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In discussing the theme of biblical miracles, several important areas of consideration must be surveyed.
First, exactly what is a miracle? People use that term rather loosely—frequently, not at all in a scriptural sense. And what are those tell-tale traits that identify the miracle and distinguish it from a natural phenomenon? If folks only knew what to look for in certifying the miraculous, they surely would be aware that supernatural deeds are not being performed in this age.
Second, what was the design of those “wonders” which are described so dramatically in the Bible? And how did those demonstrating these “signs” come to possess them? Further, does the Bible itself contain any information as to whether miraculous displays would be perpetual, i.e., until the end of time, or whether they were to be confined to a relatively brief span of history?
Finally, if genuine miracles are not a part of today’s world, just how does one explain the feats which are flaunted by so-called modern “faith-healers”? These are questions which we propose to answer in this study.
How does one define a miracle?
A miracle is an event which the forces of nature—including the natural powers of man—cannot of themselves produce, and which must, therefore, be referred to a supernatural agency (Fisher 1900, 9).
A miracle is a divine operation that transcends what is normally perceived as natural law; it cannot be explained upon any natural basis.
First, there are supernatural acts of creation. Certain creation activities were accomplished by the word of God (Hebrews 11:3); he merely spoke, and it was done (Psalm 33:9). Obviously, this type of divine action is not being duplicated today since the creation process of the material universe was concluded at the end of the initial week of earth’s history (Genesis 2:1-2).
Second, there were miracles which involved a temporary and localized suspension of laws regulating nature. Jesus calmed a ferocious storm on the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:23-27), and, on another occasion, he walked upon the waters of the lake (John 6:16-21).
Third, there were signs which involved the healing of man’s physical body. The blind were made to see (John 9:1-7), and the lame to walk (Acts 3:1-10).
Fourth, there were signs demonstrating divine power over death. Lazarus, dead four days, was raised (John 11:43-44), and, of course, the resurrection of Christ is the very foundation of the Christian system (1 Corinthians 15:16-19).
Fifth, some of the wonders of the New Testament age had to do with the expulsion of demons that had entered into human bodies (Matthew 12:22ff). This was evidence of the fact that the Savior’s power was superior to that of Satan.
Sixth, the exhibition of divine authority was seen in the manipulation of certain material things. Christ turned water into wine (John 2:1-11), and multiplied a lad’s loaves and fishes, so that thousands were fed (John 6:1-14).
Seventh, miraculous power was demonstrated in both the plant and animal kingdoms. Balaam’s donkey spoke with a man’s voice (Numbers 22:28), and the Lord Jesus, in an object lesson relative to the impending destruction of Jerusalem, destroyed a fig tree with but a word from his mouth (Matthew 21:19). In this study, we will limit ourselves mostly to a consideration of miracles recorded in the New Testament record.
What are the traits of a genuine miracle, as opposed to feigned signs? Consider the following facts.
A supernatural display of divine power is not an arguable proposition; it is a dramatic, demonstrable fact. No where in the New Testament is there a record of a divine spokesman arguing for the validity of miracles. No logical scheme is needed to establish such a case. Miracles either happen, or they don’t.
When Jesus performed signs, even his enemies did not deny the effect of such; they merely attempted to attribute his power to some other source (e.g., Satan; cf. Matthew 12:24). The leaders of the Jewish community did not doubt that Peter and John had performed a notable miracle when they healed the lame man at the temple; rather, they sought to mute the sign’s impact by threats of violence (cf. Acts 4:14ff).
Is anything being done today of such compelling nature as to elicit this type of reaction?
Those performing wonders in the first century did not do so for the purpose of enhancing themselves financially—unlike the wealthy “faith-healers” of today. When Peter encountered the lame man of Acts 3, he had no money (v. 6).
As a general rule, the miracles of the Bible era were done in the presence of a multitude of credible witnesses—even hostile observers. When the Lord multiplied the loaves and fishes, possibly some ten thousand or more people were present (cf. John 6:10ff). Truly, the signs validating Christianity were not “done in a corner” (Acts 26:26).
Actual signs must be independent of secondary causes. By this we mean there must be no possible way to explain the miracle in a natural fashion.
One is reminded of the boy whose cat gave birth to kittens. When the lad noticed the kittens were blind, he prayed for them. Sure enough, in about nine days they all could see! Hardly a miracle.
Can the miracles of Christ be explained in any natural fashion? They cannot. For instance it cannot be argued that the blind man of John 9:1ff was psychosomatically afflicted, for the gentleman had been born in that condition. How can a perfectly restored ear, that had been amputated, be explained by current processes (Luke 22:50-51)?
Even ancient enemies of Christianity, like Celsus and Porphyry, admitted that Jesus did certain extraordinary deeds; they suggested, of course, that it was mere “magic.” Their charges, however, are indirect testimony to the supernatural works of Christ. But who can remember a single “miracle” that Oral Roberts or Jimmy Swaggart is supposed to have performed?
We submit, therefore, that so-called modern miracles do not meet the criteria suggested above. They thus must be rejected and explained upon some other basis.
What was the purpose of miracles in the ministry of Christ, or in the apostolic age? As noted above, their design must be consistent with the lofty theme of redemption.
And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed (Mark 16:20).
The function of the signs was to confirm the revelatory process, i.e., the word of truth being communicated from God to man.
spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will (2:3-4).
Of special interest in these passages is the term “confirm” (Grk. bebaioo). The word denotes evidence that establishes the validity of the divinely-given word (Brown 1975, 658). The supernatural gifts of the primitive age, therefore, had as their design the establishment of the credibility of Christ and his spokesmen, and so ultimately, the validation of their message, namely, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the world!
Now observe this very important point. If it can be established that those early miracles do corroborate the testimony of Christ, and those commissioned by him; and further, that the recording of these events in the New Testament was designed to perpetually accomplish that function, then it stands as demonstrated that the repetition of such signs is not needed today.
The fact is, that is exactly what is affirmed by the apostle John. He declares that the “signs” of Christ, which he records in his gospel account, “are written [gegraptai—perfect tense, abiding effect] that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:31).
A. T. Robertson notes that this book “has had precisely this effect of continuous and successive confirmation of faith in Jesus Christ through the ages” (Robertson 1932, 317). Even those who claim that God is working miracles today, when asked if they believe that the recorded miracles of Christ in the New Testament are sufficient to establish faith in him, will answer affirmatively.
It ought to be abundantly clear, therefore, that since the miracles of the Bible continue to accomplish their original purpose, there is no need for a repetition of them today. They are not being replicated in this age!
Next, one should explore the method of gift reception, as that concept is set forth in the New Testament. Christ, of course, was empowered directly by God to work miracles. Such signs demonstrated that he was a “man approved of God” (Acts 2:22).
So far as New Testament information goes, there were only two ways by which others received spiritual gifts in the apostolic era. The first was by means of Holy Spirit baptism, i.e., an overwhelming direct endowment of the Spirit’s power. Second, miraculous gifts were bestowed by the imposition of the apostles’ hands. Let us consider the biblical facts regarding these two matters.
Holy Spirit baptism was demonstrated in only two New Testament situations. It was given to the apostles of Christ (Acts 1:5; 2:4). Then, as a very special case, it was received by the household of Cornelius (Acts 10:44-47; 11:15-17). Is Holy Spirit baptism available today? We can show that it is not by the following logical argument.
First, when Paul wrote to the Ephesians (ca. A.D. 62), he affirmed that there was but “one baptism” at that time (4:5). It is generally conceded that this baptism must be either Holy Spirit baptism or water baptism. If it can be established that the one baptism of Ephesians 4:5 is water baptism, then it is obvious that Spirit baptism was no longer available.
That water baptism is age-lasting is demonstrated by the fact that it is the baptism of the great commission (cf. Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:16). In Matthew’s account, the Lord promised that as long as his people were making disciples, baptizing, teaching, etc., he would accompany them always, even to the end of the age. Whatever the baptism of this passage is, therefore, it continues in force until the end.
This baptism, however, must be water baptism, as evidenced by the fact that it is administered by human beings: “Go . . . make disciples . . . baptizing . . .” On the other hand, Holy Spirit baptism had no human administrator; it was bestowed directly by Christ (Matthew 3:11).
It must be concluded, therefore, that the one baptism of Ephesians 4:5 was water baptism; consequently, Holy Spirit baptism had become obsolete. Such being the case, spiritual gifts are not received via Holy Spirit baptism today.
Other than by Holy Spirit baptism, miraculous gifts could be conveyed only by an apostle of Christ. Note the evidence.
Philip, the evangelist (not an apostle), could perform miracles, but he could not pass that gift along to others. Accordingly, apostles, namely Peter and John, were sent to Samaria, where Philip had been preaching, so that the church there might be furnished with certain divine gifts (cf. Acts 8:5-6; 14-17).
In connection with the foregoing circumstances, Simon the sorcerer “saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given” (Acts 8:18). He wanted to purchase that privilege for himself, but he was informed that he had neither part nor lot in that matter, i.e., the impartation of spiritual gifts.
At Ephesus, Paul laid his hands on twelve converts and “they spake with tongues and prophesied” (Acts 19:6).
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord (1 Corinthians 9:2).
The Corinthian church (with its spiritual gifts) was, therefore a “seal” (divine documentation of Paul’s apostleship), and accordingly, indirect evidence that such gifts were received only from an apostle!
Paul urged Timothy to “stir up the gift of God,” which, says he, “is in you through [dia—denoting the instrument or agency by means of which the gift was imparted (Arndt and Gingrich 1923, 179)] the laying on of my hands” (2 Timothy 1:6).
Some argue that 1 Timothy 4:14 indicates that Timothy had received a spiritual gift from a certain “eldership,” which establishes a precedent for the reception of supernatural powers from a non-apostolic source. However, the passage does not suggest that.
Timothy had received a gift “by prophecy, with [meta] the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.” Meta simply denotes “attendant circumstances” and does not suggest that the gift came by the hands of the elders (Green 1907, 207).
This verse asserts that Timothy had received a spiritual gift on the same general occasion when elders had laid hands upon the evangelist—doubtless to appoint him to some special mission. It does not affirm that the elders themselves imparted miracle-working ability to Timothy.
Since, therefore, there is no Holy Spirit baptism today; and further, since there are no apostles (or successors to them) in this age, it should be quite clear that men are not in possession of supernatural gifts of the Spirit in this post-apostolic era of the Christian dispensation.
Were miraculous gifts to abide with the church until the end of time, or, due to their specific design, were they only a temporary phenomena? This matter is discussed rather comprehensively in two New Testament contexts. We will consider each of these.
In 1 Corinthians 13, the inspired apostle addresses the duration of spiritual gifts in the Lord’s church. He commences by showing that these gifts must be exercised in love, for miraculous powers, void of love, were worthless. This theme was quite appropriate in view of the disposition of rivalry which threatened the unity of the Corinthian congregation (some exalting certain gifts above others, etc.).
From this initial instruction there is a very natural transition into the character and permanence of love, in contrast to the transitory function of spiritual gifts.
Of the nine gifts mentioned in 12:8-10, Paul selects three to illustrate his argument. Significantly, all three were related directly to the revealing of God’s will to man. The apostle affirms that prophecies shall be done away, tongues shall cease, knowledge (i.e., supernatural knowledge) shall be done away. It is wonderfully clear, therefore, that these three gifts (and by implication all miraculous gifts) were not designed to be a permanent fixture within the church.
In 1 Corinthians 13:9, Paul contends that God’s will, by means of these spiritual gifts (knowledge, prophecy, etc.) was made known gradually, i.e., “in part.” The expression “in part” translates the Greek to ek merous, literally, “the things in part.” It denotes “a part as opposed to the whole” (Abbott-Smith 1923, 284).
And so, we make the following argument: The “in-part” things shall be done away. But, the in-part things are the supernatural gifts by which the will of God was revealed. Thus, the supernatural gifts, by which the will of God was made known, were to be terminated.
So, we may reason as follows: Whatever the in-part things are partially, the whole is, in completed form. But, the in-ppart things were the spiritual gifts employed in the revealing of God’s will (word). Therefore, the whole was God’s will (word)—as conveyed through the gifts—completely revealed.
God’s revelation is being made known part-by-part, through the use of spiritual gifts; when that revelation is completed, these gifts will be needed no longer, hence, will pass away from the church’s possession.
With the completion of Apostolic testimony and the completion of the Scriptures of truth (“the faith once for all delivered to the saints”, Jude 3. R.V.), “that which is perfect” had come, and the temporary gifts were done away (1951, 184).
Remember this vital point: spiritual gifts and the revelatory process were to be co-extensive. If men are performing miracles today, their messages are as binding as the New Testament record! If such is the case, the New Testament is not the final word.
The original word denotes “complete qualification for a specific purpose” (The Analytical Greek Lexicon n.d., 220). Or, as Arndt and Gingrich render it, “to equip the saints for service” (1967, 419).
Moreover, the duration of these supernatural governments was specified. They were to continue “till we all attain unto the unity of the faith” (4:13). “Till” is from mechri, and it suggests a “specification of time up to which this spiritual constitution was designed to last” (Ellicott 1978, 95).
The word “unity” (henotes) basically means “oneness” (_The Analytical Greek Lexicon n.d., 119). It derives from the term hen, the neuter of heis, and it emphasizes oneness “in contrast to the parts, of which a whole is made up” (Arndt and Gingrich 1967, 230).
Finally, the expression “the faith” refers to the revealed gospel system (cf. Galatians 1:23; 1 Timothy 5:8).
And so, to sum up: the apostle contends that spiritual gifts would continue until the gospel system, in its individual parts (as portrayed in 1 Corinthians 13), came together in oneness, i.e., the completed or whole revelation (New Testament record) (see MacKnight 1954, 335). Ephesians 4 and 1 Corinthians 13 are wonderfully complimentary.
We will now consider a couple of arguments that frequently are employed in an attempt to prove that miracles did not cease with the apostolic age.
First, some contend Paul taught that spiritual gifts would continue to the very end, i.e., unto the coming of Christ. First Corinthians 1:6-8 is cited to establish this. We offer the following points.
It is not certain that miraculous gifts are even in view within this context. Meyer argues that spiritual blessings in general are under consideration, not miraculous gifts (1879, 19).
Even if miraculous gifts are in view, the text no more asserts that they will be operative until the Lord’s return, than it does that the Corinthians themselves would remain alive until that event.
The word “end” can mean “to the uttermost” (cf. John 13:1), and thus the reference may not be to the end of time.
One may be confirmed (sustained) through the message of the inspired Word (2 Timothy 3:16,17), hence, be unreprovable in the day of Christ, without needing to possess supernatural gifts.
Second, it is claimed that the Lord is as powerful today as he was in the first century; and so, he can perform signs today.
But the question is not one of God’s power; it is a matter of his will. Does he will to perform miracles today? He does not will to create men directly from the dust of the earth. He does not will to feed us with manna from heaven, etc., though he is powerful enough to do such feats. The “he-has-the-power” quibble proves nothing.
The scholarly T.H. Horne presented a remarkable summary statement of this matter that is worthy of consideration.
Why are not miracles now wrought?—we remark that, the design of miracles being to confirm and authorize the Christian religion, there is no longer any occasion for them, now that it is established in the world, and is daily extending its triumphs in the heathen lands by the divine blessing of the preached gospel. Besides, if they were continued, they would be of no use, because their force and influence would be lost by the frequency of them; for, miracles being a sensible suspension or controlment of—or deviation from—the established course or laws of nature, if they were repeated on every occasion, all distinctions of natural and supernatural would vanish, and we should be at a loss to say, which were the ordinary and which the extraordinary works of Providence. Moreover, it is probable that, if they were continued, they would be of no use, because those persons who refuse to be convinced by the miracles recorded in the New Testament, would not be convinced by any new ones: for it is not from want of evidence, but from want of sincerity, and out of passion and prejudice, that any man rejects the miracles related in the Scriptures; and the same want of sincerity, the same passions and prejudices, would make him resist any proof, any miracle whatever. Lastly, a perpetual power of working of miracles would in all ages give occasion to continual impostures, while it would rescind and reverse all the settled laws and constitutions of Providence. Frequent miracles would be taught to proceed more from some defect in nature than from the particular interposition of the Deity; and men would become atheists by means of them, rather than Christians (1841, 117).
How does one deal with the alleged “miracles” of this modern age? In the first place, we really are not obligated to defend as divine a modern event simply because it may have certain elements that are difficult to explain. There are many illusions that modern magicians perform which the average person cannot explain; but they do have natural explanations. They are not miracles.
That aside, there are several possible bases for so-called modern miracles. As an example, let us focus upon alleged faith healings.
Some instances of faith healings are pure fakery. Consider the case of Peter Popoff, miracle-working cleric of Upland, California. Popoff, who claimed the supernatural ability to provide secret information about people in his audiences (in conjunction with “healing” them), was receiving such data through a tiny hearing aid, the messages being transmitted by his wife from backstage.
Prominent magician James Randi exposed the entire affair on nationwide television (1987, 139-181). Randi also demonstrated that Popoff was providing rented wheelchairs for people who could actually walk; then, at his services, he was pronouncing them healed.
Some “miracle cures” are claimed by people who honestly believe that God has healed them. The fact is, however, they had nothing organically wrong with them. Their ailment was psychosomatic. This means that though some bodily feature was actually affected, the real root of the problem was mental or emotional; hence, by suggestion a cure might be effected.
It is generally believed by experienced physicians that at least two-thirds of the ordinary cases of sickness which doctors are called upon to treat would, if left entirely alone, recover without the aid of the doctor or his medicine (1929, 15).
Taking advantage of this type of sickness, the faith-healer, in an atmosphere of hysteria and feverish emotionalism, produces some phenomenal “cures.” But there is nothing miraculous about such cases.
A physician in Toronto, Canada investigated thirty cases in which Oral Roberts claimed miraculous healing was effected; he “found not one case that could not be attributed to psychological shock or hysteria” (Randi 1987, 288). Dr. Sadler affirmed that after twenty-five years of sympathetic research into faith-healing, he had not observed a solitary case of an organic disease being healed.
It is commonly known that an African witch-doctor can literally command a believer in voodoo to die, and within the prescribed time, the victim will expire. This evidences the powerful control of the mind over the body. Surely no one will claim, though, that a witch-doctor has the Spirit of God.
Another explanation for some so-called faith cures is a phenomenon known as spontaneous remission. Spontaneous remission is an unexpected withdrawal of disease symptoms, and an inexplicable disappearance of the ailment. It occurs in about one out of every eighty thousand cancer patients.
Joseph Mayerle of Bremerton, Washington had exploratory surgery; it was discovered that he was consumed with cancer. His physicians gave him only a few months to live. Months sped by and his disease utterly vanished. There was nothing miraculous about it. According to newspaper accounts, Mr. Mayerle, a bartender, made no claim to faith, prayer, or a miracle-cure. Wouldn’t a faith-healer have delighted in taking credit for that case?
There is one final point of this presentation that needs to be pressed with great vigor. There is no alleged miracle being performed today by Pentecostals, or those of a similar “Christian” persuasion, that cannot be duplicated by various cults and non-Christian sects.
Those who practice Christian Science, Mormonism, Catholicism, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, Psychic Healing, Scientology, New Age Crystal Healing, etc., claim the same type of signs as the Pentecostals. In fact, more than 20 million Americans annually report mystic experiences (including healing) in their lives (Psychology Today 1987, 64).
Since the Scriptures clearly teach that the purpose of miracles, as evidenced in biblical days, was to confirm the message proclaimed, hence, to validate the Christian system, do the multiple alleged examples of miracle-workings indicate that the Lord has authenticated all of these woefully contradictory systems? Think of the implications of that—especially in light of Paul’s affirmation that God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).
There is abundant evidence that genuine miracles were performed by divinely appointed persons in the first century, but there is no proof whatever that such wonders are being replicated in this modern age.
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On episode nine of Mic Dispatch, correspondent Chantel Simpson talks to comedians Eric Schwartau and Steven Phillips-Horst, the co-creators of Talk Hole, an inclusive comedy show in New York City. Then, correspondent J.D. Samson buzzes around Manhattan with comedian and drag king Murray Hill to get Hill’s perspective on drag and the entertainment industry’s many glass ceilings.
Murray Hill, comedian and drag king: Instead of waiting for someone to invite you into the private club, you make your own club and you invite everybody. And that’s been my thing since day one of doing Murray.
Jordyn Rolling, correspondent: Hey guys, I’m Jordyn Rolling, in for Natasha Del Toro this week. On this episode of Mic Dispatch, we explore the expanding world of inclusive comedy. First up is ‘Talk Hole,’ a show on a mission to change the predominately white and cis male industry through its diverse lineups and subversive style. Correspondent Chantel Simpson got to hang out with the show’s hilarious creators.
Chantel Simpson, correspondent, to Eric Schwartau and Steven Phillips-Horst, co-creators of Talk Hole: What would you say to people who think women and gay comedians are not funny?
Chantel Simpson, to camera: I’m here at Asia Roma, waiting for Eric and Steven, the duo behind Talk Hole, a comedy show like no other.
Phillips-Horst: Are straight men funny? That’s my question. I’m not sure they are. I think that, you know, I think there’s something about being, like, what society has viewed as the neutral form for so long that’s, like, really unfunny. That’s like — that’s just like kind of deeply, deeply boring.
Simpson: Talk Hole is a comedy show that’s gained notoriety within New York’s alternative comedy scene. Why? Well, here, comedians can literally let their hair down.
Phillips-Horst: My former manager called me a hyphenate.
Schwartau: What does that mean?
Phillips-Horst: It means I write, I sing, I act. I’m not really known for my dancing, but I can do it.
Simpson: Can you show us a little bit of your moves?
Phillips-Horst: Yeah. It’s one of my things. That was 720 degrees, I think.
Schwartau: There’s no green room besides, like, this kind of wet spot where we start the show. You’ll see that there’s a fly in there. So this is kind of where the magic happens.
Phillips-Horst: We started in 2015, and here we are three and a half years later, still in a basement.
Phillips-Horst: Yep. Haven’t really evolved.
Simpson (voiceover): But what has evolved is the community of dedicated fans that flock to Talk Hole’s shows. They come for the atmosphere but stay to laugh out loud at the comics handpicked by the duo.
Simpson, to Schwartau and Phillips-Horst: How would you describe the demographic of performers that you have onstage?
Phillips-Horst: Queer people of color. Men.
Phillips-Horst: Cis white gay men. That’s us.
Max Wittert, comedian, performing at Talk Hole: I’m just gonna take a swing at political ****, you guys, because there’s just like no other choice at this point. Like, I can’t just sit up here and start talking about the normal stuff that I talk about, like, you know, like, getting **** on or whatever. But I’ll try to work it in.
Simpson: Why don’t you book straight white guys?
Schwartau: ’Cause they’re not allowed. We want people to know they’re coming to a space where, like, they’re not going to hear jokes that have traditionally — usually are said by straight men that, you know, diminish women or minorities because that was obviously comedy like many years ago.
Phillips-Horst: And comedy still today. There’s so much straight guys out there, they don’t need more venues. You know, there’s like — their voice has been heard and it’s being heard and no matter what we do, it’s going to be heard. So like there’s no need for us to elevate those voices.
Simpson (voiceover): In addition to hosting their nontraditional comedy show, Eric and Steven dabble in creating videos that make fun of creatives and millennial consumer culture.
Phillips-Horst: You know, in this day and age, especially in the creative economy, like so many people’s jobs is just sitting around trying to think of ideas. We’re self-satirizing as much as we’re satirizing everyone else who has to do that for living.
Simpson (voiceover): Each Talk Hole show is generally centered around a theme.
Simpson: What does that mean?
Phillips-Horst: Well, we saw these ads and we were like, “Shame is being sold to us.” And we were also seeing pride sold to us and we were just like, “Well, what’s the flip side of pride?” It’s shame. But I think it’s also more broadly relatable — not just to gay people, but to anyone. Because, you know, we’re all walking around with huge bags of shame.
Simpson, to Jon Wan, performer: Oh my god.
Simpson: It smells so bad.
Wan: It’s truly walls inside of walls. Look at these boxes.
Simpson: So why is Talk Hole such a special comedy night?
Wan: The line up is diverse. When you have performers that have different backgrounds and different points of view, it makes for a richer comedy and a richer performance and better storytelling.
Simpson: What do you want Talk Hole’s legacy to be?
Phillips-Horst: Wow. So we’re dead.
Phillips-Horst: Cool. You know, it was the Patti Smith of its day, you know. People were shooting up in the bathroom, you know. There were punks. There were artists. There were people, you know — there were, you know, rabble-rousers and anarchists, and they all came together to laugh as the world was burning. Right?
Schwartau: Yeah. I was just thinking how this couple met at Talk Hole. And I love that. Like, I just want people to have these stories of their youth back in the day. I mean, I think this is just the beginning. I mean, I want to put, you know, a justice on the Supreme Court eventually.
Phillips-Horst: Yeah, or island or something. I want to annex something, but in a nice way.
Schwartau: So that’s about it.
Rolling: And in our next story, we meet comedian and drag king Murray Hill, who’s been pushing comedic boundaries since the ’90s. Hill recently caught the mainstream media’s attention after actress Scarlett Johansson dropped out of the upcoming film Rub and Tug due to backlash surrounding Johansson — a cis woman — being cast to play a transgender man. Hill’s name was circulated as a possible replacement. J.D. Samson explores the struggles drag kings like Hill face in the entertainment industry.
J.D. Samson, correspondent: I know how hard it can be to make it in the entertainment industry as a genderqueer woman. I’ve been thinking a lot about drag kings and how they make a lot less money than drag queens. They also struggle with inclusivity and visibility within the drag community. Is it simply because we want to see the glitter and fancy outfits, or is it part of a wider issue of existing within a patriarchal society? I’m on my way to meet up with Mr. Murray Hill, comedian and veteran of the drag king community, who in his words has been the next big thing for the past 20 years.
Hill: Over 20 years, I’ve been out on the streets looking like this. I’m not reading books, you know, writing a thesis at Oberlin College. I’ve been discussing gender issues, politics out there, which is part of, you know, feminist performance art. You live it. You embody it.
Samson (voiceover): Murray performs as an old-timey, middle-aged showman — mixing stand-up and silly song-and-dance routines to unsettle audience members.
Hill: Again, the language was very different back then. There wasn’t any. But, you know, I’m like, where’s the lesbians? Where’s the butches? Is there an opposite of drag queen?
Hill: I think that was 1994 I ran for mayor against Giuliani, who’s now even more crazy.
Samson: Oh I remember that so well.
Hill: Because that’s when, you know, Giuliani was enforcing those cabaret laws that just were overturned like last year.
Hill: Because dancing was illegal in clubs.
Hill: And mostly targeted the gay clubs, of course.
Hill: I’ve always felt there was a ceiling for me in everything — in my whole life. There’s eight glass ceilings and then there’s another glass ceiling that’s called RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Samson: “And it’s not going to happen.” Has anyone said that to you, or do you feel like that ever?
Hill: Oh yeah, I hear that all of the time! Instead of waiting for someone to invite you into the private club, you make your own club and you invite everybody. And that’s been my thing from day one doing Murray.
Samson (voiceover): Murray’s unwavering optimism, however, seemed to conceal more complex feelings about what it means to be on the outside looking into a male-dominated industry.
Samson: It’s complicated to see how much drag queens are making and all the outlets they have in which to make money.
Hill: So I don’t necessarily always think it’s an individual issue, I think it’s like a larger societal issue and that it’s much more complicated. You get down to money, you know. Who makes more money, who’s spending money at clubs, who’s going out and buying more drinks, who’s going out and having the apps? Lesbians can’t sustain their positions, from a monetary point of view.
Samson: Due to many factors such as gentrification and the mainstreaming of queer culture, lesbian bars have become few and far between in New York and all over the world.
Hill: Every lesbian bar has closed. You can’t really blame that on RuPaul.
Hill: I definitely get frustrated, sure.
Hill: The drag queens — it’s funny, it’s bright colors, it’s excitement. Femininity is so blown out everywhere — in fashion magazines, in movies. When you’re impersonating a guy, it’s like, who gives a ****?
Samson: How do you feel like Murray contributes to the identity politics conversation of now?
Hill: There’s been so much fighting for equality, and lot of suffering. And that’s all so that we can get to a place of choice and freedom. It’s not to a place, where you — now you enter like ******, you know, like, a queer coin slot, where it’s like, “OK, nickels go here, dimes go here.” It’s like, it’s all separate. “Drag king” is too specific. That’s like when they say “black female comedian.” It’s like, well, they don’t say that for the guys.
Hill: For me, the evolution of it is just being like everybody else — not that I’m like this underground, scary drag king. It’s just, nah — Murray Hill, you know, your Jewish Uncle. I’ve been the next big thing for the last 20 years. But I think it’s close. I think everybody else is ready. Almost. Showbiz.
Rolling: I think we’re ready. Well, that’s it for tonight’s show. As always, thanks for watching, and don’t forget to follow Mic Dispatch on Facebook Watch so you never miss an episode. We’ll see you next time.
Check out episode nine of Mic Dispatch — only on Facebook Watch.

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United by Glue: I am not the Neuromancer!
I've been busy. My brain has been operating on a different level than I am generally used to, and as a result my productivity has been low. I've played some games, which can be a kind of time hole, but isn't always negative.
My adventures in the cyberpunk were interrupted. There were issues with the EPOC, which were initially based on 'it's not an EPOC', but later based on other things, like a table leg. I kid you not. My table leg is made of metal, and it is near the wireless dongle for the EPOC headset. This was a problem that a $4 2m USB extension cord from my local MSY has rendered resolved, but I did have to roam the forums for awhile before discovering that this might be a problem. I also downloaded the wrong software, which had nothing to do with the version of the headset, and everything to do with not trawling the forums to double check that the software did what one might argue was a reasonable assumption that it would do. In this case, that reasonable assumption being that it would receive signals form the hardware.
It is working now and I can play with it. Which is great. I'm not really sure where I am at with it, and I don't know what I really mean by that. It's there and it's working, but I've been really tired. This hasn't stopped me from playing with it, but it has stopped me from really get as much out of it as I had planned. I am planning on being more focussed this week, so we'll see how that go.
I got excited about the Steam release of System Shock 2, and got straight into praising its little boots off. I did include a disclaimer that included words to the effect that it had dated horribly in the graphics department. I've sunk about 10 recent hours of my life into it, which has led me to the opinion that 'it looks fine'. If survival horror is your thing, then this is probably going to be one of the best games you ever play.
The EPOC is an EEG which was 'the other one' that I mentioned earlier.
Microsoft displayed some alarming gymnastic ability, when the whole X-bone thing backflipped wildly after E3. Whatever is happening with it is different to previously stated. I got into it not once, not twice, but thrice. In the end I don't really care about the X-bone. I was startled by whatever was in the water over at Microsoft headquarters, but I am not interested in the commentating the next generation of The Console Wars. I've seen a few, and I get enough poorly informed factional nonsense in Australian politics.

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Whether you agree with Myers-Briggs personality profiling or not, like fellow BBC’er Ian Forrester I have found them a useful frame of reference from which to discuss my personality, because I see similarities between my perception of me, and the classification.
I – Introversion preferred to extraversion: INTPs tend to be quiet and reserved. They generally prefer interacting with a few close friends rather than a wide circle of acquaintances, and they expend energy in social situations (whereas extraverts gain energy).
Is this bad news for me? Introversion can be seen as a negative in today’s hyper-communicative world, especially for a team-based work environment. However I don’t think it need be a problem in an organisation that prioritises abstract thinking and creativity, because introverts are often very strong in both. The technology and R&D side of the BBC, I would argue, is such an organisation.
I know a few people from Imperial College London, one of the top universities in the world for Computer Science (and Science Technology Engineering and Medicine in general) and have found it full of technically gifted introverts. Now, I didn’t go to Imperial myself, but it does seem that there is a correlation between introversion and high amounts of technical ability. I have found this also with a lot of software engineers that I have worked with.
I am not saying necessarily that all good software engineers are extreme introverts, in fact I would say that this is untrue in a number of cases. This is because Agile software engineering often uses techniques such as pair programming from Extreme Programming, and it helps to have extroversion when dealing with hyper-social practices such as programming as a pair every day all day (which I have done, and found it very draining).
In fact, I have noticed that technical ability is less important than your ability to work in a team at the BBC. I generally have fairly good social skills and tend to like introverts so I personally have not had a problem with dealing with people who were very introverted but were technically quite brilliant. However it was clear that these types of people just didn’t seem to fit in quite as well in BBC teams with high collaboration aspects. I think this may be down to cultural fit rather than something we can extrapolate over all software engineering organisations.
We found that programmers deviated from a reference group in that they are lower on Extraversion, lower on Emotional Stability, and higher on Openness to Experience [Hannay et al. 2010]. See also [Moore 1991], [Smith 1989], [Woodruff 1979], [Capretz 2003], and [Turley and Bieman 1995] for related results. Programmers are also more homogeneous than the population as a whole; that is, programmers vary less in personality than do people in general.
We investigated .. in the context of 198 professional programmers pair programming over one day [Hannay et al. 2010]. We found that personality was a weak predictor of pair programming performance. Even crude measures of expertise, task complexity, and even the country in which the programmers where employed had greater predictive power than personality. The study also included an analysis of personality on individual programming and whether the effect on performance of pairing up had anything to do with personality. Again, expertise and task complexity are stronger predictors than personality.
In ethnographic studies focusing on personality issues and disruption in software engineering team collaboration, it was found that disruption is bad, but lack of debate (which is a mild form of disruption) is worse [Karn and Cowling 2006], [Karn and Cowling 2005]. It is argued that pairs or teams with personalities that are too alike will lead to lack of debate. This finds empirical confirmation in [Williams et al. 2006] and [Walle and Hannay 2009]. In particular, differences in Extraversion has the largest effect: pairs whose peers have different levels of Extraversion collaborate more intensely (that is, engage in more discussion) than those with more similar levels.
She is saying that a pair of extroverted and introverted personalities collaborate more strongly than a homogenous pair. To me, this is good evidence that introversion and extroversion have their place in modern software development teams across the industry, and both types of personality should be culturally valued for collaboration, not just extroverts, even at hyper-collaborative organisations such as the BBC.


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Learn from actual users of the latest assistive technology about their favorite solutions (mobile devices and helpful apps, OCR products, CCTVs, digital book readers, note takers, and IOS-& Android related products.
AT Kratter / OrCam workshop presenting the OrCam MyEye, the most advanced wearable assistive technology.
Braille Institute’s workshop will showcase and explain the various Voice controlled home technology that is on the market, such as google home and apple’s HomePod.
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If the rumours circulating the tech world this morning are to be believed, then Facebook is currently working on its own smartphone device and has recruited ex-Apple employees familiar with the iPhone and iPad to help out.
Of course the idea of a Facebook phone isn’t new. Zuckerberg and the team have been working away on “Project Buffy” since long before the partnership with HTC that saw a pair of handsets ship with dedicated Facebook buttons. But now a new report from the New York Times suggests Facebook’s ambitious (but completely unsurprising) hardware ambitions are growing once again.
“The company has already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers who worked on the iPhone, and one who worked on the iPad, the employees and those briefed on the plans said.
It does seem that slowly but surely Facebook is building up a portfolio of apps that would support an own-branded device. We’ve already had the core Facebook app for quite some time, but recent additions such as Messenger, Pages Manager and Facebook Camera could prove key properties were the social network to expand into the hardware space and need to fill a device with first-party software.
While the New York Times’ suggestion that a Facebook Phone could be ready by as early as next year feels a little optimistic, there’s certainly a lot going on at Facebook HQ at the moment and we just can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2012.


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Art can deliver insights that are sometimes haunting, sometimes uplifting - into the experiences and emotions of the artists.
Today, in the Age, I read an interview transcript by Michael Short of Dr Eugen Koh: 'Stigma is one of the biggest barriers to early intervention.' the full transcript of which, as well as a short video statement, is at www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-zone, Koh explains how and why using art is improving the lives of many people throughout Australia.
I hope others find these links not only interesting but also thought provoking in a positive way; I certainly did.
I am an artist & printmaker. I live in the Grampians region Victoria, Australia. My art, in particular printmaking is a key focus in my life and sustains me through many difficult days and nights due to a condition known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, see my website www.crps247.com. I believe art nourishes the soul and enriches our lives, something that material wealth fails to do.


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Gadolinium is an ingredient in contrast agents which are injected in patients undergoing an MRI or other similar medical procedure to enhance the image produced by the machine. Recent studies have found that gadolinium does not leave the body as quickly as the manufacturers stated, and instead remains indefinitely in various parts of the body, putting the patient at risk of exposure to excess gadolinium.
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Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), also known as Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD), is a skin condition that is often described as a swelling and tightening of the skin, usually limited to the extremities. The condition may develop over a short period of days or could take weeks to fully develop. Severely affected patients may be unable to walk, or fully extend the joints of their arms, hands, legs, and feet. Complaints of muscle weakness are common.


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Cars like the Jaguar F-Type don’t come around often. The aluminum two-seater thrives on contradictions: slinky yet muscular, polite yet menacing, coupe or convertible. But fire up the engine, and you’ll see that the British sports car hits on all cylinders: power, beauty, and comfort — delivered with a seductive growl.
For 2018, Jaguar has expanded the F-Type’s range to 24 variants based on trim level, transmission, and drivetrain. New for this year, the F-Type’s entry-level model runs on a turbocharged, four-cylinder engine that delivers 296 horsepower. Three trims use supercharged V6 engines to deliver 340, 380, and 400 horsepower. The R and top-of-the-line SVR trims draw from a supercharged V8 to achieve 550 horsepower and 575 horsepower, respectively. The SVR is the fastest of the bunch, hitting a top speed of 200 mph and zipping from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. An eight-speed automatic transmission is standard, and some trims come with the option for a six-speed manual, as well as all-wheel drive.
Whether the roof is fixed or down, the F-Type’s aluminum-trimmed, low-to-the-ground cabin is designed with one purpose: for the driver to commune with the car. The sculpted, hip-hugging seats offer snug support on twists, turns, and straightaways and provide the confidence to dial it up to 11. Jaguar’s InControl Touch Pro infotainment system comes standard with an 8-inch touchscreen. Dashboard technology is not the F-Type’s forte: the interface for the infotainment system feels dated, especially compared with rivals such as Porsche’s Boxster and Cayman. But if you’re sitting in this car, you shouldn’t be looking to the center stack for your entertainment, anyway.
The F-Type has not been crash-tested by either of the two federal safety ratings agencies. Lane departure warning and emergency braking come standard on 2018 models. Options include lane keep assist and a park-assist function designed to facilitate parallel parking and guide the car out of a parking spot, as well.
The base model delivers 23 mpg around town and 30 mpg on the highway. Fuel economy drops depending on the drivetrain configuration. Models equipped with the V8 engine eke out 15 mpg in the city and 23 mpg on the highway.
Starting prices for the 2018 Jaguar F-Type range between $59,900 for the base model coupe and $125,000 for the high-performance SVR convertible.

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Mini Iambic Magnetic Morse Paddle is designed for portable or SOTA operation.
End feeding antennas can be an incredibly convenient configuration because you only need one support (like a tree).
Check the status and communication frequencies of all active Amateur Radio satellites.
The WBR seems to get a bit of a bad rap with some people for it’s sensitivity. Based on my experience, this design does seem to be fairly deaf on AM, but the sensitivity on SSB/CW is fine.
The aim of the event is to get as many Summit to Summit - “S2S” - contacts as possible. The summit contacts can be between North America and Europe or within the regions themselves.
Felix, DL5XL (N5BC), will once again operate from Antarctica using his call sign DP1POL. Activity will be from November 2016 to February 2017.
you don’t need a huge antenna system to operate EME (moonbounce) successfully.
Lightweight, portable set-up that would let me capture large chunks of the shortwave radio spectrum out in the field, which I could later explore in detail.
Like many other Windows programs, preference data is stored in the registry, and this provides a somewhat easy work around.


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SUNY Adirondack’s culinary arts program will serve lunch and dinner every Wednesday and Thursday from February 13 to April 25, 2019 at the Culinary Arts Center located in downtown Glens Falls at 14 Hudson Avenue.
Basic Food Prep 2 students prepare and serve a classic modernized menu created by Chef Matthew Bolton for the public in our open kitchen, Seasoned.
This class trains students in basic food preparation skills, classic recipe breakdown, meat fabrication, fish sustainability, cooking techniques and plate presentations. The dining room service class runs the front of the house operation, such as wait staff, bartender, host and manager under consultation of Chef Megan Diehl.
Three course gourmet meal in casual setting consisting of appetizer, entrée, dessert and beverages such as soda, tea and coffee. Now offering cash bar serving wine and craft beer.
Seating available at 12:00, 12:15, 12:30 and 12:45. Reservations preferred. Cost is $14.95 plus tax (cash or check).
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US secretary of state Rex Tillerson has denied he has considered resignation and pledged loyalty to Donald Trump in the wake of a report that he had called the president a “moron”.
“There has never been a consideration in my mind to leave. I serve at the appointment of the president and I’m here as long as the president thinks I can be useful to achieving his objectives,” Mr Tillerson said at a hastily arranged press appearance on Wednesday.
But he did not deny the report on NBC News on Wednesday morning that he had derided Trump as a “moron” in a meeting of White House national security officials and members of the cabinet.
Instead, he shrugged off the report as “petty nonsense”, and issued a stream of praise for the president.
“He loves his country. He puts America and Americans first. He’s smart. He demands results wherever he goes and he holds those around him accountable for whether they have done the job he has asked him to do,” Mr Tillerson said.
Moments after his statement, CNN also reported that he had called Mr Trump a moron and that the president had been made aware of it.
The secretary of state said he had not talked to the president on Wednesday morning before making his statement, saying Mr Trump was on his way to Las Vegas. But the president was clearly watching Mr Tillerson, tweeting within a few minutes.
“The NBCNews story has just been totally refuted by Sec Tillerson and VP Pence. It is #FakeNews. They should issue an apology to AMERICA!” he said.
The report by NBC News is the latest in a long series of snapshots of an administration in near constant crisis, largely as a result of the erratic and abrasive character of the president.
In its first nine months it has been dogged by resignations, gaffes, failed legislative initiatives, and scandals, to a degree unmatched by any administration in modern US history.
Mr Trump has openly disparaged his own top officials, such as the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and repeatedly contradicted and undercut Mr Tillerson - most recently when the secretary of state was in China to explore ways of containing the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Mr Tillerson mentioned said there were channels of communication between Washington and Pyongyang.
Soon afterwards, Mr Trump went on Twitter to say the secretary of state was “wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man [Trump’s nickname for Kim Jong-un]”.
“Save your energy, Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!” he tweeted.
Speculation on whether Mr Tillerson would resign has swirled around Washington throughout the summer, and apparently for good reason.
Mr Tillerson was in Texas for his son’s wedding in late July, when Mr Trump addressed the Boy Scouts of America, an organisation Mr Tillerson once ran and is passionate about.
The president’s address made little allowance for the fact he was addressing an audience of teenagers and Mr Trump spent much of it scoring political points against his rivals and boasting about his election success more than eight months earlier.
Mr Tillerson threatened not to return to Washington, according to NBC citing three unnamed sources “with direct knowledge of the threats”.
The report said the defence secretary, James Mattis, and retired General John Kelly, who would later become White House chief of staff, helped talk him out of resigning for the sake of national stability.
When Mr Tillerson did return to Washington, Vice-President Mike Pence is reported to have arranged a meeting with him to counsel him on how to get on with Mr Trump.
Mr Tillerson’s spokesman, RC Hammond, denied the reports, saying he did not consider quitting over the summer and did not call the president a moron. He told NBC he was unaware of the secretary of state’s meeting with the vice-president.
Mr Pence insisted on Wednesday he never discussed the prospect of Mr Tillerson resigning with him.
“The vice president can also confirm that, as the secretary of state made clear, at no time did he and the secretary ever discuss the prospect of the secretary’s resignation from the administration,” Mr Pence’s office said in a statement posted on Twitter by NBC News.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Essex Terror Issue Four was a departure from the standard issues, containing no news, reviews, interviews or even horror, instead just consisting of a short story by an unattributed author. This edition was so unpopular with readers it is alleged that less than 2 copies were ever actually sold, making this perhaps the rarest of the Essex Terror issues, even though 8 more issues so far remain unfound.
This issue was discovered and supplied to us by Thomas Morton, author of “Vok: Unbound”, a collection of sheets of paper detailing aspects of the life and times of Toby Vok, a scientist.
‘As any fool know, to walk after dark through Promenade Park is to walk in the shadow of death; for there the Crabbus Man lurks and scuttles, with his clacking claws and twitching eye stalks, ready to leap upon the unwary and clack at them, they whose souls shall know no peace for all their remaining days upon the Earth…’ Or so wrote the Reverend Joseph Arkwright in his diary for the year 1863. Arkwright never saw the creature himself, though his borderline obsessive documentation of the Crabbus Man, including many incidents of its manifestations as sundry simulacra throughout Maldon (be it a cloud that ‘rather resembled a crab’s claw’ or a shadow upon a grass verge that ‘seemed to scuttle most unwholesomely’) has become the go-to source for Crabbus lore.
The cultural worth of a town can perhaps be measured in its myths. As part of my research into the viability of Essex towns in this new millenium, I came across the following three tales repeatedly, uttered with barely any change through over a thousand years of paperwork and quilting.
The Crabbus Man was a child born with crab claws for hands and taken by the sickened residents to the river to be drowned. While the mayor was holding the child underwater it is said that he slipped from his grasp and fell to the bed of the river, but no amount of searching could yield a corpse. The whispered implication at the end of the tale being that he escaped down through the mud into the crab caverns below, where even to this day he weeps and plans and one day will have his revenge. To this day, crabs are caught and smashed to pieces by the townsfolk in the hope of catching and destroying him before he can return.
The Crow Child was a child born with the blackened skin of a crow. Thought to be a golem crafted from the muds of the marsh, he was hauled up into a tree and placed in the nest of a rook. It is said that eventually he flew away to the moon, and to this day the people of the town are afraid of crows and the moon.
Susan Swan-Neck was a child born with an exceptionally long neck, thought by the residents of the town to be the reincarnation of King Harold II’s wife Edith Swan-Neck. Still believing that Harold’s descendants were the rightful heirs to the throne, Susan was quickly made Ealdorman of Maldon. When next spring she laid several eggs of her own it was clearly revealed that she was an actual swan, and her and her adoptive mother were driven from the town by an angry mob. Their ultimate fate is unknown, but to this day swans are not allowed into the town hall while council meetings are in progress.
As can be seen above, there is a strange monotony to their legends which matches the drab uniformity of the town. It is with little regret that I announce here that the entire Maldon district is to be abandoned to the sea.
The Crabbus Man Of Promenade Park has long been one of Essex’s most fearsome foes. Although no direct sightings of the Crabbus Man have ever been verified, he is known to be more than mere myth by careful observation of the aftermath of his actions. Periodic crab massacres litter the history of Maldon (but never Heybridge, almost as if the beast is afraid to cross the river and risk the wrath of the subhuman inhabitants of the northern bank); frequently the town wakes up to find the trundleways and amblepaths of the town are covered in trails of fresh gore dripped straight from his ever-bleeding claws; signs warning visitors to beware of the mud being gnawed upon with frightening regularity; all of these and more are all the proofs we have or need.
The atrocities and activities of the Crabbus Man ebb and flow, sometimes fading almost out of memory before coming crashing back into our reality in a storm of shattered shells and a puddle of rotting crab flesh festering in the sun. Residents have described the events of this summer as “intolerable”, with a new outrage at least once a week. Concerned locals, after a series of hastily arranged town meetings where they dicsussed ideas for combatting this menace, have now begun to post a series of notices across the town, beseeching the returned Crabbus Man to curb his rampages and display at least a modicum of respect and civilised behaviour.
Although the Crabbus Man’s name has been mangled by the rigorous adherence to the council computer’s spellchecking device’s suggestions, scholars think that this notices clear instructions to the man could appeal to the creature’s better nature and help work in pacifying the beast, although it is possible that his dual nature as part man and part shambling horror (alluded to in the “enjoy yourselves” directive) could be beyond rational control. At this stage, however, it is our only hope.
Residents in the Essex marshlands were shocked by the discovery of a huge crab said to be the largest ever seen by crabbers in Maldon this week. The terrifying beast (an artist’s impression of which can be seen above) was found scuttling around near a child’s bucket by the ruins of the town’s hythe, which tragically collapsed earlier this year in an unrelated incident which caused the death of 72 tourists.
Councilw’mn Eliza Dredgeland dismissed this as ridiculous scaremongering from an ignorant oaf. “As readers of your site will no doubt know [cf. The Ballad Of Shitpant N. Guy], this man is a shambolic mess who can’t even control his own gastric functions, so it is no surprise that he has no understanding of this complex situation whatsoever. It would be a gross dereliction of our duties to the council tax payers of this district to allow the financial burden of the removal of these corpses to be placed solely on their shoulders, when it wasn’t any of them who died. Is it too much to ask that those coming from outside pay their own way rather than expecting others to pay for the consequences of their frivolous gallivanting?
The previous largest crab, dubbed Great Big Barry by locals, measured 5 inches from claw to claw when splayed out like a paper angel. Discovered on June 16th, 1978, postcards of Great Big Barry laid out before his captors still do a brisk trade, selling for upwards of 30p at local kiosks. And some people hope that this new find – or fiend, as the Mayor has claimed – will bring much needed economic growth to the town.
The Crab – as it has so far been called by the shocked populace, the “The” said in an exaggerated fashion that suggests a mix of reverential awe, horror, incredulity, terror and even arousal – has not yet been accurately measured, although eyewitness accounts state that it was at least as wide as a pretty wide shoe. Indeed, official measurements may never be known, since under Dengie law the crab has been quarantined at the customs hut since discovery, and if tests indicate even a hint of rabies then it must be incinerated immediately from afar, untouched and alone.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Few days ago I’ve won THECON FIFA 16 Championship 4 stars teams after 2 weeks of playing, with some amazing matches. I was in Group B with Mazilu Laurentiu, Reşnoveanu, Valeriu Titire, Andrei Aschiopoaiei, Enciu Nicolae, Andrei Boghiu and Vistian Alex. I’ve managed to win this group with a total of 6 wins and 1 draw. In quarter-finals I had to play against Munteanu Bogdan and it wasn’t easy at all, after a tough 3-2 home win, I won the second game too and I’ve advanced in the semi-final.
In the semifinal I’ve played against George Huidumac and I was able to get the win in both games and I’ve advanced in the Grand Final successfully.
The Grand Final was against Reşnoveanu, the hardest match from the event for sure, he managed to get some huge results until the final so I was expected to a tough match. I had a chance in the first 10 minutes of the match and I scored the first goal. I think this goal scored early makes the difference and I won the game in the end with 5-1 overall.
Stay tuned for more details in the next articles!

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Tribune has teamed up with Dose, a digital media agency, to launch a new show in six markets.
‘morning dose.’ is being described as “a first of its kind, live social “wake-up” show” and will be hosted by a former Bachelor star, a former NFL player and a news anchor.
Melissa Mycroft, Brandon London and Laila Muhammad will launch the show at KDAF in Dallas, KIAH in Houston, WPHL in Philadelphia, WDCW in Washington DC, WSFL in Miami and KRCW in Portland, Oregon on June 29.
Depending on the market, the show will in the morning time slot from 5-8am or 6-8am.
Emerson Spatz, the founder of Dose, has made a mark in the industry as being a viral expert. The New Yorker nicknamed him “The Viralist” after he founded Mugglenet, the #1 Harry Potter site on the internet when he was 12 years old.

industry_corpus2: Media & Journalism


text: For casual-elegant dining along the Intracoastal, this acclaimed eatery provides first-class fare with an art deco interior and a stunning backdrop. Offerings from the raw bar include an iced seafood tower of oysters, shrimp, ceviche, clams, tuna tartare, and Maine lobster cocktail. Togarashi-spiced local swordfish with bok choy, udon noodles and coconut curry lime broth highlight the international inspiration.

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Explore the “Write It” site for other tips, writing samples and exercises on memoir.
Gail recently read a version of “The Red Coat” to the Memoir Writers Social hosted by Days Road Writers’ Workshops and held in Unionville on September 17, 2008.
Blacksmiths Bistro was the scene of a lively party on September 17 when close to 40 people gathered for the Memoir Writers Social. The evening, as I told the audience, was to be a celebration of memory and writing — a chance for some of my workshop students to meet (or meet again) and mingle and discuss memoir, and a fundraiser for an organization that helps those whose memories are failing, the Alzheimer Society of Toronto.
My mother has Alzheimer’s, and I know that the families of several of my students have been touched by the devastating disease as well. We’re far from alone. According to the Society, in 2008 in Canada, 1 in 13 individuals over age 65 has Alzheimer’s or a related disease, and in individuals over age 85 the condition affects 1 in 3. Some 36 percent of Canadians know someone who has Alzheimer’s. Through events like the Memoir Writers Social, funds can be raised to help those who suffer from it, and someday to find a cure.
The winners of the Days Road Writers’ Workshops “Summer Days” Memoir Writing Contest were announced last night, September 17, 2008, at the Memoir Writers Social in Unionville, Ontario. There were 31 submissions in all, most from Ontario, a few from other provinces, two from the U.S. and one from England.
First-prize winner Mary McIntyre of Stouffville was awarded $75 plus an author-signed copy of A Memoir of Friendship: The Letters Between Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, for her beautifully descriptive story “Scugog at Dark,” a childhood memory of time at her family’s cottage.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – It still doesn’t seem real that Louisville is in the ACC, but thanks to conference realignment and the fact that the league has so many teams, it means that you can see the Cardinals play UNC on Thursday.
That is good and fun because as a result of those two teams playing each other in the ACC tournament, you get plays like this alley-oop on a fastbreak by Montrezl Harrell. Harrell, one of the nation’s best dunkers throws it down with so much anger, you wonder if the hoop said something to him earlier in the game that he took offense to.
Louisville is leaving Greensboro without a championship after losing to UNC, 70-60, but at least it has this dunk with which to remember its first ACC tournament.


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Have you ever scrolled through FB or the magazine aisle in the grocery store and saw a headline that drew you in?
I’ll be honest, I get sucked in all the time! Headlines can be misleading. Not that the news would ever say anything that is not true! Wink, wink. In order to get you to click a link or watch a story. Headlines are getting crazier! Nobody would look further if the headline just said what the story was about. The crazier the headline is, the more intrigued the reader will be.
Here are a few headlines that caught my attention!
Headline – Ebola In the Air: A nightmare that could happen!
The WebMd searches went viral (no pun intended) that day! Don’t cough; someone might think you have Ebola!
Headline -Killjoy Pope crushes Christmas nativity traditions.
The story was actually about the Pope questioning the accuracy of dates of the Christmas story. Booooring! In my mind I imagine the Pope is crushing a nativity baby Jesus in a fit of rage! Where is the link to the YouTube video?
Headline- Dying for a coffee: How too many lattes could lead to an early grave.
Nooooo sweet nectar from heaven! I love coffee! If I might die, then I have to read this!
Headline- 10 deadly foods you probably have in your kitchen.
What?? Have I been poisoning my family? I have to know what these foods are!!
Just as the media abuses the click bait strategy, so does the enemy. The devil’s job is to figure out what he can put in bold at the top of your story that will mislead you away from your purpose. If you let him, the enemy will sit at the editor desk of your life. He arranges things in a certain way to get you to click on a gripping thought that doesn’t tell the real story!
What headline did the enemy put at the top of your story when you were young?
Did he tell you that because you were abused, that you are worthless? Did he convince you that nobody loves you?
Now you see your loneliness as a headline. The enemy will get you to do things that symbolize love without ever really receiving any substance of it. Maybe He can convince you that you will never be a good mother because your mom abandoned you. He will print in bold that your mother left, so it reminds you everyday. The devil is a liar!
You don’t get to control your story, but you do get to choose your headlines! You are not the author of your story, but you are the editor! The editor is actually the one who chooses the headline that will get the most clicks. You have editorial authority over everything that comes in your life! Don’t write your headline according to the pain you felt, write it according to your purpose!
Your headline may read: They hurt me!
This click bait leaves you bound to this moment in your past.
So change your headline so that it now reads: I have life lessons I have learned from this!
Why submit your story to the devil and let him be your editor? Change the way you respond to your story. When you know where your life is headed, no amount of pain can stop your progress!


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Ahh, dessert. Dessert is the ultimate treat and it’s always something that we love to enjoy at the end of a meal. However, when you switch to a healthier lifestyle the idea of enjoying a bowl of ice cream or a slice of cake seems like a world away. But don’t fret, because today we have a few healthier dessert options which you absolutely HAVE to try this week.
Sometimes the most simple treat is the best. Yogurt and fruit is a classic combination and is one which can be amazing at any time of the day. As a dessert, you can make your own yogurt with Yogurt Nerd and then top it with your favorite fruits and granola for a bit of crunch.
It’s summer now, and there is nothing better than having a refreshing bowl of ice cream on a hot day. If you are trying to be healthy and you don’t want to eat ice cream, there is a great alternative which is super healthy and incredibly indulgent too. Nice cream can be made by combining 3 frozen bananas in a blender with a splash of your favorite nut milk, alongside your flavoring. It could be peanut butter, Nutella, caramel or even berries. You’ll end up with a smooth, refreshing and creamy ice cream which is totally vegan and much healthier!
If you want a comforting winter dessert on a cold night in, you can create a spin on the classic apple crumble by baking an apple, making a crumble topping and sprinkling it over the top. You can then top with some cream and you have a yummy low carb dessert to enjoy.
Avocados are like the holy grail for healthy food lovers, and you can use them in so many different ways to create some awesome dishes. For the most creamy and wonderful brownies you ever tasted, combine a couple of avocados with flour, sugar, cocoa powder and vegan chocolate before baking in the oven for fudgy, creamy and wonderful brownies.
Sometimes on a hot day up want something which feels like a treat but is also incredibly refreshing. Watermelon is a fruit which is full of water and can be a great snack for a hot summer’s day. You can create a slice of watermelon into a pizza by topping it with other fruits and even a little drizzle of homemade Nutella. This can make a great side dish for a barbecue and will look stunning on a platter.
Chia seeds are tiny little seeds which pack a huge punch of protein and fiber to your day. They are an amazing superfood and when soaked, they expand to create a jelly-like consistency. You can make the most of this by creating a chia seed pudding overnight to enjoy the next day. You’ll need a few tablespoons of chia seeds, a cup of nut milk, cocoa powder, peanut butter, banana slices and blueberries. Mix it all together in a jar, seal and leave until the next day. You will end up with a creamy, yummy chocolate pudding with fruity flavors mixed in.
What are your favorite healthy desserts?
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I’m a fan of EVERYTHING on this list except for watermelon and avocado. I really try to enjoy these things but I can’t get past the taste!! I wonder if you taste it in the avocado brownies? I seem to always be able to detect it…LOL. Anyways I really enjoyed this post. The chia pudding and fruit + yogurt combo are eaten on a daily basis in my house. These are all body loving foods! Great list, thanks for sharing!


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We can talk about all these issues with you so you can decide if parenting is right for you. There are many resources we can help you with to answer these questions for yourself.
Raising your baby alone is probably the most demanding job in the universe. If you are a teen (or a twenty-something), it can seem overwhelming. Even if you are finished with your education and working, it can still seem daunting.
If life circumstances are making a decision to parent difficult, call the PRC and let us offer you our assistance and support. You are not alone. There are many people who care about you and your baby and are willing to stand with you to find the courage and the resources you need to parent your child.


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Former Chamber President, Johan Coetzee, said this week that uranium was the only commodity whose outlook is not promising.
“Market observers had hoped the announcement from Kazakhstan, the world’s top uranium producer, to cut uranium production by 10 percent, along with Cameco’s decision to close one of its major uranium producing mines in Canada, would spark the much-anticipated increase in uranium price.
“However, prices in 2017 continued to hover around US$20 per pound, with uranium miners across the globe feeling the pinch, not to mention our local producers,” Coetzee said in the Chamber 2017 Annual Report.
Statistics released by the chamber this week showed that Uranium output from the Rössing uranium mine increased by 14 percent from 850 tonnes in 2016 to 2,110 tonnes in 2017.
The output from the Langer Heinrich Uranium mine dropped from 2 236 tonnes of uranium in 2016 to 1, 526 in accordance with its plan to reduce output by 20 percent in 2017 and 2018, in attempt to streamline operations in a persistently low uranium price environment.
Following production of its first drum of yellow cake on 30 December 2016, Swakop Uranium produced 1,345 tonnes of uranium oxide in 2017.
The company expects to reach full capacity by 2019, in accordance with their planned schedule.
In terms of zinc production, refinery production decreased from 85,427 tonnes in 2016 to 84,215 tonnes in 2017.
The drop in production was a result of Skorpion Zinc’s extensive push back programme to mine zinc oxide from the extended ore body.
Following a two-month long strike in 2016, zinc concentrate from the Rosh Pinah Zinc mine increased significantly from 80,560 tonnes to 97,364 tonnes in 2017.
Lead concentrate production from the Rosh Pinah mine dropped from 14,862 tonnes in 2016 to 13,915, largely due to the lower grades ore body mined.
B2Gold’s Otjikoto gold mine produced 5,429 kilograms of gold bullion in 2017, a 15 percent increase from 4,714 kilogram produced in 2016.
Output from the Navachab gold mine remained largely the same in 2017 when compared to 2016, producing 1,843 kilograms of gold bullion.
Tschudi copper mine produced 15,466 tonnes of copper cathode in 2017, a reduction of 5.6 percent from 16,391 tonnes produced in 2016.
Copper cathode production was negatively impacted in the first quarter of 2017 due to slower leaching of sulphide ore, with the problem further compounded by the above average rainfall received.
Chamber of Mines Chief Executive Officer, Veston Malango said the 2017 Fraser Institute Survey of mining companies shows that Namibia currently ranks as the sixth most attractive destination in Africa, an improvement from the 9th position in 2016.
“However, it is not prudent to compare overall ranking as the number of participating African countries have been declining over the last three years. To compare measures in the absolute score is thus a more accurate indication of true performance and Namibia’s score in terms of its overall attractiveness fell from 66.11 in 2016 to 60.67 in 2017,” Malango said.

industry_corpus2: Mining