Too Many Phone Calls in One Day!
Today I got a phone call that my younger son had been accepted in the charter school, so now he will be attending with my older son. The charter school that people have been putting their ADHD kids into and then stopping their medication- with no issues.
I started to cry when she told me. I was so happy.
I got a call from the mechanic, who had our car for the day. He had some bad news, the repairs required would cost four times the expected amount. I knew he was right, so I authorized him to go ahead.
An hour before work let out, he called to let me know that he had been delivered the wrong parts, and my car was inoperable and needed to spend the night. The mechanic is down the street from my work, and miles from home.
Single mother, ten miles from children, no car. So scary! I was ready to go Mama Bear.
Luckily my dearest friend (ever) came through. Her car is parked outside, but I was unable to retrieve the car seats from the mechanic. This is where I am glad I live by the daycare. We walk, no problem!
So I was up and down and all over the place. Just emotionally exhausted by the time I got home to host Oldest Son's caseworker (I got him one because of the ASD, I thought she would have better resources), who does not know the price of the equine therapy. That makes me so nervous. I could probably afford it, but the major car repair and the increase in medication costs make me, well, nervous about expenses. Tax returns don't last forever! I should find out the pricing next week.
The good news, though, is coming.
My anxious autistic son is better! He did not fight his bath time at all. He came upstairs for it easily, readily, and was fairly relaxed. I refused to give into his anxiety and encouraged him to think through it when he was afraid to go into the bathroom, and he didn't do too badly. I think he is coming back to himself. I hope so, it is not easy to be a bully who is constantly terrified of fictitious characters and the dark and being alone and being without an adult and.. everything. I have no reports of him bullying, lately. I hope that means there is none.
I only did dinner and gave information to the caseworker tonight. No laundry, no cleaning, and I am trying not to kick myself for it nor feel guilty about it. Let me go pack their snacks before I forget.
We were lucky to get into an appointment today to see the psychiatric nurse, our scheduled appointment happened to be set for the same time as Middle Son's first ever school concert! Had to cancel that one!
She thinks there is far more PTSD in play than we suspect, that the ADHD and the ASD are perhaps contributing less to the concentration issues than the PTSD symptoms are.
I buy that. I cannot remember anything, anymore, and I cannot keep my own concentration going long enough to finish a board game, which is something that I feel guilty about.
There is not much else to do about it, though, than what I am already doing and increasing the meds a bit. She made notes on our Thera Tapper, she had never heard of it before. I am so glad that I own one. It stops meltdowns, I swear.
I start Middle Son's medication increase this weekend, so I can monitor him before sending him to school on a higher time release dose. This will double my cost out of pocket for the next few months, but it is the best option, and he deserves that. I am effectively making a car payment until my deductible kicks in.
Oldest Son will be doubling his medication and I do not anticipate any negative reaction, nor does the nurse, so I already upped his this evening. This will treat his PTSD more effectively, so it should help with his anxiety, too.
I am grateful I haven't got a husband to pester me about cost or criticize the treatment plans that I have going for them. I can spend my money and my life on my kids, freely, and answer to no one about it except the professionals. As it should be. Thank goodness their father is not here to steal the money that I need for medication and enrichment classes.
School is nearly out, and Middle Son had far less trouble this year than I thought he would. I am also profoundly grateful to all the doctors and therapists and teachers who helped us get here.
Middle Son's teacher sent me an email. The title of which was Hmmmm..
Never a good sign, eh?
So his medication is too low. I cut a pill into four parts and he gets a piece three times a day plus a time release before bed. But still he is interrupting in class and has been often removed to a far table so class can proceed.
No wonder he has been crying that he does not want to go. I have tried him on a higher dose, and he fell asleep. He seems to be in between too high and too low.
Kids already pick on him for his speech issues. He claims they pick on him for his bad pictures, too. He was never interested in drawing. He would rather run about and kick a ball, always.
It breaks my heart. I reminded the school that he has a 504. I gave multiple suggestions.
Oldest son still has not been pulled out of his mainstream room for the entire day, he has to go back and forth three times, and it is a frustrated agony for him. He no longer has to deal with the ¨bully¨ para, though. Thank goodness. It took them nearly two months to follow that suggestion.
I hope the school is going to work with me on Middle Son if he does not make it into the charter school for next fall. It has taken so long to get his self esteem back up to acceptable, and I am going to be devastated if he goes back to hating himself because of his impulse issues and the negative feedback from his school. I wish I could homeschool. Single motherhood doesn't leave many options, does it?
Seriously I am heartbroken for my boys. I just want them to enjoy their days.
Last year at this time my oldest son first became afraid of being alone.
My youngest boy's medication stopped working, suddenly, prompting a scramble for a better fit.
We are coming up on the anniversary of leaving. I am trying to prep for it, it caught me off guard last year.
This week I had seven commitments. One of which was a sport, so six appointments and one sport. I have three of them tomorrow afternoon. Earlier in the week I was a wreck.
It felt like I had not taken my medication. I became short tempered. I caught it, I told the children something was not right, I needed to be alone for a bit after dinner, I did not feel well. I don't know why I was triggered. Anniversary? Finding out my cholesterol was too high? The number of appointments? I hadn't felt antsy and impatient and touchy like that for a long time.
I forgot to take my GABA supplement for a few days a week or so ago, and I had some of the same feeling. I shouldn't be taking it any longer. I have been on it for months. I love it, though. If I forget that or my vitamins I can feel the PTSD creeping up the base of my neck and shortening my temper. It feels like a pressure rising in the top of my head. Like a fake pressure. I cannot explain it. A tension, I suppose would be the closest I can come. I ought to try with glutamate instead, it is supposed to be safer. Some are of the opinion that GABA does not reach the brain, but some insist that the weight of the testimonials prove that it does. It is not the sort of thing you should take long term. I don't know which is true, I swear often the internet just compounds the issue. I just know I feel more like the pre-trauma me, if I take it.
I Googled PTSD support groups in my area. Of course, they are only for veterans. The Army would not take me. I tried to become a veteran. It just did not pan out. Probably the only option for support is to go back to the DV group. By now there must be more than four attending. But most of them don't have PTSD. I want to talk about that, not my trauma. Which is why I have PTSD, ironically. From not talking about it. Meant to post some intrusive thought stuff… right.
I hope the next month goes well. If my son's anxiety gets any worse, I would have to put him on tranquilizers. I have to remember to get him his L-Theanine on a regular basis, and to slip my own supplement into my bag for his doc to look at tomorrow. I want her opinion for the both of us.
Our favorite neighbor, a boy the same age as my oldest, became upset with me tonight.
He is underweight. The doctor wants to get more calories in him. His mother has been trying to get him to eat more, plying him with sweets.
Tonight he was at my house for dinner time and he did not like what we were having. He ate nothing. When his own dinnertime was underway, I sent him home to get a bite, telling him to come back when he was done.
He was a bit miffed with me, but I told him again just to eat and come back to play. That we would wait for him.
He went home and threw an unholy fit. His mother was already exhausted. I felt awful. I went over there after it and I sat on the front step and I apologized and talked to him about his feelings and we cried a bit.
My son was sad that we could not have our usual time to play together with our neighbor.
I feel so responsible. I knew he was an EBD kid, like mine. I wish I had done something different so that this had never happened.
My oldest son has taken his separation anxiety to a new level.
He cannot be alone in the same room any longer, and now he will start having hysterics in a room full of people if you mention to him that it is time to go to another room, because he is assuming that no one else is going with him. Assuming the worst, without reason. He has always been accommodated on his anxieties, he should know he can trust his family by now. Completely irrational fear.
I am second guessing my decision not to put a seven year old on SSRIs. I bought him some L-Theanine and will give that a go, first. Then I will wave my own supplement under a doctor's nose and see what the doc thinks about adding GABA to the L-theanine. Because I cannot live without that combo.
I am so sorry for him. This has become a crippling anxiety, this paranoia.
I don't know if it is from his PTSD or his autism. He says it is from watching movies. He has never seen a scary movie, it is your average PG fare, but he finds aspects of even those to be disturbing, like certain robots and etc.
So we have been on Tinkerbell and Strawberry Shortcake for two weeks during movie time.
I have been giving him talks to hopefully make him feel empowered, about how he can out-think his fear, and I have been having him repeat after me, addressing his fear and telling it to go away and etc.
I have turned up the affection, brought back the ¨Caught You Being Good¨ tally sheet, and changed his medication as well as adding this supplement.
At first he beat it by carrying a Lego sword. Then with a flashlight. Now nothing works, not even his sister can accompany him, he insists on it being me. Today when we were waiting for his brother to come out of the locker room after swimming lesson he shadowed me, wherever I stood he stood, no more than a pace away, while playing an app on my phone. Without looking up, he followed me two steps this way or four that way, to always be at my elbow. I don't mind, I just worry about what is happening in his brain and his nervous system, if he is always flooded with fear.
I suppose it is better than him running off.
Today was my first meeting back with the parent group who the child psychologist had asked to begin a charter school.
She had planned on us having a speaker from a charter school on the same concept about an hour away, but as that did not work out, she asked us to talk about the charter school concept among ourselves instead.
After enduring some small talk about pizza I found a space in the conversation to mention that I am completely on board but limited on time due to my children's appointments and my own work schedule. I listed what I could contribute, and even gave the time of day that I could donate my time.
Then the other parents started asking questions and I found out the hard way that I was the only one who had spent time researching the charter school laws and guidelines for our state.
Embarrassing. Were they not interested?
I am not an assertive person, and I am not a leader. I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name, unless they ask me how to say it. I am not the go-to person on charter schools. I am looking for the one who is going to pull this all together and take all the credit so I can meekly donate my time writing things and making phone calls.
I let another parent know, who has far more contacts than I, and suggested we get an FB page or a forum going on this.


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Enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims
Structural Violence deepens roots of Communal violence in India: the enactment of the CAA has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government's meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.
Irfan Engineer, Neha Dabhade, Suraj Nair 07 Jan 2020
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2019 proved to be a rather tumultuous year for India signalling unrest and violence especially communal violence. Communal violence is a broader term which encompasses communal riots, hate speech targeting a particular religious community, structural violence targeting any particular community (Engineer, Dabhade, Nair, & Pendke, 2019). It is observed that since the BJP came into rule from 2014, there is an increase in hate crimes and discriminatory policies targeting the marginalised communities including minorities, Dalits, women and Adivasis. Though the government has ceased to publish National Crime Bureau Records data on the number of communal riots from 2017 which makes comparison difficult, according to CSSS report, the number of communal riots seems to have decreased based on their reportage in leading newspapers (Engineer, Dabhade, Nair, & Pendke, Communal Violence 2018: Locating the Role of State and Changing Nature of Violence, 2019).
Structural violence, on the other hand which manifests itself in discriminatory policies by state and state actions leading to discrimination and violence have gained prominence in the past few years. CSSS monitors communal violence annually. This year it will analyse communal violence in three parts, starting with structural violence followed by attitudinal violence and finally physical violence. Given this salience of structural violence in India, CSSS which annually monitors communal violence in India, will analyse below the key aspects of structural violence in India which fuels communal violence.
Communal riots in the past have had a polarizing effect and helped BJP gain political and electoral dividend. According to Paul Brass, there is an institutionalized riot system in India which can orchestrate violence depending on political exigencies and mostly before elections for political mobilization (Brass, 2004). Owing to the electoral dividends of communal riots, till BJP was not in power, communal riots were orchestrated on a larger scale. These riots went on for longer period and claimed more number of lives, disrupting normal life. Post 2014, riots have been low intensity in the sense that they are of shorter duration and cause lesser disruption of normal day to day life. Thus, the means of political mobilisation and polarisation have changed significantly after 2014 and in this context; structural violence assumes importance in order to fully comprehend the changing patterns of communal violence.
Structural violence is more subtle in a way it is in built in the structure itself. Thus it is sanctioned and backed by the state with legitimacy. Structural violence is more long lasting owing to its ability to institutionalize violence to perpetrate itself. This makes it possible to influence discourses in a way to reproduce discrimination and demonization of the vulnerable groups. The policies of state and subsequent state action have reinforced and exacerbated this discrimination against minorities which constitutes violence, denying them equal rights and equal citizenship. For instance, to begin with, the very definition of citizenship is undergoing a flux today. Citizenship which is a fountainhead of all rights is contested and defined today in exclusionary terms. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) seeks to give accelerated citizenship to Hindus, Christians, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. As is evident, the Muslims are excluded from this discriminatory Act. Looking at the nature of this Act one can't help draw parallel with Israel which practices the "law of return". The belief that Israel is a natural home for all Jews all around the world is akin to the belief of BJP which in its manifesto claims that India is a natural home for all Hindus all around the world. This Act seeks to contest the very foundation of our constitution which rests on secularism and equal citizenship. This has sparked a primordial fear among Muslims, who see the government's meddling with citizenship laws as nothing short of an existential threat.
The basic premise on which the CAA and NRC is based on is that there is cross border migration. The BJP depending on their political needs has shifted its definition of immigrants. While in Assam it made no distinction between Bengali speaking Hindus and Muslims based on religion to suits its politics, overtime, it has insinuated that all Muslim immigrants are infiltrators and even termites. Home Minister Amit Shah said, "The illegal immigrants are like termites. They are eating the grain that should go to the poor, they are taking our jobs (The Indian Express, 2019)." The implications are always that these immigrants are Muslims. The line between Muslim immigrants (there is no official data but merely exaggerated figures) and Indian Muslims is blurred by the ideological moorings. This strengthens the already prevalent narrative against the Muslims that they anti-national, regressive, fanatical and violent. This narrative is reiterated by members holding constitutional power knowing well that it is divisive and will demonize the Muslims making them prone to violence and discrimination. The Prime Minister's statement in the aftermath of the atrocities on Jamia Millia Ismailia students protesting against the CAA is telling on the attitude of the ruling dispensation vis a vis the Muslims. He said, "the Congress and its allies are making a noise, creating a storm. And if that doesn't work, they are spreading a fire… From the visuals on TV, those setting the fire can be identified by their clothes
(Angad, 2019) ".
The police have used excessive force on the students especially from Universities which in their perception are "Muslim". The police fired tear gas inside the Library at Jamia University in Delhi and beat up students seriously injuring students. In Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, the police went one step further: it lobbed stun grenades, which are used in war (Kumar, 2019). This led to an arm of a student being blown off and turned university campuses into war zones putting innocent youth at peril.
The protests against CAA by the students and others have been responded by barbarism especially in UP. "Iss hinsa mein lipt pratyek tatwa ki property ko zapt karenge, aur uss zapt se sarvajanik sampatti ko hue nuksaan ya kahin par public property ko jo damage kiya gaya hai, iski bharapaee bhi hum un sabhi upadraviyon se karenge. Kyunki yeh sab chinhit chehre hain. Wo sab videography mein aa chuke hain, CCTV ke footage mein aa chuke hain. In sab ki property ko zapt kar ke, inse hum iska badla lenge aur sakhti se nipatne ke liye maine iske baare mein kaha hai," he said.
This intense vicious feeling of revenge of the CM was visited upon the Muslims in UP by sending them notices for compensation of the damage to state property, failing which their meager properties would be attached and confiscated. Most of these are minors and all are poor Muslims. The recklessness and motivated behaviour can be discerned from the fact that amongst those to whom the notices were sent included a Banne Khan, 87, who died six-years ago and 93 years old Fasahat Meer Khan who has been bedridden for years (Chauhan, 2020). This was coupled with indiscriminate arrests- 3417 people were taken into custody across the state as part of preventive action (Rehman & Sahu, 2019). 19 people have lost their lives in the anti-CAA protest in a span of one week- all of them Muslims. So ruthless was the police that it looted random Muslim households, vandalized their houses and smashed CCTV cameras. In no other protests have such brute force and terror unleashed on the protestors using the state apparatus. While earlier non state actors enjoying political patronage were given a free hand to wreak violence on minorities, now the state has declared war against its minorities by allowing police to use any amount of force selectively targeting Muslims to subdue them.
The CAA is intricately linked to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The CAA is a precursor to NRC nationwide. The first step in this direction is the rolling out of the National Population Register (NPR). The NRC will compel all the residents of India to prove that their citizens of India through complicated legacy documents. The onus to prove one's citizenship will be on the residents. The ones who don't have the necessary documents will face the dreadful prospect of spending the rest of their lives in the detention centres. If the NRC process under the direction of the Supreme Court that was implemented in Assam is any indicator then this process will spell unimaginable miseries for the poor who will scramble to get the necessary documents even at the cost of livelihood. The Adivasis, poor and the transgender community like other marginalized communities, had no access to hospitals for birth certificates and the landless have no access to land documents. This very much reflects the socio-economic scenario in the rest of India. The CAA is a back door method to give citizenship to all those who can't prove their citizenship except Muslims, clearly discriminating against them and putting them at imminent risk of inhumane life at the dreadful detention centres.
The CAA-NRC policy followed the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir. Article 370 provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir which gave it greater amount of autonomy to make laws. The long standing promise of the BJP was fulfilled by hastily without taking the people of Jammu and Kashmir in confidence. Parliamentary democracy which reflects in dialogue and consultation was compromised by pushing this abrogation by brute majority of numbers in the Parliament. The move shocked and pained the people of Jammu and Kashmir who feel betrayed by this undemocratic authoritarian move. In order to muzzle dissent in the state, the centre has imposed shutdown of internet and phone lines, thereby isolating the state. There are alarming reports of the excesses of the defence force which are arbitrarily detaining men and boys as young as 10 years old and torturing the people into silent submission. This abrogation set a precedence of passing laws targeting the Muslims and reigning terror against them to dehumanize them and quell any voice of dissent.
Such policies are an affront to the very idea of India as conceived by the founders of the country. Apart from such policies which seek to alter the contours of citizenship, one of the ways that communal violence is taking deeper roots in the society is through the saffronisation of education with an aim of constructing a narrative that Muslims didn't contribute to the freedom struggle and denying composite nationalism which was the basis of Indian freedom movement. There is a steady policy followed by the current ruling dispensation of rewriting history to glorify the RSS and the Hindutva ideologues. For instance, the Nagpur University has decided to include a chapter on "RSS's role in nation-building" in the second-year Bachelor of Arts History syllabus. The university has deleted a part on "Rise and Growth of Communalism", which discussed the role of the Sangh, along with the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League, and replaced it with the RSS's role in nation-building (Deshpande, 2019).
Making no bones of their attempt to falsify history to glorify the RSS, Home Minister Amit Shah has urged the historians in the country to rewrite from "India's" point of view. This was against the backdrop of the design to confer the Bharat Ratna on Savarkar, prominent ideologue of RSS. "Had it not been Veer Savarkar, the 1857 'kranti' (war) would not have become history and we would have been seeing it from the British point of view," the Home Minister said (The Hindu, 2019). Not only this but on the one hand where universities and students are facing severe repression and denied freedom of expression to critique or question any policies of the state, on the other hand, the university students are expected to endorse the policies of the State. MS University in Vadodara urged the students and the staff to join a rally to support and celebrate the abolition of article 370 (Mohanty, 2019). This was in pursuance of the direction sent out by Ahmedabad District Education Department. A circular issued by the Ahmedabad District Education department asked all government, grant-in-aid and self-financed secondary and higher secondary schools to arrange special lectures, debate, essay and elocution competition, group discussions and other similar contests on the subject of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution during the school assembly on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday (Sharma, 2019).
The other alarming trend is the astonishingly large sums of money spent on Hindu festivals and statues of Hindu Gods. At the same time, public festivals celebrating other religions or cultures are discouraged. For instance, Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 4,236 crores for the Kumbh Mela 2019, an iconic Hindu festival that is celebrated every six years, being held in Prayagraj (also known as Allahabad), which is more than thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013 (Business Today, 2019). Ayodhya Deepotsava which precludes Diwali has been allocated INR 133 crores, making it a 'state fair' (The Indian Express, 2019). This is happening at a time where in Karnataka has cancelled celebrating the anniversary of Tipu Sultan, a Muslim King, who is revered in Karnataka (Times of India, 2019). This is a blatant assertion of Hindu supremacy and state giving hegemony to Hindu religion. These trends not just violate the Constitution which doesn't allow taxpayers' money to be spent on religious festivals, but also excludes festivals which are important to Muslims or Christians.
The Constitution has provided for an elaborate system of checks and balances in order to protect the values of the Constitution against the access or overreaching action of any of the arms of the state. However one can witness a steady corrosion of the criminal justice system. The police with their deliberate shoddy investigation and pressure from the political bosses have not been able to protect the innocent citizens. For example, there were numerous instances of Muslims being brutally beaten for not chanting "Jai Shri Ram". Though it is evident that these crimes are communal, the police have denied that these are communal. For instance, four madrasa students in Unnao, UP were assaulted and forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram". One of the accused in the case is district secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the BJP's youth wing. The police denied any religious angle (The Indian Express, 2019). The number of such cases shows that the perpetrators have no fear and these crimes continue with impunity. Similarly, there have been demands in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka to withdraw criminal cases against BJP leaders involved in communal riots. Earlier in 2019, the UP government withdrew 75 cases related to the Muzaffarnagar riots that took place in 2013. It's worth noting that 41 related cases have already resulted in acquittal dashing any hopes of justice (Sharma A. , 2019). However, there is a hopeless resignation looming large when it comes to prospects of justice from the judiciary given its judgments on Babri Masjid demolition and criminalization of triple talaq. The verdict of the case of Babri Masjid based on "faith and belief of the Hindu devotees" which directly amounts to defying the Constitution of which secularism is a cornerstone.
India is in grip of an authoritarian state which is waging a heinous war against its own poor and minorities. The ruling dispensation in its policies is undermining the basic tenets of the Constitution and single minded targeting the minorities and the poor. This vile vindictive behaviour of the ruling dispensation specifically targeting Muslims is at odds of the idea of India itself. The discrimination, exclusion and the hatred, the structural violence produces is shaking the very foundation of India pushing it towards uncertainty and insecurity. The dominant result will be a monolithic society, fragmented along lines of religion producing a hierarchy in citizenship. The overwhelming sense of trauma and violence will break the spirit of once a vibrant democracy known as India.
Kerala passes resolution for withdrawal of CAA
Women, Trans and Queer Communities stand against CAA, NRC and NPR
Kerala kids show the way to solidarity and harmony
NPR is Step One to NRC, don't be fooled
Rajasathan says 'No' to NPR
CMS opposing NRC must stop NPR exercise in their states: CPIM
PTI reports Rs. 8,500 cr approved for NPR, PIB retracts figure to Rs. 3,941.35 cr
RSS seeks Madras HC help for erasing its violent Hindu-Muslim heritage: A case fit for perjury
Hitler, Mussolini were products of democracy: BJP's Ram Madhav
BJP's Dilip Ghosh calls intellectuals "Spineless devils", "parasites"

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* Kevin Garnett did not play a minute of action. Apparently he's having knee pain. This matters, when you consider that the team will probably bring him back next year, and we'll all ask ourselves whether he can be penciled in for 12-15 minutes per night. That may be the case, but only if he's in uniform for half the games or less.
Nikola Pekovic played a total of 31 minutes in just 2 of those 5 games. It's the same old same old foot/ankle stuff. Pek will be an expensive part-time post player. We just hope they can find a way to make the minutes he does play be productive ones. The 31 he played recently were not. He was 5-15 from the field in (-22) action.
Andrew Wiggins must feel worn out. He tallied 173 minutes – most on the team – over the past 5 games, and suffered a (-83) in that time on the floor; second worst on the team to Kevin Martin's (-95). Losing by almost 100 in a week of basketball cannot be anything but mentally draining. I know that it isn't good. He shot just 37.7 percent from the floor in these games.
Ricky Rubio is hurt again; he turned his ankle against the Thunder. The injury didn't look very severe on TV, but alas, he missed the rest of that game, as well as the next two versus the Spurs and Nets. Making matters worse, he was playing poorly in the lead-up to his absence. He shot just 8-27 – a hair under 30 percent – and was (-44) before going down.
The Wolves season-long stats also paint an ugly picture. Their field goal percentage (43.5) ranks 24th in the league. They shoot the fewest threes per game in the league, and still connect on just 33.2 percent of their attempts; the 25th best mark in the NBA. In overall offensive efficiency the Wolves rank 27th, scoring just 99.5 points per 100 possessions.
Unfortunately, offense is the good side of the floor for these Wolves. On defense, they are a complete and total dumpster fire. They allow opponents to shoot a whopping 48.8 percent from the field. That isn't just worst in the league; it's a full 2.2 percentage points worse than the 29th ranked team (Orlando Magic). And not only do the Wolves allow the highest field goal percentage, but they rebound the second-lowest percentage of missed shots in the entire league. In other words, they struggle mightily to force missed shots, and also struggle mightily to rebound the misses they do create.
It gets worse. The Wolves allow high percentages in the most efficient scoring locations. From behind the three-point line they allow opponents to shoot 37.0 percent, which ranks 29th in the league. They allow 28.7 shots per game from inside the restricted area (right next to the hoop) which is the 6th most in the league. And in that high frequency the Wolves allow BY FAR the highest conversion rate in the league, forfeiting hoops on 66.7 percent of attempts; a clean two thirds.
Measured per possession, the Wolves allow the most points in basketball. Their defensive rating of 108.8 is over a point worse than the Knicks, who rank 29th.
Where does a team go when it has one of the worst offenses in basketball, and one of the worst defenses of all time?
The draft, I guess. The Wolves currently have the second-worst record in basketball. The Knicks, led by Alexey Shved — no, really — have one less win than the Wolves and will certainly finish out the year with the league's lowest total. Philly, who built its franchise business model around the concept of losing as much as possible, currently has one more win than the Wolves. So Minnesota will be picking high in this upcoming draft, and will hope to add a franchise player to build around with Andrew Wiggins.
We can talk more about that in the coming months, and maybe even these next few weeks when the likes of Jahlil Okafor, Karl-Anthony Towns, D'Angelo Russell, and Willie Cauley-Stein are garnering some extra NBA-fan attention during March Madness. Maybe the Wolves will draft one of those players and he'll be so good that none of this matters.
But we've seen this movie before — quite a few times, actually — and we know that the draft is no sure thing. We also know that playing terrible basketball is not, in and of itself, a route to improvement. Sometimes failure begets more failure. At some point the basketball needs to be better. The offense needs to at least TRY to generate efficient shots. The Wolves doesn't. The defensive rotations need to be swift, but controlled, derived from principles and developed into instincts. Right now, most of the Wolves have no idea what they are doing.
It is unclear if, on a team-concepts level, the Wolves have improved in any meaningful way this year.
They play next on Wednesday at Toronto, where Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett will get hometown receptions. Until then.
Tanking or not, these performances are disgraceful and do not portend anything good for the future.
Who's to blame? As it happens the coach and the GM are the same guy, so this is not very hard.
Flip's recent moves have been head-scratchers at best and outright asset-waste at worst.
His basketball-philosophy is so outdated, it's almost comical.
The prospect of watching another year of a Flip-assembled and -coached team makes me vomit.
Even if Wiggins becomes really, really good and the guy we draft in the to-five this year turns out to be a stud, this team is a ways from seriously condensing for the playoffs in the west.
Meanwhile the Wolves young guys are being accustomed to horribly outdated and inefficient basketball-principles.
So indeed, there is not a whole lot of good to be said about the Wolves these days.


Margot Robbie's portrayal of Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe's Suicide Squad became so popular among audiences that it forced the filmmakers to greenlight spin-off films for the character one of the being Birds of Prey.
Warner Bros. and DC Films have roped in Dead Pigs director Cathy Yan to helm the Birds of Prey feature film from a script penned down by Bumblebee writer Christina Hodson. The film will feature a couple of Gotham's female heroes and anti-heroes.
Collider recently caught up with actress Margot Robbie to talk about her upcoming movie, Terminal. During the interview, the actress also discussed her next in line Birds of Prey movie as well. She teased that that movie might turn out to be the first theatrical R-rated DCEU film.
Moving on, Robbie also stressed the importance of having a female director to direct Birds of Prey.
Robbie noted that the priority was to find the best director for Birds of Prey no matter male or female. According to her, Cathy is the best director to take on the project.
In another interview with Fandango, Robbie confirmed that she is only involved in the making of the Birds of Prey movie and not in any other Warner Bros. films featuring Harley Quinn like Gotham City Sirens.
Last year in September, The actress hinted that she would be back in the fishnets to reprise her character again this year. So it looks like things are going according to plan.
Birds of Prey currently do not have a release date. More information about the film is expected to be out soon.
What do you think about the idea of an R-rated Harley Quinn film? Let us know in the comments below.


Seems to be a common problem with the raymarine pilots.
I have a poly bag that a roll of fibre glass mat came in, to slide over it.
Pretend to be Ellie !
I also put a water absorber in, but it got in the way of the works so got the heave-ho last month.
I can sympathise. Mine (ST2000) stopped 2 months out of warranty. The estimate to repair was more than the original cost. The Raymarine distributor told me I shouldn't have let it get wet.
A marine machine intended to work in the cockpit......!!!
Were you applying the fan heater to the complete unit or after taking it apart?
I have found that rinsing the circuit board with fresh water then leaving it in the sun to dry out completely (both sides) usually works. Note the colour coding of the various wires before unplugging them. To prevent condensation after re-assembly you also need to get all the remaining water out of the case with paper towels (difficult: it's a complicated shape with lots of nooks and crannies) followed by hot air or sunshine as available.
I have found Raytheon tech support ( as the golden rule in life anywhere, don't go near sales / admin ) offer brilliant advice & support inc the cheapest way around snags.
Good luck, I agree the ST2000 is a brilliant bit of kit.
Dylan check your plug and socket connection is good. Corrosion and one of the pins not making contact with the other pushed out of joint caused a similar malfunction. I found the fault after trying another know good TP.
Sometimes enough connection to fire up display but as soon as you draw any current it goes awol with a beep?
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Iran's top leader strikes defiant tone amid month of turmoil
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support the Iranian nation but want to stick their "poisoned dagger" into its back....
Wall Street capped a milestone-setting week Friday with a few more as modest gains nudged the major stock indexes to all-time highs. The benchmark S&P 500 index also notched its second-straight weekly gain. Technology stocks powered much of the market's broad gains, along with communication services companies...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The commander of forces fighting the U.N.-supported government in Libya visited Athens Friday in a bid to counter Turkey's support for his opponents, ahead of a weekend summit on Libya in Berlin. Gen. Khalifa Hifter's surprise trip to Greece came two days before the...
Global stocks inspired by US rally, hopes for Chinese growth
Global stocks rose Friday, seemingly buoyed by high spirits on Wall Street, as new data suggested China's economic slowdown may have stabilized and Washington and Beijing signed a trade deal. European indexes were broadly higher, while markets in Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong closed with gains, after the U.S.'s...
Russia's foreign minister slams 'aggressive' US policies
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign policy chief on Friday blamed what he described as "aggressive" U.S. policies for growing global tensions, noting Washington's reluctance to extend a key nuclear arms pact. Sergey Lavrov, who serves as acting foreign minister in the wake of Wednesday's...
Chinese president heads to Myanmar for crucial state visit
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CM Pushkar Singh Dhami interacted with hundreds of youth, answered questions.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the Gandhi Hall of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology and participated in the youth dialogue program organized under Seva Pakhwada. On this occasion, the Chief Minister gave very succinct and simple answers to the questions of the youth.
The youth were very happy and excited to find Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami among them in the youth dialogue program. As soon as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Gandhi Hall, the youth welcomed and felicitated the Chief Minister with full warmth. 800 youths participated in the program.
In the program, Nisha Singh asked a question regarding the filling up of backlog posts and providing employment to the unemployed, to which Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that not only the backlog but also filling up of other vacant posts is included in the priority of the government. He said that taking immediate action on the complaint of copying and paper leaks in the examinations conducted by the Subordinate Services Selection Commission, the DGP was directed to investigate immediately, in which 41 culprits have been arrested so far. He said that orders have been given to attach the properties of the arrested persons and cases have been registered against them under gangster as well as other sections. Till every person involved in the scam reaches the jail, the investigation will go on. He said that in order to immediately fill up 7000 posts to be recruited through Subordinate Services Selection Commission, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission has been nominated for the recruitment. He said that for 7000 vacancies, the Public Service Commission will issue the release in the month of October. He informed that the time table has been fixed by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission which will be released soon. He said that along with this, 12000 vacant posts in various departments of the state would also be filled soon.
Rahul Bhatt asked about the efforts being made by the Prime Minister to increase the economy in the difficult geographical conditions of the country, on which the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that to make the country self-reliant in the field of food grains, the emphasis was on producing more produce. As a result of which there is no import of food grains and India is becoming self-sufficient in the field of food grains. He said that a huge amount of India's GDP was used to buy defense equipment and weapons, unlike the import of defense equipment, India is also moving towards self-reliance in the defense sector and instead of importing defense equipment, attention should be paid to exports. Used to be. He said that the GDP has doubled in the last 8 years and the per capita income has also increased. He said that in 2010 India was the 10th largest economy of the world but now India has become the 5th largest economy of the world. He said that when the polio virus came in the country, it took 15 years for the country to get the polio medicine, but when the corona knocked across the world, the world was worried that if the disease spread in India. So India will become a responsibility for the world, but under the able leadership of PM Narendra Modi, all the citizens of the country were given first and second dose as well as booster dose for free and other countries of the world were also provided with corona vaccine. He said that in order to run more than 80 crore people in the Corona call and burn the hearth, the Prime Minister, not only the Prime Minister, but as a parent, worried about the whole country and no poor should sleep hungry, hence the Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was launched. And arranged food for all the families. He said that India's economy is moving ahead on the path of continuous progress.
Vibhash wanted to know about the health of Prime Minister Narendra Modi even in the present age, on which Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami shared his experience and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains fresh even after working 20 hours out of 24 hours, The energy potential which remains in them in the morning, the same energy potential remains in the night also. He said that the biggest secret of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being healthy is the result of discipline, rules and restraint, due to which he still looks as energetic as the youth of 25 years. He said that every person should take time to do exercise and physical activities along with discipline and should include exercise in his daily routine.
Prashant wanted to know about the change in India's Pakistan and China relations after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, to which the Chief Minister said that I am also the son of a soldier and my father spent 30-32 years living in different areas of the country. has served. He said that my father had also gone to Sri Lanka in the peacekeeping force. He said that in my childhood also this question used to come in my mind that if Indo-Pak war happened then our victory would be certain, but when it came to war with China, there were clouds of doubt in my mind.


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What Is Jana Kramer's Net Worth? The 'DWTS' Contestant Is Killing It As A Single Mom
We haven't seen much of Jana Kramer since she was the bad girl actress Alex Dupré on the much beloved teen soap opera One Tree Hill, though her career as an actress actually began several years before she appeared on the show. Kramer is also a country music singer and appears to be doing pretty darn well for herself, marital issues and tabloids be damned. What is Jana Kramer's net worth these days then? Basically, she's sitting pretty.
Kramer gained a lot of attention recently when it was revealed just how extensively she was allegedly abused by her first husband more than 10 years ago. Luckily she found the strength to leave him and now has an infant daughter, Jolie, who is clearly the actress's entire world. She recently split with her husband Mike Caussin after he checked into rehab. While life has certainly not been a cake walk for Kramer, it doesn't seem to have hurt her bank account, at the very least. According to multiple sources such as The Net Worth (which is not always a reliable source), Kramer is worth around $2 million these days. She may have to raise her daughter as a single mom, but at the very least she's got the funds to make it work.
Kramer began her career in the early aughts, and has appeared in the movie Click, Friday Night Lights, 90210, and Entourage before landing the role on One Tree Hill that was to be her most famous. Like her character on that show, Kramer is also a country singer. She released her most recent album Thirty-One, in the fall of 2015. Her most recent acting role was in the indie Country musical film, Country Crush.
Now, Kramer has found herself suddenly back in the spotlight on the 23rd season of Dancing With the Stars, partnered with Gleb Savchenko. After a slow start, Kramer received her highest score yet for her emotional Contemporary routine dedicated to her daughter, who she describes as being the best part of her life these days. Of all of her many professional projects, it's clear that Kramer enjoys motherhood the best of them all.


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Flooding leaves Attawapiskat, Kashechewan in state of emergency
May 17, 2013 • By Jeremy East
Both Attawapiskat and Kashechewan First Nations declared a state of emergency April 30 after rapidly melting snow caused major sewer backups that fouled homes and other buildings.
Hundreds were evacuated from Kashechewan throughout the week, as were some patients from the Attawapiskat hospital.
"The spring runoff overloaded our sewer system, and so the hospital sewage tank was dangerously close to capacity," said De-Anne Sheppard, director of patient care at the Attawapiskat hospital.
Prompt action by hospital staff to evacuate 10 patients and to move operations to the community's healthcare centre helped prevent the tank from overflowing. Sewage levels in the tank receded by May 2, and nurses were able to return to the hospital to accept patients. However, damage to nurse housing units cut available staff at the facility by half, from 16 to eight.
At least nine homes in the community were affected by the sewage overflow, but no evacuations were deemed necessary. Sheppard said that seven community members had been treated for gastroenteritis-like symptoms, likely caused by water contamination.
"This is the first time we've experienced a problem this bad with flooding from melting snow in the community," said Attawapiskat Deputy Chief Gerald Mattinas, noting that the basements of many of the affected homes would require extensive restoration before their residents could return.
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June 22, 2011 - Fixed: Script not running at boot.
You must have an external microSDCard reader or this will not work. Do NOT use the Nook Simple Touch.
Connect to Wifi and launch Youtube from Go Launcher's App Drawer (Or the App Drawer of your Choice).
nemith - helping me figure out getting it to run at boot.
JesusFreke - For getting root.
I've probably screwed up, but perhaps not too badly. Tried to follow all the steps and got the system files copied to media, and then to replace the main system files, but there I got confused. I ended up rebooting without attempting to install the youtube app, which I didn't find in the download. Even now, a lot looks like it is working, but I can't even attempt to sign in to google cause I can't get a keyboard to come up to allow me to enter my user name and password. Is there any help for me, or am I a total dunce needing to start over? thanks!
EDIT: I see I am screwed -- no keyboard is coming up for me anywhere. I guess I can go through a major reset but if anyone has a suggestion to just get the keyboard back I will appreciate it.
EDIT2: Well I got past that, simply chose multitouch keyboard instead of Gingerbread in NookColor Tools.
An .img file is being uploaded for TouchNooter 1.6.20 It'll do all the copy and edit stuff, the only thing it can't do is create an android ID.
is a wipe in the nook touch holding down the power for 20 seconds?
No you need to do a complete wipe by triggering recovery, but I don't know how to trigger recovery yet.
oh well the perils of early adoption. :) I'll follow the thread with anticipation!
You could try 8 failed boots. Basically you power it on and then power it off before it fully boots. Do that 8 times and it might trigger recovery.
Confirmed this works great. I'm going to find a fix for the calendar.
Really? Is that from when it's off?


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Mobile phones have become mainstream in most societies. Virtually everyone has access to one for their usage on a daily basis.
Recently, I was driving through Wildey and saw a business promoting their power tools, and I got to thinking that there were mobile phone units that cost more than these tools. Neither the power tools nor the mobile units were cheap.
Then my mind took me to the thought of how they were used. The power tools were used for the specific purpose for which they were intended. The mobile phone has the main characteristic of communication, however, I don't think we do it very well.
Many of us seem to have the daily ritual of sending good morning messages, jokes, and bad news/warnings. Often the recipient gets the same message at least 4 times; a conversation with the sender may reveal how hard things are for them, yet they never sent a tip out as to how they may have been able to help someone in need. The thing is many are in business.


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Item # 642035 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, July, 1792 (note the typesetting error of the date on the titlepg.)
* John Paul Jones death - pirate ?
* Revolutionary War naval commander
* "Father of the American Navy"
The most interesting item in this issue is the obituary for John Paul Jones. As can be seen in the report he does not get good press in this British publication (not surprisingly), with portions including: "At Paris, in the utmost poverty, the celebrated Paul Jones. This noted desperado appeared first in the cause of America in April 1778...intent to burn & plunder that town [Whitehaven]...His memorable action with the brave Capt. Pearson of the Serapis, who became his prize...In December, 1783, he arrived in London from Paris..." with more, ending with: "...We doubt not this pirate (for he deserves no better name) will find some fuller biographers." (see).
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13 Apps Like Last.FM and Its Alternative Music Streaming Services
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Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler," Last.fm builds a complete profile of each user's musical taste by recording aspects of the tracks the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's workstation or many portable music devices.
This data is transferred ("scrobbled") to Last.fm's database either via the music player itself (including, among others Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, and MusicBee) or via a plug-in installed into the user's music player. The data is then represented on the user's profile page and compiled to create recommendation pages for individual artists.
The site formerly offered a radio streaming service, which was discontinued on 28 April 2014. The ability to access the extensive catalog of music stored on the site was later removed entirely, replaced by links to YouTube and Spotify where available.
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Wolves in the Throne Room - "Black Cascade" (31.03.2009, Southern Lord)
1. "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog"
2. "Ahrimanic Trance"
3. "Ex Cathedra"
4. "Crystal Ammunition"
Bob Mould - "Life and Times" (06.04.2009, Anti-)
1. "Life and Times"
2. "The Breach"
3. "City Lights (Days Go By)"
4. "MM 17"
5. "Argos"
6. "Bad Blood Better"
7. "Wasted World"
8. "Spiraling Down"
9. "I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can't Stand in My Light Any More"
10. "Lifetime"
Crystal Antlers - "Tentacles" (06.04.2009, Touch & Go)
1. "Painless Sleep"
2. "Dust"
3. "Time Erased"
4. "Andrew"
5. "Vapor Trail"
6. "Tentacles"
7. "Until the Sun Dies (Part One)"
8. "Memorized"
9. "Glacier"
10. "Foot of the Mountain"
11. "Your Spears"
12. "Swollen Sky"
13. "Several Tongues"
Silversun Pickups - "Swoon" (14.04.2009, Dangerbird)
1. "There's No Secrets This Year"
2. "The Royal We"
3. "Growing Old Is Getting Old"
4. "It's Nice to Know You Work Alone"
5. "Panic Switch"
6. "Draining"
7. "Sort Of"
8. "Substitution"
9. "Catch and Release "
10. "Surrounded (or Spiraling)"
Wooden Shjips - "Dos" (14.04.2009, Holy Mountain)
1. "Motorbike"
2. "For So Long"
3. "Down by the Sea"
4. "Aquarian Time"
5. "Fallin'"
Pterodactyl - "Worldwild" (21.04.2009, Jagjaguwar)
1. "Rising & Shining"
2. "First Daze"
3. "February"
4. "Share the Shade"
5. "Old Clouds"
6. "Easy Pieces"
7. "Alex"
8. "Lawrence"
9. "No Sugar"
10. "Ghost Facts"
11. "December"
12. "One with Everyone"
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Thee Oh Sees - "Help" (28.04.2009, In The Red)
1. "Enemy Destruct"
2. "Ruby Go Home"
3. "Meat Step Lively"
4. "A Flag in the Court"
5. "The Turn Around"
6. "Can You See"
7. "Rainbow"
8. "Go Meet the Seed"
9. "I Can't Get No"
10. "Soda St. #1"
11. "Destroyed Fortress Reappers"
12. "Peanut Butter Oven"
Gallows - "Grey Britain" (04.05.2009, Warner Bros.)
1. "The Riverbank"
2. "London Is The Reason"
3. "Leeches"
4. "Black Eyes"
5. "I Dread the Night"
6. "Death Voices"
7. "The Vultures (Acts I & II)"
8. "The Riverbed"
9. "The Great Forgiver"
10. "Graves"
11. "Queensbury Rules"
12. "Misery"
13. "Crucifucks"
Mika Miko - "We Be Xuxa" (04.05.2009, Post Present Medium)
Download "I Got a Lot (New New New)"
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez - "Cryptomnesia" (05.05.2009, Rodriguez Lopez Productions)
1. "Tuberculoids"
2. "Half Kleptos"
3. "Cryptomnesia"
4. "They're Coming To Get You, Barbara"
5. "Puny Humans"
6. "Shake Is for 8th Graders"
7. "Noir"
8. "Paper Cunts"
9. "Elderly Pair Beaten with Hammer"
10. "Warren Oates"
11. "Fuck Your Mouth"
Passion Pit - "Manners" (18/26.05.2009, Columbia/Frenchkiss)
1. "Make Light"
2. "Little Secrets"
3. "Moth's Wings"
4. "The Reeling"
5. "Eyes as Candles"
6. "Swimming in the Flood"
7. "Folds in Your Hands"
8. "To Kingdom Come"
9. "Sleepyhead"
10. "Let Your Love Grow Tall"
11. "Seaweed Song"
White Rabbits - "It's Frightening" (19.05.2009, TBD)
1. "Percussion Gun"
2. "Rudie Fails"
3. "They Done Wrong / We Done Wrong"
4. "Lionesse"
5. "Company I Keep"
6. "The Salesman (Tramp Life)"
7. "Midnight and I"
8. "Right Where They Left"
9. "The Lady Vanishes"
10. "Leave It at The Door"
Dirty Projectors - "Bitte Orca" (09.06.2009, Domino)
1. "Cannibal Resource"
2. "Temecula Sunrise"
3. "The Bride"
4. "Stillness Is The Move"
5. "Two Doves"
6. "Useful Chamber"
7. "No Intention"
8. "Remade Horizon"
9. "Fluorescent Half Dome"
Dinosaur Jr. - "Farm" (23.06.2009, Jagjaguwar)
1. "Pieces"
2. "I Want You To Know"
3. "Ocean In The Way"
4. "Plans"
5. "Your Weather"
6. "Over It"
7. "Friends"
8. "Said The People"
9. "There's No Here"
10. "See You"
11. "I Don't Wanna Go There"
12. "Imagination Blind"
Sunset Rubdown - "Dragonslayer" (23.06.2009, Jagjaguwar)
1. "Silver Moons"
2. "Idiot Heart"
3. "Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!"
4. "Black Swan"
5. "Paper Lace"
6. "You Go on Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)"
7. "Nightingale/December Song"
8. "Dragon's Lair"
Tortoise - "Beacons of Ancestorship" (23.06.2009, Thrill Jockey)
1. "High Class Slim Came Floatin' In"
2. "Prepare Your Coffin"
3. "Northern Something"
4. "Gigantes"
5. "Penumbra"
6. "Yinxianghechengqi"
7. "The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One"
8. "Minors"
9. "Monument Six One Thousand"
10. "de Chelly"
11. "Charteroak Foundation"
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In the last half of 2014, protests against police brutality and entrenched racist policies in the United States made their mark across the country. Over the airways, in the streets and across digital media young black artists and cultural workers from the epicenter of the #BlackLivesMatter protests in Ferguson led the way with a myriad of creative responses.
This shouldn't be a surprise, since writers, painters, musicians, dancers and sculptors have frequently served societies by envisioning an alternative path, a previously undescribed landscape, a future potential. These visions can be mythical or reality-based, offering compelling hope and beauty. Their often relatively simple and nonviolent origins can tap an immense visceral power. Creative resistance also offers an outlet for rage that can be constructive, healing and positive, rather than destructive and escalating. In this day and age of cynical corporate media, creative protest can be "media-genic," attracting even mainstream coverage of issues and delivering progressive framing if done well.
Throughout 2014, cultural workers in Ferguson and other cities responded to the shooting death of Michael Brown in a stunning diversity of ways. Though some are "new" ideas, and some tried and true, when viewed as pieces of a whole they read as an iconic spectrum of creative topical protest methods.
In honor of the outpouring of poetic resistance techniques in the face of tremendous risk, overwhelming institutionalized violence and continuing murders, here is a look at some of the arts of protest from the anti-racism, anti-police-brutality movement whose black and young leaders continue to show up with no sign of slowing down in 2015.
Local St. Louis painter, sculptor, videographer and recording studio artist Damon Davis has been making work about social inequality in his hometown since before the killing of Michael Brown. After the protests started, in partnership with fellow artists Basil Kincaid, he started "Hands Up" installations — painted plywood hands, reaching up from the ground, planted along main streets in Ferguson. Reportedly they were originally going to be half-buried mannequins, but that was too much trouble. Even two dimensional, these are provocative sculptures eerily rising from the ground, evoking the reported stance of Michael Brown just before he was fatally shot.
In the fall, Davis took this idea in another direction. The "All Hands On Deck" project was created as a way to both add beauty to a newly boarded-up city and also represent the human dimension of support that was needed, and was being offered, from the broader community. He enlarged black and white digital photographs of raised hands from people in the movement and wheat pasted the hands-up images, with approval, on many of the plywood-covered store fronts. "This is a problem that is going to take everyone to fix," said Davis. "It is all hands on deck." Called "the most powerful street art in America" by Policy Mic, the more than life-sized up-stretched arms transformed the boarded-up windows from ominous to artful. They rise to document and honor those doing the work, as well as to inspire others to become active.
Most activists are familiar with the tactic of using mirrors held up to your target or the authorities as part of a demonstration. Looking into the mirror police see themselves reflected back from among the protesters and any actions they take are on display, perhaps moving them to temper their own behavior.
One of the most visually impactful images from the Millions March in New York City on December 13 were enlarged photographs of eyes carried on placards by groups of eight people across the march. These enlarged tiled images were created from photos of the eyes of Eric Garner and other past victims of police brutality. Given the cultural significance of looking into another eye's in the United States and many places in the world, this was a forceful statement. Not only is there power in the oversized simple and human image, but eyes are believed by some to be an entry point into someone's soul; if you can look someone in the eyes you have the potential to communicate honestly, to see yourself in the other. It is also commonly said that in order to believe something you must see it with your own eyes. The crowds across the country that have been marching and taking action have seen with their own eyes the violent police response to peaceful protest, which has fueled continued resistance. As the eyes of the world watch what happens in Ferguson and across the United States, the enlarged eyes of Eric Garner and other young black men peer back from the demonstrations waiting to see eye to eye.
The eyes were created by Parisian artist JR who started his work as a graffiti artist; he is now well-known for other compelling projects featuring large-scale images in unexpected locations — ballerinas on shipping containers, huge photos of faces of women on a hillside favela in Brazil, and more.
Public outlines of bodies have been a graphic activist tool wielded to make the invisible visible for decades. Traced outlines of female silhouettes as well as stenciled bodies large and small have been painted on sidewalks and park pathways, as memorials to rapes, nuclear bomb explosions, and other violent crimes that are difficult to talk about and often pushed out of public view.
In 2014, #ChalkUnarmed formed as a way to keep the issue of police brutality in the public eye and offer an accessible project for many to plug into. It also created a way to link the narrative of Michael Brown to police violence-related deaths in other cities. Chalk tagging is less permanent than paint, less likely to be considered criminal, and easy to use to make a statement.
The project Chalk Against Police Brutality predates Ferguson, and supports the expanded use of chalk tagging to keep the public informed and focused on the epidemic of racial profiling and police brutality. The use of ephemeral, light weight chalk also speaks to the vulnerability the activists feel in taking the risks to create these silhouettes.
St. Louis Public Radio recorded an interview with a couple of #ChalkUnarmed taggers as they covered the sidewalk outside their offices. "I've always been interested in using art to engage the public and get people involved in things that I think are important," Mallory Nezam reported. She is a public space performance artist, and noted that the chalking started through an "organic and collaborative process … with a conversation about performance … someone lays down on the sidewalk, and we trace them, and then write the name of unarmed black men who have been killed by police." With the hashtag and a Facebook page, the digitally-collected images become a scrapbook of the communities and people who have not only been affected by police killings, but have also committed to education and activism to make change.
One artist in Washington, D.C., was looking for a way to turn religious icons and secular winter images in public spaces on its head and make a statement about police brutality. Omolara Williams McCallister went public with her first activist art project in a big way, as a team of volunteers put up more than 1,100 cardboard ornaments in red, green and black across Washington alone.
Ornaments were made in many cities across the United States, all stenciled with #BlackLivesMatter, and zip-tied in public places. The #SolidariTrees #ConsciousXmas were used to tag photos online so that she could monitor the project's reach. Such a low risk and fun activity recruited many previously unengaged supporters, and can provide a long-term way to stay involved.
The poetic resistance above represents just a glimpse at the artistic tactics that have been used across the nation. A massive online media presence was built on viral hashtags, including #BlackLivesMatter (created in 2012 as a response to Trayvon Martin's murder), #ICantBreathe and #HandsUpDontShoot, along with the distribution of poetry (check out the "Ransom Poett") and posters and paintings that accompanied actions or stood on their own (Patrick Campbell's gut-wrenching "New Age of Slavery" and Shirin-Banou Barghi's Last Word images). The sound track of the movement was played by new and established artists including Tef Poe ("War Cry"), J Cole ("Be Free"), and Lil Herb with a remix of "Fight Or Flight" featuring Common and Chance The Rapper. On the street, call and response chants, some based on historical writings, including Assata Shakur's 1973 "Letter To My People," mixed it up with the harmonies of "I Can't Breathe" from the Peace Poets.
And yes, there have also been flash mobs, coordinated movement, and pop up performances like the Requiem for Mike Brown, street theater at the Philadelphia LOVE sculpture, and celebrities walking with #HandsUp; plenty of graffiti, emblematic giant paper mache puppets and even a St. Louis fountain running blood red — a fluid culture-jacking of an (un)timely tribute to the Cardinals. Another timely commercial movie release, "Dear White People," spawned the "Racism Insurance Spoof" — a sidesplitting eye opener about white privlege and racism (although it is not so great on sexism).
One of the keys to successful nonviolent movements is innovation — particularly in tactics. Effective innovation is usually the result of planning; planning allows a movement to be creative and continue to broaden its impact.
As the #BlackLivesMatter movement develops, the need for strong and communicative actions will continue to grow, as will the need to increase the numbers of those involved. Harnessing the arts can be as visceral as blocking a highway, and much more accessible to the general public.
The new activism seems laid back. I think this is most effective. Sometimes activism has an "edge" to it, which can get people's attention; precisely because it is disconcerting, though, it is also off-putting. Calm, almost passive, activism, draws in the uninvolved, leaving them almost "hungry" to learn more. It's like soft-sell vs. hard-sell. Since many people in America are open to learning about injustice, there's no need to hit them over the head, literally or figuratively. It also leaves the police with a good feeling. Cops like facilitating free speech. That's been my experience with them. Makes their job interesting, and it's why they joined the force: to help people.


Two dates for your diaries. The Acclaimed "Southend Singers" have 2 performances coming up that you won't want to miss.
The first will be part of the Commodore Barry Festival on The Quay on Sunday 23rd June at 1.30pm.
There will also be a concert taking place in the Faythe School on Tuesday 25th June at 7.30pm, featuring the Southend Singers, the Rock Choir and The Faythe School Choir. Entry is free, and a raffle will take place on the night.


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Meet Billy Elliot: Taichi Toshida
By emcpow
Note: Taichi Toshida's final show as Billy in the Japanese production of Billy Elliot the Musical (BETM) was in Osaka on November 13, 2020.
Debut: September 12, 2020 (Tokyo, Japan)
Total Performances as Billy to Date: 18 (No partial shows)
Taichi Toshida was 12 years old (born in 2008) when he debuted as Billy in the Japanese production of BETM in Tokyo.
Taichi has been learning ballet since he was just three years old. His ballet training currently takes place at Symphony Ballet Studio in Tokyo. Taichi has won many prizes in competitions. In 2018 at the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) competition, he was awarded 2nd place in the classical dance category of the Pre-Competitive age division. At the same competition, Taichi won a place on the International Training Programme with the Australian Ballet School.
Taichi auditioned for the 2017 Japanese production of BETM but was not chosen to play Billy at that time. He went to see the production and said that it was amazing to see Kosei Kato play Billy, as Kosei trains at the same studio as Taichi. In the years following his original audition for BETM, Taichi didn't give up on his dream and continued to train hard. When it was announced that the production would be revived he auditioned once again and was really happy to finally win the role of Billy.
Taichi connects with the role of Billy. "Billy and I both love ballet and can't explain the feelings of dancing well. I would like to find the "Electricity" felt by Billy when he dances."
Before taking part in the training for BETM, the only form of dance Taichi had done was ballet. He has enjoyed getting to learn tap and other dance forms.
Taichi's favourite scene in the musical is Solidarity because the voices of the miners and police officers are so powerful that he feels thrilled.
Taichi's debut performance as Billy on 12-Sep-2020 makes him the 295th actor worldwide to play the role in a professional, regional or community theatre production of the musical.
Taichi Toshida as Billy (left) and Kotaro Sano as Michael (right) perform Expressing Yourself
For more information about Taichi visit:
To The Japan 2020 Main Page
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Textiles and fabric homeware brand, Dekoria, are Awin's Advertiser of the Month throughout June. To celebrate the summer, they have launched two large promotions for the duration of the month so that shoppers can bring that holiday feeling to their homes. We speak to Alicja Szalinska, Marketing Manager at Dekoria about the incentive and their plans to build long term relationships with their partners.
You are running two large promotions during June as part of your Advertiser of the Month incentive, why is this month such a key promotional time for Dekoria?
Summer is the time when we all feel happier, active and motivated so it is the best time for making changes, at home and outdoors. It is a key promotional time because Dekoria can help make these changes. With just a few touches: colourful seat pads, pretty table runners and comfy cushions, our textiles can create that relaxed holiday feeling in the garden. For those eager to make a more dramatic change, we have in one place everything one needs for a complete home makeover: furniture covers, curtains, blinds, cushions and much more. We also have great interior designs prepared by our team - with links to all accessories we've used, so it's easy to shop and copy the look.
Keeping all of this in mind, we came up with two strong promotions for June to enable our customers (via publishers) to harness that creative energy and transform it into a beautiful living space.
How can publishers get behind these promotional opportunities? Do you have any tips?
We have two compelling promotions this month and I would invite all publishers who are not yet our partners to join our programme now.
Publishers love our vouchers and we find ourselves running a voucher/discount offer almost every month. This type of promotion works particularly well for content publishers such as interior and lifestyle bloggers and social media partners. Reviews, case studies, product comparisons, interior designs articles - to mention just a few - with an incentive for the reader are all great ways to capture sales and earn commission. At the moment we are particularly interested in growing our video online presence so we would like to see more vloggers promoting our offers e.g. in an interior design webinar or how-to-guide and we are keen to offer them our support in return.
How can publishers continue working with you once your Advertiser of the Month placement ends?
We believe in building long term relationships with our partners and we've already got more great promotions for late summer and autumn in the pipeline. We will continue to feature voucher and discount codes but we are also planning more commission boost incentives to promote more targeted product groups. We are also keen to co-operate with more content publishers with a view to creating valuable content together e.g. product reviews, guides or competitions. We can also offer exclusive deals.
Most importantly we're all ears - if you have an idea on how we can work together, we want to hear from you!
Are there any unique trends that you see through the affiliate channel?
One of the most interesting trends we're seeing at Dekoria is the increased use of mobile devices by our customers. This translates into a noticeable growth in affiliate partners who operate in mobile environments such as apps. While this is still a fairly new trend, it is one that we expect to grow and we will be mindful of catering for those publishers in our strategic planning.
How are you looking to grow the Dekoria affiliate programme over the next 12 months?
Our focus for the next 12 months is increasing exposure for Dekoria brand and the number of conversions. To achieve this we will keep nurturing our relationships with our current partners, but we also want to increase the numbers of vlogs and mobile apps that we're working with. A combination of compelling offers, great advertising and strong online presence across all devices should help us all increase sales and enable publishers to earn great commission.
Find out more or join the Dekoria affiliate programme here.