by Hla Min
Updated : June 2025
Video Broadcast on November 20, 2020
by Hla Min
Updated : June 2025
Video Broadcast on September 13, 2020
by Hla Min
Updated : June 2025
Video Broadcast on November 16, 2020
Use only 32 dark squares on 8 x 8 board
Two players with 12 pieces each
Player who has all pieces captured by the opponent loses.
Player whose pieces are trapped by the opponent loses.
Player may end in a draw by mutual consent or by a set of rules (e.g position repeated three times).
Kyar Bayin (Mandalay)
Kyar Ba Nyein (Assistant / also Champion Boxer / Evangelist of Myanmar Boxing and Martial Arts)
Player who has all the pieces captured by the opponent wins
Player with 12 pieces forces the opponent with a single piece to capture all its pieces and wins!
Arthur Samuel (IBM) developed a Checkers playing program and a data base. Learning from mistakes, the program improved and eventually beat a human player.
Broadcast on November 10, 2020
Disciplines
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Broadcast on September 10, 2020
Dr. Ba Than (Surgeon, Rector)
UPI U Ba Than (Journalist)
Dhammika U Ba Than (Retired Colonel, Writer, Translator)
U Ba Than (B.A, History teacher)
Sayagyi U Ba Than (Retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering)
Other U Ba Than
Broadcast on September 19, 2020
Air is freely available
Breathe in / Inhale
Oxygen
First breath (at birth)
Breath out / Exhale
Carbon dioxide
Last breath (at death)
*****
Traditions for systematic breathing
Yoga
Anapana (Tranquility Meditation)
Vipassana (Insight Meditation)
*****
Deep Breathing
Shallow Breathing
Controlled Breathing (using count)
Equal length
4/4, 5/5 or 6/6
Longer exhale
4/8
Hold
4/7/8
Extremely long exhale
xx/20
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Advantages
Balanced system
Sleep
Occasional need for agitation
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Aids for breathing
Portable Oxygen Tank
Ventilator
Broadcast on September 22, 2020
Founded by De La Salle Brothers in Yangon in 1860 as “St. Paul’s English High School”
Centennial in 1960
Sesquicentennial in 2010
Recognized as Yangon Heritage Site
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Alumni
U Aung Zan Wai survived July 19, 1947
Participant of Pinlon Agreement
Dr. Ba Han : Law Professor and Lexicographer
Deedok U Ba Cho : Arzani
U Ba Khin : First in Burma, first native Auditor General, Vipassana teacher, mentor of Goenkaji
Dr. Ba Than : Surgeon, Medical Superintendent of RGH during Japanese Occupation, Rector of Institute of Medicine, Zwe Ah Nyeint founder
U Tin Tut : First ICS by Invitation, Minister in Bogyoke Aung San Cabinet and Post-Independence Government, Victim of political assassination
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Top Matriculates from SPHS
1951 George Chapman
1952 Dr. Nyunt Tin
1954 Koon Yin Chu
1958 Dr. Soe Win
1959 Dr. Frankie Ohn
1963 Dr. Khin Maung U
1965 Bernard Khaw
See details in my web site hlamin.com
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Some of my teachers
Amelia Kyi : Miss Hong Kong (English)
Brother Xavier (English)
Brother Austin (English, Moral and Manners, Librarian)
Brother Clementian (Mathematics)
Broadcast on September 11, 2020
Definition (multiple senses)
*****
Climate model
Saying : Red at night, shepherd’s delight; Red in the morning, sailors a forewarning
Complex systems for weather forecasting and alerts
*****
Planetary motion
Geocentric model
Heliocentric model
…
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Physics
Newton’s laws of motion
Atomic model
…
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Database
Hierarchical DB
Network DB
Relational DB
Structured data
Semi-structured data
Unstructured data
…

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Miscellaneous
Mathematical model
Statistical model
Economic model
Simulation model
Language model
Computing model
Decision model
Convergence
Collaboration
…
Broadcast on September 16, 2020
Fundamentals
Science or Art?
Music sheet
Musical instruments
Musical education
Harmony in music
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Miscellaneous
U Khin Zaw’s article (from 1958)
On line courses on “History of music”
Computer programs for music
Synthesizers
Video Broadcast on September 9, 2020
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