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Balance • Character • Soul
Long before craft brewing was a scene on the Gold Coast, there was us. Quietly, expertly toiling away on the best damn craft beers this side of the border (and let's face it, beyond). Sure, we're established and experienced but we're never complacent — we're eternally curious. We're pioneers. Trailblazers. Beer artisans — bartisans, if you will.
Our ethos is deliberately simple — balance, character and soul — it's who we are and how we brew and it flows naturally in our craft beers and throughout our business.
The only thing we love more than brewing the golden stuff, is sharing it with the extraordinary people that inspire it — the locals. We're not just talking about Gold Coasters, we're talking about the community of passionate folk all around Australia. They're laid-back but they're also change makers. A new guard, made up of driven, youthful entrepreneurs, crafters, tech magicians, creatives, tradespeople, artists and makers. They're re-shaping the soul of our gorgeous country — and to that, we say a hearty 'cheers!'
What would life be without balance? Well, we'd have to get used to falling over a lot, that's for sure. Just like us, without balance, beer falls over too. Balance is not about a comfort zone. It's all about control: knowing where the tipping point is and staying a hair's breadth from it. You'll see it in our approach to life. You'll taste it in our beer.
In each and every one of our craft beers, nothing dominates, overrides or spoils the party. Even at 7% ABV and 70 IBUs. It's what we're famous for and we're pretty proud of that.
It's more than a funny voice, a signature piece of clothing or trademark superpowers. Character is best defined by actions, not intentions. Our character is displayed in the way we operate as much as the beer we brew. It's the unique stamp we put on things. It's reliable, but it's never predictable.
The range of craft beers we produce is diverse – yet each has its own personality and genuine story to tell. Still, they all share the same genes and have the same Burleigh Brewing twinkle in their eye.
From the very beginning there's been a deeper meaning to what we do. Beyond the creation of something special for others to enjoy, it's about staying true to ourselves and supporting those around us as much as we can.
We push ourselves to be good at what we do. But more than that, we choose to do it with respect for the community we serve. From our village home of Burleigh Heads, we strive to ensure Burleigh Brewing's impact throughout Australia is positive.


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Bentley Mark VI is the first post-war car from the British concern. Its output, which began in 1946, lasted until the end of 1952. These incredibly luxurious cars famous for the fact that in the first year of production were highly unreliable chassis, which provoked a storm of criticism in the address of this model. This unfortunate disadvantage was quickly fixed and hereinafter Bentley Mark VI had very great success - was sold 5208 such cars. Becoming a symbol of revival and the В«newВ» luxury Bentley Mark VI laid an excellent Foundation for the future success of the R-series.
The Bentley Mark VI was installed in-line six-cylinder engine volume of 4.3 litres. It is noteworthy that the manufacturer pointed out is not quite exact parameters of the engine, that, probably, is caused by the scheme of formation of the tax on cars depending on their capacity. In 1951, became install the engine with a volume of 4 1/2-liter (4566 cm3). Mechanical four-stage gearbox with the synchronizer has remained unchanged, as well as drum brakes for all wheels, reinforced, however, in 1949 servos. The suspension on the front axle was independent, behind the same set of springs.
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Q: Load testing of Progressing download(Video) or Larger files download I am looking at load testing of Progressive download video files with 100 user load. The testing tool I am looking at is Jmeter, Load Runner and NeoLoad. Though the script required for creating the load is very simpler, it consist of couple of request and it is able to make the connection with server and start the downloading of the file. Though I understand that the progressive technology is pretty old, but still it is used in many website.  The question I have is around the strategy.

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*Do we need to download the complete file(i.e. 1.3 GB in my case)?

*Even we looked at saving the response as file, the resources such as Network and disk I/O are at max? Does this strategy suits here?

*Can we have some another strategy where we can engage the server for the duration and test for issues underlying with connection issues and transmission speed?

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*Depending on your use case, there is Seeking feature so theoretically you should be able to specify start offset so you will not have to get the whole file. Also you can consider using HTTP Header Manager to send Range header

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We Irish think we have a lot to complain about. Yes, it's deeply satisfying to moan but we actually have it pretty good here on our spec in the Atlantic.
So this is an anti-rant about one of the least celebrated things in Ireland – roads. Yes, roads. Potholes, nonsensical one way systems and nonexistent signs – we might think we have reason to shake our head in disapproval, but whist your whinging for a moment and realise that we actually have a pretty cushy deal.
Anyone who's had the liberty of gallivanting through far flung places like Laos will realise that, in this world, paved roads are a bonus, not a given. Never mind the paving, the roads themselves are a bonus – oftentimes the quickest way to get in to town is by catching a boat down the Mekong. Or take a place like India, where the NCT says never mind needless accessories such as doors and windows - as long as your vehicle has wheels or legs it is roadworthy.
In Ireland, if your motor is getting on a bit, there are legal implications if it isn't conveyor belted through the NCT centre, imprisoned on a hydraulic lift, felt up by an inspector, and churned out at the other end with a piece of paper slapped on to the windscreen. It might be arduous and costly, but the very fact that these mandatory tests exist, shows that Ireland gives a hoot (excuse the dodgy pun) when it comes to road safety.
We live in a country that spends money and man hours educating us about road safety through schools and media campaigns. There are people working in all weather tending our road surfaces, erecting signs and wiring traffic lights. We've set up a dedicated authority (the RSA) to gather statistics about fatalities and collisions so that these can be used to focus resources. We set targets for ourselves regarding annual road deaths, we analyse our performance year on year and we compare it to other countries - who's the safest? How did they do it? How can we improve?
Merciful hour, surely we're not praising the system? What about the sneaky speed cameras, the painful penalty points and those ridiculous rim-destroying ramps? Yes, nothing enrages a motorist more than these commonplace frustrations, but we all know that without them we'd be acting the maggot. When it boils down to it, we're lucky. Our roads make the cut for the top 10 safest roads in Europe – did you realise that? Not everyone has it as cushy as us because not everyone has the hard working souls that we do, breaking their backs and backsides to get us to where we are.
So send out a bit of grá for all the decent people that have spent the last decade making Irish roads some of the safest tarmac in Europe.
Cheers guys, you're doing a great job.
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KARL ROBINSON got a shock when he went to spy on QPR at West Ham last weekend.
Loic Remy's pace? Harry Redknapp's team have finally discovered how to defend?
No. The MK Dons manager, whose side travel to Loftus Road for their FA Cup battle tomorrow, was confronted by something quite unexpected.
Robinson said: "West Ham scored and something hit me on the shoulder then fell down under my seat. I turned around and I thought someone was attacking me.
He is deadly serious about this managerial game, though. Two guiding principles are embedded in his psyche and his ambition to reach the top. Ruthlessness and loyalty. Robinson discovered the need for the first when he was given an opportunity to work under Steve Heighway, pictured right, coaching the kids at Liverpool, aged 20.
As a non-League striker, who trawled the clubs of the North-west just to make ends meet, this was an opportunity he snatched greedily.
Throw in the fact he was a die-hard Red from the Liverpool suburb of Garston, Robinson could not have been happier.
Heighway had a big influence on the rookie. "He was an unbelievable coach," said Robinson. "He once had a go at a 13-year-old and the kid sulked. And Heighway said to him, 'You are playing for Liverpool Football Club, with 45,000 fanatical fans, and you can't handle me having a go at you?' He was already getting into their heads.
A back injury put paid to Robinson, 32, making it as a player, so he set his heart on coaching. MK Dons gave him his chance. He was 29.
Nearly 150 games on and Robinson has become a hot property. He turned down Blackpool last week.
Last season's play-off semi-final defeat by Huddersfield made him cry, a year after the same outcome against Peterborough, but it was also uplifting. "I'd been linked with other clubs and a lot of the lads thought I would be leaving," he said. "But I didn't want that play-off defeat to be my last memory of the club.
"I was sat on my own and four of my players said, 'Give us one more year gaffer'. They were four lads whose contracts were up and they could have doubled their money elsewhere, but they wanted to stay.
"I said to my agent, 'Whoever phones you, I'm not going – I've made a promise to these players'. Loyalty goes a long way to define who you are as a person. This is a special club." Special to him. Reviled by many. Especially AFC Wimbledon, the club that fate paired them against in this year's FA Cup second round. For AFC this was a match against a club that had killed the old Wimbledon and transported them from south London to Milton Keynes.
Robinson said that turning down Blackpool was straightforward, but he accepts he will leave one day. And he has a dream to manage Liverpool.
He is facing his third QPR manager in a year after losing in an FA Cup replay to them last season. "They are 30 places above us in the league, but the gap is about £100million and it's getting wider," he said.
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Вира () – имение в Швеции, располагающееся в Стокгольмском лене на берегу реки Вираон между озёрами Вирен и Лушён.

В 1635 г. риксадмирал Клас Флеминг с помощью валлонов основал здесь железоделательную мануфактуру, которая в том же году получила привилегию на монопольное производство шпаг, багинетов и палашей для короны. Привилегия впоследствии возобновлялась в 1646, 1649, 1664, 1700 и 1720 гг. В период с 1668 по 1718 гг. в Вире было изготовлено 277 тыс. шпаг и 15 тыс. прочих клинков. Постепенно изготовление оружия было вытеснено производством инструментов из железа: кос, топоров, ножей, – а в 1842 г. и вовсе прекратилось.

Вира принадлежала поочерёдно семействам Флемингов, Поссе, а затем архиепископу Самуэлю Тройлиусу. В 1783 г. коммерции советник Симон Бернхард Хеббе (1727-1795) объединил Виру с имением Эстано, превратив их в семейный фидеикомисс, который по праву наследования перешёл затем к родам Фреденхейм и Бустрём.

Производство инструментов в Вире продолжалось вплоть до 1948 г. В 60-е гг. XX вв. брук был отреставрирован, а в 1970 г. в нём был открыт музей.

Источники

 Nationalencyklopedin.
 Nordisk familjebok. – B. 32. – Stockholm, 1921.

Достопримечательности Швеции
История Швеции
Музеи Швеции

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Cosplay Nazis. Yeah, sure. It's not only that. =UPDATED=
Thanks, China. You're even occupying our air.
UPDATE: Kerim Friedman has some very useful commentary on this incident. Also, re the MC's comments on the Wushe cosplay incident below, a Keen Observer pointed out to me that it might have simply been shouted out in the heat of the moment. I haven't commented more because I don't feel I have a clear understanding of why Nazi kitsch is so popular here.
Everyone is now aware of the totally tasteless and stupid cosplay event in which students from a high school in Hsinchu dressed up as Nazis (report in Chinese). The Jewish Center in Taiwan has issued a statement on it.
The internet is full of sudden expertise in the matter of power fetishes, costume displays, Nazism, ethics, and so on. Old incidents are being brought back to light. I am not going to rehash that here, it's been beaten to death. But my man Drew Kerslake alerted me that this is not the first time the school has been involved in a crypto-fascist cosplay. Ltn reports that on that same day of school celebration another year....:
.....還有另一個班級cosplay霧社事件,司儀還喊出「打倒日本鬼子,光復我中華民族」。
...had another cosplay, of the Wushe Incident, whose Master of Ceremonies shouted "Fight the Japanese Devils, Restore our Chinese people!"
光復, the name of the school, is the KMT code term for the "restoration" of Taiwan, so the mention of it would immediately suggest that to the listeners, and would align and subsume the aboriginal revolt against the Japanese colonial people with the ROC and its imperial expansion. Note how the speaker even turns the aborigines into "Chinese".
There's a problem here.
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Even bigger problem is that authoritarian leader like Chiang is still worshiped by many "adults" in Taiwan. How can Taiwanese adults shamelessly blame the kids educated under this mindset ?
TaiwanJunkie said...
apparently the skit and theme were approved ahead of time by the teacher in charge.
Can we say blind leading the blind?
Good grief.
On the other hand, if this can spark a conversation about the residual fascist elements left throughout the island after decades of fascist rule (btw, can we get rid of the heir Hitler salute doing the presidential swear in ceremony?) on second thought, can we just dump this whole ROC cr@p? Sorry for the language but can't think of a better description for the ROC...
an angry taiwanese said...
I don't feel I have a clear understanding of why Nazi kitsch is so popular here.
I do. NAZI Chinese Nationalist Party lifts NZAI up in order to mock Taiwanese who saw their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and children slaughtered, tortured, jailed, or made missing and could not do anything about it. Guangfu High School was founded by a KMT secret agent director, who had one-hundred-percent trust of Chiang Jingguo. (see http://www.hi-on.org.tw/bulletins.jsp?b_ID=160115)
There is much more than just that. A kind of spiritual warfare. Cosplay of NAZI is certainly to mock the Jews, and in turn to poke at the apple of God's eyes. That's a devilish act. Why do Chiang Kaishek's followers particularly like to perform such act in public? What spiritual force is behind driving them? Chiang Kaishek's mummified corpse and statue are enshrined. What entity is cloaked inside those disgusting things?
The other cosplay was the same year, same day, same event.
Chris Chiu said...
The even more absurd thing is that families close to the KMT from families who fled to Taiwan with the KMT after the Chinese Civil War hate the Japanese for their atrocities like in the Nanjing massacre, and don't realize that the Nazis stand for atrocities as well.
Which means, they don't realize what they did was similar to parading Imperial Japanese uniforms and glorifying the WW2 Japanese Army - which, if it happened, they'd surely be enraged about. But Nazis is all fun and games.
I wonder if there would have been such strong reaction if they had chosen to dress up as Stalin or Mao & co. ?
All those students needs to go visit Auschwitz concentration camp then they will know what the controversy is about.
It can be done very cheaply with VR technology. History is not only text.
What if the kids (and their teachers) were actually aware of the Holocaust and other Nazi atrocities and just went ahead and did it anyway?
The assumption that ignorance can explain Nazi kitsch is doubtful given, you know... the internet and the nature of Nazi atrocities.
I think it's far more likely that this was a bunch of tearaways dressing up as Nazis just so they could get a kick out of the ensuing shit storm. Some teenage boys are just like that.
I'm one of only a handful of Jews here and all I can say is they better pick up their tank game if they wanna scare anyone. The young women did the high leather boots thing to perfection though. Whoever did the costumes was on point.
One thing I thought of is in order to print that stuff out it prob had to be done in some school office somewhere...no one thought twice about this?
Johan said...
Hitler is easily recognizable for our history-ignorant youngsters. Other dictators don't enjoy such recognition and potential "fun" factor. Our teenagers feel they can both loath and laugh at what they see as the cruelty and ridiculousness of Hitler and his Nazis. Finding material to draw this kind of fun upon is easy to come by: Google Images and YouTube. Unlike Stalin or Mao, the Nazi's left us with hordes of photographs and films.
For many youngsters, disappointed and utterly bored by their parents' virtually relentless attention to all things Green or Blue, the fascination with Nazi imagery is born from a quite deliberate ignorance of history. Openly showing Nazi symbolism in Taiwan - officially rejected by the world and at times by its own people - is a show of strength, albeit a completely misplaced one.
It's not about the swastika or the Jewish people. It's about identifying with other groups of highly disenchanted young people. These kids are trying to find something to represent their otherwise silent rebellion. They know impersonating Hitler is wrong, but they still decided "hell, doing this looks cool". It is meant to offend people, the same people that are now criticizing them: parents, educators, Taiwan's government, and the world.
These kids should not have imitated Nazi symbolism. But they did, and this being part of a much larger teenage dissent, others will do so again. Because we hardly give them anything else to rebel against.
When my American undergraduate biology professor was working through the night on some proposal, he would often don a white Japanese headband with the characters "神風" emblazoned on it (神風=Kamikaze). As a person of Taiwanese descent (indeed even my grandparents were educated in Japan before returning to Taiwan at the end of WW2) who could actually read and understand what those characters meant, I thought it was a little ignorant of WW2 history because Kamikaze pilots performed actions that were quite cruel not only to American sailors but also to the Kamikaze pilots and their own families. Don't think all Kamikaze pilots were happy and wiling to commit suicide. A large portion were forced into committing suicide (literally dragged towards and pushed into the cockpit of the plane) and those that didn't complete their mission and returned to Japan were stigmatized for the rest of their lives. And yet in today's global society, there's a sort of "romance" or "honor" that is attached to Kamikaze when in fact it was a ritualized cruelty of a fascist society forced upon its own members. Certainly, Taiwanese should learn more about the European theater in WW2. But I've seen examples where the ignorance goes both ways.
The New York Daily News stringer in Taiwan has reported on this now too, implying it was a public parade on the streets of Hsinchu, when those of us live in Hsinchu know that it was a private school-grounds-only cosplay event at a private high school which also included 12 other cosplay themes in additon to the Nazi uniform thing with the kid doing the Nazi salute raising his left arm by mistake. He will be shot soon by SS troops for this infraction of Nazi rules! LOL. And the SS tank was an ugly, non-moving student DIY piece of schiese! There is nothing to get excited about. This happens with Prince Harry in UK too and also in Japan and Thailand and India and Hong Kong over the years. It's manga asia kitsch with romantic miliary overstones, not a bit of antisemitism or anti-Germany in it at all. Best of laugh it off. This was one tiny high school doing their normal thing. This was Taiwan. I used to live there. Lovely place.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/world/asia/taiwan-nazi-hitler-parade.html?emc=edit_tnt_20161227
Change subject - Taiwan's 2.5 pollution index of very bad weather from China. Is it possible to sue in the word court because of heath risk associated with bad air from China, or must you have standing(Taiwan is not a member of the UN)?
Michael, you are on CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/27/asia/taiwan-nazi-school-asia/index.html
I wish Taiwan media can do more in-depth article like this CNN article.
It's ironic that many commenters naturally assume because a student attends a school named after the phrase "restoration" must align their political views to the KMT automatically. Most young people these days are pro DPP, whether their parents were KMT or not. 90% of Taiwanese young people I meet want to be recognized as a citizen of an independent Taiwan, or to be acknowledged as equals with China.
Meanwhile, some countries are offended by Jewish symbols. Who's to say which taboos Taiwan should import?
B.BarNavi said...
Jewish symbols aren't associated with mass genocide and world conquest, you idiot.
"Best of laugh it off. This was one tiny high school doing their normal thing".
Well, if a high school's "normal" thing are tributes to state sponsored mass murder and ethnic cleansing then maybe yeah there's an issue there.
CNN print edition: "[American expat in Taiwan and blogger] Michael Turton told CNN [by email] that in the 20 years he'd lived and taught English on the island he'd often seen a few locals putting Nazi decals and paraphernalia on their motor scootersor or local companies using Nazi symbols unthinkingly in adverts.
"(But) it's not like we don't do that in our own Western culture -- how many people have Che Guevara t-shirts or Mao Zedong hats?" he said.
Turton said he often asks his junior college students why it is okay to wear Hitler outfits but not Mao ones. "The kids explained to me that Hitler and the Nszis failed and therefore were worth mocking. That's why it's okay," he said.
Alan Fong, a native of Macau mind you and not a Taiwanese national, is executive deputy editor-in-chief of Taiwan's ineptly named ''The China Post'' [since Taiwan is not China]. He wrote this oped not just in the Post but it went out on the ANN wire which goes out to the all-Asian Asian News Network member newspapers, including those in communist China. This was part of a series of columns on global affairs written by top editors from members of the Asia News Network and published in newspapers across the region. Google the headline "'Nazi parade' not a mere PR scandal" by Alan Fong:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/china-post/alan-fong/2016/12/31/488077/p1/Nazi-parade.htm
KEY QUOTES: ''Just as the event was going the way of all gaffe-prompted scandals in Taiwan — with strong reactions, public condemnations, heads rolling and the public moving on to the next buzz topic — some of the school's students released a strongly-worded online response rallying for support for the resigning principal and challenging the government. In the post, the students said that they did not deserve such public humiliation as they had "done nothing wrong" and were simply taking part in a "costume event." They questioned why they were expected to understand taboos about Hitler, as they were Taiwan-born citizens who only loved their country and high-school students whose only concern was to finish school. They concluded by challenging President Tsai Ing-wen for siding with Israel and Germany while punishing her own people.''
''Instead of drumming up support for the principal, the article was criticized even by people who regarded the government's response as heavy-handed, who decried the students' astonishing lack of civic consciousness in a global community, their narrow-mindedness and their blatant nationalism. ''
''While the online post revealed the students' lack of understanding of the significance of holding a mock Nazi parade, it also demonstrated that they were not heartless teenagers who cared nothing about other people's suffering. The students wrote the post out of concern for their principal, who was reportedly beloved at the school and demonstrated care for his students by assuming full responsibility for the scandal. They could have hidden behind the principal, who offered his own head to shield them from public pressure, but they decided to take responsibility, regardless of how ill-advised they were.''
These kids should have had the good sense to confine their support for fascist authoritarian regimes to Trump instead.
DmfK said...
A minor point but perhaps bears mentioning, as a longtime Hsinchu resident (whose wife graduated from that HS actually), Kuang Fu HS is located on Kuang Fu Rd, I think that's where it gets its name, not (directly, anyway) from the historical/political implications of the Kuang Fu / 'retrocession' concept.
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Hallowed Ground, Winter 2015 Issue
Since initial word that the Commonwealth of Virginia was contemplating the creation of a state park commemorating the Culpeper County battles of Brandy Station and Cedar Mountain in late summer, evidence for the wisdom of such a move has steadily emerged. With nearly 1,200 acres at the two battlefields owned outright by historic preservation groups, and another 3,600 acres protected by conservation easements — compounded by a demonstrated need for additional recreation parkland in the Piedmont region — such an establishment is an ideal way to commemorate the forthcoming 80th anniversary of the Virginia state park system.
According to preliminary findings released in October by landscape architecture and planning consultants Stach PLLC and the CLUE Group, the new park could be expected to draw 100,000 visitors each year. Advocates also believe that the proximity of other scenic and cultural locations — James Madison's Montpelier, Monticello, Shenandoah National Park, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground — would gradually make the park part of a larger circuit of visitation. A full feasibility study, commissioned by the Trust, is underway and will be provided to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Beyond the obvious scenic beauty and historic significance of the landscapes, the prospective park offers outstanding recreational opportunities. A major draw could be equestrian access — the immediate area has 14 equestrian facilities, but no public trails for riders. Hiking and primitive camping, as well as fishing and boating, are also potential activities, since the park would benefit from its proximity to the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers.
Brandy Station Cedar Mountain State Park Alliance
Advocacy on behalf of the proposal is led by the newly created Brandy Station and Cedar Mountain State Park Alliance. Founders of this community-based coalition of interested groups include representatives of the Brandy Station Foundation, Civil War Trust, Culpeper Department of Tourism, Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield, Germanna Foundation, Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, Piedmont Environmental Council, Preservation Virginia and Remington Community Partnership. Learn more at www.bscmstatepark.com.
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Interview with Darley Newman from Travels with Darley
Historical Significance of "Assault on Beverly's Ford Road" Painting
Brandy Station
Culpeper County, VA | June 9, 1863
Result: Inconclusive


I am coming down from a truly inspiring weekend with incredible people, grateful I took the opportunity to fly across the country to be part of the Heirloom Meals Christmas Special. I knew it would be an amazing weekend when I was greeted with a water bottle, and shown the spring in the back of the property. Yes, fresh, clean, spring water, with Scottish Highland cows grazing, chickens making themselves heard, and daffodils dotting the fields as I looked out across the Berkshire mountains.
Heirloom Meals is the brainchild of Carole Murko, only one of the amazing women I met this weekend. Though Carole has achieved success in the finance world, real estate and interior design– her heart, she says, is "in food, family and telling people's stories." I was amazed, when after her third full day of shooting and cooking, and after weeks of prep work, she and Mary, her intern, whipped up dinner for her guests (though we assured her we were happy to go to town or make ourselves eggs on toast.) Her love of food, her generosity of spirit and joy in her guests was genuine, and inspiring.
As I dined with a personal chef from Memphis, an artist from California with Mexican roots, a San Francisco musician, a Hungarian father and daughter set of Vermont Inn owners, and so many other wonderful new friends, the thing that brought us together was food. This was only the second time in recent memory, the first being when I dined with my fellow Ellyn Satter Institute Members, that a group of mostly women ate and celebrated food and connection, and NO ONE talked about fat grams, or calories, or being "good" or being "bad" or their diet, or their butts… It sometimes feels like another Universe from the every day encounters most of us have with others around food. In short, this was a group of people who seemed to feel very good about food, and their bodies, who gleefully and gratefully tucked into a steaming bowl of pasta cooked with cauliflower, parmesan, bacon, and onion, or a fresh, eggy frittata…THIS is what I want my daughter to experience some day, and this show gives me hope that a tide is turning against our cultural dysfunction towards food. Food is a glue that binds us together, a glue made of cream cheese and sugar at times, and cabbage and apples at others. It is a central part of a joyful and full life.
The Heirloom Meal idea is to tell a story through recipes- to connect through food. I love that many of the recipes are simple and treasured, and I mostly love that through becoming the "red cabbage lady" for the weekend, I was also able to learn an incredible story from my mother about the first time she remembers eating the cabbage. (Teaser, so you'll tune in to the show this Holiday season!) As another teaser, there were Hungarian Kiflis (a baked treat,) Austrian roast goose, tamales, sweet potato cake, biscotti, my Rotkohl (red cabbage side dish) and so many more.
Please check out Heirloom Meals, check out the blog and podcasts, and of course the Holiday Specials. It all felt like such a natural fit with my work, where really, bringing families together around the table, and helping them actually ENJOY themselves while there, is the key.
As an aside, there were inspiring women who are following their passions. An ex-software developer who now makes a living making children's music and encouraging joy through movement, a psychologist by training, who is now a personal chef, a nurse who is an author and learning to pilot planes, a salon owner pioneering a line of organic and natural and heavenly-smelling products. I feel lucky to also be able to follow my passion of helping families raise children who feel good about food and their bodies. Which is, in essence, preventive medicine. These stories reminded me of Ellyn's Prairie-as-life metaphor… I only wish I could have met all the participants, but I look forward to seeing them and "meeting" them on the special.
Great post Katja. I am so glad you had this amazing experience.
right back at you, Ellyn! Thanks!


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Explosion reported at gas pipeline in Ukraine
Photo: Interfax Ukraine
There was an explosion at the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhhorod gas pipeline in the Poltava Oblast in Ukraine, Tuesday afternoon, June 17, reports Interfax Ukraine, citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Poltava Oblast.
"Information on the explosion was received around 14:20. Fortunately there were no victims. Firemen are continuing their work," the press service reported.
According to police, the explosion occurred at the portion of the gas pipeline located in a field, at about one kilometer's distance from the nearest town. "According to witnesses, the fire reached a height of about 200 meters," the press service reported.
The press service of the JSC Ukrtransgas does not yet have information on the accident. According to the operator of the gas transportation system of Slovakia, Eustream, as of 14:00 CET (15:00 Kyiv time), there have been no reports of reduced pressure or reduction in gas transit through Ukraine.
Source: http://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/general/209730.html
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Nandita Das campaigns for the UNfair or the dark skinned. In India, the average population is obsessed with fair complexion. Irrespective of the condition of the skin, people can go to any lengths to look fair in colour. Light eyes and light skin are a sign of beauty. Whereas dark skin is looked down upon. If a girl child is born dark then the parents go in a tizzy. They assume that after a few years she won't get a good suitor or a marriage proposal because of her complexion. Is our society so shallow? A dark skinned child is conditioned to feel inferior to a fair skinned child. Why? Are we still somewhere subdued to the idea that fair skinned and light eyed people are better. Or we refuse to come out of the mental makeup where fair skinned ruled the dark skinned decades ago. What ever be the reason, skin colour shouldn't be a criteria to judge a person's capability or calibre. If you have sharp features, you will look good irrespective of your skin colour. Many of our bollywood beauties have proven it time and again.
Be it Priyanka Chopra, Kajol, Bipasha or Chitrangadha. They are the perfect examples of women who celebrate beauty beyond colour. Let us give ourselves a break from all these fairness creams. If you have a good skin, you will look good any which ways.
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BACKTIME: Game Of Thrones: A Kingdom Rises in the West?
SEC Media Days are over, the surreal reality show that it was, with everyone from ESPN to The New Yorker broadcasting and eavesdropping on the minutiae of conference that's produced the last 6 national champions.
But as dominant and dynastic as the SEC has been, there's no room for complacency. Not only are there perennial powers in the Pac-12 (USC, Oregon), but the league is growing and innovating.
The conference that already had offense chess-masters Chip Kelly, Lane Kiffin, and Steve Sarkisian just added three more icons of spread and tempo. Granted, all three have some baggage.
Starting at Arizona, where Rich Rodriguez will hit the reset button on his career and bring the spread to Tuscon. Rodriguez was a West Virginia guy who found himself in no-man's land. This is all detailed in the book Three And Out by John U. Bacon.
The book's subtitle says it all: "Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football." The book is an eye-opener about the machine of the big university program. Basically it chronicles how Rich Rod became too big for West Virginia, but never fit the mold of a "Michigan Man," and was never really allowed to grow into one.
The book details how events (and people) in Ann Arbor conspired against Rodriguez, and he didn't get the chance to see through what he started there. His success at every level of college football is undeniable, and the footprint of what he started at Michigan is still seen every time Denard Robinson tucks the ball and has the run or pass option.
Arizona did well, and Arizona State was not to be outdone. Enter Todd Graham, the coach whose no-huddle offense set records at Rice and Tulsa, and looked like the guy to turn around Pitt - until he bolted after just one year.
Graham, a father of 6, now has to shake the reputation of a gold-digging opportunist. Not that he seems to care much what others think. He will have his Sun Devils conditioned for all conditions, and they became a better team when he set foot in Tempe.
And then there's Wazoo. Pullman, Washington might be the hardest locale to reach in college football, but it shouldn't matter to a man who spent 10 years in Lubbock, Texas. Mike Leach's mind is isolated from the rest of the world, something he efforts to explain (and mostly succeeds) in his autobiography.
Leach's system is simple - spread the offense enough so there's always more guys than they can cover. It's only how he explains it that's difficult. His success is also prolific - just check the numbers at Valdosta, Kentucky, and Texas Tech - with the one year he helped kickstart Oklahoma under Bob Stoops. It's reasonable to expect he'll do the same at Washington State.
His reputation as a swashbuckler is perpetuated mostly by himself. And the circumstances around his exit from Texas Tech are still a source of conflict - legal action against former broadcaster Craig James, and the network that formerly employed him, is still out there. I won't comment on that but I enjoyed the unconventional book.
Either way, the Pac-12 is fortunate to have all this spicy new blood in the league, not to mention Jim Mora, Jr. at UCLA.
The SEC is still king until the king is dead, but the Pac-12 may soon be ready for the throne.


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FinanceMalta's final BlockFinance event for 2019 delves into STOs
FinanceMalta's last BlockFinance event for 2019 focused on Security Token Offerings and featured a wide range of expert speakers on the matter, as well as an interesting debate
FinanceMalta's last BlockFinance event for 2019 focused on Security Token Offerings (STOs) and featured a wide range of expert speakers on the matter, as well as an interesting debate on opportunities, challenges and solutions for adopting STOs.
The event, held on 26 November 2019, was organised in collaboration with the Malta Blockchain Association and was sponsored by Gonzi & Associates, Advocates.
An STO is a process similar to an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) whereby an investor exchanges money for coins or tokens representing their investment.
However, unlike ICOs, STOs take this a step further and distribute tokens that fall under the status of securities.
They are linked to an underlying investment asset in a way like stocks, bonds, real estate investment trusts (REIT) or other funds.
In his introductory speech, Kenneth Farrugia, FinanceMalta's outgoing chairman and Governor on the Board, welcomed everyone and spoke about the speed with which the Fintech sector is progressing, and the importance of stakeholders being aware of and remaining up to date with the significant changes taking place.
David Gonzi, Partner at Gonzi & Associates, Advocates, focused his presentation on the definition of an STO, and provided answers to the question of whether security tokens are the securities of the future.
Following that presentation, Hagen Weiss, Senior Advisor at BaFin provided a comparative analysis of the German STO framework to other jurisdictions.
Andre Zerafa, Partner at GANADO Advocates, spoke about the need for legislation and regulation to catch up with technology, and also questioned the role of intermediaries in such a new transactional environment.
The second part of the BlockFinance event started off with a very interesting panel discussion chaired by Nathan Fenech, Senior Manager Securities & Markets Supervision at the MFSA.
The panel members were Malcolm Falzon, Partner at Camilleri Preziosi Advocates; Omar Zerafa, Advocate at Zerafa Advocates; Jonathan Galea, Managing Director of Blockchain Advisory; and Hagen Weiss, Senior Advisor at BaFin.
The discussion centred on various interconnected themes including STOs' policy, legal and regulatory compliance regulation.
The risks and rewards associated with STOs was debated at length, alongside the need to ascertain the operational aspects of executing such transactions.
33he last part of the event consisted of a presentation by Lorraine Vella, Deputy Head, Securities and Markets Supervision at the MFSA, who focused on the local regulator's consultation exercise on STOs earlier this year. She highlighted some of the challenges and the way forward proposed by the MFSA.
The closing presentation was delivered by Davide Benaglia, Strategic Partnerships Director of Korporatio Inc. who outlined the advantages of Blockchain technology applied to corporate governance, and how this could attract companies to Malta.
Patrick L. Young, Chairman of the Malta Blockchain Association chaired the event and delivered the closing remarks.
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International Conference for Police & Law Enforcement Executives
Featured speakers from the following organizations:
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2010 Sponsors and Exhibitors
Note: Exhibitors are in alphabetical order
EADS Secure Networks North America
Official Dinner Banquet Sponsor
EADS Secure Networks North America - Canada
Web: www.eads-ps.com
Cobham Surveillance
Reception Sponsor
Alana Burbidge
Canadian Sales Manager
Web: www.cobham.com/surveillance
Cobham Surveillance has over 40 years' experience providing products and integrated surveillance solutions to law enforcement and government agencies. Surveillance capabilities include innovative audio, video, tracking, locating, covert surveillance solutions for land, airborne and special purpose applications.
Agencies depend on Cobham's array of overt and covert surveillance equipment - using it to intercept, track, locate, monitor and record subjects ranging from vehicles and packages to people and high-profile infrastructures.
Product lines: Orion surveillance solutions; domo COFDM - video, audio telemetry & IP products; DTC audio/video covert surveillance products; GMS video products; Micromill tracking & sensors; and MMI cellular intercept.
Elmo Tech Inc.
May 3 Lunch Sponsor
Web: www.elmotech.com
Elmo Tech Inc. is a global provider of leading presence and location verification technologies designed for monitoring individuals in the law enforcement, corrections, and security markets.
Susan Black
National Sales and Marketing Manager
Panasonic has built a strong reputation as a leader in providing state-of-the-art technology to the Canadian market, including a full line of rugged and semi-rugged notebook computers. The TOUGHBOOK series are built for tough conditions. Engineered to withstand drops, spills, dust and dirt, TOUGHBOOK computers go where the user goes, ready to perform in spite of harsh environments and rough handling. TOUGHBOOK computers are designed to endure the demanding conditions of mobile professionals in fields that include law enforcement, military, utility and busy professionals on the go. Ruggedized features include a full or partial magnesium case 20 times stronger than ordinary plastic, a shock-mounted hard drive and sealed keyboards that resist the hazards of dirt, dust and spills. With super-long battery life, integrated wireless LAN and optional WAN, GPS capabilities and more, the ruggedized Panasonic TOUGHBOOK allows you to stay connected from anywhere. To learn more visit our web site at www.panasonic.ca.
VirTra Systems
May 3 Breakfast Sponsor
Spencer Stone
Business Director for Law Enforcement
Web: www.virtrasystems.com
MediaSolv
Tom Hessen
Web: www.mediasolvcorp.com
MediaSolv Solutions Corporation is an internationally recognized leader in integrated Digital Evidence Management (iDEM) systems for federal, state and local law enforcement and immigration agencies and any public or private security agency involved in evidence gathering and management. MediaSolv™ has established its strong leadership position in the industry by developing a proprietary software suite that integrates digital evidence from multiple sources, to include video, audio, photo, and documentation. MediaSolv's flexible, scalable platform for digital evidence management allows users to ingest, store, search, view and later produce DVDs containing digital evidence. Law enforcement agencies need a comprehensive, flexible platform to manage the growing volume of digital evidence and demonstrate compliance with new mandates and regulations. Several major metropolitan law enforcement agencies use MediaSolv's products and solutions to improve their level of digital evidence management. Major system implementations in Chicago, Toronto and Washington, DC, demonstrate MediaSolv's market leadership.
Coffee Break Sponsor
Pat Kealey - Fleet Sales Manager
Web: www.deeley.com
Automotive Technology Group
Paul Zlatar
Web: www.automotivetechnologygroup.net
Accident Support Services International Ltd.
Steve Sanderson
Web: www.accsupport.com
Acrodex / Toshiba
Amin Velji
Web: www.acrodex.com
For over 25 years, Acrodex has been a leading provider of strategic IT services for Canadian business. Today, the company is one of Canada's largest IT solution providers, and provides a full suite of IT services including: IT Architecture and Design, hardware provisioning, software licensing, network & server infrastructure, managed infrastructure support, application development and project management.
Acrodex customers include leading Police Services and Courts across the country, from British Columbia to PEI. The Acrodex team is comprised of over 600 dedicated IT professionals located in Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina and Vancouver.
Advanced Public Safety
Jack Siney
Web: www.aps.us
Advanced Public Safety (APS), a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), develops innovative technology solutions specifically designed to address the challenges of today's public safety agencies. APS focuses on developing applications that operate in conjunction with the mobile computers and handheld devices utilized by law enforcement, corrections, fire and EMS personnel. The APS products work with each agency's existing technology infrastructure to significantly increase officer safety and productivity. The APS solutions include: e-Ticketing, Automated Crash Reporting and Diagramming, Field-Based Reporting (FBR), Voice Recognition, Audio Response, and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL).
Airstar Canada Inc.
Michael St. Eve
Web: www.airstarcanada.com
Airstar is the inventor and the world leader of lighting balloons, not only as a practical light for illumination but as the perfect light source for photography, safety lighting and search and rescue. Airstar sells and services across North America portable lighting systems which produces a powerful 360 degree light that eliminates shadows for a glare free environment for all field work. Lights deploy in minutes and can withstand almost any weather conditions.
Airstar continues to be committed to providing lighting solutions for Police, public safety and rescue services.
Astra Radio Communications
Helen Qu
Web: www.arcmics.com
Astra Radio Communications is a leading manufacturer of speaker, surveillance, headset, and tactical microphones for two way radios. They are used by law enforcement, security, military and hotel/casino staff. Our goal is to provide customers with high quality products at a competitive price. Backed with innovative designs, ARC can accommodate all of your microphone needs.
If you would like more information on ARC Microphones, please review our website at www.ARCMICS.com, call (877) 881-5858, (714) 637-2828, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We look forward to working with you.
Charles P. Nemeth
Chair and Professor of Legal Studies
Web: www.calu.edu
California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U), offers ONLINE graduate and undergraduate programs in Legal Studies. The Master of Science in Legal Studies includes curriculum track options in Law & Public Policy, Homeland Security and Criminal Justice. Founded in 1852, Cal U, a Middles States accredited institution, is a proud member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. VA Approved!
Cardiac Science Corporation
Donald Charbonneau
Distribution Account Manager, Canada
Web: www.cardiacscience.com
Cardiac Science is a global leader in the development, manufacture, and marketing of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology products and services. We provide a full spectrum of cardiology products and services that help protect hearts and save lives, including:
Devices designed to identify the early stages of heart disease — such as electrocardiographs, cardiac stress testing systems, and Holter monitors;
Sophisticated systems for cardiac rehabilitation and cardiology data management;
Innovative and patented automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that provide assistance to victims of sudden cardiac arrest for both medical and public markets.
Cardiac Science products are marketed under the Cardiac Science, Burdick, Powerheart, Quinton, and HeartCentrix brand names.
Harry Ullock
Cobham Surveillance has over 40 years' experience providing products and integrated surveillance solutions to law enforcement and government agencies. Surveillance capabilities include innovative audio, video, tracking, locating, covert surveillance solutions for land, airborne and special purpose applications.
Agencies depend on Cobham's array of overt and covert surveillance equipment - using it to intercept, track, locate, monitor and record subjects ranging from vehicles and packages to people and high-profile infrastructures.
Doug Ferrara
Web: www.crimereports.com
CrimeReports.com provides web-based crime mapping, alerting, and analytics tools to law enforcement agencies. Citizens can access official crime data through an online crime mapping application and receive free email alerts. CrimeReports.com also provides law enforcement agencies access to powerful crime analytics tools though Command Central, a web-based service that manages, tracks, and analyzes incident-level crime, providing relevant and detailed charts, graphs, maps, and other visualizations that support CompStat style analysis. CrimeReports.com is live with over 500 agencies nationwide and requires no additional infrastructure. At an affordable price, most agencies can be up and running in less than a day.
Cross Match Technologies Inc.
Web: www.crossmatch.com
CTOMS Inc.
Chris Kopp
Web: www.ctoms.ca
CTOMS' goal is to provide the highest, unmatched quality of training and equipment in high threat environment casualty management for Law Enforcement Officers. Our training is tailored specifically to the end user, be it Patrol or Tactical Officer or Tactical Paramedic, and is based on the concepts of Tactical Combat Casualty Care incorporating our exclusive training methodology of a Human Performance in Combat Casualty Care. Our training teaches very realistic and practical trauma self-aid and buddy aid when an active threat still exists. Our equipment meets the demands of catastrophic injuries. We provide a comprehensive suite of training and equipment to increase officer survival in worst case scenarios.
Europol National Unit Canada
Annabelle Dubé - Liason Officer
Tel: (613) 993-8307 Fax: (613) 993-8309
Web: www.europol.europa.eu
Datrend Systems Inc.
Tel: 1-800-667-6557 ext. 229
Web: www.datrend.com
Datrend Systems Inc. is a Canadian company that has specialized in the business of Testing Equipment for the past 18 years. Started in 1991 by two electrical engineers, it has grown into a globally recognized and respected company within its field. Through innovative design and continuous adherence to quality, Datrend has been able to successfully manufacture a diverse range of cutting-edge test equipment that is being used everyday on a global level. Datrend now brings combined expertise in testings as well as in electricity to the law enforcement world with Verus One, a device that safely and economically tests conducted energy weapons.
Draganfy Innovations Inc.
Kevin Lauscher
Tel: 1 (306) 955-9907 ext. 6111
Web: www.draganfly.com
Draganfly Innovations Inc. creates machines that make a difference in the world. From flying outings in the park with our hobby line products to protecting emergency service personnel in dangerous situations via our high end, industrial platforms, we are constantly working towards delivering the best possible machines for our customers. Founded in 1998 by Zenon and Christine Dragan, Draganfly Innovations Inc. started as a small mail-order business specializing in radio controlled flying machines. We soon began selling our unique, four-rotor helicopter, the Draganflyer. The Draganflyer was originally designed to be an easy-to-fly, low-maintenance helicopter which evolved into a camera platform and was then refined into the professional videography apparatus it is today. Our Draganflyers are extremely sophisticated, high performance, yet easy-to-fly, affordable machines. To date, more than eight thousand Draganflyers have been sold worldwide. These machines can perform many operations including search and rescue assistance, construction site inspection, crime scene investigation, aerial observation, tactical observation, videography for music videos and photography for advertising and real estate.
DriveWise Safety
Lesley de Repentigny
Web: www.drivewisesafety.com
Driven by innovation and the determination to develop high-quality, interactive training programs, DriveWise proudly remains Canada's leading driver training provider. Established in 2004, DriveWise Canada specializes in the development, deployment and support of advanced learning solutions. The organization is comprised of two business units: Corporate and Commercial Services, and Private Motor Vehicle (PMV).
With advance training centres across the world, DriveWise has trained thousands of emergency management personnel (fire rescue, law enforcement and EMT) in safe driving techniques. DriveWise uses a proprietary learning model - Engage™ - developed exclusively by in house instructional designers. Engage™ combines interactive lectures, virtual simulations, e-learning and in-car training, ensuring participants gain the necessary skills to become competent, safe drivers.
Fenix Tactical
Alex Palen
Web: www.fenixtactical.com
Fenix Canada manufactures, sells and exports a full line of professional and recreational flashlights. Product line includes military/tactical series, flashlights for outdoor activities, emergency lights for cars, boats, houses, and cottages. We offer lifetime warranty, competitive international shipping and flexible payment plans. Special programs for developing nations, military/police, government agencies and NGOs. Visit us at: www.fenixtactical.com for information about our latest products.
Our flashlights tested by international consumer and technical authorities and granted 5 star rating in all categories. Very powerful (handheld - up to 550 lumens, search lights - up to 5500 lumen), energy consuming lights made under strict military specs will never let you down. Fenix lights are standard issue at more than a dozen government organizations worldwide, includig Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Correction Services of Canada, Calgary Police Department, Ministry of Natural Resources of Ontario and many others.
You can depend on our lighting systems!
Future Security Technologies
Tony Dileo
Senior Tech Consultant
Web: www.futuresecuritytech.com
With our roots based here in Toronto, Canada, Future Security Technologies Inc. has rapidly expanded its operations since inception in 2008. We now have offices in Montreal, Vancouver, and New York to be able to better serve our loyal clientele right across North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Working daily with law enforcement officials, we strive to provide the most up to date products and services available today on the market. Whether you require the latest in Security Product Technology, state of the art Global GPS Tracking services, Threat and Risk Assessment Consultation, Security Guard Training services, or the most recent in Encryption services, we have it all. So whether you're an individual, small business, or corporate enterprise, our experienced security consultants are here to serve you with confidence. Personal safety for any individual is our biggest concern!
We look forward to assisting you and your loved ones in being the safest that you possibly can be!
Futureshield
Cynthia Weeden
Web: www.futureshield.com
FutureShield Inc. was founded in Toronto, ON, Canada in 2005, on the premise that there is a strong need for domain expertise in integrating software solutions for security, emergency management, and critical infrastructure protection. FutureShield combines years of software expertise within a process of: Prepare, Respond, Mitigate, Recover. During the first meeting, we work with our clients to understand where they are within the process and which tools they already have in place. Our complimentary consultation services help solve the problem of where to begin – and it is different for each customer scenario based upon potential threats (accidental and intentional) and assets to protect including people, process and property. Once the solution requirements are set, FutureShield organizes vendor presentations from our portfolio of pre evaluated and approved suppliers. In some cases, a single solution is all that is required and other cases require fully integrated solutions from leading vendors.
Human Systems Inc.
Ron Boothby
VP, Business Administration
Web: www.humansys.com
Humansystems (HSI) was founded in 1982 to provide Human Factors services to Canadian industry and government and specializes in the human side of technology for product or system development, procurement and upgrading. We apply Human Factors methods and knowledge to integrate technology design with user needs to benefit both human performance and well-being. We also conduct literature, laboratory, simulator and field research for clients to understand and model critical areas of human effectiveness at the individual, team and organizational level.
Integrys Ltd.
Brian Flippance
Web: www.integrys.com
Integrys is proud to partner with Vigilant Video, North America's premier supplier of Automatic License Plate Recognition systems to the Law Enforcement community. Local installation and technical support of these types of systems is paramount, and this has been our business for over 50 years. Our engineering staff participate in the customization, start-up and training to provide a smooth implementation and successful long term deployment.
Since 1959 Integrys and its parent company Allan Crawford Associates has brought premier technology from the world to Canadian markets. Starting with electronic test equipment, market focus grew to include industrial control, embedded computing and vision systems. Integrys' Security and Law Enforcement Division partners with world leaders like Vigilant for mobile ALPR, Perceptics Inc. for fixed ALPR, RedSpeed Ltd for intersection safety camera systems and Rajant, Inc for first responder communications.
International Operations Branch
Staff Sergeant John Martone
European Desk Coordinator
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ip-pi/iob-soi-eng.htm
International Peace Operations Branch
Staff Sergeant Gilles Déziel
Special Projects and Honours
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/po-mp/index-eng.htm
Interpol Ottawa
Web: www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/interpol
M.D. Charlton Co. Ltd.
Joe Martindale
Web: www.mdcharlton.ca
M.D. CHARLTON COMPANY is one of the largest law enforcement equipment distributors in Canada and is incorporated in the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario. For over 30 years we have been providing our customers with quality equipment and honest, unexcelled service. Our head office is located in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, with a large warehouse, machine shop, and walk-in retail store. Other locations include a large retail store in Vancouver, BC, a warehouse and walk-in retail store in Mississauga, Ontario, with authorized dealers in Quebec and the Maritimes. In addition to our normal day to day sales, the company is contracted to do firearms training and firearms servicing with departments. We also contract out to major corporations to train for firearms for bear protection and for predator control. We provide training in the use of Chemical Munitions, O.C. (pepper spray), Distraction Devices and Specialty Impact Munitions, Taser and ASP.
We now offer high quality custom law enforcement clothing and workwear through our newest division, MDC Tactical Force Clothing located in Mississauga.
Malley Industries Inc.
Denis Gaudet
Manager, Business Development
Web: www.malleyindustries.com
Malley Industries is in the business of providing vehicle solutions to organizations and individuals that carry special commodities, whether transporting equipment, cargo or people. The company will produce more than 900 vehicle conversions in the coming year.
The company is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty vehicles, including: ambulances, a wide variety of commercial vehicle customization and component manufacturing, fleet upfitting, hazmat and rescue units, specialized police vehicles, mobile shelters, laboratories & command posts, and adaptive mobility conversions for persons with physical challenged. Established in 1979 as a family-owned business, Malley Industries Inc. currently employs over 60 skilled professionals and custom fabricators in five key areas; metal fabrication, woodworking & assembly, thermo vacuum forming, vehicle electronics and automotive upholstery. It has two commercial/industrial facilities located in the Greater Moncton area, totalling 45,000 square feet, both within close proximity to major roadways, air and rail links. We manage a relationship with more than 200 suppliers, of which approximately 50 are outside Canada.
Meggitt Training Systems Canada
Jean-Roch Garneau
Marketing Representative
Web: www.meggitttrainingsystems.com
Morpho Detection
Rob LaLonde
Canadian Sales Leader
Morpho Detection's MobileTrace™ delivers dependable, portable explosives detection supporting the mission of military and first responders. Reliable sensitivity and selectivity from a single sample Long-life battery for extended field use User-friendly color touch screen display Simultaneous explosives and narcotics detection capability Morpho Detection's field-proven technology is used around the world at military installations, airports, border crossings, and other security checkpoints
NCI (Net Cyclops Inc.)
Marcel Gagnier
Director, Public Safety
Web: www.nci.ca
NCI is Canada's premier full service provider of IT Security, Networking and Digital Forensics services and solutions, with major public and private sector clients around the world. NCI specializes in supporting Canada's law enforcement agencies with two-factor authentication, digital forensics, and IT Security solutions and services. Our extensive portfolio of best-of-breed products ensures that our experts will deliver the ideal end-to-end business solution, maximizing the effectiveness of your technology investment and minimizing your organization's risk. This dedication to our clients' needs, has resulted in a 98% client retention rate. Our digital forensics team provides recovery, forensic analysis, and data wiping services. The NCI Training Centre offers professional development and technology specific courses in IT Security. Our specialty is security. Our focus is service.
La force de NCI consiste à travailler avec les corps policiers du Canada pour leur besoins en authentification forte, forensiques numériques, et sécurité TI. NCI has offices in Mississauga, Montréal, and London Ontario.
OSL Solutions
Robert Koblovsky
Web: www.oslsolutions.com
OSL Solutions, provides a scheduling, HR management solution designed specifically for Police.
Automated Time and Attendance
Manage Complex Organization and Collective Bargaining Rules
Automated Employee Scheduling and Attendance management
Precise Leave and Accrual Management
Automate Vacancy Scheduling
Integrate with existing HR and Payroll systems
Comprehensive employee information management
Detailed suite of reports
Training/development skills management
Integrated Quarter Master / Inventory Control
Complete Training management feature
Web Module for easy employee access
Shift Commander Master Roster
Prefair, Imrico Ltd.
Marc Dorval
Tel: (450) 446-7060 x226
Web: www.prefair.ca
Every year in Canada lives are lost needlessly as a result of people taking shortcuts across railway lines while going from their homes to activities such as school or jobs, shopping or fishing, or simply to the nearest coffee shop for a quick break. Come to our Transport Canada Railway Safety booth so you can learn how we can work in partnership to reduce risks, to save lives and to make your communities safer.
Priority Dispatch Corporation
Cheryl Collins
Regional Account Manager
Web: www.prioritydispatch.net
Priority Dispatch Corp. (PDC) provides comprehensive, integrated solutions for Police, Fire and Medical emergency dispatching. We incorporate the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch approved Priority Dispatch System® in all our products. PDC offers multi-agency emergency dispatching ProQA® Software, as well as a card-set version, AQUA® quality improvement software, training, consulting, and Academy accreditation support.
Ask the right questions. Get the right answers. Send the best response.
Project Lifesaver International
Chief Gene Saunders
CEO and Founder
Web: www.projectlifesaver.org
Project Lifesaver is a Non-Profit 501(C) (3) Corporation with headquarters in Chesapeake, Virginia. The organization began in April 1999 from the ranks of a Search and Rescue group affiliated with the Chesapeake Sheriff's Office in Virginia, known as the 43rd Virginia Search and Rescue Organization.
Project Lifesaver works with public safety agencies to provide search and rescue training, procedures and equipment. Project Lifesaver uses radio frequency technology to respond to incidents of missing persons with cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia, autism, Down syndrome, and other conditions.
Training and equipping these agencies across the country has resulted in greatly improved capabilities to locate and rescue missing persons with cognitive conditions nationwide. Before Project Lifesaver, searches across the country were averaging 9 hours and costing taxpayers approximately $1,500 per hour. Many searches actually took days, with hundreds of responders, resulting in much higher costs and many with tragic endings. The average search time for Project Lifesaver agencies is approximately 30 minutes, with over 2,000 successful rescues to date.
The program has developed affiliate relationships with over 1,100 agencies (law enforcement, sheriff, fire, EMS and more) in 45 states, Canada and Australia. Training is provided to each agency who adopts the program so they may begin to utilize the enhanced lifesaving procedures and equipment of the Project Lifesaver program.
Rescue 7 Inc
John Collie
Web: www.rescue7.net
It's About Trust: That is why EMS, Police and Fire Services are teaming up with Rescue 7 Inc. to provide a turnkey emergency response programs for communities across Canada. Since 1998, Rescue 7 Inc. has been the Canadian Leader in assisting our clients in reducing incident rates, helping meet their statutory obligations and most importantly, saving lives. We aim to minimize risks and associated costs by providing quality and professional training and consulting services that foster the safest environment possible. Rescue 7 Inc. is federally certified through HRSDC (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada), Health Canada and the through the applicable WCB/WSIB. Our various First Aid, CPR and AED training courses all meet the Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation (CHSF) Guidelines and are offered as bilingual training programs. We offer customized training programs, Safety Tracking Accountability & Reporting (STAR™) System, AED units and accessories to meet the specific needs of your environment. Rescue 7 Inc. is the exclusive first aid training company for the Ontario Provincial Police.
Rogers Wireless
Gregory Blackett
Web: www.rogers.com/wireless
Rogers Communications connects small businesses to customers, suppliers, partners and employees with fast and reliable wireless, telephone, Internet and TV services. Over 1.5 million business customers rely on Rogers for proven tools and the know how to help keep them connected. Our affordable services run on our proven networks, backed by 24/7 technical support.
Rotoconcept Robotics Inc.
Joanna Puchala
Business Affairs Manager
Web: www.rotoconcept.com
Rotoconcept Robotics is a Canadian company based in Mississauga, Ontario. We focus on producing light, one-man portable tactical robotic platforms that allow teams to gain vital intelligence from a safe distance while guaranteeing the highest non line of sight wireless range on the market. We pride ourselves on innovation and understanding our clients' needs. With sophisticated software at their core, our robots are practical, easy to use and cost effective.
Royal Roads University
Shelley Langille
Director, Military, Security & College Relations
Tel: (250) 419-7740 ext. 2225
Web: www.royalroads.ca
Royal Roads University delivers applied and professional programs to advance professionals in the workplace. We combine online learning with on-campus residencies so you can advance your education and continue to work. Faculty have academic credentials and relevant, real-world experience so students can immediately apply what they learn to their workplace. Royal Roads University delivers graduate and undergraduate degrees, certificates, diplomas, executive and custom education. The 2010 National Survey of Student Engagement, ranked Royal Roads University number one in active and collaborative learning, and academic challenge. Our flexible admission acknowledges academic, professional and life experience. For more information visit us at www.royalroads.ca
Sharp's Audio Visual
Ron Boyer
Web: www.sharpsav.com
Sharp's Audio Visual delivers a complete range of innovative audio visual solutions with class-leading professionalism and service. From enterprise-wide systems design and integration to rentals and staging, no one has more expertise than Sharp's. Since 1923 we've set the standard for innovation and service in the audio visual industry. Today, our national team is more than 300 strong. International corporations, public institutions, educators, NGOs and organizations in every industry – large and small – trust Sharp's knowledgeable professionals to deliver solutions with impact. Contact us at 403.255.4123 or visit us online at sharpsav.com.
Strath Craft Ltd.
Herb Curwain
Web: www.strathcraft.com
Strath Craft Limited has been supplying recognition and award products for over 90 years. Our new website is unique to every police service organization, with online ordering, images and pricing. Our delivery for plaques is 5 days or less. Our ability to customize and manufacture products for every situation is second to none. We are a Canadian Company and have full service graphics design capabilities for your assistance. Don't forget to call us for promotional products as well.
TSL Aersospace Technologies Ltd.
Wes Armstrong
Web: www.tslaerospace.com
Having served our military customers for over 20 years, TSL Response Technologies Ltd. has teamed with one of the largest distributors of Police Equipment in North America. We now have the ability to provide a broader selection of body armour, masks, gloves, boots and equipment that is focused on Police and Security requirements.
The range of equipment in stock includes High Intensity Lights, Rifle Sights, Gun Cases, Crime Scene Kits, Tactical Gloves, Emergency Equipment, First Aid kits and much more. There is a significant tool line we now carry. This features the Ogura battery powered rescue tools.
Westervelt College
Drew Gardiner
Web: www.westervelt.x2idea.net
Founded in 1885, Westervelt College is Canada's longest established College with more than 48,000 graduates, and is recognized as one of our country's foremost educational institutions. Westervelt strives to educate tomorrow's Police Officers through today's students, by educating, empowering, and enriching them for a lifetime. Since 1995 Westervelt has been giving its Police Foundations students the tools for success. Today our campus houses the latest in classroom and lab technology and an up-to-date curriculum including hands on training in Defensive Tactics, Arrest Procedures, Evidence and Courtroom Procedures, etc. Taught by 14 Police Officers combining over 200 years of Policing experience.
Malcolm Leslie
Authorized Managing Sales Rep
Web: www.whelen.com
Whelen designs and manufactures vehicular visual and audible warning equipment including LED strobe and halogen lightbars, beacons, power supplies, sirens and secondary lighting products. Whelen products are designed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
Work Authority
Gary Corrigale
Key Account Executive
Web: www.workauthority.ca
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Here are some photos of the Deluxe Limited Edition and the Deluxe Lettered Edition of The Dark Man by Stephen King, published by Cemetery Dance Publications. Each copy of the Lettered Edition includes a hand-drawn Dark Man illustration by Glenn Chadbourne that was tipped into the front of the book. You can see some samples in this post. In addition, you can watch a very short video demonstrating how the Lettered Edition box opens in this post.


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Teen Student Wields 2 Knives at Students – Cop Takes Him Down With 1 Shot (Video)
Tim Brown December 8, 2016
What are kids thinking doing something this stupid? A 14-year-old high school student was taken down with one shot by a campus police officer after wielding two knives in attempt to stab fellow students.
One student captured the incident and the shooting on video. (Warning: Strong Language)
Logan Clark is a student at Proctor R. Hug High School in Reno, Nevada. According to his father, Clark claims that he was being bullied at school and so he brought knives with him.
The Daily Mail reports:
Police Chief Jason Soto said that the boy was 'armed with at least one knife and threatening other students' during a fight at the high school in a working class neighborhood on the city's north side.
The armed student failed to comply with the school police officer's verbal commands to drop the knife, and the officer ultimately fired his service weapon, 'striking the student and … stopping the threat,' Soto said.
'Once the threat was stopped, the officer immediately began to provide medical aid to the student until emergency medical assistance arrived,' Soto said. He refused to take any questions.
Clark was in critical condition.
His father, Justin Clark, posted on Facebook.
He added.
Now, there are a number of things that should be addressed here. First, let's go right where the problem begins. Mr. Clark, what are you doing sending you're a son to a state-controlled indoctrination center where he is not only indoctrinated, but bullied? It is your responsibility to educate your children, not the state's.
Second, Clark is right in pointing out that the officer could have used the non-lethal means of a taser to deal with his son. I don't think a gun was necessary in this case, but it does demonstrate some of what takes place in public schools.
Third, one has to wonder why this was not dealt with previously by the school if, as Clark says, they knew about it and did nothing.
I understand that Logan has lost part of his lung, and that is bad for him, but I also see in that video a young man running around issuing threats to several students. I'm sorry that kind of behavior is not excused just because someone may bully someone else.
Now, the question that must be on the Obama administration's mind now is, should we ban knives? No, I don't think they will use this story because it would go against their agenda to go after guns, which in this case, was used to stop a boy with a knife.
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Somehow SXSW and the resulting stream of thoughts, ideas, and responses have combined into a kind of repeating theme in my mind which I wanted to elaborate upon a little, here.
In my last post I talked a little about the issue of naturalness; that is, one approach is self-abnegation, self-discipline, thinking of your nature as something you have to fight with, overcome… but there's a complementary view, which is that there's a deeper sense of "naturalness" which doesn't mean simply going along with habits, reactivity, etc., but it can include a larger context of life, and you can approach life not with the idea of fighting with your own nature, but with the idea of relaxing into a larger sense of what is "natural." That is, you can think of, for example, overindulging in something as following a kind of restricted sense of the natural, yet it's also natural to be more aware of a larger picture, i.e., that, say, so eating healthily, for example, can be something that feels right rather than being the result of a kind of self-discipline or fighting with one's impulses.
Thich Naht Hanh likes to say you should see a cloud in a glass of water. It's simple: we tend to see things in a very local sense; we see things, as well as ourselves, and the forces in our lives, as objects, separated from each other. Yet everything we see is interpenetrating with everything else; they come from other things and go into other things, arise, dissolve, like waves. There are vast cycles, yet we tend to assume everything is static, constant, and the factors in our lives are also static, and that we are static, for the most part, changing only in small increments through defined, atomic movements.
But in fact it's more accurate to say we're temporary metastable aggregates, loosely defined and strongly coupled to everything around us, and every action we take comes from and feeds back into that network of connections which surrounds and interpenetrates ourselves and everything else. To put it more simply, what we do now affects not only our immediate circumstances but has a long-term impact which can play out over longer and longer periods of time and over larger and larger contexts. And yet, though we tend to systematically ignore these larger contexts, they have a huge impact on our lives, in the long run.
The "discipline" approach, to some extent, acknowledges this, but it does so by coming up with rules and then attempting to impose these rules on ourselves and others (in the extreme, to get past the apparent conflict between the rules and our immediate impulses, those attempting to impose this approach appeal to dogma or blind faith). But there is another way, involving presence or awareness: trying to bring a larger context of life directly into present awareness. There are many ways of doing this — contemplative practice is one approach to helping us notice this larger context and bring it more fully into our moment-to-moment life: it addresses a certain direct perceptual/participatory aspect of this. More generally, however, it seems to me, what's at issue has to do with bringing a direct awareness of a larger context into the present moment, so we see the potential long-term or larger context effects in a more direct, visceral way.
We can see the tension between the immediate and the larger-scale or longer-term in so many areas of politics, social issues, environmental issues, etc.: global warming is a perfect example. This is a phenomenon which occurs so slowly that the changes from year to year are hard to notice; the relationship between our actions today and the longer-term effect on the future of the planet are difficult to perceive directly. Through careful analysis, observation, and modeling we can understand a bit better how the various aspects of the system might evolve, but it takes something visceral for us to visualize the problem directly and see it as a present, rather than a hypothetical future, or even imaginary, threat.
We have, however, existing perceptual systems which are designed to take in vast amounts of information and process them directly and quickly; this is the power of data visualization and why, I think, further experiments to extend and expand the range of ways in which we can visualize complex relationships and patterns can yield powerfully important aids for us in understanding and responding to our lives at every scale, from our individual lives to larger and larger scale communities. A lot of what interests me about philosophy, ontology, etc., also indexes back into this; the way we perceive and conceptualize our world can have a big impact on what patterns seem immediately evident and which are obscured by habit or by the fact that the patterns can't get past our conceptual blinders.


Sqwash is the national currency of SqwishLand, used to buy cool items and furniture from the Sqwop, and yummy food for your SqwishLanders.
There are tons of ways you can earn Sqwash in SqwishLand – the easiest way is to buy SqwishLand toys and enter the SqwishCodes that come with them! Other than that, you can earn Sqwash by playing mini-games, completing missions, and performing side quests!


As mentioned in the title, my VGA card is 1GB and yet my computer only recognizes 256MB. My question is: "How to make my computer fully recognize the capacity of my ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 (1GB)?"
The 256M you see there is actually called the BAR limit. It's the amount of memory the cpu can map: "The BAR limit (aperture visible to the CPU) is 256 MB but the latest memory manager code can let the CPU access more than 256 MB by dynamically mapping it into the aperture. The GPU can always address the entire video memory anyways. I believe the 256MB limit is a PCI spec."
The second line denotes my 1GB of video memory, while lscpi -v gives me 256 like you. I got this command from this comment.
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Reliable Controls celebrated the official release of the MACH-Vision User Interface Controller on January 19, 2004. With completion of the first production run, the MACH-Visions were shipped to the Reliable Controls Authorized Dealer network. The employees of Reliable Controls enjoyed a decadent MACH-Vision black forest cake to mark the event.
The MACH-Vision User Interface Controller is a high-performance, fully programmable BACnet® controller designed to meet the needs of unitary equipment and zone control. It is ideally suited for single and multiple zone applications where information must be easily viewed and changed. Three different models have a selection of output types and universal inputs. The MACH-Vision has flash memory (EEPROM), SMART-Sensor support and real time clock (optional). The MACH-Vision can be networked on the main network or subnetwork, rendering easy communication with the full line of Reliable Controls products.
The MACH-Vision User Interface Controller is the ultimate intelligent, networkable, commercial and fully programmable thermostat-like device on the market today. For more information on this product please see the Reliable Controls MACH-System controllers.


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Last woman to see Quawan Charles alive admits she didn't call cops when he ran away
Quawan Charles was found dead in a sugarcane field four days after he disappeared.
Attorneys for the family of Quawan Charles are calling for the arrest of Janet Irvin — the last woman to allegedly see the 15-year-old before he died, CBS News reported. Ronald Haley and Chase Trichell reportedly believe the woman can be detained on "a slew of charges" following the release of new audio that seems to implicate her in the teen's passing.
In the recently-released recordings, Irvin admits she failed to call police after realizing Charles broke free from her home. "Yes, I should have called the cops. I should have went further," Irvin is heard saying.
Her son — who was also present that night — is also heard telling a private investigator that he and Charles "smoked some weed" before he disappeared. "That was it," he said in the audio recording.
According to Haley, Irvin committed a crime the moment she did not call the police to report Charles' disappearance. "She knew something was wrong and did nothing," she said. "It speaks volumes as to what her involvement was in this case."
As REVOLT reported, Charles went missing on Oct. 30 — the same day Irvin picked him up from his father's Baldwin, Louisiana residence. His remains were found four days later in a sugarcane field not too far from his home.
An autopsy report indicates the teen possibly died from drowning, but the family's attorneys question the validity of the results as they claim the water in the field was very shallow. They also believe that Charles' indulgence of any drugs that night could have contributed to his death. Haley and Trichell are awaiting toxicology and histology results to determine whether drugs were in Charles' system when he died.
"We think the toxicology report is going to vindicate what we're saying today," Trichell said. "Janet Irvin could be charged with delinquency to minors, serving minors drugs."
Family of missing Black teen demand answers after he's found dead
Autopsy report released to Dreasjon Reed's family months after police fatally shot him
By Dayna Haffenden


Android: Before you hit the road this summer, you'll need the right vacation playlist for your trip. Now, TripAdvisor will help by curating playlists from Google Play Music based on the city you're traveling to.
The new version of the Android app will now offer playlists themed based on the city you're visiting. You can then open them in the Play Music app. If you're not a Play Music subscriber, no need to worry! TripAdvisor is giving away a two month trial for the music service.


Dark chocolate covered peanuts are an elevated version of one of the most popular snacks consumed by people of all ages. Peanuts have been enjoyed for years at ballgames, on road trips and as a favorite anytime snack. Dark chocolate is revered for its health benefits. When it is pour over peanuts the result is an irresistibly delicious, healthy snack.
Dark Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier) and Vanilla) Peanuts, Gum Arabic, Corn Syrup, Sugar, and Certified Confectioners Glaze.
Can never go wrong with dark chocolate, wish I bought more. Have them hid from the kids!
I bought these for my husband. We switched to eating more dark chocolate for health benefits. I can't stop eating them.
Another order – and continued delight! I think I would also like to enjoy these as clumps of peanuts with your dark chocolate poured over same.
Dark Chocolate and Peanuts! High on my list! And these hit the top. Thanks so much.
I love anything dark chocolate!! These are the BEST!!!


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Voice Awakening Workshop
1:00 - 5:00 pm
With Sarah Lessire
The voice is one of the most precious and powerful functions of the human body. It is a true window to the soul, in that it holds tremendous information about one's state of being, mood, intention and subtle energetic situation. One's frequency spectrum, or timbre, is like a living record of their story.
But more than just a mirror, the human voice is also an extraordinary source of healing. For thousands of years, it has been used to transfer and transform energy within individuals, or from one person to another. Today, more and more people are coming into awakening to the power of sound as a tool for improving their lives and well-being.
ABOUT SARAH...
Trained as a classical singer and voice teacher, I very early on became interested in what lies beyond songs and sound. I was fascinated by the healing effect that the voice had on people's emotional and physical state. I approached different modalities such as Feldenkrais, Alexander, MLC, Pneumophonia and sound healing, and combined what I found to be the most transformative elements of those modalities into the workshops and one on one work that I now offer.
Sarah Lessire
Through chakra toning, movement and sound awareness, phonic meditations, chants and improvisation, we are able to tune to the subtle language of the voice and bring awareness to areas of our energetic and emotional bodies that need care and compassion. Using specific frequencies and sounds, we are able to soothe, balance or release those areas, so that we can all become the fully embodied and sonorous beings we desire to be.
This work addresses anyone curious about gaining an understanding of themselves through their voice, or wanting to discover the incredible energy generated when voices come together around a same intention.
You do not have to have a "great" voice, to know how to sing, or to be a "good speaker." Whatever your voice is, is perfect!
It makes so much sense to use the vibrations of our own voice…what medicine could be more perfectly suited?
Value $30
or pay as you're able
Pre-registration required: call (985) 892-8111,
email info@womenscenterforhealing.org
or click here to register online with option to pay online with credit card or PayPal
If paying by check, make payable to Women's Center for Healing and mail to:
71667 Leveson Street
Note: If minimum enrollment is not reached, class may be cancelled;
Registration will be closed when maximum number of participants is reached.
Contact Sarah with any questions you may have -
email sarahlessire@gmail.com or call (985) 302-6248
The workshop will be held in the Great Room
Please enter through side rear door