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There's something about playing the King. I guess most young actors, certainly in the UK, dream of playing the great Shakespearian monarchs. I certainly did, after getting inspired by Ian MacKellen's MacBeth.
But in the real world my actual experiences of being cast as a king turned out rather differently.
As a student I got to play King Lear (in Edward Bond's ultraviolent modern version). Going through Lear's wheel of fortune from absolute tyrant to fugitive to insane prisoner to blind pacifist revolutionary night after night certainly takes it out of you. Lear seldom keeps quiet for long and never stops complaining. It certainly gave my vocal muscles plenty of exercise and perhaps it gave me an insight that having absolute, unchallenged power is a completely unnatural way of life.
Later on I got to play Henry II in Anouilh's Beckett, where he's struggling to keep up with his intellectually superior and troublesome friend, and in The Lion in Winter, where the same king, now older, is a quick witted arch manipulator doing everything in his power to safeguard his legacy. Henry the man has a fun loving streak that makes him sympathetic, but inhabiting a kill-or-be-killed world he becomes an arch defender of his throne, even to the extent of turning on his own sons.
There was even a cameo as The King of Kings, God Himself, opening the passion play in Anthony Minghella's Two Planks and a Passion. Funnily enough, for the first couple of rehearsals it fell a little flat until we found that playing the actor who plays the character in the play-within-a-play gave the role a whole new dimension and brought it to life. Another lesson there: an onstage God needs some imperfections to be interesting.
Now playing these guys teaches an actor a lot about presence, how to carry yourself authoritatively, using majesty and grace while reserving the right to crank up the power of your office to the maximum whenever someone makes the mistake of getting in your way.
And then there was King Vincent in Knight Knight.
The shoot for Christine Boucher's independent film Knight Knight took place over a week in a historic castle in Kent. The setting was suitably majestic, the crew were hard working and enthusiastic, the time pressure was on at all times.
But Vincent was a complete joke of a king. A crass, incompetent imbecile child in a man's body, his total unsuitability for the role (and his blithely continuing regardless) was a big part of the comedy in Nick Horwood's script. Basically, he was to monarchy what Inspector Clouseau is to high level police investigation.
He was a lot of fun to play. I particularly enjoyed the scenes where the guard warns him about the giant spider in his privy and Vincent simulates torture on him using a rolled up picture of a naked woman. When you're the guy with the crown on your head you really can get away with all kinds of stuff.
While many actors who are very concerned with how they look on camera, worrying that if they play a character with flaws or unlikeable, ridiculous qualities, that this reflects badly on them. Personally, I've always thought that acting gives you great opportunities to do things and be things you wouldn't dream of doing in real life. I wouldn't want to be as much of a crass, self-centred pig as Vincent in the real world for as much as a second. But it was certainly a lot of fun to give free rein to that side of me in the movie!
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The Palestinian refugees issue is the core of the Palestinian cause. It is the issue of the expulsion of a nation from its original land 70 years ago using terrorism, to be replaced by a nation who denies the existence of the expelled indigenous nation. Ownership of the land was given to the replacing nation under the claim that "A land with no people for a people without land'. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes and forced to leave their properties to become refugees in various surrounding Arab countries and around the world.
A new foreign entity was established on the ruins of their societies and homeland known as 'Israel'. Despite the recognition of the international community of the right of Palestinian refugees to return and compensation, as guaranteed by the principles of the International law and international conventions and treaties and relevant United Nation's resolutions, the International community has failed to enforce the relevant resolutions on the return of refugees. Despite the Palestinian refugees' continuous struggle to secure their rights, the Israeli occupation continues to deny their right of return to their homelands which they were expelled from.
Therefore, the refugees decided to take the initiative through peaceful movements and through the Great Return March. This comes as a continuation of the struggle of the Palestinian people for their right of return, the most important of which was the Return March in 2011, the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) in 2012 and the Palestinians' marches in the areas occupied in 1948 on the 19th of April each year.
Definition of the Great Return March (GRM):
It is an organised public action, based on legitimate legal foundations and clear humanitarian principles, in which the masses of refugees embark on peaceful marches to implement paragraph 11 of UN Resolution 194 and to achieve the
return of the refugees who were displaced in 1948 to their land, homes and properties. They are armed with firm faith that rights are not lost if pursued and that rights do not diminish with time. They base their movement on the legitimacy of the UN resolution 194 and their right to its application as officially registered refugees in the international organisation. The GRM adopts the following general principles:
- It is a sustained and cumulative struggle, not a seasonal or a one-day event. It will only end with the actual return of Palestinian refugees and the sit-in may last for weeks or months.
- It is a national march in which Palestinians of all ages and various political and social groups and their supporters from the free world meet around the universal issue of the return of refugees and their compensation as a national consensus.
- It is a humanitarian march calling for the human right of the return of refugees, failure to achieve that right is a justification to continue the march regardless of how long it takes. It has nothing to do with any political deals or offers from any side.
- It is a legal march based on international resolutions, most notably paragraph 11 from the UN Resolution 194, which explicitly calls for the return of Palestinian refugees as soon as possible to their villages and towns from which they were forcibly displaced and to be compensated.
- It includes the various locations of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jerusalem, the areas occupied in 1948, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and other countries around the world. It aims to peacefully protest at the nearest points to their homes which they were forcibly displaced from.
- Participants will be from all components of the Palestinian civil society and all political parties or factions that believe in peaceful public resistance as an effective way to contribute to achieving peace and justice based on the restoration of the national rights of Palestinians, foremost of which is the right of return.
- It is a fully peaceful march from the beginning to the end. It adopts the style of open sit-ins, gradual progress, the construction of tents and the establishment of a normal life near the separation fence with their lands, homes and properties which they were forcibly removed from in 1948. The organisers are keen to invite international media to cover their message to all the world and are keen on the participation of international and human rights organisations to monitor and ensure the march is peaceful.
- The organisers are keen to spread the culture of public resistance through the peaceful nature of the march and all accompanying events both inside and outside Palestine, and affirm that it is a new form of resistance different to confrontations and throwing stones. To ensure that the march does not deviate from its mission and to prevent any pretexts from stopping it, it is prohibited for the participating individuals and organisations to carry out any acts that violate the law. In Gaza Strip, as a central arena of the movement, it is preferable to start a sit-in 700 meters away from the separation fence to prevent the clash of young people with the occupation forces. Progress will be gradual and in accordance with the discretion of the committees and national bodies in charge, which can be done in stages to prolong the duration of internal and external mobilisation.
- The civilian bodies supervising the management of the march are decentralised units established in each location/country appropriately. The various units in all locations should coordinate to ensure the success of the project.
- The only flag to be raised during the march is the Palestinian flag with no partisan slogans, in addition to the UN General Assembly Resolution 194 and humanitarian slogans explaining the just cause of refugees in Arabic, English and Hebrew.
- Refugees are the responsibility of the United Nations. Therefore, human rights organisations have the task of contacting the United Nations and its international institutions to request their supervision for the marches and to send warning messages to the occupation not to target them.
- Communication should be made with various activists and solidarity organisations supporting Palestinian rights around the world to create global support for the initiative of the Great Return March. All media, political, legal and solidarity efforts should be mobilised to protect the march from the potential Israeli violence.


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An alcoholic patient presented with oral bleeding.Images of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and barium swallow is shown .What should be the treatment of choice in this condition?
A. Propranolol.
B. Liver transplantation.
C. TIPS (Transjugular intrahepatic portal shunt).
D. Endoscopic banding
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Ans:D. Endoscopic banding.
The patient is suffering from Esophageal Varices.
Esophageal Varices
- Important site for communication between the intra-abdominal splanchnic circulation and the systemic venous circulation is through the esophagus.
- The increased pressure in the esophageal plexus produces dilated tortuous vessels called varices. Persons with cirrhosis develop varices so that varices are present in approximately two-thirds of all cirrhotic patients
- Varices appear as tortuous dilated veins lying primarily within the submucosa of the distal esophagus and proximal stomach.
General measures
- Blood volume should be replaced with colloids, plasma expanders and blood transfusions.
- Hypervolemia should be avoided since this may increase portal pressure and exacerbate the bleeding.
- Blood resuscitation should be performed carefully to reach a hemoglobin level of approximately 8 g/dL
- Vitamin K, FFP and platelet transfusion
- Use of recombinant factor Vila has not been shown to be more beneficial
- Treatment with a splanchnic vasoconstrictor should be started.
- Administration of a prophylactic antibiotic is recommended
- Gastric lavage with saline via NG tube is helpful to determine the extent of bleeding
- Room temperature saline is most physiologic; iced saline lavage is not more efficacious
- After haemodynamic stabilization an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy should be performed
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
- Inserted to provide temporary hemostasis (if the rate of blood loss prohibits endoscopic evaluation)
- Gastric balloon inflated with 300ml air and retracted to gastric fundus
- Oesophageal balloon inflated to a pressure of 40mmHg
- The balloons should be temporarily deflated after 12 hours to prevent pressure necrosis
- IV infusion of somatostatin analogue octreotide
- Glypressin (Terlipressin) has longer half-life and fewer side effects
- Propranolol/nadolol is not effective at acute bleeding. Used in prophylaxis
- Somatostatin analogues are more effective than vasopressin in acute bleedings
Endoscopic treatment
- Endoscopic banding (gold standard treatment)
- Endoscopic sclerotherapy
- Sclerosants: ethanolamine oleate, sodium morrhuate, sodium tetradecyl sulphate, polidocanol
- Chance of rebleeding is high compared to banding
- Complications: esophageal ulceration, perforation, pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, mediastinitis
- Standard treatment: vasoconstrictor + endoscopic therapy.
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunts (TIPSS)
- Inserted under LA, analgesia and sedation using fluoroscopic guidance and USG
- Stent placed between hepatic venule and portal venule
- For treatment of variceal haemorrhage that has not responded to drug treatment and endoscopic therapy
- The main early complication is perforation of liver capsule, which can be associated with fatal intraperitoneal hemorrhage
- Post-Shunt encephalopathy occurs in 40% patients
- The main contraindication to TIPSS is portal vein occlusion
- The main long term complication is stenosis of the shunt
Surgical shunts
- The main current indication is a patient with Child's grade A (compensated) cirrhosis in whom the initial bleed has been controlled by sclerotherapy
- Effective methods of preventing rebleed
- Selective shunts have a lower incidence of Portal systemic encephalopathy (PSE)
Non selective shunts
Selective shunts
- Porta-caval shunt
- Mesenterico-caval/renal shunt
- Proximal spleno-renal shunt (Linton's shunt)
- Distal spleno-renal shunt (Warren's shunt)
- Inokuchi shunt — shunt between IVC and left
- gastric vein


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Don't see your size? Email firstname.lastname@example.com This ring can be made in any size.
This ring is a Leviticus original design and is hand cast just for you when ordered. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.
20% of the proceeds from this necklace will be donated to the ACLU. To learn more about this charity you can visit their site: https://www.aclu.org


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Hello Potential Exhibitors and Sponsors,
Pennsylvania 811 is offering you an opportunity to participate in our 2015 PA Safety Days!
Our conferences provide a forum for Pennsylvania 811 stakeholders and underground excavation professionals to exchange information and promote protection of Pennsylvania's critical underground infrastructure throughout the state. The conference is a no cost high-quality experience for its attendees where they can learn about underground excavation safety. Over 2,000 people from various stakeholder groups, i.e. excavators, designers, public utilities, facility owners, project owners, municipalities, sewer and water authorities, public officials, emergency responders, and other underground excavation professionals annually attend our safety days.
Below are the dates and locations for this year's conferences:
Northeastern PA--Tuesday, May 5 at the Mohegan Sun Arena, 255 Highway Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, PA
Southeastern PA--Thursday, May 7 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo, 100 Station Ave., Oaks, PA
Central PA--Thursday, June 25 at the York Expo, East & West Memorial Halls, 334 Carlisle Ave., York, PA
Western PA--Thursday, September 24 at Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Blvd., Monroeville, PA
Join us in providing damage prevention for our guests. If you interested in being a sponsor or exhibitor please complete the attached paperwork and put my name on it. You can also visit our website to learn more about sponsor and exhibitor opportunities.
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Happy New year 2020 Shayari:
Happy New year 2020 Shayari: 2018 has long gone, 2019 solar going to unfold the rays of hope, pleasure, happiness. That is the time to sit down along with the circle of relatives and spend high quality time. It's the occasions to stay up for 2019 and embody this New 12 months, with the entire probabilities this yr will convey to us, with widen fingers.
You on this 2019, take a second and glance again, and revise the most productive and worst moments of your existence. Best possible moments to unfold the smile for your face, and worst second to take classes from them. Don't fail to remember the individuals who have been a part of your existence within the worst time. Take a second and recognize the ones other folks, who have been sharing the similar adventure as you.
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Those are the poetic phrases which you'll be able to percentage with someone. So, ship the most productive traces to people who are lovers of poetry and love poetic content material. At first poetic phrases put across your message through following shortest patch. You are going to don't have any wish to write down the masses of phrases to put across your message. Simply make a choice the traces discussed within the put up and ship accordingly. Whilst sending the poetry or rhymes you wish to have to be further cautious. Every so often, it does put across the incorrect that means, and you'll be able to be landed into an argument.
"Sabke Dillon Major Ho Sabke Liye Pyar,
Aane Wala Har Din Laye Khushiyon Ka Tyohar,
Iss Umeed Ke Saat Hai Ao Bhool Ke Saare Gham,
New year 2020 Ko Ham Sab Karein Welcome."
Happy New year 2020
"Bhul Jao Beete Hue Kal Ko,
Dil Mein Basa Lo Aane Wale Kal Ko,
Muskurao Chahe Jobhi Ho Buddy,
Khushiyaan Lekar Ayega Aane Wala Kal."
"Happy New year 2020"
"Chand Ko Ho Chandni Mubarak,
Aasman Ko Ho Sitary Mubarak,
Aur Hamari Taraf Se Aap Ko, Neya Saal Mubarak."
"Happy New year 2020"
"Is Naye Sal Mein,
Ju Tu Chahe Vo Tera Ho,
Har Din Khubsurat Aur Raatein Roshan Houn,
Kamiyaabi Chumti Rahe Tery Kadam Hamisha,
"Ay Yar"
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho Tujy Mere Yaar."
"Koi Dukhna Ho Koi Ghum Na Ho,
Koi Ankh Kabhi Bhi Kisi Ka Naam Na Ho,
Koi Dil Kisi Ka Na Toray,
Koi Sath Kisi Ka Na Chory,
Bs Pyar Ka Darya Behta Ho,
Aey kaash 2019 aesa ho.."
"Happy New year 2020"
"Dil Se Nikli Dua Hai Hamari,
Zindgi Mein Mile Apko Khushiyan Sari,
Gham Na De Khuda Apko Kabhi,
Chahe To Ek Khushi Kam Kar De Hamari.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR To You"
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Happy New year 2020 Love Shayari:
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Teri Tarah Meri Zindagi Se Beet Chukka Hai."
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"Is Saal Bhi Jis Din Hum Zinda Laash Ban Jaenge…
Sab Ke Liye Khaas Ban Jaenge…"
Best possible traces to ship when you've got simply damaged and need to patch up….!
"Saal Aata Hai Saal Jata Hai,
Koi Hasta Hai To Koi Hamari Tarah Tanha Reh Jata Hai,
Ye Nhi Ki Kisi Ko Apna Banana Nhi Chahte,
Bas Dard Hota Hai Jab Apna Kisi Or Ka Ho Jata Hai…"
If you're getting the overall moon nights, those would be the best possible traces to get…!
"Pyar Se Tab Tak Pyar Mat Karo Jabtak Pyar Tumse Pyar Na Kare,
Aur Pyar Ko Itna Pyar Karo Ki Wo Kisi Aur Se Pyar Na Kare.."
"Ho Dil Ki Khawaish Puri Aapki,
Or Mile Khushiyon Ka Jahan Sara,
Ap Mango Ek Tara, Khuda De Aasman Sara."
Happy New year 2020
"Suna Hai Raaton Ko Der Tak Jaagte Ho Tum..!!
Neend Ke Maare Ho… Ya Mohabbat Ke Hare Ho Tum…???
"Aap Hamare Karib Na Sahi Par Dil Me Rehte Hai,
Is Liye Har Dard Sehte Hai,
Kahi Aap Hamse Pehle Na Want Kar Do,
Is Liye Aapko Pehle Happy New 12 months Kehte Hai.."
Learn: Happy New year 2020 Quotes
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Jis Tarah Bin Pani Ke Machhli Bechari hai.."
"Ab Na Aur Kuch Khawish hai,
Bus Tum Har Saal Dost Bane Raho Yeh Hello Tum Se Guzarish hai."
"Karni Hai Nek Dil (♥) Ki Baat,
Kyu Na Khushiya Baate Saath-Saath…"
"Bhul Jao Chew Huay Kalko,
Dil Me Basa lo Aane Wale Kalko…"
"Kabhi Hasati Hai To Kabhi Rulati hai,
Ye Zindgi Bhi Najaane Kitne Rang Dekhati hai.."
"Haste Hai To Bhi Ankhon Mein Nami Ajaati hai…
Na Jaane Ye Kaisi Yaadein Hai Jo Dil Mein Bas Jaati Hai…"
"Dua Karte Hai Is Naye Saal Ki Avsar In line with…
Mere Doston Ke Labon In line with Sada Muskaan Rahe…
Kyo Ki Unki Her Muskurahat Hamain Khushi De Jaati Hai…"
Happy New year 2020 in Advance!


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Shining a Light on Silica Production in the Oceans: Using a Fluorescent Tracer to Measure Silica Deposition in Marine Diatoms
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Shining a Light on Silica Production in the Oceans: Using a Fluorescent Tracer to Measure Silica Deposition in Marine Diatoms
Long, Jennifer
This thesis presents improvements to a method for measuring the production of biogenic silica (bSiO2) by diatoms, a group of microscopic algae with siliceous cell walls (frustules) that dominate the marine cycling of silicon (Si) and account for a significant proportion of global marine primary productivity. Using the fluorescent dye PDMPO, diatom bSiO2 can be labeled as it is produced and then quantified using fluorometry to determine community-wide bSiO2 production. A distinct advantage of PDMPO over more traditional tracers of bSiO2 production is that the combination of measurements of PDMPO by fluorometry and by fluorescence microscopy allows for the quantification of cell (and thus taxa) specific bSiO2 production within a mixed community. However, the robustness of PDMPO as a quantitative tracer of diatom bSiO2 production has not been sufficiently investigated. To address this, experiments were conducted both in the lab, and at two field locations where diatoms are known to be abundant, namely the continental shelf off the west coast of Vancouver Island, and Saanich Inlet, a highly productive fjord located on southern Vancouver Island. Laboratory culture experiments demonstrated that concentrations of PDMPO >500 nmol L-1 reduced growth rate in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, and affected the Si:PDMPO ratio of incorporation. The relationship between SiO2 and PDMPO incorporation was significantly affected by diatom species, though this effect was small (8%) when cells were lysed. From these experiments, a Si:PDMPO incorporation ratio of 4200 ± 380:1 was determined, which predicted 30% more bSiO2 production for PDMPO incorporation than previous studies, and better agreed with bSiO2 production rates determined using established methods in Saanich Inlet. However, bSiO2 production rates were over-estimated by the PDMPO method when rates were less than 1 µmol L-1 d-1. In a few cases, this occurred when dinoflagellates were numerically dominant, but for the majority of samples, dinoflagellates were low in abundance, and over-estimation by PDMPO may be related to low dissolved Si(OH)4 concentration. Protocols for quantifying PDMPO fluorescence by microscopy were optimized by using a low numerical aperture microscope objective. Additionally, measurements of fluorescence intensity were calibrated using a fluorescent microscope slide as a standard, which served to correct for unevenness of illumination across the field of view. With these protocol modifications, quantification of PDMPO by microscopy agreed with PDMPO measured by fluorometry. When PDMPO was measured by microscopy in the field, the contribution of diatom taxa to PDMPO fluorescence differed from their contribution to cell numbers. In many cases this was due to large diatom taxa producing more bSiO2 per cell than smaller taxa. However, much of the difference between cell numbers and PDMPO fluorescence was not explained by differences in cell size. This suggests that the diatom taxa had different specific bSiO2 production rates, which could be estimated using PDMPO. This thesis highlights the strength of the PDMPO tracer for understanding diatom community dynamics. The use of PDMPO should allow the relationship between diatom community composition, growth and productivity to be better illuminated in the oceans.
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Home Sellers in the current Austin real estate market are having to face the reality of a market that's great for buyers, but difficult for sellers. Homes are selling, but the sales prices are lower than in previous years. I'm in the unique position of being a Realtor® and selling my own home so I can relate to the challenges my clients are facing.
The things I recently accepted about my own selling situation were: improvements I put in weren't valued as much as I thought they were going to be; I was not going to realize the profit anticipated when I bought the home; and recent sales in the neighborhood indicated a down-shifting market so my sales price had to be in line with comparable properties.
For me, and any home seller right now, ignoring the following facts will only add to your stress of selling and will probably delay getting it sold.
- First, I had to wrap my mind around the fact that it's a buyer's market which means, quite simply, there's a surplus of homes on the market and the best-priced home is going to get sold.
- Second, the improvements and features that I put into the home don't necessarily bring any increase in sales price in this market. Unfortunately, potential buyers may not value custom tile or landscaping as much as you do; however, the good news is that more amenities and features in a home can lead to a quicker sale and help your home stand out from the competition.
- Third, no amount of Staging will guarantee you the sales price you want. I'm an ardent practitioner of Staging and Feng Shui Real Estate. Using these techniques will help you sell your home and distance it from the competition, but they won't help much if your home is over-priced.
- Fourth, if you decide to accept an offer lower than what you had hoped for, don't think of the buyer as the enemy. Try to work all issues out amicably and don't make it a war. Be grateful for the offer and that you are selling your home in this market and create a transaction grounded on goodwill.
- If you hire a Realtor® to sell your home, follow the advice given. Don't confer with neighbor's, coworkers, relatives, or anyone else that isn't an active Realtor® in the current market in Austin, Texas. The fewer opinions you have flowing into your stream of thought the better.
A previous client hired my company to sell her home. I meticulously staged it, marketed it, and gave her my recommendations for the listing price. She didn't follow my price recommendation, her mother rearranged all my staging, and she conferred with everyone she knew about what to do to sell her house – which ultimately made her fearful to take any action. After 100 days (the longest time it's ever taken for me to sell a house), we received a workable offer and the house sold. But what could have been a relatively easy process turned into daily stress for over three months with the end result no better than if all that second-guessing had not been done.


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James Fara, Tanner Gordon Help Pt. Boro Top Lakewood in Battle of Unbeatens
POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH - After Lakewood had returned a fumble by quarterback James Fara for a touchdown to take the lead in the second half on Friday night, the Point Boro junior was determined to make it up to his teammates.
At a critical juncture in a game that looks to go a long way toward deciding the Class B South title, Fara and junior running back Tanner Gordon helped the Panthers roar right back with a crucial 72-yard scoring drive to ultimately power a 26-16 win at Al Saner Field.
"I was a little rattled (after the fumble) because I saw (a receiver) wide open before I got hit,'' Fara said. "I went up to my line and freaked out at first. I said I was sorry and said we just had to get back out there and keep pounding.
"We were a little cocky coming out of halftime, but we backed it up. We didn't just fall apart when they took the lead, we came out and proved we're a second-half team."
Fara continued his brilliant debut season running Point Boro's triple option with 178 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 29 carries, while Gordon added 102 yards rushing and a touchdown on 18 carries. The win gave the Panthers (6-0, 5-0) sole possession of first place in the division as they try to repeat as champs after sharing the title with Lakewood (4-1, 4-1) last season.
"We came into this season as the underdogs because we graduated a lot of seniors,'' senior offensive lineman Aidan Connolly said. "But we're taking care of it."
The Panthers delivered a championship response after Fara took a blindside hit from Lakewood's Adi Palmer, which sent a fumble directly into the arms of Piners linebacker Jahsir Cooper, who returned it 24 yards for a touchdown. After quarterback Zyhier Jones ran in the two-point conversion, Lakewood had a 16-14 advantage with 1:28 left in the third quarter.
Point Boro responded with an 8-play, 72-yard drive that began with a 21-yard burst by Gordon and ended with a 15-yard touchdown run by Gordon on third down. That provided the Panthers with a 20-16 lead with 11:54 left in the game after a two-point conversion run was stuffed.
"The character of our kids is unbelievable,'' Point Boro head coach Matt Cilento said. "They don't back down. We bend sometimes, but we don't break on either side of the ball."
The momentum then stayed in the Panthers' favor for good when junior Trevor McNamara drew a roar from the home crowd when he recovered a fumble at Lakewood's 25-yard line on the ensuing kickoff. Seven plays later, Fara plowed in from three yards out to finally give Point Boro some breathing room and a 10-point lead with 7:53 left in the game.
"Momentum is one of the biggest parts of football, and (McNamara) giving us that momentum allowed us to win the game,'' Gordon said.
McNamara's fumble recovery was one of three turnovers Point Boro came up with in the win, which also included an interception by sophomore Kyle Komanitsky with 3:44 left in the game that helped seal the victory.
"We didn't execute our offense,'' Lakewood coach L.J. Clark said. "We should be able to score more than one offensive touchdown. Give credit to (Point Boro). We stopped them enough to do what our offense needed to do, but we just didn't execute."
Point Boro's offensive line of junior center Gabe Fattizzi, Connolly and senior Joey Hynes at guard, and tackles Justin Rafi and Conor Landis set the tone for a productive night from the opening kickoff. The Panthers began the game with a 12-play, 60-yard scoring drive for a 7-0 lead.
Fara only completed one pass on three attempts in the game, but it was an important one as he hit senior wideout Hayden Frey for a 19-yard catch and run on fourth-and-12 to set up his own 1-yard touchdown plunge.
"We just had to score on that opening drive and be the first to put points up on the board in a game like this,'' Connolly said.
Lakewood responded with a 9-play, 77-yard drive that culminated with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Jones to his brother, Jyhier Jones, for an 8-7 lead after Zyhier Jones ran in the two-point conversion.
The lead then swung back to the Panthers after a 30-yard kickoff return by Gordon put them in business at the 50-yard line. A brilliant 45-yard run by Fara in which he broke multiple tackles set up his own 1-yard touchdown run for a 14-8 advantage with 10:40 left in the second quarter.
That's the way the score would remain at halftime, as Nate Chiarello picked off a pass by Jones to kill Lakewood's ensuring drive, and then the Piners' Honore Richardson returned the favor on Point Boro's final possession of the half.
Lakewood then took the third-quarter lead on Cooper's fumble return, but Point Boro responded definitively. The Panthers did not attempt a pass in the second half, racking up 140 yards rushing after the break by using Gordon, who had 79 second-half yards, to attack the outside.
"We went outside and they just couldn't stop it,'' Fara said. "We just kept going opposite of 45 (Josh Lezin) because that kid's a beast."
"We need to hold on to the ball offensively,'' Cilento said. "We've got kids who can grind it out. I can't be more proud of Tanner Gordon, James Fara and our offensive line for getting it done for us."
The victory not only gives them command of the division race, it also nets the Panthers haul of power points in their bid for a top-three seed in Central Jersey Group II.
"Right now this puts us in the driver's seat in B South, and I'm really proud of this team,'' Fara said.
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Box score
Pt. Boro 26, Lakewood 16
First downs 16 9
Rushes-yards 50-278 24-108
Passing 1-3-1 8-21-2
Passing yards 19 123
Fumbles-lost 3-2 6-1
Penalties 10-60 6-27
Lakewood (4-1, 4-1) 8 0 8 0 - 16
Pt. Boro (6-0, 5-0) 7 7 0 12 - 26
Scoring summary
P: Fara 1-yard run (Chiarello kick).
L: J. Jones 20-yard pass from Z. Jones (Z. Jones run).
P: Fara 1-yard run (Chiarello kick).
L: Cooper 24-yard fumble return (Z. Jones run).
P: Gordon 15-yard run (run failed).
P: Fara 3-yard run (run failed).
Individual statistics
Rushing - P: Fara 29-178, Gordon 18-102, Rossi 3-(-2). L: Z. Jones 16-45, Jenkins 5-57, Cooper 3-6.
Passing - P: Fara 1-3-1 19. L: Z. Jones 8-21-2 123.
Receiving - P: Frey 1-19. L: Jenkins 4-52, Palmer 2-44, J. Jones 2-27.
Interceptions - P: Chiarello 1-27, Komanitsky 1-5. L: Richardson 1-30.


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Two militants gunned down, one surrenders in J&K
Srinagar: Two militants have been killed while one surrendered as the overnight gun-battle between hiding militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district ended on Sunday, officials said.
"Two terrorists were killed while the third one surrendered in an encounter with police and security forces which started last evening with police and security forces in Barbugh area of Shopian," said a police statement.
It said that acting on a specific information, Shopian police along with 44 Rashtriya Rifles launched a cordon and search operation in Barbugh area but came under fire and retaliated.
"Two terrorists were gunned down and identified as Altaf Ahmad Rather and Tariq Ahmad Bhat and the third one identified as Adil Hussain Dar surrendered," it said, adding arms and ammunition were recovered from the site.
"Both the killed terrorists were involved in attack on special police officer Khurshed Ahmad Ganaie at Bazar Imam Shahab in Shopian town.
Indian Army's Northern Command also said in a tweet that two terrorists were killed and one had surrendered. It identified Bhat as a member of the Hizbul Mujahideen.


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About two weeks ago I was no longer able to swap phones on line. Every time I tried, I got the message that the swap requires a plan change so I'd need to phone in. No plan change is required (EVO 3D and an Arrive use the same plan, both have the $10.00 add-on, etc.). Two phone calls and a chat session provided no answer; in fact, the techs ignored my question in each case.
Anyone else having this problem?
I apologize. I will not ignore your question. If you will private message me your account phone number and pincode/sec answer, I will see why it is forcing you to call instead of letting you use the website self-service...
I have the same issue. Chat and 18882114727 have been bouncing me around saying one or the other can help me on this. They say it's a technical issue that they can't help with.
Same issue, with both online swaps, Chat and Phone Support. Each agent now seems to have the goal of taking as many calls as possible, regardless of how many issues are actually resolved. There is no reason I should not be able to do this simple swap online, much less have to wait 45 minutes (and 4 transfers) on the phone with no result.
The first two Chat reps disconnected me immediately without giving me a chance to say anything, sending me into an endless circle of failed support attempts. With the 3rd Chat rep, I got this far before the same cycle repeated:
Pam: Hi, my name is Pam. Thank you for your chat request. Please wait while I review your information.
Me: OK, but please do not disconnect me, like previous agent, who stated that this is not a business account, because it is
Pam: Please verify the mobile number?
Me: 164*******2 (DC)
Me: this device does not have phone service
Me: Direct Connect only
Pam: according to our records, this is an individual account
Me: no
Pam: That is the way the account is set up
Me: ********** has been a business account since 1995
Me: it was never personal
Pam: Yes, that one has
Me: however we have it linked toi another account
Pam: However, this DC number you provided is active on your personal account
Me: they moved it between accounts
Me: but it has not worked since
Me: please move it back
Pam: To a different account?
Me: the accounts are linked
Me: it needs to share data
Me: with others on data share plan
Pam: Unfortunately, we are not setup to perform account transfers
Pam: I do apologize for the inconvenience.
Me: Everything Data 1500 Share
Me: but
Me: from the other login, there is no chat support icon
Pam: Thank you for your request. I am unable to assist you in this channel; this chat support is for business corporate liable customers only. Please go to My Sprint at http://www.sprint.com/chat to complete your requested transaction. Have a great day!
Me: was given a link but it didnbt work
Me: thats the one
Me: what next?
Pam: In order to get the information you need, If you can please contact our Corp Care office at (800) 927-2199. We
Pam: We do apologize again for the inconvenience
Pam: Sprint thanks you for using the Business eChat service. It has been a pleasure working with you and Sprint greatly appreciates your business.
See what others are saying. Access the Telecom Manager Community at http://www.sprint.com/business/community.
Me: hmm, so you state its not a business account and then direct me to Corp Care?
Me: the community will swap the device for me?
Pam: Yes, they can refer you to the proper department
Pam: I do apologize again
Pam has disconnected.
OK, so I called the Business Care number per the instructions above and pressed the prompt for Swaps. When I gave the rep the device's phone number, she apologized and transferred me to Customer Care (for personal accounts). This CSR seemed as though he was actually completing the swap but I began to have doubts after an entire HOUR passed and he was still working on it. At that point (after an hour of back-and-forth on IMEI and SIM card numbers, and waiting...), I was stunned when the agent said "I'm very sorry sir for all the time we wasted, but this will have to be handled by Business Corporate Care. I will be happy to transfer you now if you like.". ...
I pointed out to him that I called on the Business Care number and was transferred to him, not bothering to mention the multiple failed attempts with Business Chat support. I explained to (Jason) that I did nothave more time to wait and asked him to please commicate what we needed done to the appropriate department (after all, he was thoroghly familiar with the problem at this point). Unbeleivably, he started to respond, and mid-sentence "CLICK"... disconnected (after one hour and with nothing accomplished).
Sprint, what should I do now? All I needed was a simple swap. Nearly two weeks later, and over 3 hours of support time and I still have no working device. Worse yet, there is no end in sight, as every contact I make, sooner or later, results in a transfer and more wait time. In most cases I cannot wait that long, and when I did wait it out, the rep wanted me to start all over again with someone else.
I hate to say this, but go to a store. They can probably take care of everything there.
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(a) Requirement of return. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (a), a taxpayer who receives the benefit of advance payments of the premium tax credit under section 36B must file an income tax return for that taxable year on or before the due date for the return (including extensions of time for filing) and reconcile the advance credit payments. However, if advance credit payments are made for coverage of an individual for whom no taxpayer claims a personal exemption deduction, the taxpayer who attests to the Exchange to the intention to claim a personal exemption deduction for the individual as part of the determination that the taxpayer is eligible for advance credit payments must file a tax return and reconcile the advance credit payments.
(b) Effective/applicability date. Except as otherwise provided, this section applies for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016. Paragraph (a) of §1.6011-8 as contained in 26 CFR part I edition revised as of April 1, 2016, applies to taxable years ending after December 31, 2013, and beginning before January 1, 2017.
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Websites to stream free movies
Sony Crackle
Sony Crackle has original content from Sony and programs and movies from other companies including classic TV shows and movies from the 80's and earlier 2000's. It is probably the most well known free streaming site and is available in the US and Australia.
Tubi streams titles from studios like Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM, and Starz. You don't have to create an account to watch anything on the site, though if you do, you can pick up watching where you left off if you stop viewing. The A&E channel, Not on Netflix, and Highly Rated on Rotten Tomatoes are well worth a look.
Pluto TV
Pluto TV has a live TV section, and a well populated video on demand library that offers many popular movies. The trending section consists of short, dramatic, viral style videos covering various incidents. Pluto TV has been purchased by Viacom, and it is not clear what changes, if any, will occur after the sale.
Vudu is more popularly known as Walmart's online video rental service, but they have a large array of movies and TV in several categories for free. All the listings are helpfully labeled as free with ads. The title descriptors are a great addition - cast, crew, length and closed captions are some of the listings.
The Roku Channel
Roku is usually viewed as a streaming device only, but you can watch it on the web too. The Roku Channel can only be viewed from a computer. There are movies, TV and a mix of content from other streaming networks. Choose a movie, log in or create an account, pick a movie, and hit Play.
Xumo has a huge variety of popular content both live and on-demand channels including news networks, several popular channels, a selection of sports channels, and a plethora of shows to choose from. It tracks what you watch and offers recommendations based on your interests.
Popcornflix has full-length movies, documentaries, foreign films, a unique original web series plus a section that showcases new film makers. No account is needed to watch anything on the site.
Note: this site is flagged orange by WOT here on the site - checking it in several browsers with WOT brings up a neutral rating with some positive reviews.
IMDb Freedive
You've heard of IMDb (owned by Amazon), but did you know they have a free ad-supported streaming video channel? You can watch free via a laptop or personal computer and all Amazon Fire TV devices. Watch shows like Without A Trace, The Bachelor, Groundhog Day, and movies like Legends of the Fall, Les Misérables and Legally Blonde for free.
Stremio is a content aggregator, streaming service, and torrent client all rolled into one.
It keeps track of movies, series or videos you didn't finish, lets you continue watching them and makes recommendations based on viewing habits. It is cross platform and has torrenting capabilities, with options for viewing in English, Portuguese and French. Downloads are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
Classic Cinema Online
Classic Cinema Online focuses on older, classic content. Choose from Serial, Silent Films, and Movie Billboard categories or scroll to find titles. There are classics like Casablanca, Curly Top, Pinoccio, Jane Eyre, and more.
Big Five Glories
Big Five Glories refers to major motion picture production companies during Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930's and 1940's; the "Big Five": 20th Century Fox, RKO Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Watch productions from these studios and other companies or independent producers. Movies are all in the public domain.
Retrovision features older, public domain, free streaming films (much like Big Five Glories and Classic Cinema). There are classic videos like Bonanza, Flash Gordon, Dragnet, Godzilla and The House on Haunted Hill.
Other interesting sites:
Moving Image Archive
The Internet Archive lets you download or listen to free movies, films, and videos. This library contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users and ranging from classic full-length films, daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
Library of Congress National Screening Room
The Library of Congress lets you stream hundreds of free films.The Library of Congress National Screening Room showcases the riches of the Library's vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible to the viewers worldwide. These films reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times and may contain content offensive to users. The Library of Congress doesn't endorse the views expressed in these movies.
NASA Live
(and other space live streams)
Keep up with everything that's going on at NASA. Shuttle launches, documentaries and the HD ISS (International Space Station) Views.
You can watch NASA TV on other platforms: YouTube.com/NASA
, Twitch.tv/NASA
, Ustream.tv/NASAHDTV
, Facebook.com/NASA
Here are some other space live streams you can watch:
SpaceX: SpaceX.com
, YouTube
Blue Origin: YouTube
Virgin Galactic: YouTube
European Space Agency: Livestream.com
, YouTube
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The Kids Should See This
The Kids Should See This is a collection of child-safe videos that people of all ages will enjoy. Science, Technology, Space, Animals, Nature, Food, DIY, Music, Art and Animation are the categories that "smart videos for curious minds of all ages" can enjoy. This is a site that almost anyone can find something to enjoy. There is so much interesting high quality content that is well sourced with great presentation, for example, Walt Disney animators showing how to draw Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. Some of it is for younger kids but much of it will appeal to all ages.
and Kanopy
Hoopla and Kanopy let you stream movies via US state libraries. If your local library has either or both of these services, all you need is a library card. There are tons of content on both services, though Hoopla offers ebooks and music in addition to movies.
Literacy in Ireland
In the past literacy was considered to be the ability to read and write. Today the meaning of literacy has changed to reflect changes in society and the skills needed by individuals to participate fully in society. It involves listening, speaking, reading, writing, numeracy and using everyday technology to communicate and handle information.
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Stone is a new system of modular sofas with simple, easy shapes but rich in elements and with enough assembling choice to fulfill the needs of the widest range of public areas. Soft and comfortable, they draw upon the roundness of stones honed by flowing water and come in a wide range of upholstery. Stone sofas are manufactured in many variants and can either stand alone or set in cleft to enhance their elegance, are available in two heights: one is suitable for hotel contracting, waiting rooms and public areas while the other is more suited for catering areas, bars, and cafes. The system is also complemented by a full set of matching tables: free-standing or end-tables, with two T-shaped legs or a single central base. Designed in 2009. Handmade in Italy.
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France is a costly location but an improved financial incentive could be a game-changer in 2016.
With a reputation for skilled but costly crews, and surrounded by territories with generous film incentive schemes, France has struggled in recent years to retain its homegrown productions let alone attract international shoots. That could be set to change in 2016 when improvements to its Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP) come into effect on January 1, 2016. Under the changes, the rebate will rise to 30% from 20% of eligible expenses and the cap per project will be lifted to $34m (€30m) from $22.7m (€20m).
At the same time, proposed changes to the tax credit for French cinema, bringing it into line with TRIP, could also encourage local productions to remain at home and potentially make France a more attractive co-production partner — although it remains to be seen how its passage through parliament pans out.
International films due to shoot in France in the coming months include Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie in the south of the country; Pablo Larrain's Jackie starring Natalie Portman as presidential widow Jackie Kennedy — the actress is currently residing in Paris where her husband Benjamin Millepied is the director of dance at the city's opera house — and Clay Jeter's sci-fi picture IO.
It has also hosted a number of high-end TV shows including Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amazon Studios-backed Casanova, the second series of The Tunnel, and before that Agnieszka Holland's Rosemary's Baby. The UK's Death In Paradise has shot mainly in France's overseas department of Guadeloupe.
France is also an increasingly popular destination for Asian features, including Ali Imtiaz's Tamasha and the recently shot Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, both starring Ranbir Kapoor; Wine War directed by and starring China's Leon Lai; and two Japanese projects, Chateau De La Reine and Foujita
Good to know
TRIP extends to France's overseas 'departments'. Death In Paradise — a joint production between Red Planet Pictures and Atlantique Production — was shot on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. It qualified for both TRIP and financial support from the Guadeloupe region.
The Lowdown
Financial incentives
Aside from TRIP, international productions can also access French film funding through a co-production deal. Tom Geens' UK-France-Belgium co-production Couple In A Hole, about a couple who decide to live in the wild following the death of their son, secured the support of the regional film fund of Midi-Pyrénées after it shot on location in the region.
France produces some 250 feature films and 5,000 hours of scripted television programmes annually, which means the country boasts a highly developed film and TV infrastructure. Its crew are among the most skilled and experienced in the world. The country's social charges can look expensive on paper but local line producers argue French crews work in tighter, more efficient teams that brings down final costs. There are a number of studios across France with a concentration in and around Paris including the Luc Besson-spearheaded Les Studios de Paris, the out-of-town Bry-Sur-Marne stages and the more recent Studio Kremlin on the site of a former meat-processing plant. Outside the capital, key venues include Provence Studios, Rhone Alpes Studios and Studios Riviera.
Although most productions shoot France for France, the country does offer a wide variety of locations. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 for example shot against the backdrop of the modern housing estates of Ivry-Sur-Seine and Noisy-le-Grand on the outskirts of Paris.
Where to stay
Accommodation is not a problem unless you want to shoot in Cannes during the film festival in May. There is a plethora of four and five-star venues suitable for cast and crew across the country. Paris is home to at least 20 top luxury hotels including Le Meurice on Rue de Rivoli, Hotel Fouquet's Barriere off the Champs Elysées and the newer Mandarin Oriental and Shangri-La.
French fancy
Where to start? France and the French lifestyle have long been beloved of visiting Americans. They enjoy the shopping, the fashion, the culture, the sites and the country's love of cinema.
Size matters
France is the largest territory in Europe, measuring 211,208 square miles. It has good air, road and rail networks and getting around is straightforward. The 750km journey between Paris and Marseille, for example, takes just three hours via high-speed train and it is a one-and-a-half-hour train ride to Brussels from Paris, four hours to Milan and three hours to London.
First person to call
Melanie Chebance, head of producers' liaison, tax rebate officer, Film France, French Film Commission
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Saartjie Baartman (Hottentot Venus) Film Project
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I just learned, via the Africa Is A Country blog, that French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche is working on a film centered on the story of Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman, otherwise derogatorily known as the Hottentot Venus.
The film titled Black Venus, will be the first feature film with [...]
Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project
I've blogged about Sakia Gunn several times, so I was very interested to see this trailer today. You know, I'm sorry this film even exists but I'm glad someone made it. It's screening as part of the upcoming New York African Diaspora Film Festival.
Check out http://sakiagunnfilmproject.com/
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Saturday fantasy Film Festival
Who: Trade&Row – a Los Angeles-based 501c3 nonprofit organization established to develop and support community-oriented programs that engage current issues through the visual, performing and literary arts. For more information about Trade&Row, please visit: www.tradeandrow.org
What: Trade&Row, a nonprofit community organization, is happy to present its second annual Saturday Fantasy Film Festival Fundraiser. Independent short films [...]
Tonight I went to see The Garden, an excellent documentary about a 14-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles. I remembered following the news stories about it when the struggle to keep the garden had come to a boil. I won't say more because I urge you to see it; [...]
Vanity Fair and Banana Republic Present Project:Involve City Stories
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Banana Republic and Vanity Fair present Project:Involve City Stories, a series of short films inspired by the French New Wave cinema aesthetic of the Banana Republic Fall 2009 campaign.
View the work of 40 independent filmmakers, cast your vote for your favorite short, and enter for your chance to win a [...]


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There has been no shortage of Quincy Jones documentaries and tributes to the producer, musician, composer, director. Last week, Quincy Jones was honored with an imprint ceremony outside the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the first composer to have his hand and footprints immortalized in cement. It was quite a moment to see someone who has had such an influence on our culture in the way that Jones has to see that happen, it was more poignant to see legends of hip-hop come out to see the occasion. Daughter and filmmaker Rashida Jones was also there, delivering a touching speech for her father.
He is also the subject of her film Quincy which she worked on with co-director Alan Hicks. Quincy is perhaps the most honest and intimate look at the person behind the music. With this documentary, we travel the world, we delve into archive footage, and we see the health scares. Ultimately, it's a thrilling look a just how much he has contributed to society, the stories he has to tell working with everyone from Ray Charles to Sinatra to Michael Jackson.
I caught up with Jones and Hicks to talk about how they sifted through almost 3000 hours to give us the gift of Quincy.
Rashida and Alan, I was at the imprint ceremony for Quincy the other day. It was such a historic moment, what did that feel like to see that happen and make such a mark there?
Rashida: It's always great because he's so grateful. Anytime he's honored he's always grateful and it's genuine. He's honored a lot. He should be honored a lot. I think specifically his relationship with Hollywood and the way he's shaped so much of this town and so many things that many may not know, that's what stood out to me.
I don't know if people know about his relationship with Will Smith and Oprah Winfrey and all those relationships with Tv, film, and scoring. It's not just about the giant immeasurable cultural impact of his relationship with Micahel Jackson and Frank Sinatra. The Hollywood part of it really stood out to me. Just to see Snoop, Usher, Dre, and Kareem all come out for him and pay him respect. That was so touching to me. They love him so much and he is just everybody's father.
Alan: I'd say exactly the same thing. For me, I'm not even from this country. So, being in Hollywood is a trip. He sets the tone for those larger than life personalities and keeps epople grounded. It's really amazing to see someone who is so graceful with the honor that he received, but also to see the respect that Dre, Usher, and Snoop all had for him in person is incredible.
Seeing that. Seeing and learning all of that about him through the documentary, you just forgot and learn at the same time how much he contributed. Where did the idea to film the documentary stem from?
Rashida: My dad has been covered before. Jane Rosenthal a producer and family friend said she wanted to make a film about my dad. She said, "I think you should direct it" and I very amateurely went about that for a couple of years. Alan and I became friends while he was shooting and promoting Keep On Keeping On which my dad is in, and I love that film so much. He just became a great source of counsel and friendship to me and I begged him to do this with me and that's when it took momentum and we shot pretty consistently for the next three years.
I think the idea was that documentary filmmaking is, every year getting better and better and better. It's absolutely my favorite medium and it's because you can tell these wonderful, real stories of people and then you can make a choice of what's the point of view of that story? What's the look of it? What's the structure of it? It's this wonderful melding of filmmaking and journalism. I felt because things have gotten so good, it would be the right time to tell the story about him so that we can really show him in a personal way.
I think that's what I loved about it, how you captured his human side. There have been so many documentaries about him, but this takes us to a whole human side. What I love about him is how honest he is. How did that help you filming him as a subject?
Alan: Quincy is so open and welcoming to people. Thankfully he was like that with myself and obviously Rashida. The idea that when you're trying to follow a subject, the biggest thing is trust. Not only trying to gain trust, but you want to wholly gain trust. It's not about getting them to trust you for a little while. You have to prove to them, you're there for them and you're not going to take advantage. Quincy trusted us. He said, "I don't want to see the movie until it's done, you guys have got it." It gave us creative freedom to make the real movie.
He'd do these things where he'd call us and say, "I'm doing this trip. I'm going to Dubai, you guys would love it, you gotta come and we leave in two days." What that does is it makes it a little harder because you never know when things are going to pop up and you have to mobilize a crew very quickly. It was this crazy thing where we were on this ride for years where we didn't know where it was going and what was happening, but he would be so inclusive. We'd shoot a ten-hour day and at the end of the day, the crew is wasted and Quincy would say, "Come into the hotel and let's go hang out." We would and spend another five or six hours hanging out. That stuff would happen every day, it was such a crazy experience. I don't think there's anybody out there of his stature that is so caring and inclusive.
What were the figures of footage?
We had over 800 hours of verite footage and there was over 2000 hours of footage in his archives in his vault. So, 2800 hours in total.
Walk through the editing process of that and how the narrative formed because that's a shit-ton of footage. When it ended, I wanted more, but at the same time, it's a perfect documentary time to give us an insight. Talk about why you didn't make it into a six-part series?
Rashida: I'm glad you wanted more.
Alan: I love shit ton.
Rashida: You gotta adopt that phrase.
But, that's a lot of numbers.
Rashida: The good thing is that Al and I shared the same vision from the beginning. We wanted to have an equal part to tell the story in the present day and then go back to the archival footage in a very personal, emotional and visceral way.
Rashida: The good thing is that Al and I shared the same vision from the beginning. We wanted to have an equal part to tell the story in present day and then go back to the archival footage in a very personal, emotional and visceral way, so only through my dad's point of view. Never in a clinical or academic way. We wanted to make sure there was some emotional entry point. We had that in mind. We really wanted to tell both stories chronologically so we had created these portals for ourselves which in some way was good, because then we had what we had – the almost 3000 hours of footage, and then we had to filter through this idea and it helped to have those filters.
Alan: There were creative boundaries that forced more creativity and once we locked that in, which we locked in from the beginning. Diving into the edit, everybody knew that we were shooting for this length of film and that we were not going to do any talking heads. We're just going to use his voice from recordings of the past and seriously hunt these golden moments.
It was a reductive process. So, with Frank Sinatra, we were able to watch through all the footage, a year before the edit. We'd then mark out wherever there was a Frank Sinatra bite and put that into a marker system. Once we did that, we were able to pull all of those selects into a bigger selection of material that could be between 22 and 22 hours of stuff purely between Sinatra and Quincy. We'd just reduce it and reduce it. Then, it would come down to the three-minute scene that you'd have.
You talk about creative boundaries, and I wanted to talk about the hospital footage. It's something no one knew about until this. When are filmmakers did you decide when to keep on rolling and when to stop when you have a moment like that?
Rashida: The truth is, when that scare happened. I was really just focused on getting through that. The reason my brother and I filmed in the hospital was really to show my dad. At the time, we were just strategizing about if, we were lucky enough for him to make it through and how we were going to get him to stop drinking forever. We wanted to film him in a place that was really low and that he wasn't aware. He wasn't conscious to see that so we wanted to show him what it looked like.
Al and I talked about it ad nauseam and if we wanted to include the footage. It was a very important part of the storytelling, not because it was happening while we were filming, but because it is an integral part in the story of his life. As you see in the movie, every decade he pushes himself to the brink. He calibrates to refocus and there are the next ten years with that new perspective. It wouldn't have been the right story if we didn't include that. I wanted to be delicate but I also wanted to make sure it was honest and we didn't pull punches.
Rashida, what was the most pleasantly surprising footage you discovered in the archives. And for you too, Alan, what was your favorite archival discovery?
Rashida: We found footage of us in Paris. They were filming my dad. My sister and I were probably five and seven. We were walking around and looking around stores. I had never seen it. when you have a memory of your childhood that's really based on the things that you have kept, and when you find something new it changes the history, it's such a great way to fill in the past and that was so personal for me.
Alan: Because I'm a musician and I'm a fan, it was a consistent thing. Every day there was something. The Sinatra and Ray Charles stuff was super interesting.
One thing I didn't know about was his relationship with Nelson Mandela and that was a complete surprise. It wasn't on my radar. I saw a photo and thought they just met each other. As we dug stuff up, I saw videos and realized their work together spanned decades and that opened up a whole tapestry with his humanitarian side.
Then one day, I saw footage of Qunicy in 1983 doing yoga in his speedos.


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Matt Roszak
Matthew Roszak is co-founder and chairman of Bloq, a leading blockchain enterprise software company. Mr. Roszak is also founding partner of Tally Capital, a private investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain-enabled technology with a portfolio of over 20 investments, including Block.One, Blockstream, Civic, Factom, Mesh and QTUM. Mr. Roszak is a blockchain investor, entrepreneur and advocate. He has spent over 20 years in private equity and venture capital with Advent International, Keystone Capital Partners, Platinum Venture Partners and SilkRoad Equity, and has invested over $1 billion of capital (from start-up to IPO) in a broad range of industries. Mr. Roszak is a director and beneficial owner of Eboost, Enter Financial, MissionMode, Neu Entity, Onramp, SolidSpace and TrueLook.


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What's on your box?
We've talked about it before, the importance of making your packaging stand out with exciting colors and designs. This idea is definitely worth expanding upon. You only have so much space on your packaging; and we want you to use it wisely!
Get the most out of the space that you have without making it too busy. Depending on your product, you will want to make different information visible and accessible to your customers. For example; ingredient lists, allergy information, dosing instructions, emergency information, storing instructions, age limitations, nutrition facts, portion size, and safety hazards are all things you could put on your box depending on who you are selling to. Your packaging is the primary way to create brand awareness. Your company name, logo, graphics, and the package itself all contribute to this. Think about the prism shaped Toblerone carton or the bear shaped honey container. People identify with unique brand packaging. Your packaging is your advertisement. List your company information such as email, phone numbers, or physical mailing address on the outside. Customers love a company that is easy to contact for help, concerns, or questions. Your packaging serves as one big business card. Like a business card, the space on your packaging is limited. You do not want to cram too much information on your product's packaging as it can make it look cluttered. Strategically place your information and remember to leave room for highlighting new product features: "New and Improved," "Gluten Free," "Environmentally Friendly," or "Not Tested on Animals." Make sure you are targeting your market and incorporating this into your packaging. Whether it is your main packaging or a one time promotional package, get the most out of your packaging dollars and make sure that it works for your company. Let it represent your company, brand, product, and overall image in an attractive, fun, and professional way.


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John Cargill brings more than 10 years of global CRO business development experience in biotech, life science and health care to Clinipace. As chief commercial officer, Cargill will leverage Clinipace's team-oriented, personal approach and his expertise in complex partnering and outsourcing models to build its current client base.
Prior to Clinipace, Cargill has held executive roles at several leading CROs, most recently as vice president at Covance, heading global business development for clinical analytics and strategic clinical sourcing. He also has held various leadership positions at Chiltern, a Covance company, PRA and Syneos, contributing to their respective growth.


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Pig Festival
Most pig roasts are the dining equivalent of a pack of ravenous jackals feasting on a carcass -- which is great, but for a more gourmet porking, hit Café d'Alsace's nose-to-tail Pig Festival, now though Friday night. The PF's being held in honor of chef Philippe Roussel's visiting father Remy -- an old school French roaster who's in town to pass judgment on his renegade son's nouveau pig style. Philippe's cutting edge offerings will vary each night, but will always involve 2-3 apps and 2-3 entrées, e.g.: stuffed pork ears, pork tenderloin scaloppini stuffed with pork shank, seasoned snout, and breaded and fried pigs feet (oddly similar to crab cakes in their appearance, and ability to damn Jews to hell). To lubricate your feast, you can choose from d'Alsace's 120+ high-end brews -- or let their beer sommelier select your swine pairing for you, and avoid the shame of washing down shoulder with something better suited for butt. Either way, you've got three days to take advantage, after which it's back to the kind of savagery that'd make diehards like Philippe and Remy squeal with rage.


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Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple1 min read . Updated: 27 May 2010, 03:27 PM IST
Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple
Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple
Tokyo: Sony Corp said on Thursday it would launch an e-reader in Japan by year-end, taking on rival Apple Inc just a day before its iPad hits shelves in the country.
Sony said it also plans to launch an e-book content distribution service in Japan by year-end as it aims at a chunk of the promising electronic book market.
The debut of the iPad, a portable computing and entertainment system that also functions as an e-reader, is expected to boost Japan's still-small e-book market.
Research firm Fuji Chimera Research Institute estimates the content market will double to ¥87 billion ($967 million) in four years.
Sony said it will set up a planning company on 1 July for the content distribution service and will hold 25% of the firm. KDDI Corp, Toppan Printing Co, and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper will also hold 25% each.
The new service will offer comics, magazines, newspapers, as well as books online, Sony said.
Sony sells its e-reader Reader in the United States to vie with Amazon.com's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and Apple's iPad, but it does not currently sell the device at home.
Sony attempted to create an e-reader market in the past when it launched reading devices only to pull them from shelves after a few lacklustre years due to a lack of content.
Before the announcement, Sony shares ended up 2.1% at ¥2,788, outperforming a 1.2% rise in the benchmark Nikkei average.
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Diamond is arrested after allegedly stabbing a man at the Grand Ave Saloon in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Diamond faces charges of reckless endangerment in the first degree, possession of a switchblade, and carrying a concealed weapon. Port Washington P.D. statement:
At approximately 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 25, 2014, the Port Washington Police Department responded to the Grand Ave. Saloon for reports of a stabbing. Evidence quickly gathered at the scene indicates a male, age 37, had stabbed another male patron and left the bar in a white SUV with his 27-year-old girlfriend. Officers quickly located the suspect vehicle and suspects and took both into custody.


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I didn't have a chance to post this over the weekend, but it struck me as ironic — and a nice bit of serendipity — that the anniversary of the founding of the Pony Express (April 3, 1860) took place in the midst of the Where's the Fiber? gathering. We were discussing the future of telecommunications within the same timespace in which an early precursor to telecommunications was active.
Then, reading a book about the history of the Dutch colonization of Manhattan last night, I came across a reference to the Erie Canal, another land-based information network that helped fuel population and economic expansion.
All this got my wheels spinning. Can FC Now readers offer up other citations — Web or print — of writing about other precursors to the Net: telegraph, telephone, railroads, and the like?


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1. Before you consider a facial wax, you should make sure that you are not taking any medication that can cause you an irritated and very dry skin. Waxing an irritated skin could lead to a serious skin burn and might leave a scar.
2. You should avoid a facial wax if you have acne or open wounds right in the place where you want to wax.
3. Don't scrub your skin right before waxing; you should at least wait for two days after getting a face scrub to get a facial wax.
4. Don't use any kind of moisturizers or facial creams. You must only have a gently washed and clean face.
5. If you're planning on waxing your face at home, make sure you don't leave the strip long on your skin, apply it on the area, make sure it is settled right on the facial hair spot, and then quickly but gently remove it. Read more on fustany.


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Obituary: Edward W. Malin, Ph.D, of Trumbull, teacher and mentor
Edward W. Malin, Ph.D. born 28th of February, 1946 to Edward and Gertrude (Johnston) in Brooklyn, NY.
He cancelled his office hours forever on the 8th of December, 2014.
He chose to reside in Trumbull, CT, and spent his time teaching and leading. He performed, acted, sang, devoured books and mentored colleagues. He embodied honesty, integrity, and humility. You trusted him, tried to walk his path and meet his expectations. When you stumbled, he comforted with unconditional positive regard. A huge man with an inspirational heart and amazing intellect.
He has a wonderful wife, Judy, and three wonderful sons with wonderful families and nine wonderful grandchildren. He created and led the College of Education at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. Let's remember that instead of "goodbye," Ed often said: "So, go be wonderful!"
His formal education included degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Fordham University, while he offered himself as a lifelong teacher, mentor and friend.
Survived by: his wife, Judy; son, Chip and wife, Wendy, their children Nesta Ryan, McCaye and Cecilia; son, Sean, Tiffany, and their children Gaia, Zoe and Bodhi; son, Ryan and wife, Lisa, their children Eleanor, Grace and Eve; his mother, Gertrude, sisters, Jeanne and Mary Ann, brother Bill and Aunt Eleanor.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made In Memory of Edward W. Malin, Ph.D. Bethel Visiting Nurse Association 70 Stony Hill Rd. Bethel, CT 06801 http://www.Bethelvna.org or In Memory of Edward W. Malin, Ph.D. Sacred Heart University Office of Annual Giving 5151 Park Avenue Fairfield, CT 06825 http://alumni.sacredheart.edu/ed-malin-memorial, 203-371-7999.
Friends and family are invited to his funeral services on Saturday, December 13, 2014, promptly at 10:30 am at Chapel of the Holy Spirit – Sacred Heart University, at the Center of Campus, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825, 203-371-7999. Friends may call on Friday, December 12, 2014, from 4pm to 8pm at the Cyril F. Mullins Funeral Home, Inc. 399 White Plains Road Trumbull, CT 06611.
To leave an online condolence please visit www.mulllinsfh.com.