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EDUCATION: NEXT GENERATION
Welcome to the Speaker Notes from:
#EdNextGen Conference – Fall 2016
presented by Happily Family – Cecilia and Jason Hilkey
Download The Entire Conference
25 videos, audio MP3s and all notes
Dr. Daniel Siegel
Mindsight and Mindfulness in Raising Successful Kids
Dr. Daniel Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes.
Dr. Siegel teaches that when a parents and teachers see and understand their own mind and their child's mind, they all thrive. According to the research, parent's self understanding–making sense of their past–is the number one predictor in children's well being. Our connections with other people are important for our health, happiness, and the health of the planet.
www.drdansiegel.com
Dr. Siegel's Latest Book Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
Books by Dr. Siegel
Liberating Genius in Kids
Angela Maiers is an Educator. Entrepreneur. Leader. Disruptor, and Visionary. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years, teaching every level of school from kindergarten to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world.
Angela helps learners and leaders understand the transformative power of technology and the Internet. She is the author of six books, including Classroom Habitudes and The Passion-Driven Classroom and Liberating Genius, and her You Matter talk at TEDxDesMoines has been viewed several hundred thousand times.
Angela is the founder of Choose2Matter, a global movement that challenges and inspires students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems.
Angela Maiers has redefined what it means to be a genius. She helps kids and adults find their own passion and put it to work in the world. In this inspiring conversation Angela talks about how our deepest human needs are to belong, contribute, and to do the work we are meant to do in the world. Doing work that you are passionate about involves courage and risk, but Angela has practical tools to help us.
Liberating Genius Paperback:
Robin Grille
Psychologist, Author of Parenting for a Peaceful World
Robin Grille is a father, psychologist, parent educator. His articles and books on parenting and child development have been widely published around the world. Robin is the author of 'Parenting for a Peaceful World' and 'Heart to Heart Parenting'. Robin believes that humanity's future is largely dependent on the way we collectively relate to our children.
Born in Uruguay, South America, into a multicultural family, he currently lives in Australia and feels a strong affinity for a broad span of cultures, across the universal human family.
Robin's courses have helped many people to embrace parenting as a transformative, personal growth journey. Drawing from 25 years' clinical experience and leading-edge neuropsychological research, Robin's seminars and courses focus on healthy emotional development for children as well as parents; while building supportive, co-operative parenting communities.
Robin's study of schools around the world has shown the benefits of democratic education, an emergent curriculum, and the free school system. These benefits are not just for the children, but also for the teachers and the community, in lower levels of bullying, violence, destructive behavior, depression, school refusal, and mental illness. Robin believes that we are creating the future and that we each need to push for it actively.
www.hearttoheartparenting.org
www.our-emotional-health.com
Parenting for a Peaceful World
Heart to Heart Parenting
Fair Fighting for Kids and Families
Jennifer Miller has twenty years of experience helping adults teach social and emotional learning to children. She is a regular expert contributor NBC Education Nation's Parent Toolkit. She is the author and illustrator of the site, Confident Parents, Confident Kids, which has 22,000 followers from 152 countries around the world. She has contributed articles to popular publications such as Parent Magazine, The Huffington Post, Edutopia, Responsive Classroom, and The Community Psychologist. She offers webinars and workshops, and coaches parents and educators. She lives with her husband and nine year old son in Columbus, Ohio.
Jennifer talks about the research of fighting and relationships. Research shows that it's not the quantity of fighting but the quality that determines the emotional health of the relationship. Jennifer presents 4 barriers to communication to avoid during fighting and 4 practices to ensure better communication.
www.confidentparentsconfidentkids.org
Facebook – Confident Parents Confident Kids
Twitter – JenniferSMiller
www.parenttoolkit.com
Fighting Fair Family Pledge
Teaching Kids About Name Calling
Meg Hickling and Saleema Noon
Why, When and How to Talk to Kids About *Sex*
Saleema Noon holds a Masters degree in sexual health education. She has been teaching in the field of sexual health, empowerment, assertiveness training, internet safety, healthy relationships, body image and self-esteem since 1997. She is a step-mom to two teenaged girls, and her book for parents written with Meg Hickling, Talk Sex Today, was released in September 2016.
Meg Hickling is a retired registered nurse and an award winning educator and author who has been instilling knowledge of sexual health in children and adults for over 30 years. She is an internationally recognized advocate in educating children about human reproduction. Meg believes that knowledge bring about empowerment.
Saleema and Meg express the importance of sex education. They present it as a conversation that needs to happen many times over the course of children's life, in order for kids to be educated about their own bodies, and to keep kids safe from sexual abuse. They tackle tough issues like pornography, internet safety, gender and body image. They cover practical tips as well as share some really funny stories!
www.saleemanoon.com
Talk Sex Today
Talk Sex Today – Amazon Canada
Boys, Girls & Body Science
Speaking of Sex
Tara Mohr
Overcoming Fear, Criticism & Self-Doubt to Play Bigger in Life
Tara Mohr is an expert on women's leadership and well-being. She helps women play bigger in sharing their voices and bringing forward their ideas in work and in life. Tara is the author of Playing Big named best book of the year by Apple. Tara is the creator of the Playing Big leadership program for women, which now has more than 1,000 graduates from around the world, and creator of the global Playing Big Facilitators Training for coaches, therapists, and other professionals supporting women in their personal and professional growth. Tara has an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale. Tara's work has been featured on national media from the New York Times to Today Show to Harvard Business Review.
Tara presents the Playing Big model including tools for quieting the inner critic, working through fears, unhooking from praise and criticism to tap into our personal strength and inner wisdom. She shares stories of different ways teachers and parents have used these techniques with children.
www.taramohr.com
Facilitators Training
Scott Noelle
Self-Directed Education and Partnership
Scott Noelle is a coach, mentor, writer, and speaker. His passion is helping people develop their parenting, relationship, and self-empowerment skills, so they can raise confident, connected, creative children.
He collaborated with the late Jean Liedloff, author of The Continuum Concept, and Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn. His background as a voice teacher helping adult singers overcome inner and outer obstacles to creative expression laid much of the foundation for his work as a parenting/life coach beginning in 2003.
Scott created The Daily Groove, a free short daily email, when he realized that parents need reminders to change their way of thinking about children and parenting. He lives in Portland with his wife and two children.
Scott believes that the person who is most qualified to direct learning is the learner themselves. When we allow children to be self-directed in their education they are much more efficient and empowered. By adopting a lifestyle or a classroom of curiosity and learning and exploration, children's own natural engagement will increase.
Get Scott's short daily emails subscribe at DailyGroove.com
Book – More information about private coaching with Scott
Book – Alliance for Self Directed Education
Elena Brower
Cultivating Spiritual Intelligence and Attention
Elena Brower is a renowned yoga teacher and speaker. Influenced by several yoga traditions, she is recognized internationally for her expertise in combining physical alignment and the art of attention. Since 1998, Elena has been offering these practices as a vehicle for approaching our world with realistic reverence and gratitude. She is the author of Art of Attention, a yoga workbook that has been translated into five languages and the creator of teach.yoga, a virtual home for yoga teachers worldwide. She's contributed to the Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Origin, Mantra, and has been featured in Yoga Journal, the New York Times and on major network-news channels.
Elena believes in taking good care of herself so that she can care for everyone else. She teaches principles and practices that she uses in her day to foster emotional intelligence, handle conflict, and create emotional safety in her family. She talks about gratitude, attention, and reverence and how to change our physiological state.
www.elenabrower.com
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The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible
Charles Eisenstein is an internationally recognized speaker and writer focusing on themes of human culture and identity. He is the author of several books, most recently Sacred Economics and The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible. He has a degree in mathematics and philosophy from Yale. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and four children.
Charles talks about how, as a culture, we are moving away from the "story of separation" and into "the story of interbeing". He urges us to listen, have empathy, trust, and non-judgement for children. In this wide ranging conversation we talk about how "interbeing" effects education, parenting, philosophy and spirituality.
Most of us have grown up in a society that trains us, from Kindergarten or even earlier, to do things we don't really want to do, and to refrain from things we want to do. This is called discipline, the work ethic, self control and it has been seen as a cardinal virtue… Part of our revolution is the reunion of work and play. If it feels like work, stop it.
www.charleseisenstein.net
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Yalda Uhls
What To Do About Tech: Lessons From Research & Real Life
Dr. Yalda Uhls, is a child psychologist scientist, who works with schools, non-profits, and companies. Her research and book, Media Moms and Digital Dads, focuses on how media impacts the social behavior of preadolescents. Her position is balanced, based in fact, and relevant to those concerned with using media in positive ways to shape youth development. Dr. Uhls also works with Common Sense Media and does research with UCLA. Her work has been featured in Time Magazine, the NY Times, USA Today and NPR. Prior to her academic career, Yalda spent over fifteen years as a senior entertainment executive and producer at studios such as Sony and MGM, and consulted for Google. Most importantly, she is a mom of two digital teens (a boy and a girl).
Dr. Yalda Uhls brings a balanced, well-research perspective to address parents' and teachers' concerns about kids using technology. She addresses violence in video games, teaching self regulation, the impact that technology has on creativity and distractibility, and technology addiction.
www.yaldatuhls.com
Twitter – @DrYaldaUhls
Media Moms and Digital Dads
Marji Zintz
Becoming a Peaceful Parent
Marji Zintz works as a parent coach and educator, helping parents of children of any age for two decades find effective and peaceful solutions to common parent-child relationship hurdles. In addition to maintaining a private practice (called The Peaceful Parent Whisperer) in the Catskill Mountains region of New York State, she is a member of the administrative team that runs the nearly 12,000-member international parenting group Gentle Parents Unite. Marji is an empty-nester parent herself and also works as a professional performing musician. She has presented nationally, speaking on the topics of parenting, home education, and music.
Marji teaches about how to question the thoughts and stories that we tell ourselves in our head. She has a beautiful way of explaining and understanding the words and behaviors of children. She shows us how to shift from reactivity in the moment to being the kind of parent that we want to be. Marji instructs parents and teachers about how to move away from victimhood and into joy by connecting to our needs.
www.peacefulparentwhisperer.com
Ted Fujimoto
Relationship is the Foundation to Education
Ted Fujimoto is the president of Landmark Consulting Group, Inc., a management and investment consultancy for scaling innovations in learning. He is the founder and co-chair of the Right to Succeed Foundation, a nonprofit focused on transforming public education worldwide and through the creation of at least 6,000 American Dream Schools within the next 10 years. Ted helped to design and create the replication systems and strategy for several of the largest scalable, fastest growing, highest performing public school designs in the country that created over 400 schools, including New Tech Network and Big Picture Learning.
Ted talks about the 3 critical pieces–relationship, relevance, and rigor–common in schools that address the "whole child". He also outlines the first few steps of reforming a school or starting a new one, including who you need on your team–civic and business leaders, educators, parents and children.
Go to Right to Succeed to learn about "whole child" school designs that are scaling and to find schools
Ted's consulting firm
Twitter – Ted Fujimoto
Dr. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Kids
Dr. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff is a Professor of Education, Psychology, and Linguistics, at the University of Delaware. She served as editor of Child Development, and authored over 150 journal publications, book chapters, and 14 books. She is passionate about using developmental science to improve the lives of children and families. She lectures internationally to parents and professionals about language development, playful learning, and spatial development. Her latest book is called Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us about Raising Successful Children. Golinkoff also co-founded the Ultimate Block Party movement to celebrate the science of learning and play.
Roberta talks about how we are entering a new era in the workplace and in education. Social scientists and business leaders agree that 6 core skills are needed. In her book Becoming Brilliant, Roberta presents the 6 C's of Collaboration, Communication, Content, Critical thinking, Creativity, and Confidence. She uses examples from business, education, and research and also gives parents and teachers tools that they can use to develop these abilities in kids.
www.roberta-golinkoff.com
Book – Roberta's book Becoming Brilliant
Tommy Rosen
Starting a Meditation Practice with Kids
Tommy Rosen is a yoga teacher and addiction recovery expert who has spent the last two decades immersed in yoga, recovery and wellness. He holds certifications in both Kundalini and Hatha Yoga and has 24 years of continuous recovery from drug addiction.
Tommy is one of the pioneers in the field of Yoga and Recovery assisting others to holistically transcend addictions of all kinds. Tommy is the founder and host of the Recovery 2.0: Beyond Addiction Online Conference series and the #MoveBeyond Group Coaching Program. He leads Recovery 2.0 retreats and workshops internationally and presents regularly at yoga conferences and festivals. Tommy's first book, Recovery 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and Upgrade Your Life, was published by Hay House in October 2014. Tommy and his wife, yoga teacher, Kia Miller, live in Venice, California, where they teach yoga and grow organic vegetables in their backyard.
Tommy defines addiction as any behavior that we continue to do, despite the fact that it brings negative consequences into our lives. He believes that we can prevent many people from becoming addicted if we work with them, as children, to teach them to attend to their emotions, develop the abilities to self reflect and self correct, and to have self esteem. He shares practical steps to introduce kids to meditation.
www.tommyrosen.com
www.recovery2point0.com
Patty Wipfler
"Where's the happy medium?" Limits, Freedom of Expression, and Self-Care for Parents
Patty Wipfler has worked with parents and children for 40 years. During that time she developed a revolutionary parenting approach based on a fresh understanding of the way relationships in the family affect children's behavior and ability to learn. She founded the nonprofit Hand in Hand Parenting in 1989. Since then, more than 800,000 copies of her Listening to Children series have been sold. Patty continues to train hundreds of therapists, social workers, and parent educators in the US and 10 other countries, and offers parents accessible support for the vital work of parenting through Hand in Hand Parenting.
Patty teaches that children release emotions, they are expressing disconnection. When we allow kids to express their feelings and get reconnected, then they can think and come up with ideas to solve their problems. Patty presents 5 listening tools that allow kids to develop connection, emotional intelligence, and listening.
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Patty's book Listen
Chris Morasky
Connecting Kids to Nature Through Experiences and Stone Age Skills
Chris Morasky is a wildlife biologist with over 30 years experience teaching Stone Age skills and nature connection and is considered one of the top Stone Age skills experts in North America. Chris has lived most of the past 20+ years in the wilderness and small communities of British Columbia, Idaho and Utah, including living in a tipi for 6 years. His teachers include Lakota, Shoshone, Arapaho, Crow, Blackfeet and Serri tribesmen. Chris' workshops focus on awakening instincts, ancient skills and deep nature connection as doorways to understand more fully who we are and why we're here.
Chris teaches us that in early times people sought connection with one another, they relied on the community for security, and valued cooperation over competition. In order to develop and use intuition–especially in these modern times–we need to come from stillness and have a beginners mind. He explains how to use our vision, walking, listening and sitting to tap into our intuition. He encourages people–young and old–to develop on their instincts. Chris shows us how we can learn empathy by being in nature.
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Dr. Michelle Charfen
Self-Care for Parents and Teachers
Dr. Michelle Charfen received her MD from Harvard Medical School; and a Masters of Science in Epidemiology from the School of Public Health at UCLA. Michelle has taught in a variety of capacities, ranging all the way from teaching preschool and elementary students to training medical residents. Michelle is a Certified Echo Parent Educator through Echo Parenting and Education, and combines this training with her experience and knowledge to help others learn effective tools for compassionate communication.
Michelle founded Centered Parenting and offers workshops and seminars in the Southbay of Southern California, where she lives with her husband and three children who are homeschooled.
Michelle shares personally about how she used to push her feelings down throughout her teens. When she became a mother she began to adopt healthy coping mechanisms. Michelle talks about her reflection and self care practices that allowed her attend to her feelings, rather than push them down, and to catch herself more quickly when she was using her "old strategies".
Michelle's recent TEDxTalk –
Unconditional Positive Regard: The Power of Self Acceptance
Lenore Skenazy
How to Give Kids More Freedom Without Going Nuts with Worry
Lenore Skenazy is a blogger, columnist, author, and reality show host. A mother who lives in Queens with her husband and two sons, her controversial decision to let her then-9-year-old son take the New York City Subway home alone became a national story and prompted massive media attention. She was dubbed, "America's Worst Mom." In response, Lenore founded the book, blog, and movement "Free-Range Kids," with the aim of "fighting the belief that our children are in constant danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, sleepovers and the perils of a non-organic grape."
Lenore Skenazy explains why kids growing up today in the US (and many other English speaking countries) have very little freedom in comparison to their parents, even though crime is at a record low. She talk about how the Free Range Kids program is changing school districts and communities. By giving kids more freedom, everyone is safer, happier, and healthier.
Free Range Kids Project
Her speaking agent is Judy Safern: judy@leadingthinkers.com
Free Range Kids Book
Dr. Peter Gray
Giving Kids the Freedom to Learn
Dr. Peter Gray, a research professor of psychology at Boston College, has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education. His recent research focuses on the role of play in human evolution and how children educate themselves, through play and exploration, when they are free to do so. He has expanded on these ideas in his book, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life (Basic Books). He also authors a regular blog called Freedom to Learn, for Psychology Today magazine. His own play includes not only his writing and research, but also long distance bicycling, kayaking, cross country skiing, and vegetable gardening. He earned his undergraduate degree at Columbia College and Ph.D. in biological sciences at the Rockefeller University.
Peter teaches us how education and learning have changed dramatically over the course of human evolution. He makes a compelling case for infusing the values that were present in hunter-gatherer societies into modern day education, which–research shows–would result in kids having autonomy, social emotional learning, equality, creativity, and the kind of entrepreneurial skills needed to succeed in this new complex society.
Freedom to Learn Blog, for Psychology Today
Book – Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
Alliance for Self-Directed Education
ASDE on Facebook
Viral video that Peter mentioned is called "How We See Self-Directed Education"…
Heather Forbes
Trauma & Children: Fostering Resilience
Heather Forbes is the owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute and the co-founder of the Codega Foundation. She has worked in the field of trauma and healing since 1999. She is an internationally published author on the topics of raising children with difficult and severe behaviors, the impact of trauma on the developing child, adoptive motherhood, and self-development. Additionally, Heather has a heart for children in the classroom and for finding ways to teach the child that seems "unteachable." Her signature style is to bridge the gap between scientific research and real-life application to equip parents, educators, and therapists with practical and effective tools. Much of her experience and insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, and adoption-related issues comes from her direct mothering experience of her two adopted children.
Heather believes that behavior is a form of communication. She specializes helping parents and teachers shift from seeing acting out as "bad behavior" to healing the trauma or hurt that is at the root. Consistent with the neuroscience research, she teaches adults to use understanding and connection with children rather than consequences, so that the child learns how to regulate, access their executive functioning, and develop skills in the areas that are needed.
www.beyondconsequences.com
Sam Chaltain
Reimagining the Future of Learning
Sam Chaltain is a partner at WONDER, a global design studio that helps schools and communities reimagine the future of learning. His work focuses on how individuals and organizations can tell stories that capture the emotional center of an idea; build an audience of supporters over time. Sam's work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Education Week, USA Today, CNN and the Huffington Post, Sam is the author or co-author of six books. He is also a co-producer of the PBS documentary film, 180 Days: Hartsville; and the online film series, A Year at Mission Hill.
Sam's work documenting what is happening in education in the US has given him a unique perspective about the challenges facing schools, teachers and families. Ultimately his view is hopeful. He shares stories of innovative schools and teachers, as he bears witness to changes in educational thought happening in the classroom and at the highest levels of government. He shares practical ideas of things that we can do to effect change in ourselves, our family, and community.
Sam's Website
Resource for Education Reform
Next State of Learning Website
His Books:
Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice
Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education
American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community
Suzanne Axelsson
Reggio-Inspired Education in Early Childhood and Beyond
Suzanne Axelsson lives and works as an early years director and teacher in Stockholm, Sweden. She has a masters in early childhood education from, Sheffield University, UK, her home country, where she specialized in Reggio Emilia, language, communication, and documentation.
More than 20 years experience in a variety of settings have given Suzanne a broad perspective that supports her work with children, and her blog "Interaction Imagination" that she started writing in 2012. The blog shares ideas about risky play, listening, creativity. Suzanne is presently collating information for a book with the aim of getting teachers and children to think more critically and creatively.
She presents frequently at conferences, was featured several children and nursery magazines, and in an educational documentary for teachers. Suzanne is also involved with The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine in an effort to inspire more focus on play in early childhood education.
Suzanne shares about the history of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy which were created right after World War II, to develop creativity, critical thinking, democracy, to develop the voice of the child, and to use research to guide the interactions with children. She shares inspiration from the classroom about how she explores feelings with kids, fosters competence and confidence, and how she slows down and listens. She has practical examples of how to use the environment as a teacher.
Interaction Imagination
Reggio Emilia Facebook group
Dr. Joseph Lee
Empathy: The One Feeling That Affects Everything You Do
Joseph Lee is a psychiatrist with a practice in Southern California. Early in his practice he saw that his patients were clearly getting better, but didn't seem to be quite "well." His search to help people truly thrive, led him to a truth-based perspective that he's been applying personally and professionally, built around developing self-worth, meaningful relationships, and lifelong optimal healthiness. Becoming a parent, made him more intentional about every aspect of his own life – trying to figure out the best way to raise his kids, while maintaining his own health and wellbeing.
Joseph believes that empathy is a natural inborn response that we have to connect to others (a "biological user interface") that we use to we feel what other people are feeling. Joseph argues that empathy determines the success of not just our relationships, but also the success of businesses, products, and services. He believes that having empathy and "core skills" are the key to success in a changing job market and economy. And he shares strategies for developing empathy in children.
Dr. Joseph Lee's Blog
Dr. Shefali Tsabary
The Awakened Family
Dr. Shefali is a world-renowned clinical psychologist who received her doctorate from Columbia University, New York. She specializes in the integration of Eastern philosophy and Western psychology. Her message has the potential to change people's lives for generations to come.
Dr. Shefali is a keynote speaker who presents at conferences and workshops around the world. She is the author of the Conscious Parent, Out of Control, and, most recently, THE AWAKENED FAMILY, in which she gives us daily skills and tools to revolutionize our families and our parenting.
Dr. Shefali says that we have not been trained to know that life is an inward journey, we are fooled into thinking that the outside needs to be constantly fixed and controlled. Because of the closeness of the relationship that we have with our children our ego gets triggered, our caring of children creates blindness so we can't see them clearly, and our identity gets threatened. Dr. Shefali teaches us that attunement is being a container, a space, being open and trusting; you lean in when you need to, but nothing more than that. Meditation and contemplation anchors us to ourselves so that we can know ourselves.
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Cultivating Mindfulness in Children
Susan Kaiser Greenland is an internationally recognized leader in teaching mindfulness and meditation to children, teens, and families. She is the author of The Mindful Child and Mindful Games and has studied meditation with teachers from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition since 1997. She also developed the Inner Kids program to teach secular mindfulness in schools.
Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, USA Today, Real Simple, and Parents Magazine, and the Huffington Post.
Susan talks about how mindfulness can be used to enhance attention, balance, compassion–the new "A, B, C's"–as well as for stress management, peacefulness and calmness in children. As a pioneer in her field, she was one of the first practitioners to use meditation with children in schools many years ago and she saw very quickly how children were interested in it, how they benefitted from it, and how they took it home to their families. Susan shares activities from her new book Mindful Games and reminds all of us that "wisdom doesn't come from being perfect, wisdom comes from being present."
Dr. Carrie Contey
Parenting, Personhood & Partnership
In Carrie's lively talk she tells us about how raising and teaching little people is an opportunity to become more of ourselves–more abundant, passionate, conscious, happy and healthy. The 4 Pillars of Parenting, Partnership, Personhood, and Prosperity are principles that we can return to, to make the tough times better and make the good times amazing!
Carrie Contey, PhD is a parenting coach, speaker and author. Her background in prenatal and perinatal psychology offers a unique perspective on children, parenting, family life and what it means to be a healthy, happy, whole human being. In her work with thousands of parents all over the world, she guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with a wide-open and courageous heart so that they can approach parenting with both skill and spaciousness.
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Danay DiVirgilio
Using Yoga to Develop Emotional Intelligence
Founded YogaBuddies in 2004, and has more than thirteen years of yoga experience as a yoga practitioner and teacher. she has dedicated her life to making a difference for children and teens. YogaBuddies unique program and products have touched the lives of thousands of children here in the United States and around the world.
A breast cancer warrior, Danay has designed the YogaBuddies program from what she believes is yoga's greatest benefit, which is the practice of learning to connect the mind and the body. By learning yoga's values and benefits at a young age children will make healthier and more mindful choices about what they eat and how they treat themselves, others, and the environment.
Danay teaches children yoga poses, tools and breathing techniques to handle stress and upset, increase emotional awareness, and to have fun! Connecting with the mind and body helps children do better in academics and have more focus and joy. In this wide ranging talk, Danay covers using mantras, affirmations, gratitude, compassion, non-judgement, and empathy.
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Cecilia & Jason Hilkey
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen
Cecilia and Jason Hilkey have worked professionally with children and families for nearly 20 years. They've worked in the homes and schools of children with disabilities, taught together in the same preschool classroom, and inspired parents and educators to use collaborative methods to teach and raise children.
They founded Happily Family and the Education: Next Generation Conference to respond to the needs of parents and teachers who wanted more support, access to current research about brain and child development, and compassionate tools to use in their lives. Their work has reached over 140 countries and touched thousands of families. They live in California with their two adolescent daughters.
Cecilia and Jason believe that behavior is a form of communication. They explain how kids will be more compassionate and better equipped to solve their own problems, if we help them to understand their own feelings and needs–as well as the feelings and needs of others. Jason and Cecilia offer a practical 3-step process to handle conflicts with children, in the home or classroom. And, of course, they use puppets to demonstrate how it all works!
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NCH criticised as details on Israeli support for show removed
Embassy logo and mention of support for trumpeter Avishai Cohen's July show pulled
Fri, Jun 17, 2016, 01:00
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Trumpeter Avishai Cohen is due to play the National Concert Hall on July 13th.
The National Concert Hall (NCH) has been criticised for removing an acknowledgement of financial support from the Israeli embassy.
Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen is due to perform at the NCH on July 13th. Publicity promoting the event, including on the NCH website, originally carried the logo of the Israeli embassy, which is providing funding for the concert.
A letter of protest from a private individual was received by the promoter, Dominic Reilly of Teddy D Promotions in Dublin, asking that he reconsider accepting support from the Israeli government.
Two days later, the logo and any mention of the support of the Israeli embassy was removed, following a request from the Israeli embassy.
However, The Irish Times has learned the embassy's financial support for the event remains in place.
Declined to respond directly
The Israeli embassy declined to respond directly to questions from The Irish Times, but in a statement on Twitter the embassy said its efforts to bring Israeli artists to Ireland "are frequently targeted by a small minority who seek to deprive the Irish public of the opportunity to access Israeli culture, by using methods of intimidation and threatening behaviour".
Listowel Writers' Week recently declined embassy funding towards the attendance of an Israeli writer at its festival.
The move came after an organisation of Irish artists supporting Palestine, and writers attending the festival, criticised the acceptance of Israeli state funds towards the expenses of author Savyon Liebrecht.
Boycott call
Palestinian artists and academics have called for an international boycott of Israeli state-sponsored cultural events.
Fatin Al Tamimi, chairperson of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), said: "The cultural boycott is not aimed at individual Israeli performers like Avishai Cohen, but because the event in the NCH is in receipt of funding from the Israeli state, it is in violation of this call.
"We urge the promoter, the artist and the venue to respect the wishes of the oppressed Palestinian people by rejecting this sponsorship.
"Such a move would be following in the footsteps of the Dún Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures, the Irish Film Institute and the Listowel Writers' Week festival … If Israeli funding is too toxic to be acknowledged, then surely it should not be accepted at all."
An NCH spokesperson confirmed that following a request from Teddy D Promotions, all references to the Israeli embassy support were removed from its website on May 24th.
The spokesperson added that "the National Concert Hall has and continues to develop diplomatic relations with all embassies who wish to support cultural events at the hall".
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Written by Illustration by Kerry Lemon, Words by Lucy Jones
It was William Morris who advised that we have nothing in our homes that was not useful or beautiful, cheapest doctor so his ghost is certain to be roaming happily through a new show at his family home in Walthamstow. WOOD is a collection of witty, sickness and well-designed wooden household objects – from lamps to doorstops that look like toy cars to coat hooks in the shape of foxes. It all has a slightly homespun feel, as if a bunch of magical woodland imps had been set a woodwork project for their summer holidays.
The objects have, in fact, been whittled up by a design collective known as TEN, who all believe that designers can use their work to fight against the culture of over-consumption and throw-away goods. So if the work looks chicly minimal, that's because it is, but also because it's lighter, easier to pack flat and transport that way too. The wood is ethically sourced as well as beautifully crafted.
For those who visit the show and cannot bear to be parted from these delicious timber treasures, help is at hand. There are plans for the products to go on sale at twentytwentyone, and the designers are currently searching for a suitable manufacturer.
Mike Bones, no rx despite the album title, sildenafil is not a fool for everyone. If these depressingly honest songs are anything to go by, he is only a fool for cruel and beautiful women. And that sums up the tone of most of the tracks here – melodic, full of existential despair, heart in tatters – that kind of thing. This can tire after a while.
Yet Bones' (aka Mike Strallow from New Jersey) vocal chords slither around mature tunes with the skill of a proper crooner, and his playing just can't be faulted. For the 28 year old ex-session guitarist with Soldiers of Fortune, music is clearly a cathartic outpouring, and what's so wrong with that? The big single, 'What I Have Left' builds and builds: strings, keys, guitar, angst, into a lament dripping with regret. It's an ode, a lovesong of sorts, whose thick sound eases you into more cryptic tracks such as 'Give Up on Guitars' and 'Like a Politician'.
At best, the languid lyrical quality of the songwriting swells around you. At very worst, it's womanizing and sordid – 'I long to hide my face in between your thighs' is a bit ripe to say the least. Similarly, there's an attempt to make drug references sexy –'show the vampire my biggest vein' (not a euphemism, apparently). Neither big nor clever. You'd be better off forgetting the words and giving in to the rolling guitar.
Rehab anthem 'Everybody's Always Coming Down on Me' is the only beefy moment. It's essentially Dylan/Cohen-esque (but then who isn't?) and has a tinge of Richard Ashcroft on a downer. With this mixed up debut we find Mike post-drug habit, post-break up, post just about everything. The leap from backing guitarist to fully fledged solo artist is a chasm that Mike Bones has scaled, but he's hanging on by his fingernails.
Greek fashion designer and Central St Martins graduate Romina Karamanea is showing as part of on|off at this season's fashion week. Her clean cut Balenciaga inspired designs really appealed to us. Although busy preparing for Fashion Week, illness she took some time to chat to us about herself:
When did you decide that fashion design was your chosen career?
I was born into a fashion environment, both my parents owned boutiques in Athens, selling international ready-to-wear designers. I was into drawing and making as early as I can remember.
I adored watching how clothing could change the way people felt and looked, which was what led me into fashion design. By the age of 12, I was certain that this was the direction that I wanted to take and both my parents and friends were of great encouragement and support.
Can you tell us about the current collection?
For S/S '09 we wanted to simplify the silhouette and colour, whilst keeping signature abstract tailored detail. We experimented with surfaces and random angles, which are forced out of the garments, with the aim to create metamorphosis and movement within each garment. The collection was about juxtaposition, pieces being simple and complex, something that woman really relate to.
We strived for a collection that is timeless with an experimental approach, which is a real careful balancing act. We feel this is the building block to any great design, from an iconic building to an adored teapot!
Lately my design process is consumed by everyday life. Design is evident everywhere I look. Influences just hit me all day long and sometimes it's so overwhelming that it can stop me in my tracks, which can mean forgetting what I really needed to buy from the local shop! The most sensational ideas can come from a truly unspectacular moment.
The natural beauty of the human anatomy and its relationship with the surrounding space i.e. architectural shapes and structures, is very much of an inspiration and starting point of my work. Technology, robotics and futurism had also always been inspirational. The woman that we design for at Romina Karamanea is dynamic and enigmatic, sensitive but who is not afraid to inspire and celebrate her individuality, she is powerful, pure with a multitude of complexities.
Who are your favourite designers?
Yohji Yamamoto, Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Haider Ackerman, Olivier Theyskens,Rick Owens, Christian Dior, and André Courreges.
I particualry like the simple and chic characteristics of the work of Cristobal Balenciaga. He brought a revolution to clothing, truly transforming the female silhouette by widening the shoulder line and minimising the waist.
The radical style of Paco Rabanne who created experimental dresses in contemporary materials including metal clips and soldered material, you can tell that he studied architecture before fashion.
I also love Madeleine Vionnet who was the true 'queen of the bias cut', she made elegant Grecian-style dresses transforming the natural shape and femininity of the body, a true visionary who was way ahead of her time.
At the moment my style is relaxed as I am preparing for London Fashion Week so I am wearing a lot of basic pieces as I need to be free and comfortable when I work. However, if I am going out I tend to wear a lot of my own pieces as they are semi-structured and semi-fluid which is a good balance, I love good cut and good proportions.
I was telling a friend the other day when we were looking through some look-books, how I love loud shoes!
Thanks for your time Romina, looking forward to seeing your A/W 09 collection at Fashion Week.
Sunday night at the Lock Tavern and everyone is looking suitably subdued. We're slumped in squishy sofas, medical eyes and limbs stooped in heavy submission to the fact that tomorrow is Monday … you want us to dance? Surely not … So when three Finish girls, viagra 100mg aren't they French? start shuffling around the stage, treat plugging in wires here and diverting eyes there, it doesn't really seem conceivable that we'll all be throwing shapes in a few moments time – none so impressive as the girls themselves.
Le Corps Mince de Francoise are an all-girl trio from Helsinki consisting in sisters Emma and Mia Kemppainene, and friend Malin Nyqvist. They started when Emma put a few demos up on Myspace, got some gig requests and asked the other girls to play along. They have since snowballed to fame propelled by excitable bloggers and Myspace fans – and all of course because they're actually really good! Likened to CSS, MIA, The Knife, and Robyn, they are upbeat electro pop, bass heavy, wrapped in bubblegum with half rapped lyrics, shouty chorus lines, and the best eye make-up I've seen in a long time.
Their energy filled performance turned the room electric, and I'd imagine the effects tenfold in a larger venue. They are well worth an outing on a cold February night – TROPICAL TROPICAL TROPICAL – their Myspace declares, and we could do with a bit of that.
After releasing two generally lauded albums, cialis 40mg but now reduced to a core of Yuki Chikudate (keyboards and lead vocals) and James Hanna (guitar and vocals), Asobi Seksu have followed up a spot of touring in support of Ladytron with their much-anticipated third album, Hush.
Whilst there's still no escaping the My Bloody Valentine overtones common to their self-titled debut and their sophomore effort, Citrus, Hush is far from a second cousin to the shoegazy oeuvre of, say, Curve or Swervedriver (for those of, ahem, a certain age, and with long memories) – there are some delicate melodies in amongst the ambience and reverb. Whilst utilising the same producer as they did on Citrus (Chris Zane, knob-twiddler of choice for the likes of Tokyo Police Club, Les Savy Fav and, currently, the Rakes), the denser, wall of noise approach has been reined in and, as a result, Asobi Seksu now invite comparison with, if anyone, the Cocteau Twins. Lead single, Me & Mary, has a distinctly poppy beat cloaked in some crunching guitars, Gliss pulses along nicely, whilst the final track on the album, Blind Little Rain, signs off with some Eno-esque sonic presence.
Hush is a good album, but the main criticism is that Chikudate and Hanna don't really deviate from the same template throughout and, as a result, it's hard to pick out any real stand-out tracks. With often breathy vocals quite low in the mix, backed with reverb-laden (though not quite so multi-tracked as in the past) guitar and dream-pop synth lines, Asobi Seksu do sustain a sense of atmosphere and space, but it's hard not to be continually reminded of Elizabeth Fraser and co, whilst the rockier moments are still caught in the shadow of Kevin Shields.
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When you next reach for the Viennetta or the bag of Petis Pois, seek stop to think about the chilly compartment you are extracting it from. If you are at a well-known supermarket, ask it is most probably an out of date, leaky and poisonous piece of equipment. At the start of this week The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) launched their latest campaign, Chilled Facts. The information they uncover is finger-numbing.
This concise history of supermarket refrigeration may be helpful in understanding why it is important that consumers are made aware of leaky freezers…
In 1987 ozone depleting CFC gases were replaced by HFC gases in supermarket fridges and freezers. It was believed that HFC's would be less harmful to the environment. However, if leaked, HFC's are emitted into the atmosphere and have a global warming potential of 53-14,760. This is over 4000 times more damaging than carbon dioxide.
The EIA is urging supermarkets to switch to natural refrigerants such as ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons that contribute less to global warming and ozone layer depletion. Furthermore, these natural refrigerants can be produced organically as a recycled by-product of the brewing industry. But Britain's big supermarkets are largely ignoring these greener alternatives, and the government are doing little to sway them otherwise.
'First plastic bags, now freezers, can supermarkets do anything right and which should we be more worried about?'
(Taken from the EIA's supermarket and refrigeration survey) 'Leaking refrigerants account for about a quarter of a supermarket's direct climate change emissions. In 2005 the global warming impact of these emissions were equivalent to producing 10 billion plastic carrier bags, taking 2 billion car trips to the supermarket or flying from London to New York over 2.5 million times.'
The upshot is if you, like lots of us, have duly ditched the plastic bag for a trendy canvas one then you can pat yourself on the back. But, although this is a step in the right direction, combatting the damage caused by leaking HFC gases from refrigerators is a more urgent imperative. The next step is to write a polite letter to your local supermarket asking them to switch to natural alternatives. To obtain a template of such a letter and to find out how Iceland fares against M & S go to the Chilling Facts Website.
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Q: Return more than 6mb of data from AWS lambda I have a case where i want to return atleast 10MB worth of data from AWS lambda, since knowing the limit of AWS lambda, we cant give back more than 6MB.
Any solution would be appreciated?

A: This is how I solved it.
We wrote the response to S3 bucket and gave a redirect url to the caller. The response will go directly from S3 bucket.
The redirect url can be authenticated via Cloudfront to S3.
Hope it helps.
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With S3 consistency model, Please perform a get before you write. That is the ceveat that is documented on the above link.

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Question: Where do the most problems occur during the home sale process?
I get this question from almost every first time home buyer and seller I work with. They want to know where problems turn up and how to avoid them. The two areas I see causing the biggest issues or delays are the home inspection and financing. Here's some advice to buyers and sellers on each.
The purpose of a home inspection is to make sure there aren't any major problems with the "bones" of the house (foundation, pipes, roof, etc) and ensure the major systems and appliances are operational. In most cases, homes are purchased contingent on a home inspection, meaning the buyer is permitted to make requests of the seller after the inspection and if the buyer and seller cannot come to an agreement, the buyer has the right to walk away from the deal without losing the Earnest Money Deposit.
Buyers: Remember that you are buying a used home (usually). Things will be near or beyond their expected useful life. If the water heater is from 1996, but it's working well, you can't expect the seller to buy you a new one. New construction is more expensive for a reason.
Sellers: If something doesn't work or is broken, you should fix it or offer the buyer a comparable credit. Most homeowners know what problems exist and it's a good idea to pro-actively solicit bids so you can move quickly if needed. It's likely that issues in one inspection will show up in another inspection report, so it's in your best interest to work hard to compromise with a current buyer instead of letting a deal go and risk facing the same problem(s) with a second buyer.
A lot has to go right in order for buyers to secure a loan in time to settle. Since 2011, banks have significantly increased the paperwork requirements and scrutiny on borrowers and recent changes by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) have changed the protocols between lenders and settlement agents, causing difficulties for both parties. Without financing, there's no deal and if there's no deal, a buyer's Earnest Money Deposit may be at risk.
Buyers: Ask your agent for a local lender and a loan officer who is responsive, with a good reputation. Your pre-approval should be based on a detailed review of your financial accounts and include a credit check. Please avoid services that offer "immediate" approvals and don't require documentation like tax returns or account balances. Finally, do your homework while you're searching for properties so that you're ready to select your lender within a day or two of going under contract. When you find a property you love, ask your lender to prepare a few estimate sheets so you're comfortable with the numbers and the type of loan that works best.
Sellers: Have your agent call the loan officer listed on the pre-approval (submitted by buyer with offer) and ask questions about what they reviewed. This will also give you a sense of how responsive they are. An unresponsive lender makes life tough on the buyer and is a bad sign for you. Ask your agent to check-in with the loan officer occasionally during the financing period to make sure the buyer is cooperating and acting in an appropriate time frame.


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IFES Inclusive Virtual Learning Course Prepares Georgian Electoral Officials for Inclusive Participation
Written by Kailee Smart, Inclusion Program Associate.
Globally, an estimated one billion people have a disability, according to the World Report on Disability. While the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) guarantees political rights to persons with disabilities (PWD), barriers and negative stereotypes remain that limit inclusive political participation around the world. Election administration staff may be inexperienced or untrained on the rights of persons with disabilities.
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), with support from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia, has developed a new distance learning course targeting this barrier in Georgia. The course, "Support Independent Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Elections," aims to raise awareness of CEC staff on supporting the independent rights of persons with disabilities in elections.
While the World Health Organization estimates that 15 percent of the world's total population has a disability, approximately 100,113 Georgians have a disability, according to the latest census conducted in 2014 in Georgia. A survey completed by the CEC after the parliamentary elections in October 2020 showed the overall turnout of voters with disabilities in Georgia. The survey concluded that 3,663 voters with disabilities participated in the first round of elections and 1,105 in the second round. In light of the survey's finding that fewer than half of voters with disabilities participated in the elections, proper training and education of CEC staff are crucial to ensuring the equal rights of people with disabilities during elections.
The course covers five vital topics: adapted/accessible polling stations; necessary procedures for requesting and ensuring accessible polling stations and equal access; procedures of PWD voter participation in elections; proper etiquette; and developing PWD voter turnout statistics. Once the course is complete, the final test includes 29 questions related to the different modules to test the knowledge gained by the staff. A total of 1,366 participants registered for the course, and 1,133 participants received completion certificates.
The course is currently available in Georgian on the Election Administration of Georgia's website.
Published on March 9, 2022.
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What VIA Rail trains have you ever taken?
The Canadian? The Chaleur? The Ocean? The Corridor? Any other? What VIA Rail train have you ever go in, no matter how long/short your trip was.
As for myself, I've only taken 2 different trains, the Northen Quebec and the Ocean, to be more Specific, I went form Shawinigan to Weymont (great scenery after La Tuque, BTW) and From harny to Moncton (The scenery was great too) Both on comfort class.
The Northen Quebec one... I took taht one at least 15 times, mostly from/to Shawinigan to Weymon, although I went a few times to Casey as well. MANY (if not all) people who get on in Shawinigan get off either at La Tuque, or Weymont since all these three city are popular among aboriginal people (Well, Weymont IS an aboriginal village. Crew is very friendly, and I noticed that they seem to know quite a few people in the train (most probaly regulars) I almost always end up in a conversation with someone I do not know, and very often, the conversation is fun and interresting.
Re: What VIA Rail trains have you ever taken?
My first encounter with VIA (actually VIA-CN as it was known then) was in July 1976. I was riding on #18 from Stellarton to Antigonish and the through Day-Niter from Montreal to Sydney appeared in the new paint scheme.
Since then, I've been on just about everything VIA has operated with the major exceptions being: Jasper-Prince Rupert and Winnipeg-Churchill and a lot of those runs are no longer with us…… having been lost in the big service cuts of November 1981 and January 1990. Also a real favorite……the Atlantic……gone since 1994.
But I find the system VIA now operates is good…..very good. Maintenance is top-notch and the crews……consistently excellent.
Unfortunately, my first major encounter with VIA was in the 21st century - first aboard the Ocean, then the Canadian, former Enterprise (which was a great overnight train), Jasper to Prince Rupert train, various "corridor services" and then finally the Montreal-Gaspe train. All of the overnight trains are superior and my favorites. However, a unique experience - the Jasper to Prince Rupert train (the Skeena) is just packed with scenery running through the heart of the northern Canadian Rockies. The highlight of this train was when the Panorama car operated on this train (as part of VIA's Totem/Totem Deluxe class). Unfortunately, these Panorama cars seem that they will be shifted this year to the Canadian running from Edmonton to Vancouver. A disappointing shift of equipment for the Jasper to Prince Rupert train.
I'd like to take the Hudson Bay train from Winnipeg to Churchill, but I have to find a connection between the Canadian and all that would work out best - plus wait hopefully for an overhaul of rail that I heard is needed on this line. The northern Quebec routes I have also not been on largely because I am not sure if I could endure comfort class for the entire "day trip." For example if they had a specialty car - Skyline Dome or Park Car - operate on one or both of these trains on certain times of the year, I would gladly book a trip - or even a private car type trip. Is this perhaps a route for the Glen Frasier car - travelling on the more longer and scenic portion of these trains etc.
But VIA is a first class operation on routes it offers a "Tourist" or "Businss Class" operation - the new terms I am slowly getting used to. I really liked the more unique "Totem," "Easterly," and "VIA 1" service. It can not compare to Amtrak unfortunately.
The Canadian(once) and The Malahat(many times).
Don't miss the opportunity of riding the trains to northern Quebec for lack of first class service. Sleeper travel is OK but the work-horse, coach-only day trains provide some of the best experiences.
I did the trip to Jonquiere last year and it was one of my most enjoyable VIA rides in a long time. The jack-of-all-trades Service Manage/Car Attendant seamed to know everyone and provided just as good service as I've had in VIA-1…….bringing coffee right to your seat or serving snacks and sandwiches which were just fine. And the seating was in a HEP1 long distance coach……same as you would find on the Canadian.
Here's a link to my Trip-Report (sorry……the photos in the report are on a different server now and I can't seam to edit to add them again) Moderator's note:the photo links have been updated thanks to the new location information provided by the author.
I've taken quite a few corridor trains over the years, always in comfort class (I'm sure VIA 1 is nice, but I've never been able to justify it). I've also been a frequent traveller on The Ocean over the last several years, taking that train 2 or 3 times a year between Truro NS and Montreal, and then corridor connections on to Brockville, ON. I love that trip, and I've never had a disappointing experience. I've travelled comfort class in both Renaissance and Budd consists, with my only sleeper experience so far being my last trip where my girlfriend and I were able to upgrade to get upper and lower berths in the Budd consist (thanks to a discount from our last trip where we were over 2 hours late). That was a very nice experience, and I wish I could travel Sleeper class more, it's just too much of an expense for frequent travelling.
The scenery is fantastic on The Ocean, and both comfort class and sleeper are very comfortable ways to travel. I don't like the Renaissance cars quite as much, although I do very much like the single seat option sometimes when I'm travelling alone. They may be better for short, high speed trips, but long trips in the Ren cars are hard to do. The LRCs can't be beat in the corridor, although the HEP-2 cars are quite decent as well.
In terms of service, I've had mixed experiences. Some staff have been very pleasant, but some have been down-right rude! The Ocean seems to have a mixed bag of a crew. Some of them are very friendly, and will chat with you and help with anything you need. Some though are dismissive, unhelpful, and often rude. One of the gentlemen in the diner last time was clearly in a bad mood, and made it known, while most of the staff there are very pleasant and courteous. The worst experience I've had yet was almost getting left off the train in Cambellton, NB! I had got off the train to stretch my legs and watch the crew refuel the locomotives, at what is a designated smoking break. As I got off, I checked with one of the female crew members who assured me I had 15 minutes. I said ok, I'd just go walk around. I never went more than 10 feet from the train, I just walked up from the second coach to the locomotives, and strolled around. A few minutes later (maybe 10), I saw people had got back on the train, even though they had just started fuelling the second loco. I thought I should head back, so I did. Just as I got to my coach, I saw that same woman I had just informed I was getting off, closing up the doors! She had closed the lower door, and was shutting the window part as I called out "hey!", and she opened it back up for me with some comment about "you really should pay attention...blah blah blah....". I don't know exactly what I would have done if I hadn't come back right then and caught her as she was closing the door. It just irks me because I never went that far away, so she could clearly see me from where she was. And, I had specifically talked to her as I got off, which I thought would have reminded her that I was from the train, and hadn't gotten off to leave there.
Overall though, my experiences have been positive. I did notice though, that the treatment does seem to improve when you upgrade classes. We were treated much more respectfully and with much more care when we were travelling in the sleepers than we had ever been in the coaches. I suppose you get what you paid for, but I would still expect to be treated the same.
In addition to The Ocean, I would also love to take The Canadian (of course), and every other train VIA runs at some point, but it will be a while before that happens!
It's too bad the LRC cars (running on the corridor with the Renaissance coach cars) couldn't be traded for the Renaissance coach class cars on the Ocean, since they seem to be more comfortable overall - for an overnight journey! I've heard lots of complaints about comfort class (coach) on the overnight Ocean train (how uncomfortable it is etc.).
The northern Quebec trains seem to operate in a similiar fashion to the Jasper to Prince Rupert train, minus an observation car. I'll have to see if I can fit this train into one of my upcoming schedules?
So the northern Quebec trains offer onboard food service (from a cart I presume)? Do they also feature a fold down or fold out small table per seat as well? I'd likely do some writing while onboard.
@NS VIA, do you have a gallery of photos like that? Really cool!
As for the original question, I'm sad to say the only Via experience I've had was a 1995 Niles-Toronto International trip, consisting of a Via F40 and horizon coaches, with ex-CP stainless added at Sarnia. I took a quick walk into the closed Via/CP coaches and noticed glass partitions with an HO-scale swiss electric loco on display. Odd but interesting.
I'd like to cover all Via routes, but I have the feeling that could take a while and a pile of money. I think the Northern Quebec routes would be priority, along with the Atlantic routes.
All directions and time schedules from.... Toronto to Montreal, Toronto to Windsor, Toronto to N.Falls, Toronto to Ottawa, Toronto to Sarnia.
Not to leave out the Retired International and the still operational Maple leaf (AMTK/VIA).
My next adventure will be the Canadian and/or the Oceans. However time, money, and the fact Im in Florida currently are the recent Obstacles.
Location: Chicago, NYC, Toronto, & Orlando(Ocala) at any given time.
for $155 CDN and I traveled as far E as Ste-Foy to visit Quebec City and as far W as both Sarnia and Windsor. I definitely got my money's worth on that pass remembering the places I visited and the trains I rode.
My best memory on that pass was the very final day in which I traveled from Quebec City to Montreal and then upon finding out that the Montreal hostel was sold out for that night I decided to ride an LRC train to Toronto and then travel back to Montreal on the Cavalier which operated on the overnight from Toronto to Montreal. I remember as I was running around Toronto using the TTC that there was no way I could miss that train E because my money was tight and buying another ticket would have been a setback for me but I got back to Union Station in time for VIA to put me up for the night which worked out fine. There was space available the next morning at the Montreal hostel where I spent the next 10 or so days-another story in itself.
I have taken the NYC-Toronto Maple Leaf numerous times-especially back in the 80s and I took 8 rides or 4 round trips using the Budd car train which ran from Buffalo to Toronto in 1979-80.
Ah - now there's a train that should be re-established - Toronto to Buffalo. Even if it was an RDC service. Course the border crossing would no doubt delay this train. However, I bet it would still be better than bus travel! Throw in the Lake Shore as a connection and one has an overnight "International" train once again between Toronto and Chicago, just on the water level route.
Vancouver island budd rdc , then Ferry up to Prince rupert . Prince rupert to Edmonton , bus to Calargy , train to Banff , biked to Jasper , then train to Winnipeg . Train to churchill and return . train Winnipeg to Montreal , then train to quebec . Ferry across river , then train to halifax . Return to Montreal via the USA route , then train to Toronto . train to niagara Falls then biked across to the USA . sorry i cant remeber many train names , this was all late eighties .
I got to find a good way to do the Ocean sometime (extra vacation maybe). Haven't been on VIA much, but when I have, its been top notch service.
Ottawa-Montreal, and Montreal-Quebec City last September, with parents and brother.
And I'm Anxiously awaiting a trip on the Chaleur with my parents and brother, this coming July.


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