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Book Review: Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan
Young Adult, thumb Fantasy, and Paranormal
Part of a Series?:
The finale novel in the Lynburn Legacy
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Kami has lost the boy she loves, is tied to a boy she does not, and faces an enemy more powerful than ever before. With Jared missing for months and presumed dead, Kami must rely on her new magical link with Ash for the strength to face the evil spreading through her town.
Rob Lynburn is now the master of Sorry-in-the-Vale, and he demands a death. Kami will use every tool at her disposal to stop him. Together with Rusty, Angela, and Holly, she uncovers a secret that might be the key to saving the town. But with knowledge comes responsibility—and a painful choice. A choice that will risk not only Kami's life, but also the lives of those she loves most.
While this review will have no spoilers for Unmade, there will be spoilers for Unspoken and Untold. Click on the titles to read spoiler free reviews of those novels.
I have been anxiously awaiting this release for over a year now, since the release of Untold last year. I absolutely adore this series and love Sarah and the characters in these books and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book.
I was so glad when I finally did.
Sarah Rees Brennan managed to do what I think a lot of people struggle to do with finale books: she created a fantastic ending that was both happy and sad at the same time, bittersweet. She wrapped up the story, had such a great ending but managed to create loss, to break my heart. The people that we lost in the book, I felt so much, especially since I was reading this late at night and I was already fairly emotional. She makes the sacrifices necessary. She kills off a particular character (minor spoiler but really did you expect people NOT to die?) and I just lost it. I couldn't believe that she did it. I can see why, and it was a great point in the story but it killed me. She was able to make these sacrifices that seemed so genuine to the story and yet still just broke your heart in pieces.
What I've always loved about Sarah is her characters. All of her characters are unique and real, and beautiful. Kami, Jared, Ash, Ten, Tomo, Jon, Lillian, Holly, Angela, Rusty, they're all fantastic and you fall madly in love with each and every one of them because they feel so real. What I love about this book is that each one of their stories continues. Obviously we are focused mainly on Kami, Jared and the Lynburns but everyone has an important story line. You don't forget who anyone is and I think that's beautiful, to care about each and every single character and where they end up.
What makes me happy about this book is that it takes everything from books one and two and comes together in a beautiful and unique ending. Sarah stands out in this crowd of paranormal YA, because her stories are unique, her characters fresh, and her dialogue engaging and hilarious. I want to turn the next page without realizing that I've gone through 100 pages in less than an hour…She's an addicting author to read and I am so sad that this series is over and I honestly can't wait until I see a new book by her on the shelves.
Fictional Crush of the Week-Jared Lyburn from The Lyburn Legacy
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Happy Saturday everyone! Enjoy this week's Fictional Crush of the Week!
Jared Lynburn
Book or Series They Appear In:
The Lynburn Legacy
Unspoken, search Untold, cheapest the yet to be released Unmade
Sarah Rees Brennan
No One…Yet. (Hey, nurse a girl can hope)
Who They Are:
Jared Lynburn is the main male character in the Lynburn Legacy. When we first meet Jared, he is a voice inside of Kami's head, her best friend in the entire world, though she's never met him and she doesn't even know if he's real. He is kind, caring, fun, and he's there for Kami at every moment of the day, and as a voice, you're already in love with him. Then you meet Jared in real life, and he's isn't quite the same as he was in Kami's head. He's gorgeous, in a harsher way in comparison to his cousin, Ash. He is sarcastic, and biting, and has a hard time showing his emotions.
Why I Am Crushing On Them:
One, he kind of reminded me of Jace Wayland when I started reading the books. Then I learned there was Jace and Jared slash fic, and well, I haven't gone there yet, but I am very interested in it.
But back to Jared. Jared is super handsome, even though he's not immediately supposed to be. He has that bad boy thing going for him, with the leather jacket (though its brown) and his permanent scowl. But he has that sense of humor, with the sarcasm and the one-liners. It won me over, right away, even though there are parts in the novel where you want to punch him in the face.
I also think he's incredibly brave. He sometimes plays things off, like he doesn't care about anyone or even himself, but he proves himself over and over again. He has a hard past, being raised by a horrible dad and a fairly absent mother, and then he finds out who his real dad is, and he has a lot of burden on his shoulders for someone who is so young. He tries not to care, or play it off like he doesn't care, but he does. He's protective of what little family he has left, and he's protective of Kami, and he wants to make her happy, even when he's making her mad.
The thing about Jared is that he is shy and lonely. He's been treated terribly his whole life, especially with this "voice" inside of his head, and his fears and uncertainties comes out in his demeanor in public. Its heartbreaking and it makes you want to wrap him up in your arms and shield him from the world and be his best friend, and probably more.
Plus, he's just a badass. He gets his powers, and he has to learn them, but his quick temper and and attitude problems make him volatile, brave and impulsive. Which makes for a seriously exciting story.
"The Lynburns built this town on their blood and bones."
"That was their first mistake," Jared said. "They should've built a city on rock and roll."
Jared flicked her an incredulous glance. "Yes," he said slowly. "Zen jogging. I wasn't wearing that many clothes because—that's part of the process. You're meant to commune with the elements. Normally, I wouldn't have worn my jeans, but I put them on because I know the English are a modest people."
'My body is a gift from God,' Jared said gravely. 'Except for my hips, which are clearly a gift from the devil."
"I don't think you're weak," Jared said. "I want to guard you because you are important to me. Because you are – God, this is going to sound so stupid, I can never think of a way to say it – you are precious. I can never think of how to describe the value you have to me, because all the words for value suggest that you belong to me, and you don't."
"Nothing matters in comparison. Nobody is real but her. So it feels sometimes as if nothing else matters at all, including other people. She wouldn't like that. Other people SHOULD matter."
All Artwork Credited to Cassandra Jean!
I hope you enjoyed this first edition of my Fictional Crush of the Week! Come back next weekend for more!
Fandom Friday-The Lynburn Legacy
The Fandom Friday is a weekly feature, this site with each blog post written by a new contributor.
This is the weekly post where either myself, or a guest blogger, talks about a new fandom. See, I've had the experience in my life where I've been made fun or put down about my particular fandoms. And that has made me feel pretty crappy. But I've also put down other fandoms as well.
So I've decided to change that. I'm opening my world up to new fandoms, and the best way to do that is to bring people in to write about various fandoms. I'm very excited about this segment.
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The Lynburn Legacy by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Lynburn Legacy is a paranormal mystery series written by the immensely talented Sarah Rees Brennan.
The story follows the main character of Kami Glass, who lives in the tiny town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, where nothing happens, not since the mysterious Lynburns left town. Kami is an aspiring reporter, determined to get a story, and recruiting her friends to help her do it. Her best friend, though, is a boy named Jared, a boy who lives in her head, a boy who she doesn't even know is real, until one day, she bumps into him on accident and she finds out he is part of a group of Lynburns that have returned to town. Now that the two are thrown together, their connection and bond and growing attraction to each other makes it incredibly awkward to be around each other. But there are more problems to contend with: brutally murdered animals are being found around town and when Kami starts investigating, she's nearly killed as well. Plus there's something a little…off about the Lynburn family that Kami is determined to find out about.
So far, there are two books in the series, Unspoken and Untold. Untold was released quite recently, in September, so it probably will be about a year, next fall, for the third book to release. This book is full of adventure and mystery, romance and magic. It reads like a murder mystery, wrapped up in magic, and humor.
How I Found It
I met Sarah Rees Brennan back in March, when she was on tour with Cassandra Clare on her Clockwork Princess tour, along with Maureen Johnson. I thought she was absolutely adorable and she made me laugh, and she had the BEST taste in clothes ever. Seriously, Sarah, I don't know where you get your dresses, but we need to go shopping together soon.
But I knew immediately that I wanted to read some of her books, her and Maureen. I knew if they were endorsed by Cassie, they had to be good. And they were just so hilarious.
I read Sarah Rees Brennan's Demon's Lexicon trilogy and I liked it, but this series is really the one that brought me in. I had heard of it but had been no rush until my own contributor Christina Marie recently read Unspoken and loved it so much that she just had to share it with me. I immediately bought the first book, and read the second book just the next day.
My number one fictional crush has been Jace Wayland for a LONG time now, and probably won't change at all, but Jared Lynburn is now an incredibly close second place.
Why You Should be Reading It
I feel like I need ridiculous gifs from Tumblr to explain why you should be reading this series because words are hard to use to describe this series.
It made me laugh out loud. It made me want to scream and cry, and it made me scared and excited. It made me feel so many different emotions all at the same time.
And it was so NEW too. I tend not read too much paranormal romance YA because it starts to get repetitive and frankly, kind of irritating. Maybe that's why it took me so long to read this series to begin with. Maybe I had that idea that it would just be the same thing again.
But its not at all. Sarah tells this story like its a mystery and like the magical aspect of it is just an added bonus. It literally reads like a murder mystery to me. Its exciting and did I mention funny? Kami Glass is such a brave and fun character and she makes me laugh so much. She's so stubborn and determined and its not a wonder that she drives Jared absolutely bonkers. I kind of want to BE Kami Glass. Sarah has created this character that is incredibly relatable and at the same time enviable. She's incredibly smart and clever and super witty, she has a sharp sense of humor. I love that no matter what crazy situations she gets herself into, she just pushes forward. She's brave, and she's loyal to those that she loves.
I also absolutely adore the fact that Sarah represents the world the way it is: she has mixed race characters, and characters that have different sexual identities. She represents what we actually see when we go outside. Kami is half-Asian, and there are friends of hers who are questioning their sexual identities and there's just so many differences in it, and I love it. It shouldn't be a problem but it is, and the fact that she does it so beautifully and subtly makes this book so much better.
Plus there's just the fact that she's a great writer. Its a fun story, with just enough awesome elements to keep you speeding through the book. There's humor and action and adventure and mystery and romance and fun and amazing.
Seriously, read these novels. You won't regret one minute of reading these books.
An original fan artwork of Cassandra Jean. I was so happy when I discovered she did art for this series, as well as Cassandra Clare's series.
I hope you all enjoyed this edition of the Fandom Friday. I realize there aren't many hours left in the day of Friday but I made it! Yay me!
I hope you all are able to check out this book series, you will NOT be disappointed.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan Review
It's time to choose sides… On the surface, viagra sale Sorry-in-the-Vale is a sleepy English town. But Kami Glass knows the truth. Sorry-in-the-Vale is full of magic. In the old days, the Lynburn family ruled with fear, terrifying the people into submission in order to kill for blood and power. Now the Lynburns are back, and Rob Lynburn is gathering sorcerers so that the town can return to the old ways.
But Rob and his followers aren't the only sorcerers in town. A decision must be made: pay the blood sacrifice, or fight. For Kami, this means more than just choosing between good and evil. With her link to Jared Lynburn severed, she's now free to love anyone she chooses. But who should that be?
This review will not contain spoilers for the book Untold. However, there will be spoilers from the first novel, Unspoken. To read the review of that novel, please click here!
I loved the first novel so much that I didn't think it was possible in the slightest for me to like the sequel just as much, if not a bit a more.
The struggle with a first novel, and then writing a sequel, is that you have to worry about living up to what you produced in the first novel, and making it that much better. Sarah took the story she had built up so well in the first one, and really circled it around to where she wanted to be in the second novel. She took the cliffhanger she gave us in Unspoken, and left us panting through Untold as we tried to figure out what happened.
And she left us with more cliffhangers, more loose ends, and that's a mark of a good middle book. She builds up this story in the first book, leads us down a dark and winding and confusing path of the second book, just to leave us feeling absolutely thrown off and we have to wait an entire year for the third book? How horribly delightful that is, and the mark of a good trilogy. The bad guys have to win a bit in the second novel, to make it seem like all is lost, there is no hope for a solution, for the good guys to win. She manages to do that in this novel, but in a way that you never expected. I was in shock at the end of the book, and I was also quite afraid for some particular characters because she leaves their fate hanging in the balance at the end of the novel.
This book is so much darker than the previous one, probably because it is the middle book, where things have to be at their worst. Rob Lynburn is building up his own army, in order to perform a sacrifice, and take control of Sorry-of-the-Vale. Lilian and Ash, and Jared, and Kami, and Angela and Holly are all determined to take him down, but they can't work together. Lilian Lynburn refuses to work with anyone that she doesn't see as having a point, anyone without magic, and Kami, Holly, and Angela are all without magic, especially Kami without her connection to Jared. Of course, that doesn't stop Kami Glass, that determined firecracker, and she gets all the young ones, including Ash and Jared. But the two groups working separately can only make things worse, and can only end in explosion, which it kind of does.
But there is still that humor, and adventure element to the novel. You aren't spending the entire thing, in a world of despair and hopelessness and wondering if things will EVER get better. Kami is the light in the novel, the one who can make a joke, a sarcastic remark or brighten up the hope in the room when everyone else is feeling down, or like they're going to give up. Pair her with Jared or Angela, and you get a banter of wit and humor and you find yourself smiling even though Sorry-of-the-Vale is in a whole mess of trouble.
As an addition too, Sarah also succeeds in making me, and probably the rest of you readers, fall even more in love with Jared Lynburn that you were previously in Unspoken. I still didn't think it was possible to adore a fictional character as make as Jace Lightwood from the Mortal Instruments series but Jared is quickly catching up.
And can I just say that the cliffhanger of THIS novel left me incredibly upset, in that wonderful way that a book can upset you? The decisions that were made by Ash and Jared and Kami and all of them, and the place that they are left in at the end were not what I expected and left me feeling hopeless and upset with all of them. I wanted to cry, no lie, because I have so much hope that things will work out the way I want them too, in the third book, but I have to wait, feeling these awful feelings for these characters that I've grown to love. Every time I think of them, I will think of all I left them, and it just makes me feel sad all over the again.
So I'm ready that the third novel, Sarah! And I wouldn't say no to an advanced copy ;)
Book of the Week-Unspoken
I am SO excited to share this week's Book of the Week with you. I had originally planned on featuring Gayle Forman's Just One Year, story even though I try really hard to stay away from sequels as the featured book. It just doesn't seem fair to feature a sequel when some of you may have not even read the previous ones. I'll only do that with big series like when I feature Allegiant next week.
But I hadn't read a new book that wasn't a sequel at all so that's kind of the choice I had to make…until I picked up Unspoken on Monday night. And finished it in a matter of hours, and immediately went searching for a copy of Untold, because I knew that I had found something incredibly special.
I will say more than once in this post that with this book alone, Sarah has become one of my favorite authors. This book was amazing, an escape, a laugh house, a thrill ride. Read on to find out why!
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young adult, paranormal, fantasy
Yes, the first book in the Lynburn Legacy, followed by Untold, and the unreleased Unmade
You May Like if You Liked:
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Angelfall by Susan Ee, The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Age Recommendation:
This is a new feature on the Book of the Week. As most of the reviews I do are YA, and YA is starting to break apart into YA and NA, and that sort of thing, I will be recommending an appropriate age for the books. Keep in mind this is MY personal recommendation and it varies on the maturity of the reader.
Kami Glass loves someone she's never met . . . a boy she's talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn't silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn't suffered too much from not fitting in. She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown—in fact, she's determined to find answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly posing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
This is probably going to be SO lame, but the description of Kami's clothes drove me up the wall. It was hard for me to picture Kami as this kickass, amazing character sometimes when the clothes were being described. I had an issue with her kicking butt in these dresses. I mean, don't get me wrong: I totally wanted her wardrobe. It sounded like she had a seriously awesome wardrobe, and after meeting Sarah Rees Brennan and interviewing her, I know awesome clothes is definitely part of her life. I definitely want to steal her wardrobe. I just kept getting distracted by her clothes. I know that's SUCH a lame reason but it really was. I don't know if authors feel the need to say that a girl can like pretty clothes and be a badass, but its also completely distracting when it seems to be making a point of it. I don't know if that was what Sarah was trying to do, but I get distracted by wardrobe descriptions, unless its important to the scene or the story.
That being said, I'm officially in love with Sarah Rees Brennan, this series and Jared Lynburn. Sigh.
First off, the diversity that is in this novel is fantastic. It shouldn't be notable when this kind of thing happens. It should just BE that way, but we have to be aware of it because it just doesn't seem to be obvious, especially in young adult. So much of the main characters in YA are Caucasian girls. There aren't a lot of different ethnicities going on. So I was excited that Kami was Asian, and that she was a mutt too, half Asian. I'm a mutt (half Irish, half Mexican) too so I really liked that. I liked the mix of British and Scottish and American, and the varying looks. I also liked that there was LGBT themes in there as well. Very excited about the diversity.
But there was just the story alone. From page one, I was addicted. I finished this book in about three hours. I had just finished writing up the interview with Sarah Rees Brennan when I thought, you know, I really need to read Unspoken. People keep telling me its good, and our very own contributor, Christina Marie, has read it recently and loved it. I thought it was absolutely horrible to have interviewed Sarah about her book and not having actually read it. I was addicted right away.
The thing that I love about this book is the characters. Each character is so unique and real and it was so easy to love each and every one of them. None of them felt fake or forced. I loved all of them. Kami, Angela, Holly, all of them. I even love Ash, even though I had been thinking of that as a character name for my zombie novel, and now I can't use it because I'm going to think of Ash Lynburn. But each character is so real. I even like the characterization of Lillian and Rob and Rosalind, though you're not really supposed to like them.
But oh, that Jared Lynburn. I was madly deeply crazy in love with Jared Lynburn from the moment that you hear his voice in Kami's mind. I was pulling for Jared from page one, because I was already hooked. He was sweet, and protecting but he has that bad boy attitude, and he has that sarcastic attitude that is so irresistible. I honestly never thought a fictional boy would drive me as insane, in all the best ways, like Jace Wayland Morgenstern Herondale Lightwood, but apparently I was terribly wrong about that. Sigh. So in love.
I swear though, I'm going to talk about the story too. The story is great, a great mix of paranormal fantasy, friendship, romance, uncertainty, growing up, all of it. It reads like a paranormal mystery, and you have no idea what is going on. And Kami Glass is super adorable, with her trusty notebook tucked in her bra, trying to solve these crimes, even when people are obviously trying to kill her. So many paranormal stories are starting to feel repetitive and starting to feel like something you've already read before. This story is fresh, and unexpected, and you have no idea what's going on and when you get to the end, you're so surprised. She keeps you captivated til the very end. Its a wonderful mystery but there is so much humor in it as well, and the sarcasm is to die for.
OH! And that cliffhanger! What a horrible, terrible, wonderful cliffhanger. I swear, if Untold wasn't already released, I would have DIED at that cliffhanger. NO way.
Recommended or Not?:
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes. I'm not kidding. I finished this book in three hours, and then spent my entire next day reading Untold, in between class and work and stuff. I am not lying when I say that she has become one of my favorite authors from these two books alone, and I'll be anxiously waiting the release of the third book. She's a wonderful writer, and this story is incredibly addicting. More people should be reading these books!
In a couple days, look out for a review on the sequel, Untold!
I hope you enjoyed this week's featured book! Definitely buy this book; you will NOT regret in the slightest. This is an other book that I am definitely going to start pushing on people, big time.
Don't forget that you can check out previous Book of the Weeks here, and check out my interview with Sarah!
Happy Reading everyone!
Hello! My name is Sara. I am 31 years old, Mexican-Irish, short, liberal, tattooed, loud, proudly bisexual, and a total cat lady. I love reading, writing, eating cupcakes, watching baseball, listening to music, binging all the good TV stuff and running. I live in Southern California physically but my mind is always in a fictional place. My debut novel, The Awakened, was released in December of 2015, and was my first successful NaNoWriMo novel. The sequel, The Sanctuary was published January 2017. I am currently working on a young adult fantasy called Legacy. Welcome to my blog!
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Welcome to a list of my favorite products and books. Come back often as I'll be updating this page regularly. The yoga book reviews are listed in chronological order as to when I reviewed them, but some books have been on my bookshelves for years.
These products reflect my passion in kids yoga, global education, travel, and mindfulness. If you have any recommended books within these themes, please email me. I'd love to hear from you!
My daughter was instantly captivated by the enchanting world of the Kindness Elves and has been asking for this book every night at bedtime. She now believes that the elves live in the clouds, and she's anxiously awaiting her letters from them! I love that this kindness book engages the imagination and presents real-world examples of random acts of kindness. The illustrations are truly delightful. This story acts as a springboard to talking about fun ways to incorporate kindness into our everyday lives. I highly recommend jumping into the magical world of the Kindness Elves!
This comprehensive academic text is a must-have resource for anyone wanting to introduce yoga in the classroom. The author integrates her thirty-five years of experience with current research to demonstrate the lifelong benefits of yoga and mindfulness. The book takes a deep dive into WHY yoga practices have a profound effect on students' wellness and performance in school. Then the text details the tested and proven classroom yoga model that's been practiced in schools for decades. As a former primary school teacher, a mom, and a yogi practitioner, I highly recommend this invaluable resource. It'll inspire and inform you for years to come!
Reading this wonderful book reminded me of sitting in front of the fire, sipping a hot cup of tea. It's a soulful and nurturing book to read slowly, letting the gems of wisdom float over you. Every time I open this book, I'm inspired by the perfect words of advice to help guide me in my parenting journey. Shakta shares her years of training and experience as a Montessori teacher, kids yoga teacher, and parent in a way that's accessible and practical, while being full of love and compassion. I loved how the book also provides a glimpse of the philosophy behind Radiant Child Yoga, which has inspired me to learn more about their training and courses. I also loved the meditation exercises throughout the chapters. I highly recommend this book!
I absolutely love Carla's writing style—her sense of humor and light-hearted approach to mindfulness is captivating and inspiring. Her personal stories of being a mom coupled with her training as a clinical social worker is a powerful combination. The easy-to-read book is packed with practical ideas and real solutions for integrating mindfulness into your family life. I love that the author emphasizes that we must start with our own mindfulness practice before introducing the techniques to our children. This is a book that I'll refer to time and time again throughout my parenting journey. The list of resources at the back of the book is super handy, as well. I loved this book, and I'm sure you will, too!
This one is yet another gem from Carolyn Clarke. I especially love the fun topics of these relaxation stories: superheroes, unicorns, a moonbeam blanket, a flying carpet ride to India, and a tour of the Earth. This beautiful book is packed with eighteen easy-to-read, engaging guided meditations for school-aged children. This book is such a fabulous resource to teach children how to calm their minds and bodies so they are better able to deal with the stresses of their busy lives. I highly recommend this book to teachers, parents, yoga teachers, and health practitioners!
To be honest, I picked this book up a year ago when my daughter was three years old, and she rejected it after the first page. Lately, we have been working on creating a "happy bedtime ritual" as she has become even more emotionally charged and angry at bedtime. Last night, I picked up ,Anh's Anger, and it was absolutely perfect timing. The story describes how a boy gets angry when his grandfather asks him to get ready for dinner (exactly what we have been experiencing at home). The grandfather asks the boy to go to his room to sit with his anger. The boy then imagines his anger as a character, and uses his in-breath and out-breath to calm himself down. My daughter was immersed in the story, and this book will be a perfect springboard to helping her calm her body when she's angry. The illustrations are stunning, as well. A great book!
What a gem! This book is such a gift from this bestselling author-illustrator team of Susan Verde and Peter Reynolds. They do a beautiful job of encouraging self-expression, imagination, and creativity for children who are new to yoga. I highly recommend this simple yet transformative kids yoga book!
I love this book! It is especially perfect for people looking for a practical, research-based book. I love how the mindfulness ideas are broken down into specific age groups (ex. ages 0-5, 10-13, and 13-18). The book is divided into two parts. First, it outlines informal mindfulness, including ways to create a healthy environment—getting good sleep, taking time to relax, and leading a simple lifestyle. Then it details formal mindful practices, like meditation practice, family rituals, family dinner, and no-scheduled days. I also love how the author describes a study of parents who have transformed their experience of parenting by meditating daily for a year (which I can attest to!). I highly recommend this book.
This white book changes the landscape of yoga in schools. As a collaboration of the leaders in the field, this comprehensive resource book acts as a guide for teachers, parents, and yoga teachers who are introducing yoga and mindfulness to children in schools. As a former primary school teacher, I can appreciate the value of communicating the expectations of our education system while navigating its regulations to ensure that we provide the best possible care and education to all children. These are exciting times as the extraordinary benefits of yoga are being integrated into our school system.
We came across this little gem at the library. What a sweet way for children to learn about the meaning of "Namaste," while also learning about the beautiful country of Nepal. The bright and colorful illustrations captivated my daughter. We both thoroughly enjoyed this book!
Amy Wright Glenn integrates her meditation practice into her life and work as a mom, doula, yoga teacher, philosopher, and chaplain, and this collection of essays dives deep into her life of service to both those at the beginning of their lives and those at the end of their lives. This fascinating read made me ponder the most significant thing that weaves together birth, life, and death: the breath.
This inspiring book makes the foundational concepts of Goldie Hawn's MindUP program accessible to parents and applicable to everyday life. Goldie Hawn weaves in her own parenting experiences into several practical mindfulness techniques that you can start with your child today. With her work firmly grounded in mindfulness research, she offers parents a way to connect with their children to ultimately raise happy, healthy adults. The foreword by Daniel Siegel and multiple references to other brain scientists inspire confidence that mindfulness is not just a passing fad. I love that this book is an easy-to-use guide for introducing mindfulness to my daughter.
I just finished reading this gem of a book from cover-to-cover, and I wish this book had been around when I was teaching primary school. As an expat mom with a tri-cultural child, I was attracted to the book's message. Raising my daughter to be a global citizen is extremely important to me, and I aim to supplement her school experiences at home to deeper her global education.
This global toolkit is a one-stop shop with plenty of resources. From planning a World's Fair to incorporating multicultural food and Skyping friends across the globe, I'm excited to plan out some fun global activities this coming school year. The chapter on technology tools is extremely relevant for our techie kids. And I especially loved the section on charitable giving ideas, with several real examples of kids' projects.
This book is inspiring, comprehensive, and well-written. Presented by two experts in the field, it's not surprising that this book will lead us into the future of global education. I highly recommend this book to parents and teachers who are interested in raising responsible global citizens.
Just a note: I bought the hard copy, but I would also recommend purchasing the Kindle version to have access to the plethora of links throughout the book.
This is an accessible and comprehensive book on meditation for children. It includes the definition of meditation, the benefits of meditation, how to create an environment for meditation, the different types of meditation, tips on teaching meditation to children, and how to practice meditation with children who have special needs. The specific meditation techniques for different age groups are particularly useful, especially when working with very young children. As parents and caregivers, we can model mindfulness practices with children from birth. I highly recommend this resource!
I first read Thich Nhat Hanh's inspiring and uplifting Peace Is Every Step years ago when I was traveling in Vietnam and visited a Buddhist temple. Now, as a parent, I find Planting Seeds an invaluable resource for bringing mindfulness into our daily family life. Through mindfulness practices, stories from their community, questions and answers, cut-out resources, and a guided meditations CD, this book is a must-read for parents and teachers wanting to integrate mindfulness into their homes and classrooms. It's perfect for filling with Post-it notes so you can come back to it time and time again. Another resource by Thich Nhat Hanh, A Handful of Quiet, is a mini-book that further details his four-pebble meditation technique.
This mini-book is perfect for reading with a cup of tea while curled up on the couch. The book has so many delightful gems with practical ideas on how to parent mindfully, all illustrated by the author's experiences with her own children. I love her approach of encouraging parents to adapt mindfulness techniques into our lives first, and then we can help our children to experience mindfulness techniques, as well, to help them deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions. The guided exercises spoken on the accompanying CD also aids in integrating these mindfulness practices into family life.
If you liked the first Imaginations book, then you definitely will love this one too! Not only will you find another seventeen gorgeous relaxation stories, but the layout of this book is stunning. I love the separate parent and child introductions at the front of the book. Also, the yoga prep poses and breathing games are a great resource. My favorite relaxation stories are each of the four seasons. The author has also included lots of fun themes that will easily integrate into your curriculum, such as garden, weather, butterflies, desert, and dinosaurs. You'll love this fabulous guided imagery resource to help children bring calm to their busy lives!
I just bought this chime to use with my 3-year-old daughter before bedtime. She loves to make her three chime sounds, and it's a great way to mark the time to go to bed. The sound is delightful and fills her room with peace and calm. We are big fans of this chime! Perfect size for little fingers too.
My daughter loves Kira Willey's Dance for the Sun CD. We took it to a cabin this summer on a family holiday. Everyone joined in singing along and doing the yoga poses. The first song on the CD, "Dance for the Sun," takes you through a sun salute, which is a great way to start your day. It is a fabulous CD to play during the holiday season to get your family and friends moving, singing, and laughing together. Kira has a gentle, sweet, and soothing voice. The songs are great as both background music, and active singing and dancing. It's a rare treat to find a CD that the whole family can enjoy. Her folk-pop music is fun, catchy, uplifting, and captivating.
In OM Schooled, Sarah Herrington shares her experience as a kids yoga teacher working in New York City public schools. The book is full of practical information on getting started teaching yoga in schools. As a former teacher, I share Sarah's passion for bringing the benefits of yoga to classrooms everywhere. Her book is a great resource for ideas on how to teach yoga classes and inspiration for reminding us why we do what we do for children. The book also talks about the benefits of yoga in schools, including empowering children, teaching them relaxation techniques, increasing their self-esteem, developing their strength and flexibility, building focus and concentration, and cooperating in teams.
Once Upon a Pose is broken into three parts. Part one talks about the foundation of yoga, part two details ten yoga adventure stories, and part three shows you how to practice yoga.This is a resource book that every teacher should have on their classroom bookshelf to refer to time and time again. The yoga activities are a perfect way to enjoy the benefits of yoga while meeting your daily physical activity requirements. It's a win-win combination.
I found Jodi Komitor's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga with Kids in Sydney, Australia, after I finished my yoga teacher training eight years ago. Even though the book, written by Jodi Komitor and Eve Adamson, was published in 2000, the content is still relevant today and will accompany you on your kids yoga journey for years. The book refers to the yoga principles, which are thousands of years old, making the book timeless. I love the book's holistic approach to yoga, including character education, breathing techniques, physical postures, healthy lifestyles, and relaxation. And its tips for all ages make it an easy-to-read resource that you could come back to over again. Kids yoga teachers will find it especially helpful. This book offers plenty of gems for building a strong, confident foundation for introducing the benefits of yoga to your little ones.
You could spend hours on the internet researching fun, creative, and hands-on learning experiences for young children. Instead, I'd much rather flip through this inspiring Tinkerlab book to find just the right activity for our afternoon art exploration. I love that the book was written by an arts educator and mom, so you know that each activity is well thought-out, has meaning, and encourages creativity in our children. For moms and teachers, this magical book is one that you'll come back to time and time again. I love how the activities are divided into Design, Build, Concoct, and Discover sections. For a visual learner, this book is well presented with gorgeous real-life photos. A "must-have" for your parent-teacher library!
Finally, a comprehensive resource with practical tips of how to introduce yoga into your everyday life. This book is a necessity for when you want to either relax and unwind, or get moving and laughing with your entire family. I LOVE it!
Lauren Rubenstein is a licensed clinical psychologist who also teaches yoga and mindfulness to children and adolescents. We first connected last year through her admirable work with Go Give Yoga (we donated a few yoga stories to the organization). Lauren travels regularly to Haiti to teach yoga and mindfulness to children living in extreme poverty. All the proceeds she earns from the sales of this book for the first year will go to Go Give Yoga. Check out her mindfulness yoga class plan based on Visiting Feelings.
Shelly Hehenberger's illustrations bring this feelings book alive with color and warmth. The images were created digitally using hand-painted textures and overlays. Shelly brings her background as a professional artist into creating this magical, heartwarming, and captivating children's book. The winning combination of Lauren's brilliant prose and Shelly's charming images make this book a must-have for every bookshelf.
I read Visiting Feelings to my daughter before school this morning. Though she's not quite three-years-old, she was still entranced by the images and rhyming text. Shortly after, she had a tantrum because she couldn't have what she wanted. Once she calmed down a bit, we talked about the book and that feelings come and go. I asked how she felt and if she wanted to feel a different way. She said, "Momma, I feel happy now." Even though this is just the beginning of character education for my daughter, this feelings book is a great start.
I bought this book eight years ago when I first started writing children's books. It was one of the only kids yoga resources available in Sydney, Australia at that time. It's still on my bookshelf with other yoga books. It's a timeless treasure. I love the philosophy of integrating the Multiple Intelligences and catering to the whole child, which is important to me from my teaching background. I also love the bright, colorful illustrations and clear, detailed descriptions of each pose. We just recently discovered one of YogaKids videos which our toddler loves to watch and model the yoga poses. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to teach yoga to children.
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Cassie – Review of Jenny's Winter Walk: What a wonderful way for children to learn about winter! The pages in the book are colorful and real, yet simple enough for a child to get a full picture of each scene. The book shows the closeness of a mother and child and demonstrates how much fun they can have together. All the senses are awakened with words and actions. A child's awareness of what is around them is opened. What a wonderful way to learn about the world God gave us. The book even focuses on the actions we can made with our bodies, bending, stretching, skipping. It's an amazing book.


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Who Is Ryan Neal From 'The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart'?
He just released an EP.
By Women's Health Editors
Maarten de Boer
The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart premiered Monday night, and since it's only running for six weeks, the dating drama started unfolding right away. Right off the bat a love triangle developed between contestants Ryan Neal, Jamie Gabrielle, and Trevor. While Jamie ended up giving her rose to Trevor at the first ceremony, many LTYH fans are already stanning 28-year-old singer Ryan.
According to his Bachelor profile, Ryan recently broke up with his girlfriend of two years, and "has struggled to find someone who respects his musical aspirations." After all, he "aspired to become a pop star early on" and learned guitar when he was a little kid. However, it wasn't until he spent some time in a cabin in Nova Scotia that he realized his true passion was jazz and R&B.
Here's everything else you need to know about the up-and-coming musician.
Ryan's originally from Dearborn Heights, Michigan.
He also went to college in the area, studying Public Communication and Culture Studies at University of Michigan-Dearborn, per his LinkedIn. While pursuing his dream of becoming a musician, he worked various day jobs in IT.
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He recently released an EP called "Up My Sleeve."
He's been promoting it for the past year or so. It features four songs, and is available on all the major music streaming and listening services. (Intrigued? Hear it here.)
Ryan's Instagram is chock full of soulful song covers.
His social media presence hasn't exactly blown up yet (he's got about 8,000 followers as of publication), but Ryan uses his platform to posts song covers, like "A Song For You" by Donny Halloway, "Are You That Somebody" by Aaliyah, and "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye.
He also seems active in the Detroit music community, performing on the local news, appearing on radio shows, collaborating with other artists, and participating in local traditions like Theater Bizarre, a Halloween event.
Oh, and Bachelorette alum Tyler Cameron is a fan of Ryan.
While live-tweeting the premiere, Tyler made it pretty darn clear who he'll be rooting for this season.
Ok me and Rudi are cool now! She deserves an award for keeping Ryan around. The show ends when Ryan leaves pic.twitter.com/oCvnIoyGAB
— Tyler Cameron (@TylerJCameron3) April 14, 2020
I can sleep in peace knowing that Rudi kept Ryan around. #ltyh pic.twitter.com/KisiNv5BYZ
Maybe he feels a connection because both their names feature a prominent "y"? Idk, but he's definitely a good member of Bachelor Nation to have in your corner.
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First, they slipped in an exemption from the state's anticruelty laws for themselves; now they want to keep their cruelty even more secretive. Evil is as evil does.
May 23, 2013 1:44 p.m.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to limit the state's open records law — potentially through language slipped into the state budget — to keep from the public information about research until it is published or patented.
No specific incidents of harmful disclosures were cited in language for a possible motion that is being passed among Republican lawmakers and was obtained by the Journal Sentinel.
University officials have been seeking to convince GOP lawmakers to advance the legislation either as a separate bill or by inserting it into the state budget when the UW System's part of the bill comes before the Legislature's budget committee Thursday.
In an interview Thursday, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) made clear he was at least open to the idea, though he didn't know all the details on it. He didn't say if the provision would be included in a larger and still unreleased motion on the UW System that is expected to be voted on by Joint Finance Committee members later in the day as it considers funding for public universities and colleges in the 2013-'15 state budget.
Vos said he saw a need to make changes to the open records law to ensure a researcher's work wouldn't have to be released publicly before the researcher was ready to publish it.
"In general, if it's a public institution things should be public, but I don't want to hurt (research)," Vos said.
I don't know how many times I've seen someone post the dismal statistic regarding the very low success rate of new pharmaceuticals in an on-line discussion about the use of animals. Invariably, some numbskull will write back that the crazy vegan animal rights nuts who point out this little problem simply don't understand science and the drug development process. The assertion frequently comes with a puffed-up chest and the anonymous assertion that of course scientists, like them, know more than the nut.
Well..., as many of us nuts have known for some time, financial and other factors tend to turn those with vested interests into total idiots. The research finding discussed below will be vigorously argued against and disparaged, and given the gigantic financial benefits of producing animals and experimenting on them, in spite of the absence of significant benefit, things probably won't change any time soon.
Nevertheless, I simply can't wait to hear the idiots yelling that the many authors of this paper simply don't understand science and the drug development process.
According to Kristie Sullivan, Director of Regulatory Testing Issues at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), this is not unusual "about 90% of all pharmaceuticals tested for safety in animals fail to reach the market, or are quickly pulled from the market". Wanting to understand why this might be so, the consortium decided to test the effects of various treatments that lead to inflammation, and systematically compare results between mice and humans. This postulated correlation across different animal species is sometimes known as the concordance assumption.
London - Senior scientists have criticised the "appalling irresponsibility" of researchers in China who have deliberately created new strains of influenza virus in a veterinary laboratory.
They warned there is a danger that the new viral strains created by mixing bird-flu virus with human influenza could escape from the laboratory to cause a global pandemic, killing millions of people.
Lord May of Oxford, a former government chief scientist and past president of the Royal Society, denounced the study published in the journal Science as doing nothing to further the understanding and prevention of flu pandemics. "They claim they are doing this to help develop vaccines and such like. In fact the real reason is that they are driven by blind ambition with no common sense whatsoever," Lord May told The Independent.
"The record of containment in labs like this is not reassuring. They are taking it upon themselves to create human-to-human transmission of very dangerous viruses. It's appallingly irresponsible," he said.


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Ezra Levant
Photo by Rhonda Spivak
ONE ON ONE WITH EZRA LEVANT: THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD TO FACE LEGAL SANCTION FOR REPRINTING DANISH CARTOONS DEPICTING MOHAMMED
"What I underwent was [essentially] the first prosecution of blasphemy laws in Canada in over eighty years" says Levant
By Rhonda J Spivak, B.A., L.L.B.
Ezra Levant, as publisher of the Western Standard Magazine, says he was investigated in a highly 'shocking" case by " a secular government agency"[ the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission], for "900" days after he "made an editorial decision" to reprint Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed "to illustrate a news story."
Levant, a dynamic fast-talking Calgarian lawyer, whose mother Leslie Meloff and father Marvin Levant grew up in Winnipeg, gave the Winnipeg Jewish Review a one and a half hour interview when he was in Winnipeg in May 2009.
Levant said a few of the cartoons were 'bland" and others were ' critical of radical Islam.' One showed Mohammed in heaven saying "Stop, stop, we ran out of virgins- which was a critical comment about the promise of " 72 celestial virgins offered by radical Muslims in their terrorist recruitment efforts."
Originally, the 12 cartoons published in 2005 didn't make any international news.
"They became a big deal when a group of Danish imams went on a world tour to drum up Muslim anger against Denmark. The group of imams added in three additional cartoons that were made up. These three new [fake] cartoons, which hadn't been published anywhere before, and were the imams' own handiwork- included one showing Mohammed having sex with a dog, and another of Mohammed with a pig face. Syrian and Iran got involved and used these cartoons to whip up riots in their own cities and deflect attention from their own problems. Syria was facing a UN investigation of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Harari, and Iran's plan to develop nuclear weapons was beginning to marginalize it diplomatically…Over 100 people were killed by cartoon violence," said Levant.
"It was the biggest news story in the world, but one thing was missing- the pictures, " added Levant, whose magazine became "the only media outlet in the country to print the cartoons.
CBC and others didn't print them out of 'respect" for Islam, which Levant said was "self-censorship.
"We printed them [the cartoons] not as our opinion. We showed them as a prosecutor would show an exhibit to the jury… our readers wanted to see what all the fuss was about…We got letters of support [for this decision] from some Muslims who said they came to this country to be free… Irshad Manji wrote in a letter of support," said Levant, who noted that his conservative news magazine's motto was "tell it like it is."
After Levant published the cartoons, "a Calgary imam, Syad Soharwardy, [a Pakistani immigrant to Canada], went to the police and demanded they arrest me. The police had to explain to him that this wasn't Saudi Arabia or Pakistan and police in Canada don't enforce the Koran," Levant explained.
But then Soharwardy then filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission [AHRCC] which was accepted by the commission the next day.
"He [Soharwardy] cited verses form the Koran in his complaint. I was investigated for 900 days. It was a fatwa being prosecuted by a secular human rights commission. I was a one-man stimulus package for lawyers. My legal fees were $100,000 dollars. They lost. I won, but not really - I'm out 100,000 dollars. I didn't get my costs. The Imam who went after me is a public advocate of Sha'aria law. He managed to get what was in essence the first prosecution of blasphemy laws in this country in over 80 years." said Levant.
"In the middle of it all, they [the AHRCC] offered me a deal. I had to pay 2000 dollars and give the Imam one page in my magazine to let him write his interpretation…In March 2007, Maclean's magazine was hauled before three Human Rights commissions for its discussion of Radical Islam [for publishing an excerpt from Mark Steyn's book America Alone]. They demanded six pages of McLean's [in a proposed deal]"added Levant, who said that the complaint against him ought to never have amounted to an investigation.
Levant said he raised the money to fight back against the AHRCC because "I was able to raise donations over the internet from people around the world. My wife was pregnant…I didn't have the money."
'Not even the Danish cartoonists themselves had been hauled in to answer for what they'd done, [nor any of the newspapers throughout Europe who had republished the cartoons]," said Levant, who has chronicled the investigation against him in his new book, Shake Down.
Levant, whose blog, ezralevant.com was voted Best Canadian Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards, said that the investigation against him shows Canadian values and legal processes "have been hijacked by radical Islam.'
He said that the Koran isn't the law of the land, neither is the Bible" and "we can't impose a Muslim theocracy or a Jewish theocracy, or any other kind of theocracy in Canada.
"There are two ways [for Radical Islam] to take on a magazine that's critical of it. The first way is to blow up the magazine and the second way is to use our Western legal system against us," said Levant, who added that in his view the "procedures of Human Rights Commissions are "awful."
"They allow hearsay evidence…And they don't even need a search warrant before they search ….They took documents and my hard drive without having a search warrant..," he said.
Levant noted that under section 23 of the AHRCC there are no exceptions for information, such as "letters between me and my lawyer" , which are traditionally regarded as privileged by "real courts."
In a 2008 submission to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, prepared by B'nai Brith Canada's senior legal counsel, David Matas, Matas noted that s. 22(1) of the Alberta Human Rights legislation gave the commission the power "to dismiss at any time a complaint it considers without merit."
After pointing out that the "Soharwardy complaint sat on the books for 2 years", Matas wrote that "A complaint without merit should be dismissed a lot more quickly than that."
When asked about his views of Shahina Siddiqui's complaint against B'nai Brith Canada investigated by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission, he said that B'nai Brith was also put through an ordeal by " a kangaroo court", (with an anonymous complainant) and also unnecessarily became the target of Radical Islam.
Levant notes he is friends with "moderate Muslims" who also oppose the agenda of Radical Islam in Canada, and named Salim Mansur, Tarik Fatah (founder of the moderate Canadian Muslim Congress) and "one of my best friends, Alykhan Velshi, (communications director for Jason Kenny, Canada's Minister of Immigration and Multiculturism).
"They pay a big price for being liberal minded," said Levant. "It's not easy-you can be ostracized and for some it can be uncomfortable continuing to go to their Mosque."
According to Levant, because of cases like his, and others against McLean's magazine, and B'nai Brith, "There is bipartisan support to reform human rights commissions."
Human Rights Commissions and Hate Speech: B'nai Brith and Levant's Diverging Views
Although both B'nai Brith Canada and Ezra Levant have complaints against the workings of human rights commissions, they have very divergent views of what ought to be done to remedy the situation.
Levant believes that Human rights commissions and hate tribunals ought to be dismantled altogether, and there ought to be no regulation of hate speech by human rights commissions or by the criminal law.
Regarding Holocaust denial, Levant said:
If someone is denying the Holocaust, we have to stand up and debate them. If someone is spewing hatred, we have to rebut them, but I'm against any government censorship of their speech. At least we know who the haters are…I want freedom of speech for the right and the left…Countries that censor speech have more violence because people can't vent. Look at Saudi Arabia. Freedom of speech is a great safety valve…"
Levant is against any criminal hate laws and says that David Ahenakew, in his view, ought not have been prosecuted for his hate speech. "You think I'm not offended by Ahenakew …But nobody but his grandchildren would have been interested in listening to him…Now he's a national celebrity…The answer is to stand up and debate him…," Levant added.
According to Levant, "Censorship never works out well for Jews…Jewish organizations [such as B'nai Brith and Canadian Jewish Congress] think that these laws of censorship will only be used to protect them, but they'll also be used against them …" he emphasized.
"The irony is [these] very hate laws are now being used against the Jews by the likes of the Canadian Islamic Congress... Jews should never have endorsed "hate speech" laws. It's not only un-Jewish, but it's set a precedent that is being used against the Jews (like me) and non-Jewish Zionists (like Mark Steyn)," Levant wrote to the Jewish Post & News in an email.
Unlike Levant, B'nai Brith Canada, in its 2008 submission to the Canadian Human Rights Commission has taken the position that "Human Rights Commissions and hate tribunals ought not to be dismantled, but their procedures need to be improved."
In the submission, David Matas, senior counsel for B'nai Brith recommended improvement. He wrote that Human Rights Commissions and Tribunals "need to be educated on the threat that Islamism and political Islam pose for human rights."
He also wrote that human rights commissions need to have the power to award costs to the winning side, and further, "Where a commission has assumed conduct of a case on the side of the complainant but loses at the tribunal level, the tribunal should have the power to award costs not just against the complainant but also against the commission..
Additionally, according to Matas, "The screening and conduct functions of commissions need to be decoupled. Commissions should be screening complaints in every case."
As well, B'nai Brith has advocated that anonymous complaints and multiple complaints in different provinces over the same incident ought not to be allowed.
However, B'nai Brith ended it's submission, by concluding:
"No matter what the procedures…any jurisdiction dealing with Islamism or political Islam without any awareness of what these ideologies are or the damages they pose will not function effectively. Canadian institutions generally, and human rights commissions and tribunals in particular, need to lay in their defences against these ideologies."
TheWinnipeg Jewish Review asked Matas to comment on Levant's position that hate speech ought not to be regulated by criminal law or human rights commissions at all. Matas responded by email:
" This [Levant's argument] is an argument which can be used about any law. Israel is falsely accused of genocide. So there should be no law against genocide and so on. The defence against abuse of the laws is to stop the abuse, not repeal the laws. That sort of reaction is a prescription for anarchy. It is in everyone's interest that we have a society living under the rule of law rather than living in a lawless society."


I was a Primary School teacher for a little over 20 years. One day on the way to a game of football, a friend suggested l open a patchwork shop. I'd always thought l'd love to work for myself. Didn't watch much of the game that day, but by the time we got home l put my ideas to Ray. That night we decided to open Mrs Martin's Quilt Shop.
We opened on March 21st, 2004. After 7 1/ 2 years we relocated Mrs Martin's to our home.
We have a number of Sewing Circles, throughout the week. If you are interested in joining us shoot me off an email.
Why not gather a group of friends together and join us for a Saturday Sewing Circle?
Stitching starts at 10.00am and finishes at 3.00pm. You'll be provided with a yummy home cooked morning and afternoon tea and lunch as well as a never ending cuppa. Receive a 10% discount on fabric and patterns purchased on the day. One lucky guest will receive a $15.00 voucher.
The cost for the day is $40.00, we need a minimum of 8 friends.
Or you may prefer to self cater your Saturday Sewing Circle. Your group brings the food, l will heat and serve for you. Cost if you choose to self cater is $25.00 per person. You'll receive the 10% discount on fabric and patterns purchased on the day and there will still be a $15.00 voucher up for grabs. We require a minimum of eight friends.
We organise the Monbulk Quilt Show in March each year. All the money we raise from the show is donated to the Monbulk CFA.


On Koh Samui's laid-back north coast, Fair House Villas & Spa is a tropical retreat with direct access to Maenam Beach. The 72 villas are set in lush gardens dotted with palm trees and have traditional steep tile roofs. Inside you'll find polished floors, carved wood, modern artwork and floor-to-ceiling windows. All but the Garden Villas feature four-poster beds, and each comes with a spacious bathroom with a walk-in shower and a full tub. Balconies come standard, but the Sunset Suite features a terrace with a Jacuzzi overlooking the ocean. Kick back by the two-tier pool and order a drink during the daily happy hour, or head to the Pandanus Spa for an organic treatment (many of the ingredients are grown in the resort's garden). Dine on Thai fare at the Bre-Eze restaurant, or ask the team to organize a private dinner or barbecue on the beach.
The nearby Fisherman's Village in Bophut offers strolling, shopping and dining opportunities. A visit to Samui demands at least one snorkeling or diving trip; the water's warmth and clarity, and the variety of tropical fish, are simply too good to pass up. Koh Tao and Koh Nang Yuan are both known for their amazing underwater worlds. Snorkeling is also offered on daytrips to Ang Thong Marine Park, which comprises more than 40 limestone islands and plenty of empty beaches on which to chill for a few hours.
We stayed 3 nights at this resort and our overall experience is good. Good food, nice and friendly staff and quiet atmosphere. The rooms are spacious and equipped with all comforts. The resort is huge and nicely located inside a tropical garden with lots of space and green area. Complimentary shuttle service to fishermen village and Chaweng beach when bored with the calm and quite atmosphere in the resort.
We asked for the gym location and then found out later that it was out of order.
The resort does not have the best beach on the island but this did not stop us from having our daily swim. Thank you Fair house.
This is our second stay at the villa. We came last September and have returned this year. This is a recommended place to stay. The beach is fair to good depending on the tide. The breakfast is great. It is located to many excursions. If you have any questions or comments let me know. We have stayed two weeks last year and again two weeks this year.
Very nice hotel and location.
We spent a week in this hotel. Resort is peaceful and very comfortable. Location is quite in nice area with calm sea. Villas are clean and large. Trip includes the breakfast with many options of cuisine. Staff was very kind especially, Aea care about the gest a lot. Just the gym has a very old and crash equipment.
My fiancé and I visited for seven nights using a Scoopon deal that included free daily cocktails and 30min massages per person. The massages were so relaxing, 30mins was enough for someone who absolutely enjoys massages.
All the staff at the resort were lovely, polite and would do anything to help make the stay more relaxing. I am so glad I decided to stay here!
The hotel looks like it was something back in the days, but is not good anymore. Everything seems old and dusty. The staff doesn't speak English not any other language. We seemed to disturb them when we arrived. They took 7 hours to separate two beds in the room, the moved my scooter and it took me 30 minutes to find someone who understood the problem and 30 lire to find it. The most expensive AND most terrible hotel that I had in Thailand.


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Bread is life – Fast for a just peace in Syria
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is a member of Pax Christi International (the Catholic peace movement), which is promoting a new campaign to educate about the violence in Syria.
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Pax Christi International is launching a "bread is life" campaign during Lent 2013 to raise awareness about the suffering of civilian communities in Syria and to express solidarity with those who are trying to survive in Syria and as refugees in surrounding countries.
The Bread is Life campaign will take place from February 13-March 31, 2013, to coincide with the Christian observance of Lent.The acute suffering of civilian communities has been made immeasurably worse by a shortage of bread, Syria's staple food, caused in part by the deliberate bombing of bakeries.
We call on all Pax Christi members and friends worldwide to raise awareness about the plight of the Syrian civilian population, who feel abandoned by the rest of the world; to join in a global act of solidarity through prayer and fasting; to send the Syrian people messages of support; and to advocate for effective humanitarian assistance.
We invite all Pax Christi member organizations and people of good will to:
Leave a message of solidarity for the people of Syria that we will pass to our contacts in Syria and those living abroad. You can forward your message via email, through our Facebook page or via Twitter.
Fast for one day or more to show your solidarity with the Syrian people. Please also tell us when you are fasting so we can let our contacts in Syria know (also via email, Facebook or Twitter). This can be done individually or as a group. Prayer services or fasting vigils in parishes and religious communities could be organized as opportunities to learn about the situation in Syria and to write solidarity messages. The power of fasting joins the political with the very personal.
Pax Christi International urges the end of violence and calls to respect the life of all Syrians without any distinction because of race, ethnic origin, creed, gender or others. Pax Christi International calls for a just peace in Syria.
Brussels, 8 February 2013


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Q: What does this line point to in file structure?
C:\xampp\htdocs\eve-charinfo/.pheal-cache/722091/n3Yeskd6U90NyJXG5m5O6p5Rid9NVKKfJBaSVx3j9S3xApfAiYhBBSabzZas7VCr/account/APIKeyInfo/

It starts off with generic file structure but then you get to the /. and I can't follow the structure anymore.  What does this path actually specify?

A: Off the information you've given, it is probably still (at least supposed to be) a path. "." is a special folder meaning  the same folder. For instance ".\readme.txt" is the file readme.txt in the current path.
Edit: I mucked up. In this context, . before a folder is the unix/linux convention to hide a folder. What I said previously would apply if it said ".\" rather then "\.". The hidden folder may not be accessible remotely. If local, you may be able to navigate by displaying it.
"/" is the directory separator used by Unix/Linux type OS's (as opposed to "\" being used in Windows), but many applications (not all) will read them interchangeably.
It is therefore likely that the path referred to is C:\xampp\htdocs\eve-charinfo\.pheal-cache\722091\n3Yeskd6U90NyJXG5m5O6p5Rid9NVKKfJBaSVx3j9S3xApfAiYhBBSabzZas7VCr\account\APIKeyInfo\ - at least off the information given, but .pheal-cache may be a hidden, inaccessible folder.

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Q: Sending a series of questions using my slack bot I have a slack bot that I am building for slack.
In my test workspace, the bot is installed and I can send messages as the bot to any user.  If a user reply to the bot nothing happens at the moment.
I want to understand what I need to setup in the admin for my slack app to do the following:
At a specific time I need to send a user a question and then based on their reply I will ask 1 more question.
So to summarize there will be 2 questions asked.
The first question will also include a interactive message that will allow the user to delay the question for 5 minutes or just stop the questioning flow.
Do I need to setup a incoming webhook or Interactive components?

A: It would work with interactive components.

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*your bot sends the user a direct message with the question as interactive button or interactive menu (it will appear on the Slackbot channel of the user).

*When the user answers by clicking on a button or menu item your app will receive his answer as request and can process it accordingly.
repeat above for the 2nd question
Note that your would need to implement a delay feature for your bot by your own. The Slack API does not offer any scheduling function.