more video than the late Roger Ebert.
Maybe he�d find someone who slipped through the cracks. Or, in Johnston�s case, was just waiting to need a passport.
�As you would expect from someone coming in from not only a small (high) school but a foreign environment, to come into this environment and perform is going to take a little bit of time,� Coombs said. �Without the benefit of spring ball, I think his development is extraordinary.�
Although he�s new to American football, Johnston said his background in Australian Rules Football has helped with kick placement.
�The way the quarterback throws the ball (here) is the way we pass the ball (with our feet) back home,� Johnston said. �You can be pretty accurate with where you want it to land.�
Johnston�s hang time on his 55-yard punt Saturday was 4.4 seconds, closer to the 4.5 Meyer would like to see on a consistent basis.
Before his A-plus performance against Wisconsin (my grade), Meyer had Johnston at about a C minus.
�His average hang time was just under four seconds, which is completely unacceptable,� Meyer said. �I�m seeing a little more pep in his step. The players love him, so I�m hoping we see a great deal of confidence that he can get the job done.�
Johnston talks fast, with a heavy accent, making some of his words undecipherable.
�No one makes fun of him, but, clearly, the way he talks is funny,� receiver Corey �Philly� Brown said, grinning. �He�s well-respected on this team by the way he punts the ball.�
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So, kindergarten...
After I dropped Lainey off at school Thursday and had my parking lot cry (followed by coffee shop cry, call-to-Brett cry, and call-to-sister/mom/dad/cousin cry, respectively), I set out to find her the perfect pair of gym shoes. It wasn't really about the shoes but more about me needing to occupy my time--a mission I gave myself that subconsciously represented wanting to fix her sadness, wanting to make her happy some way, somehow. So I hit every shoe store in Naples, looking for the perfect shoes. Salesmen showed me their latest and greatest, but nothing said Lainey.
"No, no shoelaces," I'd argue. "She can't tie yet."
Somewhere between the fourth and fifth store, I realized I was being silly and yet that's part of motherhood too. We cope with things in silly ways sometimes, and Thursday I shopped for shoes like my child's acceptance of kindergarten depended on a velcro, thick-soled, quality-stitched, not-pink, adorable pair of tennis shoes.
I bumped into Heidi halfway through my shopping, and she had news from the underground--a text from another mom who had seen Lainey at recess.
"Dina just texted me. She saw Lainey at recess!"
"She did?" I asked, hopeful. "And?"
Heidi's eyes widened and she flashed a fake smile. "And that's all. She talked to her."
Rule of Life #421: When your best friend's lying to you, her eyes get big.
"Oh my God, you're so lying. You're trying to spare me. What else did she say?" I asked.
"Shit. I knew you were going to ask me that." Heidi paused for a minute, carefully planning her next words. "She was crying, Kelle. She was sitting by herself, crying."
And that? That's like taking a bullet.
Heidi started crying before I did. "I'm sorry. This sucks, doesn't it? Let me go up there. Will they let me go be with her?"
"We can't," I answered. "You don't know how badly I want to. But, she's just got to go through this, and it sucks."
Dad, I know I've said shit and sucks in one post, but it's all I had last week.
It sucked.
But then it got a little bit better.
The drop-off was the hardest part of motherhood yet (give or take a couple of traumatic birth experiences, hospital stays, a life-rocking unexpected diagnosis--we can call that a given, right?). I sensed her anxiousness, I felt her grip, I listened to her soft sobs as she begged me not to leave. I hugged and reassured and prayed she wouldn't see my tears. I brought my camera thinking if there's one time to take pictures, it's the first day of school. But the only time I pulled it away from me was to snap a photo looking down-the only photo we have from the morning she started school.
Two wonderful teachers who know just what to say and exactly how to comfort--they peeled her away from me while she cried, after my last quick hug, and I walked out the door where my friend was waiting. We hugged for a good minute and then sat in her car in the parking lot for another half hour before I sent her back up to check on Lainey. She returned, smiling. A good report: no crying, sitting on the carpet with the other students and a smile from the teacher who looked up from her book just for a moment to whisper "Excellent"--a word she indeed knew would be carried by the messenger back to the mama.
I thought about Lainey all day. I knew it wouldn't be easy--lunch and recess and joining another class for art. I know my girl; I knew there'd be tears. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't imagine some Black Hawk Down rescue--running in that school to sit by her throughout the day--knowing how big she'd smile, how good she'd feel to have me there. I think I surprised a lot of people--even myself.
"I thought you'd rent a helicopter," my dad admitted. In fact, he sent Heidi to pull me from the classroom that first morning--unbeknownst to me--assuming I wouldn't be strong enough to peel away from Lainey myself. Moments after The Great Peel-Away of 2012, I watched from the parking lot as Heidi, practically in her pajamas, came tearing around the corner in her white minivan, and I had to laugh when she looked shocked to see me standing there. (Sidenote: That damn white minivan always shows up. Always. In fact, if you want to be "the friend who shows up," I'd suggest you start by getting a white minivan.)
Heidi quickly explained. "Dude, I came to get you out of there. Your dad texted me that he couldn't get ahold of you, and he was sure you were in that classroom and never leaving. I'm here on official business. I thought for sure I'd have to pull you out. How did you do it?"
We both started laughing, mine still through tears. "You guys underestimate me. I know this is part of it. I knew I'd have to leave."
I watched the clock all day. Showed up forty minutes early to make sure I got a good parking spot, checked in as a visitor, waited against the wall outside her classroom and watched for the door to open with that final school bell. And when it opened, the first one out was Lainey, holding the hand of her teacher, swallowed by that backpack half her size, smiling her coy little closed-mouth grin when she saw me.
Lunch and recess and switching classes for related arts is hard and will take some getting used to. But in one day my girl, who last week reported she was "nervous of learning," was proud to tell me that she loves her classroom and adores her teacher. While students walked to buses and made their way to their parents' cars that afternoon, my girl knelt down and unzipped her backback. She couldn't wait to show me the picture she drew at school. "It's me and you," she pointed out, smiling.
When we returned the second day of school, she still didn't want to go. She cried at recess again, and I cried to hear that. But it was already different. She didn't grip my hand so tightly, she didn't need to be peeled away. I saw confidence that had bloomed in one short day--the same kind of confidence that has appeared, without fail, so many times in my own life when I had to work a bit to find it. It's there.
Self reflection is so very much a part of these motherhood moments. I have thought about why this is so hard, what I could have done to make it better. We chose not to do daycare or preschool for Lainey, and I don't regret that decision at all, even though it may have made this transition a little easier. I wonder what things we can do to help smooth out these first few weeks, and we are trying lots of fun ideas--some our own, and some wonderful suggestions of yours. The thing is, there are a hundred billion ways to raise a child--to nourish them, to teach them to think on their own, to instill confidence, to show them kindness, to challenge them to be respectful, to educate them, to show them the world. And when you choose a way to do these things--a way that fits and feels good for your family and your child--I think it's only natural to wonder if maybe one of the 99,999,999,999 other ways might have worked better.
A wonderful friend e-mailed me on Thursday after the morning report, and her reassuring words spoke right to my vulnerabilities:
"This is NOT the report I was hoping for. And yet...it makes sense, sister. You have created such a heaven at home that everything without you is going to feel a bit hellish at first, right? And isn't that sort of perfect? She's gotta find her little slices of heaven without you. She's gotta grow eyes like her mama's eyes--eyes that find beauty in the little things in her own little school life. You've been finding joy for her, and now she has to channel her mama without her mama."
What a challenge that is for all of us as parents, no matter how old our children are or when and where they go to school or how shy or outgoing they may be--encouraging them to find beauty in their surroundings, even if we are not there to point it out. As we get ready for the rest of the week and the four school drop-offs we face in the next four days, I'm thinking about opportunity. For Lainey, of course, it exists in the classroom, through the insecurities, and moment after moment at school when she continually recognizes ways to be happy and learn and make friends and find reassurance in her own abilities. For me and Brett, that opportunity exists at home--in seeking creative ways to talk about school, to role play scenarios of timidness and confidence, to prepare her every night and every morning to give it another shot.
This is all new territory, and hell, are we ever learning. It feels good though. I knew it was coming from the day she was tiny, when kindergarten seemed nothing but a far-off dream.
And it will come again, soon enough.
The plus side? Well, there are many of them, one of them being the whole school experience. Like playing house. There will be musicals and school fairs and late night texts to other moms asking what time the field trip starts, and I'm still in that "this is so cool that I have two kids" phase. Because sometimes I don't really believe it.
After the drop-off Friday morning, a few of us kindergarten mama friends huddled at the front of the school and rehashed. One held a jammied baby on her hip, I held my styrofoam coffee cup, and school procedures commenced around us while we made good mama conversation. I liked it. I felt like I did when I bought a vacuum for my first condo. I just felt--I don't know--like a real grown-up. Because lots of times, I don't.
The moral of the story:
She'll be fine. She'll do great.
Mark Poulin's cupcake necklace makes things happier.
We all will.
As my sister reminded me last week, "Our job is to prepare our kids for a life beyond us." What an empowering task.
Oh, and the gym shoes? Found 'em. They are perfect. They are Lainey.
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And your #enjoyingthesmallthings photos. (If you use Instagram and have a photo that makes you happy, share it by using the hashtag #enjoyingthesmallthings. Yours may be chosen to be shared in a Friday post.)
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I'm still settling in to new routines. I have clothes to lay out, a lunch to pack and a girl who needs a fully present mama for bedtime tonight. Goodnight.


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