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DENVER — Former Denver Broncos star cornerback Champ Bailey signed a 2-year deal with the New Orleans Saints where he'll compete to be a starting cornerback.
NFL Network reported Friday it would be worth as much $7 million according to a source who spoke with Bailey.
Bailey visited the Saints earlier this week. The team confirmed the deal.
This should work well for Bailey at this later stage in his career. He'll be supported by one of the best safety tandems in the NFL in Jairus Byrd and Kenny Vaccaro.
The Broncos released Bailey a month ago after he played 10 seasons in Denver.
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I'm T1 diabetic and as a result of this the baby's abdomen is often out of proportion with rest of the baby. DS1s was literally off the scale by a long shot. Anything on the scale is normal and nothing to be concerned about, from what I've been told.
This baby's abdomen is again big but still on the scale. However I was still very concerned. It was 96th centile. However as I get regular growth scans a week later it measured in the high 80s. The accuracy varies massively between sonographers.
I'd ring the pregnancy unit at the hospital though as you're likely to get a more reassuring answer from them than a community midwife IMO. I really don't think it's anything to worry about though.
Quilty - I'm sure you're right that any silly-sounding question will have been asked a million times before. It's hard to feel like you're not the only one!!!
The MW emailed me back late last night and gave a very good explanation that I didn't really understand about that measurement being only to do with the size of the skull and nothing whatsoever to do with brain development, something also to do with the fact that babies have soft skulls (with gaps in?)... I'll try and make more sense of it when I re-read! But it was reassuring.
No worries emeraldgirl, never be embarrassed about asking the m/w, sonographer etc questions, I guarantee it will of been asked countless times before! I'm currently pregnant and even find myself worrying about things I tell people not to worry about! You just can' t help it when it comes to babies!
Thanks again Twitchy - I will get a few funny looks if I stare at strangers' heads, but it could be quite funny...
Quilty thank you so much, that is very interesting about the round head shape... I am a big one for trusting in medical staff, so I do know logically that they would have said if there was any real problem at all.
Queenofthepirates - feel free to call me barmy I know I am (or can be!!) You're right about MWs and new mums, I'm sure, I just feel such an idiot for raising something when I know if there was a problem they would have said something. I'm intrigued to wonder what you might have presented your HV with, as I fear I willl be heading that same way!!
Hi as others have said, this is nothing to be concerned about. I'm a sonographer and regularly explain these measurements to worried parents. It just means that your baby has a more rounded head shape rather than oval. If there was a problem the sonographer would have said, please have faith in us! That said I know how easy it is to worry, you are by no means alone!
Pop into Tesco and have a good stare at peoples' heads. You'll be amazed at the variation in size (even considering overall build), which you'll never have noticed before because you weren't looking for it. You might get a few funny looks but I bet it will put your mind at rest
GPs, Midwives and health visitors are almost without exception more than happy to answer new mums' questions however insignificant or barmy (I'm not calling you barmy btw). I think they quite relish the challenge! Don't feel embarrassed, get stuck in and voice your concerns with them and give them a chance to reassure you it's all okay.
I wish I could tell you some of the thoughts I've presented my HV with but I'd be too embarrassed to tell you.
Thanks so much Gurraun. Yes, it has just occurred to me, too, how a small head could be of great benefit to ME during labour!! My SIL's two babies had MASSIVE heads (they were each over 10 pounds, and most of that was head) and she had a nightmare time in labour so maybe this is a very very good thing...
Sorry no experience of this but I have a very small head (doesn't look freakishly small but I horse ride and have a kid's size hat, same with ski helmet etc). My brain appears to be fine (bit ditsy) but work as a Solicitor, with good degree etc. I also have quite long legs for my body so I imagine if detailed scanning had been around when I was in utero I'd have been about 80% percentile for legs and 20% for head! What I am trying to say in a garbled way is that they are only comparing to 'the average' and not everyone is average, but still perfect in their own way. I am sure that if it was anything to worry about the MW would have flagged it for further investigation but of course email to set your mind at rest. PS think how much less painful that head will be as it goes down the birth canal!!! My husband comes from a long line of big heads and I was gutted on ds scan to see that he had followed his head size and not mine!!!
Thank you so, so much, mellen and TwitchyTail I can't tell you how much I appreciate the reassurance!
I think I may drop the MW an email about it, feels a bit less bonkers than a phone call...
I am now thinking that my MIL has a very small head and neither DH nor I have huge heads in relation to our size so obviously it makes sense that it is just that she will have a small head and (I hope) her brain will be fine.
I know I am sounding neurotic as hell, it was just that DH and I (Not having remotely medical or scientific backgrounds) were looking at the results which show 75th percentile for this and 85th for that and then 21st for the head measurement - which freaked us both out a bit! I think we'd have been much less concerned if it was short legs or a abdomen measurement in the 21st percentile than a head-related one.
But thank you so much for the replies, I feel much better and a bit silly
Do not worry . The scan measurements are just an approximation, particularly if the baby is moving around or in a tricky position. As long as the measurements are within the normal range (between 5th and 95th centile), there is no cause for concern.
I had fortnightly growth scans from 28-32 weeks due to placenta problems. The centile of each measurement varied significantly each time, but all fell within the normal range and the general trend was upwards, so no-one cared in the least. I don't think my baby's head was shrinking and exploding from day to day, but rather the measurements were done in slightly different positions.
Within the normal range, head size does not correlate with brain development. Heck, I've got a tiny head and a first from Cambridge
Definitely call midwife for extra reassurance though.
You taking fish oils in pregnancy is not going to make a measurable difference to the size of your babies brain, and head size is only weakly correlated with IQ. There could be all sorts of reasons why the measurement is lower - some people are above average height, but with a smaller than average head, or the measurement could be wrong - a small difference in the angle of the head could be important. Even so your babes head size is well within the normal range.
Can you speak to your midwife about it, they may be able to reassure you on this? If you are worrying then I'm sure they would rather you asked then carry on upset.
I've just had a scan at 33 weeks to check issues about the placenta.
Which means I got some measurements for the baby and how it is growing etc. All the measurements (leg length, abdominal size etc) were all well into the 60th percentile or higher, but the Occipitofrontal diameter was in the 21st percentile, which struck me as very odd considering the rest of the baby's size. My DH in particular is now in a state about what this means, and getting worried that it is something to do with the brain development (I think the measurement is about the baby's head from front to back?)
I didn't see the results until I brought my notes home and so didn't have the chance to ask the MW. I could call her but I feel totally neurotic PFB for doing so.
Does anyone have any experience of what this means?
I am beating myself up here for not having taken fish oils throughout pregnancy now, and worried that I have done something to mean that the baby's brain isn't developing at the same rate as the rest of her
Please forgive me for being neurotic!!!
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RAWLINS -- The Wyoming Board of Education voted to suspend work on new science standards for the state's public schools until lawmakers rescind a ban on adopting education guidelines that endorse the theory of man-made climate change.
The board approved the resolution 10-1 on Tuesday because its members took offense at how lawmakers got involved in the issue, board member Pete Gosar said.
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Picked seventh in the America East preseason coaches' poll, the Binghamton men's soccer team expects nothing less than to shock this year's competition. And after opening their season with a 2-1 victory over Bucknell on Friday, the Bearcats (1-0) are off to a strong start.
The team may have finished with a meager 3-11-5 mark last season, but that was after its roster was riddled with injuries. This time around, the Bearcats not only believe they're playing at a higher level than they were at this point last season, but also that they have the necessary components to outperform their rivals.
Despite losing three valuable players in defender Robbie Hughes, midfielder Marts Reid-Warden and midfielder Ben Nicholson to graduation, the Bearcats see a silver lining in retaining their key forward: Tommy Moon.
Moon started the first five games of 2013, putting six shots on goal and scoring the game-winner against American on Sept. 6, before a broken leg ended his campaign. The graduate student was granted a medical redshirt season so that he could join the Bearcats again this fall, and he's taking full advantage of his opportunity.
"It was hard to miss that much time," Moon said. "A lot of rest, a lot of recovery – hard recovery – so just to be back playing with the guys is amazing."
"Having Tommy Moon back is terrific for us. I'd say it's huge, but he is a little guy," head coach Paul Marco joked. "His fitness is outstanding. I truly cannot believe how fit he is right now at this stage of the season."
Rounding out Binghamton's offensive prowess is last year's top goal-scorer, senior forward Steve Celeste. Celeste rose to the occasion after Moon's abrupt departure, leading the team with 27 shots throughout last season. He found the back of the net four times, including the deciding goal against Buffalo on Sept. 13.
Second to Celeste in scoring was Nicholson. The graduated midfielder scored three goals and led the team with five assists, serving a crucial role in creating opportunities for Binghamton. In addition to Celeste and Moon, who typically put on the finishing touches, the team will need help in filling out its offensive force.
"It definitely helps to have Tommy Moon back," Celeste said. "He is a huge piece of that puzzle. But it is going to take a couple of more guys to bring it to the table."
Last Friday, the team saw two such players rise to the occasion. Junior midfielder Luca Bottoni and sophomore back Charlie Novoth each scored their first collegiate goals against Bucknell (0-1). Together, the two contributed five of Binghamton's seven shots through the contest.
Binghamton will also need additional help on defense now that Hughes, who was perhaps the back line's front man last year, is gone. Part of that will come from senior defender Jamie Forbes, who will be retaking the field in 2014. Forbes played 12 of 19 games last year – injury precluded him from playing a full season.
Though Binghamton received such a low preseason ranking, a few players and coaches call upon last season's relative success against UMBC and Hartford, the top two programs in the conference, as evidence of their winning potential.
"Last year against the top two teams, UMBC and Hartford, we tied both during the regular season, and we lost at Hartford in overtime during the playoffs. I think we are very competitive and we will be there again this year," Marco said.
Perhaps Binghamton's most noteworthy triumph last year, a scoreless tie against seventh-ranked UMBC, showcased the resilience of Binghamton's defense. The nationally ranked Retrievers held a 16-5 shot advantage against the Bearcats, but then-sophomore Stefano Frantellizzi's five saves preserved BU's shutout.
During the preseason, Marco announced that Frantellizzi will retain his starter status. But he also mentioned that sophomore Robert Moewes, who sat out last year due to NCAA transfer rules, has proved himself a formidable challenger. Though Frantellizzi served as BU's exclusive keeper in 2013, during which time he recorded six shutouts, Moewes played the full 90 minutes last Friday. The German transfer student collected five saves and nearly recorded a shutout before Bucknell squeezed a goal in during the last second of the game.
"Even though Stef is a two-year returning starter, Robert has been outstanding in training, and what an outstanding competitive spirit the two of them have," Marco said of the two keepers.
With six new recruits and so far an injury-free squad, the team is confident it will dismantle expectations. Until then, it will play the underdog role to its advantage.
"Coming onto the field with teams underestimating us, I think we are going to surprise a lot of people this year," Forbes said. "And just comparing last preseason to this one, I think we are miles ahead of where we were when we played Bucknell for our preseason opener last year."
"The challenge for us will be to prepare for every opponent, and to meet and exceed the competitive spirit within the game and let the beauty of the game get the job done," Marco said.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Mahmud Ali Durrani.
Mr. Ambassador, thank you for being here.
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI, Pakistani Ambassador to United States: Pleasure.
JUDY WOODRUFF: First, do you have any new information about who or what was behind this?
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: No, I don't have new information, but my assessment is that probably it is the same people who tried to kill Musharraf three times, who tried to kill our prime minister, and the same people who are carrying out suicide bombings on a daily basis in Pakistan. It is the extremists and terrorists.
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MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Yes, you see what has happened is — and I saw from film clips, too — people were very frustrated. They were very upset. They lost a leader just after she has finished her speech. And it is a day of mourning for Pakistan, no doubt.
So, there is a level of frustration and people have voiced that against the government and probably against President Musharraf. But I think a saner look at it, it is very obvious it is extremists and terrorists. In fact, they had a common enemy, Musharraf and Benazir.
JUDY WOODRUFF: You spoke to President Musharraf earlier today. What was his personal reaction?
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Yes, I spoke to him, I think, about an hour-and-a-half or two hours maybe after the event. He was very upset. He was very disturbed.
All that he said was that: I'm going to declare mourning in the country for a couple of days, but this should firm up our resolve to a greater extent to fight these extremists and terrorists.
Concerns about future turmoil
JUDY WOODRUFF: You were hearing from -- again from the reporter, Griff Witte with The Washington Post and others...
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Yes.
JUDY WOODRUFF: ... across the news today that -- worry that Pakistan is going to dissolve into chaos. Are you worried about that?
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: No, I'm not. Pakistan has gone through chaos. It has gone through problems. It has gone through, you know, situations like this, natural catastrophes. We are a very strong people, in spite of all what people think. And, God willing, we will come out of this stronger.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The concerns also being raised that the election now can't go forward. You have one party, Benazir Bhutto's party, completely in disarray. You have Mr. Sharif saying he is not going to participate in the election.
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Yes.
JUDY WOODRUFF: How can the election go forward?
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Well, let's wait and see. Let's not prejudge this, because let's see how events unfold.
To the best of my knowledge, the PPP has not said that they're going to go into election. Mr. Nawaz Sharif, even earlier, had decided that he's not going to go into election, but he will still join in. We hope that he again decides that he should join in.
But, besides him, there are over 40 -- there are around 47 or 49 political parties which are participating. The previous ruling government party was participating. The PPP will participate and all the other major parties are participating.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But it has no leader now.
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: No, there will always be a leader. Vacuums are always filled. And I'm sure the PPP, in its greater judgment, will pick out the right successor for her.
JUDY WOODRUFF: What about the despair that was described, the despair among ordinary Pakistanis, that democracy is now just a distant dream?
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: No, I beg to disagree.
There is a despair, yes, definitely, among her supporters that their beloved leader has gone, gone forever, its only voice. So, that despair is there. But I don't think that necessarily translates into despair that Pakistan is falling apart or there will be no democracy.
I think the people of Pakistan are for democracy. And come what may, I think, sooner or later, we will have democracy.
Questioning security measures
JUDY WOODRUFF: Mr. Ambassador, an important question for you, and that is accusations being raised today by -- they had been raised by Benazir Bhutto herself. They are being raised today by her supporters and by others that the Musharraf, your government, didn't do enough to protect her, that there were repeated requests for protection, security, and that that protection was never provided.
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: No.
To the best of my information, I think the amount of protection that is being provided to -- or was provided to Benazir and all the other opposition leaders is almost the same that has been provided to the prime minister and the president.
But a suicide attacker is a suicide attacker. And especially with political leaders, when they have to go out -- What is the word for that? -- go out and meet their supporters, shake hands with them, you saw that clip before she went into the vehicle. If you saw that, there were security people around her. But, in a situation like this, where there's a suicide bomber, it's probably impossible for the best security system in the world able to stop them.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, you know for a fact that she was given the protection she asked for?
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Absolutely. Absolutely.
I would say she was given not exactly what maybe she may ask for, but, for Pakistan's environment, I think she was given the best protection possible.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Mahmud Ali Durrani, we thank you very much for being with us on this day.
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Pleasure. Thank you.
JUDY WOODRUFF: We appreciate it.
MAHMUD ALI DURRANI: Thank you.


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Don't know if you were intentionally trying to anny for s-curves for max D which is fine on open holes. But at the tight part of Warwick that ain't gonna cut it. You need to start from the center rear of the tee going to a bit right of the center or even the right front corner of the tee for hyzer flips or pure hyzers. Or even starting from rear left. For hyzers the plant should be at or to the right of the line you are running on. For annies to the left like you are doing now. Annies can and sometimes should be released with a bit backward leaning and flat shots upright or slightly forward weight shifted. But hyzers need plenty of leaning forward from the waist and having the right knee bent so that even with the legs moved forward your torso is going forward of upright. Like your left leg got stuck on something and you're tripping on your face. The heart should be over the right knee in back to front direction and teh chin over the right foot. Contrary to what was said before here you do get the discs too high sometimes and that's at least in part due to not being able to keep the wrist down enough with so upright a posture.
To add to using your hips comments it is great that you do move your hips from standing upright to being twisted a little at the reach back and twisting to the right of neutral at the release. I say release because you aren't hitting really. Try swinging your arm as fast as you can from the right pec without a disc in your hand. notice how much faster it goes than your arm does in your throws. That kind of ful speed acceleration is what you need for maximum power generation and clean releases. Power generation as in speed and spin of the disc.
Hitting with the arm ain't as effective either without kicking harder with the left leg and pivoting faster and really yanking with the hips to the right. Those muscles group_S_ are stronger than the arm and spinning like a figure skater doing a pirouette generates a lot more forward velocity and spin on the disc which retards fade and the onset of the height loss of the disc. Resulting in totally different distance range and opening up new flight shaping lines especially at your current max D. With repeatability and accuracy eventually. That is exactly what you're looking for and need in order to continuously being at the top in advanced or moving to open. Hyzer flipping with heart over the knee will also drop the front of the disc lower which for a limited height band allows the disc to dive forward without fading which can also increase D dramatically if you can get the disc high enough without it diving into ground too early. If that happens hopefully you can get the same nose down angle on higher throws. And maintaining speed to not stall out. For that situation a slower and less fading disc like less than max weight Leopards or broken in Cylones/Gazelles etc. might work better than faster discs. YMMV based on speed vs spin generation ability and the absolute speed and spin. Getting the disc high and diving forward is the most difficult shot to master.
Rollers are good at Warwick on some of the long open holes at least when the grass ain't tall. If it ever is there.


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I received neck lipo about eight months ago, and the day after the procedure, there was visible improvement to my neck contour. But that improvement disappeared, and now my neck looks much as it did before the procedure. Even more, I continue to have firmness in my neck, and this is concerning. Is it possible that it will take more time for the improvement? Or is this probably as good as it's going to get? Sure appreciate any insights. Thanks!
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Neck lipo at 8 months
At 8 months what you see is what you've got and the result is what it is. The firmness may be sacr tissue and might or might not soften up over the next several months. In order to get more depth and angularity in the neck, you would need a neck lift in which the fat below the muscles is removed in the midline and the muscles are tightened.
Egiht months after neck liposuction should be sufficient time for stable results
Egiht months after neck liposuction should be sufficient time for stable results. Furhter benefits could be obtained by possibly undergoing a second round of liposuciton or considering a neck lift.
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Liposuction of the neck and chin
Improved neck contour can be acheived with both liposuction and underlying muscle plication. I would recommend that you continue to massage the area and await resolution of the firmness and edema.
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Neck lipo after 8 months
If the result of the lipo of your neck was less than satisfactory, perhaps you needed something else done on yoru neck to mimprove the contour?
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Your result will not change much
Your had liposution of the neck and the result is no improvement and this can be due the wrong procedure or liposuction not done properly . The before surgery exam is important to decide on the correct procedure. If you had more fat than the muscle sagging,liposuction is the correct treatment. If you had more muscle sagging,then neck lift would have been the correct treatment. Please get a second consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon .
Post op neck liposuction with little change.
The liposuction did little for you and is about as good as it will be. You need to have a good necklift and possible liposuction below the muscle. Part of the platysma muscle may need to be removed and tightened at the same time. Make sure you see an experienced facelift surgeon to discuss the pros and cons of this.
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Advice wanted: Flatshare for childminding?(21 Posts)
I would ideally like advice from families who have done this or considering.
I am a self-employed German tutor with au pairing experience. Due to some sudden changes in my personal life I really need to downgrade my living costs. One of the things I have considered is renting a room in a family home and offering about 10 hours of childminding (and/or tuition), homework help, help with housework...
As I mentioned above I have worked as an au pair before and enjoyed working with children and staying in a family environment immensely but felt cabin fever coming towards the end.
I feel that an arrangement like this would benefit families with a stay at home parent or excisting child care arrengements in place who would like the flexibility of having 'another pair of hands' in the house.
I have advertised on gumtree already and didn't get the responses I was hoping for.
I am mainly looking for advice on:
-Are there better places to advertise than gumtree?
-How to minimise 'creepy' responses?
-Is it a good idea to add a picture? (I feel that increases the amount of creepy people)
-What would be your expectations of a lodger/babysitter?
-What would be any potential dealbreakers?
-I would be grateful, if you could take a look at my advert and give me some feedback.
Thank you for reading through this and thanks for your help,
I would put your ad in the childcare section or 'work wanted'. Generally people in the flatshare section are looking for a financial contribution and probably don't have childcare needs.
Have you looked on gumtree at the ads for au pairs? I've seen ads where they only want 10-15 hours a week babysitting. There was one a while back where they were offering a self-contained flat.
I think on gumtree you get creepy responses to almost anything, just ignore them as best you can.
Have you tried advertsing locally, local notice boards etc.
I'd also maybe try not putting the 8-10 hours in your ad. I know you say negotiable, but might be better to leave it open and see what you get offered.
Thank you holy, I have made some changes to my advert based on your suggestions.
So this is what it looks now: www.gumtree.com/p/jobs/babysitting-german-lessons-for-accomoadtion-bi-lingual-female-non-smoker/109205511.
I am currently advertising in flatshare and jobsection as I feel my ad is somewhere in between,
I think you are right though and gt is a breeding ground for dodgy replies
I don't live in London so I don't know whether this is in your preferred zones?
Thanks Ebb
i was also going to point out that putney ad
Bumping up. Sorry but hope there are a few mpre opinions.
I don't understand how it would be a flatshare. In a flatshare, don't you share the cost of the main bills? Sorry I don't know much about flatshares but I imagine there's more to it than just having a room in someone else's flat.
I don't really see how it's different from a live-in nanny or au-pair.
Or am I reading things wrong, would you be paying all the usual bills but providing a little childcare in exchange for something else - if so, exchange for what?
I see this as an arrangement where I help out with childcare for a few hours in exchange for accomodation. I think it's somewhere in between a nanny job and a flat house share - so not quite sure how and where to adertise this.
If my sister wasn't in our attic, I'd have jumped at that like a shot! Have you tried advertising on childcare.co.uk as an au pair? Might get you some nice, non-creepy responses.
'I don't really see how it's different from a live-in nanny or au-pair'
A live-in nanny or au pair would be paid and given accommodation in return for (usually) 25+ hours of childcare.
In this situation the op is looking for accommodation only (no payment) in return for fewer hours of childcare (10 hours).
Holy, you are right really. I think it may be because not all my au pair experience has been positive - basically a lot more chores than I had initially signed up to. And I just want to make it clear that although I want to be a help with childcare/ friend to all members of the family I still want to have my own life. is there such a thing as an au pair light?
MummyToMog: Thanks for the encouragement. I might try childcare.co.uk
Oh and I noticed that there was a boyfriend issue in this thread. I have a boyfriend and usually mention this in the interview along the lines of: I just want to check what your position is. I understand, if it's a problem for you. Could my boyfriend come and stay occassionally? Does this put people of. I feel it's best to clarify positions before a move is decided but feel some people see it as me being forward.
I have to say I can't see anyone taking you up on this. Rooms in London (zones 1-3 no less) will be rentable for a lot more than £70 plus 10 hours childcare especially since that includes utilities. And offering to help with chores? I would EXPECT anyone I live with to pitch in with chores, not as an added bonus.
Sorry I just don't see this as a 'plus' for the other party at all. You seem to want a lot in exchange for very little.
Oh and add a boyfriend into the mix? No chance!
NickNacks: Hmmm. I would disagree. I have experience in childcare, I have teaching experience. Even if you pay a childminder minimum wage for 10 hours that would be 60GBP (slightly more actually) + 70GBP that means the value is 130GBP per week. If you then add in language tuition (which I charge 17GBP/ hour - that's at the low end of the spectrum iother teachers take 30 GBP) Which is the going rate for a nice...ish room, definitely in zone 3. I am incredibly flexible in my own work: If your kid is sick or there's another emergency, I'm on a call. As long as it's one or two emergencies on a monthly basis, I can handle it.
Chores: An au pair (who gets paid) is per definition only expected to chip in with general and child related chores. What I want to avoid is the expectations that I'm going to run the whole household whereas I'd be happy to help out.
So, although it might not be for everyone, I feel it can be of great value for some people. Especially people who need ad hoc child care on a semi regular basis or someone who want to help their kids learn German. To re-iterate no only am I a native speaker, I also have experience tutoring kids from 2 years old up to A-Level.
Boyfriend: Again, I feel I am being fair when I ASK at the interview stage. It would be a nice bonus, but I can see why most families would be uncomfortable if a guy comes to their house. If I was at the other end, I'd be a lot mor annoyed, if I took someone be it as a nanny, au pair or lodger and they'd ask me a few weeks in.
Sorry if this reads a little bit like a rant. I just want to make clear that I have thought this proposal through and feel I am offering something of good value for everyone involved.
Gumtree is probably not the right place to advertise.
Try greataupair and aupair-world.net Yes they are au pair sites, but to be honest anyone looking for childcare will hit those sites first.
Also, I think your approach needs to shift.
Think of your market:
1) people wanting german tutors. They will almost certainly not be wanting a live-in tutor.
2) People wanting dog-walking/babysitting/general help around the house. They will be able to get casual help for this from local teenagers, etc, without the need to have someone live in.
3) People wanting regular help with the kids. 8 hours a week won't really cut it for most people in this situation. It's neither here nor there. Why would they take you on when they can get a full-blown au pair for £65 and that will give them far more flexibility, 25 hours of work and, to be honest, a far more 'pliable' person (one they can say no to re: overnight visitors, one they can ask to help with chores etc).
So. Those are the challenges to overcome because what you are looking for is someone who wants all three of the above. It's a really really, difficult thing to find because people will only need one of the three.
If it were me, I'd approach it completely differently. Ignore the things you have to offer and think outside the box about things that parents struggle with. Here's things to kick you off: Emergency childcare; single parents; people working shifts (nurses, airline staff, police officers, for example). If it were me I'd write an ad specifically to appeal to those groups of people. Don't offer to pay anything (that confuses things) but say you are there to provide assistance outside of the usual hours and regimented childcare patterns. Offer to do overnighters and school drop offs/pick ups to suit shiftwork, that kind of thing.
I'd also see if there are any 'police' forums and ask there if shift-work childcare support would appeal. You never know, you might find a recently separated shift-worker with a sickly child
That's not childminding.
For it to be childminding, it should be for 2 or more hours a day, paid, and in your own home. You should be Ofsted registered.
Please don't call it childminding because that's a separate profession.
Flisspaps: Duly noted. I can't change the name of the thread though so we'll hae to live with it.
Stillquiffy: Thank you for your post. You are confirming my instinct that the current advert is a little bit confused.
I see my "market" as either people in need of semi-regular emergency childcare or unusual working hours or bilingual families where another native speaker adds to the kid's motivation to speak German.
I think it might take to separate ads. Thanks again for the really useful advice,
Hi there
I am sorry you are having a slightly hard time..
just a few pointers:
- Regarding the creepy responses: "living arrangement" could sound a bit dodgy, as if you are trading things also to point out you are a foreign student (alone here..) does make you vulnerable to dodgy responses.
- It's not that clear initially what you mean by "my budget is £70 a week"? Do you want to work 8-10 hours and pay £70 cost &logis?
- Mentioning a second career next to nannying, housekeeping would totally put me off from hiring someone.. because I would know that that is what they want to do and they look after kids to pay the bills. There are only a few exceptions where a second career is beneficial (nurse, nursery teacher, etc). If creative professionals/arts graduates apply, I would be wary of their motives of doing the job (really only for the cash, and not because they "love kids" )
- I think your ad could be more decisive. You don't really want to "negotiate up or down" (?) and what services you offer is quite open if you see what i mean tutor, nanny, housekeeper, dog walker, cook... better to specialise a bit (or apply as a housekeeper/nanny).
It is a tricky one. I guess you need to focus on one area and look for a part-time nanny job (or tutor, or housekeeper) that will pay your bills while you act.
P.S. I have just hired a housekeeper and have hired nannies before (most through gumtree, it is ok for London). Lastly, I think photos usually didn't add any advantage (so much can be conveyed wrong in one picture)... better to create a personal impression.
I was once also a foreign student in london, i know how hard it is.
So, good luck!!
just reading through the thread... a boyfriend who is staying over even occasionally would be a deal breaker I am afraid - unless i hd a self contained flat for the au pair..
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"One mission of my architectural practice is the documentation of cultural assets that are fading..."
Eugene George began his architectural studies as an undergraduate at the University of Texas and went on to complete his graduate work at Harvard University, where he studied under Walter Gropius. George's design work reflects this modernist training, as seen in his South Austin Fire Station (1977).
However, George also served as the architect of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia from 1971-1973 and has directed numerous historic preservation projects, from the adaptive reuse of a 1920s-era service station in downtown Austin (1979) to a survey and restoration of a Revolutionary War battlefield in Yorktown, Virginia (1975). In a recent publication he explained, "One mission of my architectural practice is the documentation of cultural assets that are fading, even vanishing, and every opportunity is seized, including enlisting students of architecture in this quest."
Randle-Turner House, near Itasca, Texas
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By 1950, local interest in the house was growing, and it was described in the Dallas Morning News, which proclaimed, "House Built Without Nails Still Sturdy after 100 Years." George has long been interested in wood joinery techniques, observing that in many of the borderlands structures he studies, it is possible to discern the nationality of the builders by the type of joins they create. In his restoration of the Randle-Turner House, George and the carpenters who worked on the project used period-appropriate hand tools and fabricated wooden pegs to hold beams and joists together, in keeping with the house's original construction methods.
The house's survival is quite remarkable due to the fact that Indian raids occurred in the area throughout the time of its construction and early occupancy.
A short report about the restoration project is included in the George Collection:
"The Randle-Turner House near Itasca is one of the few surviving examples in north central Texas of a house type with antecedents in the southeastern United States. Dating from the 1850s, the house's survival is quite remarkable due to the fact that Indian raids occurred in the area throughout the time of its construction and early occupancy. The building is a typical "two-pen dog-run" house with a gallery on the south and "lean-tos" on the north. The frame is hewn oak sheathed in cypress weatherboarding, with double-hung windows and a wood-shingle roof. The program called for accurately restoring the house to its initial period using materials and construction techniques of the time, an approach which required extensive documentary research and historic analysis of the structure and the site. Except for fire-retardant roof shingles and fireplace lintels, all new materials match original materials in specie, size and fabrication. Since this project was a "pure" restoration, the building was not adapted to any modern functional requirements. Although energy efficiency considerations were not part of the program, the house's large and strategically oriented windows, along with the shaded south gallery and central dog run, provide a maximum of creature comfort in the climate of the region."
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Yorktown Battlefield and Nelson Block, Yorktown, Virginia
After serving as architect of Colonial Williamsburg from 1971 to 1973, George returned to Texas and re-established his private practice in Austin. However, he was soon called back to Virginia for a different project: the restoration of the Yorktown Battlefield and the Nelson Block. View the Yorktown Battlefield gallery
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The Nelson House, which was built around 1724, served as Cornwallis's headquarters during the final battle of the Revolutionary War, and the battlefield was the site of the British defeat. The Nelson Block comprised the house, gardens, outbuildings, and surrounding grounds.
In 1781 the Americans and French destroyed their own earthworks and redoubt, fearing that these siege structures would be used against them.
The restoration of the house and battlefield proved to be an interdisciplinary effort. Working from data provided by archaeologist Norman Barka, George and a former student, Richard Ryan, surveyed the site and determined the position of features to be rebuilt or restored. After they captured the site in 1781, the Americans and French destroyed their own earthworks and redoubt, fearing that these siege structures would be used against them by the British. Under George's direction, artillery positions were reconstructed from archaeological evidence, using similar European oak hand-finished to historic dimensions.
The George Collection contains a number of measured drawings of the site, as well as George's comments and reflections on them. George recounts that he took measures to protect the archaeological integrity of the site. To guard against wear and tear from tourists, George designed a sub-surface bed to reduce moisture intrusion into the archaeological levels. Although eighteenth-century earthworks were meant to be temporary, the reconstructions were intended to last much longer. George used techniques specified by the Texas Highway Department to make the embankments long-lasting. Finally, treasure hunters with metal detectors had long posed a preservation risk. George peppered the earthworks with nickel-sized boiler punchings, in hopes that their presence would frustrate looters.
Nieman, Hanks and Puryear Office Building / Starr Kealhofer Garage, Austin, Texas
The Staff Kealhofer Garage was built in 1928. Located at 910 Lavaca Street in downtown Austin, the building was in a prime location for office development and was part of an adaptive reuse project by Eugene George for an insurance and real estate company. View the Nieman, Hanks and Puryear gallery
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Although structurally sound, the building was in an advanced state of deterioration in 1978, at the time of its rehabilitation. The project brief, included in the George Collection, summarized it thus:
"Responding to the popular Mediterranean style of the Twenties when it was built, the first floor of the building functioned for half a century vending automotive fuels and oils, servicing vehicles by minor repairs in association with grease pits, wash racks, and tire repair spaces. The second floor consisted entirely of an open, L-shaped loft space for the storage of tires. … The solution for the first floor included enclosing the former fuel vending area to form an open plan clerical space. Flanking this space on three sides were offices either established from the fuel vending area (north), the accessory sales and storage areas (south), or within the former minor repairs, oil changing/grease rack area (west). …
Two stairways were constructed to penetrate the former loft warehouse area---one upward through the former carwash area, the other via the former accessories office. The second floor loft area was subdivided into additional clerical and management spaces…. During the process of renovation, architectural details from the initial building period were refurbished or reconstructed---including metal ceilings, exterior and interior openings, and an exterior turret which had been removed."
"Revitalization under any circumstances must respond to traditional accomplishments, at the same time encourage new growth within the historic pattern."
George expressed his philosophy about projects such as this one in a paper written in the same year: "There's more to the problem than cleaning up the junk, clearing the weeds. Revitalization under any circumstances must respond to traditional accomplishments, at the same time encourage new growth within the historic pattern. We are well along in our second century of urban life. Let us grow, but let us reinforce ourselves by stabilizing Austin's qualities: unique, individual, and different from other places."George's rehabilitation of the Starr Kealhofer Garage won a 1979 Building Award from the Heritage Society of Austin.
South Austin Fire Station, Austin, Texas
The South Austin Fire Station was built at 5811 Nuckols Crossing Road in 1977 and is one of George's new construction projects. View the South Austin Fire Station gallery
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George designed the building using a light-colored brick. The architectural specifications in the collection reveal that George was involved in all aspects of the project, from the landscaping of the site to the amenities for the firefighters who stayed there. The building includes areas for fire trucks and equipment, as well as living spaces for fire fighters. Ribbons of glass brick provide natural light and privacy in bathing and dressing areas. George also designed a variety of storage and clothing lockers, desks, kitchen cabinets, and even chalkboards in the interior spaces; drawings for each of these features are included in the project specifications.


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Here's some live footage of La Coka Nostra from their tour (this video is from Czech Republic) and they're performing Non Phixion's classic, Black Helicopters. La Coka Nostra has member of Non Phixion Ill Bill in the rap supergroup.
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FOUR fundraising friends and their daughters are going to paint the town, and countryside, red this summer for Red Cross Week.
Karen Jones, Amanda Rees, Julie Howarth and Cathy Lynes have all registered to take on the Red Shoe Walk in the Peak District on June 7, part of this year's Red Cross Week celebrations.
To make it a family affair, the Knutsford women will be joined by their daughters, who are all year 9 pupils at Knutsford Academy.
Karen, a community legacy manager with the British Red Cross, said: "It was our chance to take on a challenge with our daughters and enjoy some magnificent scenery whilst raising money for an amazing charity – the British Red Cross."
The British Red Cross Red Shoe Walks are taking place throughout the UK this summer, and the Peak District addition is a family-friendly 7-mile walk in the Derbyshire countryside. All walkers need to dress in red of any shade, and will each be given a pair of free red shoe covers to add to their outfit.
It costs £10 per person to participate in the walk and under 12's go free. To sign up, or for more information, visit redcross.org.uk/RedShoeWalks


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Golden baba to award Rs 51 lakh for bringing Masood Azhar to India
Tue, Jan 19, 2016, 08:06 AM
Golden baba, who wears jewellery worth Rs 3 crore has announced a cash award of Rs 51 lakh for bringing Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar to India. Masood Azhar suspected to be the mastermind of Pathankot terror attack in which six terrorists and Indian soldiers were killed. Azhar was reportedly placed under house arrest by Pakistani government with pressure from the Indian government.


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Got a look at a pretty cool (and brand new) backing skin for the Droid last night at the Showstoppers event, part of CTIA here in Las Vegas. It attaches directly to the battery cover and base of the phone and feels pretty darn good.
That would be a really nice looking skin if Zagg didn't have to ruin it by having their logo take up 1/3rd of the surface area. Give me a break Zagg. You're not LV or Coach. People aren't in awe of ZAGG they are in awe of the great work you guys do. Hopefully there are more modestly advertised skins available. If so, I may be in the market. Nice looking for sure.


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Biogen Idec seeks regulatory OK's for wider use of a multiple sclerosis drug
Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. plc said Wednesday that they have asked US and European regulators to approve their Tysabri drug for a wider universe of multiple sclerosis patients.
Because of a possible risk of contracting a rare brain disease that is sometimes fatal, Tysabri is generally recommended for US patients who are not responding to or cannot tolerate an alternative MS therapy.
Now Weston-based Biogen Idec said in a press release that it is asking the US Food and Drug Administration to approve Tysabri as an initial treatment for many MS patients.
MS patients are screened to detect the presence of certain antibodies for something called the JC virus. Biogen Idec and Elan, its Irish partner, are asking the FDA to approve Tysabri as a first-line MS treatment for US patients who test negative for antibodies to the JC virus.
Biogen Idec declined to quantify how many additional patients might benefit if regulators approved its request for Tysabri's wider use, and the company would not comment on how approvals might affect its revenues.
In the third quarter, Tysabri had global sales of $404 million, Biogen Idec reported. That amount was shared between Biogen Idec and Elan. Biogen Idec's share was $275 million. Biogen Idec's total third-quarter revenue was $1.4 billion.
When it issued third-quarter results in late October, Biogen Idec estimated that 71,100 patients were on commercial and clinical Tysabri therapy worldwide.
In a statement Wednesday, Biogen Idec chief medical officer Alfred Sandrock, M.D., said: "Many appropriate patients are already benefiting from Tysabri. A first line approval would allow people with MS access to a highly efficacious treatment earlier in the course of the disease, potentially leading to better outcomes. This is an important consideration for people with MS who may want or need more efficacy.''
In afternoon trading, Biogen Idec shares were down 14 cents to $142.87.


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I was sitting in the kitchen in one of the green chairs inherited from my grandmother. Towel wrapped around my neck, my dad was cutting my hair into the same flip-top combover that he sported. The tiny kitchen was crowded with dead wives and relatives, laughing and joking. I awoke when Dad accidentally lopped off an earlobe, into the clinical white of the ICU. Sterile and white, yes, but with drops of crimson falling at my shoulder. My head felt like a herd of elephants had trampled through it, my back as though surgery had been performed with a dull kitchen knife. Behind one eye I saw that the hair-cutting party had turned out badly, leaving bloodied corpses beneath the single swinging yellow bulb. I buzzed for the nurse, who turned up my morphine drip. The lights dimmed. When they came back up, they were the lights of an old porch, with kids playing in the semi-darkness. So that's where all my old friends went. Country music drifted out from inside the house; not the modern hybrid country, but the old high lonesome. Fiddles and banjos and whiny vocals. Vinyl. I could hear the scratchiness. Scratchiness that became a thin, army-green blanket in a backyard tent. A tent that was somehow large enough to hold an OR full of surgeons and nurses, joking around with each other as I lay dying. At least there was no canned laughter as I made my way upwards into the bright circle of light. Swimming to the moon in my new flip-top haircut. Goodnight, Red Skelton, Tuesdays are yours forever.
Pale horses in a field of sun-burnt grass, legs buckling
Falling, grace, succumbing; un-becoming
We stood in the harsh August sun, naked and maddened
Red wet flesh glistening, thirst, baked, dreamless
Hallelujah and amen, in the distance a choir sings
Lightning cracks sky; hope, wait, plunder
Crisp brains search for old dreams of starlit night
When we were young, and not so mad
The first drops fall, and we are redeemed; we live
Drinking rain from cupped hands; delight
When the storm passes it is night; a billion stars twinkle
We remember why we're here; deliverance
Now we can see the lights of home shining, welcome
Spirit horses fade into darkness; we walk
Lincoln's hat was ten feet tall as he gave the Gettysburg address. He'd have to remove it to don his helmet before boarding the spaceship. The in-flight movie was Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part 99." Who'd want to miss that? My fingers and toes ached from the cold, but I held my place in the crowd, shivering. Oprah said we could all go, and that was good enough for me. I still didn't see how thousands of us would fit in, but I'd learned to trust her over the years. Ed McMahon (or was it Manfred Mann?) stood by me holding a huge Publisher's Clearinghouse check. He didn't look well. We were going to the toppermost of the poppermost, Johnny. Cat Fred be damned. '50s housewives be damned. We were on our way to heaven, and God was the pilot. A small man with a colander hat began to shuffle us into the ship. We were on our way, warts and all, bleating like sheep. All happily ready to board the USS Abattoir.
Tiny green spots on winter-dead branches
A holocaust, a death-march, a tiny string of hope
Braver souls than I have retreated, phoned it in
Fascinated by that string, I want to pull it, I
Want to know
Close to the borderline, red drops, white snow
A stench hovers over the city, mad yellow cabs
Ray of sunlight glints through broken window
I begin to pull the string towards me, heartbeat;
The string breaks
Old fallout shelters revived, black planes fly
God isn't here today, playing cards with Buddha
I look for you in the empty Wal-Mart, still hoping
That none of the blood on the barbed-wire is yours
You're not there
Out in the field of old televisions, night falls hard
Sleeping beneath cardboard by the blue-screen light
Tomorrow I will find you in an abandoned garage
We will find the string, follow it to freedom, I think
It will happen
A cacophony of ticking clocks; blood in the sink
Dry skin stretched taut over old bones, yellow teeth
Crumbling white listlessness, wispy hair mud grey
Vivid dreams during rare times of sleep; waiting
Always waiting on something, never knowing what
A wristwatch that stopped after seven years; fear
Old memories replace new plans, talking to ghosts
A race with time that can't be won, rushing icy river
A gnarled tree, limbs coated with snow, stands for now
Outside of the window where he watches the world
Not a part of it anymore, but still hanging on; shreds
Counting powerline crows while clocks continue to tick
Days flip through like the pages of a book, always
Opening at five AM again; joyless vices now only habits
Retiring early, disappointed with the day's endeavors
Waiting, ticking, listening for footsteps at the door
It could be shining; it could be golden
Why isn't it?
An iron halo, still smoking from the welding
Rust and corrosion will claim it
Angels will laugh
Remorse does not make an acceptable halo
There is no inner light, only that reflected
Dully and dim
Even the crows have no eye for it, it hangs
Low and unremarkable
A useless contraption
It should be shining; it should be golden
Hungry Stars
All the children were eaten by stars
The televisions don't work anymore
I saw you dancing in the ruins last night
Barefoot on the sharp stones, laughing
But your laughter rang hollow
And echoed through the caverns
Old blood is never satisfied with new blood
Ring the midnight bell and come home
Your efforts are all in vain, useless now
Like the fly trying to make its way out
Crawling, dying, towards the light
There is no light for the likes of us
Only hungry stars and the glimmer through
The cracks in the boards of the floor
Down there below where the masked ones
Hold their ancient ceremonies and incantations
Let me tend to your feet, love
And we'll seek shelter elsewhere


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ( TheStreet) -- Forget Web search, document sharing or even cellphones. Google ( NFLX) has cornered the market on hype. Case in point: Google Buzz.Earlier this month, Google released a social networking application called Google Buzz that aims to compete with the likes of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Google Buzz adds so-called microblogging -- the ability to post short phrases, images and digital information -- to its e-mail service. Small-business owners have been wondering how they could use the tool to promote their products. During the past few weeks, I've given Google Buzz the small business once over. Here is what you need to know: What you get: For small businesses, there's not much to buzz about with Buzz. To be fair, Google addresses many of the problems one faces with social networking. Unlike Twitter, there's no character limit for posts. There's none of the dopey FarmVille spam or marketing glop that clogs Facebook. There's no complex network setup like you would find on LinkedIn. And video and image support is best in class. Also, the code updates all its content in real time. No reloading pages or updating links. In Buzz, you post it and everyone sees it. It's a staggering technical achievement. At first, Google Buzz seemed to have hit a home run by making it easy for small groups to collaborate. But in a little over two weeks of testing, I could not find a good use for it. What you don't get: Buzz is not controllable enough for business communication.
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Michael Kahn and Tennessee Williams: what a pair. The two theatre magnates converge in holy matrimony in Five by Tenn, the Shakespeare Theatre production of five Williams one-acts that open "Tennessee Williams Explored, " this summer's grand Kennedy Center event. It's an extraordinary adventure on many levels, mostly because it succeeds at exploring Williams' early psychology and offers real insight to his later characters, particularly Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. In Escape, Mrs. Fenway (Joan van Ark) is a stifling mother who repeats herself over and over again, reassuring herself that she is somehow debilitated, and in doing so, manages to choke the very life out of her only son. Not only is it a great parallel to Menagerie, but Escape also demonstrates Williams' penchant for writing characters with big needs and little understanding (or as he claims, "people who come close to cracking "). In lesser hands, Mrs. Fenway wouldn't be half as fascinating, but van Ark brings her to life in a humid, languorous climate drowning in self-servitude.
The evening is threaded together by Jeremy Lawrence as "The Writer, " a sort of personal tour guide to each of the works. Lawrence offers a spot-on Williams who brazenly flirts with his audience, offering titillating introductions and enigmatic explanations on why Williams believed that in his plays, "Characters come first. "
There is no better evidence of that confession than in the final play, I Can't Imagine Tomorrow. Perhaps one of the greatest Tennessee Williams pieces ever written, Tomorrow captures loneliness and fear in a way that is at once both lyrical and poetic. Two old friends (Kathleen Chalfant and Thomas Jay Ryan) depend on the other's paralysis: one doesn't say enough, and the other says too much in an evening of speculation and survival. Chalfant is effortless as a fragile woman in great pain in a profound script that can easily be described as a small masterpiece.
But the real standout work in Five by Tenn is the debut of And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of QueensÂ…, the only play Williams penned with a principal gay character. Candy Delaney (Cameron Folmar in a star turn) is a New Orleans dragstress "uncomfortably close to his 35th birthday. " In an unforgiving world of straight men and pain from a looming past, Candy's journey is illuminated in Technicolor vision through Folmar's magical interpretation.
There is no doubt that Kahn knows what he is doing, and in Five by Tenn, he successfully brings the uncelebrated works of Williams to life in a way that is enormously intimate and graciously public. His evening of one-acts is primed with real theatricality and plenty of the expected Tennessee melodrama. Five by Tenn is a perfect kick-off to "Tennessee Williams Explored " — not to mention a wonderful introduction to one of America's most indelible playwrights.


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While there's no such thing as, 'Trainers? You're not coming in!' anymore (hello – they're on the Chanel couture catwalk), there are still times when our comfy sneaks just don't cut it. For the stylish crew at New York Fashion Week, the alternative is pointy boots. What's the newest way to wear your pointies? Silver-toe capped like jewellery entrepreneur Sofia Sanchez Barrenechea, white soled like blogger Vanessa Hong or baggy around the ankle like singer-songwriter Zendaya. Who says trainers have the most swag?!
From left: Sofia Sanchez Barrenechea, bloggers Vanessa Hong and Margaret Zhang, singer Zendaya


text: Charleston activist groups protest U.S. military intervention in Syria By Lydia Nuzum September 1, 2013 Story Share Lawrence Pierce Members of Patriots for Peace and the West Virginia Citizen Action Group protest near Haddad Riverfront Park Sunday. The two groups oppose U.S. military intervention in Syria. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Rev. Jim Lewis remembers his time in Iraq in 1990, just before the start of the Gulf War, as a time of strife and turmoil."Saddam (Hussein) was holding thousands of hostages. When I came back, I tried to organize people who were willing to say, 'Mr. President, don't send troops there.' They sent them over," said Lewis, a former pastor at St. John's Episcopal Church in Charleston. "Once you put troops in an area, war ships with tomahawk missiles, you're really announcing your plan to commit to a war."Lewis and members of Patriots for Peace and the West Virginia Citizen Action Group staged a protest against American intervention in another Middle Eastern country at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston on Sunday.More than 30 people gathered with signs to protest American military action in Syria and to urge the state's representatives in Congress to do the same, he said.Lewis said that a unilateral response from the U.S. would likely cause more problems for Syria, a country in the midst of a civil war. President Barack Obama called for U.S. military intervention in Syria on Saturday, but will wait for congressional approval before taking any action.Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that the U.S. has confirmed that Syria's government used chemical weapons, including Sarin gas, in a strike on Aug. 21 that killed at least 1,429 of its citizens."To do this is just to enter a situation in turmoil," Lewis said. "We would be creating more havoc and turmoil -- more bloodshed, more refugees, and if we were to do that right now, it would be a huge mistake."Lewis said the two organizations chose Haddad Riverfront Park because of its big attraction right now; the LST 325, a WWII-era naval landing ship docked at the park until Tuesday. "Our ships are off the coast of Syria right now; they're ready to hit," he said. "When you get to that point, it's hard to stop it from happening."Gary Zuckett, executive director of the WVCAG, said he approves of the president's decision to defer to Congress, and said he believes that U.S. citizens are against unilateral action in Syria."It's a situation that really needs to be dealt with at the international level," Zuckett said. "One nation taking unilateral action against Syria for this attack that has so far not been definitively attributed to anyone; I think it's premature to go sending troops to Syria."I think the majority of the citizens in this country do not want us to get into another war in the Middle East."Lewis said a response from the U.S. alone would do little to help the situation in Syria, and only widespread intervention from neighboring nations could create a positive change in the country."Solutions have to come from on the ground. You've got Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and other nations who are now the recipients of the refugees who are pouring out of there," he said. "If we're concerned about all of the people who are suffering there, we should know that dropping missiles on this country right now will only create more refugees and more turmoil. If a solution is going to come, it has to come from those parties in that region."Sunday's protest follows a rally Wednesday at the Capitol in Charleston to show solidarity for the victims of violence in Syria. More than 50 people gathered at the Capitol to urge U.S. intervention in the Syrian conflict, which has claimed more than 100,000 lives in the last two years. Reach Lydia Nuzum at email@example.com or 304-348-5189. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Police seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River 2 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 4 Man allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about sandwich 5 Esa Ahmad ineligible for first half of WVU men's basketball season Ginseng season opens Previous Story Mother wants answers in son's death, one year ago Next Story


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I finally discovered that Barack Obama and I have at least one thing in common. And so what if it's an addiction? For Obama, it's been two years now since he got hooked. I am a latecomer, it's been less than three weeks. I'm talking about the American TV serial Homeland that Star World has been running every weeknight.
I had been hearing about Homeland for quite some time before I got to watch it. Saturday Night Live has frequently featured Homeland jokes. I've watched Homeland's star, the British actor Damian Lewis, on the Graham Norton Show on the now-defunct channel BBC Entertainment. The show and its actors feature regularly in Emmy and Golden Globe awards lists. So I knew a little bit about what it was all about before I watched the first episode.
Honest confession here: I am a sucker for grim and harrowing TV thrillers. For instance, I have watched all seven (or is it eight?) seasons of 24, and all however-many seasons of Dexter. And the producers of Homeland include the men behind 24 and the man who ran Dexter. So I was a sitting duck.
Homeland begins in Baghdad in 2010, with CIA field agent Carrie Mathison learning from an about-to-be-executed Al Qaeda operative that an American prisoner of war (PoW) has been "turned". Some months later, US Navy Seals discover Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody, declared "missing in action" eight years ago, locked in a cell in an underground Al Qaeda hideout. Brody comes back to the US, and is feted as a genuine American hero. But Carrie, who is now back at CIA's Langley headquarters, suspects that Brody is the "turned" PoW, that he is now actually working for Abu Nazir, an Al Qaeda kingpin, and is the spearhead of a major planned terrorist attack on US soil. Her bosses pooh-pooh the notion, but she flouts agency regulations and begins her own clandestine investigation of Brody.
While as far as appearances go, there seems to be nothing at all wrong with Brody, the audience is given enough hints so it knows that he has not revealed everything to the government about his eight years of captivity; in fact, he is hiding a lot of stuff in his head. Trouble is, Carrie suffers from a psychotic condition which she has hidden from her employers (if the CIA knew about it, she would be instantly fired) and manages to lead a normal life only through illegally obtained medication. So Brody's not fully what he seems to be, and Carrie can't help her obsession with him. Neither can be wholly trusted.
I think I can reveal only so much without letting slip some spoilers. Let me just say that the script writers had a field day with Homeland, and almost each episode ends with a twist most of the audience would not have expected. That is surely the prime reason for the serial's raging popularity, especially in the US, in its state of post-9/11 paranoia, from which it will perhaps never recover. But what makes Homeland different—and maybe disturbing to some people—is the zone of moral ambiguity it inhabits and into which it expertly sucks its audience.
Again, trying to avoid spoilers as much as one can, some questions Homeland asks are: If Brody has indeed become an Al Qaeda operative, is it because of the way the US has conducted its war on terror? And if Brody is going to be the principal agent of a major terror attack, is he really betraying his country and the oath he took as a Marine to protect the US against foreign and domestic threats? Are the methods that Carrie, always teetering on the edge of sanity, uses, to pursue what could be a delusion that could ruin the lives of innocent people, ethical (they are certainly illegal)? Can such methods be justified in hindsight if the delusions turn out to be the truth? In the war against Al Qaeda, have some American elements been as inhuman as their enemy?
Some Islamic organizations have condemned Homeland as Islamophobic, but it is far from that. Homeland balances its views on American political avarice and Al Qaeda's fanaticism almost perfectly. In fact, in Homeland's universe, many in the audience may find Abu Nazir, the Al Qaeda boss, a more sympathetic character than the US vice-president and former CIA chief who is the senior-most American politician character in the story. Of course, it's all very clever television, but it's edge of the seat stuff with a very skilfully built core of moral chaos.
If one looks at Homeland's TV genealogy, Dexter was a very well-done pretension of moral ambiguity, but a pretension nonetheless. The eponymous hero works in the Miami police department, but is actually a clinical murderer. But the men—and at least one woman, from what I can remember—he kills (and then chops up into small pieces and throws into the sea) are such monsters that the average viewer quite comfortably seats himself in Dexter's corner, and roots for him when he comes close to getting caught or killed. In the end, it's crude but enjoyable sub-Hitchcockian manipulation.
24 is a slightly more complex case. The hero, anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer flouts all laws, shoots, kills, tortures at will to save his country. His modus operandi would have every extreme right-winger in a state of constant righteous sexual excitement. Of course, in every case—surprise!—all the people he tortures turn out to be bad guys after all; by scriptwriter-blessed instinct, Bauer never kills or cuts open the tummy of an innocent person. But 24 also tries to give itself a liberal sheen: the three US Presidents shown over the eight seasons are two African-Americans and a woman, all of them left-of-centre patriots. And some of the bad guys in the US government who hate Bauer are decidedly right wing. Plus there's that arty touch: every season ends with the US being saved, but also with either Bauer suffering a personal loss, or some other tragedy that leaves the audience vaguely unhappy. Though 24 is fundamentally nothing more than a very gripping crime thriller with a great concept (each story lasts exactly 24 hours), books and research papers have been written on the politics of 24. Homeland will surely spawn some.
Homeland scores higher on the moral ambiguity index because it deals with the very real issue of Islamist terrorism, and places at its centre the character of Sergeant Brody, tortured soul, torn between faiths, with the geopolitical future literally in his hands. He is played marvellously by Lewis, shifting effortlessly from innocent to sinister, confused to unwavering—an understated performance that keeps the viewer guessing all the time about the man's inner mystery. And Brody's pursuers and mentors (and they are from both sides of the war on terror) are all flawed and damaged people.
It's not very surprising to me that Obama, who, by all accounts, thinks a lot about right and wrong and other such big questions, is Homeland's First Fan. He has admitted that he ordered the DVDs of the serial, and on Saturday afternoons, when his family went off to play tennis, would retire to his den and watch Homeland. At the official White House reception for visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron, Lewis was among the invitees. Lewis went with his wife and was astonished to find that he had been allotted a seat at Obama's table. The President wanted to chat about Homeland with him.