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Remember when no-fun parents were afraid that Pokémon would get kids into the occult? Yo-Kai is basically Nintendo and Level-5 daring those people to protest again. In the upcoming Nintendo 3DS RPG Yo-Kai Watch, players scour the land battling and befriending Yo-Kai, diverse spirits based on the yokai entities of Japanese mythology. Realizing that "J-Horror for kids" is a bit of a tough sell for Americans, at New York Comic Con developer Level-5 and their partners Nintendo and Hasbro showed off their ambitious plans to get Yo-Kai Watch to take off in the states.
"There are similarities between Pokémon and Yo-Kai Watch," said Yukari Hayakawa, Chief Operating Officer of Level-5's Abby division. "But what we see as the core difference is that Yo-Kai Watch is a comedy. It's not an adventure story like Pokémon. We sometimes explain it as an animated sitcom."
The difference in tone is not only reflected in the Yo-Kai Watch anime and manga's sense of humor, but also the game's quirky systems. We've already shared some of our thoughts on the Yo-Kai Watch game, but after playing it for myself I was surprised how different it felt from its more recognizable monster-catching cousin. Yo-Kai Watch features lots of strange mechanics that try to mimic the arcane act of wrangling spirits to do your bidding. In a way, it shares adventure game-DNA with Level-5's pleasantly puzzling Professor Layton series.
Some of these systems are intriguing. With your Slimer-esque ghost guide Whisper by your side, you travel across the map detecting troublesome Yo-Kai with your lens on the touch screen. Some of these hauntings are benign. If a Yo-Kai's aura is bumming people out maybe you can use kindness to convince it to join your party. "You don't necessarily have to battle," said Hayakawa. "50 to 60 percent of the time you negotiate with the Yo-Kai." It's the non-lethal options of Undertale with the metaphysical therapy of The World Ends With You. But other Yo-Kai are more into straight-up demonic possession and require a violent exorcising. Unfortunately, Yo-Kai Watch's real-time, three-on-three combat system is simultaneously too chaotic and weirdly hands-off.
While Yo-Kai Watch is set to debut in America this fall (the game on November 6 and the Disney XD show a few days ago on October 5) the franchise is already on its third entry in Japan. Hayakawa explained that although a worldwide launch would have been ideal, testing was necessary to make sure the thoroughly Japanese game would have appeal abroad.
"The kids are in today's world. In the show or in the game, the Yo-Kai are using Yo-Kai Pad, which is basically an iPad in Yo-Kai world. They're using SMS and mobile phones. Those are things kids today, all over the world, can relate to," said Hayakawa. She feels the strength of the concept, along with clever translation, will overcome any challenges of cross-cultural confusion. "The word 'Yo-Kai' may not be something kids outside of Japan know about, but the idea of invisible beings that are responsible for daily annoyances, I think any kid in any market can understand."
Yo-Kai Watch is more than just a game, though. It's a "brand ecosystem," and that ecosystem was in full bloom at New York Comic Con. I saw Yo-Kai Watch plush toys, Yo-Kai Watch Monopoly, and a Yo-Kai Watch watch. That last toy makes use of hundreds of Yo-Kai collectible medallions. Instead of just having certain elemental affinities like fire and water, Yo-Kai are also classified by personality types like brave and charming. Insert a medallion in the watch and listen to the personality theme song and catchphrase of a Yo-Kai like Jibanyan, a charming cat with two flaming tails.
Those medallions also tie into the Yo-Kai Watch iOS app. Scanning them lets players access a database to learn more about specific spirits, and the augmented-reality functionality causes the Yo-Kai to materialize into the real world. Whenever medallions for new Yo-Kai appear onscreen during the TV show, you can also scan those frames as if they were physical medallions. However, while you can scan a QR code on each medallion to earn bonuses in the 3DS game, this AR feature is iOS-exclusive, which is weird because one of the 3DS's most impressive abilities when it first launched was its AR app. In time the iOS app will be updated with minigames, too, but since this is a Level-5 project don't view this as Nintendo's first entry in the mobile gaming space. Nintendo is the American publisher but Yo-Kai is strictly a Level-5 joint.
The amount of Yo-Kai Watch content I consumed in one short hour was overwhelming, but Hayakawa is confident this just reflects how excited her company and their partners are for the franchise.
"Hasbro, Nintendo, Disney, we chose those partners because they were excited about Yo-Kai Watch. I wouldn't want to sell Yo-Kai Watch to them but rather work with people who believed this would work in this market," said Hayakawa. And if that doesn't work, maybe Yo-Kai will live on thanks to an unexpected niche audience of adults. "In Japan, this IP started off for kids between 6 to 10, but here, there's an adult audience that has love for the IP. That was a pleasant surprise."


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After a downturn in the economy forced a one-year closure, D.R. Johnson Lumber Co. is set to resume operations at its Riddle sawmill Oct. 6. The timber firm anticipates it could hire up to two-dozen workers.
"We are excited to put our people back to work," Chief Operating Officer John Redfield said. "After being down for over a year, it feels good to be getting back in the game." Co-owner Valerie Johnson said a rebounding market for wood products has her "enthusiastically optimistic but cautious as well" about reopening the sawmill that closed last winter.
"This economy still has not recovered. While the rest of the country feels they went through a recession, there's no question that the wood products industry went through a depression," Johnson said. She said the company anticipates the market will remain steady enough to reopen the mill.
"Also, logs are still very difficult to come by because federal agencies still don't have responsible management strategies on federal lands, but we do believe the particular log we need at that mill at Riddle will be available, at least in enough supply for us to run this," she added.
Founder Don R. Johnson and his wife, JoAnne, settled in Riddle in 1951 and immediately began building a sawmill where the current facility still stands at 1991 Pruner Road. Today, the company also operates a glu-lam beam plant and a co-generation power plant at the Riddle site. Those facilities have not been shut down. Don R. Johnson passed away in 2010. His wife, and the couple's children and grandchildren now run the company. Last winter was the first time the mill was closed for an extended period of time, said Valerie Johnson, Don and JoAnne Johnson's daughter.
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There have been few books that have left such an impact on me — "A Long Way Gone" is one of them.
Set in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah's memoir illustrates how life can go from average, everyday normal, to the throes of war - overnight. From school children to child soldiers, this story highlights just how little separate the former from the latter. Children do not want to become soldiers, fighters, killers. They want to go to school, play football, listen and rap to music. However, circumstances out of their control engulf them and turn their worlds upside down. This story does an excellent job of demonstrating that and in turn, humanizing child soldiers.
By following the personal story of Beah, readers learn the horrors that surround war. Through Beah, we learn that as an adolescent boy on the run, he is often misperceived as the threat he is fleeing. Therefore, he is rejected and chased away from villages he passes while fleeing the war.
Faced with the option - kill or be killed - Beah joins the army. He notes the horrors that become and surround his daily life - murders, rape, drugs, guns, violence, fear. It's often hard to remember that he is still barely a teenager and not a warmonger.
Beah does end up in a rehabilitation center. It is here, through the help of UNICEF and his incredible nurse that he begins to recover. It is also here that the impact and influence of war is perhaps most potently demonstrated - when the child soldiers try to return to being what they should have been all along, just children. Something that may seem so easy and so natural to return to, is in reality incredibly challenging for the children and caretakers alike. Nevertheless, they persist. I won't spoil the inspiring ending of the book, so I encourage you to read it yourself.
Beah's decision to share his story with the world is a brave one. His story is eye-opening and heartbreaking and quite frankly, a story that the world needs to know as long as child soldiers continue to exist.
** If you are interested in becoming more educated on child soldiers, we also would recommend watching the short movie, "They Came At Night." You can watch it online for free, here: vimeo.com/81378993
Paula McLain's, Circling the Sun, conveys the beautiful and detailed tale of one young woman's life. McLain vividly paints the the Kenyan sky, elaborately drawing the landscape with her words in such a way that makes it nearly tangible to the reader.
British bred Beryl Markham grows up in Kenya - a place where the land is her playground. Abandoned by her mother and brother, she is raised by the native Kipsigis Tribe, her father and their horses. In a non-conventional manner, Beryl receives an education through experience, adventure and play. Her unique adolescence shapes her into a tenacious, captivating young woman, who seeks adventure, loves fully and embraces the unknown. Beryl's world is turned upside down when she must attend formal schooling. Not soon after, her young adult life begins with a series of tumultuous relationships and conventional rules Beryl simply cannot conform to. Motherless, she is ill-prepared and lacking guidance as she struggles to map out the role women play in colonial Kenya in the 1920's. Interestingly enough, this book - contrary to many colonial books of this nature- focuses on white women residing in Kenya, rather than the Kenyan colonial struggle itself.
In one light, Beryl is consumed by the traditional ways and so, she marries. However, she soon realizes the weight and personal incompatibility marriage bears. And so, she chooses to fulfill her long-awaited dream of becoming a horse trainer. In another light, Beryl is a fearless pioneer. Throughout her entire life, she constantly defied the customs that dictated it. Whether it was working as a female, training horses, flying planes or simply having lovers as opposed to being someone's wife, Beryl erected the life that she wanted - and not anyone else. Written beautifully, Beryl's accomplishments literally and figuratively fly off the page in this historical piece.
Circling the Sun, is a compelling adventure of trials, love, and perseverance. Brazen Beryl Markham pushes life to its limits in the most raw and fervent of courses. Her never-ending pursuit for greatness is garrisoned by her lust for adventure and her unshakable will.


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Toronto Poetry Slam featuring Johnny Trinh!
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The most popular slam in the GTA - Toronto Poetry Slam returns with the second monthly slam at The Drake Hotel Undergound! POETS: bring your spoken word to the stage ready to show us what you've got! AUDIENCE: bring your open hearts and minds to take in the wonderful art that will grace your ears!
The annual tradition continues! Toronto Poetry Project's Comedy Slam returns on June 1 with a special host and very special feature!
Our Comedy Slam asks competing poets to bring their funniest works to this two-round cumulative-scoring slam! 12 poets max. Normal slam rules apply.
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"They say" is a workshop that tackles the issue of not putting a name to our lost loved ones because of a certain stigma or shame attached to their passings. Through writing prompts we learn to say those names again.
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Saqqara, in Egypt, is the oldest stone complex ever built by humans—and within it sits the oldest pyramid in Egypt. It's a piece of irreplaceable history that's been crumbling for 4,600 years. But according to local news reports, it's currently being destroyed by the company hired to "restore" it.
In fact, the company hired by Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities technically committed a crime in its restoration. According to the Egypt Independent, preservation laws require that any new construction be less than 5 per cent of the preserved structure. Instead, the company — which has reportedly never worked on a preservation project before! — constructed a number of new walls and structures that exceed the limit.
Now, that might not be such a huge deal. Buildings can be torn down. But according to activists, the new construction is actively contributing to the collapse of the pyramid, which is considered the oldest cut-stone structure in the world.
You see, back in 1992, a major earthquake hit the region, and it nearly destroyed the pyramid. It sent "tonnes" of stone, broken free from the structure, down into the base, and created a "dome shaped" void at its top, in the words of archaeologist Peter James, who says it was "liable to collapse at any time."
At the time, James's company installed an ingenious temporary balloon-style support called WaterWall. "The internally-reinforced PVC product can be inflated with air and then filled with water," writes James. "It was this product that was used to support the inverted dome of stone." The system worked well, and over time, restoration specialists planned to install steel rods to strengthen the pyramid permanently.
But funding ran out. And kept running out, it seems, as sociopolitical upheaval wracked Egypt. The company that was hired to take up the job has reportedly never restored an ancient structure before—in fact, it's never completed a successful project at all. Speaking to Al-Masry Al-Youm and translated by the Egypt Independent, one advocate said the company is actually responsible for a collapse of one section of the structure already.
It's a sad, and unfortunately very common throughout history, occurrence; amid political and economic upheaval, our monuments tend to fall by the wayside. [Egypt Independent; Co.Design]
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The Prime Minister on Monday reiterated his government's intention to set up 20 world-class universities this year. The idea is to bring about qualitative improvement in the standards of education — currently India has virtually no representation in international rankings of educational institutions.
So what's the plan?
The government will identify 10 government and 10 private universities and help them achieve "world-class standards". According to the HRD Ministry's concept note submitted to the Prime Minister's Office, these universities will have
* A corpus of at least Rs 1,000 crore
* A place in the top 500 in any renowned ranking system
* Accreditation by a reputed international agency
* Faculty-student ratio not less than 1:10 over 3 years of establishment
* Excellent laboratory facilities and cutting edge research
* A good mix of domestic and foreign students
* A good proportion of foreign or foreign-qualified faculty
* Teaching and research collaborations with reputed international universities
* At least two publications in each discipline in a reputed peer-reviewed journal every year
Is all of this new?
Not really. The proposal is quite similar to UPA's Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012, which too sought to create a separate category of universities with autonomy to determine their own standards and decide on matters like faculty hiring and salaries, curriculum, fees, etc.
How will the universities be chosen?
Aspirant institutions will submit a detailed 15-year plan of how they would meet laid-down requirements of world-class universities. A committee of experts set up by the UGC will evaluate the plans and pick the universities for upgradation. Applicants in the government category should figure in the top 25 of the National Institution Ranking Framework. Those in the private category can be both greenfield and brownfield institutions. Brownfields must be deemed universities with an 'A' from NAAC; greenfields must have a corpus of Rs 750 crore.
How will the government help?
The institutions will be able to:
* Charge fees from foreign students without restriction, and determine fee for domestic students, provided no meritorious candidate is turned away for want of money. There should be adequate scholarships.
* Offer courses and degrees in new areas without consulting regulatory institutions.
* Initiate academic collaborations with foreign educational institutions without need for government approvals.
* Hire foreign faculty with relaxed salary restrictions.
* Hire industry experts even if they don't have requisite academic qualification.
* Spend resources with full financial autonomy.
* Government world-class universities will get additional assistance of Rs 500 crore over 5 years.
Are there any problems?
Details of the proposal are not public, and have not been analysed threadbare. Allowing private players to set up entirely new institutions as world-class universities could be seen as an attempt to give big private interests easy passage into the education sector with little monitoring, and without the obligation of adhering to government regulations. The proposal is silent on whether foreign education providers can use this route to enter India and set up campuses here.
What happens now?
A law can be brought by Parliament, or such institutions can be declared deemed universities. Should the HRD Ministry choose the deemed university route, the University Grants Commission will have to amend its deemed university regulations.
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I thought I'd hide myself in the current of the clouds but for the noise of planes, the smell of pollution. For a while I hid at the very top of monuments, but the sight of all those people dead and living drove me out. I became so terrified and genuinely disquiet that I had to glide from the skyscrapers to the level of lamp posts and laybys from Big Ben to Potts Point, Middle East to the Wild West, warzone to cafe, bank to bunker. Still here, there was far too many fingers scraped down windows, forlorn gazes, agonising souls, children living in boxes. Every day was new and exciting but the weight of them all just hung and hung. Tension grew until I could take it no longer. I lost my head and drove off the road, stranded in an ordinary day.
So I hid myself in animals until birdsong bored me and older lions devoured me. Feeling like experience was with me, I decided to turn my attention to just one person, one name in a million, hiding myself in an angry man with a 9 hour day and a 3 bedroom semi-detached. I felt secure and had just enough work and attention to stay alive. In the end I thought myself unlucky he didn't want to die that way, swimming in a pool gasping for adventure.
Have you ever ran from one place to another so often you felt pursued? As for me, I grew discouraged through drawn out years spent searching for shelter. I shrouded myself in concepts like politics or security, the sensible ways. Buried myself in sand, so only my face could be seen by others wishing to pass by or talk. In a rage and a depression I took cover in an atom and spoke out curses, spoke out all the words in the world until there was nothing left to say and noone left to talk to.
So I stopped. And I asked Him, yes Him, where he wanted me to be and what He wanted me to do. When I received no reply I changed my request into a plea and scrapped my plans to sit forever in the gaps between the leaves. As those words left my tongue he changed me from a spirit of fear into a new spirit, and from a new spirit into a man.


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Scientists report that systemic inflammation underlies most disease processes of the human body. Inflammation is the body's natural response to injury, and in that context, it is a healthy reaction. For example, a cut in the skin triggers inflammation, and your body produces white blood cells that rush to the site of the cut to heal the skin. But when inflammation persists, it can cause problems such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.


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They may ask you a couple of questions in order to navigate you to the person best suited to help you. The Healthcare Navigator is not being nosey, nor will they make any clinical decisions, they have been trained to help you get the most appropriate care, from the most appropriate person. Healthcare Navigators, like all members of the team, are bound by the same confidentiality rules. Thank you for your support.
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A registration form will then be produced for you to collect within 2 working days. Please bring one form of photo-identification such as a driving license or passport with you (we can also accept a bank statement or utility bill). For children below the age of 11 and vulnerable patients please ask about proxy access.
Electronic Prescription Service
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What does this mean for you?
If you currently collect your repeat prescriptions from the surgery you will not have to visit the surgery to pick up your paper prescription. Instead, your GP will send it electronically to the place you choose, saving you time.
You will have more choice about where to get your medicines from because they can be collected from a pharmacy near to where you live, work or shop. Please visit the pharmacy of your choice and nominate them to collect your prescription.
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Do you live alone or are caring for someone else? Is debt or housing something that causes you to worry? Do you feel isolated? If so ask at reception about a referral to Social Prescribing. Age UK now offer a new service called Reconnections, which is aimed at reducing loneliness. They work with individuals on a one to one basis, helping to improve confidence anbd finding activities and interests to suit everyone.
Over the counter medication restrictions
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Written by Paula Goodyer. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 24 July 2012.
With links to obesity and heart disease, sugar's reputation is worse than it's ever been – but does this make alternative sweeteners a healthier option?
It depends on who you believe. If you think sugar gets a bad rap ('sweet poison'; pure white and deadly') it's mother's milk compared to aspartame which so many internet sites suggest is guilty of everything from vaginal irritation and weight gain to Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Often used in soft drink, some weight loss products and yoghurts, aspartame is considered safe by Food Standards Australia New Zealand unless you have the rare genetic disorder – phenylketonuria – which all newborn babies in Australia are screened for. As for cancer, artificial sweeteners including saccharin and cyclamates once linked to cancer in animals, have been okayed – cautiously – by the World Cancer Research Fund, which says the evidence doesn't suggest any 'detectable effect' on cancer risk.
On the face of it, artificial sweeteners let you have your cake and eat it – you get the sweet taste without paying the price of extra kilojoules from sugar. But are they useful or do they perpetuate and even increase our reliance on highly sweetened foods?
"We don't know the answer to that, although my belief is that they're not doing us any good," says Russell Keast, Associate Professor in Food and Nutrition at Deakin University, who thinks artificial sweeteners may leave us hankering after the real thing.
"Besides having receptors for sweetness on our tongue we also have them through the digestive tract where they pick up signals telling us that carbohydrate foods are on their way," he explains. "But with a food like an artificially sweetened soft drink you get the sweetness but the carbohydrates never come and the body is saying 'you promised me energy and it's not here' – so the body may feel cheated which drives appetite or increased hunger. "
Whether this happens with foods like artificially sweetened yoghurt which still contains carbohydrates isn't clear – it's probably less of an issue but we just don't know, he says.
If you want to eat less sugar and avoid artificial sweeteners too, there's a middle road: the plant-based sweetener stevia which is so intensely sweet – 290 times more than sugar -that it only takes a tiny bit to sweeten food (though it does have an odd aftertaste).
I've been trialling stevia this week with mixed results. For sweetening your cocoa with fewer kilojoules, stevia hits the spot. It's okay in porridge too, but less successful in stewed rhubarb – it's sweet enough but compared to raw sugar, strangely flat and less satisfying. As for baking, I had more success with CSR Smart, the blend of sugar and stevia which seems like a good compromise to me – it has 50 per cent fewer kilojoules because you only use half as much as you would with regular sugar.
But sometimes common sense gets lost when a food like sugar becomes demonised. Too much sugar spread through the day in breakfast cereal, soft drink, cakes, sweets and packaged foods is a problem – a teaspoon on your porridge isn't. Instead of spending research dollars searching for the perfect no-kilojoule sugar substitute that lets us eat more sweet stuff with less impact on our weight, wouldn't it be smarter to eat sugar the old fashioned way? Skip the soft drink, juice, bikkies and too-sweet yoghurt and just add a bit of real sugar to real food when we need to.
"It's hard to go past the message that says it's best to avoid highly processed food and to remember that our early food experiences are very important for determining our food preferences as we get older," adds Russell Keast. "We learn to like what the family exposes us to – and parents should be aware of this."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/blogs/chew-on-this/the-best-alternative-to-sugar-20120723-22jfe.html#ixzz22NUeqQ1x


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All I knew about Emmett Till was the image of his bloated figure in that coffin. I think I saw it in an article in one of the magazines we had in the house at the time. His mother was standing next to him looking down on his lifeless body with a countenance that openly displayed her heartache – as open as the casket in which her son lay.
It was an image that stuck with me for a long time. It scared me – I would even say it left a scar on my psyche. I never said anything about it because in my young mind, the mere mention of it would make me feel as if the same thing might happen to me. My mother briefly spoke about the backstory to his murder but I don't think a single word registered. I was too focused on that gruesome, awful photo. Was that really a little boy? How could a human do something like that to another human, I thought – so grizzly was the image.
Years later, I thought of Emmett Till when Trayvon Martin was murdered. Trayvon's murder was under different circumstances but just like Till, his murderer was found not guilty. I say Trayvon like I knew him. I think we all knew him. When I thought of Trayvon, I thought of my nephew. PJ must have been about 13 at the time – one year younger than Emmett's last. You may have thought of your son. Or your daughter; your cousin; your neighbor.
I also think we all knew Emmett. The young brother was never interviewed. No one ever got his side of the story. All that mattered was that a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, said that he whistled at her, grabbed her by the waist and uttered obseneties – and that was justification enough for his death. All that mattered was that George Zimmerman said Trayvon looked suspicious and that was justification enough for his death.
When I spoke of Trayvon, I spoke with a sadness, an anger, a fire that did not want to be doused…that is until tears welled up on the bottom of my eyes unexpectedly, like an unwelcomed guest knocking at my front door but quickly being turned away. Was this the America for which I was fighting in America's beloved Marine Corps? Regardless, this was the America that Americans were most familiar with – an America that would criminalize a young Black teenager and somehow justify his murder. That was the America that their fathers and forefathers knew and loved.
It was an America that enjoyed the economic prosperity that slavery provided and at the same time ignored the slaves' contribution to the American dream, shamelessly denying them the opportunity to benefit from the sweat of their own brow – then having the gall to say pull yourself up by your bootstraps. It was an America that proudly said all men are created equal yet considered Blacks 3/5 of a human. Brutes. It was an America that claimed to be a melting pot for everyone but blatantly segregated Blacks from whites as if to say, "Except for y'all." An America that could kill Black men, women, and children then tell you to "get over it."
Yes. Sadly, this was the America for which I suited up every day. Camouflaged into a background of feigned justice that did not exist for everyone of its citizens. The same people who would extend an oft-rehearsed "Thank you for your service" were some of the same ones who contributed to Trayvon's murderer's defense fund. I am certain there were some Marines who did the same. This was the America I served.
Jury at trial of Bryant and Milam, 1955. (Library of Congress)
It was an America where an all-white, all-male jury could take a little over one hour (67 minutes to be exact) to find Emmett Till's murderers not guilty and allow them to continue living their lives in the comfort of fruited plains and waves of grain. Prior to the trial, $10,000 was collected for the defense – locals galvanizing to ensure the most deplorable of their white privilege remained imperforate. If ever there were a foregone conclusion to a trial, this was it. To refer to it as a trial was simply a formality. Not guilty. Like nothing happened. As if it were ok. That's because it was…and still is in many cases.
But there was one catch.
We often hear about the courage of Emmett's mother, Mamie Till. She decided to allow his body for viewing as opposed to a closed casket. But she wasn't the only courageous one in the family. Till's murderers said they didn't set out to kill the young teenager, they just wanted to scare him. But he wouldn't show any fear. They stripped him of his clothes but he was still defiant. Emmett didn't yell or scream when being beaten over the head with the same pistol that would be used to kill him a short while later. He didn't want to give them the satisfaction. To add further insult, his last words were, "You bastards! I'm not afraid of you! I'm just as good as you are!" In the face of death, he didn't budge. Those words and actions bothered his captors even more than the murder they were about to commit.
I like to think that he said Fuck you. You're going to have to kill me.
He was then shot in the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River, a cotton gin fan attached to his neck by barbed wire.
The Department of Justice has decided to reopen the case. Forgive me if I have my suspicions of the DOJ, however well-intentioned this reexamination of evidence may be disguised. If history has taught me anything, it has been to take heed of it. Bryant, the only liar remaining, should be sentenced to death for her false accusations that led to Till's murder. The other accomplices – her husband, Roy, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam – have long been dead. Nothing short of that sentence will be acceptable. Trayvon never made it home. Hopefully Emmett finally will. Even then, there will still be an irreplaceable void.
Emmett Till would have been 77 years old this year; Trayvon Martin 23 but their spirits live on. I will remember their strength when it seems like the fight is tougher than expected. I would hope that others will, too. One was fourteen, the other seventeen but their resolve is ageless. They'll never truly kill you, my beautiful young brothers.
We won't allow them to.


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Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono are two legends of Hawaiian music. Each became an icon in the 1970s, both at the creative forefront as Hawaiian music reinvented itself. They have continued to lead the way for over 4 decades.
Keola Beamer's contributions to slack key guitar during the 1970s began to spark public interest in kī-hō'alu, launching a statewide revival of the tradition, and his 1978 release, Honolulu City Lights, is the largest selling recording in the history of Hawaiian music. Today he is one of Hawai'i's premier singer-songwriters, arrangers, composers and masters of the Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Henry Kapono became the wildly popular phenomenon Cecilio & Kapono (aka C&K) with Cecilio Rodriguez. They helped forge the sound of 70s Hawaiian music, with laid-back contemporary rock that voiced the feelings of an entire generation in Hawai'i. Today as a solo artist, Henry is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning singer and songwriter.
Despite their common history, Keola & Henry only performed together for the first time in 2014, when Henry invited Keola & Moana Beamer to be part of Back in the Day. This wildly successful show featured Hawai'i's musical greats who shaped Hawaiian music from the '70s on, part of the "Hawaiian Renaissance" -- the seminal movement in Hawai'i's cultural history that brought language, music, hula, art, and all aspects of Hawaiian culture back to their central place in the life of the Islands.
Touring together, Keola & Henry have been greeted by wildly enthusiastic audiences, celebrating their original songs that have become beloved contemporary Hawaiian classics.
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> I think I have been guilty of being somewhat of a moving target.
> See below.
> I think I regret saying that Absolute Truth and Objective reality
> are the same thing. What I was meaning was precisely what you
> said above: "Objective Reality defines what is true". I also said
> that "Absolute Truth defines what is true". That is the sense
> that I was intending when I said OR was the same as AT.
It takes a certain strength of intellectual character to expend effort
on assimilating a point of view with which you think you disagree,
discovering that it is coherent, and then announcing to a whole
community that the elements of a picture you formerly rejected have
fallen into place for you. Many people on this list lack that
intellectual honesty. I may be one of them.
Jason, with this one post you have established yourself as an honest and
thoughtful participant to this on-going discussion. I'm sending this to
you personally because some would take it as a backhanded crticism, i.e.
they'd see praise for you as implicit ridicule of thier own obstinate
behaviour. Still, I suspect that you've elevated yourself in the eyes of
many Virions and set an excellent example. I fear I'll be withdrawing
from the discussion starting almost immediately. I'm about to start a
new job which is going to eat up most of my time. I've seen a
disturbing trend away from rational discourse on this list and toward
sophmoric ego battles. I trust that the contributions of people like
David McFadzean, Ken Pantheists, Reed Konsler, and Hakeeb Nandalal and
yourself will keep the Virus discussion list from degenerating into
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Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel, "Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America" (U Texas Press, 2019): Elsey and Nadel uncover the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century,
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Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel's new book, Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019), uncovers the hidden history of the arrival of physical education for girls in the late-nineteenth century, it's expansion beyond schools, and the subterranean struggles of girls and women to play and expand access and support for sports across Latin America. While sports has often been sidelined in histories of gender, class, nationalism, and the so-called Social Question in the region, Elsey and Nadel show how women's involvement in sports animated eugenic debates over healthy citizens, nationalism, and proper motherhood in government, the Church, and the press. Beginning with women's sports clubs in schools and moving to charity events, informal play, and regional leagues, women began to take up previously denied national and international pastimes much earlier than previously acknowledged. With women's sports facing opposition, underfunding, neglect, silence, and outright outlawing (in the case of futbol in Brazil) throughout the twentieth century and up to the current World Cup, the authors show how generations of women athletes' struggles and memories wove together a vibrant history of play, competition, and resilience. Despite the title, the book explores women's involvement in tennis, track, gymnastics, basketball, and futbol (soccer), and medical and media debates over which activities were "properly" or "improperly" feminine for women's psychology, bodies, and futures as mother's. It covers case studies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, and El Salvador.Jesse Zarley will be an assistant professor of history at Saint Joseph's College on Long Island, where in Fall 2019 he will be teaching Latin American, Caribbean, and World History. His research interests include borderlands, ethnohistory, race, and transnationalism during Latin America's Age of Revolution, particularly in Chile and Argentina. He is the author of a recent article on Mapuche leaders and Chile's independence wars. You can follow him on Twitter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Scientists claimed a breakthrough today in solving one of the biggest riddles of physics, successfully trapping the first "anti-atom" in a quest to understand what happened to all the antimatter that has vanished since the Big Bang.
An international team of physicists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN, managed to create an atom of anti-hydrogen and then hold onto it for long enough to demonstrate that it can be studied in the lab.
"For us it's a big breakthrough because it means we can take the next step, which is to try to compare matter and antimatter," the team's spokesman, American scientist Jeffrey Hangst, told The Associated Press.
"This field is 20 years old and has been making incremental progress toward exactly this all along the way," he added. "We really think that this was the most difficult step." For decades, researchers have puzzled over why antimatter seems to have disappeared from the universe.
Theory posits that matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts at the moment of the Big Bang, which spawned the universe some 13.7 billion years ago. But while matter - defined as having mass and taking up space - went on to become the building block of everything that exists, antimatter has all but disappeared except in the lab.
Hangst and his colleagues, who included scientists from Britain, Brazil, Canada, Israel and the United States, trapped 38 anti-hydrogen for about one tenth of a second, according to a paper submitted to the respected science journal Nature. Since their first success, the team has managed to hold the anti-atoms even longer.
"Unfortunately I can't tell you how long, because we haven't published the number yet," Hangst told the AP. "But I can tell you that it's much, much longer than a tenth of a second. Within human comprehension on a real clock."
Scientists have long been able to create individual particles of antimatter such as anti-protons, anti-neutrons and positrons - the opposite of electrons. Since 2002, they have also managed to lump these particles together to form anti-atoms, but until recently none could be trapped for long enough to study them, because atoms made of antimatter and matter annihilate each other in a burst of energy upon contact.
"It doesn't help if they disappear immediately upon their creation," said Hangst. "So the big goal has been to hold onto them."
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Scientists claimed a breakthrough today in solving one of the biggest riddles of physics, successfully trapping the first "anti-atom" in a quest to understand what happened to all the antimatter that has vanished since the Big Bang.


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Dark Horse to bring out a second Buffy Adult Coloring Book. This time you'll get to color in "Big Bads & Monsters".
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Health minister Andrew Lansley was heckled and branded a liar by delegates at the congress of the Royal College of Nursing on 14 May.
His appearance came on the same day that an RCN survey showed 26,000 nursing posts have been cut in the past two years and a further 61,000 posts are at risk.
At the same time there are real term pay cuts, attacks on sickness absence and holiday entitlement, not to mention the dismantling of 63 years of free state-run healthcare.
The Department of Health has said £20 billion cuts can be made by trimming management and by shifting care out of hospitals and into
Picket lines at Central Foundation Girls School in east London, where workers are striking against job losses, pay cuts and increases to workload, were well attended on Friday 11 May (the most recent day of action).
The increasingly nervy and confrontational headteacher repeatedly threatened to call the police because there were more than six people on the picket.
The action has already forced the school management into concessions, and it has now conceded on both job losses and pay cuts, which primarily effected support staff (i.e. Unison members).
Despite accepting management's concessions,
On 10 May 20,000 coppers joined a Police Federation demonstration against cuts and reforms. On the same day just 500 public sector workers joined London's strike day rally against pension cuts.
Trade unionists should take note here — the police mobilisation put that of the labour movement to shame.
In 2010 Tom Winsor, former government advisor on rail regulation under New Labour, was commissioned by Home Secretary Theresa May to review police pay and conditions. His report proposes a fundamental overhaul of recruitment and promotion structures, pay and conditions of service — including
A famous politician once said: "You must be able at each particular moment to find the particular link in the chain which you must grasp with all your might in order to hold the whole chain and to prepare firmly for the transition to the next link".
The task of activists at the annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS, 20-22 May) is to determine the next link in the chain of the dispute and to pull as hard as we can to move onto the next link. That means abandoning the present approach of the union leadership; the tactic of the isolated one day strike. This method of
Young workers and working students came together at Goldsmiths College on Saturday 12 May for 'Student Worker Solidarity 2012', an activist gathering organised by the Young Members Network of the GMB union's Southern Region.
Co-sponsored by Goldsmiths Students Union, Royal Holloway Students Union and social justice NGO People & Planet, the event aimed to share experiences, skills and resources for anyone involved in trade union organising in their workplace or on their campus (and, as is often the case, when those two places are one and the same).
Bar workers employed by their own Student
The British Medical Association (BMA), the professional association for doctors, has begun balloting its 103,000 members for industrial action.
The BMA is opposed to increases in employee contributions to doctors' pensions scheme, and the raising of the pension age from 65 to 68. Although the BMA has ruled out a full strike, a positive result in the ballot could see doctors refusing to perform any duties or procedures that could be safely postponed.
Doctors last took industrial action in 1975.
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Tube union RMT has launched a high-profile public campaign to win reinstatement for
A strike by fuel tanker drivers has been averted after workers narrowly voted to accept a deal to end a dispute over safety, job security and minimum standards.
Although the workers' union, Unite, had recommended rejection, 51% of the workers, across seven haulage firms, voted to accept the deal that brings an end to a lengthy dispute which has seen panicked scaremongering from the Tory government.
The deal includes proposals for a drivers' "passport" - an industry-wide checking service as part of a scheme to enforce minimum standards on pay and health and safety. Unite has warned bosses that
Irish workers who occupied their factory after being laid off have won the redundancy payments their millionaire boss initially refused to give them.
The former employees of the Vita Cortex foam manufacturing plant in Cork have ended a 150-day occupation of the plant after their union, Siptu, helped negotiate a substantial redundancy package.
Siptu officer Gerry McCormack said: "The workers are very pleased that after four months campaigning to secure equitable and fair redundancy payments, which take account of their long years of service at Vita Cortex, they can now return to their normal
We continue our series of recollections and reflections from activists who were involved with the "third camp" left in the United States — those "unorthodox" Trotskyists who believed that the Soviet Union was not a "workers' state" (albeit a "degenerated" one), but an exploitative form of class rule to be as opposed as much as capitalism. This week, we publish contributions from people of two generations, David Finkel, who is now an editor of the Against the Current magazine in the US, and Marty Oppenheimer, who has been active in developing radical sociology.
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I believe that some of the most effective art expresses complex emotions very simply. I write that sentence after listening to "Last Goodbye" by Jeff Buckley and in the wake of a devastating break-up. Break ups can create a complex mixture of emotions in most cases where it's not amicable and mutual. There's a feeling of betrayal, the persistence of an intense affection, personal doubts one one's own self worth, the breaking down of barriers that forgiveness built and just letting anyone who will listen know exactly what shit you put up with. And for what at this point, Colleen!? Sorry. That's sorta what I'm dealing with.
Not everyone appreciates or sees things as complex gradients bleeding one into the other so that the emotions and behavior of a person can't be neatly categorized, the appropriate reaction being muddled. The mind of the other person difficult to empathize with, lacking the simplicity desired in order to easily digest what has been said or done. Some people want love or hate. Friend or enemy. Good and bad. I can be slow to react so I like to consider a situation or observe a person's behavior for a while before I feel I can have some kind of insight into their thoughts or motives. The black and white thinking is more common in those prone to react quickly. Maybe? I don't know. I don't claim to understand that mindset but I've observed it in people over the years and I'm in an environment currently where I get the impression that many of those around me would rather have a catchphrase solution to any problem than hear a careful, well thought explanation of the circumstances of the situation. "Just give me the broad strokes. We all have problems and yours are not important," is my own take away from these kinds of people so I am generally quiet until I find out who wants to listen and who wants to label and discard.
I do fail at tact but I strive for it as a rule. I can relate very closely to "Last Goodbye." Jeff Buckley paints a tonally subtle portrait of a conflicted lover who is experiencing some of those things I mentioned that I was in the first paragraph. When someone expresses conflicting opinions to their actions, when they say, "Do as I say not as I do," the incongruity of conflicting aspects of the personality puts off almost everyone. But conflicting emotions are humanizing. Buckley sings as a person aware of his faults, one who deeply loves the woman the song is directed at. I hear him painting the broad strokes that people want often, but he imbues them with detail through the power and also the economy of effective words he uses, offering insight into complex emotions with a handful of words.
Kiss me out of desire,
Not consolation.
You know it makes me so angry
But I know that in time,
I'll only make you cry,
This is our last goodbye
He acknowledges in a few lines his faults and the desire of the woman he's speaking to which implies the conflict within her as well. A kiss from consolation would come from a person with no internal conflict, one perfectly secure in the decision to walk away and doing so easily.
Other lines of the song assign blame. There are lines that accept blame. There's a symmetry. This is human interaction, a push and pull where in most cases no party is entirely guilty or innocent. This is the conclusion reached by a mature person. This pop song in a few minutes and with few words reveals the complexity and maturity of the end of a relationship between to people who presumably are very in love but for unknown reasons have to say goodbye. The unknown details left to the listener to fill in with their own experience if they can empathize with the lyrics.
Art, as with all human interaction, is an imperfect process. The experience of the artist can't be directly transmitted to the viewer so more modest, broader goals should be sought. With effective tact, the artist can crystallize an experience into an artifact that can be appreciated implicitly by an outside party with all extraneous details stripped. This takes different forms with song and visual art being prime examples in my opinion because they are inherently sparse or abstract. The prose of Hemingway or the advice to the writer to start as close to the end as possible are examples of this tact in longer form media. Ultimately though, art is communication and, to my mind, and attempt to bridge the gap between artist and viewer to heightened effect compared to other forms of communication. I don't know Jeff Buckley better after one song than I would if I was his close friend, but as an artist, he's said to me more in four minutes than he likely said to any of his friends in casual conversation. Well, most conversation. Don't want to sell him short. But I think my point stands.
Art unites people. Not people as a race of beings, but one human to another. Yes, individuals rally around art based on mutual admiration. But art in the forms I can think of, as it's experienced, is a personal conversation between strangers who aren't speaking to each other but one is communicating in an uncommon way. There is always something lost in translation, and some art, even great art, is entirely lost on some people, but the imperfection of the communication channel is never a reason to give up or strive to perfect it, it just needs to pull the right people as close to the artist as it can.


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The United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, was the special operations component of the United States Air Force under the purview of the Joint Special Operations Command. Comprised of helicopter and aircraft units, its primary mission was transportation of special ops units to their area of operation and provide resupply, support, and recovery.
- The following is based on the account of Operation Nightfall from Findings at CTU, which was later retconned in 24: Nightfall.
AFSOC took part in Operation Nightfall, the Delta Force mission to assassinate Victor Drazen. One member of the six-man team, Technical Sergeant Roger Voss, was the squad's combat controller, responsible for parachuting into Kosovo several hours before the others to secure an exfiltration zone where the escape helicopter could land. The main team was ferried from Aviano Air Base to the drop zone by one of AFSOC's MC-130 Combat Talons. (Findings at CTU)


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happy accidents
Grubspoon hails from Washington, D.C. and are self-proclaimed indie-rockers. Here is the skinny on this DC indie band: they're basically a combination of the Blur's Song 2 and Chinese Bombs with hints of Axl Rose and Queens of the Stone Age. That might sound like your kind of sound, but unfortunately I doubt Grubspoon will be experiencing the success of the aforementioned bands.
With a fast drum beat, hi-hat snare combo (which adds splash cymbal on the chorus), and a remedial bass line, Grubspoon's power chords are used sparingly, and are typically muted.
The album starts off with a painful piece of trite song writing: love at first sight which proclaims theres no such thing as love at first sight. Grade C song writing doesnt stop there. Another gem is this excerpt from kaleidoscope: Its not like Im here and you're no where near; please just let me be me. I cannot really say the songs get progressively worse, but no song really makes me want to hear more of the Grubspoon sound.
Grubspoon tries a bit too hard. The vocals are very average and forced. There would be a vast improvement if the singer would consider using his own style instead of some pseudo-metal whisper/yowl. The production of Happy Accidents is way too washed out. I bet they could play a decent live show, albeit a stint at the frat house on a Thursday night or a roadside dive. But hell, if gas money is the guarantee and they have a good time, why not? If youre in the DC area give Grubspoon a chance live, if nothing else you can use the cover as a tax break.
Release date: June 1, 2005
Label: Independent
Rating: 2.5 / 10
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It's time to get started with Week Two of the Shangri-la Sun Hat! Lots of you have already orders the wire and joiners you'll need to make the hat, and I'm so excited to start seeing these projects come together.
This week we will learn how to crochet the body of the hat pattern. Some of you may be familiar with the symbol (dc2tog) which means double crochet two stitches together. If you aren't, no worries because that's what you'll be learning. There is a little twist to thing special stitch this time because you'll be crocheting if over the course of a stitch while skipping a few stitches then completing the stitch. It will be fun, I promise!
I'll given you the written directions for this part of the hat so that you can begin practicing.
Special Stitch:
Double crochet 2 stitches together (dc2tog): (YO, insert your hook in indicated st, YO, pull up a loop, YO, pull through 2 loops) known as first leg of dc2tog, (YO, insert hook into next indicated st, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through remaining 3 loops.) known as second leg of dc2tog
Now look at how the instructions will be written in this excerpt I've given you in the pattern to see how it's done.
*ch 2, first leg of dc2tog in next st, skip next 3 sts, 2nd leg of dc2tog in next st, ch 2**, dc in next 3 sts, repeat from * around, ending last repeat at ** (This is an excerpt of part of the pattern to demonstrate how it is written).
If you didn't see the first blog post, here's what you'll need to get started!
1. Yarn – Omega Sinfonia, #2 Sport Weight, 100% mercerized cotton, 218 yards, 100 grams, 1 skein of each colorway: #861 Sand and #869 Gold
2. Hook – Furls Odyssey E/3.5mm, F/3.75mm
3. Tapestry Needle for weaving in ends
4. Millinery wire – 1.5 yards
5. Joiner to attach the ends of the millinery wire
6. Pliers to secure the joiner
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Gauge: Approximately 19½ hdc sts and 13½ rows = 4"
Sizes: Small: 22" (Medium: 23", Large: 24")
Part three of the Shangri-la Sunhat will be released on Monday July 24, 2017. Be sure to add this pattern to your Ravelry favorites to keep track of all release dates and links.
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Have you heard of Kindle Scout? It's this awesome publishing process where an author can submit a new, never-before-published book to amazon. Then readers help decide if a book gets published by nominating books they would like to read. Selected books are then published by Kindle Press. The best part for the reader, if the book you nominate is published, you get a free ARC of the book. Win-win I say.
Two of my favorite author's have recently branched out from their customary writing time period's and had more contemporary books published through the Kindle Scout process. You can see our review of Annette K. Larsen's book "If I Could Stay" here. The other one I was really excited about was Rebecca Connolly's Love Out of Focus which will be released on the 27th of this month.
"Mallory Hudson loves her simple life as a photographer, even if it isn't as exciting as she'd hoped. When her cousin Jenna comes with a proposition to hire Mal for her very exclusive wedding at a resort, Mal reluctantly accepts, and her world goes into freefall.
Hunter McIntyre isn't sure what it is about Mal that fascinates him, but he can't deny that she has caught his eye. The more time he spends with her, the more time he wants, and soon the wedding at hand isn't the one he cares about."
This book felt a little more predictable than her regency books, but still filled with sweet and sassy conversations and relatable characters you love to get to know. Rebecca writes such multi-dimensional characters that her novels are as much about human nature as they are about a beautiful story.
She also writes the complexities of romance to a tee. There is a point where Hunter describes Mallory's laugh and says, "It was absolutely nothing out of the ordinary." Which shocked me for a moment, usually author's have the male protagonist describe a woman's laugh as magical or bewitching. Then Rebecca his next words, "Except it was. It was absolutely extraordinary." That's when she gave me yet another reason to adore her writing. Love is so multifaceted that it happens different for everyone, and yet it somehow makes even the most ordinary things extraordinary. A true romance writer understands that and can express it.
Rebecca Connolly also had another book come out in February! The Lady and The Gent has been a much anticipated book for fans of her Arrangements Series. The really fun part, is it's not the end of the Arrangments Series, but the beginning of a brand new series: London League.
"Margaret Easton needs a husband, and she needs one now. Her parents are convinced that only a European will do, but Margaret wants nothing more than to stay in England. The trouble is that there is only one man Margaret can think of, or rather, one she cannot forget, and he wouldn't do as a husband at all. Then she finds herself in his care unexpectedly, and her hunt becomes even more complicated than she could have ever imagined.
Rafe Thornton has never said more than ten words to Margaret Easton, but she is rapidly becoming the sole occupant of his thoughts. She is distracting him from his operative work as the Gent, and keeps him from his usual focused nature, which he doesn't mind at all. When she stumbles into his world, his work and his emotions collide, forcing him to choose between saving the Crown, and protecting his love."
This book was so completely improper and unabashedly forward for the time period, making it refreshing and delightful. Normally I wouldn't say those two things couldn't really work in a regency romance, but having Margaret's parents be European travelers and Rafe and operative made it work, and work well. The adventure and mystery add to the romance and make it a book you wont be able to put down.
Rebecca somehow created the perfect woman for a man who has been to us readers a shroud for so long. Rebecca does a phenomenal job of flushing out The Gent so he becomes so much more than the operative shadow we've craved to know more about. He's written with such heart and soul leaving the reader more than compensated for the wait.


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The Team at Tavistock Physio Clinics
Jane Hyde - Chartered PhysiotherapistMCSP, HCPC, AACP, SOM, Physio First, ACPAT, VN, APPI Pilates
|I qualified from Bristol Physiotherapy School, in 1990, after which I worked for the NHS, gaining valuable experience in many of the different Physiotherapy disciplines before specialising in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, in particular, neck and back pain, soft tissue, sports injuries and foot biomechanics. I have developed a busy private Physiotherapy Clinic over the past 21 years, which for the past twelve years has been based in Lamerton, near Tavistock, and now includes Lamerton and Tavistock Physiotherapy Clinics. Along side my human Physiotherapy interests I am a founding member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy.
Post graduate studies have included a Diploma in Cyriax Orthopaedic Medicine, all levels of the McKenzie Back Care Institute, Muscle Energy Technique Seminars and a keen interest in the use of Pilates Exercise Therapy. I am a member of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists.
When not working at the clinic, I lead a busy life as a mother of two children. Whenever possible, I pursue my life long passion of horse riding. We love the outdoors, frequently spending time walking, cycling, canoeing or at the coast.
Mike Veerasingham - Chartered PhysiotherapistMCSP, HCPC, BSc (Hons), Body Control Pilates
|Since qualifying as a Physiotherapist 20 years ago I have worked both in the UK and in France. My main sphere of interest is in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and my experience has been gained from both working in the NHS and within private practice.
I use gentle manual therapy techniques with my clinical practice as and when required. I am a qualified Pilates Instructor and have incorporated aspects of this within my rehabilitation programs. I have taught private Pilates classes for the last 15 years.
During my spare time, if not out and about with my family or repairing something around the house, I will be found off-road mountain biking.
Jo Rogers - Chartered PhysiotherapistMCSP, HCPC, AACP, , APPI Pilates
|I was born in Plymouth and brought up in East Cornwall, trained as a physiotherapist in Birmingham and qualified in 1983. I worked in the NHS for 6 years as a rotational junior and senior physiotherapist and gained a wide range of experience across specialities including medicine, general surgery, neurosurgery, burns and plastics, intensive care, MSK and orthopaedics. I quite quickly realised I felt most comfortable in musculoskeletal physio and have continued to work in that field ever since.
I have continued to work for the past 25 years mainly in the private sector in the Berkshire area including 10 years in my own practice and have always had an interest in back and neck pain and occupational health. For the past 4 years before moving back to the West Country I worked at a private Hospital in Reading where a specialist shoulder unit is based and have now developed a more particular interest in shoulder problems.
Far more challenging than all of this has been bringing up my 3 sons who have all now "flown the nest" although I remain available as a taxi and clothes washer when needed!
I have now taken the decision to make the move back to my roots and hopefully a slightly quieter life, and most important of all to spend time with my dog!
Nicole Grech-Cini - Chartered PhysiotherapistMCSP, HCPC
|I graduated from Plymouth University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiotherapy in 2018 and additionally acquired an accredited ITEC diploma in Sport Massage. Since qualifying I have been working in musculoskeletal therapy in private practice, where I continue to grow my experience and skills.
As a physiotherapist I have a real interest in combining hands on manual therapy with exercise and physical activity to help get each patient achieve the best results possible. I am particularly interested in using a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach in helping people to understand and manage their pain. I also have an interest in acupuncture, womens health and the use of Pilates Exercise Therapy.
Outside of work, I enjoy getting out in our beautiful country side, including walking, wild swimming, kayaking and climbing.
When the weather is not so good I can always be found with a good book!
Carmel Marner - Chartered PhysiotherapistMCSP, HCPC, BPhty, MASO, QLD, SRP, APPI Pilates
|I have over 18 years of physio experience, having worked in Australia, the USA, Nepal, and the UK. Since completing my training in Brisbane, Australia, I have gained a wealth of experience in a range of physical therapies, including all aspects of musculoskeletal manual therapy, acupuncture, Core stability and Pilates type exercise therapy.
I have a special interest in working in partnership with overweight & obese clients, enabling them to overcome their barriers to being more active. I am currently part of the Plymouth NHS Weight Management Team.
My most challenging job is as a Mother of two energetic youngsters. I am a great outdoor enthusiast, & one of my greatest experiences has been trekking to Everest Base Camp. My husband frequently takes part in Mountain marathons & adventure races, and as back up crew to these events I often finds myself Physio for any sporting injuries. I recently did the OMM (Original Mountain Marathon) with my husband, a 2 day event and was thrilled with our placing of 77th out of 176 teams.
Heather Philp - Chartered PhysiotherapistMCSP, HCPC
|Having qualified as a physiotherapist in 1977 at the Middlesex Hospital I gained experience at the Westminster and Northwick Park Hospitals.
In 1989 I joined the Fay Pedlar Clinics, working in Plymouth and Liskeard.
My specialist interest is in Craniosacral Therapy CST; a light touch, holistic treatment which can have a profound effect on the body.
It directly affects the central nervous system and thoughout the body it relieves the tensions held by connective tissue, which is universally distributed and allows movement whilst maintaining structure.
Because the therapy is so gentle and responsive to the body's needs it is suitable for every age group and useful for a wide range of conditions from acute trauma, such as whip-lash, through to longstanding pain and dysfunction which have proved difficult to treat by orthodox means.
For a more in-depth explanation of what CST is and can do visit www.upledgeruk.co.uk
Hannah Paul -Sports Rehabilitation & NutritionistBSc (Hons) MSc, Anutr
|I graduated from Plymouth University with a BSc (hons) degree in Nutrition, Exercise and Health in 2017 and am a Registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition. I pursued my desire to further my knowledge base in human physiology and health by studying a Masters degree at the University of St Mark and St John in Sports Rehabilitation.
I have a particular interest in incorporating a full body approach to injury rehabilitation and working with the body rather than against it, treating musculoskeletal injuries whether a sporting injury or non- sports based injuries.
I am a very active individual and compete and train with the City of Plymouth Athletic Club. I enjoy outdoor pursuits like skiing and sailing and walking my beloved dog, but you could also find me curled up with a good book!
Ellie Rickeard - Sports & Massage TherapistBSc Hons Sports Therapy, Member Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
|BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy, Member Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
I have always been very keen on sports and general exercise and fitness. In 2015 I graduated from University of St Mark & St John with a BSc Hons Sports Therapy, during which, I experienced a wide range of sports therapy roles. Prior to my degree, I undertook a foundation degree in Sports Therapy. I have also completed a variety of additional training courses which compliment my degree. These include the following:
VCTC Swedish Massage
Sports massage
Pregnancy Massage Diploma
Warm Bamboo Massage Diploma
Fitness Instructor Level 2
Hot & Cold Stone Massage Diploma
Kinesiology Taping for the Athlete Masterclass (John Gibbons)
Rock Tape FMT1 & FMT2
Rock Tape Mobilisation & Movement
Spinal Manipulation & Mobilisation techniques Masterclass (John Gibbons)
Indian Head Massage Diploma
Infant massage instructor
Pre and post natal Pilates
Level 3 YMCA MAT Pilates
Level 5 Dry needling
Level 5 Electrotherapy & Ultrasound
Level 3 award in teaching and education training
Lava shell relax and mama
Oncology massage
Cancer awareness for holistic therapy
In my spare time I like to attend additional courses to further my treatment portfolio. I also enjoy watching sport especially football and rugby with friends and family and taking Monty the dog for long walks.
Lucy Pritchard - DietitianBSc (Hons) RD, HCPC, Member of BDA
|I have always been curious about food and nutrition. From an early age, my father, a TV producer and director of the Keith Floyd and Rick Stein food programmes, would enthuse about the cuisine of faraway countries and I remember learning about the secrets of the Mediterranean diet for longevity. Fuelled by this interest and wishing to improve the health and wellbeing of other people, I was eager to study dietetics.
Dietetics is a much misunderstood profession. Generally speaking, most people struggle to differentiate between a dietitian and a nutritionist... do you know the difference? Registered Dietitians (RDs) are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems at an individual and wider public health level. Essentially, they are the only nutrition professionals to be regulated by law, and are governed by an ethical code to ensure that they always work to the highest standard now you know!
I graduated from Cardiff in 2004 and have since been in full-time employment as a dietitian in the NHS. As a graduate, I worked in a variety of specialties including diabetes and weight management before specialising in 2007 in gastroenterology. In 2015, I was appointed specialist lead-dietitian for IBD and gastroenterology and run the weekly dietitian-led coeliac clinic at my local hospital. As an influential member of the gastroenterology multidisciplinary team, I have a great deal of expertise in the nutritional management of individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), coeliac disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). My role is unique and I am privileged to work with and for patients for whom food and nutrition can have the power to transform health and wellbeing.
I have undertaken specialist training in the management of IBS and have completed the Kings College London low FODMAPs course in 2012. I can also advise on a range of conditions including weight management, womens health and sports nutrition. I am a member of the British Dietetic Association with Freelance and Gastroenterology specialist membership and a Coeliac UK member. I now combine my NHS work with private practice and am delighted in 2016 to join the Team at Tavistock.
You can expect comprehensive nutritional assessment and personalised dietary advice. I can also help with meal planning and can provide in-depth dietary analysis on request. Prior to your appointment, I will ask you to complete a confidential questionnaire with details of your medical conditions, any medication and a food diary.
In my free time, I enjoy cooking and testing my recipes on my friends and family. To balance this, I keep in shape with running, tennis and Pilates and like to stay up-to-date with all the latest fitness trends!
Professional Qualifications
All physiotherapists at Tavistock Physio Clinics are members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and are recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and are covered by professional liability insurance.
Our physiotherapists are also recognised by the following bodies:
- Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine (ASPCM)
- Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP)
- Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy (ACPAT)
- Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice (OCPPP)- Physio First
- Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health (ACPOH)
- Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACPOG)