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With just a week left in the 2025 federal election, it remains unclear which way Jewish voters will lean. Will they give stock to the parties' promises on the economy, housing and sovereignty? Or will they be single-issue voters and focus on security within their own community? And how will they decide which party's stance is more aligned with their views on Israel and the ongoing conflict with Hamas? Although Canadian Jews make up just one percent of the population, surprisingly, all the main federal party leaders have made promises about these very issues, including during both of last week's nationally televised debates. While many polls are predicting a Liberal majority government, the members of The CJN Daily‘s political panel are not unanimous in their prognostications. On today's episode, we assemble David Birnbaum, is a former Liberal member of the Quebec National Assembly; Emma Cunningham, a former NDP riding executive in Pickering, Ont., who now serves as a school board trustee east of Toronto; and Dan Mader, a Conservative party strategist with Loyalist Public Affairs in Toronto, who also volunteers for CJPAC, the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee. Related links The CJN's Jonathan Rothman takes the temperature of Jewish voters across Canada ahead of the April 28 federal election. The CJN's Joel Ceausu reports from the riding of Mount Royal where incumbent Anthony Housefather faces off against Neil Oberman for the Conservatives. Get The CJN political columnist Josh Liebleine's Passover take on the election campaign, in The CJN. Credits Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner) Production team: Zachary Kauffman (senior producer), Andrea Varsany (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer), Marc Weisblott (editorial director) Music: Dov Beck-Levine Support our show Subscribe to The CJN newsletter Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt) Subscribe to The CJN Daily (Not sure how? Click here)
Jack ran for the rhythm, the movement, and the quiet, no longer chasing medals or records. A chance encounter with a younger runner stirred memories of past races, but he simply smiled—those days were behind him. His running journey had begun decades earlier in Montreal, struggling up Mount Royal, finding a rhythm that would shape his life. Over the years, races tested his endurance, from his first 5K to ultras like the Courtenay to Nanaimo 120K, where he embraced the solitude and grit of long-distance running. Now, every run was a step forward, not toward a finish line, but toward something deeper—something that had become part of who he was.
Jack ran through the misty forest, moving on instinct, no longer counting miles—just running for its own sake. A younger runner passed and asked if he'd race again, but Jack smiled, saying his ultra days were behind him, having once completed four hundred-milers. His running journey had begun decades earlier in a Montreal winter when a friend, Rich, invited him to a group run up Mount Royal, where he struggled but found something that kept him coming back. He entered his first race, the Bill Lewis 5K, where unexpected competitiveness emerged, and he relished his first race shirt. Later, training for a marathon on Dallas Road, he learned about the “wall” and the mental resilience required to push through fatigue. Running became more than a sport—it was woven into his life, balancing fatherhood, career changes, and friendships forged on the trail. He took on ultras, including the grueling Courtenay-to-Nanaimo 120K, running through the night with no aid stations, where self-sufficiency was key. A friend and competitor, Matt, raced ahead, and Jack wouldn't see him until the finish, where they both broke the course record. The crowd's cheers at the stadium felt surreal, a fleeting but unforgettable moment of glory. Now, as Jack ran toward the city, leaving footprints in the dirt, he understood that the future wasn't about records—it was about the rhythm, the quiet, and the simple joy of movement.
Elias Makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor. Donald Trump continued his attacks against Canada on Tuesday and his administration continued to repeat that the country would be better off as the 51st state. And now, The White House is even using Quebec’s tax rate to make the case A new poll shows a surge in Canadian national pride, with 86% of Canadians expressing pride in their country, up from 80% in November 2024 Montreal’s executive committee is set to greenlight a $12.8 million planning contract today, kicking off Projet Montréal’s divisive $89-million overhaul of the road splitting Mount Royal Provigo and Maxi stores in Quebec will soon introduce signage marked with a “T” for tariffs, explaining price hikes on US products
Greg Brady spoke to Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP for Mount Royal about Mark Carney's selection as Liberal leader and by default Canada's new Prime Minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Greg Brady spoke to Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP for Mount Royal about Mark Carney's selection as Liberal leader and by default Canada's new Prime Minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Out on the West Coast today it's “Final 4 Friday” at the BC Boys Provincials, and this week we have a guest who played high school ball in the Lower Mainland, turning his love for sport into an entire career, Brad Fay! You most likely know the name but not the story, as stated Brad comes from Vancouver and was a huge hockey fan and player in his super young years. As he got older basketball became a love for him as he tagged along with his big brother to games and practices. After a couple of good years at Sir Winston Churchill and a season at Cap U, Brad made the move to Mount Royal to play basketball and continue his education. Upon returning home it was the connections with many of the local TV and Newspaper legends, plus an invite to their local run that got him “in the door” so to speak. Former guest John McKeachie became a big mentor to him, and John stuck his neck out for Brad multiple times as he expanded his career. Brad now finds himself in a long term contract with Sportsnet, covering multiple sports from the Raptors, to golf, the olympics and much more. It was a pleasure to sit down with Brad, to learn more about his craft and to reflect back on fun times. Tap in! Brad Fay - Guest https://x.com/snbradfay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Fay Aaron Mitchell - Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_a_mitch/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahoopsjourney/ Website: https://www.ahoopsjourney.com/
Many Montreal families may be heading off-island to hit the ski slopes for March break this week. But throughout most of the 20th century, you could find downhill ski runs on and around Mount Royal, complete with tow ropes, T-bars and even a 100-ft long ski jump! We'll hear why downhill skiing disappeared from the heart of Montreal, and why not everyone agrees over whether it should come back.
What do you get when you pair a dedicated fitness professional and run coach with the challenge of leading a group of runners in a 640 KM, three-day relay race? You get drive, dedication and the satisfaction of reaching a truly impressive goal as a team. Ania Z. approaches training for herself and her clients holistically, putting together over a decade of learning, certification and experience to help others reach their goals. Ania tells us about participating twice in Run to Montreal, an ultra relay race that starts in Nathan Philips Square in Toronto and finishes on Mount Royal in Montreal. It supports some incredible charities and creates a unique experience for participants. There were highs and lows, but both finish lines came with great accomplishment and camaraderie with teammates. Follow Ania @fierce_flames or at www.fiercefeminineathletics.com Find Run to Montreal @runtomtl or at www.runtomtl.com --- EPISODE SPONSOR: Move Your Paws for the Polar Bear Cause, February 22, 2025 ONLY A FEW SPOTS REMAIN: DON'T WAIT TO REGISTER On Saturday, February 22, join the cause at the Toronto Zoo and move your paws to help one of the world's most vulnerable species – polar bears! 2025 marks the 11th edition of Move Your Paws. There will be 5K and 1K distance options open to runners, walkers and wheelers of all ages and abilities. Bundle up and bring the whole family for a day of outdoor fun, fitness and fundraising! Visit www.canadarunningseries.com to register now! Theme Music: Joseph McDade
Antisemitic behaviour and antisemitism continues in Canada, but as parliament sits prorogued, work to combat this behaviour hangs in the balance. Anthony Housefather, Member of Parliament for Mount Royal, joins Evan to discuss a recent report issued by the federal justice committee on antisemitism and the state of the House of Commons.
Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP representing the riding of Mount-Royal in Montreal joined Montreal Now's Aaron Rand to explain why he has spoken publicly about asking Justin Trudeau to resign.
Greg Brady focused in on a big topic before City Council revolves around Uber and whether caps are needed. Has Mayor Olivia Chow done an about-face when it comes to her stance on ride sharing? Next, it looked like Toronto was going to crack down on Uber and other ride sharing apps, but the tide may be changing. Kristine Hubbard, Operations Manage for Beck Taxi, joins us to weigh in on this controversy. Also, David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto. Has the province dropped the ball when it comes to funding transit, and what impact will plain clothes fare inspectors have on the TTC? Lastly, Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP, Mount Royal discusses the inaction from his own party about guidelines to the code of conduct for universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Greg Brady focused in on a big topic before City Council revolves around Uber and whether caps are needed. Has Mayor Olivia Chow done an about-face when it comes to her stance on ride sharing? Next, it looked like Toronto was going to crack down on Uber and other ride sharing apps, but the tide may be changing. Kristine Hubbard, Operations Manage for Beck Taxi, joins us to weigh in on this controversy. Also, David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto. Has the province dropped the ball when it comes to funding transit, and what impact will plain clothes fare inspectors have on the TTC? Lastly, Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP, Mount Royal discusses the inaction from his own party about guidelines to the code of conduct for universities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maxime Jacques, General Manager of the Mount-Royal Cemetery
Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP representing the riding of Mount-Royal and the federal government's special advisor on Jewish community relations and antisemitism
In this episode of The Truth in This Art, Rob Lee welcomes Chloe Vaughn, longtime bartender at Baltimore's iconic Mount Royal Tavern. Known for its storied history, eclectic clientele, and vibrant atmosphere, MRT is a true dive bar in every sense. Chloe shares her unique journey from MICA student to 'tavern historical society' and offers hilarious insights into life behind the bar. Discover why MRT is affectionately called 'Dirt Church' and how it continues to be a beloved staple in Baltimore's cultural landscape. Tune in for humor, history, and unforgettable tavern tales! This program is supported in part by a grant from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.If you have a story about art, culture, or community in Baltimore, share it with us at rob@thetruthinthisart.com for a chance to be featured on "The Truth In This Art" podcast. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the arts and culture podcast scene and showcase your insights on "The Truth In This Art" with Rob Lee.Follow The Truth In This Art on Twitter, Threads, IG, and Facebook @truthinthisart Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard.Episode illustration by Alley Kid Art.About "The Truth In This Art"Hosted by Rob Lee, "The Truth In This Art" podcast dives into the heart of creativity and its influence on the community. This arts and culture podcast from Baltimore highlights artists discussing their ideas, sharing insights, and telling impactful stories. Through these artist interviews, listeners gain a deeper understanding of the creative economy and artistic life in Baltimore. Support the show:Merch from Redbubble | Make a Donation ★ Support this podcast ★
Former Canadian senator Joan Fraser is the spokesperson for the letter. She and Liberal MP for Mount Royal, Anthony Housefather joined Montreal Now's Aaron Rand.
This week, we interview SAIT centre back Natalie Girvitz. She talks about her career from Blizzard to UBCO and now to SAIT. The Trojans women's team is undefeated and expects to be a contender for the national title.An undermanned Cavalry FC went to Toronto and defeated York United in a match with big implication in the standings. We also preview this Saturday's match at Spruce Meadows vs Vancouver FC.The MRU men's team and the Dinos women's team both made their way back into the national top 10 rankings. We chat for a bit about Crowchild Classic 2.0 which is happening on Saturday afternoon at Mount Royal.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
Jacques Cartier reached the end of navigation at a large island in the St. Lawrence River. Here he found another Amerindian village, called Hochelaga, on the site of the present city of Montreal. From the height behind it, to which he gave the name Mont Real—better known today as Mont Royal or Mount Royal in English—he could see the foaming Lachine Rapids blocking the way to the upper waters of the St. Lawrence. Enjoy this HISTORICAL JESUS Extra — The STORY of AMERICA. Check out the YouTube versions of this episode which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams, at: https://youtu.be/W16ujm9ERIE https://youtu.be/0o156SKUHWU Jacques Cartier books available at https://amzn.to/3qnUoW6 New France books available at https://amzn.to/3Hb1uDq Iroquois books available at https://amzn.to/42Oal6k America History books available at https://amzn.to/3yqoQ6q THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark's TIMELINE video channel at https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3j0dAFH Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization Librivox: Mariner of St. Malo, A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier by S. Leacock, read by K. McAshSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sailing upstream, Jacques Cartier reached the end of navigation at a large island in the St. Lawrence River. Here he found another Amerindian village, called Hochelaga, on the site of the present city of Montreal, Canada. From the height behind it, to which he gave the name Mont Real—better known today as Mont Royal or Mount Royal in English—he could see the foaming Lachine Rapids blocking the way to the upper waters of the St. Lawrence. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/W16ujm9ERIE which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Jacques Cartier books available at https://amzn.to/3IkZgBF Iroquois books available at https://amzn.to/42Oal6k THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast is available at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's TIMELINE video channel at https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3j0dAFH Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization LibriVox: Mariner of St. Malo, A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier by S. Leacock, read by K. McAshSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today's guests: Ken Hodges – Former Professional Forester Anthony Housefather – Liberal MP for the Riding of Mount Royal, Quebec – Special Advisor to the PM on Jewish Community Issues and Anti-Semitism Dr. Mike Moffatt – Economist / Founding Director for the PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute Dr. Jason Kindrachuk – Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair at the University of Manitoba Christine Van Geyn – Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP for the Mount Royal riding & Anna Gainey, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount MP
Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP representing the riding of Mount-Royal
David Heurtel was joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer at Women in Governance and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of the GemStar Circle of Excellence Scholarship Program Pierre Poilievre is in Quebec and yesterday he was interviewed by CTV's Maya Johnson. He plans to use this time to drum up support as he kicks off his summer tour. Last night he held a rally in Montreal where he argued that Justin Trudeau is done taking Montrealers for granted, in front of a crowd of around 500 people gathered in a community centre in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough. To Add: He also announced that Montreal lawyer Neil Oberman will be running for the federal Conservatives in Anthony Housefather's riding of Mount-Royal. That riding has been held by the Liberal MP since 2015. Justin Trudeau keeps repeating the same thing: he wants to stay. He wants to lead the next electoral fight against Pierre Poilievre. But his leadership could be put to the test next week, with a partial in Toronto–St-Paul's. And as his deputies dance between resignation and enthusiasm. At a time when Prime Minister François Legault wants to halve temporary immigration to Quebec, it continues to increase to reach another all time high. According to Statistics Canada data released Wednesday, non-permanent residents, also called temporary immigrants, increased from 560,174 in the first quarter to 597,140, an increase of 6.6%. This growth is even stronger in Quebec than Ontario or Canada as a whole.
Yoni Amir, owner of Falafel Yoni on Saint-Viateur in the Plateau - which was the latest Jewish establishment to be targeted and vandalized by projectiles + Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP representing the riding of Mount-Royal
This week we start with a review of the Cavs 1-1 draw with Pacific and look ahead to their match against Forge at Spruce Meadows on Saturday afternoon.Foothills WFC had their UWS home opener last weekend against rival Santa Clarita Blue Heat. We were both at the match and give our thoughts.Our interview this week is with Moe El Gandour. He's currently playing with Blizzard in League One Alberta. We chat about this season and also his career at Mount Royal, Foothills, as a Cavalry draft pick and his time with the Lebanon national team program.We also review how some Calgarians did in national team play this week and we wrap up by talking about Scott's book about Calgary pro soccer history, which can be purchased online now.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
Here's a look at the top headlines from around the Northland for Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Stories featured in this episode: Duluth police ID victim in supermarket assault Ski Hut Adventure Center now open in western Duluth Developer pulls plug on controversial housing project in Duluth The Duluth News Tribune Minute is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune, Superior Telegram and Cloquet Pine Journal. Find more news throughout the day at duluthnewstribune.com. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.
Show notes Mount Royal's Member of Parliament, Anthony Housefather, has made headlines for the past three weeks for publicly mulling over whether to quit the governing Liberal party. He found himself torn after being one of just three members of his own party to reject an anti-Israel motion held in Parliament on March 18. But late on Friday, April 5, Housefather announced he will be staying a Liberal after all. Why? It's partly because he says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to doing even more to fight the rampant antisemitism in Canada since Oct. 7—and expects Housefather to play an important new role. The exact details will be formally announced sometime before Passover, he tells The CJN. He will likely work together with Canada's special envoy on combatting antisemitism, Deborah Lyons, to tackle the relentless anti-Israel street protests replete with hateful language that have become regular events. He also wants to find better ways to help Jews feel safer, especially at Jewish buildings and on university campuses. Housefather joins The CJN Daily to explain why he made his choice, and what pushback he's been receiving from Jewish voters and others who felt he should jump to the Conservatives because of that party's stronger support for Israel. What we talked about Hear Housefather explain why he thought about quitting the Liberal party after March 18's anti-Israel vote, on The CJN Daily Anthony Housefather intends to run again, in Mount Royal, in The CJN Why the Montreal Jewish community received a court injunction blocking aggressive protests outside Jewish buildings until early April, in The CJN Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here. Hear why The CJN is important to me.
Elias Makos welcomes back Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the PR and content firm TNKR Media, and Neil Drabkin, Immigration Lawyer, Political Commentator & former chief-of-staff to the Harper Government. 1,400 people showed up at a synagogue to hear Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speak. What does this turnout mean for Liberal support, and for the Mount-Royal riding? Is Canada missing out on economic and environmental opportunities? After promising to cut seven thousand civil servant positions during his 2012 CAQ Leadership election campaign, the Legault government has actually hired ten thousand more civil servants since 2018
Canadian Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is clear about one thing: he will run for office again in the riding of Mount Royal—and he expects to win. But he's undecided about whether he'll stick with the federal Liberals, or choose instead to cross the aisle or even sit as an independent. The 51-year-old, who has represented his riding since 2015, says has been “reflecting” on his political future since Monday, after he found himself one of only three Members of Parliament from the governing party who voted against a motion outlining Canada's official stance on the Israel-Hamas war. Housefather has been a loyal Liberal for 30 years, but this past week he hinted that he wasn't sure whether he still fits. His House of Commons speech, entitled “I am a Canadian, I am a Jew, I am a Zionist,” was a cri de coeur _outlining the anxiety and fear that many Canadian Jews now feel amidst a spike in antisemitism seen after Oct. 7. In his view, the federal government has shifted towards a harder stance against the Israeli government's actions in response to the Hamas massacre. So what's Housefather's next move? Might he leave the federal scene for a second career in provincial politics? How has he been handling the alarming antagonism from both the right and left? To answer these questions, Housefather sat down with Ellin Bessner on _The CJN Daily for an extensive and insightful interview. Related links Read Anthony Housefather's interview with The CJN Daily in print form, on The CJN.ca Watch Anthony Housefather's speech to Parliament How the NDP channelled Vivian Silver and the Holocaust in pushing for Canada to recognize Palestine, on The CJN Daily Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here. Hear why The CJN is important to me.
Following this week's much amended non-binding parliamentary motion on Israel and Palestinians Montreal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is considering his response. Will it be to cross the floor at join the CPC? Guest: Anthony Housefather. LIberal MP. Mount Royal riding, Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's Podcast Following this week's much amended non-binding parliamentary motion on Israel and Palestinians Montreal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is considering his response. Will it be to cross the floor at join the CPC? Guest: Anthony Housefather. LIberal MP. Mount Royal riding, Montreal. Canada's former Ambassador to Israel publishes an op ed in Sapir magazine in which Vivian Bercovici writes about anti-Semitic diplomatic rot within the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. As well, Ambassador Bercovici on Twitter/X (@vivianbercovivi) challenges Toronto Chief of Police Myron Demkiw for hosting a breakfast for newly arrived Gazan refugees to break Ramadan fast, suggesting the Chief "shut down the (TPS) catering department" and "deal with local pro Hamas 'peaceful protesters' and relocate a planned noisy demonstration through a Jewish neighbourhood this weekend." The Ambassador adds "what exactly are you doing Chief? Might be easier for you to send out flyers and tell all Jews to get out of town 'cuz no one wants them and on one will protect them." Guest: Vivian Bercovici. Canada's former Ambassador to Israel. Kate (Middleton) The Princess of Wales, announced Friday she has been diagnosed with cancer and outpouring of support has been international. Canadian Cancer Society executive VP Stuart Edmonds has said public revealing of cancer diagnosis by public figures can help raise awareness and encourage others to be tested early and to seek treatment. Then, we take your calls. Are you living with cancer? How did you approach the diagnosis and how are you living with your cancer illness? - I continue to live with and be treated for my Stage 4 metastatic cancer diagnosis/illness. We also get a surprise contribution from another Corus radio host. Guest: Playback of Princess of Wales announcement Canada's justice system: Headlines. Police advise high-risk sex offender living in Belleville (ON) - Supervisor sat in car while repeat B.C. sex offender victimized 11-year-old-girl (Kelowna BC) - Law Society loses appeal and must let child sex abuser practise law and his name cannot be revealed (Toronto, ON) - Convicted child murderer living in Regina halfway house granted extended freedoms. (Regina, SK) - Concern raised following arrest of break-and-enter suspect wearing an ankle bracelet. (Charlottetown, PEI) Guest: Scott Newark. Fmr. Alberta crown attorney and snr. policy advisor to federal and Ontario Ministers for Public Safety. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elias Makos is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Trudie Mason, veteran newscaster here at CJAD 800. It has now come to light that in 2012, the Olympic Park estimated that a winterized stadium without a roof would be 10 times less expensive The CAQ continues to slide in the polls - so much so the PQ is now in majority territoryThe Liberal MP for Mount-Royal, Anthony Housefather, is 'reflecting' on his place in his party's caucus
Norwegian National Team member and Mount Royal star Samson Olsen joins the show! Samson grew up in Norway but spent a lot of time in Canada growing up, so when it came time to decide to go to a professional club in Europe or the school route in North America it was only natural that he landed in the Canada West. We talk about the Norwegian sport system, making the decision to go to MRU, tips on how smaller setters can get the job done, how he became a volleyball fanatic, and so much more! If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment and remember the best compliment you can give us is telling your friends about the show! Stay excellent!
Your daily highlights of Toronto Today with Greg Brady. On today's episode: 1 - Ana Bailao, former mayoral candidate talking about Toronto's budget announcement. (:15 - 10:18) 2 - Carl James, professor of education and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University talking about Toronto's Catholic school board has banned from its classrooms & all books by non-Black authors that contain the racist slur known as the N-word. (10:24-19:07) 3- Anthony Housefather, MP for Mount Royal talks the city's budget. (19:13-31:33)
Full Text of ReadingsChristmas Weekday Lectionary: 209The Saint of the day is Saint Andr BessetteSaint André Bessette's Story Brother André expressed a saint's faith by a lifelong devotion to Saint Joseph. Sickness and weakness dogged André from birth. He was the eighth of 12 children born to a French Canadian couple near Montreal. Adopted at 12, when both parents had died, he became a farmhand. Various trades followed: shoemaker, baker, blacksmith—all failures. He was a factory worker in the United States during the boom times of the Civil War. At 25, André applied for entrance into the Congregation of Holy Cross. After a year's novitiate, he was not admitted because of his weak health. But with an extension and the urging of Bishop Bourget, he was finally received. He was given the humble job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. “When I joined this community, the superiors showed me the door, and I remained 40 years,” he said. In his little room near the door, he spent much of the night on his knees. On his windowsill, facing Mount Royal, was a small statue of Saint Joseph, to whom he had been devoted since childhood. When asked about it he said, “Some day, Saint Joseph is going to be honored in a very special way on Mount Royal!” When he heard someone was ill, he visited to bring cheer and to pray with the sick person. He would rub the sick person lightly with oil taken from a lamp burning in the college chapel. Word of healing powers began to spread. When an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, André volunteered to nurse. Not one person died. The trickle of sick people to his door became a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesan authorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. “I do not cure,” he said again and again. “Saint Joseph cures.” In the end he needed four secretaries to handle the 80,000 letters he received each year. For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy land on Mount Royal. Brother André and others climbed the steep hill and planted medals of Saint Joseph. Suddenly, the owners yielded. André collected $200 to build a small chapel and began receiving visitors there—smiling through long hours of listening, applying Saint Joseph's oil. Some were cured, some not. The pile of crutches, canes and braces grew. The chapel also grew. By 1931, there were gleaming walls, but money ran out. “Put a statue of Saint Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he'll get it.” The magnificent Oratory on Mount Royal took 50 years to build. The sickly boy who could not hold a job died at 92. He is buried at the Oratory. He was beatified in 1982 and canonized in 2010. At his canonization in October 2010, Pope Benedict XVI said that Saint Andre “lived the beatitude of the pure of heart.” Reflection Rubbing ailing limbs with oil or a medal? Planting a medal to buy land? Isn't this superstition? Aren't we long past that superstitious people rely only on the “magic” of a word or action. Brother André's oil and medals were authentic sacramentals of a simple, total faith in the Father who lets his saints help him bless his children. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media
Saturday before Epiphany Optional Memorial of St. André Bessette, 1845-1937; entered the Congregation of Holy Cross at the age of 25, and was given the job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger; spent most nights on his knees in prayer; when he heard that someone was ill, he visited the person to bring them cheer and pray with him, and word of healing powers began to spread; the Holy Cross Congregation bought land on Mount Royal for a chapel dedicated to St. Joseph; money ran out, and Brother André said, "Put a statue of Saint Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he'll get it.”; It took 50 years for the chapel to be completed Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/24 Gospel: Mark 1:7-11
Did you know that different kinds of sound can effect our bodies, emotional well being and everything about and within us? Meet Sharon Carne who today is an incredible sound wellness expert. Sharon will tell us how she always has had a love of music. She learned classical guitar and eventually secured a degree in music. Her journey to that degree is an amazing one. She was clearly, as you will hear, absolutely fixated on and committed to securing that degree. She taught Music for some thirty years. Along the way she began to take an interest in sound, music at first, and then other sound that could help people heal many things. Some 15 years ago she and her husband began the Sound Wellness Institute. Sharon retired from teaching full time in 2016 and now devotes her full time to the institute to teach and help others through the use of sound. Our discussion is, to me, quite inspiring and informative. I believe you also will learn a lot from what Sharon has to say. Along the way, please visit www.soundwellness.com to learn more about Sharon's work. At the end of our episode Sharon offers some free gifts. We have put links to them in our cover notes. About the Guest: Sharon Carne, BMus, M.F.A., Director of Training and Program Development for the Sound Wellness Institute, is an author, international speaker, musician, recording artist, reiki master, sound healer and publisher. In addition to almost 30 years as a faculty member of The Conservatory, Mount Royal University, Sharon spent about 20 years doing personal research and formal training in Sound Therapy and Sound Healing. In 2008, Sharon was invited to participate as a facilitator in a study on stress reduction sponsored by the Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal University. She developed a program for the study using a variety of ways sound and music relieves stress. Sharon is the founder of Sound Wellness, the Sound Wellness Institute and co-founder of the Emergent Workforce, the most recent expansion of offerings through the Sound Wellness Institute. Through the Sound Wellness Institute, she developed programs and training for holistic practitioners. Sound Wellness is now its own modality and practitioners receive the highest level of tested competency training in Canada in using sound and music to support their practice. The Emergent Workforce programs have been developed because of requests and interest from the business world. Ways to connect with Sharon: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherrangonh/ Calendly: (To book a 1:1 Mentorship Session) https://calendly.com/christopher-rangon/mentorship TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chris_rangon/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/@skateboardcrh12 **Instagram: ** https://instagram.com/chris_rangon https://www.instagram.com/christopherrangonspeaks/ Gifts for your listeners Nervous System Balance A 4-minute track of tuning fork sounds. Listen to the track once in the morning to start your day with calm and focus. https://soundwellness.com/balance/ Woodland Song A 60-minute recording of a forest creek and birdsong. Play quietly in the background when you are working to keep your body and nervous system calm and your mind alert. https://soundwellness.com/woodlandsong/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. **Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Here we are once again. And it's always fun to be here. I love interviewing and and conversing more than interviewing with lots of different people. And today we have Sharon Carne as our guest, who is the founder of sound wellness and one of the cofounders of the sound wellness Institute. She's going to tell us more about that. She's going to talk about things I've known for a while that is the truth of how sound can affect us and does affect us. But she's going to be the one to talk about that because she's the expert, of course. So anyway, we will get to that. But I want to first welcome you, Sharon. Thank you for joining us here on unstoppable mindset. **Sharon Carne ** 02:06 Thank you so much, Michael, what a delight to be here to be able to share a little bit about sound. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 02:14 that is, of course a lot of what podcasts are all about and and hopefully we can make it all sound reasonably decent as it were. But why don't we start maybe by you telling us about kind of the early Sheeran growing up in some of those kinds of things to sort of set the stage for what we're going to do later. **Sharon Carne ** 02:30 Oh my goodness, I've had music in my life all my life as long as I can remember Michael, and it probably from my mom singing. We used to my dad was in the armed forces here in Canada radar technician. So we traveled long distances in the summer to go visit family and mom would sing all the way across the country. And we had our favorite songs. And then that led to singing and choirs sang in church choirs, school choirs, as long as I can remember, oh, one day when I was or at Christmas time when I was 16 years old, there was a guitar under the Christmas tree. And from having grown ups, mostly singing, playing a little bit of recorder, that guitar was such a fun thing. Oh my gosh, we were so lucky. We had a guitar teacher half a block away. And so I signed up for lessons right away. He just happened to be a classical guitar teacher. And so he started me on that and inspired me with every single lesson was playing recordings of some of the masters and classical guitar and I just fell in love with it. Totally fell in love with it. And it's interesting how sometimes you dropped something as you get focused on something else when I went off to university, and it came back in a big way later. **Michael Hingson ** 04:04 I I know exactly the kind of thing that you're talking about. We moved to California when I was five. And it was the first trip I really remember although I think we've probably we probably did some driving around before then. But my dad liked to sing and he was a fan of Old Country and Western songs. I mean, we're talking about back in the country western days have 40s and 50s and so on. And he even yodels a little bit. So he's saying a lot. And we we got to enjoy that and always loved it when as he was driving, he would sing. And then he he also did have a guitar. He had an old Martin grand concert guitar from 1940. He got it by training something for it and I actually still have it. But he would occasionally get it out and play so I know what you're talking about. I know the excitement and the feeling that you had **Sharon Carne ** 05:01 Oh, what a beautiful thing to have still Michael, my goodness, great memories. **Michael Hingson ** 05:07 It's in the guitar is an incredibly rich sounding guitar. Of course it's it's not an electric guitar at all. But the sound is just very rich. It's a very full bodied sounding guitar. It's a lot of fun. Anyway, so you took lessons and you, you said that it came back to to be something good for you later on. Hmm. **Sharon Carne ** 05:33 It did. And so and in a way that wasn't quite expected to because I went off to university, and I did well in high school in sciences and maths. So majored in in math and sciences at university and it did not go well. It did not go well. So I, I left university after the first year in registered in Teachers College at the time, and did one year at Teachers College and ended up teaching in a tiny town in northern Ontario. And the love of music continued there by joining the Town Choir, there was an amazing music teacher in our tiny town, we put on shows, we did concerts all around the area. And my interest in the guitar, which had been put away for a few years while I was doing this, at least two years, came back again. And part of my finishing my degree at university, I took summer courses. And in the second summer course I signed up for a music history course. And oh my goodness, it lit a fire under me like nothing I've ever experienced before. So I went into the professor at one of the professors at the end of that course. And I said, What do I have to do to get into this university as a music major. And so he told me, I needed this level of playing, and I needed this level of music theory. And I said, okay, and off I went. It took me two years, but I got entrance requirements to the university to get in as a music major. not expected. It was such a fascinating, fascinating fire. That was the passion that was that was lit at that time. I just had to continue. **Michael Hingson ** 07:30 So what did you have to do? You miss mentioned the level of playing what does that mean? **Sharon Carne ** 07:38 Well, in Canada, they have an examination system through the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. And so I needed to play I needed to have an exam at the grade eight level at the time, along with the the theory that was required music theory that was required for that level. And I had had a year and a half of guitar lessons. So it was it was an accomplishment to to find a teacher from. And I was teaching in a tiny town in northern Northern Ontario, the closest teacher who could teach me at that level was an eight hour drive away. And so and I had no car, so I called him up and I said, I have to take lessons with you. I need a grade eight, in in classical guitar and what's involved in so I was teaching public school and in this tiny town, so on Friday night, I'd help on the bus and be on the bus all night, get to the city where the guitar teacher lived, have my lesson that morning, hang around the bus station the rest of the day. I'd take the bus all night to the back home again on on Saturday night. And I did that for two years. And after two years, I did the exam and got my grade eight and all the theory required. So **Michael Hingson ** 09:11 what does it mean though from a playing standpoint, to have a great eight What did what did you have to play or what did you have to show through guitar playing? **Sharon Carne ** 09:20 It's it's probably a concert level to play pieces that are that are complicated enough to be able to sit in a theater and play a concert on the classical guitar at the beginning stages of that. **Michael Hingson ** 09:41 Once you did it, **Sharon Carne ** 09:43 I did it. I could not not do it. It was there was no there was no question. It was something I I had to do. I had to get in to the university and get a music degree. I just I'm not. It was a drive that I couldn't exist. lane? **Michael Hingson ** 10:02 Well, but it was your drive. And that's what what really matters with a lot of commitment to take a bus all night and then do your lessons and then wait for the bus to return. So while you're waiting at the bus station, did you play the guitar? **Sharon Carne ** 10:15 No, no. I don't remember do I know. I didn't practice? No, I didn't practice there I practice at home, there was a confidence level to because I was on an extremely accelerated study path to get to that level in two years. **Michael Hingson ** 10:37 So he packed a lot into each of your your lessons, obviously. Mm hmm. That's cool. So then you got into the University? And how long were you there? **Sharon Carne ** 10:52 Yeah, I will. I was there for three years, because I had already had one year of university, I could use those courses as my arts and science options. So I completed the rest of the music degree. It's a four year degree in those three years. And, and then it just felt like, there was so much more to learn. So I applied for a master's degree at two universities, and was accepted at both one of them in London, Ontario, and the other one in Minneapolis. So I went to Minneapolis, and did a two year master's degree after that. And then it kind of felt like I had a good grounding. I had such acceleration, that it felt like there was a lot of catch up to do. Also, after I got my entrance requirements anyway. **Michael Hingson ** 11:44 What made you decide to go to Minneapolis as opposed to London, Ontario, **Sharon Carne ** 11:49 the university in London, Ontario was mostly a music history degree and I loved music history, but I wanted to learn how to play the guitar better. And Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota there, they had a guitar teacher and an option to focus on performing, which is what I wanted to develop more skill in. So I did that. **Michael Hingson ** 12:14 So was it all classical? Or did you branch out into other kinds of music at all, **Sharon Carne ** 12:20 it was all classical. **Michael Hingson ** 12:23 Which is probably not too surprising. That'd be the sort of level or orientation that that music degrees in would take and so on that they want you to really get the classical part of it and, and get all the challenges and nuances, because they're probably a lot more in from a guitar standpoint, nuances and, and sophisticated things to learn then going into more of the modern music, which isn't necessarily as much guitar being out in front as the only thing as with classical music, I would assume. **Sharon Carne ** 13:03 There are certainly skills of nuances in a group and in popular music, however you write about it with the guitar and being the only performer at least when I hit solo, where that there was a lot of a lot of skill and nuance for sure. **Michael Hingson ** 13:18 So when did you graduate with your music degree? What year was that? **Sharon Carne ** 13:23 It was 90 Well, in the from Queens, I graduated in 1977. And then from the University of Minnesota in 1979. **Michael Hingson ** 13:34 Okay, so you are now a master's degree holder and dealing with music. And you play the guitar pretty well. So then what? **Sharon Carne ** 13:47 Well, I returned to Alberta, Canada, where I got a part time job at the college. They're teaching music teaching guitar as a start for what to do next, because I wasn't quite sure. And, and when when I was I taught at Red Deer college for two years. And in the meantime, I met my husband, and we got married, and he immediately got transferred to Houston. So it kind of ended my opportunity to teach it read your college and we ended up in Houston for about three and a half years. **Michael Hingson ** 14:30 Wow. So what was he doing at the time that took you to Houston? **Sharon Carne ** 14:37 Well, he was in the oil business, an engineer and so he was transferred there to do testing on oilfield equipment and quality kinds of things. So he's an engineer, so got into that field. And because I didn't have a visa to work in the United States. I we had our two children there In Houston, we have two boys. And I learned how to play another instrument called the lute, which was great fun, so it was filled with kids and lute playing. **Michael Hingson ** 15:13 Did you do much guitar playing? **Sharon Carne ** 15:17 I did some with what with a baby. And then with the second child who came along just before we move back to Canada, it what I did I did some guitar playing. And then also the lute. Hmm. Wow. **Michael Hingson ** 15:35 Two different instruments indeed, though. Well, **Sharon Carne ** 15:37 I think the Luton part was was healing for me, because I had started taking it when we got down there, there was a great loot teacher and I found someone who would make me a left handed load, I play left handed. So I had to have the instrument specially made. And my father passed away after we were down there for about a year. And I couldn't play my guitar. I couldn't play it. So what I did is I played the lute, and learned more. Well played it more became more proficient on the lute. And doing that for the next probably nine to 12 months. Michael was really healing for my heart, and then I could pick up the guitar again. **Michael Hingson ** 16:29 Well, so you, you had three and a half years in Houston, then you move back to Canada back to Alberta. Uh huh. And then what did you do? **Sharon Carne ** 16:42 Well, we moved, we moved into Calgary, Alberta. And after the kids were a little bit older, about a year after we moved here, and we're still in the same house in Calgary, I applied, or I was asked actually to join the faculty of Mount Royal University. They didn't have any guitar teachers there that specialized in teaching young children. So I ended up there for almost 30 years, and teaching all ages from three years old up to in their 70s and really had a very fulfilling career with with doing something I really, really loved. **Michael Hingson ** 17:25 You said you did that for 30 years. **Sharon Carne ** 17:29 At Yeah. And then sound wellness came along. And it was a gradual shift into what I was doing now. And that was a bit of a surprise to wasn't something I hadn't expected. So it kind of it it started to grow. During my last five or so years of teaching at the Conservatory. **Michael Hingson ** 17:55 Well, tell me a little bit more about that, if you will, the what, what started that whole thing, and what was the overall eventual cost for the shift? **Sharon Carne ** 18:06 Oh, gosh, it probably started with, with innocent experiments. So teaching, teaching adult students, I had a group about eight, six or eight students at the time, who wanted to gain more confidence in performing so I, I ordered every book on stage fright that I could find and read them all and picked a whole pile of exercises that we could experiment, I called a coffee shop, to coffee shops in town and organize informal evening performances for everybody. And also art galleries. If they wanted music for the opening of an art show. It's another great opportunity, low pressure for people to just sit in and play background music. So we tried out a bunch of the exercises. And we found out that one of the ones that worked the best was imagining a color while we were performing. And the weird thing about it was that every time we did it, at least one person in the audience would get the color. I'll never forget that. I gave one concert in, in a town during this time we were exploring near here. And I chose one piece on the program to practice imagining the color with and this woman came up to me after the concert and she pointed to that piece on the program. She said Sharon, this piece was so beautiful. It reminded me of sitting by the ocean. The color was so blue. And I thought okay, this is no longer a coincidence. It had happened too many times. So I started really By doing my own research and asking questions like, What is it about sound that makes it a carrier for the lot? And of course, emotion? And what is it? That that? What how can it do that. So I got all kinds of books in the library ordered books and ended up studying with two of the pioneers in in America in sound healing a few years after that grant, so it's a gradual transition from what I was doing to how the interest in sound healing was really sparked. **Michael Hingson ** 20:40 Well, love to hear more about that in terms of what it is what it does, and, and just your journey about all that. **Sharon Carne ** 20:52 Well, sound healing is it's, oh, gosh, it's exploding all over the world. And they're still, it's still in a way being defined. As far as probably where it sits now is it's a modality. It's related to using the voice or frequency or sound tools like singing bowls, or music in order to stimulate a healing response in the body. And so it it is fascinating modality because of the wide variety of tools that can be used in order to stimulate that. And there's the at the time when I was becoming interested in sound healing, there weren't a lot of people teaching it. I did find Jonathan Goldman's with his intensive workshops, the where I attended, probably 20 years ago now. And and then studied with Tom Kenyon in Seattle, who is a psychotherapist who developed a technique for working with the voice and releasing emotional energy to stimulate that beautiful healing energy of the body. And it it was something that that fascinated me so much having spent a lifetime in sound, I had never really thought how powerful a tool it is to support the body in healing. **Michael Hingson ** 22:26 So when you talk about sound healing, and I think there's a fair amount today of accepted science that it can help or cause different kinds of reactions in the body but what what does it heal **Sharon Carne ** 22:48 well, I like to call sound food for the nervous system, and like junk food and good food and super food that we had junk sound that stimulates the release of stress hormones from the nervous system which the which increases the the, I guess, disease loader or stress load on the body, which can create disease and discomfort. The Good Food are things like major sounds that can help the body just go into the relaxation response that so many people need. There are there are several so many hormones that are released by the brain in the nervous system every time we experience sound and music, and four of them at least our our immune system boosters, then there's oxytocin, the bonding hormone, that one if for those people who love going to hockey games and football games when everybody's singing, we will we will rock you in in the stands for to support their favorite team that stimulates oxytocin which binds all the fans together along with the team and others dopamine and serotonin there's all kinds of neuro neurotransmitters that are stimulated from sound that that then go into the tissues of the body and stimulate that healing response depending where the intention is focused to. **Michael Hingson ** 24:19 And when you talk about sound healing, you're talking about real physical healing. It isn't just a mental thing necessarily but real physical healing. **Sharon Carne ** 24:33 Yes, there I can share a story of one of our calls where we have monthly calls for our practitioners and on this one call the topic was how to come up with a series of tuning fork sounds so we were studying tuning forks in that course and to support reducing pain or or helping you something to to heal and carry one of the practitioners had just had a rotator cuff injury that day, she had been to see her physiotherapist in, she described her pain level as a level nine out of 10. So very high pain level. And she was really uncomfortable on the call. So her question was how, how can I create a series? The wish was a topic? How do I create a series of tuning fork sounds? So I said, Carrie, how about we create a series of sounds to reduce the pain in your shoulder. So she, she recommended four different sounds that she felt would help her shoulder reduce pain. And what I did is I pointed the tuning fork, so we were all online. So I pointed the tuning forks to her shoulder, I pointed them to her image on the Zoom screen. And so we worked with the first one and then the second one. And she said, Well, the pain is probably about a level five. Now, when we completed me just pointing the tuning forks to her image on the Zoom screen is her pain level is down to a to two to three. And it didn't it got better over the next couple of days. She went to see her physiotherapist the next day. And she told me in a message after that appointment that her physiotherapist didn't see how that was possible that the pain can be reduced that much with with tuning forks, pointing them at hearing the sound and then pointing them to the person on to her shoulder on the screen. It was remarkable. And something that surprised me too, because I hadn't, I hadn't had the experience that powerful of using a tool I usually use with a person on their body to help reduce pain or bring more blood flow, those kinds of things. And yet it worked online. It was fascinating experience. **Michael Hingson ** 27:05 Well, so that is in well, it's incredibly fascinating because you did it online. And I'm trying to think of the physics of it a little bit, pointing your tuning fork to the image, I guess, might to some degree, help focus the sound, but her image wasn't where the sound was coming from or starting from. So she had to take something in, within herself that also had to help that process, I would think **Sharon Carne ** 27:44 very much so she was directing the sound to her shoulder. There were there were a few other on the call at the same time who held the intention of reducing pain because the goal was to reduce pain. **Michael Hingson ** 27:59 Right. And so it wasn't just you producing the sound, but the listeners hearing that sound and directing it where they they wanted it or knew what had to go. That that makes some sense to be able to say, I'm directing the healing energy that I can feel to where I want it to go. Hmm, well, that is still pretty amazing. But it makes a little bit more sense. It isn't just the sound, as you can imagine, and as we all can imagine, it's also the mental commitment and the mental focusing that goes along with it. I wonder how much different it would have been if she had been in the room with you? **Sharon Carne ** 28:42 That would be that was? That's a really good question. **Michael Hingson ** 28:46 Yeah, how would you how would you project that that would have gone or have you ever had any examples similar where you actually worked with someone in the same room? **Sharon Carne ** 28:57 Well, I've worked with clients in the same room with tuning forks and the singing the large singing bowls on the body. And it works pretty well the same way from what I've seen. And with with the tuning for hip pain, for example, with someone with with difficulty in moving, moving a joint or a pain or around either in the joint with where bones are rubbing together, there are always tissues around the joint that are compensating. So the tuning fork would be used in all of the connective tissue around the joint in order to help release the tension in the muscles and and then to reduce the pain that way and and then on the other side to the other side of the body, which often compensates. But the online is was so fascinating because it didn't have those elements of having the fork actually on the body and feeling the vibration of that sound going through the muscles in the tissue. Shoes? **Michael Hingson ** 30:00 Well, or at least to a much lesser degree, the sound actually approached her hit the body because there was still a speaker and the sound was still there. But she was focusing it, which I'm sure had a lot to do with it as well. And she wanted to make it happen. And she did. Yeah, yeah. Which is, which is pretty cool. Well, so when did you actually end up leaving teaching and go full time into sound wellness and, and then eventually, I assume eventually, but starting the sound wellness Institute. **Sharon Carne ** 30:38 That was a gradual journey to and it was it was probably sparked with a phone call that came from out of the blue Michael, I while I was still teaching at Mount Royal, I had finished my training with Goldman and Tom Kenyon, and had returned back to the conservatory, and I got a call from the director of the Integrative Health Institute at the University. And she said, Sharon, I hear you are into sound therapy. I said, yeah, it's been a very kind of my own private research topic for many years by then and fascinated with it. And she said, Well, I'd like to have you create a program to using sound therapy as intervention in the study on stress that we're sponsoring this year. And so I was delighted to take part in that I created the program. And it was so successful working with the people in my group that I created some wellness about a month after that, and that was in 2008, is when I did that. I left the Conservatory, I gradually my hours were becoming less and less with teaching music, and, and with sound wellness was becoming more and more so in 2016, I finally retired from the Conservatory, and focused on sound wellness, exclusively after that, **Michael Hingson ** 32:12 wow. Well, it's always exciting and a challenge and an adventure to go off and start to do something really on your own. **Sharon Carne ** 32:22 Hmm. There was another complicated Well, I guess another kind of events that were happening in our personal lives at the same time, is we went through eight years during those eight years of starting sound wellness of end of life care for both of its parents, and then my sister, one after the other. So it was it was a challenge sometimes to make sure that there was the there were our priority, and then still bringing some energy to sound wellness to help it grow. And it's interesting how, how these these things kind of happened together. And we were grateful to be able to support mom and dad and then my sister throughout that journey too. **Michael Hingson ** 33:22 Were you able to use any of what you learned with sound wellness or sound healing to help them and work with them at all? **Sharon Carne ** 33:30 We did and we're not quite as much with mom. She suffered a massive stroke and ended up on extended care. So it was a little harder there with dad. Mom was the first to pass away and when dad one of the things that we did with Dad is bring him to one of our courses. And he fell in love with the seeing bowls. And so we bought him a crystal bowl. He couldn't play the Tibetan bowls because he was shaky. He was 91 when he came to our course. And so he his hand was a bit shaky when he was trying to play the Tibetan bowl so the stick would Clank on the bowl. And so we bought him a crystal bowl in a strong base so it wouldn't tip over. And it has a saw a softer stick and an easier way to make the sound. So he said he played that every day before he went to bed and it helped him sleep better. So he loved that. And my sister had cancer and with her I would bring the she had tuning forks with her all the time to help with stimulating her immune system. And then I would come over especially after chemo and play the crystal bowls and it should that would help her pain level enormously and her discomfort level right after chemo. **Michael Hingson ** 34:54 Tell me a little bit more about the singing bowls if you would, please **Sharon Carne ** 35:00 Oh the singing bowls are there's two different kinds. There's what are called Tibetan or Himalayan singing bowls, which are metal and the old bowls and the handmade bowls have a lot of wavering sounds to them and a lot of different frequency levels. And so they are several things they do all those low wavering sounds when the bowl is on the body helps to release muscle tension. We teach a lot of massage therapists how to use the bowls on the body because that makes it easier for or less work for their hands and their arms to massage tissue. The bowl does a lot of that. And then the crystal bowls have more of a pure sound and one or two frequencies only not as many overtones and wavering sounds as the Tibetan bowls do. And Crystal works with intention in a more powerful way I find personally then the Tibetan bowls Do I have an old Tibetan bowl beside me here Michael? If you'd like to hear it, I can play it **Michael Hingson ** 36:10 I would love to if you don't mind that would be great. Please bring **Sharon Carne ** 36:14 bring it over a friend of mine nickname this incredible it's about 16 inch it's about 16 inches across and it could be several 100 years old who has a lot of beautiful sounds so here's how this **Michael Hingson ** 36:33 how deepest the bowl or how **Sharon Carne ** 36:41 we it probably goes down to I don't have Edie measured at all on his oscilloscope Pat program on the computer. It probably goes down into 20 hertz 30 **Michael Hingson ** 36:53 No, I mean but physic physically you said is 16 inches across but how deep is it from top to bottom? **Sharon Carne ** 36:58 Oh go deep from top to bottom. Hmm, probably about seven inches. All right, it has around the bottom so a little tricky. Yeah. Okay. Okay, go ready for the sound? Yes, please. Okay, here it is **Michael Hingson ** 37:22 Wow, okay. **Sharon Carne ** 37:24 I need to I need to put on original sound here to take There we go. So if I can tap it again then just give more in sounds because zoom has a setting for sound that I didn't have on yet. Okay, so here we go **Sharon Carne ** 38:00 it'll go on and on and on it will **Michael Hingson ** 38:02 so several reactions one going back to the person with the sore shoulder I can see how even though it was online the richness of the tone in your right when you change the zoom setting it made all the difference in the world but how that coming through the speaker could especially depending on the microphone but still be something that would be very usable online because the the the audio was a very full rich tone from lows to highs as you said Ed, I'm sure measured it with an oscilloscope that gave a spectrum there but I bet somebody who was in a remote place would get a pretty good range as well again, it's always a question of how good the microphone is but you seem to have a pretty good microphone there. **Sharon Carne ** 39:04 Yeah, we invested in in a good quality microphone because I work with sound online and one of the things I wasn't quite sure about Michael is I started doing sound baths online sound bath this is a an experience with several different bowls and sounds and to a group of people and I've played with doing them online for about a year before I started doing them more regularly, and it blows me away hearing the response from people and how effective they are online. I've done many of these events in person so they're they're powerful in person and I wasn't sure about online but after the experience with carry on the the feedback from the people who've been attending the online sound baths, I'm I'm still in awe for the response it creates Send people. **Michael Hingson ** 40:01 Again, as I think about it, I guess I'm not too amazed because you've got a good audio source that is collecting the sound. And that's got to have a lot to do with it. Because if you don't have good audio, then you won't produce good audio at the other end, but you clearly do. But still, it is kind of wonderful that you're able to do this virtually as well as work with people in a in a specific physical location. What? How does how does sound healing actually heal? I know you talked about re producing or releasing different kinds of chemical reactions in in the body is that mainly what it is? Or are there other nuances to the whole concept of sound healing? **Sharon Carne ** 40:54 Well, it it stimulates the nervous system to release hormones and neurotransmitters that support the healing of the body's own way of healing. Also for for the large bulls that using them on the body helps to release muscle tension, which releases emotional energy that sitting in the muscles and releases the muscles themselves. And, and I like to to, to also say that sound doesn't really heal by itself, it stimulates the natural healing ability of the body, because the body knows how to do that. And so it because sound is felt in every molecule in every cell, then it It stimulates the body in so many different ways in so many different levels. **Michael Hingson ** 41:47 And that is kind of what I was getting to so it's you know, because it's not a magical thing at all. But it is a part of the whole process. And I think as I've said, we've known about the concept that people react to sound and have reacted to sound in various ways, for a long time, and we've known it, but it's great to see that it's being used in such a wonderful way to help heal. Will most anyone react to the sound that you just did with that old Tibetan bowl? Or do different people react differently to different bowls that I assume have different kinds of sounds? **Sharon Carne ** 42:27 Absolutely, we all respond to sound we can't not respond to sound, but we all respond uniquely. And it could be that that that sound of that bowl, several people wouldn't be able to, wouldn't be able to stand it at all. And one of the things we found with with sharing sound, and options, different options you can use to stimulate that healing with groups of people. And one of the things that's so fascinating is that one person will say, Oh my gosh, that feels so good. I relaxed, my heart beats down, I feel so much better. And the person beside them was ready to leave the room because it graded them so much. They couldn't stand the sound. And the person beside them would have well it was so so I didn't like it as much as she did when not I didn't hate it as much as he did. But so it's it's so unique. And that's the part that's fascinating is we all respond to sound and many of us have our own intuitive ways. The music we love to listen to, that helps us to feel better, is an intuitive way because we respond we know how we respond to that. And part of branching out into other types of sound is to explore how it makes you feel because it's different for everybody. **Michael Hingson ** 43:48 So clearly everyone is sort of, in a sense differently wired for sound although we're all wired for sound in one way or another so as you said different people are going to react to different bowls or to different techniques or different I guess it's fair to use the word technologies that you use to produce sounds when you when you played the bowl. Did you just tap the bowl with a stick or with some something? Is that what you need to do or? **Sharon Carne ** 44:16 Yes, I have a gong mallet that has a felt head on and love to tap the mole with that. It because when you tap the ball with a gong mallet, the ball responds almost like a gong. It comes it it plays all soba at so many different frequency ranges from really low frequencies to high overtones. **Michael Hingson ** 44:36 Yeah. And also, it's it's easier on the bowl as well. You're not using some hard stick that can damage it over time. **Sharon Carne ** 44:48 For sure, yes. **Michael Hingson ** 44:52 Well tell me. So this kind of brings up something that you just mentioned brings I'm so different people like different kinds of musics and so on. And obviously, the sounds that we hear, can and do in one way or another stimulate our health. We all like different kinds of music. And I think there are some of us I'm and I'm one of them feels that there are some kinds of music that are just a lot of noise. And they're very loud. And they're very obtrusive. And it's not what I like in music, but I'm assuming that you would say, but for some people, those are okay, or is there? Is there some sort of music that really is just kind of not good at all? That it's, it's just too jumbled and doesn't really help? Or is that a fair thing to say? **Sharon Carne ** 45:46 It's a fair thing to say, Michael and, and this, this one, I can share a story about our son, our younger son, and he is a heavy metal fan. And Ed and I are not heavy metal. **Michael Hingson ** 46:01 I'm not either. And they're just a Frank Zappa. But anyway, **Sharon Carne ** 46:09 I know, when he would buy, buy a record in those days, they were there were records or CDs, I think we're just coming out. Anyway, I have to always check the words, he always chose bands that had positive messages. Fortunately, some of them do not. And when he was 16, he went into a clinical depression. And we took him to the doctor, the doctor gave him medication, which he took one of and said, Mom, I don't like the way I am on this medication, I'm gonna throw it all out. So I said, Okay. And what he did to heal himself, of that depression, was he when he would come home from school frustrated or angry, or whatever mood he was in, he'd run up to his room, slam the door, like a lot of teenagers do. And then he would put on his music, angry music really loud. And so Ed and I had to plug our ears and let him do that. After a few months, he he will, even after just listening to 20 minutes of that 15 minutes of that he was feeling better it for him for him, and helped him to process that out of his system. And with some people, it increases that, which is not a good thing. For for Matt, it helped him process that and it helped to heal him. And so I don't I pause when it comes to making a judgement about a music like that. Because for Matt, I know, it was very much a part of his healing. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 47:47 and that's why I asked the question, because different people like different music. And what I was curious about is basically what you said that doesn't mean that that music can't be helpful or be good for them. Although turning some of that heavy metal music, very loud. Must have some effect on the eardrums after a while to. **Sharon Carne ** 48:11 Oh, yes. Yellow. Yes. And that's where safety comes in. Because yeah, yeah. I industry says that it sustained sound in the work environment can be no louder than 85 Hertz. And a rock concert is about 100 decibels. Thank you. Yes, our rock concert is over 100 decibels usually. And so it is definitely doing damage. **Michael Hingson ** 48:36 The other side of that though, is that the people who are playing in the bands are behind the speakers, so they don't get hit by it as much, which is a point that someone made once we were discussing that very thing. How come the people who are playing don't get deaths? And the answer is because they're behind the speakers, and they're not getting the blast of the louder sounds, but nevertheless, it's still there. And I have never liked really loud music. I went to a concert in 2019. It was Pentatonix, the, the, the vocal group, and they're amazing. They are although I like straight, no chaser even more, but that's okay. They're a group of 10 guys from Indiana. The problem for me with the Pentatonix concert, and I loved it. But unfortunately, I was sitting almost right below a speaker so it was just louder than I liked and I wasn't able to move. But they did one song where they turned off all the microphones. And it was it was exactly as I imagined it. It sounded the same as what they did with the microphones on except just not nearly as loud and it to me sounded a lot better, but they're an amazing group. They were absolutely fun to listen to even though it was loud **Sharon Carne ** 50:00 Hmm, yes. And one of the things our son did, he joined a couple of bands, he plays electric guitar. So when he was playing in the heavy metal bands he got earplugs made that he would put in his ears so that, that being around the sound over and over again, the level of all it wasn't as damaging. So he still uses Wi Fi is goes to a concert or even goes to the hockey game. We have loud fans here in Calgary for the hockey team, so he'll wear his earplugs at the hockey game. **Michael Hingson ** 50:31 I went to Daytona, the Daytona Speedway in 2011, the National Federation of the Blind was demonstrating the first vehicle that a blind person could drive not an autonomous vehicle, but actually it provided the information so a blind person could sit behind the wheel. And they literally drove it around the Daytona Speedway, if you want to see it. It's at www dot blind driver challenge.org. And Mark Riccobono, who's now the president of the National Federation blind literally drove around the whole Daytona Speedway, traveling through obstacle courses and other things and passing a vehicle. But after that, and it was about four hours before the Rolex 24 race began in January of 2011. When that race began, they had passed out earplugs to us when I was a little ways away from the race track. But my gosh, was it loud, we we stayed for 10 minutes and then left because it was just way louder than a lot of us really liked even with earplugs. **Sharon Carne ** 51:33 Wow. And how fabulous I had no idea that a car had been designed to allow a blind person to drive Michael, what great news. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 51:44 it's got a ways to go. And I think that the whole concept of autonomous vehicles will help. But Mark drove this around the the entire racetrack he drove through a couple of obstacle courses of barrels. Then there was a van in front of him it threw boxes out of the back and he had to avoid those and so a lot of randomness to it. It was really pretty cool. But WWW dot blind driver challenge.org. It was it was really kind of fun to be there and be a part of that. But not when the race started. That was a little noisy for us. **Sharon Carne ** 52:17 Oh my. **Michael Hingson ** 52:21 So we we all have minds to one degree or another. But eventually we all get very busy. We get our minds get very busy just involved with every little thing. Are there sounds and ways that we can slow that mind down and get people to step back or just slow down a little bit? **Sharon Carne ** 52:42 Oh, yes, there's a couple in particular, a couple of I could recommend one of them. It has to do with how the body responds to music and the beat of the music. For example, if you go into the grocery store, and there's music always playing, it takes only about four to five minutes for your heartbeat to match the beat in the music. That's called entrainment. Now knowing that your heart wants to try to match the beat of the music, then knowing also that a relaxed heartbeat is around 60 beats per minute, you can make your own playlist of music that will help calm the heart down. And when you calm the heart down, you calm down your breathing and your brainwave state. So it calms the mind down to in fact, I found out recently, Michael that YouTube has 60 beats per minute playlists and a whole pile of different musical styles. What a great tool for people to use. It's fabulous. **Michael Hingson ** 53:44 I have to go check that out. I'm I'm assuming though, Matt felt getting to a slower heartbeat and so on somehow came with heavy metal. **Sharon Carne ** 53:56 No, no, that's the reverse. If you're driving and you need to you need to stimulate the mind. Then having music with a lively beat a faster beat can help to keep you more alert. I love lively Latin guitar and big band dance music is another one of my favorites for driving. Yeah, I love those. **Michael Hingson ** 54:20 I'm a great big band fan. I love a lot of from the 40s and 50s the swing era and so on Benny Goodman but others as well and even more recent album when Linda Ronstadt did a couple of big band albums that were great. Ah, cool. So, but I hear what you're saying. Still. It's it's, it's different for everyone though. But I'm assuming you're saying that it's pretty standard that that we, whether it's the grocery store, whatever our heartbeats typically will match themselves to the beat of different different sounds depending on where we are and what We're doing is that pretty universal? **Sharon Carne ** 55:02 That's pretty universal. And there are genres of music applied psycho acoustic music for one of them that is based on manipulating or changing the heartbeat, and it to create the relaxation response or the reverse to keep the body relaxed and then to keep the mind alert. **Michael Hingson ** 55:21 So people are, I'm sure asking and we've sort of alluded to it a number of times. We know there's healthy eating I'm assuming there's healthy and unhealthy sound besides just being too loud or is that true? **Sharon Carne ** 55:40 Definitely the they're unhealthy sound like traffic noise. There are studies especially from the European Union showing how people who live near mirror major freeways, it has become a major health problem, because the sound of traffic consistently can raise the heartbeat and and also stimulate stress hormones so that that's more like junk sound, unhealthy sound, healthy sound. The three healthiest sounds actually for the body and human are wind, water and birdsong. These are natural sounds that we evolved with? Well, their honor, we have them. Water is essential. So when we have water sounds around us, I think the nervous system response that I'm safe, I can relax there's water is essential for life. Then we have wind which helps us get our bearings, and then we have birdsong. And birdsong affects the nervous system and a couple of ways. birdsong helps us feel safe when the birds are singing, because our ancestors when the birds stopped singing in the forest, they knew there was danger nearby. Another thing that the birdsong does is it stimulates the brain and the nervous system, high sounds will stimulate the brain. And so it can help keep you alert when you need to need to get a lot of work done or have a deadline or something like that. So really healthy sounds **Michael Hingson ** 57:12 I've enjoyed generally being close to rainstorms. Listening to the rainfall, or and sometimes thunder if it's not too loud when it gets to be too explosive, the sound but I have found that rain or gentle storms like that can be very pleasant. **Sharon Carne ** 57:35 Oh, me too. And waves at the surface. Yeah. Yeah. Another one. **Michael Hingson ** 57:40 Have you ever heard of an album I think it's by 101 string is called one stormy night. **Sharon Carne ** 57:47 I haven't heard of that one. I've heard of a couple of others that they've done with nature sounds in the background of the strings. **Michael Hingson ** 57:53 Well, one stormy night is an album that that came about years ago, back when we still had LP discs right before. But somebody in the Los Angeles area recorded a rainstorm. And then they put it to music. They put different songs to different parts of it. And I've always found it to be a very pleasant thing. I actually discovered that it is available when I asked my little Amazon Alexa device to play it. And now I've got some decent speakers that I can project it through. It really sounds pretty good. And I find gentle summer rainstorms like that even with a little bit of thunder to be a pleasant thing. I've also been in storms where thunderclaps come right over our house and they're not quite as fun. **Sharon Carne ** 58:45 No, they're not. We've had both. Yeah, I love the gentle summer rain storms too, or the wind blowing through the leaves **Michael Hingson ** 58:53 are blowing through the leaves. We have wind outside right now. My little system tells me it's about 28 miles an hour. But I also have some wind chimes that someone gave me earlier this year or late last year, just after my wife passed and we put them up as the first time we put wind chimes here at the house but they're very, they're very pleasant. They're very soothing sounding. And so between that and the wind, it also gets kind of nice. And Victorville. There's usually a lot of wind so it's nice to have something that turns it into a little bit more pleasant sound. **Sharon Carne ** 59:29 Huh beautiful. I love wind chimes too. I have them in the in the on our front porch that I just love the sound of them. **Michael Hingson ** 59:36 We have this we have this on our backpack. Well our patio, it's on the side of the house, right outside my family room sliding doors so I can hear it most anywhere in the house, especially if one of the windows is open but I can hear it outside now from my office here and it's really kind of nice to hear them. Well Is there is there some last minute advice or thoughts that you might have for people listening to this and watching it on YouTube? **Sharon Carne ** 1:00:09 Well, I think the main advice Michael would be to become aware of the sound around you because it's affecting you. The human being is so deeply wired to sound in so many ways from heartbeat to receptors in the cells to how it shifts your brainwave state so many different ways and of course, the nervous system. So become aware of the sound around you the music also, so that you start to get a sense of what feels right to you. And what is is good food for your nervous system. And **Michael Hingson ** 1:00:44 feed your nervous system it's well worth doing. Well, I want to thank you for being here with us, Sharon, this has been a lot of fun. And I know you have given us some things too, that we can offer to people listening want to tell us about those. **Sharon Carne ** 1:01:04 There's two things Michael that I've been I love to share. One of them is called it's a recording called the nervous system balance. And it's about a four minute recording. It's four different tuning forks sounds that are are created are these the series of sounds are created to calm the nervous system to settle the nervous system, calm down so that you can start your day from a good place. And so it's something I encourage people to download and play with find out because we are all new unique, find out if this will work for you. And if it helps make your day go a little bit better. The second one is two of the three nature sounds that we talked about. It's a beautiful woodland Creek, and the other one is birdsong. So it's quiet of playing quietly in the background allows the body to relax with the sounds of the water and the birdsong can create relaxation, but also stimulate the mind I like to have it on when I'm writing so so I can it keeps me the body relaxed and keeps me focused. **Michael Hingson ** 1:02:17 And how do people access those, **Sharon Carne ** 1:02:21 the their the nervous system balance is sound wellness.com forward slash balance. And then the woodland song is sound wellness.com forward slash woodland song All one word. **Michael Hingson ** 1:02:42 There you go. Well, and people can go get those and download them and hope they will and I am going to do it. I like waking up to nice reasonably quiet sounds in the morning we used to live up in Northern California in an area of Novato, California called Belmar in keys which was designed to look like Venice, Italy. So every house was either on a lagoon or a waterway between lagoons and especially during the summer it was quiet outside, you wake up in the morning. Some of us like to sleep later than other people in the in the whole association. So we got to wake up to the sounds of boats going by our our house will have we would have the back sliding door and our bedroom open a little bit. And we could hear the boats going by and just all the pleasant sounds of the whole area with the lagoons and all that. And then of course all the ducks who came up because they thought that we should read them. That's a different sound. But we loved the Pleasance sounds of, of the boats and the water. **Sharon Carne ** 1:03:52 Oh, how beautiful. **Michael Hingson ** 1:03:53 So it was great. Well, I want to thank you again for being here. This has been absolutely a joy, you've been a joy. And I really appreciate you coming on to be with us. If people want to reach out to you and learn more about you and maybe explore ways that you can help them and so on. How do they do that? **Sharon Carne ** 1:04:14 They could go to sound wellness.com or sound wellness institute.com. **Michael Hingson ** 1:04:22 And there's contact information there. **Sharon Carne ** 1:04:24 Yes, phone number, email, all of that. **Michael Hingson ** 1:04:28 Great. Well, I really appreciate your time and you taking the opportunity in time to be here. It's now got to be close to dinnertime for you. Which is a different sound. **Sharon Carne ** 1:04:41 Yes, it definitely is. My husband clunking away upstairs. I think Nick is cooking today. So thank you so much, Michael. **Michael Hingson ** 1:04:51 Thank you. This has been a lot of fun. I hope you've enjoyed listening to us out there and that you will take advantage of the gifts and communicate was sharing it would be wonderful to do that. I would love to hear from you want to hear your thoughts your comments please feel free to email me Michaelhi at accessibe A C C E S S I B E.com. And or go visit our podcast page www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast where you can find all of our podcast episodes. Wherever you're listening, please give us a five star review. We really appreciate those reviews and thank you very much in advance for doing that. So I hope that this was worth your time. 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With the yizkor memorial service fast approaching on the last day of Passover, April 13, The CJN Daily felt it appropriate to shine a light on the cemetery project undertaken by Montreal's Jewish Genealogical Society. For years, the group's main researchers, now led by Gary Perlman, have been lovingly cleaning, photographing and investigating nearly 80,000 people buried in Jewish cemeteries in his city and elsewhere in Quebec. A retired software developer, Perlman, who turns 67 this week, also posts this data online for posterity, so families can find out more about their ancestors. And fixes thousands of mistakes. It's a massive project that involves graves on Mount Royal dating back to the 1800s as well as the largest cemetery, the Baron de Hirsch in Snowdon—and others include more recent burials located just outside of Montreal, including in Duvernay, Dollard and Beaconsfield. What connects them all is the shared story of the history of Jews in Canada. Some tragic stories bring Perlman to tears—and he joins The CJN Daily to describe this sacred work and share his itinerary for this spring and summer. What we talked about Find graves and research about Jewish burials in Montreal and the province of Quebec on the JGS of Montreal website Read a profile of Gary Perlman in The CJN from 2019 Research your ancestors buried anywhere in the world with the Jewish Gen Online Worldwide Online Burial Records Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Full Text of ReadingsChristmas Weekday Lectionary: 209The Saint of the day is Saint Andr BessetteSaint André Bessette's Story Brother André expressed a saint's faith by a lifelong devotion to Saint Joseph. Sickness and weakness dogged André from birth. He was the eighth of 12 children born to a French Canadian couple near Montreal. Adopted at 12, when both parents had died, he became a farmhand. Various trades followed: shoemaker, baker, blacksmith—all failures. He was a factory worker in the United States during the boom times of the Civil War. At 25, André applied for entrance into the Congregation of Holy Cross. After a year's novitiate, he was not admitted because of his weak health. But with an extension and the urging of Bishop Bourget, he was finally received. He was given the humble job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. “When I joined this community, the superiors showed me the door, and I remained 40 years,” he said. In his little room near the door, he spent much of the night on his knees. On his windowsill, facing Mount Royal, was a small statue of Saint Joseph, to whom he had been devoted since childhood. When asked about it he said, “Some day, Saint Joseph is going to be honored in a very special way on Mount Royal!” When he heard someone was ill, he visited to bring cheer and to pray with the sick person. He would rub the sick person lightly with oil taken from a lamp burning in the college chapel. Word of healing powers began to spread. When an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, André volunteered to nurse. Not one person died. The trickle of sick people to his door became a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesan authorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. “I do not cure,” he said again and again. “Saint Joseph cures.” In the end he needed four secretaries to handle the 80,000 letters he received each year. For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy land on Mount Royal. Brother André and others climbed the steep hill and planted medals of Saint Joseph. Suddenly, the owners yielded. André collected $200 to build a small chapel and began receiving visitors there—smiling through long hours of listening, applying Saint Joseph's oil. Some were cured, some not. The pile of crutches, canes and braces grew. The chapel also grew. By 1931, there were gleaming walls, but money ran out. “Put a statue of Saint Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he'll get it.” The magnificent Oratory on Mount Royal took 50 years to build. The sickly boy who could not hold a job died at 92. He is buried at the Oratory. He was beatified in 1982 and canonized in 2010. At his canonization in October 2010, Pope Benedict XVI said that Saint Andre “lived the beatitude of the pure of heart.” Reflection Rubbing ailing limbs with oil or a medal? Planting a medal to buy land? Isn't this superstition? Aren't we long past that superstitious people rely only on the “magic” of a word or action. Brother André's oil and medals were authentic sacramentals of a simple, total faith in the Father who lets his saints help him bless his children. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media
Friday of the Second Week of Christmas Saint of the Day: St. André Bessette, 1845-1937; entered the Congregation of Holy Cross, and served as doorkeeper; spent most nights on his knees; visited and prayed with the sick; volunteered to nurse when an epidemic broke out at a nearby college; helped to build the Oratory of St. Joseph on Mount Royal in Montreal Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/23 Gospel: Mark 1:7-11
In this podcast, Dr. Carter-Snell provides an overview of dating violence, in particular within the post-secondary context. Risks for victimization and perpetration are discussed, as well as current approaches to prevention and intervention. Implications for further research are also identified. Dr. Cathy Carter-Snell is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Mount Royal University in Calgary. She has worked with victims of trauma since 1977, including Emergency, Intensive Care, flight teams, and has worked with sexual assault and domestic violence teams since 1998. Cathy is internationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner of adolescents and adults (SANE-A) and as a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Forensic Nursing (DF-AFN). She developed Mount Royal's distance courses and curricular for both the Emergency nursing and Forensic studies programs and continues to teach both SANE courses and a rural sexual assault program (Enhanced Emergency Sexual Assault Services-EESAS) across Canada. Cathy also teaches an interdisciplinary undergraduate course on violence across the lifespan. Her program of research is focused on prevention of violence or its' consequences. She created the injury identification system called BALD STEP which is in the new RCMP sexual assault kit and in the international forensic core curriculum. Cathy has been recognized nationally and internationally for her work improving sexual assault services and forensic nursing. In addition to her research on injuries with interpersonal violence and rural sexual assault programs, she has also conducted research on prevention of sexual assault in disasters and pandemics, male victims of intimate partner violence, effectiveness of a university based dating violence prevention program (Stepping Up), and the impact of mental illness after sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Cathy also serves as a recognized expert in court on sexual assault and injury identification. Resources: Bennett, E. R., Snyder, S., Cusano, J., McMahon, S., Zijdel, M., Camerer, K., & Howley, C. (2021). Supporting survivors of campus dating and sexual violence during COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2021.1885566 Carter-Snell, C. (2022) Enhanced Emergency Sexual Assault Services (EESAS). www.forensiceducation.ca/courses/EESAS Conroy, N. E., & Crowley, C. G. (2021). Extending Johnson's Typology. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211005149 DeKeseredy, W. S., Nolan, J., Hall-Sanchez, A., & Messinger, A. M. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence Victimization among Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual College Students. http://libproxy.mtroyal.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,cookie,uid&db=a9h&AN=138988338&site=ehost-live Echevarria, S. G., Peterson, R., & Woerner, J. (2022). College Students' Experiences of Dating App Facilitated Sexual Violence and Associations with Mental Health Symptoms and Well-Being. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2130858 Kostouros, P., Warthe, D. G., & Carter-Snell, C. B., C. (2016). Stepping Up: A Focus on Facilitator Development. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 53(2), 1-12. Lysova, A., & Dim, E. E. (2022). Severity of Victimization and Formal Help Seeking Among Men Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in Their Ongoing Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520922352 Piolanti, A., & Foran, H. M. (2022). Psychological violence in dating relationships among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevention programs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107053 Varlioglu, R., & Hayes, B. E. (2022). Gender differences in the victim-offender overlap for dating violence: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105428 Watkins, L. E., Benedicto, R. C., Brockdorf, A., & DiLillo, D. (2022). Physical and Sexual Intimate Partner Aggression Among College Students. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520912593
A change of pace this week - we're still in Montreal, but this week you get to huff and puff up the stairs as Johnny Mac climbs Mount Royal...and then a different kind of heavy breathing as he runs down Mount Royal.For other Montreal content check out episodes 10, 52 and 54.
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1510 Death of Sandro Botticelli, Italian Renaissance master. His painting Allegory of Abundance or Autumn is one of his most elaborate and detailed drawings, and it depicts an abundance of flowers and fruits. Sandro painted idyllic garden scenes filled with beautiful women and men from the classical period. His painting, Primavera, depicts nine springtime gods and goddesses from classical mythology in a garden. Venus, the goddess of love, presides over the Garden of the Hesperides. To her right, Flora, the goddess of flowers, sprinkles roses. The garden features orange and laurel trees and dozens of other species of plants. 1642 On this day, Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French military officer, catches his first glimpse of Montreal's landscape. He is recognized as the founder of Fort Ville-Marie (modern-day Montreal) in New France (Province of Quebec, Canada). In George Waldo Browne's 1905 book, The St. Lawrence River: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque, he wrote, On the 17th of May, the rounded slopes of Mount Royal, clad in the delicate green foliage of spring, burst into sight, stirring the hearts of the anxious beholders with newfound joy. They were delighted with the scenery. The fragrance of the springing forest permeated the balmy air, and, what was dearer far to them, over the water and over the landscape, rested an air of peace quite in keeping with their pious purpose. Maisonneuve was the first to step upon the land, and as the others followed him... they fell upon their knees, sending up their songs of praise and thanksgiving. Their first work was to erect an altar at a favorable spot within sight and sound of the riverbank, the women decorating the rough woodwork with some of the wildflowers growing in abundance upon the island, until the whole, looked very beautiful. Then every member of the party... knelt in solemn silence while M. Barthelemy Vimont... performed ...high mass. As he closed, he addressed his little congregation with these prophetic words: You are a grain of mustard seed that shall rise and grow till its branches overshadow the earth. 1810 Death of Robert Tannahill, Scottish poet, and lyricist. Remembered as the 'Weaver Poet,' Robert was born in Paisley and is often hailed as Paisley's own Robert Burns, as his work is said to rival Robert Burns. Today in Paisley, a stunning 50ft high mural of a young Robert Tannahill was painted by Mark Worst, collaborating with Paisley Housing Association. The mural overlooks where Robert Tannahill was born on Castle Street in 1774. One of Robert's most beloved songs is Will Ye Go Lassie, Go. The lyrics mention picking Wild Mountain Thyme, a plant known botanically as Thymus serpyllum (TY-mus sir-PIE-lum). Wild Mountain Thyme is a showy, wide growing groundcover from the Old World and has beautiful rose-red flowers and glossy deep green, mat-forming foliage. In the song, the thyme has grown in and around the heather. O the summer time has come And the trees are sweetly bloomin' The wild mountain thyme Grows around the bloomin' heather Will ye go, lassie, go? And we'll all go together To pull wild mountain thyme All around the bloomin' heather Will ye go, lassie, go? 1885 Birth of Elvin Charles Stakman, American plant pathologist. Elvin is remembered for his work identifying and combatting diseases in wheat. In 1917, he married fellow a plant pathologist named Estelle Louise Jensen. He also encouraged Norman Borlaug to pursue his career in phytopathology after Norman's job at the Forest Service was eliminated due to budget cuts. Elvin was Norman's teacher. And Norman went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1970) after discovering dwarf wheat varieties that reduced famine in India, Pakistan, and other third world countries. In 1938, Elvin gave a speech entitled These Shifty Little Enemies that Destroy our Food Crops. During his talk, Elvin focused on one shifty little enemy in particular: rust. Rust is a parasitic fungus that feeds on phytonutrients in grain crops like wheat, oat, and barley. Today, Elvin is remembered with the naming of Stakman Hall - the building where Plant Pathology is taught - at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus. In The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World, Charles Mann reflected, Stakman did not view science as a disinterested quest for knowledge. It was a tool—may be the tool—for human betterment. Not all sciences were equally valuable, as he liked to explain. “Botany,” he said, “is the most important of all sciences, and plant pathology is one of its most essential branches. Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation 150 Gardens You Need To Visit Before You Die by Stefanie Waldek This book came out in 2022. Stefanie writes in her introduction: In 150 Gardens You Need to Visit Before You Die, I've shared a vast range of gardens, from immense botanical institutions with thousands of specimens, to smaller plots for quiet meditations, to museums that combine both artworks and plantings. I hope these brief introductions inspire you to plan a visit or two, whether in your hometown or on your global travels, so that you can enjoy the sights, smells, sounds, and stories of the world's best gardens. The publisher writes: From Kew Gardens in London to the Singapore Botanical Gardens, and from Monet's garden at Giverny to the Zen garden of the Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto, this handsomely bound book captures in words and images the most notable features of these 150 glorious, not-to-be-missed gardens. An essential bucket list book for garden lovers! You can get a copy of 150 Gardens You Need To Visit Before You Die by Stefanie Waldek and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes. Botanic Spark 1905 On this day, Louisa Yeomans King wrote in her garden journal about peonies. She published a year's worth of entries in her book, The Flower Garden Day by Day. In 1902, Louisa and her husband moved to Michigan, where they built a home called Orchard House. With the help of a gardener named Frank Ackney, Louisa began to plan and create her garden. She also began writing about her Gardens. Soon, she gave lectures, contributed pieces to magazines, wrote columns, and organized garden clubs. She even became friends with prominent gardeners of her time like Gertrude Jekyll, Charles Sprague Sargent, and the landscape architects Fletcher Steele and Ellen Biddle Shipman. Louisa learned to garden during the heyday of American Garden Culture. Her garden writing in newspaper columns and magazine publications made her the most widely read American Garden author in the United States. Louisa's first book, "The Well-Considered Garden," the preface was written by her dear friend Gertrude Jekyll. In 1915, when the book debuted, it was considered an instant classic in garden literature. Louisa would go on to write a total of nine books. The garden estate known as Blithewold has a copy of "The Well-Considered Garden." Their particular text also contains a handwritten inscription along with Louisa's signature. The inscription borrows a quote from Sir William Temple, who said, "Gardening is an enjoyment and a possession for which no man is too high or too low." Louisa changed the quote and wrote, "Gardening is an enjoyment and a possession for which no woman is too high or too low." Louisa helped start the Garden Club of America and the Women's National Farm and Garden Association. She held leadership positions in both organizations. When her husband died suddenly in 1927, Louisa was forced to sell Orchard House. She moved to Hartford, New York, and bought a property she called Kingstree. This time, she set up a smaller garden. The size meant less work, which accommodated her writing and speaking commitments better. On this day, Louisa wrote in her journal this note of advice about the Peony: May 17. Disbud most of your peonies now; that is, of a cluster of buds, cut off all but the larger central one. Certain varieties, however, are considered more beautiful if left alone to flower as they will. Among these are Alsace Lorraine and La Rosiere. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.
Ever thought about how a towering height could influence a person's music career? Well, put on your headphones, and let's meet Brent Tyler, who stands tall at seven feet, not just in height but also in his passion for music. Brent generously shares the captivating journey of his life, beautifully interwoven with music, basketball, and knee surgeries.Brent's musical journey is as diverse as it is intriguing.But it's not just all about music. Brent also opens up about his basketball dreams and how they've molded his relationship with music. Listen in as he shares the emotional rollercoaster of being seven feet tall as a kid, recruited to play at Mount Royal, and undergoing four knee surgeries. It's an episode that echoes with laughter, teems with nostalgia, and gushes with heartfelt stories. So, tune in to immerse in the rhythm of Brent's life and discover how it strikes a chord with yours. Do you want to know more about Brent? The links below will let you do just that. https://www.brentyler.com/ https://linktr.ee/brentyler Listen to the playlist on SpotifyWatch the episode on YouTubeFollow Music Junkies everywhere Make sure to HIT that LIKE BUTTON and SUBSCRIBE to our Channel to be notified of new episodes! If you love Music Junkies share it !!New EP is out every MONDAY at 12 pm Rock on! Music Junkies Support the show
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