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Thread: Le Labo expiry dates
I'm curious about people's take on those expiry dates. LL is one of my favorite houses, I really like the lab concept, the apothecary-style decor and bottles, the made-to-order principle, and the great products they sell. I met one of the owners once and had a long chat with him about all sort of interesting things. Very nice guy. However, the expiry dates on bottles seems kind of ridiculous to me, and it's probably the only part of the whole LL concept that I have problems with. Surely, niche perfumes in that price range and claiming such high-quality ingredients should be good for more than exactly 12 months after purchase, no? I'm sure we've all had bottles of perfume lasting much longer - I have owned lots that were good even after 4 or 5 years. Of course, perfumes will gradually lose sillage and longevity over time, but that they should downright expire after a year seems strange to me.
Anyway, I have an FB of Rose31 from Oct. 09 and one of Vetiver46 from March last year, and although I guess they are technically "expired" (by LL's definition, anyway), they're still perfectly fine and have lost little power as far as I can tell.
The way I see it, the dates are primarily there to motivate customers to use up their bottles as quickly as possible and come back to buy more or have them refilled. If the quality is what LL claims it to be (and it seems to me that it is, although admittedly I have no expert knowledge of such things), the dates must be just a marketing strategy and not an indicator of anything substantial about the product. It bothers me - you either sell high-quality stuff that lasts long enough for a customer to be able to use up his 100 ml bottle at his own reasonable leisure, or you sell stuff that doesn't last and should be used up quickly - in which case you should be charging a very different price for your product. The way I see it, you can't really do both at the same time. consequently, I have chosen to completely ignore the dates pretty much the way you would a price tag that won't come off or soomething like that.
What do you guys think? Do any of you with LL FBs pay any attention to the date printed on them? I am not impressed with this silly way of trying to stress customers into buying more, faster...
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It is a bunch of B.S.
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Yes, complete rubbish, in much the same way as most expiry dates on food are.
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Frederic Malle does that to all their bottles as well. The only possible reason some of these houses put expiration dates on bottles is to convince him or her to purchase additional bottles in the future. It's probably a marketing idea for these houses to bring in more revenue. Fragrances don't expire and won't go bad unless you do something like leaving a bottle of cologne in your car exposed in heat for 2 years
If anything my Rose 31 has gotten better with age , it expired in April of this year btw !
Yep, I was not pleased to see an expiry date on my bottle of Oud 27 after spending all that money on it.
Andy Tauer does the same.
This logo is on his packaging, but it says 36M.
Three years for a perfume with high quality ingredients.
Shame on you, Andy!
the notion of an exp date is bullshit, because it all depends on storage. badly stored, a perfume may expire way before that date. an unopened perfume in it's box, stored in a cool place, can last a lifetime.
just throwing this out there... is it possible that it's somewhat legit? because commercial large batch mixes include a lot of things like stabilizers and maybe these ones are made up with just the scent chemicals and carrier but they don't put in other junk to stop the colors changing, protect the smell, etc...
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what they put in, for preservation, is mainly anti-oxidants and sunscreens. these are vital, and i am very, very glad they're there!
don't think that niche houses don't do this. everyone does, and rightfully so.
Well someone on here must have had a Le Labo bottle for more than a year, is it still good or not?
It's so you buy more if you don't use it. Truth is it doesnt matter at all!
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as long you store it in a cool place and away from sunlight they should be fine, i've seen people store their LL in a fridge/wine cooler too keep them last long, and many of them have their LL for years.
I honestly wonder how an SA would respond if you said you decided against purchasing a bottle because you don't think it would be used within the year. With visions of a sale evaporating before their eyes, would they try to convince you to buy it and then guilt you into using it up quickly, or come clean and say that it will still be good beyond the expiration date?
It must be hell sweating it out thinking that your fragrance is old after four or five years. Le Labo fragrances are 80-85% synthetic just like 99% of all other modern fragrances, and they'll last fifty years you keep them in a cool, dark, and dry environment. The same goes for the ones made a hundred years ago. Storing them properly will maintain the quality for an extremely long amount of time. I have fragrances fifty years old that smell like new.
Quality fragrances that are well taken care of (kept cool and dry, with little exposure to light of any kind) will usually last fifty years or more with little damage. Very old fragrances tend to darken and develop a nail-vanish smell which usually fades shortly after putting it on the skin. No one knows more about it than Jean Kerleo, director of the Osmotheque living perfume museum in Versailles, and he recommends temperatures of 50-55f for most perfumes. For pure citruses the ideal temp is closer 40f.
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Thanks all for your posts. It seems we nearly all agree that the dates are of no signifance whatsoever. I learned a lot of interesting things from all of you who know more than me, and I do agree with Gido that SAs all too often don't have a clue about what they're selling. They cannot be relied on for in-depth information or basic knowledge. Just the other day, an SA at an Hermes store took it upon herself, quite unsolicited, to enlighten me about the Hermessence line, informing me among other things that vetiver is a plant (fair enough), that Paprika Brasil contains "Brazilian paprika", and that the main note in Ambre Narguille was the smell of amber, "you know, pine resin". Right! Those people don't know a damn thing about perfumery and yet they persist in trying to sound knowledgable, acting all snooty, and what not. It's comical, really.
I was more thinking people who work in their boutiques who are hopefully better versed in their product. Never visited one of their shops, so I can't really say if they have a mastery of their line or not.
Also, keep in mind that the majority of the people who will buy their products are NOT like the typical motivated Basenotes poster, who takes the time to educate themself about things like fragrance ingredients and storage. Even if we know it's B.S., the marketing hype will still have its effect on a significant amount of purchasers.
Building on matilda's post.
The majority of potential Le Labo buyer's are not your typical BNers as rightly said above.
The common buyer would probably be impressed or find the lab coats & on site preparation comical.
When you market, you market to the mass/majority which is certainly not us BNers.
Even with good scents, I am not impressed with dramatic presentations and costumes, nor manufactured tales of a company's origins.
"No elegance is possible without it...perfume is a part of you." Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
So, can we ask their expired ingredients for free? I'm sure we can help keep their stock fresh.
So I'm only just under half way through a 50ml bottle of Rose 31 and low and behold, it's 2 months expired now! Trying to mentally analyze any changes, which I'm not sure are real or in my head! I definitely find the fragrance sweeter now and not as "bold".
This House has its shtick of fresh, hand mixing, warranting maceration/maturation processes and expiration dates, wherein the bouquet begins to deteriorate. See, at a minimum, the relevant March 17, 2012 Thread http://www.basenotes.net/threads/297...smell-the-same
Always thought those expiry dates were strange on that line.
It's all marketing
The expiration dates are totally gimmicky and unnecessary. Some people let this bother them to the extent that they refuse to buy their fragrances. I just ignore them and enjoy what seems to be an otherwise well run, thoughtful niche company that has excellent scents and excellent customer service (see thread above). I especially appreciate that Le Labo have a well-edited, focused collection and are not constantly rolling out new perfumes. I have always gotten the impression that they are a company who values quality over quantity, and I say this as someone who now owns six Le Labos.
Additionally, the expiration dates seem recently to have been upped to two years (either that or Isaac can't do math).
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agree with Brian.
My Jasmine 17 expired May 2008. I still wear it. I tear off mattress tags too.
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There was a woman on Hoarders whose criterion for throwing anything out of her fridge was that it had to be "puffy." And by puffy, I mean so teeming with bacteria that the container became swollen. As her counselor tried to help her clear out the rotten food, she'd snatch it back while crying, "It's not puffy!"
My criterion going forward with fragrance is exactly that: if it's not puffy, I'm keeping it.
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I wonder how many potential customers decided not to purchase a bottle because they think it'll expire in a couple of years? I find this 'feature' totally self defeating for a brand that exists to sell a product.
If LeLabo made cars there would be an LCD panel on the dashboard telling you your engine would implode 4 years after purchase.
Brian, I'm unsure whether you read an old thread of mine regarding an issue I had with Le Labo.
To put it succinctly
I'd gone to my local LL boutique (within a larger, very large, perfume store) to have two of my 100ml perfumes refilled as it clearly said on their website thy do refills. Anyways the LL boutique refused to refill so I sent them an email. Some rude obnoxious noob customer rep replied basically saying - too bad , go f*^% yourself.
I then made it public here on BN and members like kbe and mr.reasonable helped me out with well written responses. In the end I had Eddy, the co-founder, responding with an apology and, after a lot of BN exposure, a peace-offering of a free 50ml bottle. That was another poor decision on their end. I was walking in to refill two 100ml bottles and had plans to buy a third and in the end they offer me a measly 50ml. I said I'd pay the difference between a 50ml and 100ml but he said not to worry about it and sent me a 100ml. Then a few months later I needed a refill of rose 31, they then told me I'd get a call from the London LL. A lovely SA called, took my CC info and billed me for a rose 31 sans approx 15% discount (refill incentive) and I got it 2 days later.
Sure they screwed up in the beginning but they made it up and continued with good service. I am not hesitant to buy more LLs. Oincidentally tonight I smelled A44 and RB26. Mmmm lovely.
I do remember that, hedonist. It sounds like the Abu Dhabi boutique had a very rough start. I hope it has since gotten sorted because you shouldn't have to call London to get a refill.
The Bond No. 9 boutique is just a couple block from Le Labo in New York City, and I always find it an interesting contrast to go in one after the other. The Bond store is cavernous and confusing. There is a lot of activity that has nothing to do with helping people who've walked in. It's very easy to get overwhelmed and want to leave. LL on the other hand is inviting and cozy. The SAs are there to help you if you need it but are equally good at being hands-off while you sniff your way down the line. I appreciate that the line is also manageable in size. The prices are on the high side and the expiration dates are silly; aside from those two issues, however, I find everything else about Le Labo to be executed perfectly.
Incidentally, Atelier Cologne now has a store just a couple doors down from Le Labo in NYC. I would say equally glowing things about them in terms of how they run their business. And their prices are much better. Unfortunately, I just don't care for their fragrances very much.
I also got to try Baie Rose 26 recently. That one is really nice. Have not tried Aldehyde 44 yet, but I'm intrigued. Also want to try AnOther 13 and Gaiac 10. It seems that in November all the City Exclusives will be available again in the boutiques.
Expiry dates are a marketing ploy. Thankfully, we have basenotes to lean on. Joe Public will probably fall into the trap of throwing away the bottle for fear of some awful reaction once the product has "expired".
Funny this should pop up just now. I was rummaging around in my fragrance closet and found my Labdanum 18 perfuming balm which "expired" on 10/22/2007. If anything, it's gotten even better with age.
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I just got a Rose 31 bottle in a swap that has a 2010 date. It still smells great! Wore it today and enjoyed it immensely.
I figure that by the time that the expiry date comes the fragrance has settled down and is just about ready to be used.
My 5 year old Rose 31 is as good now as the day I bought it.
Love the idea of buying their soon to expire stock at deep discount.
I have 3 Le Labo bottles that supposedly expired in 2009; they all smell fine and have not changed as far as I can tell.
I also recently bought a new one, and it doesn't have an expiration date, now it says "Compounded on [date]".
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I was wondering about others' experiences with Le Labo's expiration dates and different batches for the same fragrance, then found this thread. I don't pay attention to the expiration dates myself. Most of my Le Labo bottles I acquired secondhand otherwise, there is no way I could afford (or justify on my budget) to own them. They are all now officially expired. The only full size bottle I purchased new was a 50 ml Gaiac 10, that expired in 2012. It still smells great. I store it in a dark closet and had been using it sparingly, even though it is my favorite of the bunch. I remember when I purchased it, they gave it a year's shelf life. For $290 plus sales tax, that's pretty ridiculous. Still, if I could, I would have purchased the 100 ml for $440 plus sales tax. For some reason, I wasn't concerned about the already looming end date of my precious bottle. I was thinking maybe I would refill with the discount later on. The service in their boutiques is friendly and fairly attentive. I think the only thing I didn't appreciate was the expiration date, but noticed that they have since changed a lot of their labeling to follow as a general guideline instead. I also have some LL samples from way back when and those are all just fine.
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I can't imagine the expiration date on these being anything other than a reason for users to purchase more. As others have said, quite often if fragrances are kept in proper conditions they get better with age...like a wine or cigar :-)
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Regarding the date on Andy Tauer's bottles, he addressed this some time back on his blog. Apparently it has to do with European labeling requirements and was not his choice.


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Founded by brothers Josh and Tony Friend, the duo rounded out the band by adding Josh's roommate Matthew Curtis and guitarist Nick Tsang to the mix. The quartet officially debuted in February 2011 with "Feel Good," a soaring, energetic single that reached both the Top Ten on the U.K. dance chart and crossed over into the Top 40 of the main pop chart. The single was part of a 3-track EP, with the follow-up "Sunlight" faring even better; it climbed into the Top 20 of the pop chart and gave ModeStep a ton of momentum as it planned the release of its first album.
Proving its social media prowess, the band released "Sunlight" and their latest track, "Show Me a Sign" on YouTube. The former passed one million views within four days, while the latter bowed on March 19, 2012 to an even wider Internet audience clamoring for new music. The group also continues to use live radio streams to take their show to the masses in the digital age.
ModeStep took its act on the road when it made the opening bill of the Lostprophets Weapons tour 2012. They also have a full calendar to open 2013, with shows already scheduled across Europe beginning January 11 with a DJ set at the Headline Club Show in Grenanda, Spain. Their freshman album will bow three days later, and will contain 14 tracks and 7 bonus tracks with the Deluxe Edition.
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Teen with autism finds his place in the crowd
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Nick Eveland, 19, sits in the Glacier Peak High School cafeteria on yearbook day, May 31. Before his junior year at Glacier Peak, sitting in a crowded room would have been extremely difficult for Nick, who has autism.
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Nick looks around Comcast Arena during his graduation ceremony on June 10.
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Nick was chosen by his fellow students to be a speaker at Glacier Peak High School graduation ceremony at Comcast Arena in Everett on June 10. Photo taken 06102013
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Nick Eveland plays video games at home on a June evening. Together, Nick and his brother Tyler own hundreds of games.
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Nick (right) plays badminton with Kyleen Ellingsen (right), 18, and other friends at his house on June 17. He had invited a small group of friends over for an afternoon of games. One of Nick's personal goals for the year is to maintain his current friendships.
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Nick talks with his brother Tyler (left), 16, in their back yard on June 17.
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Nick hugs friend and fellow senior Katherine Bonner, 18 on May 31. Nick's list of personal goals for the year included "ask a girl to a dance." He and Bonner attended prom together.
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Nick (left) looks on as friends (from left) Hayden Call, 15, Michelle Goldman, 16, and Dana Brager, 15, sign his yearbook at Glacier Peak High School on May 31.
He was a model of equanimity: his expression calm, almost serene.
There was an ease in his gait that defied his awkwardness as he climbed the stairs to the Comcast Arena stage and met the gaze of 4,000 people waiting for him to say something.
Nick, who has autism, did not lock eyes with anyone. He knew better.
Nick thinks in musical patterns. His brain is a jukebox with a seemingly endless playlist. Familiar faces are like quarters dropped into the slot. Nick naturally composes and stores melodies for the people he gets to know. Their tunes play back in his mind each time he sees them. The musical bookmarks help him tell how people are feeling.
If Nick recognizes too many faces at once, the dissonance can overwhelm him.
On graduation night, Nick could not risk the sensory overload.
His eyes found safe pockets within the crowd.
Nick was one of three seniors selected by the Glacier Peak High School Class of 2013 to speak on their behalf at commencement.
His presence at the podium was remarkable in many ways.
Midway through his junior year, his classmates knew little about him. He really had no friends. In some ways, he'd been a phantom whose lone head shot in the yearbook documented that he was, indeed, a student at Glacier Peak.
By design, Nick walked the halls when they were empty. His brain wasn't wired to handle the din of 1,600 students coursing through the corridors. Likewise, he stayed away from the cafeteria and all-school assemblies.
Sometimes, he'd put on his headphones and flick the noise cancellation switch to block out the cacophony around him.
For more than two years, it all had been a weary trudge for the lonely teen.
Then he blossomed.
"To watch him evolve over the course of time into the person he was at graduation, that was something you watch in the movies," teacher Teri Corwin said. "It is not something you see in real life."
Fittingly, the theme of Nick's flawlessly delivered commencement speech was "Change."
Perhaps no one in his senior class had changed more in four years than Nick Eveland.
* * *
Autism can be perplexing, vexing, fascinating, exasperating and most certainly heartbreaking for parents whose children fall within the spectrum of complex neurodevelopmental disorders.
When a baby is born, there are no obvious signs that something might be amiss.
Instead, autism creeps up on unsuspecting families over weeks, months and years, and dashes dreams.
The autism spectrum is immeasurable in its depth and breadth and as unique as each of the millions of people it encompasses. The most profoundly affected require a lifetime of round-the-clock care. Others, such as animal science professor Temple Grandin, are brilliant. Grandin describes herself as a visual thinker with a brain that operates like Google Images.
English writer Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant who thinks in numbers and once recited pi from memory to 22,514 digits in a little more than five hours. In his mind, numbers have their own shape, color and feel.
It is no wonder then that Nick's dad, Peter Eveland, likes to say: "If you have met one autistic child, you have met one autistic child."
For Peter and Vicki Eveland, both academics with doctorates, the reality that their oldest son was different from his peers began to sink in when Nick was in kindergarten alongside other children his age. They noticed little things as first: his weak motor skills, his struggle with scissors, his poor handwriting, his lack of understanding social rules.
It was worrisome enough that the Evelands consulted with a developmental pediatrician who referred Nick to a psychologist for evaluation. The written report had a long list of medical conditions including depression, obsessive behavior and sensory integration disorder.
Vicki kept returning to three particularly troubling words: pervasive developmental disorder.
She learned that many people on the autistic spectrum are first diagnosed as having PDD.
Their pediatrician crossed out the psychologist's diagnosis. He explained that he didn't agree. He didn't want Nick labeled.
The couple began taking Nick to an occupational therapist to help him improve his fine motor skills and tackle his difficulty swallowing.
"I see all kinds of autistic kids, and he is on the spectrum somewhere," the therapist told Vicki.
In the waiting room, the mother of an autistic boy offered her assessment: "Your child is Asperger's, right? I see all the signs."
Just like that, a complete stranger stated what doctors were reluctant to conclude. Sure enough, Nick later was diagnosed as having Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder that includes many of the social and behavioral impairments of autism, except for difficulties with language.
"I knew he had some health issues, but putting the name autism to it was very scary to me," Vicki said. "In your mind, you think you are going to have this perfect child. I was in such a panic. I just wanted to stick my head in the sand."
The Evelands worked hard with Nick. They got him help and sought a balance in their expectations.
Nick was 10 years old when he learned to tie his shoelaces.
In middle school in Florida, he was a target for teasing and often cried at home when no one was around.
Nick was 13 when his mother decided it was the right time to break the news to him that he has autism.
He didn't cry or complain. For weeks, he just asked questions, wanting to know more.
"I always kind of felt that I was a little off, but I never thought that I was different," Nick told classmates in April. "You don't think you are different until you are told you are, I guess."
* * *
The family moved to Snohomish County in 2009. His freshman year at Glacier Peak was supposed to be a clean start for Nick.
He lasted just three days before the ache inside his belly became unbearable. Gastrointestinal disorders are common among people on the autistic spectrum, and Nick had suffered greatly over the years.
That October, Nick was admitted to Seattle Children's Hospital. The muscles around his intestines would tighten so hard he couldn't pass waste.
Nick winced at the slightest touch. Traditional treatments failed. Nick became increasingly withdrawn.
"We were on the brink of losing him," said Peter Eveland, former dean of students for the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Eventually, a pain specialist made inroads with Nick. He taught him how to shut down the part of the brain that transmitted pain signals. He convinced him he must "cowboy up" and tough it out.
On Dec. 4, nearly three months into his freshman year, Nick was well enough to return to class.
The quirky new kid was hopelessly disconnected.
"I just wanted to shrink up within myself," he said.
The staff looked for ways to help him through the school day.
They brought him into the main office and introduced him to Sandy Brandt, who works at the front desk.
Nick was told that Brandt would be his lunch buddy.
Initially, Brandt did the talking for them both. Nick would eat his peanut butter sandwich in silence and stare down at the blue carpet.
They ate lunch together for three years.
Over time, obligatory two-word responses turned into sentences and sentences became conversations. It was always a progression of baby steps.
For a long time, it was easier for Nick to get to know his teachers and staff rather than his peers.
Stefanie Celix had Nick in a learning strategies class his freshman year.
Once, she mentioned she liked the characters in "Cars," an animated movie.
A couple of days later, Nick handed her a picture he had drawn at home of Lightning McQueen, a red race car.
Nick had reached out. Celix was ecstatic.
"I was trying not to appear overly excited, but inside you want to jump up and down and hug him," she said.
Four years later, Nick's drawing still hangs in her classroom.
* * *
In the Dr. Seuss classic "Horton Hears a Who," an affable elephant in the Jungle of Nool hears a faint yelp for help coming from a floating speck of dust.
The tiny particle is home to a village of Whos too small to be seen. Only a big-eared, kind-hearted elephant can hear their cries.
In his junior year, Nick was cast as a Who from Whoville in the Glacier Peak production of "Seussical the Musical." It was not a major part, by any means, but it was plenty challenging for a novice with autism who feared his steep learning curve could burden the rest of the cast.
In some ways, it was the perfect role: Nick knew what it was like to feel invisible.
Nick agreed to try out for the play at the urging of his English teacher, Patti Wade, who also taught drama. He liked to talk with her about his favorite musicals.
Wade was aware that Nick had a high-functioning form of autism. She also knew he was smart and she'd heard that he could sing.
"Gradually, he had been coming out of the shell," Wade said. "I saw the potential in him and I wanted him to give it a try."
Nick's instinct was to politely decline, but he fought that impulse. There was something "so welcoming" in his teacher's approach, he couldn't say no.
Darren Oke directed the production. He'd been told that Nick had autism and no acting experience. He saw enough in him for an ensemble role in the chorus. He grew to like the boy who largely kept to himself when he wasn't on stage.
At least once a week, Nick would thank Oke for putting him in the cast and ask how he could do better.
Erin Wygant played Gertrude McFuzz, a leading role in "Seussical." Popular, confident and beautiful, she had been singing and acting for years.
One day, when Wygant was sitting in the audience at a dress rehearsal, she found her eyes drawn again and again to a bold and boisterous figure with wonderful facial expressions. The boy was in the background.
"Who is this kid?" she thought to herself. "He is so good."
They might have been going to the same school for nearly three years, but Wygant had no idea who Nick was. At Glacier Peak, Nick had been as invisible as a Who.
Offstage, the animated boy was quiet, reserved and awkward.
"It was shocking to see the different sides," she said. "The paradox is huge."
After another rehearsal, the cast was listening to the director's feedback. Wygant's thoughts drifted. She began thinking of her grandfather, who had recently died. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Somebody placed a crumpled Kleenex on her knee.
"Don't worry," Nick said. "I haven't used it."
Nick Eveland made a friend that day.
"That moment I will not forget," Wygant said.
Other cast members also were taking a liking to the autistic boy who was just grateful to be a small part of something special.
"You really appreciate someone with his pluck and attitude about things and that really grew on everybody," Oke said. "What I noticed about him personally is he had a sensitive and kind personality."
In his peach overalls, baby blue cap and curly mustache, he became a marvelous Who.
One night after a performance, the cast met at an Applebee's. Nick showed up with his mother and brother, Tyler, who played in the orchestra. Tyler wandered off to hang with friends, leaving Nick and his mom in a booth.
That's when Dana Brager, a lead in the play, told Nick the cast hoped he would join them at their table.
Nick wandered off.
Vicki Eveland sat alone, overjoyed.
* * *
That April, Nick received an invitation to "Be The Change" day. The program aimed at building a sense of community within the school. It was a chance for students to have heart-to-heart conversations about the challenges they face.
"I thought maybe this would be the place where I could say the sad stuff I needed to say," Nick said. "I felt like these people wanted me to go, that people were actually reaching out to me."
Nick flagged down John Bonner, a history teacher, and warned him he might leave if he became too anxious.
The students were divided into groups. Nick ended up in one with Bonner's daughter, Katherine, a striking young woman with long, flowing blond hair. Nick had long admired her from afar.
Nick did not hold back.
He talked about what it was like to live with autism, his daily struggles making simple connections with people, the help he needed learning how to make friends.
"I don't want to be alone anymore," he confided.
His classmates embraced him, hugging him that day and thereafter.
"He opened the door for us to be a part of his life," Katherine Bonner said.
Nick had plunged headfirst into life's deep end and discovered that he could swim.
In his senior year, he won a lead role in the fall production of "13 Past Midnight." He portrayed the deliciously villainous Victor Winslow. Wygant, who was the fall homecoming queen, played his wife and wondered how a such a warm and down-to-earth boy could pull off the part of such a horrible man.
Armed with his headphones to muffle the chaos, Nick attended his first football games. He joined clubs, became a loyal fan of the girls' basketball team and left encouraging notes to staff and his classmates.
He also wrote a list of senior year goals. After three years, he broke the news to Brandt that he was ready to eat lunch with his classmates. She was thrilled.
Nick enrolled in a leadership class during his final semester because one of his goals was to do something that really mattered. He convinced Corwin and the school administration to let him host a special presentation during National Autism Awareness Month.
Nick created a video asking students and teachers what they knew and didn't know about autism. He included slides that dispelled myths.
As Nick's big day approached, he began to fret, wondering whether anyone besides a smattering of his leadership classmates would show up. It was, after all, taking place during a free period. No one was required to be there.
The performing arts center was packed.
More than 460 people streamed into the auditorium; others spilled into the hallway.
There was Nick on stage alone wearing a hand-lettered sign across his chest that read: "Different, but not less."
He described how his brain can get overwhelmed by sights and sounds, how he has trouble processing abstract concepts and often takes things too literally, how he can be too blunt and oblivious to social cues.
It was then that he explained how his brain thinks in musical patterns, how just by looking at someone, their tune pops into his head.
He noticed Corwin smile and sang her melody for all to hear. Tears streamed down his teacher's face and those of the people around her.
His talk ended in an ovation.
* * *
Nick had one last item to strike from his list of senior year goals.
He had asked Katherine Bonner if she wouldn't mind previewing the slides and video presentation before his autism talk.
They had become friends since the "Be The Change" day the year before, and she had been voted student body president her senior year.
Bonner read each slide carefully for typos.
The last one blindsided her. It read: ""Will you go to prom with me?"
She emailed Nick her answer: Yes.
"I was humbled when he asked me," she said. "He is someone in the school who is admired. Nick is everyone else's advocate."
Nick really hadn't expected her to say yes.
"Katherine is so perfect at a lot of things," he said. "I was afraid to ask anyone. I had to keep thinking who would be a friend who I could trust who would at least be nice about saying 'no.' "
His brother Tyler, who is as socially smooth as Nick is awkward, said he was proud of his courage. He then asked Nick if he knew how to slow dance. Nick had not thought that far ahead.
Tyler took one of Nick's hands and brought the other to his waist.
The brothers, 19 and 16, slow-danced across the kitchen floor.
* * *
Nick sometimes wonders what he would do if he could just take a pill that would eliminate his autism.
For all his many hardships, he likes the way his mind works, the details he sees in rocks and stars, the melodies that play inside his head.
"I sometimes think or like to ask God why I am the way I am, but, you know, there are reasons for things like this. It's not always good to have it. It's hard, but there are things that it does that can be good.
"If I had to change, if it was all or nothing, I would keep it because it is part of who I am."
Nick also wonders sometimes if his friendships will last, if his classmates were just being nice to him because it was the right thing to do.
Those doubts makes no sense to Wygant.
"Sometimes, I don't think he realized how much he was revered," she said. "He was so humble. He didn't give himself the credit he deserved."
In his commencement speech, Nick thanked the faculty and students who never gave up on him.
"Don't let the pain of this world change who you are," he urged. "Instead, change the world with your greatness."
Nick assured them it is possible.
"Why? Because we already have," he said.
Nick himself is testament to that.
About the author
Eric Stevick has been a reporter for 32 years, the past 23 at The Daily Herald. During that time, he has written several articles about children with special needs and the challenges their families face. His interest in their stories is both professional and personal. His grown son, Ian, is nonverbal and autistic, and lives with several physical challenges. Ian was 17 when he learned to tie his shoelaces. His family continues to celebrate each and every milestone.
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"This is awesome," coach Tony Marshburn said.
With Northside down 46-44, Korey Curry made a power move down the middle of the lane for a layup to tie it with 29 seconds left and sending the game to overtime — after
Neither team scored in the two-minute overtime — Northside's Josh Cabrera did miss two foul shots with 50.7 seconds left — until Shamel Watkins, who led the Monarchs with 14 points, hit two foul shots with 11.5 seconds left.
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The victory set off a big celebration by the Monarchs, whose goal was to bring home the gold.
"These guys right here they wanted to win this thing. The coaching staff told them they could, and I really believed it," Marshburn said. "We told that if you want to be the champions, we've got a shot at
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Northside trailed 28-16 against Hickory midway through the second quarter when Kris Curry took over, scoring the Monarchs' final eight points, including a three-point play, to help pull Northside within 30-24 at halftime.
With the score knotted at quarters, Northside went up 42-38, but
"I tell you what, it's just gutsy effort," Marshburn said. "You had two very good teams just going at it."
As he reflected on the four-day camp, Marshburn said he got what he wanted from it.
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Sombrero Triste: A One Act
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Sciuz me, why is Bob a preschooler? Seems to me he's intelligent enough to skip all the way up to 9th grade. He already got the "mean mama" thing working.ReplyDelete
Love your blog!
He asks such great questions. It's like he inherently knows that photo will resurface periodically for the rest of his life, culminating with the big reveal to his prom date. It's not mean, it's our job.ReplyDelete
That is too funny.ReplyDelete
And that photo is adorable.
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 8:59 AM
The funny thing is, why does Bob refer to himself in the third person like Jeff Bridges from Starman?ReplyDelete
Bob forgets we are little girls just playing dolly's.ReplyDelete
.... who didn't dressed up their cat?
{hoping there are a lot of nodding heads out there or that could sound real bizarre}
I side with Mean Mama. That is one mucho cute bebe.ReplyDelete
Some of my favorite pictures of my kids show them in one state of distress or another. They just seem more "real."
Mmm-hmm. Just as I thought...ReplyDelete
The Mexican Hat Dance Torture
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LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! I remember this pic was it from my space or something hmmm but nevermind that when did Bob start talking in third person hahaha when does the Bobness stop I think he needs a blog too and I'll be right there enjoying it!ReplyDelete


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GARETH DUNCAN, writing in SA Rugby magazine, investigated the KZN over-age scandal that rocked the national schools scene.
There was just over a week to go before the annual derby between Glenwood and Durban High School (DHS) when reports emerged that two high-profile schoolboys had been found to be overage, with one being 22 years old.
Glenwood captain and wing Siyabonga Tom and DHS fullback Mbembe Payi were said to be the guilty parties, which was confirmed when they didn't feature in the Green Machine's 34-9 home victory over DHS on 26 May.
A provincial investigation ensued, headed by KZN High Schools Rugby Association boss Noel Ingle, and six more boys from the U16 and U18 provincial trial teams were found to be overage. They were withdrawn from their respective squads.
Noel extended the investigation to expose the adults who had also been involved.
'We wanted to find out who the guilty parties were,' he says. 'The schools are not the issue. The players are accountable to some extent, but it's the scouts and agents who have probably played a big role in organising fake identity documents. However, we couldn't find solid evidence to prove this.'
This scandal has shocked those involved in South African schools rugby. Payi and Tom were respected figures in KZN, having represented the U18 Craven Week team in Kimberley last year, while Tom was selected for the SA Schools squad and started in the 21-14 win over France U18 in Port Elizabeth.
Tom was also picked for the SA U18 Sevens team to compete at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man. I was the media manager for Team SA and was told that Tom had to be withdrawn as he didn't possess a passport or an ID to qualify for a UK visa. The sevens coaches and management believed this was due to a lack of initiative from the player and his parents. It wasn't known that Tom's birth certificate – the only document he had to prove he was born in 1994 – was fake.
Glenwood 1st XV and KZN U18 Craven Week coach Sean Erasmus says the truth only emerged this year when the provincial players were being registered through Saru.
'The women who were in charge of our registering said something didn't match in Siyabonga's form, and that it had to do with his ID number,' explains Erasmus. 'But we sent the form through to Saru anyway, hoping that the issue could be sorted out. Their guys found the same problem and they said Siyabonga was overage.
'I was shocked,' Erasmus continues. 'This was a player I had grown so close to over the past couple of years. He was more than just a player, he was like family. He had lunch in my home on most Sundays.
'When the news broke, Siyabonga went missing. He sent me an SMS, saying: "Hi coach. Sorry I couldn't give you my side of the story and say goodbye. But everything will be revealed when the time is right. Send my love to everyone."
'I tried calling the number, but it didn't work. He's been missing ever since.'
At the time of writing, it was believed that Tom and Payi had returned home to the Eastern Cape, where they were once recruited as disadvantaged youngsters with raw talent.
This development plan has been used by many top South African schools for years, and Erasmus feels it shouldn't be frowned upon because of this episode.
'These boys from the Eastern Cape get an opportunity to obtain a good education and to play a game they love at higher levels. It was just unfortunate that this had to happen. The other schoolboys who have come from the Eastern Cape have been found to be the legal age.'
Noel believes the overage saga is a nationwide problem – 'It would be unfair to say this is only an issue in KZN' – and Saru registration officer Andrew Louwrens agrees.
Louwrens has been in charge of provincial age-group registrations for the past seven years and has come across many cases concerning overage players.
'You had to see some of the application forms when I first started this process,' says Louwrens. 'It was obvious that some of the ID documents had been tampered with. The worst case I've seen was a 22-year-old selected for an U16 Grant Khomo Week team! There were also boys trying to enter with ID numbers that were tracked back to females.
'The situation has improved over the years, but you get some players who try their luck. And they get quite ridiculous. One year, I rejected one player's application but he still showed up for the competition. I told him and his parents that he wasn't going to be allowed to play. After the argument, his father tried to bribe me.'
Louwrens says Saru has established a new application system to improve things.
'The main issue we have with registration is that a player only needs to attach a certified copy of his birth certificate or an ID. But this doesn't mean the application is legit … it could still be a certified copy of a fake document. It's so easy to buy a fake ID in cities like Bhisho.
'So now we are getting the schools and parents involved by including them in the process. The headmaster and parents need to sign that their student or son is the correct age and all his details are accurate. They can then be held accountable. It's not the ultimate solution, but this is one of the first steps to finding one.'
South African Schools Rugby Association (Sasra) acting chairman Thys Bezuidenhout hopes this matter will be sorted out effectively at the board's annual general meeting in October.
'This will definitely be at the top of our agenda,' he says. 'It's disappointing because legal players are being denied opportunities. You will always find a loophole in any registration system, but hopefully the new process will start stamping out the registration of overage players.'
Bezuidenhout adds there are currently no formal punishment protocols.
'We hope to have some drawn up soon. These issues are similar to corruption and have to be seen in the same serious light. Bans should be issued to players found guilty. And we will deal with those players who have gone missing when they re-emerge.'
Saru head of schools Nico Serfontein says agents will also be punished if they are found to be involved in overage cases: 'We have a list of all the South African agents who are allowed to represent our national players. If any of them have a hand in organising fake documents, their licences will be revoked.
'I doubt agents will put their careers on the line for schoolboys. Parents also need to come on board as agents are only allowed to represent players from the age of 18.'
This is positive news from the national unions, but action needs to be taken as soon as possible.
At the end of June, there was a registration issue with the Golden Lions U18 Academy Week squad.
'The player's ID says he was born in 1994, but his birth certificate says he was born in 1993,' explains Lions manager of community rugby Pieter Visser. 'We have decided not to follow this up at home affairs and have withdrawn him from the team instead.'
This could be a home affairs mistake, but it could also be another case of cheating. If it is the latter, hopefully it will be one of the last.
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I also spent a few days hiking the hills around my house. The first picture is the morning sun coming down the canyon, it was so beautiful. I can't get enough of the mountains. The second picture are the sunflowers that are growing all over the hillsides. And the third picture was the view of the sunset from the hilltop.
I was also lucky enough to listen to a meeting for the women in my church. If you have some time to spare, I'd love if you listened to this talk. Wow. It was amazing and something we all need to hear, whether you're part of my religion or not. :) If you'd rather read about it, you can find that HERE.
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Two SWEET door prizes to be handed out at the tourney.
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Love the dipped disc
That is awesome!
Just a note: There are two dipped discs (just like last year) and they are going to be door prizes, not trophies. If they were going to be trophies, I would have made enough for one per division. To me, that's too many. The real novelty of these dipped discs is that they are only #3 and #4 in existence! (After #1 and #2 last year)
In other words, make SURE you stick around for the post tournament awards. Everyone who is in the tournament will be entered in the drawing for the door prizes (these two prized discs included), but you have to be present to win!!!
Last edited by chuck; 07-22-2010 at 09:14 PM.
Yup....my bad guys. I got excited and jumped the gun on this one. They're sweet nevertheless.
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5 Minute Tutorial for StaxMate
As per introduction, StaxMate is designed to allow
- Reading XML content efficiently, conveniently and correctly
- Writing XML content efficiently, conveniently and correctly
To see what this means in action, let's have a look at simple sample use cases.
Writing an XML document
Let's start with a particular simple and common use case: that of writing (aka generating) XML content. Content can come from variety of sources; here we only consider generation, not where data comes from.
Let's say we want to output XML document like this one:
Let's first look at one possible piece of code to output such a document:
So how does that work? Here is what is being done and why:
- First we create a StaxMate output factory: here we use automatic introspection that Stax XMLOutputFactory offers (to find any plugged implementation)
- This output factory is full thread-safe (after configuration), and should be reused: usually a single(ton) instance is enough for the whole application or service.
- Create the document output object. Document object just denotes document itself, not a root element: but we will add the root element under it (could also add comments, processing instructions). In this case, we will write an xml file.
- We can also choose to "pretty print" output document, by enabling indentation.
- It is often useful to add xml comments that include developer-readable information about generator process; it is easily ignored by xml readers
- Add Employee element
- Add attribute 'id' with typed value (StaxMate can convert from number to String)
- Add 'name' element
- Add both 'first' element and its textual contents
- (note: in Woodstox 2.0 could use "name.addElementWithCharacters()" to simplify this!)
- Add similarly, 'last' and its textual contents
- Important: MUST close the root-level object; otherwise start elements may not get closed, contents not flushed to the file.
Some things to consider:
- Although we use XMLInputFactory implementation auto-discovery here, it is often preferable to pass this information from outside, perhaps using Dependency Injection framework (can then specify which impl to use; recommended one is com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxOutputFactory, for Woodstox).
- Indentation usually should NOT be used for production systems – since it just adds 20-30% to document size without any useful additional information – but it can be convenient during development and debugging.
- Instead of writing contents to a file, we could have uses a ByteArrayOutputStream, StringWriter, or servlet's OutputStream as well; there are many convenience methods for typical targets.
- Typed conversion for 'id' attribute value is just one example of ability to use Java types for output, not having to convert to Strings first
- Methods that add child containers (SMOutputElement usually) can be chained, if the element itself is not needed for anything else; this can shorten the code nicely without reducing readability.
Reading XML content
Now that we have written some XML content, let's read it back in.
Let's start with the code (that uses xml document that we saw earlier):
So how does that work? Here is what is being done and why:
- First we create a StaxMate input factory: similar to constructing output factory
- Create the root cursor; only traverses over the root element, ignores non-elements like comments
- Cursors are initially not positioned over an event, need to advance
- Since we know cursor must point to root element, we can access employee id attribute
- Need to create a cursor for traversing, filter out all except "name" elements, advance to the first (and only) "name" child element
- construct the innermost cursor for traversing immediate children of "name", advance to the first child ("first")
- collect all textual content
- advance to the second child ("second")
- collect all textual content
- close the underlying stream reader (important!)
Here are some more things to consider:
- As with output factory, usually it's better to inject specific factory
- Typed access works for cursors as well as for output elements: note, too, that both typed attribute values and element value can be handled (example only had typed attribute values)
- Cursors initially do not point to an event – it is possible there are no events to point to, even – so one must always advance cursor after construction.
- With StaxMate 2.0 this can be done with SMInputCursor.advance() call that is chainable (equivalent to 'getNext()', but instead of event type, returns cursor itself), and therefore works nicely with child-cursor construction calls.
- Code above is not very robust: specifically, it does not verify that the elements are as expected: for example, what if "first" and "last" elements where switched? So production code should add a few more lines for checking. Ditto for attribute access.
- The last line, closing the underlying stream reader, is important thing to do currently, to ensure underlying input source (File input stream) gets closed
- This is one area where StaxMate API should be improved in future.
Better than Stax 1.0?
Since the original claim was that StaxMate makes things more convenient, let's see what equivalent code for writein would look like, if we didn't have StaxMate:
So what does this tell us?
- Code with Stax 1.0 is quite a bit more verbose; with indentation, more than twice as many lines, but even without it, 50% more.
- But while code is longer, it is definitely less readable (that is, StaxMate's compactness tend to improve code readability)
- Non-scoped nature of writing means that there is additional redundancy – write end elements must be written explicitly – and this can easily cause bugs ("which start element did this match with again?"; hence comments above)
Similarly we could show the alternative for reading XML content: but unfortunately that code would be even more verbose. So to keep this tutorial brief, we'll leave that exercise to readers.
Advanced Use Cases
Here are links to some use cases that show more advanced usage:


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