[Note: As soon as the bridegroom's party arrives, they are warmly welcomed by the bride's parents, relatives and friends. At the entrance of the hall the threshold ceremony is performed. The officiating priest chants a few mantras of blessings and welcome. The threshold ceremony requires the bride's mother to receive and bless the groom with rice, red tumeric powde (kumkum) etc., by applying tilak (red dot and uncooked rice) on the groom's forehead. She sprinkles rice and red tumeric powder on the groom, and then blesses him with the palms of both hands- stretching them close to the groom's head. Now the priest and the bride's parents lead the bridegroom and his parents to the stage where they are given appropriate seats.All the other guests take their seats in the hall to witness the marriage ceremony.
Aum, The noble one may accept and take the seat.
Aum, I am taking my seat. [Om, Pratigrahnami].
The bride shall take her seat to the right of the bridegroom.
The bridegroom performs the Achamana and Angasparsha with water.
[Note: All Hindu religious ceremonies begin with two observances, namely Achaman or sipping a small quantity of water and angasparsha or touching one's limbs with one's right hand middle two fingers with a little water. Achaman is purificatory and conducive to peaceful attitude of mind. Angasparsha is intended to pray for physical strength and alertness. Achaman and Angasparsha are performed with the aid of Mantras].
May the breeze be sweet as honey; may the streams flow full of honey and may the herbs and plants be laden with honey for us!
mornings be honey-sweet for us and may the heavens be honey-sweet for us!
May the plants be honey-sweet for us; may the sun be all honey for us and may the cows yield us honey-sweet milk!
The honey is the sweetest and the best. May I have food as sweet and health-giving as this honey and may I be able to relish it!
AUM, (Please) accept these presents.
Be pleased to accept hand of my daughter (name of the bride) of the Gotra (here the surname of the family shall be given).
The bridegroom makes an Offering of the garment and the scarf to the bride to wear.
The bridegroom wears the garments and the scarf offered by the parents of the bride.
Ye learned people assembled at this sacred ceremony know it for certain that we two hereby accept each other as companions for life and agree to live together most cordially as husband and wife. May the hearts of us both be blended and beat in unison. May we love each other like the very breath of our lives. As the all-pervading God sustains the universe, so may we sustain each other. As a preceptor loves his disciple, so may we love each other steadfastly and faithfully.
.Distant though we were, one from the other, we stand now united. May we be of one mind and spirit!
2. Through the grace of God, may the eyes radiate benevolence. Be thou my shield. May thou have a cheerful heart and a smiling face. May thou be a true devotee of God and mother of heroes. May thou have at heart the welfare of all living beings!
enjoy the bliss of your companionship!
or the sacred fire ceremony).
[Note: All solemn rites and ceremonies commence with the performance of Homa (sacred fire ceremony) among the followers of Vedic religion. The idea is to begin all auspicious undertakings in an atmosphere of purity and spirituality. This atmosphere is created by the burning of fragrant herbs and ghee and by the recitation of suitable Mantras. Also see Page 'Mantras-Sacred Fire'].
The Achaman and Angasparsha are performed for the second time. The bride also participates.
The three Achaman mantras involve sipping of a little water three times.
Mouth 2.Nostrils 3.Eyes 4.Ears 5.Arms 6.Thighs 7. Sprinkling water all over the body.
IV. Acceptance of Hand (Pani-Grahanam).
I clasp thy hand and enter into the holy state of matrimony so that we may be blessed with prosperity and noble progeny. Mayst thou live with me happily throughout life! Through the grace of the all-mighty Lord, who is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe and in the presence of this august assemblage, thou art being given away in marriage so that we may together rightly perform our duties as householders.
With all my strength and resources, I have clasped thy hand; and thus united, we shall together follow the path of virtue. Thou art my lawfully wedded wife and I am thy lawfully wedded husband.
God, the protector and sustainer of all, has given thee to me. From today, it devolves upon me to protect and maintain thee. Blessed with children, mayst thou live happpily with me as thy husband for the full span of human life (a hundred years).
Following the divine law and the words of wisdom uttered by the sages, may we make a good couple and may God vouchsafe unto us a shining life of virtue and happiness.
As God nourishes and sustains all creatures through His great forces like the sun, the moon, the earth, the air etc., so may He bless my wife with healthy and virtuous progeny and may you all assembled here bless her!
I accept thee as my partner for life. I will not keep away even mentally anything from thee. I will share with thee all I enjoy. We will persevere in the path of virtue, surmounting all obstacles.
O virtuous one! I have accepted thee thoughtfully and so hast thou accepted me. Out of the fullness of love have I accepted thee and so hast thou accepted me. I am the Sama and thou art the Rik. I am the Dyau (heaven) and thou art the earth. We marry each other joyously. May we be blessed with bright, heroic and long-lived children!
listening to sweet words for at least a hundred years.
[Note: 'Shila' means stone. 'Arohan' means ascending or stepping upon. This is the stone-stepping ceremony. The mother of the bride assists her to step onto a stone and counsels her to prepare herself for a new life. A married couple is likely to encounter ups and downs, joys and sorrows, prosperity and adversity, sickness and health. In spite of difficulties facing them they are enjoined to remain steadfast and true to each other (just as a stone can weather any storm- rock- steady).
The bride shall place the palms of her hands over those of the bridegroom and make three offerings (ahutis) of fried rice soaked in ghee (clarified butter).
I adore God, the unifier of hearts. Now that I am leaving my parents' home for my husband's, I pray that He may keep us perpetually united!
husband and for the prosperity of all our relations!
(Addressing her husband) In making these offerings for your prosperity I once again pray that God may bless this union of our hearts!
[Note: This is an auspicious and important part of the marriage ceremony. It consists in walking around the sacred fire (clockwise) four times. This aspect of the ceremony and the one that follows, namely Saptapadi (seven steps)- constitute the most important part, in as much as it legalises the marriage according to Hindu custom and tradition. These two aspects of the marriage ceremony establish an indissoluble matrimonial bond between the couple.
In the first three rounds the bridegroom leads the bride as they circle together around the sacred fire. In the fourth (last) round, the bride leads the bridegroom around the sacred fire.
In each round around the sacred fire, an appropriate mantra is recited which expresses noble sentiments in relation to their future matrimonial life. Each round culminates in both the bride and the bridegroom placing offerings or ahutis of fried rice in the sacred fire. The Hindu religion emphasises enjoyment of life as well as the discharging of family, social and national responsibilities.
During the first three rounds, God's blessings and help are sought; loyalty to each other is emphasised and; a promise to keep in mind the well-being and care of the future children is made.
In the fourth (last) round (led by the bride) the bride promises that she will lead her life according to the tenets of the Hindu religion, namely Satya and Dharma or Truth and devotion to duty, and that she will always ensure that the bridegroom can rely on her to carry out her family, religious and household duties.
The bridegroom then places his hand on the bride's head and states that henceforth she will be his wife and he will shield her against any danger or harm.
The ends of their garments (the bridegroom's scarf and upper garment of the bride) are tied together by the priest (signifying marriage knot).Then both shall stand facing the north. The bridegroom shall place his right hand upon the right shoulder of the bride.
They shall take the first step in the north easterly direction.
In taking these seven steps, the right foot shall always lead and the left foot be brought forward in line with it. Uncooked grains of rice (about a small handful) are placed in a line at equal distance at seven places. The bride and the groom take seven steps together, stepping upon first mound of rice with the right foot as the priest recites a mantra. Then stepping upon the second mount of rice with the right foot as the priest recites a mantra. (All seven steps are done the same way).
May the second step lead to strength (at the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels).
May the seventh step lead to friendship (through harmony, understanding).
Having completed the seven steps, be thou my life long companion. Mayst thou be my associate and helper in successful performance of the duties that now devolve upon me as a householder. May we be blessed with many children who may live the full duration of human life!
After the completion of the seven steps ceremony, the couple (with knots tied to each other) take their seats. The wife now takes her rightful place on the left side of her husband as the marriage is now religiously solemnized in its entirety. Now the couple are husband and wife. The husband garlands the wife and she in turn garlands her husband.
X. Sprinkling of water (Abhishek).
The priest (or a brother of the newly wedded wife) shall sprinkle water on the foreheads of the bride and the groom. The priest recites mantras from the Rig Veda (RV X.9.1/2/3) during the sprinkling of water.
XI. Meditating on the sun.
(Looking at or mentally visualising the sun, to give them power to lead a creative, useful and meaningful life).
O God, who art the illuminator of the sun, may we, through thy grace live for a hundred years, hear for a hundred years, and speak for a hundred years. And may we never be dependent upon anybody. May we likewise live even beyond a hundred years!
May I have hearty co-operation from these in the performance of my duties. May thou be of one mind with me. May thou be consentient to my speech. May the Lord of creation unite thee to me!
ust as the star Arundhati is attached to the star Vasishtha, so may I be ever firmly attached to my husband!
hou are the Pole star; I see in thee stability and firmness. Mayst thou ever be steadfast in thy affection for me. The great God has united thee with me. Mayst thou live with me, blessed with children, for a hundred years!
In the last symbolic rite the couple make offerings of food with chantings of Vedic Havan Mantras (oblations of food in the Sacred fire). Having done that, the couple feed a morsel of food to each other from the residue of the offerings. This being the symbolic expression of mutual love and affection.
Ye men and women present here, behold this virtuous bride possessed of high attainments, and before ye disperse, give her your blessings!
All the people present shall pronounce the following blessings upon the couple.
1. O Lord, may this couple be prosperous!
2. O Lord, may this couple live in perpetual happiness!
3 O Lord, may this couple be ever infused with love for each other. May this couple be blessed with children and grand-children and live in the best of homes for the full period of their lives!
human life in the delightful company of your happy sons and grandsons!
[Sacraments constitute an important part of Hindu religion. Sacraments in Hinduism are designed to build a solid foundation for righteous living. They are known as 'Sanskaras'.Their purpose is to create and develop a religious and spiritual outlook in life.
38. Read the Psalms and Proverbs. They cover every human emotion.
How leaders should manage failure?
Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India's 'Rohini' satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.
We have all procrastinated at some time in our lives. I know I have, only to have regretted it later. Procrastination leads to a negative attitude. The habit of procrastination fatigues you more than the effort it takes to do it.
A completed task is fulfilling and energizing; an incomplete task drains energy like a leak from a tank.
get out of school, he says when I retire and do this and this, I will be happy. And when he retires what does he see? He sees life has just gone by in front of his eyes. * "Creed for Optimists" by Christian D. Larsen, in The Best of ... Bits Pieces, Economics Press, Fairfield, NJ, 1994, p. 3.
Some people practice procrastination by hiding behind high sounding words, saying "I'm analyzing" and six months later they are still analyzing. What they don't realize is that they are suffering from a disease called, "Paralysis of Analysis" and they will never succeed.
Then there is another breed of people who procrastinate by saying "I'm getting ready" and a month later they are still getting ready and six months later they are still getting ready. What they don't realize is they are suffering from a disease called "Excusitis." They keep making excuses.
Life is not a dress rehearsal. I don't care what philosophy you believe in--we have got only one shot at this game called life. The stakes are too high. The stakes are the future generations.
What time is it and where are we? The answer is now and we are here. Let's make the best of now and utilize the present to the fullest. The message is not that we don't need to plan for the future. The message is that we do need to plan for the future. If we utilize our present to its fullest, we are sowing the seeds for a better future automatically, aren't we?
If you want to build a positive attitude, learn the phrase, "do it now" and stop the habit of procrastination.
¨ "It might have been."
¨ "I wish I had."
¨ "If only I had given a little extra."
This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you .
It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife ' s bedside.
"On dry land!" exclaimed the fish.
"What do you mean by on dry land? There is no dry land. I had never seen such a thing. Dry land is nothing."
"No, it is not wet," said the turtle. "Is it nice and fresh and cool?" asked the fish.
Cow is the back-bone of Indian economy. India was golden bird until cow was base of agriculture. Farmers had investment free farming. Now diesel, fertilizer, harvester combines, need capital investments. Therefore, farmers are suiciding due to debt and loss in production. Respect cow else get eradicated.
AtharvVeda III.30.1 You should impart love to each other as the(non-killable) cow does for its calf.
AtharvVeda XI.1.34 states "dhenuh sadanam rayeenam" i.e. 'cow is the fountainhead of all the bounties'.
YajurVeda XXIII.48 states "Gostu matra n vidyate" i.e. Cow cannot be compared with anything.
is a must for this sacred land.
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Continuously dance before the lion for 5 or 6 days. The Lion will drop dead just watching!
God said...Hahn, finally you have the idea.
possessed of a steady intellect..." Never allow weakness to overtake your mind.
tyrannised over by the rich. strength is the medecine that the ignorant must have when oppressed by learned.
is a sin.. try to pay them back in their own coin then and there.
19. First you have to build the body by good nutritious food - then only will the mind be strong. the mind if but the subtle part of body.
20. The only test of good things is that they make us strong.
giving the lie to yourself, you are hypnotising yourself into something vile and weak.
22. The infinite strength of the world is yours. drive out the superstition that has covered your minds. let us be brave.
23. By degrees the heart has to be strengthened. if one man is made, it equals result of a thousand lectures.
makes man weak and fear is the only evil that should be shunned.
26. The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
great fact which you ought to remember.
weakness all the time. the remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
29. To call another a sinner is the worst thing you can do.
'I am.' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
'Bookkeeper' is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters.
The sentence 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter in the English language.
If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Strange-but-true The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.


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Q: Hello someone could help me make a specific SQL query to this table this is the table:
CREATE TABLE `incidencias` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `impact` int(10) NOT NULL,
  `date` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

I need to group by "impact" and get the most recent date of each
thanks

A: Should be like this:
SELECT * FROM incidencias group by impact order by date desc

A: USE this:
SELECT * FROM incidencias GROUP BY impact ORDER BY date DESC

A:
SELECT impact,MAX (date) from incidencias GROUP BY impact

A: This should work.
select max(date) from incidencias group by impact;

A: should like this :
SELECT * FROM incidencias GROUP BY impact ORDER BY date DESC

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One of the best things about being a part of the Catholic Church is the access we have to 2,000 years' worth of history, traditions, and, perhaps most importantly, prayers. Countless saints, priests, and laypeople have come up with ways to pray since the Church's inception, leaving us with the ability to communicate with God however we want. One problem with this arrangement, however, is that some forms of prayer get forgotten among the myriad of other forms. Certain kinds of prayer like the Rosary seem to be immune to this process, but one form of prayer that is becoming hugely important in my prayer life isn't often talked about: the Ignatian Daily Examen.
First suggested by Saint Ignatius of Loyola around 400 years ago, the Daily Examen is a prayer focused on self-reflection. It is meant to be prayed near the end of the day, and it consists of five steps: becoming aware of God's presence, reviewing the day with gratitude, paying attention to your emotions, choosing one specific feature of the day to pray about, and looking forward to the next day. It sounds simple, but this unique way to pray can have profound effects on your life.
How can we fit prayer into our busy lives?
Because of its reflective nature, the Daily Examen allows us to be honest with both ourselves and the Lord, something few other prayers naturally do. It encourages us to turn toward ourselves and present our findings honestly to God. It's similar to an examination of conscience, but it involves more than just how often we have sinned or not sinned. This prayer asks us to go beyond our actions and examine our emotions, allowing us to become more self-aware. This heightened self-awareness, in turn, can enlighten us to a wider view of God's will for us and the ways we either have or haven't conformed to it. Ultimately, this means we develop our relationship with God in a unique way that improves our relationships with ourselves, too.
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The idea of forming or improving our relationships with ourselves sometimes seems strange, but it's vital to having a good relationship with others and with God. After all, what good does loving our neighbors as ourselves do if we don't know or care about ourselves? The Daily Examen offers a unique way to get to know ourselves in a Christ-centered context. I've only been praying it for a few days, but it's helped my self-awareness immensely, to a point where avoiding temptation and thinking of the Lord in my everyday life has become easier. Whether you pray the Examen daily or monthly, I'm sure it will help anyone who prays it to develop their relationship with God, others, and themselves.


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There are some legacy methods in application which are supposed to work with any one of the database depending upon use case. Same method could be invoked with different data source context for other transaction.
What would be the initial design considerations.
Use any of the Persistent Template to implement the DAOs.
We are done with basic infrastructure code. In above steps, missing part is how to tell application code about which data source to be used from multiple data sources defined in context. It can be done by specifying the specific transaction manager (related to desired data source) with Service transactional attributes. Transaction manager can be defined either at class level or at method level. Or a good approach could be to use Transactional advice and define the transaction manager in context configuration with a pattern to identify the methods.
A general workflow would be; whenever any service method is called using Spring Framework, Spring will see if there is any transaction proxy available for that method. If yes, transaction proxy will get invoked. It will work with defined transaction manager and will start a new or use existing transaction (based on transaction attributes). It will also try to attach the connection with the current transaction (thread local based implementation). Connection will be retrieved from the data source which is associated with the transaction manager (defined in context). This connection will be linked with current transaction as synchronized resource. Please note, that connection may be attached lazily in case of 'LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy'. In this way, Spring enables the scenario to use multiple data sources in application based on specified transaction manager. All the methods invoked during the service call, or from nested methods will go to the database which is associated with current transaction manager (and the data source).
However, a tricky scenario could be, if we have legacy code and have some methods which needs to be worked with one database in one call and with other database later depending upon the use case. How to manage such scenario where database will be decided on the fly based on the 'use case' or application context. One solution could be to break the methods or services and create two (or more) different services specific to a database, hence design separate services based on their concerns. All the requests targeted for a specified database will go to the related service. This service is aware about database and hence can use the right transaction manager and data source. This solution can solve the issue, and would result in better code also. But, it could be time consuming (even if desired and good for quality) to create wrapper services for whole legacy code at once. It will need a lot of development and testing efforts to test whole service layer again. At time, Project schedule may not allow you to do such huge changes.
Extend the 'AbstractRoutingDataSource' and define your custom implementation to return the lookup key depending upon custom logic. Override 'determineCurrentLookupKey' method.
Now, whenever Spring proxy needs to start the transaction, transaction manager will interact with custom routing data source to pick the connection. Routing data source will route the call to specific data source returned for that scenario based on look up key. Hence right data source, i.e. connection will be picked for current transaction. It will enable the scenario to use different data sources with same transaction manager. Same methods will be invoked with different data sources based on user context.
Here one important point to consider is, 'determineCurrentLookupKey' method will be invoked only when Transaction Manager will start the transaction. Hence, data source can be decided only at the beginning of transaction and can not be changed in between (which is also not desirable). So if you are changing the context value to impact the current lookup key in-between the transaction, it won't take effect.


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As much as we all would like to see Dunn released, it ain't gonna happen, at least this season. Jerry might eat a partial year, or send cash in a final-year trade sometime next season.
But that doesn't mean the Sox should just roll over. How about sending Flowers and Viciedo down and bringing up Phegley and Danks? Dunn has had a few good ABs this week and his walks are up, but if he drops again, bench him.
The message that players can turn in such a poor compete level and performance at the plate and in the field and keep their "play every day" jobs has to change for this team to move forward.
Jordan is up and was in the starting lineup on June 7th.
I'm thrilled beyond belief when Dunn goes on one of his hot streaks. I'm usually happy when he just hits the ball. If he can continue his present hot hitting I'm hoping the White Sox will be able to move him to another team. I don't care if we don't get anything for him. Just get rid of him. We can use the money for some other free agent. Morales of Seattle would look good in a White Sox uniform next year.
Thats all I ask for as well... I dont expect a HR each at bat, just put the damn ball in play and let the chips fall where they may. Nice to see him have some BP against Dickey the other night..
Funny, but if he were to hover at .250, that alone would be a world of difference.. Just that 1 hit over 4 ABs would make a huge difference..
I find it funny that the Sox cut ties with Frank Thomas when he was injured and declining. Even in 2005 when he could only get 35 games in - he had a .905 OPS.
Swamp Donkey hasn't sniffed that with the Sox. 3 years later Frank was cut from the Blue Jays after 16 games for putting up the type of numbers that Dunn has these past 3 seasons.
Swamp Donkeyhasn't sniffed that with the Sox. 3 years later Frank was cut from the Blue Jays after 16 games for putting up the type of numbers that Dunn has these past 3 seasons.
How are the two positions even relevant to one another? The White Sox didn't re-sign Thomas after he only managed 35 games near the end of his career, concerned for his health as well as his declining skills. The A's signed him but didn't sign him after the season, concerned for his health and diminishing skills for what he was asking. The Blue Jays signed him but let him go back to the A's, picking up most of his salary, in his second season because of his diminishing skills. The A's saw the skills diminished, and no one had any interest in Thomas after that. The Blue Jays have dumped some big contracts. Vernon Wells and Alex Rios could have been much worse financially, though, and the Blue Jays aren't exactly a 21st century model franchise.
The White Sox signed Dunn in what was supposed to be the peak years of his career, not believing he had issues of health or diminishing skills. He only signed the one contract. If in the last year of that contract he only plays 35 games, I doubt the White Sox will re-sign him.
The White Sox didn't cut Thomas before his contract was up. The White Sox haven't cut Dunn with time left on his contract. I see only consistency.
Excellent post, pointing out the flaws in the original contention.
I've got a feeling that even if Adam plays 162 games in 2014, he won't be back with the Sox for the 2015 season.
He'll either get traded based on performance, or they'll let him walk. No question, IMO.
I am guessing that Dunn's 2014 season would have to include at least three miracles in addition to strong offensive numbers for the White Sox to re-sign him.
Maybe JR will die and he'll buy the team.
Say hello to your DH For Life!
Would one of the miracles be a salary under $5 million and a BA over .220?
Never mentioned this before, but I ran across a really ancient Sox near-great at an event in June 2011, guy probably didn't make $1M in his career. You should have heard him go off on Dunn, esp. after I told him the deal was for $56M/4 years. Not much has changed since then.
Don't think these guys from another era don't remain Sox fans for the rest of their lives. It becomes part of you.
I never thought I'd say this but I have started to think that Adam Dunn is the least of this team's problems.
I agree. Konerko is not exactly lighting it up either.


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If you could call a number and say you're sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as "Mr. Apology." As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn't just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series.
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From December 2014, Vietnam Airlines tightens check-in deadline for all domestic and international flights. Accordingly, the minimum required check-in time is 40 minutes, instead of 30 minutes as before. In regard to international flights, the closing time is 50 minutes ahead of departure. All boarding gates are currently shuttered 10 minutes prior to departure time.
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This year Spain has changed the rules for how short term capital gains are taxed. Instead of being taxed at a fixed rate, they are now included as part of your general income, and taxed at your top marginal rate.
Depending on your marginal rate, this may trigger a "high-tax kickout" for your US foreign tax credits, which means that your short term capital gains/tax credits are no longer passive income, but have been magically transformed into general income.
I'll take it this is only for passive income generated in Spain, not the US, right?
US passive income re-sourced as foreign income by treaty would end up in its own bucket for foreign tax credits, so I don't think you need to worry the kick-out.
I see, right now this is my situation.
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Segni diacritici. Punti diacritici. Segnaccento (or segno d'accento, or accento scritto). However you refer to them in Italian, accent marks (also referred to as diacritical marks) are added or attached to a letter to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, or to indicate stress. Note that in this discussion, the term "accent" does not refer to the pronunciation characteristic of a given region or geographical location (for example, a Neapolitan accent or Venetian accent) but rather to orthographic marks.
In contemporary Italian, the acute and grave accents are the most commonly encountered. The circumflex accent is rare and the diaresis (also referred to as an umlaut) is usually only found in poetic or literary texts. Italian accent marks can be divided into three categories: mandatory, optional, and incorrect.
Required accent marks are those that, if not used, constitute a spelling error; facultative accent marks are those a writer uses to avoid ambiguity of meaning or reading; wrong accent marks are those that are written without any purpose and, even in the best of cases, only serve to weigh down the text.
—tè, plant and drink ("Piantagione di tè", "Una tazza di tè") to distinguish it from te (closed sound) pronoun ("Vengo con te").
With a, that is, stressed on the third-to-last syllable, so as not to be confused with the identically spelled word that is pronounced with the accent on the penultimate syllable. For example, nèttare and nettare, cómpito and compito, súbito and subito, càpitano and capitano, àbitino and abitino, àltero and altero, àmbito and ambito, àuguri and auguri, bàcino and bacino, circùito and circuito, frústino and frustino, intúito and intuito, malèdico and maledico, mèndico and mendico, nòcciolo and nocciolo, rètina and retina, rúbino and rubino, séguito and seguito, víola and viola, vitùperi and vituperi.
When it signals the vocal stress on words ending in -io, -ía, -íi, -íe, such as fruscío, tarsía, fruscíi, tarsíe, as well as lavorío, leccornía, gridío, albagía, godío, brillío, codardía, and many other instances. A more important reason is when the term, with a different pronunciation, would change meaning, for example: balía and balia, bacío and bacio, gorgheggío and gorgheggio, regía and regia.
Then there are those optional accents that might be referred to as phonic because they signal the correct pronunciation of the vowels e and o within a word; an open e or o has one meaning while a closed e or o has another: fóro (hole, opening), fòro (piazza, square); téma (fear, dread), tèma (theme, topic); mèta (ending, conclusion), méta (dung, excrement); còlto (from the verb cogliere), cólto (educated, learned, cultured); ròcca (fortress), rócca, (spinning tool). But beware: these phonetic accents are beneficial only if the speaker understands the difference between the acute and grave accent; otherwise disregard the accent mark, since it is not mandatory.
and when it is completely useless. It is a mistake to write "dieci anni fà," accenting the verbal form fa, which would never be confused with the musical note fa; as it would be a mistake to write "non lo sò" or "così non và" accenting without reason so and va.


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VGF is a Transportation Company located in Frankfurt, Germany. This Set includes their trams starting in 1949.
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Any plans of also drawing the retired and historical rolling stock?
Sure, yes. I did this Set as a Small Side Project though, so i wont be doing it as first place. I will first of finish my bigger Sets before continuing this one.


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The week-long speedrunning exhibition/competition Awesome Games Done Quick wrapped up yesterday having raised more than $1.5 million for cancer research. Well played to all involved and to those who donated. Here's AGDQ's confirmation of the total, via Twitter:
As final donations are being processed, it has become official that #AGDQ2015 raised over $1.5 million for @PreventCancer! January 12, 2015
The 2015 edition of Awesome Games Done Quick ran from January 4 to 11, putting some of the best speedrunners in the business up against games ranging from Super Pitfall and Legend of Zelda to Portal 2, Metal Gear Rising, and Batman: Arkham City.
The whole thing was streamed live on Twitch, and also recorded for posterity; all of it will eventually be posted on the Games Done Quick YouTube channel, and in the meantime links to all the runs are up on Reddit. (For my money, the Tetris Grandmaster Showcase is particularly fantastic, so I embedded it above.)
The total amount raised includes direct donations, as well as sales of merchandise and a AGDQ-themed Humble Bundle (which, unfortunately, is now over). If all goes as planned, Summer Games Done Quick will do it all again in July.
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Two Hanover-area school districts named new athletic directors over the summer.
Doug Wherley, the former athletic director of the Hanover Public School District, was hired in the same role in the Conewago Valley School District on Aug. 6, per the school board meeting minutes.
Wherley, hired at Hanover in Oct. 2017, interned in the South Western School District athletics department and coached for the Mustangs for 12 years.
The Littlestown native has roughly 15 years of coaching experience.
Wherley saw the opening at New Oxford as an opportunity for "professional growth" with the 23 varsity sports offered at the high school.
Brandon Renoll, hired as athletic director at New Oxford in 2016, resigned in May, and head baseball coach Scott Anderson filled the role in the interim.
The New Oxford varsity and junior varsity football teams recently achieved rare wins for the program.
"There's just a buzz in the atmosphere here at New Oxford," Wherley said of the victories.
The Hanover Public School District named head wrestling coach Adam Mowrer as athletic director in July.
Mowrer, a 2013 graduate of Columbia High School in Lancaster County, got his degree in business administration from Seton Hall University and interned in the athletics department at Columbia.
Mowrer wanted to pursue a career in high school athletics because he felt that student athletes at that age are most impressionable.
"I can make the biggest difference in their lives," he said.
Mowrer will be the third athletic director hired at Hanover since 2015. The school also hired a new varsity football coach, Brandon Bishop, earlier this year.
"I'd just like to continue the growth that we've had and find some consistency with staffing," Mowrer said.


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Triple Threat (2019) Movie Review - A Dan's Movie Report Exclusive © 2019 Danny Templegod
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Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers, the event action film of 2019 is here. Triple Threat will finally be released Worldwide beginning with a 150 screen blast on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 in the USA. Dan's Movie Report is thrilled and honored to be chosen among the few journalistic outlets to screen the film early and provide thoughts on the project.
Because this is a very early review, and many portions of the plot and character development are integral to the audience enjoyment of the film, I have decided that this will not only be a spoiler free review, but a timeline and nuanced unspecific review, more like random thoughts, not following any structure.
Above: Exclusive photo of Michael Bisping, Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins, the bad guys of Triple Threat!! (C) 2019 Well Go USA, Exclusive to Dan's Movie Report
Director Jesse V. Johnson crafts a undulating masterpiece in Triple Threat as the audience is inserted right into the story literally from the opening moment of the film. Lush images of a jungle in South East Asia is the backdrop for an opening to set the stage. Triple Threat is meant to be a theater movie, and one to crank the volume up! While many comparisons on the web have been made to The Expendables, ultimately I see a far more personal story here. Each character, is given a voice in the action, and time is taken to allow the actor to show emotion throughout.
Another element in Triple Threat that is particularly enjoyable is the interplay between characters who have a very tenuous relationship, The audience at times never knows if the person will be deceitful. This is what can be considered the third element, the protagonists, the antagonists, and those whose alliance suits their own needs and focus. Again revealing this, will spoil the story. Of course it is well known who the bad guys are. Scott Adkins, Michael Bisping, Jeeja Yanin, Michael Jai White, and Ron Smoorenburg are an elite band of hired mercenaries. Enough details regarding the action have come out, who fights who, and some of the locations of the fights.
Above: Actress Celina Jade, the glue that holds Triple Threat together! (C) 2019 Well Go USA exclusive to Dan's Movie Report
Celina Jade, in her most complete character role to date, plays a Billionaire's daughter who is intent on ridding the city of Bangkok of crime, but of course so many want to stop her. Celina is an amazing actress, Triple Threat is a movie where she has to push through a myriad of emotions, all the while keeping focus on what she must do to accomplish her goal. She forms a bond with Tony Jaa's character in Triple Threat, and the fact they have worked together prior in Skin Trade shows.
Tony Jaa is a force of nature, The man is pushing hard to get is acting skill at the top level. Wait, what the hell are you saying Danny? Yes, the thing is, this is what sets Triple Threat apart from I can safely say, 95 percent of all other action films, the acting. Jesse, took his time explaining to the actors, what he wanted in a particular scene, so much focus, the result is not only the actors show more emotion, but ultimately the film more watchable. Ron Smoorenburg, told me that Jesse gave him the motivation for his character and the reasoning behind why his character is wearing the glasses, a nerdy Rambo! Ron said it helped him, feel the character. Action actors, are mainly known for kicking ass and being stoic onscreen, In Triple Threat, the characters are flawed and have things happen to them that requires emotion. So important this is, Jesse sets the bar high for his actors, and gets results in Triple Threat.
Pointing out a few strong highlights of Triple Threat, the first one being just a great action sequence, and fight between Tony Jaa and Ron Smoorenburg. The full force fight is close quarters, hard, angry, and no body part is left without bruising. Fight choreographer Tim Man, has truly crafted some of the most entertaining action in a long time in Triple Threat. His action prowess is well documented, and he keeps leveling up in each outing. Speaking of fights, a sequence near the end was choreographed by the amazing Luke LaFontaine, and his style is different from Tim's, actually this allows for diversification in the action and completely works for the story.
Scott Adkins explodes with emotion in Triple Threat, he is the angry yelling villain we all needed to see. Gone is the stoic, I will kick your ass and be done mentality, now he is raw, visceral and raging. He is not only the leader of the group of mercenaries he is angry throughout the film. This leads to rash decisions and unpredictable actions, the makings of a great action movie!
All of the elements are solid in Triple Threat, lighting, cinematography, and scope. Triple Threat feels big, by that I mean perhaps a film of 5-10 times the budget. Rolling in at a crisp 96 minutes, felt a touch short, but the edit kept the story moving, I sincerely hope a complete Blu-Ray is released with director commentary, deleted scenes, and a deconstruction of some of the action and locations.
Some small gripes are the lighting near the final fight sequence, which was shot in an different location. The back lighting was cool, but the overhead lighting did not allow the audience to see the action as well, I did do a second pass with the brightness turned up, it was better, but the colors washed out a bit. Not a gripe, but because the film is in multiple languages and subtitles are used, certain characters voices, are louder than others, of course this cannot be helped, but letting the audience know what to expect. I would have liked to see a back story on the mercenaries, prior to them being inserted into the jungle, even 3 minute montage, may have helped. Jesse, to his credit does in effect do this through a past vision element, but again, a few moments prior, may have helped character motivation, and for the audience to feel more emotion towards them.
Those minor elements aside, overall Triple Threat is a great film, one that has not only repeat watch- ability, but memorable quotes! Not wanting to spoil them, I will point out one such quote from Celina Jade saying after she is whisked away on a boat, to Tony Jaa and his unlikely friends. "Can I trust you guys?" Then looks worried. A pensive moment, yet something adding a bit of levity do to the timing of the statement ha, usually this is said prior to a daring rescue!
As for a rating, whew, "Triple Threat is a bombastic, fantastic, masterpiece, pushing the limits of character!" YEP, that is it in a nutshell. Explosive in action and dialogue, Triple Threat delivers the goods, in a blood soaked package! Even the minor gripes are minuscule compared to what the team has accomplished. The film rates a 9 out of 10, it is that good. All one can hope for is either a part 2 or another film starring some of the same cast! Kudos to Well Go USA, for pushing the boundaries of their own company as well and really putting focus on such a great property, by releasing to theatrical on 150 plus screens!!!
For detailed information: https://www.triplethreatfilm.com/
Please check out my partner site www.action-flix.com where John and I do a dual interview with both Director Jesse, and Ron Smoorenburg! .
Here is all of the information to BUY the film legally! Also to watch in theater! http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2019/03/official-triple-threat-news-chinese.html
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Trigonal: Fight For Justice (2018) Movie Review A Dan's Movie Report Exclusive!!
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Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers, Although I did an interview with actress Sarah Chang for this movie a while ago http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2018/08/actress-sarah-chang-interview-2018-dans.html , signals got crossed and I never was able to view my copy for review, that said I look on IMDB and lo and behold zero reviews, I am calling this outside of JoBlo, a Dan's Movie Report IMDB exclusive and, by far the best Filipino Film EVER!
Here we go! I was all hot and lathered up about watching Buy Bust and reviewing it, especially after hearing many people on the web chatter about it. After watching it, I decided not to review, I totally respect the hard working people who made it, but again, I am not going to slag a film I disliked when other great films are out there.
Above: Lead Actor Ian Ignacio and lead actress Rhian Ramos go through an emotional and physical hell in Trigonal!
Phase one story. The Trigonal (I will refer to the film as that for the balance of my review) sets up it's lead character with heart and emotional concepts, We get more than the typical 3 minute plot opening and then right to the action, we get a life prior to. We see a husband and wife together, happy naturally sharing life. A family bond is established. Interestingly enough, the fact Trigonal gives the audience time to breath and enjoy the joyous surroundings.
Above: Director/Writer and bad ass cop! Vincent Soberano
What is cool is the entire city, was involved they got cooperation from local law enforcement, thus no surprises! This also allowed for Vincent Soberano, who wrote and directed the film to have a cool character of a law man, who is actually SMART! When does this ever happen in a crime action-drama, that would be never! Yep In Trigonal, the law asks for tips from
The lead actor Ian Ignacio who portrays Jacob Casa is amazing. He is shown going through a full gamut of emotions from tears to rage when his wife is attacked, again no spoilers, let us just say although he was also in Buy Bust, Ian has a chance to show his real range in this film! Basically he is forced to fight in a tournament, yeah it is not all what you are thinking, as multiple stories rage on about this tournament. Special drugs from corporate fighters, crime, wrapped in a human story, I say no more!
Above: Sarah Chang! Top action coordinator today in the Philippines, and she is a great and natural actress, humble and hard working!
All is not entirely serious, and this is a good thing! Actress and stunt coordinator and fight coordinator Sarah Chang brings her self and her adept team in! I am serious! Once the action starts Sarah turns on the sarcasm and the violence, no spoilers! The dialogue she gets to say, has many references to interesting action movies of years gone by. She is like the nerdy girl, yet serene, another very complex character. I will chat about one scene as Sarah is shooting pool badly, ahahah, when thugs come into the bar she hides under the pool table a true laugh out loud moment! Again no spoilers as to what happens next!
I really like Rihan Ramos as Annie Casa, her portrayal of the innocent wife who also owns the Dojo with her husband, is heartfelt and honest, she is a pro actress, and gets in a bit of action in the beginning herself! No Spoilers!
Yes there are villains! Of course there are, A copious amount of fighters dot the landscape of Trigonal. The final third of the movie is an all out action assault in the yep, TRIANGLE shaped ring haha!
No Spoilers! The lead villain is a colorful character who rolls very heavy with two very large powerfully built women as his private attache! Boom! Enter Leigh Guda who I interviewed 6 yrs ago for my site, again she is a fitness person and not going to lie I was thrilled to see her in front of the camera not just training others! Leigh has honor, power, and channeled a rage, again she had zero action and fighting skills prior to this film but Sarah Chang worked hard to train her, now she has continued it! She looks the part of massively rough menace!
You have evil chemist and many other bad guys!
Part 2, the quality of the filming, I could see everything clearly! Yep, even dark scenes were lit in such a way to see the action, like corner or side lighting. In Buy Bust I turned my Netflix brightness to max and still it was a blur of blackness. UGH! Trigonal powers through with excellent top notch rate camera work from the entire team of which Jeff Centuari is a part of! He knows how to film action!
The sets and look of Trigonal are of high quality and easy to see, nothing is hidden, You see a serene temple, a hospital, a fight arena, a Dojo, this is not the claustrophobic film, it is shot in various locations so added a more epic feel to it.
Between the great story, easy to like and easy to hate characters, Trigonal: Fight for Justice is a win on so many levels, despite the difficult road to make this film, it was well worth it! This is my Dan's Movie Report action special mention, indie budget, solid acting, and great story, coupled with the best action coordinator working in the Philippines today Sarah Chang, yep I will say this she worked 20 hour days, always smiling, building others up not tearing them down, honor in action! I got this film at 2am and watched til 4am last night and watched again, then again! Each time noticing more nuanced things! Repeat watchability factor is very high, Trigonal: Fight For Justice rates an 8.5 out of 10 yes it is that freaking good, now I hide under a pool table an wait for fallout from the wannabees never was people and the internet trolls haha! Smile in the face of anger, be serene be Sarah Chang and Vincent Sabrono!
I am waiting a real proper USA premiere for this film, that said, or do we deserve it or mindless drivel, ok yes I like mindless drivel!
Please visit Trigonal: Fight For Justice Official Facebook Page @ https://www.facebook.com/thetrigonal/
Watch for more on Dan's Movie Report and www.action-flix.com
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Avengement! Adkins Action film, with Jesse V. Johnson directing sells to Samuel Goldwyn Films (Exclusive) Dan's Movie Report!!
Above: Scott Adkins in Avengement!! (C) 2019 Samuel Goldwyn Films! For Promotional purposes only! All Rights Reserved!!
For director Jesse V. Johnson's latest exclusive 3000 word interview please visit https://action-flix.com/action-flix-home-page/exclusive-director-jesse-v-johnson-the-triple-threat-interview
Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers on the heels of Triple Threat releasing all over the USA next tuesday comes the announcement that Avengement has been sold! More will follow!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS ACQUIRES U.S. RIGHTS TO THEACTION-PACKED FILM 'AVENGEMENT' STARRING SCOTT ADKINS
Los Angeles, CA ( March 13 , 2019) –Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired U.S. rights to Jesse V. Johnson's action thriller AVENGEMENT. The film stars Scott Adkins (ACCIDENT MAN/DOCTOR STRANGE), Craig Fairbrass (LONDON HEIST), Nick Moran (LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS), Thomas Turgoose (KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE/ THIS IS ENGLAND), Kierston Wareing (FISH TANK/100 STREETS), and Louis Mandylor (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING/IN THE EYES OF A KILLER). The film will be released in theatres and on digital May 24th. Bleiberg Entertainment produced the film through its Compound B genre label and is handling worldwide sales.
While released on furlough from prison, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. It's an epic, bloody battle to search for the soul he lost years ago on the streets of an unforgiving city.
AVENGEMENT was directed by Jesse V. Johnson, from a screenplay he wrote with Stu Small. The film was produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Joe Karimi-Nik; and executive produced by Nicholas Donnermeyer and Scott Adkins.
"It's a hard-hitting gangster film with fight scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat," says Ryan Boring, Director of Marketing & PR at Samuel Goldwyn Films.
AVENGEMENT marks my sixth film with Jesse V. Johnson and there's a very good reason why we keep working together. Jesse allows me to play in the action genre sandbox that my fanbase expect whilst simultaneously pushing me to stretch myself as an actor. Along with co-writer Stu Small he crafted a story that allowed me to create a unique and interesting character who I relished playing. Can't wait for everyone to meet Cain Burgess," says star/executive producer Scott Adkins.
"Every film you get to make is a gift, and as such you must be sure to attempt to create something worthwhile. With AVENGEMENT, Scott and I worked very carefully to author a character and scenario that was original and fresh, with action sequences that were justified and exciting without repeating anything we had done before," says director Jesse V. Johnson. "With Cain Burgess, Scott has built a nuanced, interesting but paradoxically, a both frightening and sympathetic character. A man who has tempered his pain and rejection into a carbon steel tool for revenge, but this is not revenge in the skindeep film-noir style, this revenge is deeper and more resonating, a satisfyingly baroque almost elegant retribution."
ABOUT SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS
Samuel Goldwyn Films is a major, independently owned and operated motion-picture company that develops, produces and distributes innovative feature films and documentaries.
The company is dedicated to working with both world-renowned and emerging writers/filmmakers and committed to filmed entertainment that offers original voices in uniquely told stories. This is best exemplified by the Academy Award® nominated SUPER SIZE ME; Sundance winner GOOK written and directed by Justin Chon; the critically acclaimed feature debut by Francis Lee GOD'S OWN COUNTRY; SXSW winner MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND; the high-school drama BLAME directed, written, and starring Quinn Shephard; LGBTQ musical drama SATURDAY CHURCH; ALLURE starring Evan Rachel Wood; Warwick Thornton's Australian western SWEET COUNTRY starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris; the Wim Wenders film, starring James McAvoy and Academy Award winner® Alicia Vikander, SUBMERGENCE; the family film ZOO; NANCY, a psychological thriller starring Andrea Riseborough; COLD SKIN from director Xavier Gens; and A BOY A GIRL A DREAM starring Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good. Upcoming releases include Ondi Timoner's bio-pic MAPPLETHORPE starring Matt Smith, Russia's historic drama SOBIBOR, Joseph Cross' directorial debut SUMMER NIGHT, and the Karen Gillan & David Dastmalchian lead film ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW.
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Fighting Spirit Film Festival 2019! Get Ready for Triple Threat! Full Program Details! (C) 2019 Dan's Movie Report
Above: Fighting Spirit Logo with added date to festival! (C) 2018 Fighting Spirit festival , used for promotional purposes only
Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers, while we are a week away from the USA premiere of Triple Threat I have some news regarding the Triple Threat premiere and showing of other films at the Fighting Spirit film festival in Birmingham on April 28th, 2019 !!
Above: Official Poster for Triple Threat (C) 2019 Well Go USA! Used for Promotional purposes only
The Official link has been set up to preview the amazing event.
https://www.fightingspiritfilmfestival.com/birmingham-2019-line-up
To check out past events, including an amazing UK. Premiere of The Debt Collector, please follow this link below and check out these radical videos from past events!
https://www.fightingspiritfilmfestival.com/
To fuel your appetite for Triple Threat an 8 second blast! Tony Jaa and Ron Smoorenburg BTS fighting all exclusive all the time on Dan's Movie Report!
This video is exclusive to Dan's Movie Report! Never before shown!
In addition to the U.K. Theatrical Premiere of Triple Threat four winners of the 2018 Fighting Spirit short films will also show!
TRANH AND NOWAK
Godefroy Ryckewaert | 2017 | French | Action Comedy | 22 mins
An action comedy film featuring two special agents skilled in close-up combat: Tranh, a young intelligent, down-to-earth woman, and Nowak, reckless, adventurous, and somewhat narrow-minded. They are on a undercover mission to recover paintings which belong to the government, stolen by a German esthete, Otto Von Schnitzel, head of a neo-Nazi faction.
CHOPSTICKS!!
Aeddan Sussex | 2018 | English, Mandarin | Action | 22 mins
Now hunted by the very gang she was once a part of, Shu struggles to find a way of restoring her father's legacy, all whilst under constant attack from their new leader; her murderous brother Fang.
Carter Ferguson | 2017 | English | Action | 19mins
A seasoned contract killer returns reluctantly to Hong Kong, a city of bitter memories for him. He is to meet a young up-and-coming gun-for-hire to carry out an unspecified job together, but when they do meet his past life resurfaces and leaves both men questioning their motives. A searing, emotional rooftop climax triggers a kick-back against the manipulation they have both suffered.
SHAOLIN WARRIOR MONK
Qing LV | 2017 | Mandarin | Documentary | 5 mins
Harsh Verma was previously as a professional football player at AC Milan - now he is the first Indian warrior monk accepted by Shaolin Temple. This documentary tells his story.
Dan's Movie Report will be on hand for this momentous occasion! Of course! I will be sending an intrepid U.K. Representative to the screening event! Watch for more coming in April! Watch this space for an additional surprise announcement coming soon, from Fighting Spirit Film Festival regarding another premiere!! Fighting Spirit delivers the action and is ready for the next level of events. To learn more about the film Triple Threat, straight from Director Jesse V. Johnson, please read his 3,000 word exclusive interview exclusively on Action-Flix.com!
Above: Jesse V. Johnson flying through the air to show what is needed for the action! (C) 2017 used for interview purposes only, not for monetizing! www.action-flix.com
https://action-flix.com/action-flix-home-page/exclusive-director-jesse-v-johnson-the-triple-threat-interview
In that interview Action-Flix and Dan's Movie Report team up to deliver an in depth, detailed look at all phases of the production! Congrats to the entire team at Fighting Spirit Festival for this amazing event!
Dilan Jay-Singer/Actor/Producer!! Hollow Point! Trailer is live! (C) 2019 Dan's Movie Report
Above: Dilan Jay (Credit: his official website)
Hollow Point Final poster on IMDB
Hollow Point Trailer: Is live Now!! 3-19-19!!
Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers, as most of you know Dan's Movie Report was able to cover the action film 'Hollow Point' last year with exclusive news and photos and videos, currently Daniel Zirilli and Executive Producer Dilan Jay report that the film has not only sold through Bleiberg Entertainment to multiple territories, but the release date should be announced in a few short weeks! This post is dedicated to the multi-faceted Dilan Jay and his bold step to fund a film as Executive Producer, and star!
Dilan Jay has an interesting path to Hollow Point, his first feature, his bio states: Dilan Jay was born in Los Angeles, California. He started his career in entertainment at 12, as a DJ. From there he grew to a Writer/Producer/Singer and debuted his first album in 2018. Dilan began acting in small roles and shorts, but got his first major acting role in the movie Hollow Point, where he plays principal role, Nolan Cooray. As a writer, Dilan has written multiple movies and TV shows of which one of them has been signed to Benny Medina's Production Company, Imprimatur (Adel Nur)
Dilan's latest reel includes footage from Hollow Point!!
Dilan Jay Acting Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqNo3sHxt38&
Official Website for Dilan @ http://dilanjay.com/
This is an exciting venture, as my readers know, it is often so difficult to do your own thing, blaze a trail and have others along who agree in your quest. Dilan personifies this maverick spirit in his music and his dreams and goals!
Hollow Point offers Dilan a chance to work with seasoned actors including Luke Goss, Michael Pare' and the up and coming action star JuJu Chan. The film promises edge of your seat excitement, along with a detailed story. Director Daniel Zirilli, worked hard on the production, along with the entire cast and crew. Of special note, is the work of Cinematographer Carmen Cabana, who adds her flair for action, and Chad Law's dynamic screenwriting, and the talented Arnold Chon who, worked with the actors as action and stunt Coordinator!!
Watch this site for more news on the project. In the mean time check out some exclusive wrap party photos @ http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2018/07/hollow-point-wrap-party-exclusive.html
Check out these amazing shout outs live from the set of Hollow Point @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2G7FdOIe4
Natalie Burn: Detective Plaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVvGBkiwV9o
Carmen Cabana: Director of Photography
All exclusive all the time, Dan's Movie Report! Keep reading this site and www.action-flix.com for the latest in Hollow Point news and more!!
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Albergaria Sra. do Espinheiro, is situated 5km off Seia in the link road that connects this town to the highest point of Serra da Estrela. It fits in one of the slopes of «Covão do Urso» in northern slope of Serra da Estrela, with a stunning and unimaginable landscape about the immensity of the valley along Mondego river.
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Located in the heart of Dubrovnik's charming Old Town – a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Square of the Loggia is a lively gathering spot that features some of the city's most famous buildings and public monuments. Here are just a few.
Also known as Orlando's Column, this stone monument stands at the end of the Stradun, Dubrovnik's picturesque pedestrian thoroughfare, directly in front of the Church of St. Blaise. It was sculpted by Bonino of Milan in 1419 and named after Roland of Roncevaux, Charlemagne's brave and legendary knight. It is believed that during medieval times the merchants used the length of the statue's forearm (51.2cm or 20.2 inches) as a standard measurement, known as the Dubrovnik Cubit.
Beautifully Baroque and richly ornate, the Church of St. Blaise was designed by Venetian architect and sculptor Marino Gropelli. Completed in 1715, it was built on the site of the old 14th-century Romanesque church, first damaged by an earthquake and later completely destroyed by fire. The only surviving remnant was the gold-plated silver statue of St. Blaise, Dubrovnik's patron saint. All the other gold and silver statues were melted by the fire, but miraculously, the St. Blaise statue survived. The church is often the center of festivals and celebrations, and is perhaps the most beloved church of the people of Dubrovnik.
The dramatic walls that hug the city are Dubrovnik's most famous feature. Take a casual stroll or join one of many walking tours to appreciate the spectacular views over the Adriatic and inwards over the Old City. These monumental walls were built in the 10th century to protect the city from pirates and other malevolent invaders, and were considerably fortified in the 13th and 14th centuries. At a height of up to six meters and in places as thick as six meters, the walls provided a solid defense. The Old City has fortresses at its four corners, which are the Minceta Tower, Revelin Fortress, St John's Fortress, and Bokar Bastion.