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22/12/96 A small house perhaps, but there are precious things
8/12/96 Lilin puts grit into 'soft power'of TV's new genre
10/11/96 For Vincent Van Gogh, work was paramount
27/10/96 My kind of hero- from the Tang dynasty
1/9/96 When an older man is tempted by a young girl
14/7/96 Old world's cracked, but Conard lives on
2/6/96 No winner-take-all society for Singapore
25/2/96 Once, there was a girl, the prettiest in a line
11/2/96 Reading with a pen and ruler by your side
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The Sunday Times, Page 4
Lilin puts grit into 'soft power' of TV's new genre
"We are in a unique situation. You have all these Asian faces speaking in English in a dramatic show on TV, and it is strange and new in Singapore. We are creating a totally new genre.
"We can't be like the Chinese-language dramas, their dialectic is more exaggerated. And we don't have the sophistication of Western TV shows. So we have to find a new niche.
"Because we are a totally new genre, we get condemned all the time. Oh, the scriptwriting is no good, the acting is lousy, and so on."
But the 24-year-old TCS Channel 5 actress says she understands the criticism and is comfortable with it. She takes comfort and, in fact, finds fulfilment in being in "the midst of changing something".
"I cannot say what will emerge out of this eventually, but it has to be something Singaporean, something that is our own."
Lilin has touched on something larger than entertainment here. She has put her finger on a question that has yet to be resolved, and may take a while to resolve: What makes a Singaporean show, or will there ever be a truly Singaporean show?
Television shows are not exactly art, but a people is defined as much by its arts as by its popular culture. And a TV show, no less than a stage play by, say, Kuo Pao Kun, whom I have the greatest respect for, can help define and mould a common Singaporean identity, if it hits the right resonance, and captures the right spirit.
Popular culture and the arts comprise a part of what Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has described as "the soft power" of a nation, that in an age of nuclear deterrence, is what will determine its influence on other nations, and its appeal to people from other lands.
As much as the "hard power" of politics and economics, it will also provide a young nation its identity and help shape a shared destiny for its people. By SM Lee's reckoning, which he reiterated in his speech to university students on Thursday, Singapore may not even be a nation yet.
"People in Singapore have not been shaped into a common mould for more than one generation," he said.
THOUGH they command a large following, and are technically sound and strong, the Channel 8 serials are not the genuine article. There is not much that sets them apart from the Hongkong, Taiwanese or even the mainland Chinese productions, except that they are set in Singapore, sometimes with a more than generous dose of clunking official rhetoric thrown in.
But increasingly, these serials have gone abroad for location shooting, and though this may increase the ratings and make them marketable as videos to Chinese communities all over the world, they may lose even more of what is peculiarly Singaporean about them.
As it is, even in Singapore settings, the characters wear suits almost all the time and speak only Mandarin. If there is a Malay or an Indian character, it is a token one.
I understand fully the constraints on Channel 8 productions. They are Mandarin shows, and there is only so much you can do with a non-Chinese character. Likewise, the weekly Malay drama programme, Sandiwara, on Prime 12.
Could English-language dramas be the answer then, when they find their voice? After all the language no longer beiongs to the English exclusively, and it can be spoken at many levels in the shows, from pasar to American-accented to the Queen's English, so that the whole spectrum of Singapore society can be realistically portrayed. They will also, at the same time, be accessible to a worldwide audience which knows the language.
BUT back to Lilin. If there is something called Singapore grit, then she embodies it. Her sweetie-pie face belies a tough, independent spirit and the dogged drive of an achiever.
She grew up with her family in a kampung in Kembangan, after she was brought up by a babysitter whom she lived with till she was six. Her father was a rubber plantation worker in Johor who came to Singapore to set up his own bedding and furnishings shop. Her mother she calls a "domestic engineer", and she has three elder brothers. Her grandparents came to the Nanyang from China. "So, I'm a first-generation Singaporean," she declares.
As a kid, she was left very much on her own. When you are hungry, you cook your own rice, she cites thc Chinese idiom in Mandarin.
"I was exposed to a gambling culture. I saw how people used money, and how others were used by money. I made sure I would not become a servant to money."
In Temasek Secondary School- she was on the school volleyball team with Fann Wong, who was a year her senior. She was already teaching dance classes by the age of 13 to pay her own way through ballet school.
After her O levels, when she was recommended by an external examiner to go to the well-known (but now defunct) Bush Davies Dance School in Sussex, she scraped together just enough money, together with a bursary from Lee Foundation, for half a year in Englandñ and off she went. She was all of 16.
She ended up staying the whole year to finish her course, after which she beat hundreds of others to secure a place in the Royal School Of Ballet in London.
She came back, got a scholarship from the Loke Cheng Kim Foundation, and was off again to spend three years at the Royal Ballet for a dance teaching course.
"I had a lot less training than the others in my class, so I often went back to the studio after the day to dance some more. I used to dance for 13 hours or more a day.
"I had less than 10 pounds a week. At that time, the exchange rate was $3.50 to a pound. I remember once how it got so cold I had to go to Oxfam to buy a coat that cost a painful nine pounds. Chips were hot and cheap and I otten ate them as dinner while waiting for the bus home."
She waited on tables, and worked in Habitat to supplement those weekly 10 pounds. She graduated with an armful of prizes, as well as an A level certificate, on top of the teaching diploma.
Those were tough years, but she says, "I liked the independence. I liked the passion of dance, and of being fully immersed in the passion, and being among others who shared that passion.
"My senses were more acute, I was awed by the architecture, by the history, by the people. England opened my eyes, opened my mind. I grew up."
BACK in Singapore, she started a dance school with a partner, and also conducted dance classes at the Nanyang Academy of Arts as well as at TCS, where she was spotted by Kenneth Liang, the man behind Channel 5's productions.
She was tried out as a host on a Christmas show and a Lunar New Year special, and then she found herself playing a supporting role in the fairly disastrous Masters Of The Sea and its sequel.
When she was offered a full-time job with TCS and the lead role in Triple Nine she sold her dance school and became an actress.
"I had obviously not reached my peak as a dancer and as a teacher, but life is also about opportunity and timing. Compromise is an ugly word... Ballet and jazz dancing are my passion, but acting has ignited that passion in a different way. It's very different. Teaching was solitary work. Now, I have to work with many people."
I ask if she is a passionate person by nature. "I'm passionate, I believe deeply in love," she says, then adds, "but I'm guided by a sound mind. I am sensible enough.
"Mine is a guided passion, which," she breaks into laughter here, "sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it?"
That sounds very Singaporean too, I suggest.
She is also very Singaporean in that she admits she wants to be as rich as Fann Wong, who earns a lot more money because the latter gets to endorse products and gets paid just to grace business functions.
"It is imperative that you earn some money on the side. I'm not paid a lot, so the extra income would be helpful," she says quietly.
We have spent an hour in the ANA Hotel lobby lounge, and now as I walk her to her Toyota Starlet, I say: "You know your job has a shelf life. So, how long do you think yours will last?"
"Well, it depends on what you write," she laughs.
I am easily won over by flattery. And brightness. And grit. And lovely legs. So I am going to stick my neck out and say Wong Lilin is going to be the next big star, after Zoe Tay and Fann Wong.
She will help shape the new genre and perhaps help make it as Singaporean as it can get. Are you listening, advertisers?


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Talk about living and breathing a job.
Nathan Blecharczyk, a 32-year-old who is one of the three co-founders of Airbnb, could easily retreat into the privacy of his San Francisco home after a hard day's work. Instead, the billionaire entrepreneur rents out a section of his home on Airbnb and never tells the guest who he is.
"It has a separate entrance," Blecharcyzk told CNBC in a recent inteview, who's married and is also a new father. "I don't reveal who I am because, first, for privacy reasons, but also because I want to make sure I have the authentic experience that other hosts are experiencing. I don't want them to treat me differently."
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Blecharcyzk has hosted more than 100 guests who are unaware that their casual conversations or email exchanges with him is invaluable feedback for the computer engineer. He started Airbnb with two friends seven years ago, and by some estimates, the company is currently valued somewhere north of $10 billion
Blecharczyk was in Singapore last week to speak on a panel at the Singapore Summit, a conference of financial, economic and political leaders. Not surprisingly, his ongoing research continues while he travels: He was staying with a Singapore Airbnb host instead of a hotel.
"I'm in a condo about a mile from here," Blecharczyk said, pointing out the window of the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center where CNBC sat down with him. "The guy is away on business. It's a nice place."


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text: Every successful actor will tell you how lucky they are to do what they get to do; it's pretty standard actor PR speak, and in most cases, probably true. Still, it's genuinely refreshing to come across someone who seems to be happier practicing her craft the longer she does it. Linda Cardellini believed her dad when he told her it would be possible to build a rollercoaster in their back yard. Perhaps that's where she got the "screw-loose optimism" responsible for making her think she could be an actress in the first place, and what led her to L.A. to audition for roles she thought (or was actually told) she wouldn't get, one being her breakout series Freaks and Geeks. She even managed to find a small moment of pleasure in the rather sudden late-night announcement of its cancellation. And she believes there's benefit to be found in even the most nerve-racking auditions. It's a testament to Freaks and Geeks and Cardellini herself that she's still best known (and rightfully lauded) for work on a show that was cancelled after just 18 episodes in 1999, not even beating the 10th season of Cops in the ratings. The show was unusual and ahead of its time in ways too numerous to mention, all of which probably boil down to its just being too good for TV at the time. On the bright side, the current streaming, watch-when-you-want age that enabled its phenomenal post-cancellation embrace gives us hope that such honest, sui generisshows and the people who create them will endure. Recalls Freakswriter Paul Feig, "Lindsay Weir was the only character not based on someone I knew, but Linda Cardellini was the exact person I had in my head." Chalk that up to her innate ability (at 24) to bring an authenticity to a teenage character that completely matched the spirit of the show. "Life is filled with moments where you have to sit alone with yourself, and the show let us do that in a way that wasn't normal at the time," she told Vanity Fair. "You don't know what to say or do, so you have to sit there in that uncomfortableness." For a more recent example of her instinct for telling a story through silences and a complete lack of vanity, seek out the extraordinaryReturn, and you'll be way ahead of the deprived people who are bound to stumble across and love it years from now. As her career progresses, she's reflecting the experience and motivations of a widening range of grown-up women with roles in Mad Men, Welcome to Me, 2016's The Founder and yes, even Avengers: Age of Ultron, which prompted theWashington Post to praise the calmness, clarity and wisdom of her performance – in a superhero movie. It's a maturity she seems to find satisfying, and one that will likely ensure a long future as an artist. And the optimism just gets worse from here. As someone whose stated acting ambition is working with as many of her peers as possible to observe their approach, she's landed in a series of jackpots, the latest of which is Bloodline with Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard. So if you don't like happy stories, stop here. And definitely don't see her in the slightly sweet, slightly off-kilter, full-on funny Daddy's Home this Christmas. But if like Cardellini, you believe the best is still to come, read on.


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time_bank mispelled in Java starter code
- Updated Saturday, July 11th 2015 @ 09:11:54
In the Java starter code the engine output for the timebank settings is spelled 'timebank', whereas in the specs it is spelled 'time_bank'.
ETA: Welp, want to edit title. The java starter code seems accurate to the backend, the specs are not.
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Two other notes: 1) In the user screen, 'lastest' should probably 'latest' or 'last'. 2) In the rules page, I think the images for 'S' and 'Z' have been switched. Shape.java seems to be using indices that are zero at the upper left on those images, with the first index being the y-coordinate and the second being the x-coordinate. The Z image is shown having nothing in its upper left corner, but Shape.java defines Z this way: case Z: this.size = 3; this.shape = initializeShape(); this.blocks[0] = this.shape[0][0]; this.blocks[1] = this.shape[1][0]; this.blocks[2] = this.shape[1][1]; this.blocks[3] = this.shape[2][1];
i.e. unless I've misunderstood the coordinates there is a block in the upper left corner.
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Thanks! Really appreciate the help, I fixed all those things. Especially the 'lastest', that one was in there for long, pretty embarrassing.


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As more baby boomers retire, reverse mortgages – known in the industry as a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage – have continued to gain momentum.
But "unfortunately, over the years, a reverse mortgage has gotten a very negative connotation, and there is a lot of misinformation out there," says Stephen Eastman, reverse mortgages consultant for Maine and New Hampshire.
Eastman has a bachelor's degree in business and accounting, and has worked in the fields of business and finance for more than 30 years. He said it's important for homeowners to learn about the reverse mortgage process before applying.
Reverse mortgages, or HECMs, are issued on a case-by-case basis. They enable homeowners 62 and older to withdraw a portion of the equity in their home and convert a portion of it into cash. Unlike a traditional home equity loan, however, reverse mortgages are not repaid monthly. Borrowers are not required to repay the loan until they sell their home or die.
According to the American Advisors Group, Nelson Haynes of Portland-based Deering Savings & Loan Association wrote the first reverse mortgage in 1961 to Nellie Young of Portland. He designed the loan to help the widowed wife of a football coach stay in her home after her husband died.
Over the last several years, reverse mortgages have become increasingly popular among seniors seeking greater financial security, Eastman said.
For Charles and Louise Murray of Raymond, who applied for their reverse mortgage loan about two years ago, the experience has been positive.
The couple said that they needed the money to make necessary home repairs – such as installing a well and sliding door to their basement – in order to eventually sell their home. The Murrays were also able to lease a new car for three years with their reverse mortgage loan after their old car died.
"It made things easy for us," said Louise Murray. "We weren't frivolous in our expenditures. We did things that needed to be done. For us, it's been the answer to our problems, but I (also) think you have to be cautious about what your expenditures will be, and weigh the options. It put our minds at ease."
How to qualify
Homeowners must own their home outright, or have a low mortgage balance that can be paid off with loan proceeds at closing, and show they have the ability to pay ongoing property taxes and insurance, to be eligible for the federally insured reverse mortgage.
In addition, the home must be the primary residence and meet U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) minimum standards, said Eastman. Homeowners seeking a reverse mortgage must first attend a counseling session with a HUD-certified HECM counselor to discuss eligibility requirements, financial implications, and possible alternatives to reverse mortgage loans.
Homeowners often think that the lender will acquire their residence once the homeowner dies, Eastman said. The truth is that when the primary HECM borrower dies, the surviving borrower can continue to own and live in the home.
"The house will get left to the heirs, or they can sell the house if they want. The title stays in their name," Eastman said.
According to Eastman, HUD amended its reverse mortgage policy recently to allow a younger, non-borrowing spouse to remain in the home after the reverse mortgage borrower dies, as long as the loan was issued on or after Aug. 4, 2014, and the non-borrowing spouse meets certain criteria.
Until a few months ago, Eastman said that if the reverse mortgage borrower died, the surviving spouse would have to come up with the money to pay off the loan or possibly have to move out of the house.
Closing costs fee associated with the process "are pretty much in line – and sometimes less than – a traditional mortgage," said Eastman. In recent years, "the (closing) costs have come down."
When the home is sold, or no longer used as the primary residence, a homeowner must repay the lender for the cash received from the reverse mortgage (plus any interest and closing fees.) A reverse mortgage loan can be repaid by selling the home. Any sale proceeds in addition to the loan balance can be transferred to heirs, Eastman said.
The two main factors that determine the amount of equity homeowners receive from the loan is their age and the appraised value of their home, Eastman said.
A 70-year-old, for example, would qualify for about 55 percent of the home value. If the home is worth $200,000, then $110,000 would be available to that homeowner through a reverse mortgage loan.
To access the money, homeowners can convert their equity into a lifetime income stream, meaning they'd receive about $600-$700 per month for as long as they live. Homeowners can also receive money from their reverse mortgage in the form of a lump sum or a line of credit, or a combination, said Eastman.
"They can use it however they want, but what's important is that it's not taxed," he said. "It's not considered income."
Other options
Less costly alternatives to reverse mortgages include refinancing of an existing mortgage or selling the property outright, said Jason Thomas, program director and foreclosure/HECM counselor for Maine-based Coastal Enterprises Inc., a nonprofit community development organization.
"If you're considering selling your house in a year or two there's no sense to get a reverse mortgage," Thomas said.
Thomas leads informational sessions for Maine's Foreclosure Diversion Program and provides HUD-approved and required HECM reverse mortgage counseling for seniors who may be considering a reverse mortgage.
According to Thomas, one risk with a reverse mortgage is that it won't give homeowners as much capital – or financial assets – as selling their property would. While reverse mortgages allow homeowners to access a significant portion of equity and retain ownership of their home, "the reality is that a lot of that equity may end up as accrued interest for the lender," Thomas said.
"That would certainly have an impact on heirs, if there are any," he added, "because it would be part of the estate that is potentially passed onto them."
A reverse mortgage is also a mechanism for homeowners to be able to absolve themselves of their mortgage payment, said Thomas, which might allow them to retire, but means they still owe money on their property.
"It may not have an impact on the homeowner, but if it were a regular mortgage, and they kept making the payment, their balance is going down every month," he said. "With a reverse mortgage, (the balance) is going to go up."
Thomas said homeowners must ask themselves, "Would you rather have that money in your pocket from income for cash flow, or would you rather take that money out of your pocket, make a forward mortgage payment and watch your equity increase?"
"If people want to stay in a home or keep a home, and if they can't afford to make payments, there aren't many options available other than a reverse mortgage," Eastman said.
New requirements
Starting in March, HUD will require homeowners to take a financial assessment to see whether they qualify for a HECM loan. In the past, income and credit limits were not considered as part of the reverse mortgage application process.
"Every person interested in a reverse mortgage will have to do this review which will look at income and credit," said Eastman, "to make sure that even if they get a reverse mortgage, that they are going to be able to afford to stay in their home, keep up with their taxes, insurance, and maintenance of their homes."
Before, a reverse mortgage would only "act as a Band-Aid" for homeowners, he said. The reality, said Eastman, is that when people retire and their income is significantly reduced, some can no longer afford a house, even with a reverse mortgage.
"We're expecting that there will be around 10-15 percent of people who would typically be able to get a reverse mortgage today that would not be able to after March," said Eastman.
Like anything, there are pros and cons with reverse mortgages. Eastman often tells his customers to learn the facts before making a decision about whether or not to obtain a HECM loan.
"About 10 years ago, a majority of people talking to me about a reverse mortgage were in a bad financial position," Eastman said. "Over the last 15 years, there are less people (obtaining reverse mortgages) out of necessity. More people are now doing it because they want to have a higher quality of life."
"It's not right for everybody," Thomas said of reverse mortgages. "There used to be a lot of trepidation with financial advisers about reverse mortgages because it was much less regulated than it is now."
Retirement tool
In the last five years, Eastman said "more financial advisers have started endorsing the reverse mortgage and have accepted it as a viable retirement tool."
Thomas said he has had more than 100 HECM counseling sessions with seniors in the last two years and a majority of homeowners are seeking the loan to pay off an existing mortgage and make their retirement years more financially enjoyable.
"Occasionally," Thomas said, "we still run into the foreclosure-type of scenario where, otherwise, someone might be losing the property if they choose not to pursue a reverse mortgage."
Eastman said he has consulted with nearly 1,800 seniors about reverse mortgages over the past 14 years, but has also convinced about another 800 homeowners to avoid the option.
"Sometimes I'll suggest something other than a reverse mortgage, if it makes sense," he said.
Kayla Collins is a staff writer at Current Publishing.


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I found that when recording a PTZ camera in the TC1, there is no embedded time-of-day timecode, like there is for other SDI inputs and outputs that are recorded. This makes it so I can't sync up the various angles in a NLE system to improve my line cut.
Is this a feature that might come down the road?


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Saratoga Springs and the outlying countryside offer an ideal getaway for any couple looking for a bit of soothing romance away from the city. With phenomenal restaurants, winery's, hot springs, to casino's Saratoga Springs has everything you need for an excellent getaway. One of the best things about Saratoga Springs are all the cozy amenities in the idyllic back drop of the country side. Saratoga is romantic and centrally located around three hours away from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Montreal, Canada. The entire Saratoga Springs area offers a historic charm that is unrivaled, as well as hundreds of modern romantic opportunities for every couple.
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In 2012, the Economist used the term the "third industrial revolution" to describe the digitalization of manufacturing through the use of 3D printers. Since that time more than three years ago, it appears that the author's words have rung true; manufacturing has indeed been revolutionized, and product innovation is burgeoning like never before.
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A few decades ago, the idea of innovating a product at home and creating it in the backyard wasn't too far-fetched. Fast forward to the early 2000s, and garage manufacturing was much less common; the industry was already too inundated with big names in manufacturing with the technological abilities and funding to control design and development on a large scale.
But now that's all changing – with the advent of 3D printers, crowdfunding, and low-cost hardware and software, new life has been born into backyard building. In fact, 3D printing is becoming so successful that while it currently only generates $4.1 billion dollars of revenue (compared to $12.8 trillion in worldwide manufacturing activity), that number is estimated to grow to $21 billion by the year 2020.
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3D printers, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and low-cost materials have leveled the playing field for at-home innovators. 3D printing is not only more affordable than ever, but it also offers significant advantages over more traditional manufacturing practices. No tooling is required to create objects, there's little wasted material, and layers can be built over time as opposed to all at once.
And of course to help those who can't fund their innovation and manufacturing dreams on their own, there's crowdfunding and crowdsourcing. The former refers to the collection of monetary funds for a project from the 'crowd;' the latter refers to receiving ideas and creative skills. With outside funds and talents, those with an idea aren't limited to dreaming big – they can create big, too. In fact, even larger companies are using crowdsourcing for idea generation – Audi has organized a variety of crowdsourcing competitions to gain competitive advantage in terms of efficiency in manufacturing.
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The fact that small-time and at-home innovators will not be able to design and develop without the same resources of a large company doesn't mean that big companies are on their way out; rather, it's likely that big companies are here to stay, although changes to practices may occur. Teaming with small manufacturers is likely – big companies could use the innovation; small startups will benefit from the resources larger companies provide. And one thing is true within the manufacturing world: failure to remain competitive—in pricing, design, innovation, technology, and more—will result in business decline. As such, big companies will be forced to change the way they do business, make decisions, outsource work, innovate, and experiment.
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Sharon resists pressure to respond to fatal attacks
2002-05-30 04:00:00 PDT Jerusalem -- Israelis buried six more victims of Palestinian attacks as pressure mounted Wednesday on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to either launch another wide- scale military operation in the West Bank or erect a wall to separate it from pre-1967 Israel.
With U.S. envoys heading toward the region to begin re-establishing Israeli- Palestinian security cooperation and to lay the groundwork for an international conference, Sharon rejected any change in policy -- for now.
At a stormy Cabinet meeting, Sharon turned aside advice from ministers that he send large forces back into Palestinian towns or immediately build a security wall to cut off the West Bank. He reprimanded army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz for recommending that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat be expelled from the West Bank.
The session ended with no decisions on how to respond to two Palestinian attacks Tuesday night in the West Bank in which four Israelis, including three teenage boys, were killed.
"We will follow the same policy," said Raanan Gissin, spokesman for the prime minister. "We will respond based on concrete information, to hit the terrorists before they hit us, to hit them in their beds, in their cities."
Sharon opted for restraint as U.S. envoy William Burns headed toward the region to discuss convening a peace conference. CIA Director George Tenet is expected to arrive as early as Friday to begin contacts with Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs.
Early today, Israeli troops entered the West Bank city of Hebron for a few hours, Palestinian security officials said. Officials said the Israeli military arrested three people during the incursion, one of them a local leader of the militant group Hamas.
In a longer-lasting operation, Israeli forces remained in Bethlehem for a fifth day today. The town, about 15 miles north of Hebron, has been under almost constant military curfew since Sunday.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, troops were inside the town of Qalqilya and continuing a blockade of Tulkarem.
In little more than 24 hours this week, Israelis saw a woman and her toddler granddaughter killed in a suicide bombing, a pool lifeguard shot to death as he drove a West Bank road and three teenage boys gunned down while playing basketball at a settlement.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the Revolutionary Council of Arafat's Fatah movement said suicide attacks inside Israel should end.
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Expanding Manatee's sports industry: IMG, Ellenton sports complex, Pirates generate millions
BRADENTON — The resumes of Manatee County's most recognizable sports-related businesses are impressive.
IMG attracts and trains world-class athletes, employs 470 and has an economic impact of about $162 million.
The Pittsburgh Pirates generated $47 million in economic output during spring training in 2009.
And, four Olympic figure skaters use the Ellenton Ice Center and Sports Complex as their training grounds.
"It's almost a completely developed cluster for sports performance here," said Eric Basinger, executive director of the Manatee Economic Development Council. And the EDC's five-year strategic plan calls for the business organization to help the area capitalize on the sports performance industry, which is still growing.
C&H Baseball in April broke ground on a $1.5 million sports training complex.
IMG Academies is considering a $200 million facility upgrade, an indoor cycling facility opened in Bradenton this year, and an indoor baseball and softball training center is slated for Sarasota in August.
"I think we'll be working with sports performance for a very long time," Basinger said.
The EDC is looking to make the sports performance and training industry one of Manatee County's high-impact business sectors. As the EDC worked on its five-year strategic plan, which was published in February, Basinger said it made sense for Manatee County to find a way existing sports facilities could fuel small business growth and create jobs.
"In every one of those meetings someone would say 'my goodness we have this unbelievable opportunity here with IMG, the Ellenton Ice Center, the Pirates," Basinger said. "We have a concentration that some can only dream of and we should really be doing something with that."
While the concept is still in its infancy, the EDC will look to market Manatee County's existing sports performance businesses to other sports-related companies to encourage them to relocate.
The EDC will market the sports industry to businesses that could support or benefit from the industry such as entertainment, retail and medical services.
And as families relocate to the area to send their children to IMG Academies, Basinger said it may present opportunities for the EDC to help entrepreneurs relocate their businesses, too.
"There's a lot of high, net worth individuals that relocate here to put their children through programs such as IMG," Basinger said. "These are individuals that manage business from here or may be interested in opening worthwhile businesses here. We at the EDC have the opportunity to work with them. This is an opportunity to bring in new wealth to the area."
Karen Moyer, whose son Dillon Moyer is a recent graduate of IMG Baseball Academies, relocated her indoor cycling studio to Bradenton in February.
Located at 3549 53rd Ave. W., Go Legs Cycle Studio is less than 1 mile from IMG Academies and Moyer said her business has been able to thrive not only because of the proximity to the sports academy but because her spinning classes appeal for any fitness level.
"We're near the academy so we cater to the IMG families, the athletes and a lot of professional athletes who train there," Moyer said. "Spinning is for anybody because you work at your own pace. It's great for anybody, all ages and all different kinds of shape."
That diversity, Moyer said, has made Go Legs appealing to local business professionals, working moms and stay-at home moms, and, as a result, has presented an opportunity to think about expansion — possibly to Lakewood Ranch — in the future.
"As it grows, it would be great to be able to open up more locations," Moyer said.
Jeff Howard is another entrepreneur who is looking to cater to both the professional and casual athlete.
In August, Howard will open Extra Innings, an indoor baseball and softball training center franchise at 717 Cattleman Road in Sarasota. The Extra Innings franchise takes an initial investment between $239,000 to $650,000. Howard's will be a 20,000 square-foot facility with batting cages, a pro shop, locker rooms and have on-site physical therapists. The facility will create jobs for physical therapists, instructors and retail and will cater to Little League, high school, college and minor league players.
"This is a very, very baseball rich town," Howard said. "I knew the market was there. There's a lot of opportunity for a facility like this."
That includes hosting youth league tournaments that will attract 300-400 players whose families will be pouring money into the local economy by way of hotel stays and dining.
Meanwhile, sports-related businesses that have already made their mark in Manatee County are either considering or pursuing big business opportunities that could result in a significant economic impact.
IMG Academies is considering $200 million worth of facility upgrades including adding softball to the sports it already offers. Chip McCarthy, chief financial officer of IMG, said that business venture could increase IMG's economic impact from $162 million a year to $336 million annually.
Tom Lindemuth, general manager of the Ellenton Ice Center and Sports Complex, said his facility will host at least nine youth hockey tournaments during the next year, each of which will attract several hundred visitors staying at local hotels and dining at local restaurants.
And, the Bradenton manufacturer of baseball equipment and supplies, C&H Baseball's indoor sports training facility is expected to open in September at 10615 Technology Terrace in Lakewood Ranch. The 17,000 square-foot facility will have six batting cages, baseball fields and a weightlifting room.
C&H Baseball has strictly been a manufacturer of baseball equipment such as bases, pitching screens and foul poles, but owner Danielle Huff said the company saw an opportunity locally to try a new business venture given the concentration of baseball talent among little league, local high schools and IMG Baseball Academies.
"We saw that there's a need in our area for places where local talent can practice and train," Huff said.


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I Cor. 14:15
Paul wrote,
So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit and I will sing with my understanding.
Over the years this particular verse has shaped my worship perhaps so more than any other verse in the bible. The easy application of this verse is seen in how the Corinthians were abusing the spiritual gifts that they had received from the Holy Spirit. They felt that the gift of tongue speaking made them more special than others. For instance, they might have felt that tongue speaking should be used often in the worship service, but the interpreting of tongues was not an important so that was refused as part of the worship service. In Corinth, that would have meant that someone could have been speaking ancient German (the language of the barbarians) and no one would have understood what he was saying. But, because it was a spiritual gift, the person speaking would have been doing it in his spirit and edified as a result. Paul was telling them this was wrong. This is not how it is supposed to work. Worship was to be done with everyone understanding so that everyone can understand. When this is done, everyone is worshipping in the spirit and God is glorified. Obviously the spiritual gifts seen in Corinth have passed as Paul explained would happen earlier in chapter 13 in this same letter. So, how does this help us in the 21
I dont think the application is really all that different. Sure, we might argue that we know what the words might mean. After all we all speak English and here in Grinnell we worship in English. However, that does not necessarily mean we understand. Many of our songs make references to either bible passages that we dont know or references to words that are for the most part not used in the English language today. Let us look at a couple of examples.
Night with Ebon Pinion
. Night with ebon pinion brooded oer the vale Right out of the gates I am flooded with language I dont know. Three words jump off the page that I am unfamiliar with (or at least I used to be). Ebon is word that is infrequently used in the 21
century. It means to be black in color. It is not therefore just any night, but a night as dark as black. Pinion, as used here, refers to a binding or a shackling. Thus it was the night the Lord was bound. This binding of course could be seen in two different ways. It could refer to his arrest (a physical binding). It could also refer to an emotional binding. The Lord was therefore torn between his duty, his purpose and his want (to let this cup pass from him). A vale was a valley. In the immediate on context, Jesus was praying on the Mount of Olives overlooking the valley below. While this is not necessarily ground breaking information, I do believe it is important to help set the stage or the rest of the song. We are in the darkest of nights, the night the world turned its back upon the Savior.
O Thou Fount of Every Blessing.
This is by far one of my favorite songs we sing. I love the melody. But, when I learned the meaning of the song, I loved it even more. The second verse reads, Here I raise my Ebenezer. What is an Ebenezer? When did I raise it? How did I raise it? And most importantly, why should I raise it? The story of the Ebenezer is found in
I Sam. 7
. The Philistines gathered against Israel to destroy them, and God cause the Philistines to be smitten before the Israelites. Samuel then set up the Ebenezer. It was a memorial to remind Israel that God helped them that day. So, when we sing Here I raise my Ebenezer. What are we raising as a memorial? Christ. Christ is our Ebenezer. He is our stone of help. He is our reminder that God has not abandoned us.
Singing with understanding gives me a great insight into what I am saying and therefore enables me to put more of my spirit into my worship. WTK
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called on Congressional leaders Wednesday to raise the conforming loan limit in the state hardest hit by the nation's mortgage meltdown and housing crisis. In a letter sent to U.S. Senate majority leader Christopher J. Dodd, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, House of Representives speaker Nancy Pelosi and House minority leader John Boehner, the Calif. governor argued for "fair access to housing capital" and said the current GSE conforming loan limit is disproportionately affecting Californian homeowners. "Raising these limits would do more than anything else to pump badly needed credit back into our housing market and revive our economy," Schwarzenegger said. "It will also help reduce foreclosures and will allow more people to achieve the American Dream with solid, responsible loans.� The current conforming lending limit is $417,000; real estate data provider DataQuick reported recently that the median price paid for a home in California during December 2007 was was $402,000, down 2.9 percent from $414,000 for the month before, and down 14.8 percent from $472,000 for December a year ago. The governor said, however, that the conforming limit was well below median housing prices in local high-cost areas, including Los Angeles. "A starter loan in Los Angeles usually puts a buyer outside the GSE loan limit and into the so-called 'jumbo' loan market, a market that sprang largely from a permissive Federal Reserve policy that dropped interest rates dramatically and encouraged widespread jumbo lending," Schwarzenegger wrote in a letter sent to legislators. "That market has now largely disappeared and, where it remains, lenders are requiring expensive and onerous terms from borrowers that in some cases are fully one percentage point higher than GSE terms." Schwarzenegger also met today with construction and building industry leaders to discuss the potential release of billions of dollars in infrastructure bonds; the governor has said he wants to use $29 billion in unallocated funds from a 2006 series of bonds to expedite major infrastructure projects and keep contruction workers employed.


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Rock-N-Roar is Back with a Bang. Kick off the season with the area's top family-friendly performers as they sing, dance and entertain on the Impala Lawn stage. Pack your blanket, put on your dancing shoes and join the Zoo every other Tuesday at 11:00 a.m for this fun-for-all-ages concert series.
July 12th: Yosi & The Superdads
July 26th: Cris & Lou
August 9th: The Paisley Pickles
August 23rd: Lolly & YoYo
Summer Ale Festival.
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Three part lecture on metamaterials. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new "meta-devices". In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field...


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- On cycle there is an increase in the quality of muscular mass.
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- Every second day, use 100 mg of NPP 150.
- During the day, take Dianabol in an amount of 30-40 milligrams.
- This cycle lasts a month and a half.
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This week's episode of Forever, titled "New York Kids," finds Henry and Detective Martinez in the midst of solving the murder of a beloved doctor who, only hours earlier, was awarded one of the city's highest honors for his humanitarian efforts.
The case reveals flashbacks to a similar case Henry worked on where he had to choose between saving a life and revealing his secret. How long do you think Henry will keep his secret from Jo?
Meanwhile, Abe has a secret of his own.
Forever airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.
ABC has released a synopsis along with behind-the-scenes photos from tonight's episode below.
Episode Description: "New York Kids" – Dr. Tyler Forester, founder of a free medical clinic and the son of a Wall Street billionaire, is awarded one of the city's highest honors for his humanitarian efforts. A few hours later, he is found dead in his tiny apartment. Henry and Jo discover that Tyler's life of privilege and those of his thick-as-thieves Hamilton School classmates took a fateful turn one night many years ago. Now, the nightmare they thought they buried deep within themselves has come back to haunt them. Meanwhile, Henry recalls being faced with the terrible dilemma of being forced to decide between saving a man's life and protecting his own secret. Now, he is faced with the same predicament, but will he come to the same conclusion? And Abe shares a deeply held secret of his own with Henry.
Guest starring are Mackenzie Mauzy as Abigail Morgan, Raul Casso as Carter Pilson, Kett Turton as Paul Gould and Meryl Jones Williams as Cassandra Mueller.


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My son's swim season is over and he's getting himself ready for track. Last week he wanted to go for a run, but the roads around our house were covered with a slippery, icy slush–runnable, but risky and not conducive to any sort of good workout. But it was, "Not a problem," I told him. "You're just going to have to do some Rocky 4 training." He knew exactly what I meant because in 2006, when the movie Rocky Balboa was coming out, I decided he and his brother should not only see that movie, but all the Rocky movies, in order, which we did over the course of a few weeks. Rocky 4 is the episode where Rocky goes to desolate, wintery Siberia to train for his fight with the seemingly invincible Ivan Drago. In the movie Rocky runs through the snow, hoists rocks, chops wood, cuts down a tree, high-steps through the snow with a log over his shoulders, gets down on all fours to pull a sled, and engages in all sorts of other unconventional training methods, and it was that snowy, cold, back-to-nature, get-away-from-it-all, unmeasurable, numbers-free training I was referring to.
So my son put on his running clothes, a pair of long wool socks and an extra jacket and headed out to the park adjacent our back yard and ran loops in the snow. How far did he run? Who knows. How fast? Not very. But it didn't matter. He came home tired and a bit cold, but exhilarated and satisfied. At least that's how I feel on the days I "go" Rocky 4, or "do" my Rocky 4 training. Sometimes I even use "Rocky 4" as a verb, as in "I'm going to go out and 'Rocky 4' for a while." I can't imagine I'm the only one who thinks this way and some of my favorite workouts this seemingly endless winter have been my Rocky 4 days: running high-stepping loops through the snow in that same park behind my house, strapping on ankle weights for a 3 degree walk along the frozen lakefront in Chicago, working off my hangover during Poker Weekend by churning through thigh-high snow in the quiet woods surrounding my brother-in-law's cabin. These were all great workouts and you wouldn't find any of them in anyone's recommended training plan.
Of course, the majority of the training I've done this winter is more like that of Rocky's nemesis, Ivan Drago. You see, all of Drago's training took place indoors, in the lab, on machines, with every part of every workout precisely planned and measured to maximize the training benefit; and coming back from knee surgery, unable to run like I used to, I've spent a lot of time on machines, and know how far I've gone, how fast, and how hard I've had to work to accomplish it. I've run on the treadmill, done the elliptical, pedaled on a spin bike (with a sweaty instructor barking at me the whole time), done swim sessions with everything on precisely timed intervals, contorted my body to push and push all sort of weights, et cetera.
When Rocky 4 came out in 1985, Drago's training methods were not accessible to the average athlete. But there have been so many sports science advancements since then, every health club has machines like the ones Drago trained on, and anyone who wants to can get all sorts of precise, numerical feedback on their workouts. Any athlete can follow any number of training plans that have been scientifically proven to improve speed, endurance, power, anything. There is also information on what one is supposed to eat and drink, when and how much, the best ways to recover, et cetera, et cetera. It's all out there for anyone who wants it, but the question is, do we want it? Should we? Is it better to train like Drago, to know exactly what you're doing, why, and what the results will be; or is better to train like Rocky did, just going with your gut, just doing it?
Well, for a runner, if one's goal is just to get faster, following a rigorous, scientific training plan probably is better. The body adapts through training, and if the methods have been proven, there's no reason the results won't come. To ignore that, to just go with what feels right, will surely lead to some kind of training error, too much or too little of this or that. I mean, it's got to be precise. The reason they had all those perfect looking roses at the grocery store for Valentine's day was because they've figured out the right amount of light, heat, water, nutrients, et cetera to grow them that way. Bodies are more complicated and unpredictable than rose bushes, but the same principles apply.
Like I said, I've used some of the new training technology, especially this last year as I've tried to get myself back into shape. I've got lots of HR information from workouts, know how many watts I've averaged in my spin classes, I take vitamins and supplements I've read can improve performance. But relatively speaking, my training is not scientific or precise. I've never been good at science and all I really do with my HR monitor and most information is gather information. I never really base my training on it like is suggested.
Sometimes I think maybe I should be more scientific instead of, like a lot of runners, I suppose, training hard but haphazardly, with a smorgasbord of ideas all mashed together, and then kind of "hoping" for a good day when a race comes. I mean, variety is good, so is adaptability, and trying new things. These are all good in life, but are they so good when one is trying to get faster? I don't know. Of course, too much variety is bad because it's not training if you don't do something often enough. For example, running hills or doing pushups only one day, getting sore and never doing it again means there's no real benefit because the key is to get the body to adapt to stress over time to get stronger.
Now I don't want to present myself as completely ignorant. I've been running a long time, I do follow a general schedule, a set of rules, and try to replicate training models that have worked for me in the past, but sometimes I think if I followed a more deliberate plan, I'd be better able to not only get in better shape, but predict my performances. Maybe I'd be more like the roses in the grocery store, or like the Nike Oregon Project runner Galen Rupp. His training is reportedly so scientific he is sometimes he referred to as his coach's "lab rat," but he seem to be always getting faster and able to perform when it counts. Based on results and studies, there seems to be no denying the effectiveness of this method.
But is this what I want? I do want to get faster. And especially recovering from knee surgery, I should know exactly what I'm doing and what the effects will be. I tell myself I'm being smart, mixing it up, being careful, coming back slowly, but I'm prone to do things on a whim. I make a vague training plan at the beginning of each week, a set of goals, but then each new day comes and I make it up as I go. For example, if the conditions are good, I might try to ski. If the pool is open, I'll swim. If my running friends tell me they're doing a track workout, knee willing, I'll join them, and whatever the workout is, I'll do it. If I've got time and energy, I might go down to my basement and lift weights. This all helps, but I've got no real plan. Usually I'm happy if I get close to 10 hours a week, of anything. I am getting faster, in the pool and on the track and my knee is getting stronger (details on all of this coming soon), so I'm doing some things right. But a routine, scientifically proven, based on data, experiments, physiology, would surely be better.
But I'm not competing, like Galen Rupp, for Olympic medals or world records. I want to race again, but not having raced for so long, I see now that what I'm mostly training for is the experience of training, the feelings I get, the satisfaction, the discovery. Maybe I could go faster if I followed a stricter program, stayed within HR limits each workout, took ice baths then feel asleep dreaming about my VO2 max, calculated and measured more of what I do. I'm pretty sure that would work but I'm afraid I might lose the joy of training if I did that.
One point the movie makes about Drago's training is that he is monitored at all times. But I think it's been proven that when a person is monitored, he/she is less engaged, less productive, less creative. And following a rigid, scientific training plan is like being monitored all the time, even if you're only watching yourself. So while Rocky struggles in his training, has doubts, and makes mistakes, he also has moments of real ecstasy. Drago has no highs or lows, he just does the work.
Of course, I love to read about new discoveries and techniques that can improve performance and I do incorporate some of this into my workouts. I guess what I'm saying is that while I see the value in this, it's even more important for me to lose track of myself, not care, not know, merge with whatever it is I am doing, and just let things happen. I don't want to lose that sense of adventure I get when I train. I like to step on the track or jump in the pool and ask myself, what can you today? What's going to happen? I probably work out this way for the same reason I rarely measure out any ingredients when I cook. Because it's more interesting for me.
Is this a character trait or a character flaw? I suppose that depends on your perspective and I realize I could be wrong about training like Rocky. But whatever your perspective, you've got to admit there's something to be said for surprise, the unmeasurable, and hope. If you remember Rocky 4, even though Drago was bigger, faster, and stronger than Rocky, he didn't win. Rocky won, because though Drago's precisely measured training told him he should win, Rocky's spartan training told him he could win, but he still he had to hope he would. When Rocky stepped into the ring, it was to find out what would happen, what he was really capable of, and for lots of things in life, that's what it be should about, moving forward into the unknown.
I don't mean to oversimplify this. I know different people are motivated in different ways, Rocky's training wouldn't have worked if he hadn't already known what he was doing, and this philosophy has got its limitations. Sometimes my lovely, perfect wife tells me I'm too obsessed with my training. I agree and I wonder how this would change if I followed a stricter plan. Would I think about it more, to make sure I stuck to it, or would I think about it less, already knowing what I had to do and that it would work? I don't know. Still, I think some of the best workouts are the simplest and most uncomplicated, the Rocky workouts, like running through the snow with no thoughts about how far or how fast. That's kind of the essence of it, right? Just doing it. Working hard. Seeing what happens. I guess I like to start with that then fill in the rest….


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b_b · 379 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pubski: April 11, 2018
I would add that all my friends who are good at picking up girls are giant douche bags. It's not a skill to be envied.
Douchebaggery is often the result of the bravado necessary to power through both parties' fundamental instincts to keep to themselves. The real question is: can they turn it off? Because the ability to act like a douchebag without becoming a douchebag can be useful in the first few hours of relationships. The ability to not be a douchebag is what keeps them going.
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Sometimes I wonder...
I sometimes wonder if I'm going doolally. I mean seriously. Even hubby has commented on things I do "If I did that they'd have me locked up..."
I couldn't find my phone last night. "Did you think to ring it?" I hear you cry. No I did not. Finally found it an hour after search began and where was it? In my bra where I always keep it. D'huh.
I remember being so tired once I went to put the kettle in the fridge. In my defence, I had the bottle of milk in my other hand, they're both white, but even so. D'huh. I've even tried to put the kettle in the washing machine - but again, in my defence, the washing was the next job on the list, and I'm constantly trying to be a step ahead of myself, so that's my excuse there...
I even find that hubby changing his mind, forgetting he's said things, thinking he's said things can make me think that way. The most valuable thing in our house, after hubby, girlies and dog, is the calendar. If it doesn't get put on the calendar it simply doesn't happen. I remember a time when we didn't have such a thing. I also remember a time when a clock wasn't important. It wasn't all that long ago that these things didn't matter. Now I feel like a hostage to the ticking of the clock. Either I never have enough time or I'm waiting on it tick, tick, ticking until it's the time I want it to be - like bed time lol.
I put my little "mistakes" down to being constantly knackered, constantly trying to keep things on an even keel, and constantly having lots of things rattling around my head for my little moments of madness. It must be awful for hubby who does these things because he doesn't realise he is, he has no control over doing them and also denies having done them in the first place - "it must have been you, I wouldn't be so stupid to do something like that", which then makes me second guess myself and adds to the things already rattling around in my head - which is just what I need lol.
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It's confirmed! Irrfan Khan's Hindi Medium sequel to go on floors this August
Irrfan Khan's last release Hindi Medium received a lot of love from the audience. The actor even won the Best Actor Award at the prestigious 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018 for his performance in the film. Seeing the film's success, Irrfan had earlier told a daily that film's producer Dinesh Vijan would perhaps be interested in making a sequel to the comedy. Looks like things are falling right in place as Hindi Medium Sequel is officially happening and the film will go on floors in August.
A source close to the makers of the film informed, "The story flash-forwards by a decade so five-year-old Pia will be in her teens now, around 15-16 years. The story will be a fresh take on the Indian educational system with little reference to the original."
In the film, Irrfan will be seen portraying the role of a Delhi based businessman named Raj Batra who aspires to give his daughter the best education. Despite film's great success, sources inform that Pakistani actress Saba Qamar who played his wife in the film, may not be a part of the sequel.
Though Saba in her conversation with a Pakistan daily expressed her desire of working with Irrfan in a film again. She said, "After the massive success of Hindi Medium, the producers are all set for a sequel. I hope Irrfan and I get to work in the second instalment of the blockbuster,"
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Easter rain curtailed our activities somewhat and we ended up having a very quiet, serene Easter with our family. Easter Saturday we trekked out of town to visit my Dad and give him an outing. Where else would you go on a sombre drizzling day than a trip to a country cemetery.
We were chasing some family history. Our ancestors have been in this district since the late 1800's and the land was foreign and harsh to them. They hailed from Argylshire, Scotland and found themselves in a hot and rugged environment.
My great, great grandparents, Duncan and Martha McIntyre (nee Crombie) had eleven children of whom only 4 survived to adulthood.
One of these children, Dugald, was only 6 years old when he died, and it was on a December day in 1877. One can only assume it was one of our very hot December days, as poor little Dugald died of sunstroke. His grave has just been discovered at a place called Lagoon Creek where a huge coal mining venture is taking place. A representative of the consortium was seeking our permission to move the remains to the Jondaryan cemetery where his parents are buried. We do not have a lot of information about the other children Duncan and Martha buried, but believe most were in very early infancy.
We tramped around the cemetery in the misty rain and black mud and found the graves of our ancestors. We took photos to pass onto the coal mining company to give them an indication as to where Dugald is to be moved to. Adjacent to the graveyards was a beautiful little church. Made from wooden slabs with cute little arch windows down both sides and a simple effective stained glass window behind the elaborately carved altar,
My Dad really enjoyed this 'different' kind of outing and it was also good for some of the younger family members to learn a little of their heritage.


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