Just an update about my dental work after about 4 years and 4 months.
Things are going well, which I'm grateful for. The dental hygenist says I have the cleanest gums of any of her patients, probably due to clean living...and seeing her four times a year. I also love my Sonicare toothbrush (the model with the selectable settings so I can brush on "sensitive"), which I use twice a day. And, oh yeah, I also sip bottled water all the time and swish it around in my mouth. I'm not going to complain about success.
I also saw a local periodontist for complete periapical x-rays and to see how the work is holding up. I was concerned about my upper right teeth which have a long history of feeling funny, but there are sinus issues too. He said the teeth and gums were fine. My upper left lateral incisor still feels unnaturally numb after the root canal; but there is no pain. He said that the root looked fine, echoing what my Costa Rica dentists had told me a couple months back.
The periodontist found two small issues with how the crowns fit the gums. As he didn't notice these four years ago when he first examined me, these must reflect changes in my gum tissue since then. The defects are quite small now, and my general dentist never even mentioned them. However, if they continue to get worse, the time may come many years from now when I might need a couple of new crowns. There is also a small (1 mm) recession in my gum on the back side of my upper front teeth. This actually seems much less of a problem than it did when my general dentist commented on it a year ago. Specialists are excellent in finding irregularities.
So, my 28 crowned teeth are no longer perfect. Oh, well. But I still have 23 or 24 crowns and gums that are as good now as they were in April 2011.
I'll continue to provide updates.


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Clearfield MRL issues not a long-term problem5 months, 1 week ago
Clearfield MRL issues not a long term problem
Gregor Heard@grheard 13 Aug 2019, 8 a.m.
Barley is one of a number of crops with herbicide tolerant Clearfield varieties.
THE head of BASF's ag solutions team believes there will be no long-term fall out from current uncertainty about Clearfield technology.
A SENIOR executive with a crop protection business that makes herbicides for use in Clearfield cropping systems is confident there will be no loss of export markets due to concerns about herbicide residues from using the system.
Gavin Jackson, head of agricultural solutions BASF Australia / New Zealand said he was upbeat about the marketability of Clearfield varieties of major food crops, which include wheat, barley, canola and lentils.
Mr Jackson's company makes Intervix, the Group-B based herbicide used in wheat, barley and canola Clearfield cropping systems.
There has been some controversy surrounding exports of Clearfield varieties to northern Asian markets such as Japan and South Korea after changes to maximum residue limit (MRL) standards in both nations in regards to the imidazalone (imi) group of chemicals, including the imazamox and imazapyr active ingredients in Intervix.
It has led to bulk handler GrainCorp not accepting Clearfield malt barley varieties into malt segregations, instead saying they must be delivered into the feed stack.
Mr Jackson said BASF was working industry to get the issue resolved.
"We are working with Austrade to support the establishment of new MRL protocols in Japan and South Korea and ensuring good stewardship from Australian growers in terms of using the product correctly."
"When used according to the label instructions there will be no problems."
Mr Jackson said Clearfield products, in particular canola, remained a popular choice for growers
"Clearfield canola has maintained its longevity, it is still controlling broadleaf weeds, such as wild radish and wild turnip in canola.
"It's especially popular still in South Australia where they don't have the option of a Roundup Ready (RR) genetically modified variety.
"It is also very good in terms of removing brome grass in-crop, so it is still an important tool for growers."
The story Clearfield MRL issues not a long-term problem first appeared on Farm Online.

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Professional & Academic Books
Gerhard's Theological Commonplaces
Walther's Works
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Luther's Works, Volume 13 (Selected Psalms II)
by Luther, Martin ; Pelikan, Jaroslav, editor
Luther's Works: The American Edition, published by Concordia and Fortress Press between 1955 and 1986, comprises fifty-five volumes...
Chemnitz's Works, Examination of the Council of Trent Set, Vol 1-4
by Chemnitz, Martin ; Kramer, Fred, translator
Contains the four Examination of the Council of Trent books from the Chemnitz series. The Examination of the Council of Trent series...
Luther's Works, Volume 14 (Selected Psalms III)
This third volume contains lectures on selected Psalms...
Luther's Works, Volume 15 (Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon & Last Words of David)
In this volume, Luther offers interpretations of three Old Testament texts that are often poorly translated and often misinterpreted...
Luther's Works, Volume 16 (Lectures on Isaiah Chapters 1-39)
This volume contains lectures on Isaiah, chapters 1 through 39...
Luther's Works, Volume 17 (Lectures on Isaiah Chapters 40-66)
This volume contains lectures on Isaiah, chapters 40 through 66...
Chemnitz's Works Set, Vol 1-8
by Chemnitz, Martin ; Preus, Jacob A. O., translator
Martin Chemnitz's major theological works translated into English are now available in beautifully bound matching hardback volumes to endure years...
Luther's Works, Volume 18 (Lectures on Minor Prophets I)
This volume of lectures on the Minor Prophets covers Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Haggai, and Malachi...
Luther's Works, Volume 19 (Lectures on the Minor Prophets II)
by Luther, Martin
Luther's Works, Volume 20 (Lectures on the Minor Prophets III)
by Dinda, Richard
Luther's commentary on Zechariah points to Zechariah as "an outstanding model" in comforting people not to despair when the promises of Christ's kingdom do not seem to come true. This comfort is for all time...
Luther's Works, Volume 21 (Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat)
Luther's expositions of the Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat are masterpieces...
Luther's Works, Volume 22 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 1-4)
The fifty-three sermons contained in this volume show that Luther was one of the most eloquent preachers since the days of Christ...
Luther set special store by the Gospel According to St. John. He often spoke and wrote of John as the foremost of the evangelists...
Luther's Works, Volume 24 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 14-16)
by Bertram, Martin
The sermons contained in this volume show how masterfully Luther employed the cardinal principles of effective preaching...
Luther's Works, Volume 25 (Lectures on Romans)
by Preus, Jacob A O
With Luther's lectures on the Epistle to the Romans he had a splendid opportunity to share with his students the great find of his life, "that place in Paul which was for me truly the gate of Paradise."...
Luther's Works, Volume 26 (Lectures on Galatians Chapters 1-4)
Lectures on Galatians delivered by Martin Luther in 1531 have been hailed as the great Reformer's Magna Carta of Christian liberty...
by Pelikan, Jaraslov
These lectures give eloquent evidence of Luther's determined espousal of the doctrine of justification by faith.
Luther's Works, Volume 28 (Selected Pauline Epistles)
by Sittler, E
This volume offers three short commentaries on Pauline Epistles that were written with a particular purpose and called for by a specific need.
Luther's Works, Volume 29 (Lectures on Titus, Philemon & Hebrews)
Luther's Works: The American Edition, published by Concordia and Fortress Press between 1955 and 1986, comprises fifty-five volumes. These are...
Luther's Works, Volume 30 (The Catholic Epistles)
This volume contains sermons on the first and second Epistles of St. Peter, sermons on the Epistle of St. Jude, and lectures on the first Epistle of St. John...
Luther's Works, Volume 31 (Career of the Reformer I)
by Luther, Martin ; Grimm, Harold J., editor
Luther's Works, Volume 32 (Career of the Reformer II)
by Luther, Martin ; Forell, George W. editor
Luther stands out as the defender of his understanding of the Christian faith in this volume. What he said and...
Luther's Works, Volume 33 (Career of the Reformer III)
by Luther, Martin ; Watson, Philip S., editor
On the Bondage of the Will was considered by Luther himself as one of his best writings. This particular treatise...
Luther's Works, Volume 34 (Career of the Reformer IV)
by Luther, Martin ; Lehmann, Helmut & Spitz, editors
Included in this volume are four of the debates or disputations held in Wittenberg University between 1535 and 1542. Thirteen...
Luther's Works, Volume 35 (Word & Sacrament I)
by Luther, Martin ; Bachmann, E. Theodore, editor
The writings in this first of four volumes of Luther's Works on Word and Sacrament are for the most...
Luther's Works, Volume 36 (Word & Sacrament II)
by Luther, Martin ; Lehmann, Wentz, & Ross, editors
Six major movements of the resultant symphony are included in this volume, all dealing with the doctrine of the Lord's...
Luther's Works, Volume 37 (Word & Sacrament III)
by Luther, Martin ; Fischer, Robert H. ,editor
This volume contains Luther's most extensive exposition of his understanding of the Lord's Supper. Directed against the more radical representatives...
Luther's Works, Volume 38 (Word & Sacrament IV)
by Luther, Martin ; Lehmann, H. & Lehmann, M., editors
Development of Luther's concept of the Lord's Supper. This volume traces the development of Luther's concept of the Lord's Supper...
Luther's Works, Volume 39 (Church & Ministry I)
by Luther, Martin ; Gritsch, Eric W., editor
This volume includes two writings dealing with the plight of the common person who Luther felt had become a victim...
Luther's Works, Volume 40 (Church & Ministry II)
by Luther, Martin ; Lehmann, H & Bergendoff, C. editors
This volume in Luther's Works contains writings of Luther directed for the most part against the fanatical front on the...


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Blogging for Fun is compulsive, or it should be, and if it is not why are you doing it or contemplating doing so? Here is my guide to blogging, we all go about it differently, but there are some basics which you need to get on board with!
Before you start know why you want to blog, and ask yourself whether you have the time to post on a regular basis.
If you decide to quit writing your blog, then be kind and let your followers know, You never know, you might just decide to come back!
Ask yourself what you are hoping to achieve by blogging?
What effect do you want to have on your readers?
Where do you think your readers will come from?
Write as you talk – a blog is a conversation between you and the reader.
Be consistent – not only as to the frequency of your posts, but also in terms of the tone, style and content.
Be open, honest and inviting – remember a conversation is two way. Expect (indeed encourage) your readers to comment on and challenge your opinions; but also be prepared to defend your opinion.
Be visible and responsive – you don't have to be online 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, but be regularl in reviewing comments and responding. This is good blogmandship!
Promote your blog – look for similar types of blogs, or event those which are just downright interesting to you, and comment on their posts, leave your blog details in the comment.
Use links – using links serves several purposes; they connect what you are writing to the rest of the world and connects people to information you consider useful and relevant.
Planning now for Christmas! Believe it or not, Christmas is now a month plus past! We are all looking towards our bank balances and credit card statements and reflecting that we need to do something different this year. Start planning early!
With this in mind, I am going to suggest a few planning strategies that you can put in place now to make Christmas 2018 easier.
Start researching for discount codes etc. Cut them out of magazines, newspapers etc make certain you use them before they are out of date. Remember those deals at Argos, or with those Tesco vouchers, or indeed Sainsbury Nectar points. Planning ahead saves money and time.
Depending on your child's/children's ages, simple things like old traditions 'putting a carrot out for the reindeer', 'leaving a mince pie and milk out for Santa', 'tracking Santa's journey (www.norasanta.org)' can all help with keeping the kids focus away from presents. Planning is key.
Start budgeting and planning now. Write out a list of what you spent money on last Christmas (with costs) and then total it up. When you look at the total were you able to afford it? Budget now, set your amount and budget within that amount.
If you have to send presents, think about shipping early online and have them deliver.
Make your Christmas card list early and post early using the 2nd class post. Postage is expensive, it makes sense to post early.
Don't rack up credit card bills. They are expensive. Buy early in the year, keep your eye open for bargains, and don't forget what you have bought. Make a list of who you have to buy for and note against each person when you buy something.
The RUA (Royal Ulster Academy of Arts) 136 Annual Exhibition took place last year in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. The exhibition was on the 5th floor of the museum (one floor up from the Game of Thrones (GOT) tapestry) and the consisted of works by 266 artists, 169 of whom had been selected from countries, including Germany, Poland, USA< France, Italy, Finland and Denmark.
A backdrop to the RUA's exhibition was the display of Poppies: Weeping Window sculpture by artist Paul Cumins and designer Tom Piper. The original installation 'Blood Swept Lands and Sea of Red' was originally at HM Tower of London in 2014. This installation was to reflect, as with all 14-18 NOW projects, aims to prompt a new, nationwide dialogue around the legacy of the First World War.
Whilst there is no direct link between the two events, the sculpture of poppies certainly made for an interesting talking point for many visitors, whether this is outside, in the refreshment area, the shop or the other areas of the museum.
As I said I did go back to the exhibition a number of times and was drawn over that time by a few pieces which seem to hold an affinity for me. They stopped me, made me think and reflect, and after all that is what art in any shape or form should do – I look forward to this years exhibition, and again will be asking what would I like on my wall, what could and would I talk about but wouldn't have on my wall?
Parliament has the power to legislate retrospectively as well as prospectively. This means that Parliament can render illegal and impose penalties on actions which were perfectly lawful when they were committed. Also, actions which were unlawful at the time of commission, may be rendered lawful or not subject to any legal sanction or proceedings.
So the end result would seem to be, that governments are unique, and resolve their issues in their own way, without necessarily having to conform to what previous governments have said. However, legislation is still legislation, and it would seem to me that for an integral part of a published Act of Parliament to be changed, then it must be debated in the House and agreed by both Houses. The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 set the relevant date as being 1 January 2014, not 2017; so we must only assume from this change that 'someone' has something to hide.
A Taste of Freedom – Palestine is shrinking and a population is getting lost!
almost a 100% increase in Palestinian refugees.
But what is worse, is that systematically Israel is closing down the West Bank to Palestinians, there is no 'taste of freedom' as Jo Glanville wrote about in 1995; in February 2017, Israel authorised 3,000 more settler homes in the West Bank. According to Aljazeera, Israel, in practice, has confiscated Palestinian since its military occupation of the West Bank – including Jerusalem – and the Gaza Strip which started as a result of the 1967 Middle East war.
In effect it is systematically depopulating and land-grabbing the West Bank – it is further isolating Palestinians from other parts of the world, an example being the law passed by the Israeli government on March 6th, which gives Israeli officials authority to deny entry to foreign nationals who have called for, or belong to organisation which have called for a boycott of Israel or Israeli settlements.
Palestinians are a race without a proper home, under continuous threat, and the world needs to take notice and help resolve this problem, which was created by the Western powers walking away from their responsibilities to both Palestinians and Israelis!
When is a Conflict of Interest not a Conflict of Interest?
So George Osborne is to become the Editor (for two days a month at a unknown salary, which I am sure is not a pittance)which if this was his only role would not raise an eyebrow from anyone; however he is a sitting MP with responsibilities to his constituents (especially in these dire times with Brexit on the horizon – we are just waiting for the 'HARD' date), so is there a conflict of interest?
He will be (as of mid-May) the editor of London's Evening Standard newspaper.
And oh yes … he's (still) the MP for Tatton (a salary of £75,000 a year plus expenses).
A situation in which a party's responsibility to a second-party limits its ability to discharge its responsibility to a third-party.
It would clear to me, and to a good many others from the outcry that has arisen, that being an editor of a 'Conservative' ideological paper which clearly shows its stance as being in total support of Conservative doctrine, means that in all honesty he cannot be an editor who can give an unbiased editorial-ship to this paper. Never mind that as someone who has edited a paper and a magazine, I can tell you it is time consuming and tiring. I did it whilst doing my full-time job as an internal auditor and subsequent as a full-time student. I found it difficult doing two roles, and yet he is doing six – he clearly is superman!
It surely must now be up to his constituents to review his seat and decide whether he can and is fulfilling his MP duties fully, and they decide that he is isn't give him guidance as to their needs, and if necessary request he stand down or give up these other roles which may be causing a distraction.
What is going to happen to the civil servants currently working for the United Kingdom MEPs in Europe, when Brexit starts impacting properly?
How is the government going to help with documentation and communication re standards to comply with EU markets when Brexit has been implemented?
How will regions and counties in the UK be supported from the government with the additional costs that Brexit will generate? Can we look at how Germany handles it regional areas for inspiration?
Obviously the questions will continue to grow, as will the dissatisfaction with the lack of response from Teresa May, the Prime Minister of the UK. Yes I do understand that the PM and the government must be allowed time to formulate policy and the negotiation platform, but unless the extraneous areas as I have mentioned above are put into the pot as well, then this exit will be a completed fiasco.
Uninstall unused applications – but be certain that you don't need them. If in doubt ask someone who knows.
If you have been putting your PC to sleep rather than shutting down and then restarting, then shut it down and restart.
Ensure all hardware, where necessary has been upgraded.
Remember a computer only runs well when it has been looked after.
IF IN DOUBT ASK SOMEONE WHO KNOWS FOR ADVICE.


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A huge storm is predicted to hit San Francisco on Friday, so I've decided to ride all the way into the city a day early, a long ride from Bodega Dunes. I've done this before, but today I'm feeling more tired than before. What is it? The constant push from Arcata, riding every day, even with the hills of Northern California. Or the nagging feeling that I'm still heading the wrong direction, given the direction my heart strings are pulling me. No matter, Jennifer has told me to keep riding, she's fully behind the quest. It's in my hands, to find the motivation, the determination, the purpose.
I'm up an hour before dawn, packing up, riding out of the darkened camp. I bid Alex a good ride, and know he will pass me along the way. He's heading to a hostel in Point Reyes, where he'll wait out the storm and go on some hikes of the national seashore. Dan is still in bed, so I intend to email him a goodbye later.
Off into the foggy morning, the bay has a serene feel, colors muted, a quiet not unlike that after a fresh snowfall. Traffic is light as I ride south, following Route 1 through ranch lands, baked brown by the California sun. My odometer flips to the next thousand, a total of 22000 since I resumed touring in 2010. Seems like a large number, until I consider the daily cyclist I know who hits 10000 annually. I determine to ride more, in my non-touring daily routine.
Alex catches up and passes me, saying he's headed to the store in Valley Ford. We meet there for coffee and some food a few miles later. He recalls when he rode through here last year. "I had a girlfriend at the time," he says with a sad smile. Memories of past tours, I'm noticing these all the time. How images and emotions become attached to places and vistas. I've ridden this coast so many times, and still new memories surface, every day, at every turn.
Southward, Route 1 winds its way around Tomales Bay, fog lifting and with it the penetrating chill. I pass oyster companies, not stopping though I'd love to. So far to go still. The highway is challenging, winding in and out of coves, climbing through dense groves of eucalyptus with their signature intoxicating pungency. A the end of the bay, the highway climbs and then descends into Point Reyes Station. I stop for a bite, then back on the road. South to Olema, where I turn and climb the big hill.
I turn onto Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and descend long miles towards Samuel P. Taylor State Park. Redwoods now line the highway, which follows a rushing creek through the park. This would have been the stop for the night, at 41 miles from Bodega. Not today, instead just past the halfway point. The highway now climbs past golden hills, a long gradual ascent towards Mount Tamalpais. The last few steep curves over Mount Tam, then a breakneck descent into Fairfax. Signs warn "Bicycles Watch Your Speed", and I do watch my speed as the mph pushes into the high 30s.
I land in Fairfax and begin the long final 20 mile approach to the Golden Gate. These are city miles, and I roughly follow the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route, with a few modifications. Google would have me climb through Larkspur, but frankly I've had enough hills already. I stop at Barton's Bagels in San Anselmo, lox cream cheese, coffee, courage! Back on the bike, hugging the 101, now a busy 10 lane freeway. The cycle route follows a miles long path through the wetlands of Richardson Bay, and then under the freeway to Sausalito. Here the city comes into view for the first time. I pick up the pace, eager to reach my destination.
The road winds up and through the town, rising steeply on Bridgeway. Lights is beginning to fade, but I know I'll hit the bridge before sunset this time. One more steep climb for the day, then I see the first views of the tall crimson towers. The Golden Gate Bridge. My heart now picks me up and carries me, racing on under the 101 and past the entry to the Marin Headlands, down to the west side bike path of the Golden Gate.
I roll onto this beloved bridge, awash with the ecstasy of arriving, once again, the hundreds of miles, via pedal power. Blows me away every time. This massive engineering marvel, busy with rushing traffic, bicycles flying past me on the west side, and me, pushing my laden touring machine along, legs tired but strong, so strong. I stop in an alcove along the path, lean over the red railing, looking out to the wide entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Waves crash along steep cliffs of the Marin Headlands, the sunset peeking underneath the looming storm clouds over North Beach.
I'm ready to spring my surprise on Jennifer. I've suggested we try Skyping for the first time. A video call. As the connection is reached, I see her somewhat pixelated face come into view, for the first time since we left each other in Bandon. Seems so long ago. We both seem to gasp a little at the sight of each other, end up just staring and smiling, smiling. Even a few tears, awash with emotion. Then I tell her: guess where I am. Not waiting for her response, I turn the camera up to the towers, then pan gradually the bridge, the bay, the headlands, the horizon. What a marvel, this technology which was science fiction a few short decades prior.
Our video call lasts on, with the cooing and sweet words lovers share, punctuated with images of the resplendent beauty surrounding the Golden Gate. I gaze into the phone, see Jennifer's beautiful smile gazing back, her sparkling eyes, her pretty lips I wish so much to feel against my own. The din of the rushing traffic seems to fade, I now hear only the winds whistling about the bridge, the waves pounding far below, and the dear, sweet melody of my lover's voice. I'm shuddering, from the cold winds? Or from the surging love in my heart?
The cold wakes me at last from this blissful moment, and I realize I've got another hour to reach my destination. We finally break away from the Skype call, I'm sailing now across the bridge, then down along the bay front. Miles to go. I carefully wind my way through the crowds at Fisherman's Wharf, then jump onto the green bike lands on the Embarcadero. Market Street, BART, now I'm resting, standing in the subway as the car careens under the bay to Oakland and my friend Debra's house in the hills above Berkeley.
I duck into a Thai restaurant, ravishingly hungry, texting Debra to see if the ride she offered up the hill might still be available. Yes. Whew. I'm so glad as I sit his her car, bike in the back, passenger now the last three miles up the steep hill. I'm just at her place a few hours when the rains arrive, settling into the cozy couch in the living room. Sleep comes easy tonight, with dreams of the miles and miles and miles, the vistas afar, and the sweet smile of my beloved.


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The Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook provides statistics on the production of about 600 major industrial commodities. Data are provided for the ten-year period of 2004-2013 for approximately 200 countries and territories. The commodities have been selected on the basis of their overall importance and their importance as outputs of individual ISIC industries in the world economy. The data cover commodities produced by mining, manufacturing and electricity and gas units, i.e. units classified in sections B, C, and D of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 4. The Yearbook provides data on both quantities and values of production and is organized in two volumes: Volume I: Physical Quantity Data and Volume II: Monetary Value Data. The publication contains three annexes to assist the user: an index of commodities in alphabetical order; a table of correspondence among the CPC-based commodity codes and the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), Revs. 4 and 3.1, the Harmonized System (HS) 2012 and 2007 and Prodcom 2012 and 2008; and information on all the classifications used in the publication.
This is the forty-eighth in a series of annual compilations of statistics on world industry designed to meet both the general demand for information of this kind and the special requirements of the United Nations and related international bodies.


The Lake free applet takes any gif or jpg and puts it behind a virtual lake.
The program has been deliberately kept very small and creates the frames of the animation on the browser machine, transferring only the original image across the Net. This ensures the animation starts reasonably quickly on the page.
Step 1: Downloaded Lake.zip and extracted into my web page directory. IMPORTANT: All file and folder names must be preserved exactly as zipped.
Step 2: Viewed Lake.html with my java enabled browser.
This parameter specifies the horizon picture that will be reflected in the lake.
You can use this parameter if you want a static picture to overlay the moving image of the lake. A good idea is to use a transparent .GIF for this so that you will not hide too much of the animation.
You can now use the applet as a hyperlink, by setting href to the name of the page you want to link to.
If you are using the applet as a hyperlink then you can set this value to specify the target frame. If you don't set a target value then the new page appear in the current frame.
The height of the applet should 2 * (height of the image) - (a little bit).
How much is a little bit? Well it depends upon the height of your original image. The best thing to do is to start with the java applet height = 2 *(height of the original) - 10, and then play around a bit after that. Older versions of the applet were always shortened by 10, but it's now more flexible to give better perspective on smaller images.
I would suggest you put the Lake.class file in the same directory as the page on which it will appear. If you want to move it elsewhere then use the CODEBASE option to point to the appropriate directory. Some implementations of java will not allow you to put the .class file in one subdirectory and the image file in another. If the try it might cause a security exception.


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Pesya Shereshevski
Pesya Shereshevski's name is not widely remembered now, but after she arrived in the Land of Israel in 1945, as one of the first Holocaust survivors to reach Palestine, she was famous as a gifted public speaker and powerful writer who reached audiences of all varieties. She was also one of the rare women who served alongside many male administrators in the highest rungs of the Bais Yaakov movement. Within the Orthodox world, she was known as "the mother of the refugee girls," for her work running a home for such displaced and orphaned girls and young women in B'nei Brak. But she also reached beyond it, becoming a symbol of spiritual heroism during the Holocaust. As a speaker and writer, she transcended the boundaries of her gender and community. Hatsofeh, the Orthodox Tel Aviv daily, described Shereshevski as "a unifying symbol of the Jewish people as a whole."
Pesya Shereshevski was born in the small city of Ostrolenka in 1918, the youngest of a family of Gerer Hasidim; she studied in the Krakow Seminary, and was active in Bnos Agudath Israel. Her Bais Yaakov education included Hebrew, Polish, and German language study. Her first teaching position, at seventeen, was in the village of Kinice, Poland. Her older sister, Basya Leah Hirshkovitz, who was among Sarah Schenirer's best-known students, was a founder of a Bais Yaakov in Warsaw and one in Chelm. Her other siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Pesya married Meir Shereshevski, a student of the prominent rabbi and Agudah leader Rav Elchonon Wasserman, at the beginning of the war. Shereshevski was the secretary of the Executive Council of Torah Sages of Warsaw. The family was deported from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 to Maidanek and then Auschwitz. Many other camp inmates remember Pesya as having maintained her humanity and whatever she could of religious observance in the camps. In 1945 she was moved to Mauthausen and then Lenzing, which was liberated by the Americans on May 5, 1945. She made her way to a Displaced Persons camp in Italy, establishing a Bnos Agudath Israel kibbutz there. It was in this camp that she met some soldiers of the Jewish Brigade, who made an impression on her; she sought their help in bring as many refugees as possible to Palestine. At this camp, Pesya also met Binyomin Mintz, head of Poalei Agudath Israel, and Hizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovski. After a brief stay there, she immigrated to the Land of Israel on October 26, 1945. She is one of those who arrived in the first postwar wave of immigration, which included Zionist fighters and partisans. She was a widow, suffering from the loss of her child and major health ailments–including blindness in one eye. Nevertheless, she made a name for herself from her earliest days in the Land of Israel with her powerful public lectures, most of them to secular audiences, delivered in perfect Hebrew. In these talks at Habima and elsewhere, she spoke from a unique perspective that combined Orthodoxy and Zionism, Jews in the Land of Israel and those who had suffered in Europe. She often spoke of religious life, and about its destruction during the Holocaust. In contrast with other survivors and partisans in the public sphere after the war, she stressed the spiritual resistance of Orthodox women and the roles they played as nurses, guides, and spiritual leaders in the ghettos and camps. She spoke movingly about how women had suffered doubly in the camps, humiliated as both Jews and as women. Whatever the talk, her message was always the same: we must bring these refugees to the Land of Israel. As she wrote:
There were those who fought with their children over bread crumbs. There were those who wished to save themselves by sending their children to the crematoria. There were those who sold their bodies for the smallest advantage. But these were the minority. Most women were strong. They maintained their purity, they didn't abandon the laws of kashrut, even when this hastened their deaths.
Sewing at PAI's Pioneer Women's House in Ramat Gan. Ayala Rottenberg, Private Album
As Michal Shaul points out, Pesya Shereshevski focused on the distinctive experiences of women in the Holocaust, but she also spoke of women's commitment to Judaism more generally, as in their adherence to laws of kashrut under extreme circumstances.
Pesya Shereshevski maintained a wide circle of acquaintances and colleagues. Among her first visits in Palestine was to Moshe Chayim Okun, an Agudah activist who was close to the Chazon Ish (Avraham Yeshaya Korelitz), whom she also met. But she was not reticent about her enthusiasm for the Zionist paramilitary organization the Haganah, something that disturbed the Chazon Ish. She had close relationships with many secular Zionists, including the Labor Party politician Yosef Bratz; she accepted an invitation from him to spend a Sabbath at Kibbutz Deganya, where she spoke with kibbutz members at the Shabbat gathering about her experiences in the extermination camp. Bratz delivered one of the eulogies at her funeral.
In 1946, when the Chazon Ish helped establish an orphanage in Bnei Berak for girls who had survived the Holocaust (called Ohel Sarah), he invited Shereshevski to administer it along with his sisters, Tzviya Greinman and Miriam Kaniyevsky. Her ill health, however, kept her from this work at the orphanage, and while she recuperated in Safed, her friend Sarah Dessler was acting manager. A woman interviewed by Michal Shaul described her first meeting with Pesya, when she was a lonely young widow:
The "Mother of the Refugee Girls" would not talk with me until I had eaten something. "I don't enjoy conversing with hungry people," she used to say, quoting the rabbinic saying: "The words of the sages are heard with pleasure." I really wanted to eat, because I haven't eaten for sixteen hours, so I didn't say no. After I had eaten, and we had had a long conversation, I came to live at the "Sarah Schenirer" institution.
Rejecting many illustrious matches, Schereshevski remarried a man, Chaim Yazin, about whom little is known beyond that he attended the Slobodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak; this marriage was childless. She died after a long illness on January 2, 1956.
Cover art, Szczeransky, He-ʻatid. The caption reads, "from Sarah to Sarah there arose no one like Sarah." Szczeransky, Meir, ed. He-ʻatid: Kovets ma'amarim [The future: A collection of articles]. Tel Aviv: Merkaz Beit Ya'akov, 1946.
This blog and biography is drawn from Michal Shaul: Pesya Shereshevski – A Haredi Survivor who Broke the Borders of Gender and Sector, Israel 18 (2011), pp. 131-155 [in Hebrew].
The photos are taken from Michal Shaul: Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel. Indiana University Press. (2020)


The unabashed shallowness of a Chetan Bhagat book meets the inane glitter of a Karan Johar-Sajid Nadiadwala production in 2 States.
The result is the creation of a third state ? the state of overpowering indolence.
If the inordinate length of 2 States isn?t bad enough, its soporific tempo certainly is.
2 States is a cross-culture love story that strives to be sweet, funny and emotionally wrenching all at once.
It is occasionally funny and sweet in parts all right, but the family drama at the film?s core has a severely stultified feel.
It tracks the bearable but hardly exhilarating journey of a madly-in-love, culturally dissimilar couple as they make their way from the first stirrings of love to the serious and complex chores that surround betrothal and marriage.
The story crisscrosses the country ? from Ahmedabad to Delhi to Chennai and then back to Delhi and finally to Chennai again ? as the lovebirds struggle to get their respective families to accept their relationship.
Amid all the to-ing and fro-ing, the narrative trajectory of the now-on, now-off vibes between the pair and their families sinks into dreary monotony.
Debutant director Abhishek Varman?s adaptation of Bhagat?s characteristically facile but dispiritingly popular story is at best a pretty looking film with a likeable young lead pair that thrives on staying within their limitations.
Talking of limitations, 2 States is hamstrung primarily by the vacuity of its pivotal situations.
The film does have some moments of inspiration, like when the hero, armed with four rings, proposes collectively to the girl?s family over lunch. But these are too few and far between to add up to much in the final analysis.
The trouble is that the impending wedding remains impending far too long to sustain interest.
Halfway through the second half, one desperately wants the rigmarole to be over and done with.
But no, just when it all seems to have been sewn up nice and proper, the boy?s cranky mom throws the spanner in the works and it is back to square one again.
For all its attempts to whip up dramatic conflict and some degree of urgency, the storyline is hopelessly low on fuel.
?Story mein hero na ho, story hero honi chahiye (the story need not have a hero, but the story should be the hero),? the male protagonist declares airily to his girlfriend.
2 States does have a hero, handsome, bespectacled, earnest and ambitious. It is the story that is the weak link.
Straight-laced Punjabi boy Krish Malhotra (Arjun Kapoor) meets sprightly Tamil girl Ananya Swaminathan (Alia Bhatt) on the IIM-A campus. They become friends, study together in the girl?s hostel room, fall in love and jump into bed.
That, they discover, is the easiest part of getting to know each other. What lies ahead is far more intractable.
When they seek to break down the North-South divide and get hitched, they run into a host of stumbling blocks erected by their respective parents. The girl has a mind of her own and knows exactly what she wants to do with her life. But she wants her parents to be by her side when she ties the knot.
The boy is an aspiring writer who insists he wants to make pots of money. But the poor bloke can only yo-yo between his mother and the girl he wants to marry. These are standard genre situations ? nothing in 2 States suggests that what is unfolding on the screen has been adapted from an autobiographical bestseller.
The film, like the book, plays on the contrasts between the two sets of parents.
The girl?s music-loving mom (Revathy) and her retired bank officer dad (Shiv Subramaniam) are a conservative but well-adjusted couple from Chennai. The boy?s New Delhi family is severely dysfunctional and ugly spats between the parents are a daily occurrence.
The male protagonist loves his doting mother (Amrita Singh) but does not see eye to eye with his abusive father (Ronit Roy).
Yes, 2 States is just as much a film about a boy who wants to give his ex-soldier dad a hug. Sadly, the old man is an ogre. He drowns himself in alcohol, treats his wife like a load of dirt, and does nothing at all that could give his son a reason to take him into a warm embrace.
That is pretty much the story of the film itself ? it sets out to be a slice-of-life drama about a real couple grappling with the politics of inter-community marriage, but it fails to generate enough energy and warmth to draw the audience into a tight clinch.
2 States makes no heavy duty demands on Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.
To their credit, the characters that they etch out are endearing enough, if not entirely convincing.
The veterans in the cast ? Revathy, Shiv Subramaniam, Amrita Singh and Ronit Roy ? bring effortless competence to the table. Unfortunately, they are stuck with roles that offer no scope for logical character development.
2 States is good for a one-time watch.


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Was It For This?
Aaron McAllorum at 4:34 pm October 4, 2018
They stole our potatoes now they've stolen our rice.
— Odds On FPL (@OddsOnFPL) October 4, 2018
Ah here.
Force him to play.
At gunpoint if necessary.
Declan Rice needs time to decide international future, says Manuel Pellegrini (Sky Sports)
Pic: RTÉ
The New Ireland Away Shirt Ireland's Under-19 Women's Soccer Team RAWK Muddle Of Honour Dividing The Nation
Posted in Misc and tagged Declan Rice, FAI at 4:34 pm on October 4, 2018 by Aaron McAllorum.
28 thoughts on "Was It For This?"
LeopoldGloom October 4, 2018 at 4:36 pm
That joke was made last month
scoops yeah? October 4, 2018 at 4:39 pm
Oh the humanity
realPolithicks October 4, 2018 at 4:41 pm
He's english, his father is english, why wouldn't he play for england?
Ollie Cromwell October 4, 2018 at 5:12 pm
A sensible thought but not one which passes through the dense craniums of the inferiority complex-ridden muppets on here.
scottser October 4, 2018 at 5:29 pm
cos he's played at junior level for ireland all of his career, including 3 senior friendlies?
also, our need is arguably greater than theirs – if he got chosen for england he'd sit on the bench for the next 5 years.
Dhod October 4, 2018 at 5:31 pm
Don't think so. He looks the real deal
He really is, in fairness
Brother Barnabas October 4, 2018 at 6:10 pm
who knows… i remember when francis jeffers was the new javier saviola
magic wand October 5, 2018 at 1:00 am
Incorrect BB, Saviola was a lovely, mazy dribbler, a scorer of great goals. Never quite lived up ro his potential.
Jeffers was a "fox in the box' who after a couple of toe pokes, was found out to be just merde
Lets be honest here, most of these english lads only play for Ireland when they discover that england won't be calling them up. There is nothing wrong with this but obviously rice has been given some kind of indication from southgate that he will be called up to the senior english side and would rather play with a team that has a resonable chance of qualifying for most tournament finals.
Nothing wrong in that.
One of Ireland's most successful sportsman is Eoin Morgan.
Captain of the England one-day cricket side and earning a fortune playing tournament cricket around the world.
Virtually ignored by the Irish media because he's playing for England.
virtually ignored by the media in ireland because he's playing a 'sport' no one in Ireland has any interest in
ReproButina October 4, 2018 at 6:44 pm
That's a bit harsh BB. There's a growing interest in, and support for, cricket in Ireland.
Bang on. Despite what we may think, we're a very small player in International Football and for a player that grew up abroad there may not necessarily be the same drive to represent Ireland. Or the drive to represent Ireland may not be as strong as the drive to play at tournament finals.
jonsmoke October 4, 2018 at 5:34 pm
possibly because he already has 3 'caps' from playing for Ireland. One of them with the senior team.
So, it's not unrealistic to expect him to formally declare himself an Irish player.
Perhaps he doesn't want to become part of a long line of " Irish " internationals speaking with a scouse or cockney accent ?
a long line of "irish" players with english accents or a long line of "english" players with irish parents
Topsy October 4, 2018 at 6:36 pm
England – the home of football. LOL. Needed many foreign nationals to make up a team over the years. Terry Butcher, Rob Jones, John Barnes, Raheem Sterling, & the list goes on.
Irish team meeting.
https://youtu.be/6k2YEc6dozA
jeremy kyle October 4, 2018 at 6:49 pm
The man likes soup!
George October 4, 2018 at 7:14 pm
They didn't steal the potatoes they stole everything else.
Raven October 4, 2018 at 7:24 pm
+1 George
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Nelly Not On You October 4, 2018 at 8:59 pm
This place needs the ability to mute certain commenters. They are making this place very toxic. It's not fun anymore. It's just depressing.
Nelly Not On You October 4, 2018 at 11:35 pm
I would like the option to mute toxic commenters. Thanks
MaryLou's ArmaLite October 5, 2018 at 12:02 am
and shinnerbots
Liam October 5, 2018 at 12:47 am
…and scurrilous drips such as yous two.
Blo Jo Brexit October 5, 2018 at 1:26 am
There's Something of the Lee Evans about him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G5lhKttyJM
Who cares? GAA is a real woman's game. Football/soccer is for aul' wans advertising Gillette shaving products and shampoo.
dav October 5, 2018 at 6:45 am
I think the groundwork for this problem lies with the underage rules allowing a player to switch allegiances willy nilly as they would club teams and/or jerseys. Finally when it gets to some grown up decision making the player is suddenly faced with the gravity of the decision and they are unable to cope.


Here are the two Pilot Pocket Brush Pens that this review will cover today.
A disclaimer must be made first. These Pilot brush pens aren't technically brush pens in the sense the tips have no bristles. However, they are capable of creating thick and thin strokes just like bristle brush pens.
The Pilot Pocket Brush Pens come in two tip sizes, soft and hard. The black body has the soft tip while the dark blue body has the hard tip. Part of the pen's body is transparent so you get to see the ink level inside.
The soft tip is actually a brush-shaped sponge-like tip that's soaked with ink. The tip is about 7mm long and can produce a maximum 2mm stroke. Since it's not an actual brush, the stroke is not able to spread as wide compared to say, the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen (1.2cm tip creates a 4.5mm stroke).
The hard tip is actually more like a felt tip marker. It can produce a 1mm stroke.
Both brush pens are capable of producing very thin strokes and when you apply pressure you will get thicker lines.
In the above comparison, from top to bottom, there's the hard and soft tip followed by the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. Note the thickness of the strokes and how dark the inks are.
The liquid ink is dark black but it's not waterproof. It also takes quite a while to dry. Be careful not to smudge your drawings with your hand, something that happens to me often.
The sponge type brush tip is definitely less flexible than a bristle brush. However, it's still sensitive enough to pressure to produce varying stroke thickness.
The soft tip has greater variation because it can go thicker than the hard tip. If I can only buy one pen, I'll get the soft tip.
Ink flow is fantastic. Not matter how fast you draw, there's no skipping. The pens are not capable of any dry brush effect.
If you draw fast with the soft tip, it produces a sound that's similar to that you get when you run a wet sponge over glass. Not a sound I like, but I don't draw that fast often to hear that.
Below are some sketches I drew with the pens.
These are quick sketches drawn with the soft tip. The thicker tip is good at blocking in the black areas. For larger black areas, I prefer using a dip brush (at home) to conserve the ink inside the brush pens.
Ink gets used up quite quickly with the soft tip because the stroke uses more ink. Unfortunately, the brush pen is not refillable so I'll recommend getting a few in case the ink runs out.
The feed system looks like the Pilot V7 Tecpoints that I have, so I tried to pull out the front part with pliers. Well, the small black plastic part behind the tip came off instead of the getting the whole feed out. It reveals a thin felt stick that supplies the ink to the sponge. So I guess there's no easy way to refill this pen which is such a shame because the sponge tip looks durable.
This was drawn with the soft tip and the blacks are filled with a dip brush. You might be able to see two shades of black. The darker shade is from the brush pen, and the other shade from the dip brush.
This was drawn with the hard tip. I tend to draw with more pressure so the strokes above are uniformly thick. To get a thin stroke with the hard tip brush pen, just hold the pen but let the tip fall onto the paper instead of pressing it against the paper.
This was drawn with both the hard and soft tips. I used the hard tip or the lines and the soft one for filling in the blacks.
More economical in the long term because there are refillable cartridges.
There are quite a few major differences, but it's good to have choices.
If you're just drawing black and white, the lack of waterproof ink in the Pilot Brush Pen will not matter much.
Another thing to note is when you're using the brush pen or brush on their sides. The tip of the soft sponge tip will not touch the paper. This will affect how you fill your black areas as the tip is not reaching the place where you expect it to be. As for the bristle brush, the tip will be in contact with the paper and great for filling in black areas.
While not technically a true brush pen, the Pilot Pocket Brush Pen is still a very capable pen that can give you varying thickness to your lines. The soft tip is more versatile than the hard tip so I would recommend skipping the latter.
One of the key advantage of the Pilot brush pen is the fantastic ink flow. Often, I would get the dry brush effect with the Pentel brush pen because for some reason, I think the ink is too thick to flow fast enough. The Pilot brush pen is great for quick sketches and doodles.


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43 Facts about Antarctica
Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on Earth.
The coldest place on Earth is a high ridge in Antarctica where temperatures can dip below -133°F (-93.2°C).
The highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica is 58.2°F (14.5°C).
of the world's fresh water is in Antarctica.
Although myths and speculation about a "Southern Land" date back to antiquity, Antarctica was only first sighted in 1820 by a Russian expedition.
Some parts of Antarctica have had no rain or snow for the last 2 million years.
Antarctica is about 1.3 times as large as Europe.
Antarctica is the only
continent without reptiles.
Ice melting in Antarctica has caused a small shift in gravity in the region.
You cannot work in Antarctica unless your wisdom teeth and appendix are removed.
Chile has a civilian town in Antarctica, complete with a school, hospital, hostel, post office, Internet, TV and mobile phone coverage.
Antarctica is the only continent without a time zone.
The ice sheet of Antarctica has been in existence for at least 40 million years.
There's a treaty signed by 38 countries that prohibits military activities, mineral mining, nuclear explosions and nuclear waste disposal in Antarctica.
There are 300 lakes beneath Antarctica that are kept from freezing by the warmth of Earth's core.
Husky dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994.
The southernmost active volcano on Earth is in Antarctica. It spews crystals and is very close to the U.S. Research Center.
Antarctica was once as warm as modern-day California.
There are at least seven Christian churches in Antarctica.
A scientist in Antarctica got a date through Tinder with a girl camping just 45 minutes away.
Ants have colonised almost every landmass on Earth except for Antarctica and a few remote or inhospitable islands.
Most of Antarctica is covered in ice: less than 1% is permanently ice-free.
Australia claims to own the largest territory in Antarctica: 5.8 million sq km (2.2 million sq mi).
The largest iceberg ever measured is bigger than Jamaica: 11,000 sq km (4,200 sq mi). It broke away from Antarctica in 2000.
In 1977, Argentina sent a pregnant mother to Antarctica in an effort to claim a portion of the continent. The boy became the first human known to be born in Antarctica.
The average thickness of ice in Antarctica is about 1 mile (1.6 km) .
Winds in some places of Antarctica can reach 200 mph (320 km/h).
Antarctica is almost 1.5 times the size of the U.S.
of all meteorites ever found have come from Antarctica.
The oldest sperm ever discovered was a 50-million-year-old sperm cells from a worm, found in Antarctica.
There are Victoria's Secret models from every continent except Antarctica.
There is just one insect native to Antarctica, the Belgica Antarctica.
There is a waterfall in Antarctica that runs red as blood.
There are no polar bears in Antarctica,
only in the Arctic.
Antarctica has only one ATM.
Argentina claims 965,597 km2 (372,819 sq mi) in Antarctica, where it has the world's oldest continuous state presence, since 1904.
Antarctica was once covered in rich green forests and inhabited by dinosaurs, during one of Earth's warmest cycles.
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is twice the size of Europe.
No sitting U.S. president has visited Antarctica.
Every year, a half marathon, marathon and a 100K run take place in Antarctica despite an average windchill temperature of -20°C.
The largest volcanic region on Earth is two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica, where at least 136 volcanoes are located.
There are more than 40 airports in Antarctica.
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This Sunday (September 27th) between 12:30 and 1:30 Monroe Ave (map). will be shut down between Fulton and Michigan so that One Hundred Thousand 100% post-consumer brightly colored airplanes can be launched from the rooftops of six major downtown rooftops that are 6-11 stories tall.
At the same time down below, thousands of musicians of all skill levels, instruments, and ages will come together to play a beautiful melody (A single melody from Sigur Ros' Olsen Olsen) in the streets as the sky and roads are filled with rainbow colored airplanes. Whether you play it or bang it, hum it or strum it no one is excluded- even if you don't think you're any good I want you here singing along with us. Each rooftop will have its own color, with synchronized launches like fireworks. This once in a lifetime event will be an event of brotherhood, a celebration of life and a reminder that we are all in this together.
Rob says that he's worked every day for half a year to create this event and that this event will exceed all expectations and be something that you will be able to remember for the rest of your life if you decide to not be one of the people who sees pictures and video the next day!
Here's some audio from IPR News Radio where Rob talks about some of the technical details.


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An abnormal curve of the spine, resembling an "S" or "C" may be scoliosis, a common musculoskeletal disorder. Scoliosis is especially common in adolescents but can affect adults as well, often for varying reasons.


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Shonkhonil Karagar () is a Bangladeshi Bengali film released on May 22, 1992, and directed by Mustafizur Rahman. This film is based on the novel of prominent Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed.

Cast
 Dolly Johur as Rabeya
 Asaduzzaman Noor as Khoka
 Suborna Mustafa as Runu
 Azizul Hakim as Montu
 Champa as Kitki
 Momtazuddin Ahmed as Motin Uddin
 Nazma Anwar as Shirin (Mrs. Motin Uddin)
 Abul Hayat as Abed Hossen
 Zafar Iqbal as Farid
 Mahmuda Khatun as house-help
 Syed Hasan Imam as Choto Khalu
 Minu Rahman as Choto Khala
 Nazmul Huda Bachchu
 Rawshan Zamil
 Masud Ali Khan as Motin Uddin's boss
 Kazi Mehfuzul Haque as Doctor
 Chhonda
 Shahidul Amin
 Md. Raushan Ali
 Anwar Hossain
 Badruzzaman
 Md. Kamruzzaman
 Abul Hossain
 Kazi Nadira Daisy
 Afsar Uddin Ahmed
 Arshad Ali

Soundtrack
The music of this film was directed by Khondokar Nurul Alam and lyrics were penned by Mohammad Rafiquzzaman. The singers are Andrew Kishore, Runa Laila and others.

Awards

See also
 Saajghor

References

External links

 Shonkhonil Karagar at the Bangla Movie Database

1992 films
1992 drama films
Films scored by Khandaker Nurul Alam
Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
1990s Bengali-language films
Bangladeshi war drama films
Best Film National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners

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