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an introduction to The Twilight Zone: Weird Women by Soh Kay Min, with illustrations by Wasima Farah.
published in TAH VOL.2 – coming February 17, pre-orders for paper copy opened until on March 22
Let us begin at the beginning – at the hour of Twilight: a world hovering between sleeping and waking, night sky trembling on the cusp of morning. When Twilight steps into the world of Art – one that claims itself radical and progressive – with the toes of one foot still curled deep into a night that is not quite last night (a past that is not quite past) and the heel of the other digging into the floor of a morning that is not quite yet a new day (a present that is not quite present), she often finds herself stepping into a hallway separating the Feminism room and the Anti-racism room. She is a strange sort of ghost, one with gumption, quasi-corporeal apparition squeezing through from under the door jamb like an overflow of sticky syrup; yet when she raises her oozing fist to knock on the door – either one – her knuckles seep through the surface with a little squelch. Her request to enter goes unheard yet what is that shadow of a sound buzzing low in the canals of your ears, that whisper of wind raising the gooseflesh on your skin, that ugly stain blooming mysteriously on your door? Perhaps there is a world you're missing in those twilight moments between consciousness and unconsciousness.
Twilight thus finds a congenial affinity with Jacque Derrida's Spectre, who has been described in Spectres of Marx: The State of Debt, the Work of Mourning and the New International as: "a paradoxical incorporation, the becoming-body, a certain phenomenal and carnal form of the spirit…some 'thing' that remains difficult to name: neither soul nor body, and both one and the other."1 Neither something nor another, and both one and the other – Derrida's words provide us with a poignantly precise description of the intersectional anti-racist and feminist artistic activity that occurs within what we shall call in this essay the Twilight Zone: that spatial-temporal area of bleary murkiness, characterised by being undefined, intermediate, mysterious; that becoming dimension in which our intersectional woman-spectre Twilight lives and breathes, performs and sings, continues to haunt us all.
Continuing in the vein of Derrida, "it is flesh and phenomenality that give to the spirit its spectral apparition."2 Similarly, in this essay I posit that it is flesh and phenomenality that give to (most) feminist art its spectral apparition, particularly when considering the mediums of performance and body art. As the celebrated Lucy Lippard once wrote, "when women use their own bodies in their art work, they are using their selves; a significant psychological factor converts these bodies or faces from object to subject."3 Lippard's comment has since been taken on by a new generation of young feminist performance artists, including Oriana Fox, who boldly proclaimed, "the women objectified throughout the history of Western art (and popular culture) had not spoken until the performance artists of the 1970s imbued them with agency by embodying their images in the flesh."4 Women artists have indeed voiced their agency with a rousing passion – yet one wonders if all of them have been heard amidst the ringing reverberations within the echo chambers of the multiplicity of feminist conversations. Yet, as Trinh T. Minh-ha wrote, "without other silences, however, my silence goes unheard, unnoticed; it is simply one voice less, one more point given to the silencers."5 One must thus acknowledge that within the feminist movement itself, already persecuted as it is, there lies a further internal persecution of women of colour. Speaking to the threat women of colour experience from white feminism – or the threat white feminism perceives from Third World feminists? – Trinh T. Minh-ha further expounds:
"It is not unusual to encounter cases where the sense of specialness, which comes here with being the 'first' or the 'only' woman, is confused with the consciousness of difference. One cannot help feeling 'special' when one figures among the rare few to emerge above the anonymous crowd and enjoys the privilege of preparing the way for one's 'unfortunate' sisters…Thus, despite my rhetoric of solidarity, I inwardly resist your entrance into the field, for it means competition, rivalry and, sooner or later, the end of my specialness. I shall, therefore, play a double game: on the one hand, loudly assert my right as a(n exemplary) woman, to have access to equal opportunity; on the other hand, quietly maintain my privileges by helping the master perpetuate his cycle of oppression."6
In her landmark essay Demarginalising the Intersection of Race and Sex, Kimberlé Crenshaw called out the "problematic consequence of the tendency to treat race and gender as mutually exclusive categories of experience and analysis."7 Crenshaw pointedly noted "that black women encounter combined race and sex discrimination implies that the boundaries of sex and race discrimination doctrine are defined respectively by white women's and Black men's experiences."8 In this sense, black women are seen as either 'not feminist enough' for the dogma of white feminism or 'not black enough' for black anti-racist politics, rendering their experiences doubly invalid by virtue of taxonomical impurity in the eyes of both camps. Crenshaw's research focuses in particular on the wider legal and social discrimination faced by black women in America, but this essay seeks to apply the framework of intersectionality to all women of colour, and by proxy, all women artists of colour. Furthering the arguments put forth by Crenshaw, Trinh, and other scholars of intersectionality, this essay posits that the work of women artists of colour, floating in that Twilight Zone between the closed doors of Feminism and Anti-racism, trapped between the past and present of both movements, lends itself convivially to Derridian spectral analysis. The lived experiences of women of colour tend to exist as ghostly spectres – translucent, murky, not-quite-acknowledged in the eyes of the law, society, and the art world.
In the words of Martin Hagglund, "what is important about the figure of the spectre, then, is that it cannot be fully present: it has no being in itself but marks a relation to what is no longer or not yet."9 Indeed, the artistic twilight zone exists in that liminal space between its relation to a history of misogynistic and imperialistic violence, and a nervous anticipation of what is to come from this history. Time is thus a haunted entity. Borrowing from the late Mark Fisher, a hauntology is a failure of the future, with two provisional directions of failing: firstly, toward a future which in actuality is no longer, but which risks a "traumatic 'compulsion to repeat', a structure that repeats, a fatal pattern",10 and secondly, toward a future which in actuality has not yet happened, but which operates on an attraction toward an anticipated futurity that shapes the present.11 Fisher's use of the term hauntology originates from Derrida, for whom a phonetic pun on the French 'hauntologie' both builds upon and deconstructs the English 'ontology'. Opposing the ontological premise of a sensuous Being, Derrida launches an interrogation into an alternative mode of thinking existence via hauntology: "what does it mean to follow a ghost? And what if this came down to being followed by it, always, persecuted perhaps by the very chase we are leading?"12 In answer to his own line of questioning, Derrida concluded, "here again what seems to be out front, the future, comes back in advance: from the past, from the back…Each time is the event itself, a first time is a last time. Altogether other. Staging for the end of history. Let us call it a hauntology."13
Fisher has expounded upon Derrida's project's succinctly in the following passage: "haunting can be seen as intrinsically resistant to the contraction and homogenization of time and space. It happens when a place is stained by time, or when a particular place becomes the site for an encounter with a broken time."14 This brokenness of time involuntarily conjures flashbacks of blood and violence afforded by an imperialist history of misogyny and racism interjected with today's bursts of brutality and a dreaded paranoia of the potentiality of what tomorrow might plunder. As Derrida has foretold, "from the lips of a master this watch word [life] would always say something about violence."15 History becomes – is always becoming – a spectre of life. We need only recall the hurt He has inflicted upon women of colour – Hottentot Venus, Sojourner Truth. Rosa Parks and Angela Davis. On another side of the world, unnamed East Asian and Southeast Asian 'comfort women' of the 20th century wars. And today…in today's 'globalized' and 'progressive' world there are young Southeast Asian brides mail-ordered to America; on the streets of Delhi, there are men, having experienced a woman's rejection, reward their audacity with acid; in bedrooms in a lover's embrace there are women hurt and humiliated, forced to submission when fondness falls apart and (racialized) fetishism comes forth. The situation is as such: "No matter which side I belong to, once I step down into the mud pit to fight my adversary, I can only climb out from it stained."16 The bodies of daughters of colours are thus stained by time, sites for encounters with, as Shakespeare's Hamlet would say, a "time out of joint."
Another salient point that Derrida has raised is that "hegemony still organises the repression and thus the confirmation of a haunting. Haunting belongs to the structure of every hegemony."17 The art practices I speak about in this essay thus come into themselves in a Twilight Zone haunted by narratives lurking on the margins of the dominant discourses of art world hegemony. Specifically, this essay discusses the spectres of the strange, which Fisher describes in The Weird and the Eerie as having to do with "a fascination for the outside, for that which lies beyond standard perception, cognition and experience."18 Fisher rightly pointed out in his account of such strange spectres that fantastic creatures such as vampires and werewolves somehow seem less strange than the scientifically proven black hole in the universe – indeed it is as if Twilight herself inspires more fear and repulsion than a blood- sucking vampire. If one is to believe the urban myth that a vampire must be invited into one's home before he/she can enter, it seems somewhat sad that Twilight does not even have that chance – when she knocks on a door she is not heard, therefore she can never be invited to cross into the threshold of any door. She is remains stranded in the hallway between the closed doors of Feminism and Anti-racism. Fisher argues that "the weird and the eerie…allow us to see the inside from the perspective of the outside."19 Twilight, who is forever on the outside, is therefore in Fisher's estimation very much weird and eerie.
Further, Fisher expounds that "the weird…involves a sense of wrongness: a weird entity or object is so strange that it makes us feel that it should not exist, or at least it should not exist here."20 This remark demonstrates why Twilight, the cosmic ghost of the woman artist of colour standing at the intersection of feminist and anti- racist discourses, struggles to make herself seen and heard. Travelling from Fisher at this point, I argue that Twilight engenders not simply a sense of wrongness but a sense of reverse wrongness – one borne out of a collective historical guilt. After all, in the face of accumulated atrocities against people of colour and particularly women of colour it is easier to deny that they ever took place than to bear the overwhelming emotional weight of History; it is easier to reverse the sense of wrongness and once again put Twilight in her rightful place under the category 'wrong'. Paraphrasing Trinh T. Minh-ha, "it is, indeed, much easier to dismiss or eliminate on the pretext of weirdness [difference] (destroy the other in our minds, in our world) than to live fearlessly with and within weirdness [difference(s)]." 21 Undertaking a close examination of critical race and gender theory, this essay ultimately seeks to show that the Art World can only benefit from opening its doors to a Twilight Zone if it is to truly progress, in a radical fashion, from its defensive position of denial, suspended in time and space.
1 – Jacques Derrida, Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning and the New International, trans. Peggy Kamuf (New York, London: Routledge, 1994), 5.
2 – Ibid.
3 – Lucy Lippard, "The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: Women's Body Art" in Art in America, Vol. 64, no 3 (May 1976), 79.
4 – Oriana Fox, "Once More with Feeling: an abbreviated history of feminist performance art" in Feminist Review, 96(2010), 120.
5 – Trinh T. Minh-ha, "Difference: A Special Third World Women Issue" in Feminist Review, No. 25 (Spring, 1987), 8.
6 – Ibid, 13-4.
7 – Kimberlé Crenshaw, "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics" University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1), Article 8, 139.
8 – Crenshaw, 143.
9 – Martin Hägglund, Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2008), 82.
10 – Mark Fisher, "What is hauntology?" in Film Quarterly, Vol. 66 No. 1 (Fall 2002), 19.
11 – Ibid.
12 – Derrida, 10.
13 – Derrida, 10.
14 – Fisher, "What is hauntology?" 19.
15 – Derrida, xvi.
16 – Trinh, 11.
17 – Derrida, 45.
18 – Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie, 8.
19 – Fisher, The Weird and the Eerie, 10.
20 – Ibid, 15.
21 – Trinh, 8.
Kay Min is an arts practitioner working between the intersections of contemporary art and critical theory. She is interested in the performativity of writing as an artistic and aesthetic method, taking an experimental approach to the practice of writing to perform, through text, her various preoccupations which range from the history of colonial conquest to its contemporary capitalist manifestations to intersectional feminism. Kay Min currently works at the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, and is also co-organiser of independent initiative A Weekend Affair, an art symposium-festival addressing the specificities of her home city Singapore's relationship with coloniality and capital.
Wasima Farah is an 18 year old Digital Artist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her art varies from vibrant illustrations, graphic design and videography. She is also a Layout-Editor for Ascend Magazine and aspires to make motivational and inspiring content!


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Do you're children act out as they crave for your attention all for themselves?
So as most of you know I have one daughter and two step children, my step children visit every weekend Friday evening through to Sunday evening and whilst it's beeb the summer holidays they have been doing one week with us and one week with their mum. They love coming here and never want to leave which is great isn't it? That's all we could wish for! But Hayley seems to be getting very jealous and they have all been arguing a lot this week which I believe is down to Hayley starting the arguments.
Yesturday after tea the kids went upstairs to tidy their room and get ready for bed when all of a sudden I could hear them arguing and shouting at each other, their Dad then went upstairs and sorted this out with them, after he'd left the house they decided to start arguing again and Hayley seemed at the bottom of it all so I decided to send my step children up to get ready for bed and get tucked in while I sat and had a chat with my daughter, she told me what I'd expected to be the problem anyway she said "I've had enough of them now and I want them to go home, they always stick up for each other and I don't like it when they come" now obviously to hear this from your daughter about your step children is not nice! But I get it, she wants some time to have a break she's not used to spending this much time with them and she's a mummy's girl, she loves having my attention for cuddles and chats and play games but since they've been here it's not been the same, so I kept her up for a bit longer and spent a bit of quality time together, we had a bath, I brushed her hair, we played and had a good old chat with each other and she went to bed a happy calm princess again.
Have you got any tips on what to do in this situation? If love to know! 😁
As a parent and step parent all you want is for the kids to get on isn't it? And they do for most of the time but sometimes it's hard when they feel they need more one on one time, because my step children live together they do seem to stick for each other against Hayley and I get that that is upsetting for her its upsetting for their Dad and I to see aswell and we try our best to make them aware of what they are doing but it's hard!
We try to make sure we spend time with them one on one as much as we can but sometimes it's just impossible in our busy schedule to fit it all in especially when all three of them are here together.
Do you spend time with your children/stepchildren one on one? If so how do you fit it in your day to day schedule?
Natalie xox

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Hello there, readers! I'm sure all of you, witches and wizards alike, are very excited to see the debut of the Quibbler's newest venture: a second advice column! (One, trust me, is never enough.) Now, not only will you be able to gain practical tips on your everyday life from our esteemed editor Raven, but from DA's very own Headmaster, too! (At least, I think it's Felix himself providing the answers to pleading owls sent in by loyal Quibbler readers; however, whoever has been supplying the solutions to the questions delivered by said owls has not actually proven their identity and some of my fellow writers are skeptical.) Let's begin, shall we? From here, I'm handing over the reins to the man who's probably, maybe, most likely the real Felix Black. I think. (I mean, how could he not be? Just look at the responses—so Felix-esque!)
Mr. Felix,
Will you be updating to 1.13? I'm very excited about the Aquatic Update, and I am hoping we'll get to see that on DA. Can I could get an estimated release date. Pretty please?
Veria Xited
Time is a social construct. We know nothing. Divination has proven fruitless and the Ministry tells us naught. Do me a favor. When the release comes, wake me up from the nap I will inevitably be long overdue for.
Hi Felix,
Do you know when the next NEWTs are going to be? Not that I'm impatient, because . . . I'm sosososo scared for them! Er, not scared that I'll fail, of course, but scared of what I'll do next. I haven't even been told what jobs are going to be available to me! How will I survive out in the real world?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!
Hugh Werrywort
Okay, kid. The one thing I have to say to you is . . . ask your professors.
We need to talk. You're rich. I'm poor. While you're no philanthropist, could you at least tell me how you got so much money? I'm talking stacks upon stacks of gold! Piles of knuts and sickles sitting there, waiting to be spent on frivolous things! I am literally desperate for money right now. Please. Help.
From Inid O'Riches
Ah, Inid, I was wondering when someone would send me a letter regarding my vast . . . vast . . . vast fortune. You see, I live by this motto: 'If that guy is needy, I'm five times as greedy.' It really helps a lot with piling up galleons. Oh yeah—one thing I'd suggest to give you a little kickstart? Two words: rob Gringotts. I did it over Christmas one year. No one suspected a thing.
Yo Felix,
I was wondering if you could give me the scoop on when the Pumpkin King will be returning? He's obviously the new era Dark Lord, and the world seems particularly free of big bads right now. So . . . when do I have to start defending my family from this orange evil?
Thanks for the info,
Angus. I know a guy who knows a guy whose brother's friend's uncle's nephew's cousin's former roommate can tell you all the details. Meet him at his dirt hut in the Forbidden Forest at half past six this evening. You have to crouch down as if you were a crab, knock once, spin around, and caw like an eagle three times quite loudly. Only then will he let you in. Good luck.
Dear Felix,
Before I graduate, I want to master every spell known to wizardkind (including the Unforgivable Curses, but it's not like I'm going to practice those in the open. If you could leave this part out of the published advice column, that would be great.). The one spell I do seem to be having trouble with, though, is Accio (the Summoning Charm). Any tips on how to improve?
Thanks so much,
Gia N. T. Goles
Nobody's perfect.
I'm aiming to become a DA member. I'm not sure I'm ready, though. Advice?
Dree Mer
Ask a DA member. I hear their acceptance process is stressful.
I hope this advice column answered most, if not all, your questions about life! Best of luck, whatever you're doing
This just in . . . It, erm, wasn't actually Felix who responded to those advice letters. As it turns out, the writer was our very own Raven Quibbler! When I confronted her after an awkward muggle "email" she sent, it was discovered that Raven was under the Imperius Curse! The real culprit, although good at giving advice, is still on the loose. Who knows what's to come??!


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A. Testimony to Samuel's integrity.
1. (1-3) Samuel talks about his leadership over Israel.
Now Samuel said to all Israel: "Indeed I have heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. And now here is the king, walking before you; and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you."
a. Samuel said to all Israel: After the victory of Saul over the Ammonites in 1 Samuel 11, Samuel knows the nation will now begin to look to this king for leadership. Here, in this chapter, he is helping Israel to make the transition from Samuel's leadership to Saul's leadership. Samuel makes this clear when he says, "now here is the king" and "I am old and gray headed." Samuel is telling Israel that his day is over, and Saul's day is beginning.
i. It is true that Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life (1 Samuel 7:15), but now that a king has been raised up, his role will change and diminish. Samuel never officially "stepped down" from leading Israel as a judge, but he would not allow his shadow to eclipse Saul. Perhaps he knew Saul would have enough trouble on his own, and didn't want to be accused of subverting Saul's reign as king.
ii. In this, Samuel shows himself as a truly godly man. He is willing to pass from the scene when God raises up another leader. His heart is the same as John the Baptist's heart towards Jesus: He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30). Samuel would not grasp onto a position when God was changing it.
b. Indeed I have heeded your voice in all that you have said to me: Samuel wanted it clearly known that it was not his idea to appoint a king over Israel. This idea began in the hearts of Israel, not in the heart and mind of God. God allowed it, and directed its execution, but it was the voice of the people that prompted it.
c. My sons are with you: In 1 Samuel 8:1-5, Samuel was challenged to take his sons out of leadership in Israel, because they were not godly men. Though it must have been difficult, he did it. The words my sons are with you are proof; Samuel's sons were simply a part of the assembly of Israel, not "up on the platform" with Samuel.
i. "It is generally agreed that these words intimate that Samuel had deprived them of their public employ, and reduced them to a level with the common people." (Clarke)
d. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day: Samuel remembers his humble beginnings as a child, dedicated to the LORD and serving Israel and the LORD at the tabernacle (1 Samuel 2:18, 3:1).
i. I have walked before you is not the idea "I have been on display before you." Instead, it is the idea of a shepherd walking before his flock, leading it on. Samuel had been a godly leader and shepherd for Israel these many years.
e. Witness against me before the LORD: As Samuel speaks to the nation about the transition of leadership, he wants it clear that he has not defrauded or oppressed or been corrupt in anyway. He simply challenges the nation: "If I have wronged you or been corrupt, come forward now and declare it."
i. This is impressive as an example of the godly character of Samuel. Certainly, few people could give such an invitation to accuse!
ii. Why? Why does Samuel do what seems to be a purely self-justifying and self-glorifying thing? From what we know of the character of Samuel in other passages, we have to believe this is more than him saying, "Look at how good I am." Instead, it seems that Samuel wants the nation to know that he has passed a good legacy of leadership to the new king Saul. He wants Israel to recognize that he hasn't handed Saul a mess that he has to clean up. If Saul should prove to be a poor leader, no one could say it was because of the bad example set by Samuel.
f. I will restore it: It seems as if Samuel is saying, "I may have wronged someone without knowing it. If that is the case, state it now, so I can make it right. I don't want to leave any unfinished business." This testifies to Samuel's humble heart.
2. (4-5) Israel affirms the blameless leadership of Samuel.
And they said, "You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man's hand." Then he said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they answered, "He is witness."
a. You have not defrauded us or oppressed us: Israel knew Samuel had been a good, godly leader. He had not led them for what he could get from them, but for what he could give to them.
i. This is a priceless testimony for any leader. How precious to stand before your own people, and to hear them affirm the integrity of your leadership! Samuel could only make the challenge of 1 Samuel 12:3 because he knew the answer ahead of time.
b. The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day: Samuel settles the matter. All parties agree that he has led Israel well. This is the second time Samuel has mentioned His anointed in this passage, and the phrase refers to Saul, because he was anointed as king (1 Samuel 10:1). Samuel deliberately included Saul in all this to make the idea of a transition between his leadership and Saul's clear.
c. In what sense was the LORD witness against them? If Israel were to later accuse Samuel of wrong, he could call them back to this time, and what they said here would be a witness against them. As well, if Israel ever tried to blame Saul's problems as king on Samuel, what they said here would be a witness against them.
B. Samuel challenges Israel to serve God under their new king.
1. (6-12) Samuel gives a brief history lesson.
Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt. Now therefore, stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD which He did to you and your fathers: When Jacob had gone into Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place. And when they forgot the LORD their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. Then they cried out to the LORD, and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.' And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety. And when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the LORD your God was your king."
a. The righteous acts of the LORD: Samuel, in this remembrance of God's work from the time of the Exodus until his present day, focuses not on the history of Israel, but on the history of the righteous acts of the LORD.
b. Who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place: Israel should remember their salvation from slavery and the new life God gave them in the Promised Land. This is one of the righteous acts of the LORD.
c. He sold them into the hand of Sisera: Israel should remember how God allowed a disobedient Israel to be under the domination of their enemies, as a chastisement intending to bring them to repentance. This is one of the righteous acts of the LORD.
i. We should recognize God's chastisement as one of the righteous acts of the LORD. His discipline is just as righteous as His deliverance.
d. They cried out to the LORD . . . now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You . . . And the LORD sent . . . and delivered you: Israel should remember that when they cried out to God, confessed their sin and humbled themselves in repentance before Him, that He delivered them. This is one of the righteous acts of the LORD.
i. The list of the deliverers God used (Jerubbaaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel) shows two things. First, it shows Israel was constantly in need of deliverance because of their sin, and God kept delivering them when they repented. Second, it showed that God didn't need just one man. He could use many different leaders to do His work in Israel. So, even if Samuel is old and gray headed (1 Samuel 11:2), God can now raise up a Saul.
ii. Jerubbaal was another name for Gideon (Judges 6:32). Who was Bedan? We have no mention of him in the book of Judges. Perhaps he was a deliverer known in their history, but no recorded in the book of Judges. Or, Bedan may be a variant spelling or name for Barak, mentioned in Judges 4:6. The Septuagint, an ancient translation of the Old Testament, translates the name as Barak. Other ancient translations have Samson, and some commentators believe Jair is intended. But really doesn't matter!
iii. Youngblood feels that one reason Gideon is mentioned is "because he specifically refused to establish dynastic as opposed to divine rule over his countrymen . . . for which refusal he must surely have been one of Samuel's heroes."
iv. "The language of vv.9-11 is heavily dependent on terminology characteristic of the Book of Judges. The dreary cycle of rebellion-retribution-repentance-restoration described throughout that book . . . is reprised here." (Youngblood)
e. Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you: Samuel remembers the most recent example of God's deliverance for Israel (recorded in 1 Samuel 11). Samuel is tying together the story of God's deliverance for Israel, from the time of the Exodus to the present day. Each of these were examples of the righteous acts of the LORD.
i. Why the history lesson? Because as Israel makes the transition into monarchy, they need to remember the righteous acts of the LORD. Everything the LORD wants to do in our lives now is in the setting of what He has already done in our lives.
f. You said to me, "No, but a king shall reign over us," when the LORD your God was your king: As they begin to live under the king, Samuel reminds the nation of their disobedience desire for a king. The LORD had been a good king for Israel, but they wanted a king for carnal, fleshly reasons.
2. (13-15) If you fear the LORD: a choice for Israel.
"Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired. And take note, the LORD has set a king over you. If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the LORD your God. However, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers."
a. Here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired: Samuel probably had the feeling, "Here is the king you wanted. You will find that he isn't quite the king you need, but he is the king you wanted."
b. If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice: Samuel presents Israel with an important choice. They had been disobedient in their desire for a king, yet God had given them a king. Even so, if they would fear the LORD and serve Him, God could still bless them.
i. One wrong turn had not put them out of God's plan forever. Yes, Israel should have never sought a human king. But now they had one, and Samuel simply calls them to serve the LORD where they are at now. We need to know that one wrong turn doesn't wreck our lives before God! Instead of agonizing over the past, get right with God today. Fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, and God will bring good even out of yesterday's wrong turn.
c. However, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD . . . then the hand of the LORD will be against you: Samuel puts the choice before Israel. They had made a wrong turn, yet God puts them at fork in the road. On one side is submission to God and obedience; on the other is rebellion and disobedience. If they choose the wrong path, they can trust God will not bless it.
d. As it was against your fathers: Every individual every generation is tempted to think of itself as a special exception. They know of the righteous acts of the LORD in previous generations, yet somehow feel they are excepted from God's correction or judgment. Samuel is reminding Israel they are not any different from their fathers, and God will not deal with them any differently than He did with their fathers.
3. (16-18) God confirms Samuel's word with a sign.
"Now therefore, stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes: Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to the LORD, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking a king for yourselves." So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
a. Now therefore, stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do: Samuel will pray and ask God to send a sign to confirm His word. This is a concession to the wicked hearts of the people, because Samuel knows only a sign from God will impress them.
b. That you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking a king for yourselves: Why would Samuel and the LORD wait until now for such a dramatic sign? Why not do it when Israel first asked for a king, so they would have known their sin right then, and taken back their request for a king?
i. Because God had a purpose in allowing the "people's king," Saul, to come first.
ii. Because if it had happened in the first days of Saul's reign, the people would have cast him off just as quickly, and just as wrongly, as they asked for him. Now, that his reign has been confirmed by the victory of 1 Samuel 11 and accepted by the people, they can be more directly confronted with their sin.
iii. Because Samuel might have been accused of reproving the people out of a personal sense of hurt. By waiting until now, everyone knows that Samuel isn't saying, "Get rid of Saul so I can lead the nation again."
iv. Because now, Israel rejoiced greatly (1 Samuel 11:15). They were perhaps a little too excited about their new king, and Samuel wants them to have a more spiritual perspective.
v. "This is an excellent way of preaching - to mingle promises and threatenings. Sour and sweet make the best sauce." (Trapp)
c. The LORD sent thunder and rain that day: Thunder and rain were unusual during the wheat harvest. This was a truly remarkable sign from God.
i. The sign was especially meaningful because one of the common gods of that day was Baal, who was thought to be the god of thunder and rain. The LORD was showing that He was the true God of the weather.
ii. Because it was the wheat harvest, the sign displayed not only God's power, but His judgment also. Heavy rain during the harvest could destroy all their crops. The sign was a warning. "In that part of the world not only is 'rain in harvest . . . not fitting' (Prov. 26:1), it is so totally unexpected that it could easily be interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure." (Youngblood)
d. The people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel: The result was good, but it shows something weak and carnal in the hearts of the people. Didn't they know God was this powerful before? Perhaps their knowledge of it was purely intellectual knowledge. They could have known the power and majesty and sovereignty of God in their hearts before this, and then it would have been unnecessary to bring a sign before the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
i. Even more impressive than thunder during harvest time is the thunder of the Holy Spirit's conviction in the heart. Even more impressive than rain during harvest time is the love of God poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. The inner work is more effective in making us serve God than any outward sign, no matter how impressive.
e. I will call to the LORD, and He will send thunder . . . So Samuel called to the LORD: This is an impressive example of power in prayer. Samuel is known in the Bible as a mighty man of prayer (Psalm 99:6, Jeremiah 15:1).
4. (19) Israel sees their sin of desiring a king.
And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves."
a. Pray for your servants: Samuel had just shown himself a mighty man of prayer, and Israel now knows how much they need prayer. It made sense to ask Samuel to pray for them!
b. We have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves: Finally, Israel sees their sin of wanting a king. They see it too late; if only they had realized it in 1 Samuel 8, when Samuel first warned them! Now they are stuck with a king, yet God can still turn it for good if Israel will repent and seek the LORD.
i. It is sad that it took thunder and rain for Israel to be impressed with God's power and majesty. What will it take for us to fear the LORD and treat Him as a God of power and majesty?
ii. Trapp on we have added to all our sins: "By occasion of this sin, they came to the sight and recognition of many more. Our lives are as full of sins as the firmament is of stars, or the furnace of sparks."
5. (20-25) Samuel exhorts Israel to walk right with the LORD today.
Then Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people. Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way. Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king."
a. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart: Samuel will not minimize Israel's sin. Yet, he does not want them to dwell on the sin of the past, but to get on walking with the LORD today.
i. The Living Bible puts the thought well: Make sure now that you worship the Lord with true enthusiasm, and that you don't turn your back on Him in any way. We can't do anything about yesterday, and at the present moment we can't serve God tomorrow. At the present moment, all we can do is not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. Satan would love for us to live in the past or in the future; to do anything but serve the LORD with all we have right now!
b. Do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing: Samuel wants Israel to know that rejecting the LORD, and turning aside from Him, just doesn't work. If they will not serve God out of spiritual reasons, then let them do it for pragmatic reasons: nothing else can profit or deliver!
i. It is precious place in our walk with God when we realize this. It isn't easy to come to this place; we usually learn by bitter experience that nothing else can profit or deliver. But how wonderful to say with Peter, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:68). What a gift to know that as tough as it might be serving God, it is only worse to turn aside from Him!
c. For the LORD will not forsake His people . . . it has pleased the LORD to make you His people: Samuel wants Israel to know that God loves them. This is why, despite the sin of their past, they can get on with serving the LORD and still see His blessing. Because God loves them. His favor towards Israel was not prompted by good they had done, were doing, or promised to do. It was for His great name's sake, because it pleased the LORD to do it. The reasons were in Him, not in Israel.
i. Why doesn't God give up on Israel? Because He loves them. Why is God willing to put away the sin of the past? Because He loves them. Why is God willing to give them a new start? Because He loves them. Only God's love makes any sense of this!
d. Far be it for me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: Samuel knew the best thing he could do for Israel was to pray for them. His words to them would make no difference if the LORD was not working in their hearts, and the best way to cultivate the working of the LORD in their lives was through prayer.
i. Samuel could have felt hurt that the people rejected him and the LORD as leaders over the nation. He might have been bitter against the people, and refused to pray for them. But Samuel was a more godly man than that. "Think not that because you have so highly disobliged and rejected me, that I will revenge myself by neglecting to pray for you, or by praying against you, as I have now done for your conviction and humiliation, and so for you preservation; I am sensible it is my duty, as I am a man, an Israelite, a minister, a prophet, to pray for you." (Poole)
ii. Many would say, "I promise I will start praying for you." For Samuel, starting to pray was a non-issue, because he was already praying. For him, the issue was ceasing to pray. "Samuel had become so rooted in the habit of prayer for the people that he seems to start at the very thought of brining his intercession to an end." (Spurgeon)
iii. This statement of Samuel makes it plain: it is a sin for a leader of God's people to stop praying for them. It is the most basic of his duties as a leader. If it is sin to stop praying, how much worse must it be to even fail to start praying!
iv. But the blessing of unceasing prayer is not the property of the preacher or leader alone. All can share in it. "Perhaps you will never preach, but you may pray. If you cannot climb the pulpit you may bow before the mercy-seat, and be quite as great a blessing." (Spurgeon)
e. I will teach you the good and the right way: Samuel would pray, but he would not only pray. There was still a place for teaching, and Samuel would faithfully fulfill that role as well.
i. So, is it better to preach or to pray? "Whether a minister shall do more good to others by his prayers or preaching, I will not determine, saith one; but he shall certainly by his prayers reap more comfort to himself." (Trapp)
ii. Samuel wants the people of Israel to know that even as he is stepping back and allowing Saul to emerge as a leader, he will not forsake Israel. He will continue to lead and to serve them, but more in a spiritual way, through prayer and teaching. Saul will take the more visible reins of leadership.
f. Only fear the LORD . . . for consider what great things He has done for you: All of our service, all of our obedience, all of our love for God should be put in this context. We do it because of the great things He has done for us. We don't serve God so as to persuade Him to do great things for us. He has done the great things, and asks us to receive them by faith. Then we serve Him because of the great things he has done for us.
i. We can only keep perspective in our Christian lives if we keep focused on what great things He has done for you. And if we lose perspective, everything is distorted. Police in Seal Beach, California, got an urgent call from a resident looking through his new telescope: a pink Corvette was being ravaged in the surf, and the caller was afraid that someone might be trapped inside. Officers rushed to the scene, but couldn't find the car. The man confirmed he could still see it, so officers came to his house to take a look. Through his telescope, they saw it too: a "Barbie-sized" toy car on the beach, highly magnified by the powerful lens. "Had he panned his telescope up a little from the ocean . . . he would've realized what he was looking at," said police Sgt. Rick Ransdell. The cops recovered the toy, which was less than a foot long, he said. Many people tend to magnify their problems and lose sight of what great things He has done for you.
g. If you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away: This warning became the sad legacy of Israel, when they were conquered and taken from the land in captivity.
i. "Never was a people more fully warned, and never did a people profit less by the warning." (Clarke)
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Vijayavani launches 5th edition in Mysore
The newspaper was earlier present in Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore and Bijapur. It also has plans to enter Gangavati soon
Vijayavani has launched its fifth edition in Mysore. It was earlier present in Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore and Bijapur.
Talking to exchange4media, Vinay Sheshgiri, Asst Vice President, Vijayavani said, "Immense business potential for all categories of products in Mysore led us to launch this edition."
The earlier four editions have made a mark because of the editorial content and good print quality. This has lead to consistent growth in the subscription of copies, he further shared.
The content focus of the newspaper is on politics, business, entertainment, etc. The paper consists of daily four-page supplement targeting women (Lalitha), youth (Masth), kids (Puttani) and farmers (Vithavani). There are other supplements that are based on horoscope, films and art.
The cover price of the paper is Rs 3 and the print run is approximately 28000 copies.
The organisation has decided to promote the launch using various medium such as news channels, internet, radio and outdoor media.
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We are almost on the home straight of Blogging 201 and I am running out of witty titles for my posts. Regardless, the topic for Day 7 is blogger challenges, events and conferences, something that I didn't even know existed.
The challenge part of this post is to dare yourself to establish our own blogger challenge; essentially setting a group of bloggers with an ongoing task in a theme as broad or specific of your choosing. No mean feat, huh? I think that they could write an entire two week course on establishing a blogging challenge, getting it off the ground, getting people interested in it and keeping the momentum going. Maybe then I would have the courage to set one up, but in the meantime I think I will just join someone else's.
I suppose in a way we all run our own little blog challenges a bit, we categorise every one of our posts, even though most of them are rather broad topics; Food, Travel, Healthy Living, some of the themes I add to on the regular are a little bit more specific; I have Fun with Fruit where I experiment with ways to use different fruits in different ways, or Chippie Tuesday where I made chips in different methods and posting them on, you guessed it, Tuesdays.
After trawling through a list of different challenge groups, some pretty vague and some far too specific for me, I have discovered the Flavor of the Month page – subject: food (√), timeframe: monthly (√) and a good following (√). Bring on the first Friday of August to get the month's theme!
Okay, Dylan, hold your horses; upon checking out the founder's page, she is doing a 50 day computer-less challenge which means that the next flavoured month could even be September.
Silver lining; that gives me time to brainstorm and set up my own challenge!
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The Audition Workshop with Crane River Theater is an exciting new opportunity for high school juniors and seniors in the Lincoln and Omaha area, on October 21, 2019. This workshop will focus on auditioning – including audition techniques, how to present yourself, choosing the right material, and more. Students will also have the opportunity to audition for several Midwest university and college theatre programs.
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In Kierkegaard's view, levelling is made possible through the rise and agency of the 'monstrous nonentity' or 'phantom' of the public, which in turn is possible only in a passionless, reflective age by the aid of the press when it has become a phantom itself through the practice of journalistic anonymity (TA 90-1, 93, cf. 138-9).8 The concept of the public could not have appeared in antiquity, Kierkegaard argues, because in that time the people were obliged to come forward en masse in corpore [as a whole] in the situation of action, were obliged to bear the responsibility for what was done by individuals in their midst, while in turn the individual was obliged to be present in person as the one specifically involved and had to submit to the summary court for approval or disapproval. (91)
'Only when there is no strong communal life', Kierkegaard claims, is it possible for the press to create the phantom of the public, which is made up of 'unsubstantial individuals who are never united or never can be united in the simultaneity of any situation or organization and yet are claimed to be a whole' (91). The public is supposed to include everyone but cannot 'be called up for inspection' or held responsible because it exists only in abstraction; it is not a people, a generation, an age, a congregation, or an association—all of which are concretions of one sort or another (91-3). To illustrate how this nebulous nonentity goes about levelling or reducing individuals to insignificance and nothingness in modern society Kierkegaard alludes to his experience with the scandalous tabloid The Corsair, characterizing it as a 'dog' that is kept for the amusement of the public (95). The dog is goaded by the public to attack a man of distinction, tearing at his coat tails and engaging in all sorts of tricks until the public finally becomes tired and calls the dog off. But since it was a third party, namely the dog, that actually did the dirty work of levelling, the public assumes no responsibility, claiming that it is merely a 'subscriber', not the owner of the 'bad dog', which it now wants exterminated (95).
8 See Pattison (2002: 64-71) for a comparison of Kierkegaard and Heiberg on the public.
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As a teacher, you live for the transitional moments when students evolve. Today I was lucky enough to experience three such moments. My teaching days on Mondays run from 8am to 7:45pm and the traditional moments were perfectly spaced throughout my day.
The first moment was at the end of my morning class when just one of the students and I were still in the room packing up our belongings. The student said to me, "you know what, I like what we are discussing. Next quarter I graduate and I would like to pursue this as a job focus." Wow! Fantastic! During the class I noticed that the student was catching on to the concepts and presenting some very sophisticated ideas. I told the student I had noticed this and their eyes lit up.
The next transitional moment occurred on the elevator between classes when I ran into a student from a previous quarter. This student told me that they had figured out how to balance their workload and get A's. Three classes was the perfect balance and they had recognized what work with that mix and were trying to increase their load to four classes with all A's. "I'm keeping my eye on the end goal" said the student - we had discussed goals in their class.
My evening class had the third transitional moment. A student with a big personality had been wavering between adding to and distracting (as well as detracting) from the class with their powerful presence. I talked to the student before class and said, "you are a leader in this class and set the tone. How can we use your powers for good?" The student came up with some ideas and in class they demonstrated their positive leadership. Other students who were on the fence responded to the this student's new focus and were also more engaged.
For me, these interactions were also learning experiences. I am recognizing when to step in, step back and step aside. Perhaps this an evolution of my work as a teacher. Confrontation is not easy for me and I believe that I embraced my personal values of open-heartedness and helping people reach their dreams to be successful. Plus, I found my grounding.
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Julie Goodyear: 'CBB' house is a 'pressure cooker'
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Julie Goodyear has described the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house as a "pressure cooker" with the last series full of combustible characters
Julie Goodyear described the atmosphere in the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house as similar to a "pressure cooker".
The former 'Coronation Street' star was evicted from the Channel 5 reality series last Wednesday (05.09.12), just two days before the final, after was described by some of her fellow housemates as two-faced and manipulative.
Julie - who left the house in a double eviction with Prince Lorenzo - admits the tension between the contestants was unbearable at times.
In an interview with new! magazine, she said: "It's a pressure cooker. The paranoia was flying."
However, Julie - who got on well with Julian Clary and Samantha Brick - disputes that she was two-faced and insists she was just herself.
The actress - who had issues with MC Harvey, Coleen Nolan and Prince Lorenzo - said: "All of them had a game plan. But I could see straight through it.
"I think what they showed was a total lack of respect for their elders."
When asked about whether or not she was two-faced during the competition she replied: "I'm no behind-the-backer. I was just me all the way through. No games, no nothing."
Julie, 70, said the most difficult part about living with a lot of people was the hygiene issues with some contestants not helping out with the cleaning duties.
The small screen icon invented her own version of ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' to cheer herself up as she scrubbed other people's dirt. She changed the lyrics to "toilet queen, seldom seen, I am the toilet queen".
Julian won the competition last Friday (07.09.12) followed by Coleen Nolan in second place and Martin Kemp who came third.


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Family of man killed by Captain Aung Ko Ko Min from LIB #587 still waiting for answers after almost 3 months
August 10, 2018
It has been almost three months since Captain Aung Ko Ko Min from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #587 shot and killed U Tin Soe Myint, a villager from Kalagoke Island, Lamine Town, Ye Township, Mon State. However, the victim's family has yet to receive confirmation of the perpetrator's arrest and has had little communication regarding the case from either the military or the Mon State government.
The deceased man's father-in-law, Nai Chan Aye, explained that, "We sent a letter to the [Mon] State government and parliament in May. It has been about three months already, but we have heard nothing from them. We haven't even received any notifications from them. We would like to know whether they have charged the perpetrator."
Moreover, on July 27th, the victim's family had an appointment with a military commander from MOMC #19 in Ye Township and the family brought representatives from CSOs as support. However, the victim's family did not meet a military commander as he was on a trip; the family instead met with Deputy Commander Kyaw Zaw Lin.
Nai Chan Aye added, "the deputy commander said the military commander was on a trip. They said they investigated the case and sent a report to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. Once they receive a response from him, they will take action on the case. Currently, there has been no solution yet. In addition, we sent a letter to file a complaint to the Mon State government and parliament; we have not heard from them yet."
On June 26, the victim's family reported the case to the Mon State Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) as well.
"We reported about the case and would like to charge Captain Aung Ko Ko Min as an example for the other villages so that they do not to suffer like we are now in the future," added Nai Chan Aye.
Daw Khin Swe Thint, the victim's wife, said, "I want the truth. It has been nearly 3 months now [since we was killed] but I have heard nothing from the government. Now I live at my father's home and do not have many worries, yet but I have some difficulties for my children who are in school."
U Tin Soe Myint was killed after he failed to produce his National Registration Card (NRC) to Captain Aung Ko Ko Min.
U Tin Soe Myint's mother-in-law had borrowed 3,000,000 kyat (US $2,228.82) him, and he planned to take her farm if she could not repay the loan. His mother-in-law, however, rented her farm to another man, U Htay Ko, to grow crops on it. U Tin Soe Myint was unhappy about that, and destroyed U Htay Ko's fence. On May 13th, they called in the head of 100 households to solve the problem. Captain Aung Ko Ko Min went to the home of the 100 households head to discuss the dispute.
When U Tin Soe Myint informed the captain that he had lost his NRC, "the captain got up and kicked the victim once and punched him five times. He kicked him again as he was coming down the stairs. Three soldiers, wearing the victim's clothes, punched him down the stairs. After punching him, they took him to Tat–kone military base located between Auk–seik and Ah–le–seik on Kalagoke Island. They told me, his father–in–law, to go home," continued Nai Chan Aye.
An administrator from Ye Township explained, "once they got to the military base, the captain interrogated the victim again. Then the victim got angry and asked the captain, 'Who are you? Why are you doing this to me? What is your position?' The victim said that he could travel anywhere in Burma that he pleased. After that, the captain got angry and shot the victim with an A2–0929 gun at around 8 pm at night on May 16th."
The body was sent from Kalagoke Island to Lamine Hospital for forensic examination and his body was cremated in Lamine Township. Captain Aung Ko Ko Min was initially charged at the Lamine Police Station with murder under Article 302 of the Penal Code and detained at LIB No. 587 on May 18th.
U Tin Soe Myint is left behind by a wife and three children, one in Grade 9 and another in Grade 5.
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VIP for the day.
It was my parents 30th wedding anniversary back in July and a gift to my dad from my mum was to have a VIP experience with the giraffes at Woburn Safari Park. Now my mum isn't the best at taking photos, so I suggested that I went with them so I can get some for… Continue reading VIP for the day.


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TiVo has release TiVo ToGo for Windows2k and XP. I can't wait to give this a try tonight, I'll be even more excited when they release the OSX version.
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"2600.com is now making available an RSS feed for our readers' convenience. It contains the headlines for articles posted to our website, and in addition can be used to automate downloading of our radio programs Off the Hook and Off the Wall." – 2600 NEWS: NEW 2600 RSS FEED OTH/OTW SHOW DELIVERY
This kicks ass, I've been downloading them faithfully since that started putting them online way back when, now this will make it so much easier.
The Geek Politique Webcast talk show
The Geek Politique Webcast talk show
Welcome to Geek Politique!!. This new webcast from The GeekCast Network is specifically created to address the political issues from an IT industry and Geek reference.
This seems like a good idea, but where is my RSS feed with enclosures? Come on guys.
The Code of the Wild
"Merger of DNA technique, barcodes has potential for instant specimen ID"DallasNews.com
So when can I get my DNA scanner? This seem like a very cool way to ID bugs. But Until they hit the store shelves I guess I'll stick with my field guides.
"Just type in below what you want to find and Feedster will search
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Robotics, Machine Intelligence and the Future of Hospitals
Simon Associates Healthcare Innovation: Trends From The Trenches Webinar Series, April 24, 2015
At no other time in the modern history of healthcare has change and innovation been occurring so fast. Hospitals are beginning to adopt new technologies to meet the demand of delivering the lowest cost care at the highest level of reliability possible.
NBBJ Healthcare Strategist Donald Bellefeuille will lead a webinar entitled, Robotics, Machine Intelligence and the Future of Hospitals," that will explore one aspect of that change: the rapidly advancing field of robotics and machine intelligence and how it is impacting hospitals. The program will look at the current state of robots being used for logistical and clinical purposes, the emerging state of clinical robotics and machine intelligence, and the future state of autonomous machines and intelligence.
These developments will be summarized into a possible, provocative vision of what the hospital of the future might be.
Read Donald's post on nbbX, "When Will a Robot Replace Your Surgeon?"


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Wings on Wednesday take an unusual turn today as we use them in an usual context – a golden moon-like creature with wings… Interesting, right?!? Let's take a closer look… Our Crew member, Alicja Staszak, made a multi dimensional and full of textures wooden moon tag. She also shares her process in case you'd like to…


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Date(s) - February 12, 2015
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Oceanaire Seafood Room
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Costs for Networking
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All tickets are ADVANCE PURCHASE: https://2015-prestigewine-oceanaire.eventbrite.com
Winter Wine Tasting: Tour of Italy with Prestige Imports
An RSVP on the meetup is not a ticket We do not sell tickets at the door.
Join us for our first event of the year!
Prestige Wine Imports Regional Manager Jeff Wingate will be presenting wines from Italy at Oceanaire Seafood Room
When: Thursday February 12 2015 6:00pm-7:30pm
Where: Oceanaire Seafood Room Restaurant 400 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO
Light Rail Stop: Convention Center and walk a few blocks West
What: Highly rated wines from Italy presented by Jeffery Wingate, Regional Manager for Prestige Imports paired with appetizers
Cost: $31.99 Ticket Link https://2015-prestigewine-oceanaire.eventbrite.com
Crowd: Mostly Young to Mid Professionals
Dress: Dressy Casual/Dress to Impress
Crowd: Young/Mid Professionals
Dress: Party business casual/dress to impress. .
Please Note: NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR/NO WALK UPS!....sorry but we will have to turn away anyone who doesn't have an advance ticket as wine and food has been allotted based on the ticketed attendees and we do not handle money at the door. . Please see the Denver Wine Meetup for the refund policy.
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Christmas 2012 on BBC iPlayer
I'm Dave Price head of iPlayer here at the BBC.
Christmas is always a highlight of the TV calendar. If you're anything like my family, after a long Christmas dinner and a busy day unwrapping presents we gather around the telly watching the celebs on Strictly or the drama from Albert Square.
Happy 5th Birthday BBC iPlayer
Christmas Day is also a particularly special day for my team as it's BBC iPlayer's birthday. Five years ago we unwrapped iPlayer on the PC. Fast forward five years and it's the number one brand in the UK, and now on over 650 devices and platforms ranging from TV platforms and games consoles, to mobiles and tablets. In October we broke the 200 million-requests-per-month mark for the first time.
BBC iPlayer at Christmas
Christmas is a popular time of year for iPlayer. And with so many new gadgets given as gifts this year many of you downloaded the iPlayer app to watch and catch-up on the programmes you've missed.
On Christmas Day itself most viewing is via broadcast TV with families flocking around the best screen in the house. It's the days afterwards, especially Boxing Day and New Year's Day, when requests on iPlayer really start to peak - when many of you are catching up on those essential Christmas programmes.
During the festive season last year Monday 2 January was the best day BBC iPlayer ever had with 5.4 million TV programmes requested. This year Tuesday 1 January (New Year's Day) was the most popular for TV viewing with 6.7 million request for TV programmes.
Christmas 2012 on BBC iPlayer
This year we saw 77 million requests for TV and Radio programmes throughout the festive period (22 Dec - 1 Jan, excluding Virgin Cable data which is not yet available).
Throughout this period:
• The most popular day in terms of TV programme requests was New Year's Day.
• Doctor Who - The Snowmen was the most popular programme, followed by Eastenders and Miranda. Other top performing programmes were Outnumbered, Call the Midwife and Merlin(see table below for the top 20).
BBC iPlayer - whenever and wherever you want it
As I've talked about before one of our key goals for iPlayer in 2012 was to take it beyond the PC and onto a host of different devices from mobile smartphones and tablets to smart TVs and games consoles. We want to make it as easy as possible to watch and catch up on your favourite programmes.
It appears the UK was particularly generous with gifts this Christmas! We've witnessed a significant spike in users installing iPlayer on new tablets and smartphones with devices such as the Nexus 7, iPad and Kindle Fire HD proving popular.
Throughout the festive period we saw more and more viewers accessing programmes on mobiles, tablets and internet-connected TVs.
Please note: all the following data is for TV only, for a fair comparison across devices, some of which are not primarily used for radio listening.
On mobiles and tablets:
• Requests increased on Christmas Day +40% on tablets and +66% on mobiles compared with Christmas Eve. Mobile and tablet viewing requests grew even further on Boxing Day and saw another catch-up viewing peak on New Year's Day.
• During the whole festive period the iPlayer app was downloaded nearly one million times - with almost 300,000 downloads on Christmas Day alone.
• By the end of 2012 the iPlayer app had been downloaded nearly 13 million times.
Popular programmes on mobiles and tablets:
• While Doctor Who was in the top three most popular programmes for all types of device, the Christmas Day EastEnders was number one on mobiles and tablets across the festive period.
• Some comedy programmes such as Outnumbered also ranked more highly on mobiles and tablets.
But people still want to watch TV on a TV and with increasing numbers of TVs being connected to the internet iPlayer requests were also strong on these devices throughout this period.
On internet connected TVs (such as smart TVs, games consoles and TV platforms):
• These devices followed the overall pattern of viewing on PCs, since they saw stiff competition from live TV screens - dipping on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and picking up for catch-up viewing from 27 onwards. Requests from PCs saw their largest peak on New Year's Day.
• Most popular programmes were in line with the overall trend - Doctor Who, Miranda and EastEnders - with family films and comedy also very popular.
Happy New Year from BBC iPlayer
I hope you've had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the year ahead.
We've got lots of exciting plans to make iPlayer even better and look forward to sharing them with you in the months to come.
As always, it's great to hear your feedback, so please leave a comment below. Have a great 2013.
Dave Price is the head of BBC iPlayer, Programmes and On Demand, BBC Future Media.
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Comment number 1.At 03:51 4th Jan 2013, venessa wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
Comment number 2.At 06:16 5th Jan 2013, djp202 wrote:
I could easily see my own comment "moderated", the way I feel about this.
Just please note that I am yet another frustrated Nexus 7 user.
My first Android device was a phone which wouldn't work with the BBC, and one of my main reasons for buying my new tablet was to view BBC content.
Expletives flew when I switched on and discovered my Nexus was unsupported. It's fair to say that your lack of support completely flattened my excitement with (for me) a significant investment.
I won't bore you with my rage at how you've made such a smooth experience for Apple users.
At Christmas, you finally gave us partial use of the service.
It worked at my parents-in-law's house!
It worked at my sister's house!
Been home a week now, and all I can get when I select a programme is a spinning wheel for about 30secs followed by a return to the iPlayer programme selection screen.
Sometimes it tells me I have no network connection, try later.
I could cry.
It's 5am, I've been woken by the kids, I should jump back into bed, but I'm typing this because I'm so annoyed with this whole stupid situation.
Please at least consider what problem I may be having now, and contact me via email or on here.
Then I'll be able to sleep instead of wasting more hours when I should be asleep.
Comment number 3.At 14:24 5th Jan 2013, mindthegapiosandroid wrote:
Antiques Roadshow App? Why not concentrate on your core business - ie iplayer?Someone I know who works for the BBC said they had at least 10 fulltime staff + contractors working on that app for at least 6 months. Shame the BBC couldn't use that resource to sorting out android iplayer/bbc media player quality issues. As usual its senior management seems to have its priorities all wrong....
Comment number 4.At 09:53 26th Jan 2013, LinaBats wrote:
Dear Mr Price,
Please could you explain to me why, as a TV licence fee payer in Guernsey, I cannot view BBC iPlayer on my tablet? Why is the app not available in my jurisdiction? Is the technology really so poor that the Channel Islands can't be included? Please get it sorted! Soon!
Comment number 5.At 11:01 2nd Apr 2013, Peter Fagan wrote:
I'm very pleased with iPlayer overall. Recently I've noticed that radio programmes in the Android version can now be played in the background or with the screen locked – this means I no longer have to worry about the cloth in my coat pocket being interpreted as user interaction. I also appreciate the increase in HD availability.
The iPlayer in my Samsung TV, however, remains inadequate. It overrides the television's own volume control, replacing it with a native control that's not granular enough. So either dialogue gets lost or the noise is painfully loud. Please finesse the grain or, better yet, return volume control to the host device.


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The Hive is ready to host our biggest event of the year: the Veronica Beard Trunk Show. We have been unpacking boxes upon boxes of merchandise but it will be here for one weekend only, starting tomorrow, Friday, March 8, and we are so excited to share it with you! And did we mention The Shoe Hive will have shoes from this amazing line in the store just for this trunk show event, as well?
Wait, we didn't mention the best part…it is all 20 percent off and special orders are available. Wait, wait…we didn't mention the second best part, our representative from New York, Liz, is coming down all day on Friday to help us out. She is the greatest and will help you decide what VB pieces you need to make it through spring! Don't worry, if you can't make it in on Friday, I will be there all day Saturday, and if you can't make it in, call us and we will figure something out.
Since they are sending so many great pieces, we decided to break it down for you all by category below. Here it is, what you need for weekend wear, suiting, floral prints, spring's must-have dresses and skirts, and, of course, the Veronica Beard Scuba collection.
We have to talk for a moment about the scuba pieces, especially the blazers. If you haven't tried a blazer from them in the scuba material, you are missing out. It is the perfect weight fabric for all year, it won't wrinkle when you travel, and they all have the inside zipper so you can put a dickey in to change the look. They are the most comfortable and versatile piece of clothing you could ever own. They also make great skirts, pants, and dresses out of the same awesome material.
I am telling you, these pieces are life changing. Okay, they are at least wardrobe changing. Come in to the trunk show and see for yourself!


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Airdate: 3/5/87
Frasier's old college bud, Simon Finch-Royce, is now an esteemed marriage counselor; upon hearing this, Diane thinks it would be a dandy idea if he would evaluate her and Sam's marriage potential in an actual session (Frasier agrees to foot the bill as a wedding present). After hearing about their backgrounds and the answers to two simple questions about honesty, he glibly proclaims that they are completely incompatible and are "an accident waiting to marry." Diane's not about to take this lying down; she and Sam go to Simon's hotel room, first to confirm that his no verdict was all but a test of their resolve (it wasn't), then to challenge his assessment, again and again and again. The good doctor finally breaks, changing his pronouncement to the affirmative (albeit sarcastically). A satisfied Diane: "See?"
Definitely one of the best episodes of the series thus far. John Cleese absolutely delivers in his role as Dr. Finch-Ryce, a role that's tailor-written for him, mixing all together his usual trademarks: haughty contempt for Americans, ultra-dry sarcasm, and a cool, collected poise that slowly deteriorates into a frazzled, manic breakdown (those expected a typical Cleese wig-out scene will not be disappointed). He's sort of a surrogate for Frasier here, as the bearer of bad news a la the "Triangle" episode – of course, we get far more Yankee barbs this time. Interestingly, the second episode in a row about honesty in a relationship; equally interesting: both arguments seem to favor dishonesty!
Sort of a subplot involves Frasier allowing the Sam/Diane intrusion as revenge for getting stiffed with a $1,5000 counseling fee.
Cold open: Norm leaves Cheers to go to a health club, which his wife had gotten him a membership to. He's going to do 25 in the pool. "Laps," asks Frasier? "No, cannonballs!"


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The online application pro cess for next year's Secon dary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam will commence on September 15.
The Maharashtra State Bo ard of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), in a circular, has appealed to colleges to prepare students' basic information in advance. This is to shorten the time required for the form filling process, which in turn will lower the burden on the servers.
Schools have been advised to download the format and take note of the changes.
Official Website: https://www.mahahsscboard.maharashtra.gov.in/index.htm


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HULA Early Childhood Council Meeting
October 10, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Huerfano-Las Animas Counties Early Childhood Advisory Council meeting to discuss the council goals based upon four domain: Health, social/emotional health, early care and family support and education. The meeting is open to the public.
This meeting will take place Wednesday, October 10, at 1:00 PM at the Las Animas County Health Department.
Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Department
412 Benedicta Ave, Trinidad, Colorado 81082
For more information, see the HULA Facebook page.


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Not for school exams though..
But rather for my work!
May I present you the...
Super thick right?
It's even thicker than my notes back in Uni!
So yeah, like they said...
Well, hopefully I can still finish it asap!
After all, who doesn't want to be a pro right? =D
So one day, I'm gonna be a quality pro! *start dreaming* LOL
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New and Amended Maritime Agreements Filed
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued notice that the following new or amended agreements have been filed. Interested parties may submit comments by May 15.
Hoegh/Hyundai Glovis Middle East Space Charter Agreement (Hoegh Autoliners AS and Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.) – The amendment would add Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey to the scope of the agreement and convert the agreement to a two-way space charter.
Hyundai Glovis/Grimaldi Space Charter Agreement (Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd. and Grimaldi Deep Sea S.p.A. and Grimaldi Euromed S.p.A. (acting as a single party)) – The amendment revises the geographic scope of the agreement to include all ports in Germany and Belgium and add Italy.
WWL/Hyundai Glovis Space Charter Agreement (Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS and Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.) – The amendment deletes the expiration date of the agreement and makes the duration of the agreement indefinite.
Schuyler Line/US Ocean Space Charter and Cooperative Working Agreement (Schuyler Line Navigation Company LLC and U.S. Ocean LLC) – The agreement would authorize the parties to charter space on each other's vessels in the trade between the U.S. and certain countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.


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Imatech carries out site work Australia-wide, ranging from coating application, installation of Imatech systems, maintenance and monitoring services, to plant optimisation and life extension services. Imatech workshop facilities are located strategically around the country, with the central Imatech workshop in Cardiff, New South Wales and other facilities in Perth.
Our experienced team of specialists provide on-going project management and site services for projects of all scopes where abrasion and corrosion can cause issues. We work with our customers to deliver economical long term solutions, utilising the latest technology lining, wear resistant coating systems and site services that comply with the requirements of AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008.
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Thunder, fireworks and other phobias
The fear felt by the animal relates to stimuli that do not involve real dangers, but nevertheless, if the stimulus persists, fear becomes more and more intense, even causing very extreme and harmful reactions for the animal and its environment. The dog may suffer greatly for something that will not hurt it, but it does not know this.
The most common phobias in dogs are in response to loud sounds (thunder, fireworks, gunshots, sirens), persons, foreign objects, children, and, in general, anything the dog has not been exposed to when it was a puppy. Other less common phobias are related to some odours (like the smell of veterinary centres) or people who use special mechanisms to move: bicycles, wheelchairs, crutches, etc.
One of the causes of phobias to loud noises can be the great hearing ability of dogs, which can make some sound stimuli more unpleasant for them than for us and they can even be painful. Another cause may be that the dog associates a stimulus with some type of trauma experienced when it was a very small puppy.
Phobia symptoms are very characteristic and easy to identify but may vary from one dog to another. They range from the desperate search for a safe place to hide inside the house to scratching the door to try to run from it or seeking contact with the owner. We will also observe that the animal experiences intense shaking, howling, whining, pants, urinates or defecates and may even throw up in extreme cases.
The procedure that is usually most successful in alleviating the effects of phobias is to undergo behavioural therapy, but it involves a lot of patience, time and perseverance. It consists of two different patterns of training: desensitisation and counter-conditioning.
Desensitisation consists of accustoming the dog to the stimulus, exposing it to it slowly and progressively increasing the time or the intensity of the stimulus gradually, thus allowing the dog to assimilate it.
Counter-conditioning consists of teaching it a different behaviour to the one the dog shows in the problematic situation, such as fleeing or hiding. Therefore, in a relaxing situation and by using rewards, we teach the dog the exercise of sitting still, for example, and we then practice this exercise after playing a recording of thunder, rewarding the dog for performing the exercise correctly. This way, when the dog hears thunder or another annoying sound, we can get it to listen to us when we say "still".
In conclusion, it is very important to detect strange behaviours on the part of our canine companions in response to certain stimuli to try to alleviate them and improve their quality of life.


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Hello, Happy People! Welcome to another Monday batch of Happy Tweets!
If you are new, first of all, welcome! Mondays (sometimes Tuesdays or even Thursdays) on Roamin4Happiness are reserved for Happy Tweets that I have discovered that are not only joyful, but also motivating, with a few sprinkled in to make you question your actions, life, and PURPOSE! They are meant to challenge all of us, and to help us start the week out as positively as possible!
So, read on, and ENJOY!


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Effective 05/02/20 we will be open.
Welcome to Shortee's!
Shortee's is a par 3 pitch-and-putt course. We are located at the corner of 96th Street and Westfield Blvd., just south of I-465. The facility houses a netted driving range, an 18 hole pitch and putt golf course, and a 9 hole foot golf course. All of the holes on the course are between 50 and 100 yards. Whether you are a beginner to the game, or an experienced golfer looking to improve your game, Shortee's is the perfect place to come for a round of golf!


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