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I Still Don’t Look Like Myself

It’s 2018. I open the wardrobe in the study and run my eyes over the clothes hanging in the corner, the only clothes I have.

“What are you going to wear babe?” comes my wife’s voice from another room. We’re going to a party. We don’t go to parties, we have small children. I don’t own party clothes. I look between the wardrobe and the desk chair where the rest of my clothes are piled. I bite my lip.

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It’s 2016. It’s packing day before our trip home for Christmas. Our last day is a friend’s wedding, so I’ve got to pack something other than the pile of faded t-shirts I’ll wear the rest of the trip. I’ve packed my worn jeans and, reluctantly, the one pair of shorts I can sometimes stomach wearing if the weather is hot enough. I hate shorts. I don’t want to see my legs, I don’t want to have to wear anything where I can see my feet. I don’t know why, and I don’t think about it, I just hate it.

“What should I wear to the wedding?” I ask my wife, busy stuffing a bag with kid’s clothes. It’s a stupid question and gets stupider the longer it hangs in the air between us. I feel like a child complaining to its mother.

“Whatever you want darling,” my wife says without looking up. It’s a stupid answer to a stupid question. There’s only one thing I can wear to a wedding. A suit. I only have one suit. It’s the suit I was married to her in. The suit I’ve worn to every wedding since, every job interview, every formal event. My uniform.

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It’s 2005. Our university degrees are done, and we’re moving on. We’re at the mall. She’s dragged me here, my not-yet-wife. Dragged is mild; I bitched and moaned like a child in the car. I’ve a job interview though, and nothing to wear. I have to get this job, because in a month we move interstate. She’s doing further study, switching disciplines, with no time to work and no handouts available. If I don’t get this job, we won’t be able to pay the rent.

“Here, this place,” she says, dragging me inside a menswear shop. The walls are all racks of suits, the displays tastefully arranged near identical black shoes. I look at the price sign on the discount rack, nothing over $200. I think my heart skips a beat.

“Why here, we can get something cheaper somewhere else,” I say. I always go for cheaper. I hate the clothes I wear, I hate getting more clothes, I hate spending money on clothes I’m going to hate buying and hate wearing. I hate thinking about clothes. You have to wear something though. You have to think about clothes some of the time. To me the thought of clothes is like a reverse Weeping Angel. I don’t look at it and it doesn’t move.

She finds a suit, off the rack, identical to the rest. It’s like 400 bucks.

We fight. She tries to explain why I need a decent suit for work, I hiss about money at her. The sales assistant folds shirts without looking at us. I storm out. She follows me out and we keep fighting, she can’t understand why I can’t just buy the bloody suit. I can’t understand why either, but I mask that with more arguments about money.

“I’m going to buy the suit,” she declares, and goes to turn around. I grab her arm and shriek at her under my breath to stop. She struggles, but I don’t let go. There’s anger in her eyes, and it takes me a moment to realise what I’m doing. I let her go.

We leave with the suit, without speaking.

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It’s 2018. It’s late, and I’m completely under the covers on the spare bed in the other room that I’ve slept in for the last year. It’ll be the baby’s room when he’s big enough. It’s very late, but my face is still lit by the screen of my phone as I scroll through another set of fashion tip videos on YouTube.

I have learned that I have an inverted triangle body shape, like the majority of trans women, but the comments are full of cis women talking about their difficulties with it, so for once the dysphoria is muted a little. It still hurts watching these videos, like it hurts every time I see a cis woman on the street, at work, at the grocery store. It hurts a lot, but it’s got to be done. I need clothes. I can’t wear my uniforms anymore.

I can’t be a woman without the right clothes. I’ve been on HRT a year by now, but I still haven’t been gendered correctly by a stranger. It’s a lot of things. I try not to think about bone structure, about shoulders and necks and foreheads. I try not to think about the creeping baldness that’s been eating a widow’s peak into my hairline since I was 20. I take all the pills, apply all the treatments. My wife says it’s working. All I see is a man with a receding hairline. Clothes aren’t going to fix that. No clothes won’t fix it either though, so I need clothes.

I have work in four hours. I load up a video about capsule wardrobes.

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It’s 2016. We’re sitting on the couch, half-watching television. I’m still wearing the faded t-shirt and jeans I put on that morning. I haven’t showered but she’s stopped mentioning it. She changed out of her work outfit as I put dinner on the table, and now she’s wearing loose cotton pyjama bottoms and a singlet top, no bra.

I’m not wearing a bra either. Not now. The bra I was wearing while alone is in our building’s garbage bin on the ground floor, rolled into a ball with the matching panties, stuffed into the bottom of a bag full of potato peelings, stuffed into the middle of the garbage bag. I can’t keep them; the madness has faded now. I’ll buy another set tomorrow, next week, next month, whenever I lose the battle with the urge I don’t understand and don’t think about.

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It’s 2005. I get the job. My not-yet-wife is very happy. I’m happy too, sort of. At least until she says we’ll need to go shopping again. I need a work wardrobe now.

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It’s 2017. The pieces have fallen into place. Every day is tears. My browser history is all transgender forums, subreddits, chat groups — that and suicide methods.

How can I be a woman? Trans people aren’t real, they’re just guys in dresses slurring their words at a bar at 5 a.m., hiking up their dress to prove they don’t have the right bits because they’re drunk and the five o’clock shadow covered in streaked foundation wasn’t enough of a giveaway. This is my only experience of trans people. You can’t put on a dress and be a woman.

Clothes mean nothing, they’re just another tool of patriarchal and capitalist oppression. Catwalks full of paper women, sales time, dress for you. Putting on a dress doesn’t make you a woman, it makes you a tool of patriarchy, either invalidating and mocking women, or else endorsing toxic fashion and beauty culture that only exists to oppress. I don’t want to be a tool of the patriarchy. I hate men. I have an idea why now at least.

Clothes mean nothing, but today I bought a dress, a cheap one, sealed in plastic and mass produced, sold in a chain coffee store. I didn’t buy underwear because I had bought those last week. I hadn’t thrown them away but hidden them amongst the nerd paraphernalia that was looking increasingly meaningless. I put them on and stuffed the bra with a stocking filled with rice, constructed after several attempts following instructions from a website with a terrible frilly pink design.

I put the dress on first. It was too big, at least two sizes. That made me feel good, but I tried not to think about why. Then I put on the wig I’d bought. It was from a costume shop, cheap of course. It was shoulder length, and curly, and lighter than my hair but still brown. It screamed artificial, but what about me didn’t right now? I looked at myself in the mirror. I didn’t look good, by any stretch. I did look like a woman though, in a certain angle.

A woman who realised she’d been holding her breath her entire life and could suddenly breathe.

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I’m afraid of clothes. Bundles of fabric and thread, they fill me with existential dread. Clothes aren’t optional though, so I have to live with that dread every day. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, the expression, the costume and pageantry of it all.

What I’m really afraid of is the body underneath. I’ve been on HRT over a year, but whatever changes I can admit to seeing, can’t seem to overcome 30 plus years of toxic self-image in a cocktail with feminine beauty expectations. Most days I stick to the same clothes I always did. Sure, they’re women’s cuts, but a t-shirt and jeans is a t-shirt and jeans no matter how you cut them. They don’t advertise my femininity as strongly as a dress would, they don’t tell people who I am as loudly as I know I need to tell them.

I fear my identity won’t be respected. I keep things subtle because at least then I can tell myself that reason I’m addressed as Sir is that people aren’t paying attention, that if I put the effort in there would be none who could deny me.

I’m still a prisoner, but now I know I’m doing it to myself. I woke from my trance in Plato’s Cave, but I can’t seem to budge from the mouth of the thing.

I’ve never worn a dress in public. I’m afraid to wear one and be seen for who I am, broad shoulders, no hips, all of it. A dress is a powerful image of femininity; looking good in one is often seen as a measure of success by trans women. For many of us to “pass” is the ultimate success, to be unable to be seen as anything other than a traditionally feminine cis woman. I know I am more complex than that. My femininity is strong, it contains multitudes. I would like to think it contains dresses though. Maybe even a ball gown?

Every day I take another step out of that cave. My home, my friends, my family, my job. Every day another step. I’m still afraid, but now that I’m wearing these bomb ass wedge heel boots, every time I push away that nagging voice about my body underneath and acknowledge my power, it matters less and less that I am.

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It’s 2018. There are skirts, and tops, and I don’t hate any of them. It’s a mess though, thrift store odds and ends, hand me downs from my wife, a few fast fashion basics. There’s no time and no money to shop how I need to shop. I have no style, despite watching hours of YouTube. How can I have a style when I still don’t look like myself? Clothes mean nothing, but they mean everything.

“So, what are you going to wear?” I’ve taken too long, and my wife has come in, leaning against the wardrobe door. I bite my lip and look frantically between the pieces.

“None of it goes together!” I moan.

“Well, if we don’t leave now we’re going to be late.” She leans in and kisses me softly on the cheek. “Don’t worry about it, you’ll look great.” bmif tombstone

edited by Yvonne.

Jacqueline is a girl, and that's pretty much all she's figured out by now. If Buzzfeed said she was a philosopher, it would say Socrates, because she knows there's so much she doesn't know, and also she can be kind of obnoxious. When she's not looking for answers in her birth chart or a dirty nappy, she writes. She doesn't get a lot of writing done. Jacqueline is lucky enough to live with her wife and two kids in a Land Down Under, where women glow and gender expectations are ridiculed. She hasn't met Hannah Gadsby yet, but even though she's over thirty she tells herself there's still time. You can find her on Instagram as @jacqueline.c.pea if you like.

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  1. <3

    FYI if you are anywhere near Sydney we would love to have you at one of our straddler meet ups. Dress code is always whatever makes you feel comfy… and for at least a few folks that equates to whatever is top of the clean laundry pile.

    Also, also. If you look for our fb page you should be able to hit us up for a more chill small group coffee or somesuch if that suits you better.

    • I would love that! Unfortunately I’m a member of South Autostradlia South, and don’t often get the opportunity to go to meet ups here, let alone in Sydney. I’m so glad to hear that you’ve got something like that there though! <3

  2. Wearing the dress out in public for the first time is daunting. I bought a bunch of them after making up my mind to come out as trans, and I love the way they make me feel and look, but couldn’t screw up the courage to wear one in public. I’m a bit more tomboy than femme style wise, and not even on hrt yet, so I like to wear things that send mixed messages much of the time.

    I started to wear a dress while walking my dog in the summer evenings, when it’s just dark enough to coverup what we don’t want people to notice. Generally speaking, the occasional passerby either doesn’t see me as trans or better still, doesn’t care. So it’s been a confidence builder; so much so that one very hot day I forgot I was wearing a crop top and short shorts when I went to pick up some groceries.

    That went fine, but somehow the dress, in public, during the day, waits for the body to morph.

    • The dress! For a single (sometimes) piece of cloth, it sure seems to have a complex set of rules and expectations around it. I’m barely brave enough to imagine myself in one, let alone wear one out in the evening or any other time of day, so bravo to you girl, I hope it builds your confidence into something your happy with :)

  3. I started doing glam drag way before I came out as trans, and now I can’t pick out an outfit that isn’t super trashy club wear. I’m used to having that look as armor, and when I try to wear casual women’s clothes I feel awkward and vulnerable. I have a work party this Friday, and like you, I don’t know what to wear! It’s daunting, and people at my job aren’t at all good at gendering me correctly to begin with.
    Anyways, I hope you looked great! Thanks for talking about how frickin awkward this is.

    • If I were more mathematically inclined I’m sure there’s a graph of wearing super trashy club wear versus time that looks something like a U shape. I know exactly what you mean about awkward though; there’s something about subtle femme clothing that is just so much harder to pull off than armored glam wear. I hope your work party goes well, I have mine next week, and I’m still freaking out about what to wear! <3

    • EggMe used to long for the days when we could all upload our minds into computers and be done with the meaty side of life. Now I can’t imagine not having that connection to my body, however tricky it may be. I sometimes wonder if it’s even possible for us not to have complex relationships with our bodies, even in a world without patriarchal beauty standards telling us what we should look like. Maybe that’s just a journey we all have to go on <3

  4. This was a beautiful piece! I love love your voice as a writer. Love to you and your family – I’ve seen how hard it is for my wife to build a new wardrobe and define your own style from scratch, especially when she’s stuck relying on a tomboy to help guide her through it.

    • Thank you! Usually my writing voice just echoes around the Scorpionic otherspace of various hard drives, so it was nice to have the opportunity to share (thanks Autostraddle <3). It is so hard to go through that process of defining yourself through clothing, separate from the usual cis timeline of the process. Tomboy or no though, I bet your lovely wife is indescribably relieved to have you there to help and love her while she figures it out! Thank you for being there for her! <3

  5. You put into words so perfectly the anxiety that comes from clothes and being trans. This was very powerful and extremely relatable. I remember having all those same fears and struggles and still have them when it comes to trying new styles. Can’t wait to read more of your writings!!!

    • Thank you! It’s something that I find is somewhat glossed over in a lot of trans spaces, where the focus is so often on our physical bodies. I remember taking a younger woman out clothes shopping months ago, and despite spending hours and hours trawling every clothes store we walked away with nothing, because that anxiety is just so powerful. I’m so glad that it’s sometimes just a memory for you, and that you can push on enough to still experiment! <3

  6. My partner sent me this to make sure I saw it because I am always battling with outfits and the knowledge that clothes aren’t gender but still thinking that maybe if I get it right, the outfit, everything else will suddenly string together! Thank you for this!

    • Ally had a beautiful piece yesterday that touched on this. It’s certainly possible that there is an item of clothing that can unlock things for each of us, but it’s got the potential to be the kind of endless quest that I’m leery of embarking upon. I hope that you’ll keep the new She-Ra theme song in mind when battling outfits <3 (And now I'm going to go and label my closet the Fright Zone, excuse me).

  7. <3 <3 <3

    One of my favorite things about these thematic issues is getting to read these amazing essays by Straddlers I recognize from the comments sections.

    Jacqueline, whenever I've seen your gorgeous photo in the comments, my brain alternates between picturing you in a fab 1920s flapper outfit or a queerly modern twist on a Velma/Daphne combo.

    "Clothes mean nothing, but they mean everything." Just like words. Expression. Here's to you finding your own expression, Jacqueline, and being heard.

    • Argh, compliments, my only weakness :P Although imagining myself in queer Daphne and queer Velma cosplay is now very close to muscling in on that now, thank you :D

      (I could never get flapper style, but I think it’s mainly the hair. My wife loves it though, so you never know).

      The theme issues are such a wonderful opportunity for the net to be thrown wider, and another reason why Autostraddle is such a great community. I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much! <3

  8. Many things here resonated with me, some more than others:

    “It hurts every time I see a cis woman on the street, at work, at the grocery store. It hurts a lot, but it’s got to be done.”

    “that if I put the effort in there would be none who could deny me.”

    Thank you for writing this Jacqueline, hope I get to read you again soon, sending love

    • Thanks Mika <3 I'm kind of sad that any of this resonates with anyone, but at the same time not acknowledging it doesn't change the world. Hopefully one day though it's not something that anyone can relate to, like disco, or catcalls.

    • Every time I talk to my NB and otherwise TGD friends, I’m struck by how similar and different our struggles are. I once gave a pre-transition transmasc friend a horribly tattered jacket from my tomgirl days, and with a few accessories the difference was pretty stark, so there is definitely power in the right set of clothing. I hope you find lots more things that help you express yourself! <3

  9. This is gorgeous. I’m more-or-less post-transition at this point, and what you wrote still resonates strongly with me. I particularly related hard to this bit, “A woman who realised she’d been holding her breath her entire life and could suddenly breathe.” I’ve often described to cis friends that transition is exactly like that- the feeling of becoming aware you’ve been holding your breath without realizing it, and can finally breathe.

  10. I haven’t commented on anything on AS for about a hundred years, but a) this was really beautiful and b) finding someone else from SA is always a moment.

    Looking forward to reading more of your writing hopefully!

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    I'd endorse Sutton Park Burton Renault & Dacia because they were very professional, they explained everything in great detail and promptly answered any questions that i had, I would certainly recommend and make future purchases from them

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    I'd recommend Sutton Park Burton Renault & Dacia because i was looked after and no hard sell

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    I would not recommend Sutton Park Burton Renault & Dacia because I was promised there was a spare key by 2 sales persons but I had to go down twice because I hadn’t received it & the person who did the handover was very rude!I also had to go and get a cable on the lights reconnected after having to drive back from Birmingham in the dark the day after I picked the car up & could barely see the road cause of this. It was supposed to of had a full inspection!

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    I'd recommend Sutton Park Burton Renault & Dacia to anyone because of the professional and knowledgeable sales staff. Particularly impressed with Robert Hilton-West who made the sales process very easy for me and knew everything about the vehicle I wanted to buy. I will be back to buy again from Rob !

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    The experience at Sutton Park Burton Renault & Dacia was fantastic because There was no pressure put on us to buy from our salesman Robert .He explained everything to us and was very polite.

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    I have been reading a lot and watching videos on Germany strategy, so the opening options for me are very clear.

    However, how do you decide between Sea Lion and Barbarossa? What do you see in the game that makes you go one way or the other?

    I am currently playing a game and I honestly cannot decide what to do in my turn 2.

    In my opener I took care of the whole British fleet and barely got hit, so I have all my ships left except one sub.

    England stacked up on infantry and currently have 11 infantry plus the french and all the planes from the set up (did not scrambled once).

    On the other hand Leningrad has only 8 infantry on it, but it would take me two turns to reach there (however being a minor industrial complex all the Russian player can do is put 3 more in there).

    I also have all my planes available and in reach of London (total of 10 planes) and 3 transports. The only doubt I have is that I only have two artillery to bring in the transports (i moved most of it towards the Russian front).

    I think I would have better options for Sea Lion if I go for it this turn, but, not having a lot of experience playing yet, I would like to know what you guys think.

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    @tchenao Bomb UK, mop any UK fleet in the med if Taranto was done. Probably need some air to N Africa to support Italy. By some fast movers for a rd 3 attack on Russia. Maybe a transport or two if you wanna hit lenningrad.

    UK infantry build is probably a no go for sea lion. You might win battle but it’d cost too much. Most of the elite players don’t do sea lion. Russia can put a lot of pressure on Germany when it’s done. It depends on who you’re playing and how experienced people are.

    I’m not an elite player though : )

    Sometimes you can do a mid to late game sea lion if UK gets careless and things are going well.

  • @barnee will try that out, focusing on the fast movers for an attack on Russia on turn 3. Already got three transports in the board, so Lets get some tanks and mechanized! Thanks for your intake

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    @tchenao yea 3 should be all you need. Can keep reinforcing Army Group North from W Germany and get to Norway or threaten that late sea lion if all goes well.

    At any rate have fun.

    Oh yea you can look at league games and see how the really good players do it : )

  • @barnee thanks man, really appreciate it.

    Just to let you know that your idea worked as a charm. All the British fleet in the Mediterranean is gone (lost two fighers on the process though).

    I also brought the battleship and a sub from SZ110 into the Gibraltar strait where the French navy was hiding. I believe that is a legal move since I control Normandy and it has a naval base.

    Purchased tanks, artillery and another transport and now the Russian know what´s coming to them next turn!

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    @tchenao That’s a legal move for the battleship if the Axis control Gibraltar. The sub can make it regardless.

    Also, I would stop building transports – unless you’re doing Sea Lion or taking Novgorod amphibiously on G3, you already have a lot of money in them that would be better spent on ground forces for Russia.

  • @marshmallow-of-war I though so, but thanks for clarifying that.

    The only thing is that the German battleship is now damaged and exposed, but I rarely have it after one or two turns anyways…

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    @tchenao If you control Normany, the German battleship should have repaired in the G2 purchase phase.

    Since you can’t move it into the Med unless Italy took Gibraltar on I1, it would be better to move it to sea zone 112 where it can have air cover.

  • @marshmallow-of-war the battleship was repaired as you mention. However the lucky French navy got two hits on two dice, so I lost a sub and the battleship was hit again.

    The other two units I had involved there were two bombers and I did not want to lose any of them.

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    @tchenao We once play a game where the French were the most effective minor power on the board. They could do no wrong on defense. At one point my partner (who was running the French) responded to the player running Germany saying, “Two guys and a plane should be enough” with “Are you sure? They’re French.” and the other player winced visibly. The French in that game killed more German units than the UK…

    Fun day!

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    @tchenao said in Germany strategy question:

    @barnee thanks man, really appreciate it.

    Just to let you know that your idea worked as a charm…

    Heh heh glad it worked out for ya but i can’t take credit it for it being “my” idea 🙂

    Looks as if Marsh has you squared away on Gib straight. Some people will attack SZ 111 rd1 with the BB and then retreat it to 112. That BB is nice to have to discourage early landings an can be retreated into the Baltic to protect Germany when Denmark falls.

    At any rate, Rock On ! Rock On !!!.png

  • @marshmallow-of-war Nice! Sometimes unexpected things develop in this game. Good for the French! They deserve some credit, every once in a while.

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Rookie safety Tyrann Mathieu has shown steady progress on the field and been steady off it as well.

The Phoenix area is some 1,300 miles away from New Orleans, its topography and culture vastly different than the Louisiana city that Tyrann Mathieu calls home.

Yet the rookie safety, troubled in college with drug issues and having sat out a year of football, might have found a certain kind of nirvana by landing in the desert with the Cardinals.

His friend and mentor, Patrick Peterson, is here. His bad influences are not, and aren't close enough to easily become an issue. And he is playing with guys that, because of Peterson, were talking about how to embrace Mathieu even before he was drafted – because there was just a sense he would end up in Arizona.

"When he started having problems, we knew Pat reached out and was going to give a helping hand, and we all said, 'You know, if he ended up on this team, we were definitely going to pitch in,' " cornerback Jerraud Powers said.  "It was a perfect spot for him.

"He didn't need to go to a team where he didn't know anybody. He didn't need to go somewhere where he might not get the warm welcome he probably needs. It just felt like the perfect place for him to be was here."

Football life is enough of a challenge for a guy who last played in a game in the 2011 season. Living far from home can cut both ways, isolating a person in need of support. That's why Peterson has been so crucial.

Matheiu has his own place, and his free time is spent there or Peterson's house when he isn't at the team facility. Except for a short stint back in Florida after minicamp – where Peterson's parents, who also have been instrumental in prepping Mathieu for life after college, live – Mathieu said he was in Arizona the entire time after the draft.

Every day he must prove his troubles are behind him, yet rather than that weighing him down Mathieu said he is in a "good place." He insists he has no doubts he will be a success.

"I think I have found a routine," Mathieu said. "I'm just staying out of the light, man. Out of sight, out of mind. If I am not playing football I'm pretty much at home or over at Patrick's house. That routine is working for me."

Even the transition to post-college life, to becoming an NFL player, has been "pretty easy." Being in Arizona has become a safety net of sorts for Mathieu as he carves out a new life with his professional dreams – and in many ways, his life overall – in the balance.

"Of course I miss my family," Mathieu said. "But I think this is a pretty good situation for me, given the distance I am from home."

The faith inside the organization has been unwavering. It's not unexpected, since Mathieu hasn't had any off-the-field indiscretions and has progressed well as he tries to learn his new position. He's a natural at the nickel cover spot. He can run, he can find the ball and coach Bruce Arians said he can tackle. Mathieu's biggest issue on the football field remains his ability to be vocal, since it's something he's never done and now has to do at safety, loudly calling out changes during plays.

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"He's a gym rat," General Manager Steve Keim said. "We'll see whether he toes the line off the field but so far every thing we've seen brings me a great deal of confidence he'll do the right thing."

Not lost in the equation is Mathieu's personality, which leans to quiet but is of a respectful person who just wants to play football. "He's a lovable kid," Arians said.

That doesn't shock Peterson. The Pro Bowl cornerback and one-time Matheiu teammate at LSU was the one who insisted to the organization his friend and protégé would be a wise draft investment. It didn't hurt that Peterson knew that would put Mathieu in Arizona and give Mathieu breathing room from his old life.

"I believed if he was given another opportunity he would definitely not let it slip away," Peterson said. "He tells me each and every day he would not let me down again. I told him, 'It's not about letting me down. I never lost trust in you due to getting kicked out of LSU.' I told him, 'Just be true to yourself, and make sure you do everything the right way now.' Because all eyes are on him. He's under the microscope and has a bulls-eye on his back."

Mathieu has ex-LSU players like linebacker Kevin Minter and safety Curtis Taylor who are connected to the situation because of school. But veterans like safeties Yeremiah Bell and Rashad Johnson have helped too, Mathieu said.

Powers talked about the "brotherhood" players have for each other anyway, which is only amplified in Mathieu's situation. Mathieu is a grown man, Powers acknowledged, and his teammates can't live his life for him. But he has been embraced on a team that was predicting his arrival ahead of time.

"Once he got here, it just felt like he was a part of us," Powers said.

That makes Peterson smile. Arizona might not be home yet, but if Mathieu can live his life the way he and the Cardinals want, it could be.

"I think it's a great thing for him to get out and see something new, get a different outlook on life," Peterson said. "Growing up, he didn't have a chance to see many things in the world. To get away from home, to find himself, that was huge. To be however long the plane ride is from New Orleans is huge. To grow up on his own, become a young man, a young professional early.

"He came into the league with some red flags, with some concerns. But I have no doubt in my mind he will fulfill every need we have for him here and he will be a guy who will be accountable, reliable and loyal to the team."

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“Recent inflation data have surprised to the downside and call into question the idea that U.S. inflation is reliably returning toward target,” Bloomberg reports, citing the text of Bullard’s prepared remarks. “The current level of the policy rate is likely to remain appropriate over the near term.’’

In June, Bullard predicted there would be no additional Fed hikes through the end of 2019, a view which finds support in the persistently low growth of the U.S. economy.

The Fed left rates unchanged in July and also announced plans to begin selling off their $4.5 trillion balance sheet “relatively soon,” Bloomberg says.

Inflation has been unexpectedly low for several seasons. Weak global commodity prices are one likely contributor, Bullard reportedly told participants at the America’s Cotton Marketing Cooperatives conference. He also disagreed with the policy view that low unemployment contributes to higher inflation.

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Districts: Coldwater comes back to knock off Paw Paw

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COLDWATER - The host Cardinals found themselves down 21-18 at the halftime break during Monday's Class B district quarterfinal against Paw Paw, but outscored the Redskins by 14 in the second half to claim the postseason victory.

Leading the scoring for Coldwater was Kendall Galloway with 25 points, followed by Jamie Wellet with 14, and Malorie Rzepka with 12.

With the win, Coldwater (13-8) advances to take on Three Rivers (9-11) in the district semifinals on Wednesday on their home court. The contest will be the second game of a doubleheader, which is set to begin at 6 p.m.

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GULL LAKE 62, (at) STURGIS 49: The Blue Devils move on to face Lakeview at Battle Creek Central in the Class A district semifinals on Wednesday after knocking off Sturgis in the postseason opener Monday night.

HOMER 51, (at) QUINCY 21: In this Class C district quarterfinal, the Trojans were led by Michaela Deigert with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and five steals on their way to a postseason victory. Also for Homer, Brianna McCone had 11 points and three rebounds, and Courtney Willson had seven points. For Quincy, Zoe Aseltine scored a team-high eight points, and Katie Spalding had six points. Homer will take on Bronson at Quincy High School on Wednesday.

SPRINGPORT 57, (at) MAPLE VALLEY 20: The Lions' saw their season come to an end on their home court Monday in this Class C district quarterfinal. Springport will move on to play Dansville in the semifinals.

BELLEVUE 42, MARSHALL ACADEMY 23: The Broncos led by just four at the half, but pulled away in the second half. In the win, Bellevue's Bailey Whitcomb scored a team-high 17 points, followed by Vanessa Sauer with 13 points, while Gabby Costello helped out with seven steals. The Broncos advance to a Class D semifinal matchup with Tekonsha on Wednesday at St. Philip.

ATHENS 56, BURR OAK 13: In the Class D district at Mendon, the Indians were led in victory by Jenny Smittendorf, who scored a career-high 18 points and added three steals. Also for Athens, Aubrey Cole scored nine points to go with five rebounds and three steals, while Jillayne Wheeler and Rachael Beal each netted seven points. The Indians will take on Marcellus in Wednesday's district semifinal contest.

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BURR OAK 63, TEKONSHA 56: In the loss, Tekonsha (3-16) was led by Connor Jenkins with 17 points, Everett Lewis-Lanphar with 15 points, five assists, and five steals, and Andy Galliers with 13 rebounds.

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IAC/Interactive (NYSE: IAC), the large internet and media conglomerate with a market cap of $21 billion, annual sales of roughly $4.8 billion, $3.4 billion in cash, and $3.1 billion in total debt, announced its intention on Friday, December 20th to acquire for $15 per share in an all cash deal. The valuation is, according to IAC, a 34 percent premium to’s closing share price on October 25, 2019, the last trading day before a press account indicated that a deal might be in the offing.

With a history of acquiring somewhat distressed internet companies with solid brands and customer sets, IAC’s acquisition of is consistent with several of its previous purchases, including Ask Jeeves, and Angie’s List, which following its merger with HomeAdvsior is now called ANGI Home Services (NASDAQ: ANGI). Our understanding is that IAC will roll (previously) into the IAC/Interactive umbrella. As part of the deal, IAC has already assigned a new CEO to run It would not be unreasonable to assume that pending changes to its management and operational structure, that IAC would either establish a tracking stock, or spin-off in the future, perhaps under a new name, or with additional businesses currently owned by IAC, or ones yet to be acquired.

Undeniably, it has been a challenging year for Back in March of 2019, The Wall Street Journal published a damaging expose which criticized’s screening processes, and found hundreds of instances in which daycare centers listed on its website were not properly vetted. The WSJ expose prompted to immediately remove flawed agency listings as well as unveil new security and background checks to be paid by the company.

The June resignation of the company’s CFO, who remained in a transition role through August 31, the early August announcement that founder, Chairwoman, and CEO, Sheila Marcelo would transition to a new role as executive chairwoman, along with a reduction in revenue and earnings guidance, all contributed to a 70 percent contraction in its share price. In our opinion, the damage inflicted on’s brand is by no means permanent, though the cost to ensure consumer satisfaction with the level of background checking on caregivers remains in flux. An additional question mark has been the cost of assigning employees to fulfill caregiving roles for the corporations and universities utilizing its last minute backup care services.

Getting’s board to agree on a take-over bid may have been easier than hiring a brand new executive management team, which would have much work to do behind the scenes to re-establish a profitable, predictable growth trajectory. A new team would also be required to make decisions publicly, rather than behind the aegis of a large conglomerate, such as IAC/Interactive. We have no reason not to believe that all reasonable strategic buyers were consulted during the company’s sale process, so it is unlikely—though not impossible—that another suitor would enter the fray to make a higher bid


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Malaria deaths fall over 20% worldwide in last decade

image captionMalaria accounts for 20% of childhood deaths in Africa.

There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says.

A new report said that one-third of the 108 countries where malaria was endemic were on course to eradicate the disease within 10 years.

Experts said if targets continued to be met, a further three million lives could be saved by 2015.

Malaria is one of the deadliest global diseases, particularly in Africa.

In 2009, 781,000 people died from malaria. The mosquito-borne disease is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, where 85% of deaths occurred, most of them children under five.

An earlier report here incorrectly referred to a 40% drop in deaths.

It has been eradicated from three countries since 2007 - Morocco, Turkmenistan and Armenia.

The Roll Back Malaria Partnership aims to eliminate malaria in another eight to 10 countries by the end of 2015, including the entire WHO European Region.

Robert Newman, director of the WHO's Global Malaria Programme, said "remarkable progress" had been made.

"Better diagnostic testing and surveillance has provided a clearer picture of where we are on the ground - and has shown that there are countries eliminating malaria in all endemic regions of the world," he told an international Malaria Forum conference in Seattle.

"We know that we can save lives with today's tools."

Global eradication

A global malaria eradication campaign, launched by WHO in 1955, succeeded in eliminating the disease in 16 countries and territories.

But after less than two decades, the WHO decided to concentrate instead on the less ambitious goal of malaria control.

However, another eight nations were declared malaria-free up until 1987, when certification was abandoned for 20 years.

In recent years, interest in malaria eradication as a long-term goal has re-emerged.

The WHO estimates that malaria causes significant economic losses, and can decrease gross domestic product (GDP) by as much as 1.3% in countries with high levels of transmission.

In the worst-affected countries, the disease accounts for: Up to 40% of public health expenditures; 30% to 50% of inpatient hospital admissions; and up to 60% of outpatient health clinic visits.

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By Nick Triggle
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Politicians from all parties have been urged to work together to find a way to overhaul the "failing" social care system in England.

Cross-party talks about the care given to the elderly and disabled failed in 2010 but will start again this month.

In an open letter, charities, faith-based groups and senior figures in the NHS and local government say the opportunity must not be missed.

Plans to reform social care will be put forward in the spring, ministers said.

But before that politicians are seeking to achieve cross-party consensus on the best way forward.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Lib Dem health minister Paul Burstow and shadow health secretary Andy Burnham are expected to hold the first in a series of meetings within the next few weeks.

In the letter sent to the prime minister and published in the Daily Telegraph, 72 signatories, including leading figures from charities such as Carers UK and Age UK, as well as peers, academics and members of the British Medical Association and NHS Confederation, have suggested they should not squander the opportunity.

The letter said: "We should celebrate the fact that we are all living longer lives, particularly disabled people and those with long-term conditions.

"But the unavoidable challenge we face is how to support the increasing number of people who need care.

"It is currently a challenge which we are failing to meet - resulting in terrible examples of abuse and neglect in parts of the care system.

"This comes at huge cost to the dignity and independence of older and disabled people, but also to our society, family life and the economy."

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The letter went on to say people were being left "lonely, isolated and at risk" because of the problems with the current system.

It cited research produced by Age UK which suggested that of the 2m people with care needs, 800,000 were not getting any support because councils had started restricting access to services.

In a separate interview with the BBC, Councillor David Rogers of the Local Government Association said councils, which are in control of running the means-tested system, are united in their view of the need for change.

He said: "There is no doubt about the urgency and need for reform. Without exception, across local government all parties are in agreement. National politicians must try to come up with something."

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Attempts to reform the system collapsed before the last election after cross-party talks failed.

Labour accused the Tories of dirty tricks after they launched a campaign suggesting Mr Burnham, who was then health secretary, wanted to introduce a death tax to pay for changes to the system.

Once again, the way any new system is paid for is expected to be the most controversial and difficult element of the discussions.

Last summer a government-commissioned review by the economist Andrew Dilnot recommended a partnership between the state and individual with people responsible for the first £35,000 of their social care costs and the government picking up the bill after that.

But questions still remain over how affordable this is for both parties.

The government refused to comment on the upcoming talks, but Mr Burstow said ministers saw reform of social care as an "urgent priority".

Mr Burnham added reforming social care was the "biggest public policy challenge the country faces".

"This is an issue that transcends party politics and we look forward to playing our part in any discussions."

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Reading 5-7 Arsenal (aet)

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Theo Walcott scored a scintillating hat-trick as Arsenal produced one of the great comebacks to take their place in the last eight of the League Cup.

Jason Roberts, a Laurent Koscielny own goal, Mikele Leigertwood and Noel Hunt put Reading 4-0 up after 35 minutes.

Walcott found the net before the break and in injury time, while Olivier Giroud and Koscielny also struck.

Marouane Chamakh scored in extra-time before Pavel Pogrebnyak levelled, but Walcott and Chamakh had the final word.

It was an extraordinary cup tie, the archetypal game of two halves. Reading were magnificent for 44 and a half minutes before Walcott scored his first goal to give the Gunners hope.

During the first half, Arsenal looked set to be on the end of a Sunday League scoreline with what resembled a Sunday League performance.

And yet somehow Arsene Wenger's side produced a scarcely believable comeback to recover from three goals down for the first time in their history and take their place in the quarter-finals for the 10th successive season.

They created for themselves an utter disaster and somehow rose to find hope, and with it, power, purpose and direction.

When they were trailing 4-0 Saturday's Premier League trip to Old Trafford, the scene of last season's 8-2 humbling at the hands of Manchester United, looked a daunting prospect but now this result has the hallmarks of a turning point.

Wenger proud of Walcott display

That it was left to Chamakh, starting his first Arsenal match since January, to score two crucial goals made it all the more incredible.

At the club's annual general meeting last week, Wenger had made it clear the League Cup was fifth on his list of priorities and during the first half his players appeared to have taken those words a little too literally.

Arsenal made 11 changes but that did not excuse the naivety with which Carl Jenkinson, Johan Djourou, Koscielny and Ignasi Miquel defended before half-time.

The Reading onslaught began in the 11th minute when Hunt, midway inside the Arsenal half, swept the ball wide to Hal Robson-Kanu on the left flank and his delightful low cross was thumped into the net by Roberts, who left Koscielny, his marker, all too easily.

Six minutes later, Reading were two up as Chris Gunter's low cross deflected off Koscielny's leg and beyond Arsenal goalkeeper Damian Martinez at the near post.

The full house at the Madejski could scarcely believe its eyes as Leigertwood fired in from the edge of the area, thanks in large part to an awful error by Martinez.

And a fourth followed 15 minutes later when Hunt headed in Garath McCleary's right-wing cross.

The travelling support had seen enough. Chants of "we want our Arsenal back" rang round the stadium and the response was immediate, Walcott reducing the arrears in first-half stoppage time as he raced on to Andrey Arshavin's through ball before lifting his shot over Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici.

Walcott raced forward time after time following the break, and the England winger drove in a corner which Giroud headed beyond Federici to make it 4-2.

With a minute left the hosts looked to have done their job, only for an unmarked Koscielny to head in Walcott's corner, and five minutes into injury time Walcott levelled the scores with a shot which crossed the line despite the desperate attempts of Nicky Shorey to keep it out.

Jenkinson stabbed the ball home seconds later but the goal was given to Walcott.

The momentum felt irreversible in extra time and Chamakh fired a low shot through the legs of Kaspars Gorkss to put Arsenal ahead for the first time, but with Reading fans heading for the exits the game burst into life once more.

Pogrebnyak headed beyond Martinez to level the scores again but the drama was still not over.

Walcott crashed home from eight yards to put Arsenal back in front and as Reading crumbled, Chamakh completed a famous victory with a lob that floated up and over Federici to finally decide an incredible football match.

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Power and Water seem to be the two biggest gripes at comps..oh and the judges

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I think your power may be an issue, only have 3 outlets that are 20 amp. That won't allow too many teams to hook in. What about the guys with campers and such that require more heavy duty service? I think those things require 30 amp service each don't they?
My unit can get by with a small (18 gauge) cord just to run the inverter to keep the battery charged. Granted I can't run the heat,ac,or microwave. (who the heck needs a microwave) But lights are nice. We get a 100 amp generator when we have a party down at the camp grounds and that's plenty for about 75 folk. Damn coffee makers take about 1000 watts! Put a pot on a burner.

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Sounds like a good start to what could be a great contest... Keep us posted on the dates.. Id like to come up and compete..just gotta keep the weekend open dontchya know.

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Neil, good luck with the contest but I'd still be worried about having a BBQ contest in an Apple Orchard if I were the owners. Make sure you institute a no axe or chain saw allowed policy!

A few questions:

1. Have you lined up any sponsors?
2. What's the prize money going to be?
3. What's the entry fee?
4. Are you going to do all 4 KCBS categories?
5. How many places are you paying out?
6. Are you going to have a desert or anything butt category (helps get the wives involved)

I think adding a kids Q to the event would be a good idea as well.

Good luck with the contest and talk to the people that have organized these contests like Jim and Jim.

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Meet this month's Make the Grade Amazing Teacher nominees

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Jennifer Pederi, Coventry Local Schools, Coventry Elementary School, Title One tutor

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Mrs. Pederi is a seven-year experienced educator at Coventry Elementary School.  Jennifer has been an integral part of our Title One Program for many years as well as heading up our Key Steps program for the last 3 years.  Mrs. Pederi has had to be very flexible this year.  She has taken over for many of our staff who have been out for short stints and has done an amazing job of acclimating herself to many different grade levels curriculum.  We have appreciated her flexibility and her dedication to our students throughout the year.  Jennifer never complains but just continuously does what is needed for the betterment of our students and our school.  Mrs. Pederi is a wonderful asset to our school.

Bobbi Angely, Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools, Kimpton Middle School, eighth grade counselor

Bobbi Angely

Kimpton Middle School would like to nominate Bobbi Angely as an Amazing Teacher. Bobbi serves students as the eighth grade school counselor. Throughout this year, Bobbi has worked and reworked schedules to make sure that students are safe and have an opportunity to learn. Bobbi also continues to connect with students and families to find out how we can help students to succeed inside and outside of the classroom. Bobbi and the wonderful Kimpton teaching team work together to create plans that can help meet the needs of each student. We are proud to be on the same team as Bobbi Angely.

David Jurmanovich, Springfield Local School District, SpringHill Elementary School, principal

David Jurmanovich

Mr. David Jurmanovich, who is better known as Mr. J., Has served faithfully in the Springfield Local School District for 27 years. He has taught in the district at Lakemore Elementary and served as assistant principal at Schrop Intermediate. He is currently the principal at SpringHill Elementary, which is a Pre-K through third grade building. Since coming to SpringHill Mr. J. has supported and helped to implement The Leader in Me initiative. He has also supported the PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports) program, which has received the bronze medal from the state of Ohio for the 2018-19 school year. Mr. J. empowers his staff to make decisions to best meet the needs of the students for success both emotionally and academically. You can see him in the hallways engaging with students and hear his infectious laugh throughout the building. This community is dear to his heart as for the past 33 years Mr. J. has been a proud member of the community and is a powerful advocate for the successful growth of Springfield Township.

Rebecca Butler,  Akron Public Schools, Buchtel Community Learning Center, ninth grade physical science teacher

Rebecca is constantly researching different ways to help students learn the required materials. She has used all different types of science labs — some that are physical and some that are virtual. Virtual labs help students learn how to manipulate items on the computer. Additionally, she is working on collaborating with more partnerships outside of school within our Career and College Academies and the community. She encourages  students work on projects and concepts that are connected to real world problems, because she finds that they are more engaged and take pride in their work.

Lisa Flynn, Norton City Schools, Norton Middle School, seventh grade math and science teacher

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Lisa is a lifelong learner soaking up ideas from her colleagues and anywhere she can. Her absolute favorite part of teaching is building relationships with her students. She always wanted to work with kids and her love of math just made teaching a perfect fit. Lisa's love of education and support for her students is evident in her classroom each and every day.

Jennifer Belza, Hudson City School District, East Woods Intermediate School, fourth grade teacher

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Jennifer Belza is a kind and energetic fourth grade teacher at East Woods Intermediate School. Throughout this challenging and unconventional school year, Mrs. Belza has fully embraced a significantly different format for teaching and learning, and her students have continued to thrive. She teaches her students to have a growth mindset, embrace mistakes and continue doing their best in the face of challenges. She has been an extremely supportive presence for our students and staff during this difficult year. Mrs. Belza serves as a fourth grade math content facilitator for our staff and continues to be an important curriculum support for teachers. East Woods Intermediate School would not be the same without the optimistic presence of Mrs. Belza!

Stephanie Raub, Hudson City School District, East Woods Intermediate School, third through fifth grade media specialist

Stephanie Raub

Stephanie Raub is a generous and dedicated media specialist at East Woods Intermediate School. Throughout her time at East Woods, Mrs. Raub has lead the charge in making our media center one that students love to visit! She has organized a host of resources in the media center for students and staff to utilize and enjoy, ranging far beyond books. Resources for research, video streaming, coding, website evaluation, BlocksCAD, and many, many other technology resources help enhance the educational experience for students and staff. Mrs. Raub plays an integral part in the logistics of recording our morning video announcements. Mrs. Raub and her media aides do so much for our school, but she is best known to students for the enjoyable book reviews she does for students. She truly gets our students excited about reading!


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Protest planned for Wednesday in front of Akron Public Schools Board of Education office

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A protest has been planned for 4 p.m. Wednesday on the sidewalks in front of the Akron Public Schools Board of Education office.

North boys soccer coach Emily Johnson said she is helping to organize a protest of the APS Board of Education's decision on Monday to delay fall sports amid the coronavirus pandemic.

APS Superintendent David James made the recommendation to suspend practices and delay competition against other schools to the Board, which also voted last month to start the school year with online learning due to the continued spread of COVID-19.

The decisions fall in line with recommendations by the Summit County Public Health.

“We plan to rally together to ask the Board to open a conversation that would allow our student-athletes to practice together as we have been safely doing as they make their final decisions,” Johnson said.