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| Kevin Sullivan & Karla Adam |
LONDON (The Washington Post) — Last month in Syria, Siddhartha Dhar stood in front of a banged-up yellow pickup truck, holding an assault rifle in his right hand and cradling his newborn son with his left.
Dhar's first four children had been born in London, his native city, but his new baby, wrapped in a fuzzy brown onesie, was born in territory controlled by the Islamic State.
Someone snapped a photo of Dhar, 31, and he proudly tweeted it out as proof that he; his wife, Aisha; and their children had fled Britain and were now living in what the militants consider an Islamic caliphate that will one day reign over the world.
The arrival of the Dhar family in Syria last month represents a key strategic goal of the Islamic State: to build not just an army but a society. The group has vowed to create a nation ruled by Syariah law, and its leaders and online recruiters have encouraged doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers and accountants to join them in building the institutions of a new holy land.
Entire families — fathers, mothers and children — have answered that call in numbers that have surprised and alarmed analysts who study the extremist group.
"These families believe they are doing the right thing for their children," said Melanie Smith, a research associate at the King's College International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation in London. "They think they are taking them to a kind of utopia."
Back in London, Dhar's younger sister, Konika Dhar, 27, said she was heartbroken when she saw the Twitter photo on her phone.
Her brother was now an armed militant calling himself Abu Rumaysah, who fled to Syria with his family while he was on bail in Britain after being arrested on terrorism-related charges. In his caustic tweets from Syria, he taunted the UK's "shoddy security system" that had allowed him to jump bail.
But Konika Dhar still thought of her brother as "Sid", the stylish British kid who gelled his hair, dated girls, listened to Nirvana and Linkin Park, rooted for the Arsenal football team, and loved to watch American action movies.
"I think he has actually forgotten Siddhartha Dhar, and he has become this other person," she said. "I just want my brother to know it doesn't have to be this way. He really doesn't have to leave his life. I really miss the children; I can't imagine not seeing them again."
Unlike Al-Qaeda, which operates in many countries but is a stateless army, the Islamic State controls territory that it has taken by force in Iraq and Syria. To create the society it envisions, the group has gone to great lengths to take over existing schools, hospitals and playgrounds, or to build these and other institutions of daily family life.
"The more they are successful at creating a whole new society, the more they are able to attract entire families," said Mia Bloom, a professor of security studies at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell who has written extensively about women and terrorism. "It's almost like the American dream, but the Islamic State's version of it."
In the Syrian city of Raqqa, the group's main stronghold, the extremists have established a clinic for pregnant women run by a female gynaecologist trained in Britain. Boys attend school, studying almost exclusively religion, until they are 14, when they are expected to start fighting, Smith said. Girls stay in school until they are 18; their instruction is about al-Quran and Syariah law, as well as learning how to dress, keep house, cook, clean and care for men, all according to a strict Islamic code.
Bloom said the Islamic State also appeals to women by providing electricity, food and a salary of up to $1,100 per month — a huge sum in Syria — for each fighter's family. The largesse is funded with money looted from banks, oil smuggling, kidnappings for ransom, and the extortion of truckers and others who cross Islamic State territory.
In Raqqa, once a city of more than 200,000 people, the militants have kicked locals out of their homes and doled out those houses as rewards to fighters and their families, many of whom come from impoverished backgrounds.
"The other groups promise you all these wonderful things in the afterlife," Bloom said. "The Islamic State promises to give you stuff in the current life and the afterlife, so you don't have to wait to enjoy all your rewards."
Analysts estimate that at least 15,000 people have moved to the Islamic State territories, including several thousand, such as Dhar, from Western countries. While it is impossible to know how many families have joined, Bloom said the majority are probably from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other Arab nations that have sent the most fighters to Syria.
The United Nations has documented extreme brutality toward women by Islamic State radicals, including reports of women, particularly from minority groups, being stoned to death or sold into prostitution or sex slavery for its fighters.
But the Islamic State uses family imagery in its aggressive and highly polished online recruiting on social media, including videos showing fighters pushing children on swings and passing out toys, and children playing on bouncy castles and bumper cars, riding ponies, and eating pink cotton candy.
Those images are designed to reassure mothers that their children will be safe in a place wracked by fighting and regular bombing by the United States and its allies.
However, recent reports from Syria and Iraq suggest that the Islamic State's propaganda about its public services does not match reality on the ground and that people are enduring painful shortages of electricity, food, medicine and clean water. Smith said she has recently noted increasing complaints from women in the Islamic State territories with whom she communicates on social media.
"To these families, it makes a lot of sense to go there," Smith said. "They think, 'This is the path for me; this is my reward.' But when you think about what it's really like to live there, it's unfathomable."
Sid Dhar was 16 when his father died unexpectedly, and his sister said the loss set him adrift.
His parents were Hindus who had immigrated to London from India when they were children, then created a working-class life in Palmers Green on the city's northern fringe. They lived in a tiny rowhouse on a busy highway alongside other immigrants from India, Pakistan, Greece and Cyprus.
Konika Dhar, a law student, said her family embraced both Hindu and British culture, celebrating Diwali as well as toasting Christmas with Baileys Irish Cream around a decorated tree in their small living room.
"We were just a normal family," she said, sitting in a coffee shop in their London neighbourhood. "Then my dad died."
When their father died at 46, Konika Dhar said, her mother dealt with her grief privately, while she and her sister turned to each other for comfort. Sid Dhar, the middle child and only male in the house, had no man in the family to lean on, his sister said.
She said his grades started suffering, he became more introverted, and over the next two years he barely managed to finish high school. She said he abandoned his dream of going to college and becoming a dentist, and he took a job as a clerk in a Boots pharmacy.
"I feel like it's a domino effect," Konika Dhar said. "One incident has an impact on everything else."
Dhar sought support from his closest friend, Mizanur Rahman, a Muslim boy from the neighbourhood and the son of immigrants from Bangladesh.
They had met when they were eight years old and called each other "Sid" and "Midge." They played basketball and video games together. They were born four days apart, and every year on Dhar's birthday, Rahman called to ask him what it felt like to be older.
For months Rahman had been urging Dhar to convert to Islam. He said in an interview that Dhar had always found a reason to delay, mainly saying he was worried about what his family would think.
"I was saying, 'Look, we could all die at any moment, you don't know when you are going to die, none of us knows the future,' " Rahman said, telling Dhar that only Muslims are allowed to join God in paradise. "I told him, 'If you die now, before you become a Muslim, what are you going to do? There's no point in delaying.' "
Dhar finally embraced Islam, and he gave up the name Siddhartha Dhar. He now went by Saif al-Islam, an Arabic name that means "sword of Islam".
At first, Rahman said, Dhar told no one about his conversion. But two weeks later, he was arrested while participating in a pro-Palestinian protest. Rahman said Dhar's mother came to pick him up at the police station, and that's when she learned that her son had converted to Islam.
Dhar was also becoming more and more radical. Rahman said they were motivated by a belief that the British government, along with Washington, was waging war against Muslims in Britain and around the globe.
With the rise of the Islamic State in the past couple of years, Dhar became one of the group's most vocal supporters in Britain, giving media interviews in which he called for the establishment of Syariah law in Britain.
Dhar was arrested many times on suspicion of belonging to groups banned in Britain. Most recently, on September 25, Dhar, Rahman, Choudary and seven others were arrested on charges of belonging to a banned group and "encouraging terrorism". The men were granted bail.
After his release, Dhar and Aisha, who was pregnant, and their four children under six years old apparently took a bus to Dover, crossed the English Channel by ferry, then drove to Paris, where they boarded a flight to Turkey.
On November 26, Dhar tweeted the photo of himself in Syria.


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Go the mighty spurs, Spurs in my opinion has probably been the best team of the 2000s decade even over lakers, tim duncan is a very smart player and undoubtedly one of the most underrated nba players of all time, I want tim duncan, tony parker and Ginobili to win the 2012 finals to get another ringer even over LBJ, bryant, maybe not KD thou
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The Battle Begins
We reached the warehouse in no time. Everyone there loved Flamara, and cared for her. Lotus transormed, and went in. We heard shouts, bangs, then silence. Lotus hissed, "Come on." We went in, and ran some of his minions walking running at us.
"Return to the darkness!" shouted Russalka, splaying her fingers out. The minions fell, and melted away. They saw Flamara in a cage. She haddn't been bitten... thankfully. Skyrah burned away the bars, and grabbed Flamara, sending molten fire over her dark skin. She awoke, and gripped Skyrah. "Sweetheart, we need to go. It's a trap." she gasped. Skyrah and Sealantus helped her up, and they ran toward the exit. A voice echoed round the hall.
"The ones who are out of this building when it closes will lose their powers forever."
Everyone stopped. The doors closed, and Shrukien appeared. "And now, you're trapped, and must fight for your lives." he chucked cruelly. And thus the battle began.


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Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines
To determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of hospital based physicians in the diagnosis, management and prevention of asthma.
The study was conducted in a tertiary government hospital involving physicians in practice of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Pulmonary Medicine. A 31 point questionnaire was distributed consisting eight subject areas: assessment, asthma diagnosis, education, pathology, prevention, pharmacology, severity and therapy. The score for each of the subjects and the total score were calculated and grouped according to the level of training of the physicians and specialties. The mean score for each group of physicians were compared using the one way analysis of variance with level of significance set at p< 0.05 with 95% CI.
A total of 144 (75.8%) physicians out of the 190 responded.The mean score is 45.8 +/- 13.4 (mean, SEM) performing best in asthma diagnosis and scored poorly in prevention of asthma triggers. The pulmonary fellows in training got the highest mean score (59.7 SEM 12.3). The physicians performed least in asthma assessment, education, prevention, severity classification and therapy. Significant differences were noted in physician understanding of the guidelines concerning:diagnosis(p= .001),pathology(p<.001), pharmacology (p < .001), severity (p < .001) and therapy(p< .001). Across different specialties,pulmonary specialists got the highest mean score (61.7 SEM 11.6).Significant differences in understanding of the guidelines were observed in asthma diagnosis (p < .001), assessment (p < .026), pathology (p < .001), pharmacology (p < .001), prevention (p <.001) and therapy (p < .001).
The results of the study showed that there is a need for further improvement in the knowledge and understanding of the NHLBI Global Initiative for Asthma among physicians at the VMMC.Subject areas that should be emphasized in asthma guidelines dissemination are proper assessment, asthma education, prevention of asthma triggers, proper severity classification and choice of appropriate therapy.
Proper diagnosis and management of asthma will reduce its fatal consequences. This can be achieved by ensuring physicians' understanding of existing guidelines through continuing medical education.
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Several players from both Belfry and Pikeville's state championship football teams were named to the Louisville Courier Journal All-State teams this week.
On top of that, Pirate head coach Philip Haywood was selected as the state's Coach of the Year. Haywood led Belfry to its third straight Class 3A title and the fifth state championship in his career.
The Courier Journal all-state squad combines all six classifications, Class 6A to Class A.
Belfry junior defensive end Rayquan Horton (6-2, 285 lbs.) was named to the first team defense. Horton was one of the leading tacklers for the Pirates Class 3A state championship squad this season.
Junior Austin Dotson (6-6, 276 lbs.) made the second team as an offensive lineman. Dotson helped anchor the Pirates O-line that had one of the top rushing offenses in the state.
Cole Bentley (6-5, 300 lbs.), a junior defensive lineman, was selected as a third team member on the defensive squad. Bentley also saw action on the offensive line.
Pikeville running back Daric Push (6-0, 205 lbs.) was voted to the second team on offense. The speedy back helped lead the Panthers to the Class A state title.
Several Pike County players were named to the honorable mention list. They include Belfry senior Xondre Willis as a running back, Belfry punter Devin Wellman, Pikeville defensive back A.J. Vanderbeck, Pikeville linebacker Blake Charles, linebacker-defensive back Austin Elswick of Shelby Valley and Pikeville offensive lineman Logan Coleman.
Kash Daniels, the University of Kentucky signee from Paintsville, made the first team as a linebacker.
Johnson Central had linebacker Geordan Blanton on the honorable mention list, along with offensive lineman Tyler Patrick and defensive back Bryce Workman. Lawrence County saw offensive lineman Josh Ratliff on the list along with wide receiver Robert Dalton. Johnathan Lemaster of Paintsville, an offensive lineman, was also an honorable mention pick.
Other players of note from eastern Kentucky were Ashland Paul Blazer running back Quinton Baker named to the first team, Johnson Central place kicker Tyler Pack, Tate Green a punter from Prestonsburg and Drew O'Bryan, a linebacker from Ashland.
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I walked down Time Square and saw most of the people looking at a massive TV screen. I looked up, to see a pale, blond man with glasses and pages glued to his face say "hi everyone. How would you like for someone to write what your future will be?! I know, it won't be boring. Everyone will play by my rules, starting now. Even if I tell Old Granny to eat her grand children. If you don't play by my rules, I will start killing people. Today, though I will keep things simple." The camera zoomed in on a whiteboard and a man tied to a chair. He walked to the whiteboard and pointed at three bullets. "My first rule is, is that there are no rules EXCEPT MY RULES! Rule nuuumber two, everyone follows my story. Rule number 3, you don't follow my rules, then I will become an antagonist and destroy this city. Oh, by the way, you can talk now. Please, don't be shy." The hostage started to move his mouth, chunks of flesh falling of. "Please, please..." "dont worry, of course I will make a meat pie for your family! That is, if you still have a family. You aught to have asked for my manuscript!" "Please, don't hurt them, don't, just... kill me, not them." "Now you're talkin. Don't worry, I will. Now, freaks of New York. Two rules will now be given. One, there is a safehouse for all of the normal people. I want them found, or people will start dying. As for the second one, guess." He threw a chair at the camera and as it tipped over, a blood curling scream filled the air. The feed went blank, and a news report came back on.


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|Reviews for New Beginnings
| dixieraez chapter 1 . 11/19/2007
I enjoyed your story...it was written with a sweet beauty about it...hope that makes sense...there is so much action going on all the time and this was a lovely quiet moment between Robin and Marian. Thanks!
| spooksrocks chapter 1 . 11/19/2007
Aw, lovely! You conveyed their emotions so beautifully and really concisely too!
| Jacqueline Roget chapter 1 . 11/18/2007
Also, very good!
| Mage Ren chapter 1 . 11/18/2007
How sad. I really liked it though. especially the part about Robin being naive. As clever as he tends to be, he is still very naive, I think that's why we all love him so much!
| CrystalCastle chapter 1 . 11/18/2007
well done. its really good. are you going to write more? please do!
| Stripysockz chapter 1 . 11/18/2007
One thing - you spelt Djaq as Djak. Other than that, it's pretty good!
| Sunny2006 chapter 1 . 11/17/2007
That was beautiful! Great job!
| hoodie622 chapter 1 . 11/17/2007
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I'm new to the group and this is my first comment, so you may not recognize my name.
I'd like to say that this is lovely. I have often thought this...that Robin thought having her in the forest would be simple. I think we will find out in coming episodes that it is not so simple. It also, of course, is great fodder for fic!
You do a lovely job here of showing that Robin is not always being cheeky and that the character actually has it in him to be sweet.
This made for great before sleep reading.
| gatewatcher chapter 1 . 11/17/2007
That was very sweet. Nicely done.
| Esmerelda Diana Parker chapter 1 . 11/17/2007
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On 29 May 2012, the New York Times published a remarkable 6,000-word story on its front page about what it termed President Obama's "kill list". It detailed the president's personal role in deciding which individuals will end up being targeted for assassination by the CIA based on Obama's secret, unchecked decree that they are "terrorists" and deserve to die. Based on interviews with "three dozen of his current and former advisers", the Times' Jo Becker and Scott Shane provided extraordinary detail about Obama's actions, including how he "por[es] over terrorist suspects' biographies on what one official calls the macabre 'baseball cards'" and how he "insist[s] on approving every new name on an expanding 'kill list'". At a weekly White House meeting dubbed "Terror Tuesdays", Obama then decides who will die without a whiff of due process, transparency or oversight. It was this process that resulted in the death of US citizen Anwar Awlaki in Yemen, and then two weeks later, the killing of his 16-year-old American son, Abdulrahman, by drone. The Times "kill list" story made a huge impact and was widely discussed and condemned by media figures, politicians, analysts, and commentators. Among other outlets, the New York Times itself harshly editorialized against Obama's program in an editorial entitled "Too Much Power For a President", denouncing the revelations as "very troubling" and argued: "No one in that position should be able to unilaterally order the killing of American citizens or foreigners located far from a battlefield - depriving Americans of their due-process rights - without the consent of someone outside his political inner circle." That Obama has a "kill list" has been known since January, 2010, and has been widely reported and discussed in every major American newspaper since April 2010. A major controversy over chronic White House leaks often featured complaints about this article (New York Times, 5 June 2012: "Senators to Open Inquiry Into 'Kill List' and Iran Security Leaks"). The Attorney General, Eric Holder, gave a major speech defending it. But Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic Congresswoman from Florida and the Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, does not know about any of this. She has never heard of any of it. She has managed to remain completely ignorant about the fact that President Obama has asserted and exercised the power to secretly place human beings, including US citizens, on his "kill list" and then order the CIA to extinguish their lives. Just marvel at this stunning, completely inexcusable two-minute display of wholesale ignorance by this elected official and DNC chair. Here she is after the second presidential debate being asked by Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change about the "kill list" and whether Romney should be trusted with this power. She doesn't defend the "kill list". She doesn't criticize it. She makes clear that she has never heard of it and then contemptuously treats Rudkowski like he is some sort of frivolous joke for thinking that it is real:
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Our Country is in the Best of Hands - Debbie Wasserman Schultz Gives Blondes a Bad Name. In this video, Debbie Wasserman Schultz knows nothing about "kill lists." Apparently, she doesn't read the New York Times which was all over this in May of 2012:
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|Reviews for Words of Wisdom
| xwingday chapter 1 . 1/27/2009
B-) Deffinantely can picture Fred and George doing that last bit.
Great work.
| Carnivalgirl chapter 1 . 7/26/2005
I love the way, they used the quotes, it was funny because it was almost like an argument, sad because it was like an argument, and significant because they conveyed so much about how they feel! It's so cool! And the "Way to go Professor Lupin!" was great. I can really imagine Fred and George doing that.
| Dina Dissendium chapter 1 . 7/25/2005
haha i like the last line "way to go professor lupin"
i like this its short and sweet
| Queriusole chapter 1 . 7/10/2005
An interesting way to present a conversation, and I like the way it ended.
| April Lauren chapter 1 . 6/9/2005
I liked it. The ending in particular was unexpected and made me smile.
| starnat chapter 1 . 3/25/2005
Im sorry for your grandfather. Ive never met my own grandparents but I equally missed them. This fic was great.!I really liked the "way to go professor Lupin" line.
Keep up the good work!
| 0RamblingRose0 chapter 1 . 3/19/2005
I enjoyed this fic. I liked the use of the quotes for them to sort of portray their emotions without really using their own words... okay this review was supposed to sound like someone intelligent wrote it but unfortunately I'm not. Sorry. :/
Anyways. Great fic. It's going on my favourties right away.


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Chinese Boom
The Chinese boom has many different beginnings. A large part was the shift from a rural, agricultural–based society to an urban, industrial nation. The Chinese boom then moved into real estate. Currently, the real estate development market is a large player in the Chinese boom, as is the continued infrastructure build-out, which consumes a large number of resources.


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UPDATE 2-Bank of Canada sees 'neutral' rate lower than before
(Adds background, reference to Krugman position)
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Interest rates may have to be about one-and-a-half percentage points lower than they have been historically in order for the Canadian economy to operate at full capacity, the Bank of Canada said on Monday.
The central bank estimated the neutral rate of interest, or the rate at which the economy can work at full capacity with stable inflation, is now 3 to 4 percent, down from a range of 4.5 to 5.5 percent in the mid-2000s.
Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins said potential output would be lower than in the years leading up to the 2007-09 financial crisis. Global savings and new financial regulations requiring more safe-haven assets would also affect rates.
"All told, we think that the neutral rate of interest is lower than it was in the years leading up to the crisis because of these structural developments," she said in a speech unveiling the bank's conclusions. (bit.ly/1tVS964)
It is also possible that a persistent headwind might mean rates have to be lower than the neutral rate even after the output gap has been closed, to keep inflation on target, she said.
Wilkins said that in order to narrow the output gap, current policy needs to continue to be stimulative, relative to the neutral rate of 3 percent to 4 percent.
"But even with a closed output gap and inflation at target, the policy rate may not be neutral. As long as the factors leaning on growth persist, a policy rate below neutral would be required to maintain inflation sustainably at target," she said. Continued...


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text: Prepared by Consultation Education & Training (CET) Division Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs www.michigan.gov/miosha (517) 322-1809 Agenda Overview of changes to the MIOSHA Part 42, 92 and 430: Hazard Communication Standard (Haz Com) Labeling requirements Safety Data Sheets (SDS) format – 16 sections Supplemental Employee Training (to be provided by employer) Supplemental Employee Training Details of the facility specific hazard communication program: Location and availability of written program and SDSs Physical hazards, health hazards and hazards not otherwise classified (HNOC) of the chemicals in the work area Chemical list, location and use of hazardous chemicals Secondary container labeling system Specific procedures to protect employees from the chemical hazards Methods used to detect the presence or release of hazardous chemicals (sensor alarms, odors, visual other monitoring devices) Why the Change to Haz Com? To align with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) adopted by 67 nations To provide a common and coherent approach to classifying chemicals • Reduce confusion and increase understanding of the hazards • Facilitate training • Help address literacy problems Who is Affected? Manufacturers, Distributors, Importers Change SDS information and format Change container labeling Employers Training employees on changes to: SDS (change from MSDS to SDS and 16-section format) Container Labels (including secondary containers) Employees Recognize and understand hazards based on: Information in new SDS format Pictograms on container labels Precautionary and hazard statements Other Standards Affected – Health (signage requirements) Asbestos Carcinogens Vinyl Chloride Inorganic Arsenic Lead Cadmium Benzene Coke Oven Emissions Acrylonitrile Ethylene Oxide Formaldehyde Methylenedianiline DANGER WARNING LEAD WORK AREA POISON NO SMOKING OR EATING New Sign "LEAD" LEAD MAY DAMAGE FERTILITY OR THE UNBORN CHILD CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE IN THIS AREA Other Standards Affected Flammable and Combustible Liquids Spray Finishing using Flammable and Combustible Materials Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Hazardous Work In Laboratories Dipping and Coating Operations Welding, Cutting and Brazing Employee Medical Records and Trade Secrets Effective Dates and Requirements Effective Completion Date Requirement(s) Responsible Party December 1, 2013 Train employees on the new label elements and SDS format Employers June 1, 2015 Compliance with all modified provisions of the final rule except: Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors, and employers December 1, 2015 The distributor shall not ship containers labeled by the chemical manufacturer or importer unless it is a GHS label Distributor June 1, 2016 Update alternative workplace labeling and hazard communication program as necessary, and provide additional employee training for newly identified hazards [and affected vertical standard specific signage] Employer Transition Period: 12/2012 to the effective completion dates noted above May comply with either MIOSHA Part 42, 92 and 430 (final standard), or the current standard, or both Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors, and employers Chemical Classifications Chemicals will be classified using a harmonized system that provides standardized language for: Health Hazard Categories Physical Hazard Categories Environmental Hazard Categories* *Not regulated by MIOSHA. Chemical Classifications: Health Hazards Acute Toxicity Skin Corrosion/Irritation Respiratory or Skin Sensitization Germ Cell Mutagenicity Carcinogenicity Reproductive Toxicity Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single Exposure Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Repeated Exposure Aspiration Simple Asphyxiants Chemical Classifications: Health Hazards Hazard Class Acute toxicity Skin Corrosion/Irritation Serious Eye Damage/Eye Irritation Respiratory or Skin Sensitization Germ Cell Mutagenicity Carcinogenicity Reproductive Toxicity Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single Exposure Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Repeated Exposure Aspiration Simple Asphyxiants Hazard Category 1 1A 1 1 1A 1A 1A 2 1B 2A 3 1C 2B 1B 1B 1B 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 Single Category 4 2 Lactation Chemical Classifications: Physical Hazards Explosives Flammable Aerosols Oxidizing Gases Gases under Pressure Compressed Gases Liquefied Gases Refrigerated Liquefied Gases Dissolves Gases Chemical Classifications: Physical Hazards (continued) Flammable Liquids Flammable Solids Self-Reactive Chemicals Pyrophoric Liquids Pyrophoric Solid Pyrophoric Gases Self-heating Chemicals Chemicals, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases Chemical Classifications: Physical Hazards (continued) Oxidizing Liquids Oxidizing Solid Organic Peroxides Corrosive to Metals Combustible Dusts Chemical Classifications: Physical Hazards Hazard Class Explosives Flammable Gases Flammable Aerosols Oxidizing Gases Gases under Pressure Compressed gases Liquefied gases Refrigerated liquefied gases Dissolved gases Flammable Liquids Flammable Solids Self-Reactive Chemicals Pyrophoric Liquids Pyrophoric Solids Pyrophoric Gases Self-Heating Chemicals Chemicals in which contact with water emit flammable gases Oxidizing Liquids Oxidizing Solids Organic Peroxides Corrosive to Metals Combustible Dust Hazard Category Unstable Explosives 1 1 1 Div 1.1 Div 1.2 Div 1.3 Div 1.4 Div 1.5 Div 1.6 3 4 Type C Type D Type E Type F Type G Type D Type E Type F Type G 2 2 1 1 1 Type A 1 1 Single Category 1 2 2 Type B 1 2 3 1 1 Type A 1 2 2 Type B 3 3 Type C Single Category 2 Labels There are several new label elements: Symbols called "Pictograms" Signal Words Hazard Statements Precautionary Statements Product Identification Supplier/Manufacturer Identification www.osha.gov/Publications/HazComm_QuickCard_Labels.html Labels: Shipping Shipping Container Label (55 gallon/200 liter drum) Effective June 1, 2015 all shipping labels will be required to have all GHS label elements Pictograms within DOT label DOT Shipping Flammable liquids, toxic, n.o.s. (contains XYZ) UN 1992 Transport "Pictograms" Flammable Liquid Flammable Gas Flammable Aerosol Flammable solid Self-Reactive Substances Pyrophorics (Spontaneously Combustible) Self-Heating Substances Substances, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases (Dangerous When Wet) Oxidizing Gases Oxidizing Liquids Oxidizing Solids Explosive Division 1.4 Explosive Division 1.5 Explosive Division 1.6 Compressed Gases Acute Toxicity (Poison): Oral, Dermal, Inhalation Corrosive Marine Pollutant Explosive Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Organic Peroxides Labels: Pictograms There are 9 pictograms. Only 8 are regulated by MIOSHA Health Hazards Physical Hazards Environmental Hazards (Regulated by DEQ) DEQ Labels: Pictograms – Health Hazards Acute toxicity (Severe) Acute toxicity (Less Severe): Irritant Dermal sensitizer Acute toxicity (harmful) Narcotic effects Respiratory tract irritation Labels: Pictograms – Health Hazards (continued) Skin corrosion Serious eye damage/ Eye irritation Carcinogen Respiratory sensitizer Reproductive toxicity Target organ toxicity Mutagenicity Aspiration Hazard Labels: Pictograms – Physical Hazards Explosives Self reactives Organic peroxides Flammables Self reactives Pyrophorics Self heating Emits flammable gas Organic peroxides Labels: Pictograms – Physical Hazards (continued) Corrosive to Metals Oxidizer Gases under Pressure Labels: Signal Word These are words used to indicate the severity of the hazard and alert employees to the potential hazard. Only 2 signal words will appear: "DANGER"(more severe hazard) "WARNING" (less severe hazard) Not all labels will have a signal word. Some chemicals are not hazardous enough to require that a signal word appear on the label. Labels: Hazard Statement There are specific hazard statements that must appear on the label based on the chemical hazard classification. Examples: Flammable liquid and vapor Causes skin irritation May cause cancer Label: Precautionary Statements Precautionary statements describe recommended measures that should be taken to protect against hazardous exposures, or improper storage or handling of a chemical. Examples: Wear respiratory protection Wash with soap and water Store in a well ventilated place Not necessarily a mandate for employees to follow. Label: Identification Product identification (i.e. name of product) Supplier identification: Address Telephone number Label: Other information Other information that may be included on the label: Physical state Color Hazards not otherwise classified Route of exposure Storage and disposal Hazard prevention and emergency response instructions Label: Sample Can you identify each label component? Pictograms (Flammable and Acute Toxicity – Severe) ToxiFlam (Contains: XYZ) Product Identifier Signal Word Danger! Toxic If Swallowed, Flammable Liquid and Vapor Hazard Statements Do not eat, drink or use tobacco when using this product. Wash hands thoroughly after handling. Keep container tightly closed. Keep away from heat/sparks/open flame. - No smoking. Wear protective gloves and eye/face protection. Ground container and receiving equipment. Use explosion-proof electrical equipment. Take precautionary measures against static discharge. Use only non-sparking tools. Store in cool/well-ventilated place. IF SWALLOWED: Immediately call a POISON CONTROL CENTER or doctor/physician. Rinse mouth. Precautionary In case of fire, use water fog, dry chemical, CO2, or "alcohol" foam. Statements Supplemental Information See Safety Data Sheet for further details regarding safe use of this product. MyCompany, MyStreet, MyTown NJ 00000, Tel: 444 966 6666 Supplier Identification Labels: Secondary containers Secondary labeling systems are still permitted Must be consistent with the revised Haz Com standard No conflicting hazard warnings or pictograms. May use written materials (e.g., signs, placards, etc.) in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers. Employer can use GHS compliant labels (same as shipping). HMIS Label HEALTH FIRE REACTIVITY PPE NFPA Label Safety Data Sheets Under the new Haz Com Standard, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are now called Safety Data Sheets (SDS). All SDSs will have a consistent 16-section format. Employers must ensure that SDSs are readily accessible to employees. Safety Material Data Safety Sheets Data Sheets Safety Data Sheets (continued) Section 1 – Identification Section 2 – Hazard(s) Identification Section 3 – Composition / Information on Ingredients Section 4 – First-aid Measures Section 5 – Fire-fighting Measures Section 6 – Accidental Release Measures Safety Data Sheets (continued) Section 7 – Handling and Storage Section 8 – Exposure Controls / Personal Protection Section 9 – Physical and Chemical Properties Section 10 – Stability and Reactivity Section 11 – Toxicological Information Safety Data Sheets (continued) Section 12 – Ecological Information* Section 13 – Disposal Consideration* Section 14 – Transport Information* Section 15 – Regulatory Information* Section 16 – Other information including date of preparation of last revision *Sections outside of MIOSHA jurisdiction but these sections must be included for a GHS compliant SDS. Revised Posters – MSDS to SDS Have I completed the training? Almost………… Final Steps to complete training Supplemental Training (to be provided by employer) Employers must provide employees with the details of the facility specific hazard communication program: Location and availability of written program and SDSs Specific information related to chemicals in the facility: Physical Hazards; Health Hazards; Hazards not otherwise classified. Final Steps (continued) Supplemental Training (to be provided by employer) Chemical list, location and use of hazardous chemicals Secondary container labeling system Specific procedures to follow to protect employees from the chemical hazard Methods used to detect the presence or release of hazardous chemicals (sensor alarms, odors, visual other monitoring devices) ? Federal OSHA Resources Haz Com Web Page - www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/index.html Regulatory Guidance Haz Com 2012 Final Rule OSHA Briefs Fact Sheet Quick Cards Haz Com Comparison: Haz Com 1994 and 2012 Side-by-side Redline Strikeout of the Regulatory Text Labeling Safety Data Sheets Pictograms Effective Dates OSHA Guide to GHS FAQs www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html GHS documents (links to purple book) MIOSHA Resources GHS Webpage on MIOSHA Website www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-61256_11407284831--,00.html Employee Training PowerPoint CET library handouts: CET-5531 - GHS Overview of Major Changes CET-5532 – Lists other affected Standards CET-5533 – Signage Changes CET DVDs/Video Lending library services State-wide Outreach seminars Guidance documents & Revised posters Training Summary Today's training program included: Overview of changes to the MIOSHA Part 42, 92 and 430: Hazard Communication Standard (Haz Com) Labeling requirements Safety Data Sheets (SDS) format – 16 categories Details of the facility specific hazard communication program Resources Questions Contact MIOSHA for additional information or assistance: MIOSHA Consultation Education and Training 7150 Harris Drive, P.O. Box 30643 Lansing, Michigan 48909-8143 (517) 322-1809 www.michigan.gov/miosha


text: 2013 Culture Powerpoint Lecture Note-Taking in Graphic Organizer • The basic definitions of the terms and concepts have been included in the provided graphic organizer. – You should highlight key points to help you process and remember. • We will be do Individual and Pair-Share Activities within this lecture and you will do them in the graphic organizer. • In the EXAMPLES column, you are to write down examples from the powerpoint, your own life, and from the pair-shares. • In the VISUAL column, you are to draw or print up an image from the internet or powerpoint to help you understand and remember the content. Get You Thinking: What Would Happen If? • Pair-Share: Turn to your partner and select one of the following situations to discuss and write down your responses. Consider • 1. How would other people behave and respond and why? • 2. How would you feel and why? a) You cut into the middle of a line by yourself and stayed in line for at least 2 minutes? b) You sang loudly on a public bus by yourself? c) You positioned yourself 6 inches from an acquaintance's nose during a conversation? d) You laughed during a funeral? Defining Culture What is Culture? • Culture is the entire way of life for a group of people including all of their ideas, values, knowledge, behaviors, and material objects that they share. • It is a lens through which one views the world and is passed from one generation to the next. • It is what makes us human. • It is what shapes and guides people's perceptions of reality. What is culture? • Culture refers to • The word the universal culture, from human capacity the Latin colo, to classify, and -ere, with its communicate root meaning their "to cultivate". experiences symbolically. Characteristics of Culture 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Culture is shared. Culture is learned. Culture is taken for granted. Culture is symbolic. Culture varies across time and place. Culture varies around the world English Punk Rocker Buddhist Monks in Myanmar 8 How Many Cultures? • • • • One indication of culture is language Global estimates document 7,000 languages In the USA, there are about 200 languages Upcoming decades will show the disappearance of hundreds of languages Material and Symbolic/NonMaterial Culture Material and Nonmaterial Culture • Material Culture includes all those things that humans make or adapt from the raw stuff of nature: houses, computers, jewelry, oil paintings, etc (Stick from the forest might be a part of material culture) • Nonmaterial culture is a group's way of thinking (including its beliefs, values) and doing (its common pattern of behavior, including language and other forms of interaction) (Poem about stick) Material Culture • Material culture includes the objects associated with a cultural group, such as tools, machines, utensils, buildings, and artwork. Introduction to Sociology: Culture 12 Material Culture • Physical objects people create and give meaning • Examples: – – – – – – – – Homes School buildings Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques Cell phones Clothes Cars Computers Books Pair-Share Activity • Pick ONE artifact in your home, describe the item, and describe why it is important to your culture? Non-Material/Symbolic Culture • Symbolic culture includes ways of thinking (beliefs, values, and assumptions) and ways of behaving (norms, interactions, and communication). Introduction to Sociology: Culture 15 Non Material Culture The products of collective human activity that have no physical reality • • • • • • Beliefs Customs language Symbols Music Government. What does a handshake symbolize? 16 Non-Material Culture • Rules of Etiquette for Eating: Japan Non-Material Culture Rules of etiquette for eating U.S. Non-material / Symbolic Culture We communicate through: • Signs • Gestures • Language Cultural Universals Cultural Universals • Customs and practices that occur across all societies 12 Aspects of Culture or Ethnicity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. History-time period and conditions under which a group migrated or immigrated. Social Status Factors – education, occupation, income Social Group Interaction Patterns: Intra-group (within group relations) and Inter-group (between-group relations) Value Orientation – standards by which members of a culture judge their personal actions and those of others. Language and Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Family Life Processes – gender roles, family dynamics Healing Beliefs and Practices – attitudes and beliefs about health. Religion – spiritual beliefs and practices Art and Expressive Forms – art, music, stories, dance, etc. Diet/Foods – preferred food eaten by groups. Recreation – activities, sports for leisure, etc. Clothing – types, styles, and extent of body coverings. Examples of the Roles of Cultural Universals Religion, Education and Language Religion Culture Religion: system of shared beliefs about the sacred Major religious groups and some economic implications---EXAMPLES – Christianity – Islam – Hinduism stratified – Buddhism – Confucianism Protestant work ethic Islamic economic principles anti-materialistic, socially anti-materialistic, social equality hierarchy, loyalty, honesty Education and Culture Education – Medium through which people are acculturated – Language, "myths," values, norms taught – Teaches personal achievement and competition – Critical to national competitive advantage Education system may be a cultural outcome Language and Culture • One of the most important functions of symbolic culture is it allows us to communicate through signs, gestures, and language. • Signs (or symbols), such as a traffic signal or product logo, are used to meaningfully represent something else. • Gestures are the signs that we make with our body, such as hand gestures and facial expressions; it is important that these gestures also carry meaning. 27 Language: Culture Bound Language, spoken –"private" does not exist as a word in many languages –Eskimos: 24 words for snow –Words which describe moral concepts can be unique to countries or areas –Spoken language precision important in low-context cultures Language, unspoken –Context... more important than spoken word in high context cultures Words Past and Present 40s Slang Take a powder Fuddy-duddy Gobbledygook Eager beaver Flip your wig Lettuce Pass the buck 60s & 70s Slang Skinny Can you dig it? Spaz Far out Chill Bread A gas Bug out Non-Verbal Gestures: Let's Look At The Different Meanings For One Gesture Italy Greece Egypt Humorous Examples of Language Differences Between Cultures Cultural Diversity – "Chevy Nova Award" Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico It was brought to their attention the Spanish translation read, "Are you lactating?" Cultural Diversity – "Chevy Nova Award" Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron into Germany Only to find out that "mist" is German slang for manure. Cultural Diversity Chevy Nova Award When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used US packaging with the smiling baby on the label. In Africa, companies routinely put pictures on labels of what's inside, since many people can't read. Cultural Diversity Chevy Nova Award Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" in Chinese translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" Cultural Diversity Chevy Nova Award Coca-Cola's name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokou kole", translating into "happiness in the mouth." Components of Culture Components of Culture Culture: a society's (group's) system of shared, learned values and norms; these are the society's (group's) design for living – Values: abstract ideas about the good, the right, the desirable – Norms: social rules and guidelines; guide appropriate behavior for specific situations Folkways: norms of little moral significance dress code; table manners; timeliness Mores: norms central to functioning of social life – bring serious retribution: thievery, adultery, alcohol Pair-Share Activity • After Ms. Barben has gone over the definitions for each and explained the examples, you and your partner will have five minutes to come up with your own personal examples from your own lives and ideas for the visuals. Beliefs • Shared ideas people hold collectively within a culture. • Specific statements that people hold to be true or false. • Beliefs are the basis for many of a culture's norms and values. • Beliefs orient people to the world by providing answers to otherwise imponderable questions about the meaning of life. Values Values • Culturally defined standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living. • Values determine what is considered right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, good and bad. • Values can provide rules for behavior, but can also be the source of conflict. Values Values determine for us what is desirable in our life; If we learn other people's values we learn about other people; Values underlie our preferences, our choices, indicate what we deem as worthwhile in our society. Values • Values comprise ideas about what in life seems important. • Pair-Share: In your graphic organizer, what are the values in the United States and why? American Values Examples Key Values of U.S. Culture • Robin Williams Jr. (1970) – Ten values central to our way of life 1.Equal Opportunity – Not equality of condition but equality of opportunity 2.Individual Achievement & Personal Success 3.Material Comfort 4. Activity and Work – Our heroes are "doers" 5. Practicality and Efficiency – Practical over the theoretical 6. Progress 7. Science – Expect scientists to solve problems and improve our lives 8. Democracy and Free Enterprise Individual rights 9. Freedom Individual initiative over collective conformity 10. Racism and Group Superiority – Some people in the U.S. still judge others according to gender, race, ethnicity, and social class American Values Americans traditionally prized success through individual effort and initiative, Japanese emphasize collectivism and loyalty to the company Emerging American Values Values change over time: • Material comfort • Personal growth U.S. always valued hard work Recently, increasing importance of leisure Time off from work for: Travel Family Community service Norms Norms • Specific cultural expectations for how to behave in a given situation. • Norms are expectations for behavior • A society without norms would be in chaos; with established norms, people know how to act, and social interactions are consistent, predictable, and learnable. • Social sanctions are mechanisms of social control that enforce norms. According to the informal norms of culture of the mountainous Asian kingdom of Bhutan, people greet each other by extending their tongues and hands Norms • Norms consist of expectations of how people will behave in various situations. • Pair-Share: In your graphic organizer, what are the norms of Great Valley High School? Folkways Folkways • Folkways are norms governing everyday behavior whose violation might cause a dirty look, rolled eyes, or disapproving comment • Example: Walking up a "down" escalator in a department store challenges our standards of appropriate behavior Folkways • Less important rules of society • Violation of rules hurts nobody except the person breaking the rule • Usually a violation of etiquette or habits not acceptable to society • Violators are usually ridiculed/made fun of or people avoid them • Manners not followed Pair-Share Activity • In the graphic organizer, what are examples of folkways that illustrate the differences between your parents' generation and the current ninth grade population of Great Valley? Mores Mores • Mores: Means "manners" in French. • Mores are norms that are essential to American Values, close to legalistic. • Attitudes from the past, habituated, very little deviation allowed • Duties, obligations, common to cultural morality Mores Mores are norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society, often because they embody the most cherished principles of people Each society demands obedience to its mores (violation can lead to severe penalties Examples: murder, child abuse Mores • Mores: The fundamental ideas about what is right/wrong, virtuous and sinful. • Important because they involve moral vision based on social cohesion, continuity, and community in human life. • Mores eventually become LAWS. • Part of social life, not changing. Mores • Strict enforcement, and insistence on conformity, we learn through socialization via our institutions in society. • Examples: "prescribed" gender roles; Americans eat beef, not horse, dog, cat; you do not expose your genitals in public Sociologists Ian Robertson illustrated the difference between Folkways and Mores: "A man who walks down a street wearing nothing on the upper half of his body is violating a folkway; a man is wearing nothing on the lower half of his body is violating one of mores (requirement that people cover their genitals and buttocks in public "(1987) Taboos Taboo A taboo is a norm so strongly ingrained that to violate it creates disgust, revulsion, horror - the thought of it makes people sick: Eating human flesh - cannibalism Incest - having sex with relatives Pedophilia - adults having sex with children Taboo a very extreme more in a society proscription almost unthinkable it is so unacceptable to people people do not like to acknowledge that it can occur in their society people are usually executed or given long prison sentences for violations Laws LAWS Norms which have been formalized written down by legislature or courts punishment told before hand can be based on folkway or more can be code of law not based on folkway or more folkways tough to enforce of all laws Pair-Share Activity: In your graphic organizer, what are some examples of recent laws that have been created that reflect changes in the norms of the American culture? Sanctions Social Control and Sanctions 86 Sanctions are positive or negative reactions to the ways that people follow or disobey norms, including rewards for conformity and punishments for norm violators. Sanctions help to establish social control, the formal and informal mechanisms used to increase conformity to values and norms and thus increase social cohesion. Sanctions Sanctions are penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm Conformity to a norm can lead to positive sanctions such as pay raise, a medal, a word of gratitude, or a pat on a back Sanctions • Shame – Painful sense that others disapprove • Guilt – Negative judgment we make about ourselves Norms and Sanctions SANCTIONS NORMS Formal Informal POSITIVE NEGATIVE Salary bonus Fine Medal Jail sentence Diploma Execution Testimonial dinner Expulsion Smile Frown Compliment Humiliation Cheers Ostracism Ethnocentricism Does this picture offend you? If so, then you may be guilty of Ethnocentrism! • Ethnocentrism is a tendency to evaluate and judge the customs and traditions of others according to one's own cultural tastes, beliefs, and standards • We learn that the ways of our own group are good, right, proper, and superior to other ways • Ethnocentrism contributes to social solidarity and a sense of value and community. • However, it also fuels conflict. Ethnocentrism Has both positive and negative consequences On the positive side, it creates in-group loyalty On the negative side, ethnocentrism can lead to harmful discrimination against people whose ways differ from ours Subservience to Males? Moral Depravity? Iceberg Metaphor The Iceberg Metaphor • The metaphor of culture as an "iceberg" is extremely helpful in that it identifies aspects of culture that are: • Immediately visible= explicit, visible, taught (above the water line). Only about one-eighth of an iceberg is visible above the water. The rest is below. • Part of the iceberg that emerges & submerges with the tides= "now you see it, now you don't" (at the water line) • Deep beneath the surface= "hidden culture" (below the water line) HOW IS CULTUE EMBEDDED IN PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS? THINK OF CULTURE AS AN ICEBERG: you see it, but perhaps not the important parts Symbols; language Behaviors Practices Customs beliefs, traditions, priorities, assumptions, values Norms Individual Reflection • Why is culture important? • You have a choice of writing or illustrating your response at the end of the graphic organizer.


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Sue's Yoga
Saugeen Shores, Ontario
Sue has been teaching many different types of yoga classes from young children to seniors. Certified by Atlas Studios in Kitchener (200 hours, Denise Davis-Gains). Elements of many different styles of yoga are taught in Sue's classes, an interesting, customized mix of Kripalu, Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Iyengar. Classes are for students of all ages and stages and abilities. Everyone can practise from young children, learning all kinds of animal poses, to senior citizens, with limited mobility and arthritis, sitting in chairs.
Fall 2016 to Spring 2017 Schedule
(up to and including June 23rd)
Yoga classes cancelled March 27, March 31, April 3, 14, 17, May 5, 8, 22
|9:00 - 10:25
|9:30 - 10:50
|Combined beginners and intermediates
St. John's Anglican Parish Hall
Combined beginners and intermediates
St. John's Anglican Parish Hall
|10:35 - 12:00
|4:15 - 5:15
|Children's Yoga - ages 4 to 9
Pre-registration required (please register March 6 for 4 week session and register April 24 for 6 week session) Contact Sue for dates.
St. John's Anglican Parish Hall
|5:30 - 6:30
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St. John's Anglican Parish Hall
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Please note that the latest cancellations will be listed for the current month.
St. John's Anglican Church "the studio"
Fees and Schedules
All Hatha yoga classes are $14 for drop-in, $65 for 5 classes, $120 for 10 classes. If you are using a punch card, the card will be punched by you (honours system) at the beginning or end of each class. Payment by cash or cheque written to Sue Glass. The general pattern will be 7 or 8 weeks of scheduled classes, then Sue takes a short break for holidays and/or professional development. Advanced notice is given by email whenever possible when a class has to be cancelled short notice due to sickness or winter driving. I will endeavor to have my mobile phone with me and you may have my number (I give it out to individuals on a need-to-know basis) to call if you are uncertain about driving conditions.
Summer Yoga
Sue takes her yoga classes to the beach (band shell in Port Elgin and Pioneer Park in Southampton in July and August). Summer schedule 2017 will start July 4th and run until Aug 31st.
Other developments with Sue's Yoga: 2016
Please contact me with input and refer students to Sue's Yoga firstname.lastname@example.com
As much as possible I like to reach out to all groups with yoga instruction. Please contact me if your group or organization would like a demonstration or instruction in these areas:
Sue's Yoga continues to partner with Community Living Grey Bruce and also the Developmental Learning at SDSS, teaching participants yoga and also hand drumming. Fall 2016 Sue will be teaching yoga to a parent and tot group at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre.
Community Living group yoga and hand drumming
Class at SDSS practising and having fun with tree pose.
Hand Drumming at SDSS.
Corporate hand drumming: Sue has a collection of a dozen drums which can be used in a group setting at your choice of venue. Consider having Sue come out and give your group drum instruction. Birthday parties included. Price negotiable.
Sue is the "Yoga coach" for Saugeen Shores life guarding team, which have done very well competing internationally.
Namaste and see you on the mat soon.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Jordan Taylor scored a career-high 23 points, Jason Bohannon (FSY) tied a career high with 20, and No. 17 Wisconsin beat No. 4 Purdue 73-66 Saturday to hand the Boilermakers their first loss this season.
Purdue's 14-0 start tied the best in school history, but both the 1993-94 squad led by Glenn Robinson and this year's had their streaks end in Madison.
With former coach Gene Keady watching from behind the bench, Matt Painter's Boilermakers (14-1, 2-1 Big Ten) trailed most of the game.
BOX SCORE: Wisconsin 73, Purdue 66
Wisconsin (13-3, 3-1) beat a top 10 team in Madison for the second time this season and improved to 130-10 at home in coach Bo Ryan's nine seasons.
Still, Purdue, which got 24 points from E'Twaun Moore and 13 from Robbie Hummel, has given Wisconsin headaches. The Boilermakers had won four straight in the series and an unheard of two in a row in Madison.
But no visiting team has ever won three in a row in the 11-year history of the Kohl Center and Wisconsin took control in the opening minutes of the second half.
Keaton Nankivil followed a miss with an offensive rebound and slam. Trevon Hughes (FSY), who had 14 points, and Bohannon added consecutive three-pointers to give Wisconsin a 42-31 lead with 15:31 left.
Moments later Taylor, a sophomore who has provided a big boost to the offense, found Ryan Evans with an around-the-defender pass for a 12-foot jumper that made it 47-33 with 14:22 left and forced Purdue to burn another timeout.
The Boilermakers, who rallied from 16 down in the second half last month at Alabama, couldn't manage a similar escape from Wisconsin.
Moore hit a three-pointer from the left corner and added another basket with 1:18 left to cut Wisconsin's lead to 63-57. But Taylor added four free throws and Wisconsin hit eight straight from the line that appeared to seal it until Hummel banked in a 3 that cut it to 71-66 with 10 seconds to play.
That was as close as it got.
Wisconsin, which had a six-game win streak snapped with a 54-47 loss at No. 10 Michigan State on Wednesday, improved its home record to 10-0 and improved to 7-18 against the top 10 under Ryan.
Purdue never really found its range.
The Boilermakers went 3 of 10 on three-pointers and 13 of 24 from the free-throw line.
Hughes got into first-half foul trouble and at times the game looked as if it should be played in pads down the street at Camp Randall Stadium with 45 fouls called.
The physical play was never more apparent than in the closing minutes of the first half. After Rob Wilson's putback gave the Badgers a 28-23 lead, Wilson's celebration included an inadvertent right elbow to Hummel's face.
The shot drew blood and officials took a long look at the replay before assessing a contact foul on Wilson. Hummel went on to hit both free throws and Chris Kramer's (FSY) jumper in the closing seconds cut Wisconsin's lead to 30-29 at half.
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A/N: I know. I've gone and started a new story when I'm not even halfway done with Dragons of Akatosh. But the idea just could not wait, a huge hug for my Beta Crisium for all her help while working out the details of the story. Enjoy!
Chapter One
I Don't Want To!
She stood glaring at the old monk sitting before her. No, no, no and no! She was not getting any more deeply involved in this mess! She'd done what she'd been told like a good girl and now she was going to track down the bastards that had gotten her into jail in the first place and show them just why you never double crossed a Wavrick. Also, she had promised old Valus Odiil she'd help out his sons, and she needed to get home who knows what had become of her mother and father without her there to look after them. She heard him say, "You must go. There is no one else I can send and I cannot go myself."
"Well, I can't. I've got other obligations- I can't go to Kvatch. I did what I said I'd do to your emperor- I brought you the amulet. Now I'm done- I'm washing my hands of this mess and I'm going home!"
She turned, intending to leave and make her way home when she found her way blocked by one of the other monks- holding a sword. She glared at him as the one sitting behind her said, "Would you like to reconsider your decision, ma'am?"
She turned incredulously to look at the monk sitting at the desk. There was no way she would have thought him capable of threatening her into this. She gripped her sword, wanting to cut both him and the one behind her down and leave…but damn her father's lessons wouldn't let her. She instead knocked over a vase and said, "Fine. But once I get him to you that's it! I'm not getting dragged into something that ain't my problem."
"That can be discussed when you return with Martin. Now I suggest you hurry on your way."
She grumbled as she turned. She slammed the door hard behind her- the Odiil brothers looked and actually backed away as she came out. They knew her temper. She stalked into the woods heading for the Wavrick farm where her parents lived. She lived there, too, and her eldest brother visited every weekend on Sundas. Thankfully the Countess of Chorrol is a very kind woman. She made her way to home, sighing and pushing open the door. Her father was probably out in the field doing what she was supposed to be doing. Her mother looked up from the strawberries she was turning into jam and said, "Oh, sweet little Ashey. You're home!"
She smiled, dropping the pack by the door and went over hugging her mother dropping a kiss on her cheek and saying, "Hello Mama, sorry I was gone so long. There was a mix-up and some other things happened but it's all cleared up now."
"Good. Go help your father, dear. You know he can't do the plowing very easily."
She nodded, kissing her cheek again and swiping a taste of the strawberry jam. She licked her fingers, loving her mother's jam as she raced out the back door and into the field. The bay horse was tethered to the plow and she went over, shooing him away. "Papa, you know you aren't supposed to be doing this."
"You can't blame your old man for trying. Besides, it needed to be done. We need to prepare the fields for winter."
She nodded and finished the work. As he talked with her, she avoided going into details but told him she did spend a few days in jail for something- she promised it wasn't her fault but she hadn't had the gold to pay the fines. He raged a fair bit about the injustice of it, but she promised she wouldn't let the men get away with it. That evening she had dinner with her family. Later, when they were done, she went up to her room and gathered her thick glass armor. Once she had her longsword strapped to her waist, her father opened her door, raising a brow. She turned, lifting up the helm and putting it on. He asked, "You're acting like you're going to war. What's wrong, Ashadie?"
She sighed and said, "Let's just say I've got a little task to do. I don't suspect it will take more than two days, but I have to get to Kvatch and find a priest named Martin for someone here in Chorrol."
"Does it matter?"
"No, I suppose not. You be careful, Ashadie."
She smiled, brushing her father's cheek and said, "I will papa. I promise you."
"Good girl. And stay away from trouble."
"I'll try. Can't promise much there."
He laughed but nodded, knowing how dangerous the world outside the farm was. She watched as he left. He stopped at the door, looking at her and smiled. She smiled back before he left. She gathered the bedroll she kept in the trunk for long trips like this and tied it up. She found her whetstone for sharpening her sword and a pouch with about two hundred gold in it. She went downstairs where her pack was and found her mother and father standing together- he was whispering something to her. She tilted her head slightly but went over. Her mother smiled and said, "I packed some jam and sweetrolls I made and there's plenty for you and the priest you're going to find."
"Oh mama. You worry too much."
She leaned over, kissing her mother's cheek, and embraced her, careful of hurting her with her armor. Her father strapped something to her waist. Ashadie touched the hilt of a sword- the styling was unlike anything she'd ever seen or felt. She looked at him. "Papa?"
"I feel better knowing you have it dear. That sword has never broken once in my many years. I know it will serve you just as well. Keep it for your old man's peace of mind?"
"Sure thing, Papa. I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise."
"We know, Ashy."
She hugged them and kissed their cheeks once more before she set out. She led her horse, a beautiful golden-coated horse she called Palamino, and the sturdy Bay Roan they had named Troyian. She knew the trip would take several hours and at night she'd have to go slowly to avoid trees and getting the horses hurt. They couldn't afford another horse and she hated taking both of them like this, but she wouldn't force one horse to endure two riders- it wasn't good for them. She made her way south on the road to Skingrad. Depending on when she arrived there she might have to go around the walls- not that she would mind- but that would make the trip a good hour longer. Not something she was looking forward to, but it couldn't be helped, she knew. She sighed shaking her head. She'd regret this later. She could tell even now she would regret this later.


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Lloyds' branch closure announcement and abandonment of its pledge not to close "the last bank in town" follows similar decisions by other banking groups. Undoubtedly telephone and internet banking and automated processes mean the high street banking model is under challenge. But what we are seeing is not managed change, which is inevitable, but slash and burn.
Millions of older people cannot access, or distrust, new technologies. New legislation about paying for care and planning pension income streams offer new flexibilities and options, but the local bank is not there to advise. Even the Treasury is concerned: last week, Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrea Leadsom called in the banks to talk about serving their customers better. We need a Plan B from the sector.
Mervyn Kohler, steering group chair, Campaign for Community Banking
Yesterday's news is a blow to many small businesses. We reject Lloyds' explanation that the change towards completely digital banking is a solid foundation for the future; many businesses will remain resolutely physical. It is also true that broadband reliability and speed in many parts of the country is just not good enough to allow for this strategy.
This pattern of branch closures must stop and banks need to realise the value of their customers.
John Allan, national chairman, Federation of Small Businesses
Since the big banks are not using their branches to get to know local businesses and instead have been extracting money from the regions so they could lend it to hedge funds, it is at least consistent to decimate the branch network. It is however a pity that as 25 per cent owners of Lloyds, we the public could not prevent the bank from behaving this way. But then, the government took pride in its promise not to use public bank ownership to exert influence on bank management to improve things and thus staffed UKFI, our holding company owning Lloyds and RBS, with bankers.
It seems the government fears it might be doing an even worse job than the bankers: some feat. In that case, should we worry about who's running the country?
Professor Richard A Werner
Llloyds CEO António Horta Osório's comment that "We are absolutely focused on what our customers want" is PR waffle. What Lloyds is "absolutely focused on" is staying afloat. It scraped by the European bank stress tests, it has been riven with scandals and any market correction and/or slow down in UK's economic growth is likely to send Lloyds' shares tumbling.
Woe betide whichever party is in power when it comes time to sell the Government's stake. All the old controversies will rise up and it won't be in just the finance pages, it'll be front page for all the wrong reasons.
Jay, bankersumbrella.com
Why we failed in Afghanistan
In 2006, British forces established platoon bases in Helmand. These were supposed to provide solid footprints, dominating the local terrain and population. One had an inkling things were not going entirely to plan when the Chinook crews tasked with resupplying these bases began to be awarded gallantry medals.
What happened to these bases symbolised everything wrong with the West's prosecution of the war. Brute force guided by ignorance was never going to work. Without a nuanced strategy underpinned by a grasp of the local micro-politics and the mosaic of relationships that had run Afghanistan for centuries, there was little point our armies being there. The judgment of history may be kinder; I doubt it.
Patrick Watson
It is not enough to blame politicians. When John Reid declared he would be happy to leave Afghanistan "without a shot being fired", he had been briefed by a confident military. While British forces were never defeated on the battlefield, recognising our defeat in the region is the first step to reform for our general staff.
Tom Petch, writer/director, The Patrol
Disabled people forced out of jobs
On the final day of the Department of Work and Pensions Select Committee's inquiry into Access to Work, deaf and disabled Londoners are calling on the minister for disabled people, Mark Harper, to review the terrible, adverse impact of recent changes to this previously effective programme.
These changes have undermined the employability of deaf and disabled people while driving individuals out of jobs. Restrictions are being imposed on individual support packages despite the fact that Access to Work recoups more money for the Treasury through taxes than it costs.
If Harper is serious about supporting disabled people into employment — the stated aim of Coalition welfare reform — he will announce concrete proposals to address the problems and expand the scheme in future.
Geraldine O'Halloran, Inclusion London; Penelope Beschizza, Deaf UCU; Nicky Evans, National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters; Ellen Clifford, Disabled People Against Cuts
Cutting pollution is not so simple
Where I grew up in Hackney there are many low-income familes who save up for an older car as they can't afford a new one. Like me — I'm a bus driver — they might need a car to get to an early shift. We are the kind of people who will be priced off the road by pollution charges. Politicians: come out of your middle-class bubble and see how real people live.
David Hall, E8
Dalian in China has ordered 1,200 electric buses; London is running trials with eight. Hangzhou has ordered 3,000 electric taxis; London will require all new taxis to be "zero emission capable" after 2018. Much has been done here on air quality but there needs to be more.
Shaun McCarthy OBE
Diesel engines are the number-one cause of NO2 pollution, but innovative solutions are available now to encourage people to consider the impact of their actions on air quality.
Two such initiatives: encourage employers to offer flexi-working, enabling staff to work from home or change when they commute in, and get broadcasters to report local air quality alongside the weather.
Andy Deacon, Global Action Plan


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