In 1983, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, published their Hazard Communication Standard. This important standard was often referred to as the Employee Right to Know Standard because it was developed to ensure that workers had access to information and training about the hazards of the chemicals and products they were exposed to at work. One of the major requirements of OSHA's HazCom Standard was for manufacturers and distributors of hazardous products to develop and make available material safety data sheets for their products. But while the OSHA Standard mandated very specific health and safety information about the products be provided on the material safety data sheets, HazCom was a performance based standard, meaning there was no specific format that had to be utilized by the manufacturers and distributors when developing their MSDS nor were there any standardized hazard ratings or precautions. As a result, MSDSs took on all shapes and forms, in part because manufacturers and distributors use different formats as they prepare these documents. As you can imagine, that led to a lot of frustration among workers. Eventually, it was determined that the OSHA HazCom Standard, as written, was not meeting its original intent, which was to help employees know exactly what they were working with, how it could harm them, and most importantly, how to protect themselves. So in 2012, OSHA revised their Hazard Communication Standard and did away with the requirements for material safety data sheets. Now, manufacturers and distributors of hazardous chemicals and products will have to start providing a new informational document called a safety data sheet, or SDS. While the information contained on new safety data sheets is very similar to that appearing on the old MSDSs, the information will now have to follow a specific format and order. There is also a standardized hazard classification system that must be utilized on all SDSs to convey information about the physical and health-related hazards associated with that product. And the revised HazCom Standard now requires that employers train their employees on how to read and understand the new GHS safety data sheet format. So the standard change from employee right to know to employee right to understand. As part of the revision to their HazCom Standard, OSHA adopted the GHS formatting requirements for safety data sheets. GHS stands for the globally harmonized system of classification and labeling of chemicals. The GHS is a standardized system, meaning there will be consistency in the information appearing in safety data sheets. This system was developed by the United Nations, which means that, once fully adopted and implemented, safety data sheets for products from around the world will be prepared in a standardized format, which is important in our global economy. In the new format, all safety data sheets will be broken down into 16 separate sections. The sections will always have the same titles and will always appear in the same order. Now let's take a look at the information that must appear on GHS-compliant safety data sheets starting with section one. Section one on safety data sheets is titled identification. This is where you will find the name of the product as it appears on the container label and in some cases applicable synonyms or chemical classification codes used for the product. You will also find supplier information including the name of the manufacturer or distributor of the product, their address, and emergency contact number. And on some safety data sheets you may see supplemental information about the product such as the intended use for the product, directions for its use, and possibly an expiration date. All this information must match that appearing on the container label. The second section of a safety data sheet is titled hazard identification. Here you will find the GHS hazard classifications for the product including those for each health hazard and physical hazard and their individual ratings in applicable hazard categories. You will also find the appropriate signal word associated with the product. There are only two signal words that are used in the GHS system, either the word danger which indicates a relatively severe or immediate hazard or warning which indicates a less severe but still potentially harmful level of hazard. This section will also display one or several hazard statements. Statements such as these two examples give employees a quick warning about what hazards are associated with the product and differ according to the classification and categories of hazards presented by the product. Section two of the safety data sheet also displays applicable precautionary statements. These are also standardized in the GHS system and in general convey information about how to prevent or lessen exposure to the hazards of a product. And something fairly new to us here in the United States are pictograms. Pictograms are standardized icons that let workers quickly identify the types of hazards associated with the product. There are eight different pictograms for the health and safety hazards covered in the GHS system. A more detailed explanation of hazard statements, precautionary statements and pictograms is provided on our online tutorial titled GHS Labeling Requirements which is also available for free on our website. And last but not least, information about any unclassified hazards that are not covered in the GHS system such as combustible dust will be provided in this section. Section three of safety data sheets titled composition and information on ingredients identifies chemicals contained in the product. This could be a single ingredient for a pure substance or two or more ingredients if the product is a mixture or contains impurities or stabilizers that contribute to the hazards of a product. You will also find the common name and any synonyms that may be used for the product as well as the applicable chemical abstracts services or CAS number. When the product is a mixture of hazardous chemicals the safety data sheet will also list the concentration of all ingredients which are classified as hazards expressed in either percentages or ranges by weight. And for chemicals where a trade secret is claimed there will be a statement that the specific chemical identity and or its composition have been withheld as a trade secret. Section four on a safety data sheet describes the initial first aid measures that should be administered by responders to anyone who has experienced a chemical exposure. This information includes a list of aid for different routes of exposure such as contact with eyes or skin, inhalation or ingestion. Also included will be a description of the most common symptoms of overexposure including those which are acute or delayed and recommendations for immediate medical care and special treatment that may be needed in some severe cases. Section five provides the manufacturer's recommendations for fighting a fire that involves their product. Here you will find a recommendation for the most suitable type of equipment for extinguishing a fire involving the product as well as information about extinguishers that are not appropriate for use. You will also find details about specific hazards that may develop when the product is involved in a fire as well as hazardous byproducts that may be generated during the combustion of the chemical. And in some cases you may see recommendations for special protective equipment or precautions to be utilized by fire brigades or firefighters. Section six of the safety data sheet provides the manufacturer's recommendations for responding to spills, leaks or accidental releases of their product. This could include response measures for containment and cleanup methods to be used to prevent or minimize exposure for response personnel. This may include specific recommendations for protecting personnel involved in the response specific hazards such as sources of ignition or lack of ventilation. Recommended personal protective equipment to prevent personnel from being contaminated during the response and emergency procedures including instructions for evacuation of the response personnel when needed as well as others located nearby. Section seven will provide information pertinent to safe handling and conditions for safe storage of the product. The required information consists of precautions for safe handling to prevent or minimize the release of the chemical into the environment to prevent exposure or contamination for personnel handling the product and recommended hygiene practices for example prohibitions against smoking, eating or drinking in or near areas where the product is being handled. And when the product is being stored there may be a need to avoid certain incompatible materials or agents such as high heat or water that might cause the product to react. Section eight of the safety data sheet titled exposure controls and personal protection list the OSHA permissible exposure limits or PELs for the chemical or chemicals contained in the product. These mandatory limits dictate when it will be necessary to utilize controls such as ventilation systems or respiratory protection devices to protect workers from the ill effects of overexposure to the chemical. There may also be listings for voluntary threshold limit values or TLVs established by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists or similar limits recommended by other groups. This section will also list appropriate engineering controls where applicable such as recommendations for exhaust ventilation systems or enclosures to contain emissions. And above most importance you will find the manufacturer's recommendations for personal protective equipment or PPE including any special requirements for providing certain types of PPE such as respirators, goggles or gloves. Section nine of the safety data sheet identifies all applicable physical and chemical properties associated with the product. While most workers may not care about this type of information safety managers and engineers may have a need to know about specific information on the product including but not limited to what does it smell like? What does it look like? At what temperature does the product freeze or boil? They may also need to know at what temperature the product emits enough vapors to catch on fire or cause an explosion. How much vapor must be present at the point of ignition to burn or cause an explosion and are the vapors heavier than air or lighter? And when dealing with corrosive products it may be necessary to know the pH of the chemical. Section ten of a safety data sheet is titled stability and reactivity. Here you will find important information identifying any other materials which may be incompatible with the product as well as any conditions to avoid during storage or handling, such as temperature extremes, shock and static discharge. There will also be information about any conditions that could cause the chemical to react or polymerize as this could cause the product to release excessive pressure or heat or create decomposition products that could be harmful to exposed workers. And when applicable this section will also provide information about stabilizers that may be needed to maintain stability of the product. Section eleven titled Toxological Information lists the known routes of exposure the chemical can use to get into your system including inhalation, ingestion and skin and eye contact. Also listed are the effects of exposure to the product which include acute and chronic effects, applicable target organ effects and a description of symptoms associated with overexposure to the product. There will also be specific measures of toxicity where applicable such as LD-50.  And if a chemical is listed as an actual or potential carcinogen that information will be provided in this section too. Section twelve Ecological Information Section thirteen Disposal Considerations Section fourteen Transportation Information and Section fifteen Regulatory Information All deal with requirements regulated by other entities such as the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Transportation. Therefore these sections are not regulated by OSHA but appear in the safety data sheet to be consistent with the GHS format. And finally Section sixteen of safety data sheets titled Other Information lists details such as the date the safety data sheet was prepared, if this is the original version issued or a revised version and in some cases an overview of any changes that were made during the last revision. And in some cases the manufacturer or distributor may choose to put other information about their product in this section as well as any applicable disclaimers. Employers are responsible for gathering new safety data sheets for all hazardous chemicals and products to which their employees are exposed and make sure they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees while they are in their work areas. And employers must provide training to their workers regarding the new safety data sheet format. All these things must be done by the deadlines established by OSHA in their revised hazard communication standard. Speaking of deadlines, here is an overview of some very important dates. The revised hazard communication standard which requires the use of GHS compliant safety data sheets was published on March 24th, 2012. Manufacturers and distributors of hazardous chemicals and products have until June 1st of 2015 to begin distribution of the new safety data sheets. However, many of them have already started providing safety data sheets that meet the new format or will do so long before the due date. Therefore OSHA requires employers to get a head start and begin training all their workers on how to read and understand the new safety data sheets and they have until December 1st of 2013 to get that training complete. And on a related note, employers must also update their written hazard communication programs to reflect the changes brought about by the adoption of the GHS system of labeling and hazard classification. So in review, the revised OSHA hazard communication standard, which has the goal of making sure employees understand what hazardous chemicals and products are in the workplace and how to work safely with and around those items, requires GHS compliant safety data sheets be developed and provided for all hazardous chemicals and products. These safety data sheets are standardized in format, will always be comprised of 16 sections that appear in the same order, and provide standardized warnings and precautions applicable to the product. Also employers must provide training for affected workers so they can find and understand the information that appears on safety data sheets. If you have any questions about the GHS format for safety data sheets or about the hazards of any of the products you work with, contact your employer safety representative or feel free to contact the safety professionals at OSHA training services through our website.


When Georgia learns that Allison has offered to be her friend as a way to get closer to her older brother Bill, she is really miffed. If that is what friendship is for Allison, Georgia wants no part in it. This is the challenge for friendship. It is not undertaken as a way to accomplish something else, but as a value in itself. Trying to establish friendship for a purpose indicates rejection of value in having the other person as a friend. Friendship is not a way to accomplish things, though having friends can certainly help in doing things. Consider Allen and Carolyn, two very smart youngsters who met in Sunday school and found they had like interests. They became friends just because they were both set apart from others for being a little too smart. But they were together in their learning ability. They just enjoyed talking to each other. It was so much easier to speak when the other person was able to keep up with their thinking. Carolyn is curious about John Schultz, the school star center on the basketball team.  She asks Allen, who has several classes with him, to arrange an introduction. He is not too keen on having her interest in someone else, but for the sake of their friendship, he tells her that he will see to it. He will arrange the opportunity. So what is the difference? It is that Allen and Carolyn are not friends in order to accomplish something else, but Carolyn is using her friendship for a purpose. The friendship continues, and Allen will not feel less her friend if he does what she asks. Friendship increases the resources that a person has available to do things, and that has value to almost everyone. It is natural for people to seek out friends, and it can be rewarding whenever there is something to be accomplished and friends can help. Most early friendships last for a time and grow or shrink as the people grow and mature. Learning to trust someone else never loses its value, but who to trust is likely to shift over time and shift with experience. And then there is learning. Learning that people are quite consistent. People do not become less worthy of trust, but only what you can trust them to do changes and stabilizes as they mature into adults. Friendship naturally becomes more effective as we become adults. We become more effective at evaluating what other people will do and how they value the trust that others put into them. Friendship carries into adult relations, including the most demanding trust of a life commitment to a family with someone other than your parents. This is a long-term trust relation, and generally entered into only with the expectation of a life commitment that is expected to last for decades. Of course, this level of trust is not a reasonable expectation until the person has slowed in their growth and stabilized in who they are. It is often not considered as reasonable until there is a desire to produce and raise a next generation, and that closes the loop on human friendships. With the coming of babies, we start the next cycle with that same ultimate trust of a helpless new family member who can do nothing but the most basic body functions and learned to trust parents. The cycle of learning begins anew, but with the former students being the adults who are entrusted with the care and development of their next generation. We have words that attach to various levels of trust, words like puppy love, marriage, and the like. These words are descriptions not human relations in themselves. What is human is mutual trust. That trust defines very human purpose in relying upon some other person. That is a natural human value that never goes away and never gets lost or overcome by other things. It is not the need or value of human trust that changes. It is our ability to make our own commitments and our own trustworthiness that mirrors the trustworthiness of those who are our friends. As human beings, we seek the value that being able to trust gives to us. We ever seek to live among trustworthy people. It starts with Brad who would intimidate little Timothy. It is being among friends that supports our being effective as a person. It is our own willingness to support others that invites them to enter into friendship with us. As teenagers, the choices are yours. Are you willing to be a friend to others and are others to find value in your friendship?


Russell Fork Pharmacy is your locally owned pharmacy, offering fast, friendly service with competitive prices and free delivery. Call<PHONE_NUMBER>. Visit RussellForkPharmacy.com and download our free mobile app for refill requests and more. Christmas is a time to spend with family, to share gifts and reminisce on old memories and moments that we sometimes take for granted. Our soldiers end up spending their holidays alone and wishing they could just have something, anything that reminds them of home. Donna Smith and her small crew created operation serving soldiers to help our brave military members and show that no hero will be forgotten. A little bit of background was because I was deployed from 2008-2009 to Iraq. And while I was there, we were with 560 then of a soldier, so a lot of them didn't get Christmas presents, a lot of them didn't get letters. It was very, very sad sometimes. The military really takes care of us, but when you get a letter from home, it really touches your heart. You know, those letters from home, those packages from home really mean the world. My grandbaby actually had thought about it and was wondering where she was when I was there, but she wasn't born. And she said, we should send them a letter. And so that's what just prompted me, you know, the idea. And when I would come to work, I would think about it and I started talking to Andrea. Andrea Kirk, she works for the distributed learning program here. And we just kind of got together and started November. We named it. As you can see, we named it Operation Serving Soldiers. People has really just outpoured. The community has outpoured of donations to us so we can send them to the soldiers overseas. So we have made over 100 boxes of donations for males, females, baked goods, Christmas decorations to make sure that every soldier over there that we know from the West Virginia Army National Guard over there will get these packages. We'll have something to open. You know you're in a third world country, but America is supporting you. It means the world. You know, I hope that it does. I hope it grows and it touches somebody's heart because I'm telling you there is some soldier over there that is not getting a letter, that is not getting a card, that is not getting a gift. I think that it's not like we are made to do what we do. It's that we serve and we appreciate what we do. And like you said, Iraq, when I went to Iraq, hey did I want to go? No, I didn't want to leave home, leave my girls. But you know what? I appreciate the fact that what I saw over there and I come home to, I'm glad to say I did my time and I served overseas and I've been in for like 17, 18 years now and I would not change not one thing, not change not one thing. I mean for me I just thank God that we got to make this happen. I thank the community. I thank the troops. I thank the troops that are over there for this is little. This is just a small fraction of what they are sacrificing so we can do this. So I thank them.


Again, the title of our sermon this evening, Ludeness and Outrage in Israel, Judges chapter 19, verses one through 30. And tonight in this text, we consider our descent down that dark staircase that is Judges 19 into the darkness that is the idolatry and moral ruin of the nation of Israel. And we see that warned, don't we, in the book of Judges. We see God having warned them in chapter two, verse two. God had said to them, you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall tear down their altars. But he says to Israel, you've not obeyed my voice. You've not obeyed my voice. Why have you done this? Therefore, I also said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be thorns in your side. Their gods shall be a snare to you. Now, Paul would later say, what fellowship does light have with darkness? What accord has Christ with belial? What part has a believer with an unbeliever? We are to tear down their altars. We're to separate ourselves from the godlessness of this world. We're to come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean. God says, and I will receive you. But he turns to the Israelites here and he says to them, you've not obeyed my voice. You've not obeyed my voice. That's not what Israel does here. They don't obey the Lord. They don't come out from them and separate themselves from that pagan influence. They welcome it into their bosom, so to speak. Allow that pagan influence to live amongst them. And so what we see then in Judges chapter 19 through 21, this final section in the book of Judges is a consequence of that fateful and disobedient and unbelieving decision. What you see in the open conduct, the open conduct of the Benjamites of the Israelites in Judges chapter 19 to 21 is a consequence of that decision, that refusal to obey, that disobedience that was prevalent in Judges chapter one at the beginning of the book. This is the judgment of God. Do you see? This conduct, exactly what we see in Romans chapter one, their conduct, their behavior, their hard-heartedness, this wickedness is the fruit of their own heart, the fruit of their own sin, but it is a judgment of God against their disobedience. People often take pride in their opinions, don't they? They can be very hard-hearted, very stubborn. They can be steeled in their opinions, not willing to budge. That's the definition of hard-hearted or the definition of stiff-necked, isn't Israel often referred to as stiff-necked in the Bible. That is a judgment upon your refusal to obey and submit yourself to the word of God. Let it not be said of us that our stubbornness, our obstinacy or our hard-heartedness or our stiff-neckedness is a judgment of God upon our failure to submit ourselves to his word or our failure to obey him or refusal to obey him. Here, this is a consequence. What we see is a consequence. That apostasy, that turning away from God is described by the familiar refrain here at the end of the book. In those days there was no king in Israel and everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Now think with me for a moment. What is astonishing and tragic about this account and what isn't necessarily apparent through a cursory reading of the text is the tremendous speed with which this shocking downfall takes place. They have run headlong downhill to this point in Judges chapter 19 with breakneck speed. And I want you to see that from the text. Now, we would naturally think that the book of Judges is arranged chronologically. We began in chapter one, we worked ourselves to the point now in chapter 19 and it appears as though that everything is arranged chronologically as we work through the book. But what we find here is that our narrator who we believe to be Samuel has arranged the chapters of the book to express something more to us than a mere historical record. The historical period of the Judges. Follow along with me now. The historical period of the Judges accounted for about 400 years of Israelite history between the conquest of the land under Joshua and the establishment of the monarchy under the prophet Samuel. Samson, who we met in Judges chapter 13 through 16, Samson would have come at the very end of that 400 year period and we see Israel's clash with the Philistines still prevalent in the reign of Saul who would have come immediately after Samson may have even been a rough contemporary of Samson and during the monarchy further during the reign of David. We still see David still fighting with the Philistines. Samson himself would have likely been a contemporary of the young Samuel who would later anoint both Saul and David King. So Samson comes at the very end of that period of the Judges, that 400 year period. Then we come now to the end of the book of Judges and what do we see? We see the account of Micah's idolatry. We see the apostasy of the tribe of Dan chapter 17, chapter 18 and now further we see the sin of Benjamin. We see civil war in Judges chapter 19 through 21. I want you to see with me a particular time marker given to us in this account. Look at Judges chapter 20 and drop down to verse 26. Judges chapter 20 and look at verse 26. The nation is distraught over this wickedness of Benjamin. Verse 26 says this, then all the children of Israel that is all the people went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before the Lord fasted that day until evening and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. So the children of Israel inquired of the Lord. The Ark of the Covenant of God was there in those days and Phineas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron stood before it in those days saying shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of my brother Benjamin or shall I cease?  Well, look at that text more in depth next week but what's interesting here, our time marker, is that those are the days, the days that we're looking at, the days that we're studying those are the days of Phineas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron. Now Aaron was the brother of Moses, that's right. Think about the time we're talking about. Aaron was the brother of Moses. Aaron served as high priest during the wilderness wanderings of that first generation, right? The emancipation generation that came out of Egypt. Eleazar was the priest that served alongside Joshua as Joshua led the second generation, the inheritance generation in the occupation, the conquest of the land. So Phineas then, his son, Eleazar's son is serving as priest after Eleazar and he would have been priest in Judges chapter one. Interesting, isn't it? Phineas' son served as priest in Judges chapter one when the Israelites begin their failed attempt to secure the individual territories of the land. He was there. He was there when the Lord gave that warning in Judges chapter two. Phineas was there and it means then, it means that this section of Judges chapters 19 through 21, this terrible wickedness, this heinous sin, this flashback of the very depravity of Sodom itself took place among God's covenant people at the very outset of their occupation of the land and not at the end. Do you see? Now that's tragic. It gives us something to think about, doesn't it? Little time at all, virtually no time at all, merely one generation had elapsed between Israel taking possession of their inheritance and the warning that the Lord gave them of impending apostasy in Judges chapter two and Israel turning in apostasy to this wickedness that we see in Judges chapter 19, 20 and 21. It is astonishing, astonishing. They have greased the slide, so to speak. Israel has gotten to this point almost immediately after they have occupied the land. Now, one question is why? Why is the book arranged this way? Why is this account at the end of the book? We can certainly ask why, how is it possible that Israel has debased themselves in this way so quickly but why is this account at the end of the book? Our author, likely Samuel, has been recording the history of the Judges during this period and the history that he's been recording has been somewhat chronological. Some of these judges overlapping and the placement of this record at the end, the very climax of the book is as if Samuel wanted to say, this is how bad the whole period was. This was a time when there was no king in Israel and everyone did what was right in his own eyes. You say, this is characteristic of the period of the Judges. The prophet, Hosea, later in Hosea, chapter 10, verse nine, Hosea would say, oh Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. What's he talking about? He's talking about this very incident with the Levite and his concubine and the war with Benjamin. He said there they stood, the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. This is the way that Israel began in the land. And what does that tell us? That tells us we need a king. We are in desperate need of a king. We are in desperate need to see that we can't live our lives according to what looks right in our own eyes. We need a Lord. We need the Lord Jesus Christ, not just any king. We need a king who will bring righteousness, a king who will rule in righteousness, the scepter of his kingdom, a scepter of righteousness. We need the Lord Jesus Christ. That was the promise that God had made to the children of Israel. The coming of one who had crushed the head of the serpent, the coming of one who would rule his people with a rod of iron, the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now when we last left our unnamed Levite, his unnamed and unfaithful concubine and his unnamed servant, they were all walking back from Bethlehem and Judah toward the hill country of Ephraim, where they are from. Sun is beginning to set, night is beginning to fall, and they make a very fateful decision to pass by Jebus or Jerusalem. Because at that time, Jerusalem, Jebus, is a city still occupied by foreigners, the Jebusites. So the Levite decides to press on another three or four miles north toward Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin. Thought it would be safe because his people were there. The Levite would rather stop in Gibeah in order to avoid the Canaanites, but did not realize that stopping in Gibeah, the Canaanites had invaded his own people, right? The Canaanite value system was in their heart, so to speak, in Gibeah. And there in Gibeah, they run into the shamefully inhospitable Benjamites who will not take them in, but the town square, obviously no safe place to settle, they run into a very hospitable old man from Ephraim, not even from Gibeah, he's from Ephraim, and he does take them in. Now, beginning in verse 20, we see an urgent appeal, a perverted attack, a heartless deal, and a devastating outcome. We looked at an urgent appeal and a perverted attack last week. The urgent appeal came in verses 20 and 21, where the old man said, peace be with you, however, let all your needs be my responsibility. Do not spend the night in the open square, and so he brought them into his house and gave fodder to the donkeys, and they washed their feet, ate, and drank. And again, there seems to be this sense of urgency on the part of the old man, he knows that all things are not well, all things are not right in Gibeah, and wants them to spend the night in his place, don't spend the night in the open square. We then considered the perverted attack in verse 22. As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men, literally, sons of Belial, they surrounded the house, beat on the door, they spoke to the master of the house, the old man saying, bring out the man who came to your house that we may know him carnally. And we know what that means, we don't have to use our imaginations there. In this, we're meant by our author to see Sodom revisited. You can't help but see a large number of connections between this account and Sodom, and Genesis chapter 19. And that's intentional. We're to see the wickedness and the heinousness of that sin, that Sodomite sin here in Gibeah, in this account. There's an intentional link. Gibeah and the wickedness of Sodom are connected in God's judgment upon their sin, do you see? The author is saying that the two are connected by a common fallenness, a common depravity, a common heart condition. And listen, that is a common heart condition, a heart condition that is common to all men. All men, apart from God's saving work by his spirit, through the person and work of Jesus Christ, all human beings are capable of gross, reprehensible sin. The seed of that sin lies within the heart. Listen, it is a common grace of God through his restraint on this world, through as one of the uses of the law that we've talked about, his restraint on sin that all men aren't more wicked than they are. But here we see that seed lurking within the heart of all men. This seed, this sin certainly would have been unthinkable, unconscionable to any son of Abraham. And yet here it is committed by a tribe in Israel. It's amazing, isn't it? Now we have to remember that this degeneracy began somewhere. Where did it begin? It began in Judges chapter one. It began at the very beginning with the failure of the Israelites to obey the word of God.  They did not drive out the wicked and worldly influence of the Canaanites from among them. They refused to obey. The Lord warned them in Judges chapter two, and now we see sin in Israel, such as verse 30, not has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. And in this case, took no time at all. Matter of one generation, within the lifetime of Phineas, the grandson of Aaron. And this remember is the judgment of God. Now, this wickedness in Gibeah provokes third, a heartless and a desperate deal, a heartless deal, verse 23. But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, know my brethren, I beg you, do not act so wickedly. Seeing this man has come into my house, do not commit this outrage. Notice first, the old man began by addressing them as brethren. Brethren, they were, according to that standard. They were of the tribe of Benjamin, the sons of Jacob, were the ones who were committing this outrage. Next, notice he drew attention to the shamefulness of the act. I beg you, do not act so wickedly. This was a shameful thing they were doing. Thirdly, he pleaded with them as one responsible for those who he had taken under his care, who he had taken into his house. He pleaded with them, do not commit this outrage. This man has come into my house. In other words, the old man's honor was at stake. Do you see? It's the old man's honor that is at stake. They would not be persuaded. These Benjamites were hardened, given over to their lusts, reminds us of Romans chapter one. They've been given over to a debased mind to do those things which are not fitting, those things which are not natural. And so then, rather than calling on the Lord for help in his time of need, rather than taking it upon himself to defend those who had come under his care, what does the old man do? He offers a heartless deal. Verse 24, look, here is my virgin daughter and the man's concubine.  Does that ring a bell?  The old man said to them, do with them as is good in your eyes is literally what the text reads. But to this man, do not do such a vile thing. In other words, do your vile thing to my daughter instead. Really? Do your vile thing to this woman who is my guest. Really. There's simply no way to excuse what is being offered. There's no way around the fact that this is a heartless, disgusting, reprehensible deal that this man is attempting to make with these Benjaminites. Is there no, no one who calls on the name of the Lord here in Israel at this time? Is there no one who has any sense?  Apparently not. Do with them as you please. No amount of cultural or chronological accommodation here will suffice. You can't say to yourself, well that's just the way things were back then. You can't say, well, concubine is more property than she was. Why, if they could do it. That, no, there is no excuse. This is nothing more than the swappings of unconscionable evils. That's all it is.  And all of that, think with me, that picture in the shadow of the love and sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Right? Who would never have done such an abhorrent thing, but took all of our sin and shame and guilt upon himself and he himself suffered in our place for us. Right? The love of Jesus Christ should compel us. So that's how we should love. The Lord, when he met with his disciples in the upper room said, John chapter 13, as I have loved you, so now you love one another. There is nothing, nothing even remotely picturing that kind of love here in Judges chapter 19. It's just not here. Feminism will point to this account as evidence of the evils of patriarchalism, right? The evils of the patriarchy or how patriarchy relationships are that kind of standard in our day is so evil. And so this is not a picture of biblical patriarchy. This is a picture of depravity. This is a picture of man's sin.  We have every right, every reason in our day and age to condemn everything about this and the Bible certainly does. There's no way in which the Bible upholds this as some righteous form of patriarchalism, right? There's no way the Bible upholds this. The Bible condemns this and does so with the strongest fervor in texts just like this. We're to be abhorred by this. We're to be disgusted by it. John chapter 13, 34, Jesus said, "'Love one another as I have loved you.'"  He didn't offer someone else up. He offered himself up. If we would be like the Lord Jesus Christ, we must be prepared to stand for righteousness to our own hurt first. To our own hurt first. You know, there is something to be said for situational awareness. You think ahead of time. If I were in that position, what would I do?  What are you gonna do, right? You think about those things in advance and think about what you would do. Would you place yourself between harm and those you are called to love? Lord Jesus Christ certainly did. We must be prepared to love one another to our own hurt if that's what is necessary and we trust in the Lord for deliverance. The Lord can certainly deliver us, right? He delivered Daniel out of the lion's den. He delivered Meshach Abednego out of the fiery furnace. The Lord can certainly deliver us but if the Lord decides not to, they would say, we're gonna trust him anyway and do what is right. The old man here fails. The old man fails. It's as if his honor in this unspoken honor code of hospitality in the ancient Near East with this Levite in his household, it's as if his honor is more important in the lives of his own daughter and this woman who's a guest in his house. His reputation matters more than justice or love. Verse 25, the men would not heed him. Unlike the account of Sodom in Genesis chapter 19, there are no angels involved to strike these wicked men with blindness. There's no one to lead them out by the hand. So the man took his concubine and he brought her out to them. Like someone might toss a scrap of meat out to a pack of wild dogs. That's what he did with his concubine. Having gone to great lengths to retrieve his wayward concubine, he now cast her aside when his own safety is in jeopardy and the text says they knew her and abused her all night until morning and when the day began to break, they let her go. It has the sense of they discarded her.  Lastly then, a devastating outcome. Heartless deal, a devastating outcome. Verse 26, then the woman came as the day was dawning, fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was till it was light. When her master arose in the morning, opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way. He didn't open the doors of his house to go and look for his concubine. Didn't open the doors of my house because I was concerned how she was faring. Opened the doors of the house to go his way. However, the word is behold, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold. One commentator remarked that these verses were cold and calculated to match the Levite's attitude. The woman lies dead, her hands reaching out for the threshold, two week to open the door, two week to even knock, two week to cry out. She dies with her hands reaching out for help, reaching out for the safety of the doorway, reaching out for the help of her husband. And verse 28, as if nothing had happened, he said to her, get up, let us be going, but there was no answer. So the man lifted her onto the donkey, the man got up and went to his place. This man is abhorrently calloused. And we run out of adjectives, don't we? After a while, abhorrently, reprehensibly, deplorably, disgustingly, shamefully, all right? You start running out of adjectives. This man is calloused. The wording of the text actually leaves open the possibility that he found her alive at the threshold, doesn't it? If you read the text, there's that question that lingers, was she alive or was she dead? The text doesn't clearly say he would later say that she was dead, but we can't trust this guy anyway. So was she alive or was she dead? What does he do? Verse 29, when he entered his house then, he took a knife, he laid a hold of his concubine. This is the second time that she's been laid hold of, brutally laid hold of. He laid hold of his concubine and divided her into 12 pieces. Limb bylem desecrated her body and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel, brutally taken by hand a second time. He cuts her up as if she were a dead animal, carcass. This would serve to mobilize the nation of Israel, verse 30, and so it was that all who saw it said, no such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. I'm not exactly certain if that is the cutting up of the concubine that they're referring to as this deed. More than likely it's the deed of the Benjamites in raping her and then murdering her. Both would fit under that fitting description and they respond, consider it, confer and speak up. That's the command of our author to do that. He's saying to us, he's saying to his Israelite audience, those that would have read this book in Israel's history and down through to our day to day, he says to us, consider it, confer and speak up. Well, what is it that we are to consider? Well, in the short time we have left, consider this. Proverbs chapter 14, verse 12, there is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. You hear Solomon there? There is a way which seems right to man, but its end is the way of death. When there was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in his own eyes. It may seem right in your own eyes, but what you're doing and how you are living, when you are doing that which is right in your own eyes, the end of that thing is death. The end of that thing is destruction. There's a path associated with that, isn't there? It's not an isolated decision. It's not an isolated attitude of heart. It's not an isolated disposition. It is a pathway. And the Lord shows us in Judges chapter 19, it's a pathway to apostasy. It's a pathway to destruction. The end of that way is death.  You and I cannot live doing what is right in our own eyes. We have to do what is right in the Lord's eyes. And listen, we have to acknowledge that we often think and make decisions and act in ways that seem right to us. We need to be concerned that they are right according to God's word. So how do you avoid them? How do you avoid doing what is right in your own eyes? How do you avoid living that way? The first is acknowledge your ignorance. Acknowledge that apart from the Lord Jesus Christ, apart from grace, apart from mercy, apart from the Holy Spirit, we don't know what is right. We can't find right with two hands in a search warrant. We need God's help, right? We need God's help.  Acknowledge the fact that our hearts are deceitfully and desperately wicked above all things. Acknowledge that if it were up to me, I'd go astray. Acknowledge our ignorance. Acknowledge the darkness that lies within us as fallen human beings and cast ourselves upon the wisdom of God's word.  Secondly, submit yourself to His word. Submit yourself to His word. God's word is truth. God's word is health to our bones. God's word is safety to us. Submit yourself to His word. What does that look like? Third, listen to this from Romans chapter 12 verse two. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. You see, in the Christian life, it's not enough. It's not enough to merely say, I'll do whatever God's word says to do. It says for me to go right, I'll go right. It says for me to go left, I'll go left. It says for me not to steal, I won't steal. I'm gonna know. No, we need the renewing of our mind. We need the transformation of our mind, the transformation of our hearts. We need the transformation of who we are. We need to transform how we think, which will transform what we believe, which will transform how we live. We need a life transformation. We don't necessarily need information. We need information for transformation. We need to be changed by His word. We need our mind renewed by His word. We need to be shaped and molded by His word. That's what it means to submit ourselves to the word of God. Not to just sort of casually say, well, I'll do what it says, because when the time comes and that intersects with your own personal will, most of the time your own personal will wins out in that scenario. We need to be submersed in Scripture with a heart-spirit-wrought commitment to follow the Lord's lead wherever it leads us. We need to be shaped by the word, molded by the word. Do not be conformed to this world. Those worldly influences, God told them in Judges chapter two, cast those aside, right? Put away those idols. Don't submit yourself to their influence. Cast them away from you, put them away, and Israel refused to obey God's word, and God said to them, what are you doing? You've not obeyed my voice, what are you doing? Do not be conformed to this world. Put worldliness away, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove. So that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. The not being conformed to the world and the being transformed by the renewing of your mind are prerequisites, do you see, to that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. In other words, you can't prove what is that good and acceptable perfect will of God unless you have put away worldliness and be transformed by the renewing of your mind, do you see? So our three steps in avoiding doing what is right in our own eyes, acknowledging our ignorance, acknowledging our inward depravity, acknowledging our fulness, second, submitting yourself to his word, and thirdly, not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewing of our mind. Lord is gracious and by his spirit, he continues to help us. We need to rely on him in faith, amen. Let's pray together. Father in heaven, Lord, we need you every day, every hour, every minute, we need your help. We need your truth, we need your word. We need you, Spirit of God, guiding us and directing us. We do not want to lean on our own understanding, but in all our ways, Lord, we want to acknowledge you and pray, Lord, that you will guide us and direct us. You will make our steps sure. And we know, Lord, we trust the promises that you've given us in your word, that as we live for you and as we lean and depend on you in faith, that we are safe and secure. You work all things together for our good, and we trust you in that, Lord, and thank you for it. Help us, Lord, cultivate within our hearts a hunger and a thirst for righteousness. Cultivate within us a desperation for wisdom and the wisdom that only comes from your word, applied to our minds, to our hearts, by your spirit. We pray for these things, Lord, and we pray without doubting, knowing that you give liberally to those who pray in such faith. And we trust you, Lord, and thank you for the blessedness of that promise to us. Be with us, Lord, as we seek to live for you. Protect us from this bent within our own heart to trail off, to doing that which is right in our own eyes and help us, Lord, to remain steadfast in doing what is right in your eyes. We love you. We thank you for the opportunity of studying this book together, this time that we've had together in Jesus' name. Amen.


the Parade Host, Tony Wright, Education and Training Command, rival now of the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, Mr Bob Atkinson, and the Commissioner's Staff Officer, Acting Superintendent Ian Thompson, representing the Government of Queensland, the Honourable Julie Atwood MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Member for Mount Hominy. Accompanied by the Ministerial Liaison Officer, Inspector Peter Brewer, National Anthem, sung by Acting Sergeant Nikki Steele. Police officers in uniform are requested to salute. Ladies and gentlemen, the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, Mr Bob Atkinson, will now address the Parade. Queensland Police Academy for this special occasion, his graduation parade. I'd like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of this land, the Jaguar people, the traditional owners in the land on the south side of the Brisbane River. I acknowledge as well their ancestors and any representatives who may be here today. I acknowledge our principal guest today, representing the Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services, the Honourable Neil Roberts, and that is the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and the Member for Mount Hominy, Mrs Julie Atwood. Mr Atwood, thank you for being here today and joining us in representing our Minister on this occasion. We have a number of other state political representatives here today as well, the Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services, and the Minister for New Certains, Mr Glenn Ellepes, the Member for Springwood, Barbara of the Stone, and the Member for Chatsworth, Stephen Kilburn. We thank all of you for attendance. I acknowledge all of my colleagues in the senior executive of the Queensland Police Service, particularly our three deputies who are here today, Ian Stewart, Ross Barnett, Paul Brown, Mr Tony Wright, who was the Assistant Commissioner for our newly appointed Education and Training Command, obviously, for this academy and for our training statewide. I acknowledge as well today all of our colleagues in other state government departments, representing the Department of Community Safety today as Mr Allen Butler, which our colleagues in the Australian Federal Police are represented today by the local commander, Mark Wallace. You would have seen the magnificent work of the Australian Defence Horses in recent months when we went through floods and cyclones, and we particularly welcome today the representatives of the Australian Defence Horses, Commander of the Seventh Brigade, Paul McLaughlin, and representing the Navy, Lockwood King. We also welcome today a number of representatives from the Crime and Misconduct Commission, the Chair, the Honourable Mark Moynihan, Assistant Commissioner Warren Strange, and Ms Helen Kerber. Also today we have the Presidents of both Police Unions, the Queensland Police Union Employees' President, Mr Ian Leavis, and the President of the Queensland Police Commission Officers Union, Mr Tony Cross. We'll see a number of awards that are presented for outstanding achievement, it's an outstanding achievement for all 95 officers who are graduating, but some have received special awards, and I'd like to acknowledge the providers of those awards, wonderful supporters who've been with us for many, many years. Queensland Police Credit Union, Metro Forward, the RACQ, the Lena Family, the Women's Network, Scouts Queensland, the Bowdoin Family, the Butler Family, Community Supporting Police, the Ethnic Communities Council, the Police Citizens Youth Club, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation. As well as, excuse me, some very special guests here today. One of our officers speaking, sworn in today is Chelsea McCluskey, and her father, Superintendent Tom McCluskey from the Vancouver Police in Canterbury, who's here for that occasion, just over here in the dark uniform. And his wife, Leah, who is also a Sergeant of the Vancouver Police, that's very special. I understand that Tom also has a son of the Vancouver Police, but Tom, Chelsea has seen the light, so join us here in Queensland. And another officer whose daughter is being sworn in today is Sergeant Glen Wecker, and here, Mrs Wecker, are here, and their daughter is Christy Wecker, so that's special as well. So, as indicated today, we swear in 95 new police officers. We also swear in five new police service dogs. Four General Judi's dogs, Paan, he'll be based at Thunderburg. Yoshi and Z, he'll be based on the Sunshine Coast. Herge, he'll be based at Ipswich. And a bomb dog, or a more properly titled and explosive ordnance response team dog, named Fanta, who with his handler, Mark Menfold, will work from Brisbane but throughout Queensland in that role. So, 95 new officers and five dogs, that's 100 in total. And if there's going to be any publicity, it's a bit of an a-brainer, really. You may have read the Quarry of Malmonte, I haven't seen that the publicity went to the Labrador, the bomb dog Fanta. And so, one dog outweighed 95 new police officers by the sound of it. Unfortunately, that tends to go with the turf. What a special day this is for all of the officers before you. Today is a start of a new career and a whole new life for them. They've spent almost the last seven months here at the Police Academy being trained and prepared for what they are about to do. And in that context, we also acknowledge the wonderful work of the training facilitators here at the Police Academy based Swan and staff member officers. These officers before you are as well prepared as they can be to face and deal with what they are about to undertake, but they can't stay here forever. They have to go out and do the work. They're first 12 months though will be spent together with a training officer in the field operationally in that support. Today is also a milestone for us in the Police Service because the swearing of these officers today will take our sworn numbers in Queensland to over 10,500. So can I say to all 95 of you, thank you for choosing this is your occupation, but by so doing you have taken on a great responsibility. Not only is it a major change for you, but also for your families. And in that sense, it's wonderful to see so many family members and friends here today to share this occasion. And thank you for your support for these 95 new police officers. That's been important in the last seven months. It'll be equally important if not more so into the future. To be selected as a Police Recruit is of itself an achievement to get to this point is a greater achievement. The standards are high and only a small proportion of those who apply reach this point where they are today. And the journey they start today can take them anywhere in Queensland and take them to any area of the service they can all aspire to reach any rank in the service. There are many worthwhile occupations, but what we basically and fundamentally do is provide for the safety and security of the four and a quarter million people in Queensland and we think that's a very worthwhile thing to do. And on behalf of all my colleagues and senior executives, there are many, many things we'll ask of you, but some of the most important of them are these, that you always owe me a rate of office and a state of ethics that will soon be adopted on your behalf by Constable Anne Smolders. That you be professional at all times. That you treat the public as you would want members of your own family to be treated by other police officers. That you place a high value on teamwork, people, our performance and our partnership with the community. And that accepting that unavoidably with the work you're about to do. There is an element of risk and danger that you do all you can to minimize that risk, avoid being complacent, and stay alert and be aware. And finally, even though you will see the darkest side of life starting from Monday, we ask you not to become cynical by that, but rather be inspired by the importance of the work you do and the very many good things that you will see as well as the dark things. There are a few things that you can be certain of that I believe, my name, my colleagues and the senior executive believe, that the future of policing is in good hands. The evidence of that is in the calibre of character and future ability of the 95 people before you. Having said that, we know that retained community support we must work hard and ourselves never become complacent and continue with the ways we approve. So in closing, we're going to all of you. Congratulations, well done, stay safe and welcome to the Queensland Police Family. Thank you, Commissioner. The Commissioner will now formalize the graduation of five police dogs into the service. The police dogs and their handlers have undertaken a 14 week training course at the Queensland Police Dog Squad, where they have been trained in general purpose and explosive ordinance duties and will be deployed within Brisbane and regional locations. The courses are completed in Brisbane under the guidance of the State Coordinator, Senior Sergeant Terry Tangewell. Senior Instructor Steve Palmer will leave the graduating dogs on parade today. Police dog Yoshi is the first police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Trent Reynolds, and they will be stationed at the Sunshine Coast Dog Squad, where they will perform general duties as a police dog team. Police dog Fanta is the first police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Mark Penfold and are stationed at the explosive ordinance response team, where they will perform explosive detection duties as a police dog team. Police dog Harm is the second police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Shane Kavanaugh. They are stationed at the Bundaberg Dog Squad, where they will perform general purpose duties as a police dog team. Harm and Shane have made their television debut on Channel 9, sending the dogs Australia and will feature later in this year. The first police dog for his handler, Senior Constable Martin Wilson. They are also stationed at the Sunshine Coast Dog Squad, where they will perform general purpose duties as a police dog team. Dog Food is the third police dog for his handler, Senior Constable Steve Lindsey. They are stationed at the X-Fleets Dog Squad, where they will perform general purpose duties as a police dog team. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes the induction of the Police Dog Conferences, the Honourable Julie Atwood MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Member for Mount Omany will now address the parade. Good evening everyone, it's great to be here tonight to witness this wonderful parade and can I say that all of the 95 recruits standing in front of me look absolutely wonderful. I'd like to first acknowledge a number of important people here tonight, Commissioner for Police, Bob Atkinson, Deputy Commissioner for Special Operations, Ross Barnett, Deputy Commissioner for Regional Operations, Ian Stewart, Chairperson of the Crime and Incidental Disconduct Commission, Martin Moynihan, Member for NUSA, Glen Elms, who is the Shadow Minister for Police, Member for Springwood, Barbara Stone, Member for Chatsworth, Steve Kilburn, General President of the Police Union of Employees, Ian Lee, Police Commissioned Officers Union, Tony Cross, Members of the QTS Senior Executive, Commissioned Officers, Distinguished Guests, Police Officers, Ladies and Gentlemen and our new recruits. Pleased to be here tonight to represent Police Minister Neil Roberts to officially welcome these recruits into the Queensland Police Service. Tonight, 95 new constables will begin their careers as Police Officers. Throughout their careers, the principal duty of these officers will be to serve and protect the people of Queensland. They will play a very important role in maintaining law and order in the communities to which they are stationed. A role that I, like the large majority of communities that they will serve, deeply appreciate and respect. They will be expected to exhibit impeccable integrity, professionalism and accountability. They will be proud to work as much with their local communities as with their peers. You foster a safe and secure Queensland. I'd like to thank each and every one of these new industries in advance for their commitment to this cause. I'd also like to acknowledge their achievements in making it this far and acknowledge the challenges that still lie ahead for them. The Queensland community takes great pride in the quality of recruits who graduate from this academy and you should all be very, very proud of your achievements to date. I'd also like to extend my thanks to all those who assisted these recruits to get where they are tonight. The support they've paid received, not only from the GIP yet, but also from their families and friends during their journey has no doubt is indispensable. Apart from inducting the new police officers, however, tonight also sees another key achievement of our police service. As a result of these recruits being stored this morning, Queensland Police Service abolished its ranks to be 10,500 strong. This has been a fantastic experience throughout Queensland and we are committed to doing all we can to ensure the number of recruits on our streets will continue to grow in the future. Thank you again all for attending and good luck to each and every one of you possible. Thank you. As you can all present the award for leadership to recruits who we can complain throughout the generation of the recruits programme. To be able to get education from any presentation on behalf of the Queensland Police Revision Union, we'll present the achievement award to recruits who we can inform on their needs to drive a truck out of their trove forward, deliver certain locations for all of the time to the recruits Joshua Braving and one of the introductory studies. We led the RACQQP generous foundation on this slide and to commission our sister Commissioner White to make an accreditation study on behalf of the RACQ and for the group Braving to do the registration. Sponsored by the Queensland Police Revision Network to the recruits following Titan. It's on Raleena who is the third select woman to do so live in the line of duty in Queensland. With that in history, this is the end of the presentation for today. It's the end of our presentation on Raleena and the generous recruits have been doing their education award to recruit a speaker at the bar. We led the Queensland branch of the Scouts Association to understand for this award and for making the presentation today. The generous recruits require and very popular other chiefs to prepare dinner for the group RACQB. Ladies and gentlemen, is Deputy Commissioner for Regional Operations in Stuart Administrator and Commissioner to accompany public safety through collaboration with the community. We thank the Department of Community Safety and to Deputy Commissioner Stuart for making the presentation today. Ladies and gentlemen, the group name is the President of the African Community Council with the name of the Cultural Awareness Award to recruit Fabio Martza. It demonstrates cross-cultural awareness throughout the duration of training with the Indian Community Council for the Sponsorship Office Award and to the Department of Community Safety for making the presentation today. The sector for safety, representing the Chief of the Queensland Community Safety and will present the City Citizens' Youth Club Award to recruits held in Bramhurt. This award acknowledges the recruits who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the RACQB through their involvement in new activities during the recruits training. We thank our community for making today's presentation on the behalf of the Police Citizens Youth Club. Ladies and gentlemen, the group standard. We thank our sponsors. Ladies and gentlemen, our staff and our party commander this afternoon is Sergeant Lisa Duncan and the play-of-bearers are Sergeant Charmaine Leith and Acting Sergeant Kat Matic. This is Judy Scott. This is May-Leith Stelton. And Mr Nick Zurt, 27th of May 2011, be over. On that parade we expect to have 120 balloons, fleets with roots inducted into the service, and shot previously. We can be purchased on Band-Aid for after graduation. The genre may be the same as I should see in the Indian Mountain Police. 25 years with the Band-Aid Police Department and 15 years with experience teaching major crime investigation techniques. We'd also like to acknowledge the recruits, Chris E. Wecker. His father is also a serving member of the Queensland Police Service. Your sergeant, Tom Malloy, has accorded this honour at his final induction parade. Please check her brain rectum. Now, off the list. We know that it's true a standard C process is for justice, peace and good work. But a caring committee works to keep safe those who are vulnerable in need. For this reason we ask for the blessing on these newly graduated hospitals as they commit to three of its four members of the Queensland Police Service. We are willing to serve the community in this way. We are thankful for the hard work and the personal occupation they have given, both for bearing themselves for the duties. We pray that they may always exercise the powers of the officers responsible and that they may be aware of the influence of these officers. For the employees new officers have courage for their control by manager. Give them integrity of the product with ethical choices. We are them a compassionate, insisting, first suffering and victimised. Grant them a partial help. We pray that these officers are the challenges of the new government. And may the God bless you. Thank you, Chairman Maymerton, of the Ceremonial Fun State Protocol. The general, the general calls us to dance and feature retreats, to prepare the night out, to melt and keep noises, to those beyond the full kind of the tempo that slows and that they should return. On completion of the program, the drummers will retire to join the pilots. The pilots and drummers will be able to mix the Ceremonial Fun State by playing Hector the Hero. And closer to the mix will be by the Scottish Concert and Theatre in 1903. It was written as a tribute to major general Hector the Gold, what is general around the turn of the century. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Queensland Police, Pipes and Drums tradition of the traditional Ceremonial Fun State. The Pipe Major, Mr Rodding MacDonald, and Piper Heaton and him. The day of their gayest rule is imminent. And the Australian National Flag is fully loaded. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand and face the flag. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand and face the flag. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand and face the flag.


Yn ystod, gyda cwestiynau cysylltu Llywodraeth Cymru, mewn ddysgu'r lleidwyr yn gyfawr i gael'r cyfnodau o'r ffordd y Pwlwyr ar Gweithgwyr ddiwedd o Aberdinshire. Yr Minister for Rwyll Aberdinshire yw Gweithgwyr yw Llywodraeth Cymru, pan gyrfaenol yng Nghaerffordd Llywodraeth, yng Nghaerffordd Llywodraeth, a'r bobl ASFolioedd i gael'r cyffredinol i gael'r cyffredinol. The interests of the public safety, worker safety, the wellbeing of the local communities affected and the environment are all key priorities. However, by way of background, a crack was discovered on 6 December 2017 in the 40s pipeline near Netherley to the north-west of Stonehaven during routine maintenance. The crack has extended, requiring the 40s pipeline system, which carries production from more than 80 fields in the central and southern North Sea to be shut down to allow for safe repair. A technical assessment is under way to inform the repairs that will be required and the likely duration of the shutdown. There are no plans to shut down Grangemouth Refinery and no impacts are anticipated for fuel and gas supplies. There are sufficient stocks of crude oil to continue operations in the refinery for more than a week, and Petrie and us are also developing contingency plans to import alternative supplies of crude oil should this become necessary to ensure continued operation. In addition, they are also able to import additional finished products to ensure there are no impacts on fuel supplies. We are very aware that an extended shutdown will have an impact on companies with fields utilising the 40s export route. We are seeking clarity from INEOS on the risks of this being necessary. In advance of details emerging on the timescales for returning the pipeline to normal operations, Scottish Government officials remain in close contact with NAS, FPS and Oil and Gas UK to monitor the impacts on the oil and gas sector and the wider economy. Mike Rumbles I thank the minister for that update, but the minister will be aware that people living along the length of the pipeline, especially in Aberdeenshire, are worried that they may be further, as yet undetected, fractures. What can the Scottish Government do to reassure local residents about that? It is clearly something that has occurred in terms of the discussions that we have had, and some thinking that we have had ourselves around making sure that we can give confidence to communities along the route that no similar problems may arise elsewhere. It is obviously very early in the process that we will be seeking information from INEOS to reassurances around whether that is related to a technical failure of a part of the pipeline or whether it is an indication of any further impacts that there may be elsewhere on the line. It is not possible at this stage to give any clarity on those points, but it is clearly something that has been raised by the Scottish Government with INEOS and we will seek further clarity on that. It is a fault that has been identified during routine maintenance. Routine maintenance happens all the time on the pipeline, and that hopefully will give confidence to the public that a breach has been discovered before it became a significant issue.  Mike Rumbles Considering that the 40s oil pipeline is a critical part of the UK's energy infrastructure and it is quite an old pipeline, what does the minister think of the implications for oil workers affected by the temporary closure? As I understand, INEOS has just been telling me that it is understand to be the delays that are going to be weeks rather than days. What can the Scottish Government do to help those employees and their families? Mike Rumbles Clearly, in my original answer, I recognise that this is potential for an extended shutdown to have an impact on those companies that are currently both using the 40s pipeline in terms of production upstream companies that are relying on that pipeline to get their product to market, but also on those who are supporting that work, whether it is through service companies or other supply chain companies to have an impact on their livelihoods. We are trying to get information from oil and gas UK who are doing a ring round to try and speak to all the different businesses that are affected. I am not a liberty to discuss openly the specific companies that are affected by existing shutdowns at this point in time, but to make the member aware that we are having dialogue with oil and gas UK and INEOS on those matters. We will be seeking as a high priority to make sure that we protect the interests of those supply chain companies that may have cash flow difficulties if they are not able to conduct the work that they have been contracted to do at this point in time. Angus MacDonald Coincidentally, I spent the whole of yesterday morning meeting with senior INEOS management in Grangemouth at which the 40s pipeline was discussed among other issues. I was encouraged by the action taken by INEOS to safeguard the environment following the identified crack in the pipeline. Can I ask the minister if he has received any further assurances from INEOS on production at Grangemouth and security of supply for fuel and gas in the coming weeks as a result of the repairs that are required? What liaison has there been with the UK Government regarding security of supply? Angus MacDonald To reassure Mr MacDonald that I welcome his involvement as a local constituency member in taking interest in the welfare of those working at the Grangemouth plant, as I understand that, as I said in my original answer, the company has contingency plans to be able to ensure that they have sufficient crude oil to be able to continue operations at Grangemouth and that they do not anticipate affecting production. However, they also have plans in place to ensure, if that does arise, that they can access the finished product to make sure that there is no disruption to fuel supplies in the Scottish or Northern England markets. I think that the company is taking appropriate steps in that respect. On environmental protection, we believe that the issue has been contained, that it has identified what faults are there and that it is identifying a solution to repair the fault. We have every confidence that any of us are working extremely hard on that at this moment in time. The member also asked about engagement with the UK Government. At this moment in time, engagement has been at official to official level, but if necessary, we would be keen to engage with UK ministers on that. Obviously, there are key reserve powers in relation to oil and gas industry and the security of supplies of energy are also a reserve matter, so we will be keen to work collaboratively with UK ministers if that proves necessary. Lewis Macdonald I wonder if the minister can tell us whether the Government has been informed about any oil that may have been in the pipeline system, particularly above the site of the repair before it was closed down overnight, what has been done or will be done to remove that oil from the pipeline and make it safe, and also what are the financial, commercial and operational implications of that shutdown for operating companies? Producing that oil, the owners of that oil and other operating companies are reliant on the infrastructure and, by extension, what are the cash flow implications for companies in the supply chain in the north-east and across Scotland? Lewis Macdonald I clearly recognise the number of important issues that Lewis Macdonald raised. The pipeline is averaged daily through just under 450,000 barrels of oil a day and 3,500,000 tonnes of gas. I should stress that we had reassurance that there does not appear to be any threat to gas supplies from St Fergus terminal, so we will still be able to supply gas to national grid, so there are not any immediate threats to domestic heating supplies and other uses of gas. However, clearly such a loss of throughput is clearly of an impact, potential impact to those companies who are affected by that, and that is what we are hoping that Oil and Gas UK will be able to assist us with providing in confidence data to us in the course of the day as to the impacts on particular companies that are affected by that, because we are keen to ensure that we protect the workforce of those involved in production on the platforms that are being affected by the 40s pipeline system shutdown from having any impact on it. It is a difficult time for the sector already having any further exacerbating effect on employment or profitability in those companies. Stuart Stevenson Does the minister have any knowledge of the nature of the problem that has occurred in the pipeline, but more fundamentally, how the information about that failure may be shared with other pipeline operators to ensure that we have the best possible chance of this being a one-off? I think that Mr Stevenson makes a very reasonable point in terms of making sure that we learn lessons from that, including to relay any issues around good practice to other pipeline operators as swiftly as can be done. Obviously, health and safety executive is not a devolved agency, but I am sure that health and safety executive were taking a very keen interest in this to ensure that anything can be done to prevent a similar risk to safety being incurred in future. That is something that we need to take forward. It appears to be a crack, a breach in the pipe. As yet, we do not have a confirmed cause of that failure. That goes to the heart of what Mr Rumbles was also saying in relation to the cause of that, as to understand whether it is something like metal fatigue or some other cause, or whether it is something that has externally damaged the pipe and therefore caused the crack. As yet, we do not have an answer to that question, but I certainly commit to furnishing those answers to members in the chamber with interest once we have that identified. Lewis MacDonald has already asked questions about the commercial impact, so I will not repeat them, but does the cabinet secretary agree that the temporary shutting down of the 40s pipeline and the attendant implications of that has highlighted for all those who live in the north-east and those who are working in the north-sea already know, and that is the huge importance of Scotland's north-sea oil reserves to the UK economy? I think that it is a very valid point, and we all recognise that the oil and gas industry is extremely important to the Scottish economy, but at times of this you also realise that, A, it is a dangerous occupation in some parts of the job, and we have seen not least in the north-east in the past the tragic loss of life in Piper Alpha, but that is obviously on land, and there has been damage to the key pipeline here, but it also illustrates just how important the north-east and Scotland is to providing energy needs not just of Scotland but of course the whole UK in terms of critical oil and gas supplies. Clearly there is a very strong imperative on part of all agencies to making sure that the 40s pipeline system is back up and running again and doing the job that it has been doing for many years now to help supply us with our primary energy needs, which it is very much doing on a day-to-day basis, and we do often take that for granted. Thank you minister and members. That concludes our urgent question. We now move on to topic questions. Question 1 from Lee MacArthur. Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent reports from HMIC.


Hey guys, this is Pat back from freesaloneducation.com and we have Brian Hare here. We're gonna give him a haircut. We're gonna kind of create a pompadour with his curly wave. So what we're gonna do is just go in with the clipper, then we're gonna do scissor over comb a little bit and then we're gonna work wet on the top. So we've got it blown dry, it's washed, it's clean right now, but then, so after I get done with the clipper work, then I'm gonna go through with the scissor. So we're gonna start off, we're gonna use a three and a half blade because I wanna start with my longest blade first. So I'm gonna work with a three and a half. That'll take me right up to the recession point here in the long the parietal ridge. I'm not gonna go all the way up to the parietal. So just kind of working just up to that edge where that hairline is there. I'm gonna start off with our three and a half. Not too worried about this hair here because I'm gonna go in with a shorter guard in that point. We're just rocking that blade out. I wanna get this longer hair out of the way. And we'll just work that three and a half right along. I'm gonna follow the curve of the head right there with this guarded blade so that I kinda get that natural curve in. There should be kind of a natural shadow. I'm gonna go in and take that out again, scissor over comb around. Halfway up to where it was. Shouldn't see too much of a line during this because the blades are very, but it's just gonna give it a nice little gradation and blend. The final blade that we use. I'm not trying to go super tight with this one. I'm just gonna work the edges and leave it at that. Then I get that part done. Now I'm gonna go through. I wanna grab a longer barbering scissor. So I'll look for something more around the 6.5, seven inch range. And we can go in and just blend this. So we'll start on the other side on the temple. And all I'm doing is taking out basically just the parietal ridge area. And then the rest of it I'm gonna cut wet. I just wanna create a blend here. I'm using a wider tooth comb. That's gonna allow me to just have less tension so I'm not pulling the hair all over the place. That one doesn't help me create any lines in there. If you see little spaces, sometimes you might see little kind of gaps in movement.  So what that does is it makes the hair a little bit longer so it creates almost what looks like a patch of longer hair. It's not, but just the density is different. So you're gonna see, technically the hair I guess is longer, but you're gonna see that kind of shadowing in there because of the dent. So it's good. That's why I like using scissors because the clipper would run right over that like it did. So scissors just help you with the detail work. So instead of doing this whole entire thing with scissors which would take you a long time, you can go in with the clippers, then go through with the scissors and finalize everything.  I don't like doing it in just 15 minutes and getting them out. But in the same sense, you do need to make some money too. So it's good to have techniques that are gonna speed up your time. And I think that this is one of them. Just working with the clipper on the base and then going in with your scissors, fine tuning it.  So is that an easy way to put it?  I like that. Kind of fills in just a little bit of the gap makes a smoother line around. And the one request with him was to make sure that we leave the top a little bit longer. And in the pompadour, we definitely wanna do that. The most important thing here is just to create a nice clean edge in the haircut. So I'm gonna keep that hair parted. I'm just gonna scissor over comb. Just picking it up with my comb and cutting it. And I just wanna make sure that this line is balanced here. So you can see as I comb it down, it's got a little bit of a balance to it. So I'm just gonna keep working through until I get a nice solid edge on there. Then I'm gonna take one more section and this is where I think it's cool because it'll give me a little bit of a weight line. But now I can hold it in my hand here and I'm gonna cut my first line. So using that slight bit of graduation as my guideline. And then I'm gonna bring the rest of his hair to that. So what this is gonna do is push the weight heavier in the center, but it's gonna give it a nice gradual effect to get to that point. So we're removing the weight, which would be sitting off this edge. So you can see how it's building up that weight. But as soon as we part it back over this way, it'll collapse nice and lay really nice. So just working my way through. And you're probably gonna run out of hair at this point. So we'll leave that longest point right in the center, clean up the front just a little bit. Any haircut, even though we're gonna leave this top long, we wanna make sure that it's nice and cleaned up. So you can see how that line looks while when it gets pushed over, the blend is really nice together. All right, so we have the edge here. Again, I just wanna blend that in. So take your scissor, a little scissor over comb. Blend and what we're doing is basically creating our guideline. So now I can take a parting, bring it over in my hand, I'll work this line here into that graduated line right at the parietal. All the way across, you can see that line there. Another parting, bring it over to me. Not much to work with now. So now I know it'll be blended when it combs back over. So we've got that. Now I wanna go through just in the center portion here and I'm just gonna take clean sections across the head. Should see that point there. So I wanna connect them, the edge. So this is the hair that didn't make it over. I'm just gonna connect. I'm not too worried about this being perfect at this point. You could even go through and point cut this part if you want to. I like it to have a little bit more of a precision clean look for this haircut. Plus Brian has a little bit curly hair. So it's fun when all the hair falls uniform because you can push it into more curl formations and different things like that. So we're just working short to long on the fingers across the head. And when we get to the front here, biggest difference in this part is we're gonna over-direct it back so that he doesn't lose the length in the front because that will help push it up and pop it up in the front. Same on this side. So now that'll give him a little pop and a nice clean, clean look. So we're just gonna use a T-trimmer. And I wanna make this more of a natural hairline. So I'm just gonna work with the T-trimmer up, follow his hairline. So I'm working with the trimmer backwards. A little trimmer over comb here just to blend the edge.


What's up guys and welcome to Trendy Updates up our SPM boys. Now unto the trending news today is musician and CAS Jagua who now says that he is a richer modern Ali Kiba and harmonize. Now in the story and by him Naduwa Kwanzaile Kujapale kumtendao wakati Jagua li sema that he is a richer than a musician akote na kote has been responding to Jagua telling him to stop comparing himself to women. Nani story and by Eleza kutrenda whole week and also harmonize came through to tell Jagua that you cannot be richer than me kwa sababu atata the former president me he saw rest magufuli aleza kum patik harmonize na kumuambia you are a top. Lakin ni sasa diya kwa mekuda kukanu shaile story na kumuambia harmonize tia bidi badu hau jafika and that is what Jagua has told harmonize. Lakin ni kumvushi kwa mba harmonize had commented this regarding Jagua saying that he is a richer than all of them. Ali eza kumuandiki na kusema that's where you said you got money over me. I have already denied your title nini meku nima title from our former president magufuli if I was your age I would have retired from music. That's what harmonize aleza kumuambia Jagua kwa mba mekaya kwa ni ngingi sana mi mi ngingi kwa ni me retire from music. Lakin ni aka eza kumuambia love you big bro keep on cashing out keep banking on it 100 percent and now Jagua has come out to tell harmonize aweze kutia bidi badu hau jafika na pia Jagua has told you know Kenyan or other artists wa eza kuchkwam ziki kama biashara kwa sababu he says that is why he has made money. That is why people started asking Jagua me tengeneza pesa kivipi na pia tuna kumbuka ako via leza kusema kwa mba. These are the government officials and by on enda kutengeneza pesa pwale kwa government. Lakin ni eaia meza kuzi tengeneza muenyewe but Jagua mekudia kukanu shazi le comments na kusema ya kwa mba that he has had money for the longest time even before he got into music and he was advising artists to go ahead and do the same kwa sababu they have to get money from their music. Nteza kusema comments pwale wa tumeza kumuambia Jagua but Anaito Jio na sema but Jagua is a great guy making it in Kenya as an artist is hard but he did it. Frida totoz nae na sema na sasam tuji kumpia vipi na muenyewe get a life chalice. Once it is eda na sema da hi kini kivumbi alafu mama itna nae na muenbia fast usiji ite young alafu Chris on my seat na sema yes Jagua you got money but don't compare yourself with Aliki but the guy is a richer than you think aia basi Frank Buzza li kwa me muenbia when a fully grown up man stands comparing himself to women instead of his fellow men aia basi even though atu meza kumuambia pala Jagua lakini kumbuka kumuambia li kwa membia kote una tukipigana na kijui kitakuramba kote aia basi let us know down on the comment section about actually Jagua saying that he is a richer than harmonized na kaisa kumuambia pala li kwa kifanya interview kiss 100 a kumuambia to siyanzeku ingiza comedy kama ila ya Eric Omondi nivo Jagua leza kusimam siyanzeku kumpu kumpia ajamani kwa sababu ita kwa ni comedy let us know down on the comment section what are your thoughts about Jagua responding to the alleged beef between him and the artist including harmonize ana kote but in the meantime keep it trendy updates hapa SPM buzz


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