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World Bank Invests in Public Services for Tajikistan
WASHINGTON (World Bank press service) – The World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors last Tuesday approved a grant of $13.50 mln to finance the Tajikistan Communal Services Development Fund Project aimed at improved delivery of basic municipal services for the population. The project builds on previous World Bank financed investments and reforms in municipal sector, which have already benefited over one million residents of Dushanbe and secondary towns.
The World Bank financed project will help establish a new mechanism for more efficient financing of municipal services, as well as build the capacity of local providers for improved service delivery
"Secondary towns in Tajikistan have large municipal infrastructure needs, with 80% of infrastructure requiring rehabilitation", said Patricia-Veevers Carter, World Bank Country Manager in Tajikistan. "The new project will benefit the population of these towns, including the poor, by providing improved water, on-site sanitation and solid waste management services as well as street lighting and roads. Furthermore, given the large funding needs, the project will set up a Communal Services Development Fund, which will pool national and donor resources to support a sustained investment program in the municipal sector."
The Communal Services Development Fund Project will support municipal and communal infrastructure improvements, as well as enhance the capacity of local governments and service providers for better service delivery for local residents. These services include clean drinking water, sanitation, solid waste management, street lighting and local roads. Over 100,000 will benefit from physical infrastructure investments in Hissor, Konibodom, Dangara, Sarband, Vose and Fakhor. The project will also increase the efficiency of municipalities and local service providers through support in development of local investment plans, management of utility facilities, improved billings and collections and engagement of residents in management and maintenance of investments.
An important component of the project is support to the Government of Tajikistan in establishing a Communal Services Development Fund – a mechanism which will combine national and donor resources to support more efficient longer term financing and delivery of communal services for the population. The project will be implemented over the next four years by the State Unitary Enterprise Khojagii Manziliu Kommunali.
Apart from this new project, the World Bank's engagement in the municipal sector of Tajikistan includes two ongoing projects – the Second Dushanbe Water Supply Project and the Additional Financing for Municipal Infrastructure Development Project to address the challenges in water, sanitation and solid waste management through institutional reforms and infrastructure investments.
The World Bank Group's active portfolio in Tajikistan includes 21 projects totalling $283.4 mln. The largest share of the portfolio is in agriculture (24%), followed by urban and rural development (21%), transport (16%), governance and economic policy (9%) environment and natural resources (7%), education (6%), health and social protection (6%), water (6%), the private sector (4%) and social protection and labour (1%). Since 1996, the World Bank provided over $1 bln in grants and highly concessional credits from the International Development Association and trust fund resources to Tajikistan.
The World Bank Group is committed to continue supporting Tajikistan as it strives to improve the lives of its people and meet the aspirations of its young and growing population.
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Want To Switch From iPhone to Android But Afraid of Losing Your Data? No Problem!
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So you've grown tired of Apple's walled garden of apps and the iron grip it maintains over the iOS platform. Well, the freedom of Android welcomes you with open arms, but don't forget to bring your data along for the ride!
Apple doesn't make it particularly easy to move your data from iOS to Android—it's more interested in moving people in the other direction. Still, with just a few tools and some patience, you can be up and running on Android without missing a beat. . . .
iPhone Weather App – Will It Help Me Dodge Tornados And Floods?
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Review: Weather Line — iPhone weather app, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone, J.D.
You might have heard that folks here in Oklahoma and other states are having a spot of trouble with the weather. If it is not hail or tornados, it's flooding.
There are a ridiculous number of iPhone apps that can tell you the weather. I have purchased a whole bunch of them, partly because weather apps are inherently useful, but also because whenever I find one with an interface or a feature that I like, it is often not long before another one comes along that seems like it might be better. But for quite a while now, I've stuck with just one Weather app on the home screen of my iPhone: Weather Line, which is currently on sale for only $1.99. Here's why this has been my favorite weather app, and perhaps it will appeal to you as well. . . .
Let's Play With Apple's Menu Bar.
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Apple's operating system's menu bar is truly old school; it's been around for as long as there have been Macintoshes. The menu bar is extensible, though some users may not realize just how much, so we'll show you the many ways you can add functionality to it.
If you have ever heard anyone use the phrase 'the more things change, the more they stay the same' then they could have been very well talking about Apple's menu bar.
The menu bar can be extended with a wide array of clickable icons for quick access to system preferences.
Today, the menu bar lets you add all kinds of extra functionality to it. You can easily check your Mac's energy status (particularly helpful if you're using a laptop), or you can start Time Machine backups, or log into another account with fast user switching, etc.
In fact, many of the System Preferences have icons you can add, and many applications will also use the menu bar so users have convenient access to features and functions.
In this article, we're going to show and talk about all the different things you can add to the menu bar using only what you'll find in the system preferences. This includes not only the things we've already mentioned, but all the other preference menu bar items we could find. . . .
2015's 60 Apps in 60 Minutes from The ABA TECHSHOW.
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This past Saturday morning [April 18, 2015] at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago, I teamed up with Dallas attorney Tom Mighell, Ohio attorney Joe Bahgat and Florida legal tech consultant Adriana Linares to present the 2015 installment of 60 iOS Apps in 60 Minutes. Lots of useful and fun apps were discussed during the session, and the enthusiasm from the standing-room-only crowd was fantastic. I know that the session was fast-paced, so for those of you who attended and who may have missed an app or two, and for those of you who could not make it to ABA TECHSHOW 2015 this year, here is a list of the apps that we discussed. . . .
Survey Says! iPhone Top Choice Among Attorneys.
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Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center conducts a survey to gauge the use of legal technology by attorneys in the United States. My thoughts on the prior reports are located here: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010. No survey is perfect, but the ABA tries hard to ensure that its survey has statistical significance, and every year this is one of the best sources of information on how attorneys use technology. Yesterday, the ABA released Volume VI of the report titled Mobile Lawyers. This year's report once again shows that a large number of attorneys are using iPhones and iPads.
In both 2014 and 2013, the survey revealed that 91% of attorneys use a smartphone. (In 2012 the number was 89% and in 2011 the number was 88%.) For the past four years, there has been a slight correlation between law firm size and smartphone use. In 2014, for example, 86% of solo attorneys reported using a smartphone, 89% in firms of 2 to 9 attorneys, 95% in firms of 10 to 49 attorneys, and for firms with 100 or more attorneys, 96% use a smartphone. As a whole, though, it is fair to say that the survey consistently shows around nine out of every ten attorneys use a smartphone. . . .
Lawyer Explains How TrialPad 4.0 Made Trial Presentation A Piece of Cake.
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I recently put TrialPad 4.0 through its paces during a two-week trial — but not from the start. As in the past, I felt to overwhelmed to add figure out a new app to my trial prep to-do list.
So I started trial using Acrobat to display documents. I am very comfortable with Acrobat, and I knew I would not have to wonder about how to find a particular feature or function in the middle of trial.
After all, like most paperless lawyers, I use Acrobat on a daily basis. But by day two of what I knew would be a two-week trial, I was frustrated with the limitations of Acrobat, particularly the inability to do a call-out on the fly. This was hampering my ability to really emphasize key pieces of evidence.
A heavenly light should have descended.
I had a copy of TrialPad from Ian O'Flaherty, who developed it. Ian was kind enough to provide me with a code to download TrialPad at no cost. This is probably why I felt no need to use it, since I wasn't invested in it. But now I had to get up and running overnight if I wanted to use something better than Acrobat during my trial. And I did get up and running overnight. I went back to my hotel room, loaded up the documents I knew I would be working with the next day, ran through the process of presenting and annotating, and then set back to prepare for the next day of trial.
With more than a little trepidation, I hooked my iPad up to my projector the next day at trial.
A heavenly light should have descended. I'm not kidding, TrialPad was nearly magical. To say that ease of use is built in is a vast understatement. . . .
Complete Guide to Everything Apple for Legal Professionals.
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At Last! The Microsoft App For iPad, With Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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I'm at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago right now, and the big news on Thursday was that Microsoft released a version of Word (and Excel, and PowerPoint) for the iPad. I have been kicking the tires on this app since it was released Thursday afternoon, and I am incredibly impressed. Unlike Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone released last year, the new Word app for the iPad has virtually every feature that lawyers want to use. Every attorney who uses an iPad will want to get this app. . . .
iPad Apps from Tom Mighell's 2014 Webinar.
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Tom Mighell, author of iPad Apps in One Hour for Lawyers, put on another widely popular webinar for us. Here's the much requested list of iPad apps he covered.
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Apple Workers In Poorest Countries Pay and Go Into Debt To Work on Consumer Electronics Assembly Lines.
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Friday is the deadline for corporate suppliers of the world's biggest consumer—the U.S. government—to have a say in new regulations aimed at ending indentured servitude overseas. . . . The President's dictate is unequivocal on one key point: If a company wants to keep the government as a customer, it must stop hiring overseas workers who had to buy their jobs.
You read that right: Workers actually buy jobs. As Bloomberg Businessweek reported in November, foreign workers recruited from some of Asia's poorest corners often go deep into debt to pay brokers for a crack at jobs on consumer-electronics assembly lines. These factories are in Malaysia and other countries that rely almost exclusively on migrant labor for production. For years Apple has ordered its suppliers to keep such fees below one-months' net pay at a factory, but its audits last year turned up $6.4 million in overcharges.
Pinstriped – A New Presentations App for Mac With A Tutorial.
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I discovered a new app that has some exciting possibilities for use in trial or mediation, allowing attorneys to launch and deliver their presentations in a more professional manner.
Book Review: Tips for Getting the Most Out of Email.
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Review: Email by David Sparks — information and tips for getting the most out of email, by Jeff Richardson, iPhone, J.D.
The book includes general tips for working with emails, great strategies for reading, replying to and storing emails, an informative chapter on how email works and tips on fighting spam and email security. No matter what device you use for your email, all of that content is useful.
Sparks then goes deep into the Apple Mail app for the Mac, and this book will be most useful for folks who use a Mac and the built-in mail app. He also reviews many of the best programs for the Mac and apps for the iPhone/iPad that you can use to work with email, and devotes a chapter to Gmail.


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Q: How do you keep people from seeing string literals in compiled class files? When you compile a .java file into a .class file, if you had a line like
String s = "This is a String"

If you open up the .class file in a text editor, you will see
This is a String

Somewhere in the file amidst the gobblety gook.
Which is fine and dandy for most stuff, but not when dealing with sensitive information like API keys.
Of course, one alternative is to read the API key in from another file, but that just makes it EASIER to find the key, as now the person can just open "key.txt" when they open the .jar file.
So how do you encrypt a string literal in your .class file?

A: When you send code to a 3rd party, you loose all control over it. Even if you where to embed the API key as an encrypted string, an attacker could still try, and potentially succeed in breaking it, which would make all your encryption/decryption efforts in vain.
The best solution, in my opinion, would be to not provide any sensitive information within the application, but rather provide it with an ID of some sort. Any sensitive values which it needs would be then pulled through the use of a secure connection.

A: If you use a key to access a 3rd party API there is no way to protect that key from the end-user IF you ship it with your code / application or you want your application to be able to access the 3rd party API without a middleman.
The end-user could just read all data send from your app to the end-point and know the API key. Regardless of any measures you took to encrypt it you will need to send it atleast once decrypted to the 3rd party.
The safe way to do this is to require your user to log in to a service provided by you, send a request to YOUR service and then YOUR service (which is presumably not located on the machine of your end-user) sends a request to the API with the key. So the end-user never knows of the key.

A: If you store the information in the class file, the decryption key should come from outside of the class. You can crypt the data, but if you have all the information within the class file, you are lost.
You should store API keys in config files. You have a different API keys for development and for the live, right?
Other possible solution is to use KeyStore, which allows you to store sensitive information in publicly accessible format. Only the holder of the secret key can decrypt the sensitive data.

A: Even if you keep that information encrypted in your class, a hacker can find the mechanism to decrypt that from your code only. So IMHO it's better to keep that encrypted information in some other file, and read that file. Also, restrict the access to that file using OS security mechanisms.

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package org.apache.calcite.sql.validate;

import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataType;
import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataTypeField;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlIdentifier;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNodeList;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlSelect;

import java.util.List;

import static org.apache.calcite.util.Static.RESOURCE;

/**
 * Represents the name-resolution context for expressions in an ORDER BY clause.
 *
 *
In some dialects of SQL, the ORDER BY clause can reference column aliases
 * in the SELECT clause. For example, the query

 *
 *
SELECT empno AS x

 * FROM emp

 * ORDER BY x

 *
 *
is valid.

 */
public class OrderByScope extends DelegatingScope {
  //~ Instance fields --------------------------------------------------------

  private final SqlNodeList orderList;
  private final SqlSelect select;

  //~ Constructors -----------------------------------------------------------

  OrderByScope(
      SqlValidatorScope parent,
      SqlNodeList orderList,
      SqlSelect select) {
    super(parent);
    this.orderList = orderList;
    this.select = select;
  }

  //~ Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------

  public SqlNode getNode() {
    return orderList;
  }

  public void findAllColumnNames(List<SqlMoniker> result) {
    final SqlValidatorNamespace ns = validator.getNamespace(select);
    addColumnNames(ns, result);
  }

  public SqlQualified fullyQualify(SqlIdentifier identifier) {
    // If it's a simple identifier, look for an alias.
    if (identifier.isSimple()
        && validator.getConformance().isSortByAlias()) {
      final String name = identifier.names.get(0);
      final SqlValidatorNamespace selectNs =
          validator.getNamespace(select);
      final RelDataType rowType = selectNs.getRowType();

      final SqlNameMatcher nameMatcher = validator.catalogReader.nameMatcher();
      final RelDataTypeField field = nameMatcher.field(rowType, name);
      final int aliasCount = aliasCount(nameMatcher, name);
      if (aliasCount > 1) {
        // More than one column has this alias.
        throw validator.newValidationError(identifier,
            RESOURCE.columnAmbiguous(name));
      }
      if (field != null && !field.isDynamicStar() && aliasCount == 1) {
        // if identifier is resolved to a dynamic star, use super.fullyQualify() for such case.
        return SqlQualified.create(this, 1, selectNs, identifier);
      }
    }
    return super.fullyQualify(identifier);
  }

  /** Returns the number of columns in the SELECT clause that have {@code name}
   * as their implicit (e.g. {@code t.name}) or explicit (e.g.
   * {@code t.c as name}) alias. */
  private int aliasCount(SqlNameMatcher nameMatcher, String name) {
    int n = 0;
    for (SqlNode s : select.getSelectList()) {
      final String alias = SqlValidatorUtil.getAlias(s, -1);
      if (alias != null && nameMatcher.matches(alias, name)) {
        n++;
      }
    }
    return n;
  }

  public RelDataType resolveColumn(String name, SqlNode ctx) {
    final SqlValidatorNamespace selectNs = validator.getNamespace(select);
    final RelDataType rowType = selectNs.getRowType();
    final SqlNameMatcher nameMatcher = validator.catalogReader.nameMatcher();
    final RelDataTypeField field = nameMatcher.field(rowType, name);
    if (field != null) {
      return field.getType();
    }
    final SqlValidatorScope selectScope = validator.getSelectScope(select);
    return selectScope.resolveColumn(name, ctx);
  }

  public void validateExpr(SqlNode expr) {
    SqlNode expanded = validator.expandOrderExpr(select, expr);

    // expression needs to be valid in parent scope too
    parent.validateExpr(expanded);
  }
}

// End OrderByScope.java

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Now that we finally have vertical plane recognition in ARKit (at least on a developer level until the spring iOS 11.3 release), the real promise of mobile augmented reality is beginning to come into focus on iOS. But a new report indicates that a major near future advancement of ARKit that could change everything has been put on hold by Apple.
On Tuesday, Axios claimed that it "has learned" that Apple is holding back some new features in its update to iOS until 2019. Specifically, in addition to a new home screen and significant updates to the car, photo, and mail apps, the site mentions a feature termed as "sharing experiences" being held back.
At first, it's not clear what "sharing experiences" refers to, but in a subsequent report, Bloomberg shed some light on what this probably means. Citing "a person familiar with the matter," the site claims that one of the iOS features that was set to make it into this year's iOS 12 update is "a multiplayer mode for augmented reality games."
If true, that's huge. However, Axios does state that "improvements in augmented reality" will still be coming out in iOS 12, so it's not entirely certain if the multiplayer mode for AR games is included as one of those "improvements" or if it's a "sharing experience" that may have to wait for an iOS 12.x update or even iOS 13.
One of the key drivers of mobile apps is gaming, and one of the key features of gaming is multiplayer experiences. Without multiplayer modes, a mobile game has to be fairly remarkable and addictive or it risks getting a just few plays before the user moves on. Although there aren't a large number of AR games in the App Store yet, the few that are there would benefit greatly from a shared/multiplayer mode.
In fact, it's possible that this feature could be the key to jumpstarting what has been (so far) a somewhat slow beginning to Apple's dream of an ARKit dominant App Store. Although Apple CEO Tim Cook has been very vocal regarding his belief that AR "will change everything," a recent Game Developer's Conference survey revealed that only 7% of game developers were focused on AR. If that survey is indicative of the overall developer market, it means that we'll be mired in AR furniture and photo apps for at least another 12 to 18 months before the mobile AR gaming revolution Apple is hoping for truly takes off.
The good news is that iOS users could be happily battling each other in multiplayer mode AR game apps by as early as this summer when iOS 12 is released to beta testers after WWDC. This landscape will almost certainly push AR's entry into the mainstream to a new level. However, if this is considered a "sharing experience" and not an "improvement in augmented reality," we might not see this in beta form until an early 2019 update for iOS 12 or even later that year in iOS 13.
If the latter is true, by waiting longer than anticipated, Apple will be giving everyone else working on mobile AR (ARCore, HoloLens, Magic Leap, etc.) time to catch up and perhaps surpass them. The reason the aforementioned reports give for Apple's decision to delay the new features is a focus on improving the overall iOS software experience before rolling out other features.
We may find out more from Apple on Thursday when it holds its next quarterly earnings conference call. Or, we might just have to wait until June to see if it's in iOS 12 or if we'll have to wait until iOS 13.


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Q&A: GP2X chief Craig Rothwell
The portable underdog reports surge in interest in the UK and first big-budget game release; sales expected to reach 50,000 by Christmas.
By Emma Boyes on October 13, 2006 at 4:35PM PDT
The GP2X--which stands for 'Game Park Times Two'--was first released in the UK this year as an alternative portable that runs on Linux. The handheld sports two 200MHz CPUs with 64MB of RAM and custom graphics hardware and decoding chips. It connects to a PC via USB and also takes SD cards. It retails in the UK at £124.99 (around $231).
The GP2X.
So far, approximately 30,000 units have been sold in less than nine months, and Craig Rothwell, the Director of GP32/2x Distribution, is confident that sales will reach 50,000 by Christmas.
Rothwell is delighted at the way that sales have been picking up for the underdog, which can play games, movies, and music, as well as show photos and e-books. And although GP2X still has a way to go to catch up with the likes of the Game Boy Advance or the iPod, he thinks things are looking good.
"Things have really sped up in the last few months," said Rothwell, who attributes this growth in sales to a number of factors. One of the things he firmly believes is that people "have had enough" of larger companies and their restrictive policies on homegrown game development.
"We think it's [the growth in sales] because essentially the system is completely open whereas Sony and Apple and big companies like that lock down their systems. We pretty much let people run whatever they want on it. We don't have any secrets about how it works, and we release all the documents. In fact we encourage people to hack the system and see what they can get it to do."
Rothwell used to own (among other systems) an Amiga, and looks back on the early days of computers, especially the 16-bit era, fondly. With the GP2X, he says that he wants to try to re-create this kind of computing community.
"In the late '80s and early '90s, all systems were open like ours. They were all owned by small companies like Sinclair and Amstrad and Tiny. And then the big guys came in and put an end to it. I used to really like doing all that hacking around with the systems and things and it had a huge scene at the time. We know that the market is still there--it hasn't disappeared--so that's the market that we're trying to appeal to now."
He also revealed his "cunning plan" to make the GP2X easily upgradeable, with plans to do so at some point in the future.
Rothwell believes that there is great gaming potential for his company's handheld. There are over 200 freeware games for download posted in the files section of the company Web site, and he recently ran a coding competition, and several people rose to the challenge of creating new games and applications. He added, "It's essentially a PC, so ports are really easy."
It's not just indie games and freeware coming out for the GP2X, though. Payback, a Grand Theft Auto-style car game is the first big-budget game to be released for the handheld and will be available for £24.99 (around $46) this month. There are also a number of other games in development for the system, including an RPG called Elsewhere from Japan.

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1 2015 Analysis of the economic value of leaks of personal data. (2015). KASUGA, Norihiro ; Shishikura, Manabu ; Nakamura, Akihiro ; Koguchi, Teppei ; Jitsuzumi, Toshiya. In: 2015 Regional ITS Conference, Los Angeles 2015. RePEc:zbw:itsr15:146340.


Only a man could have written this movie (it was Billy Wilder, and he directed, too). And only men could have written all the glowing reviews of The Apartment that I've found both online and off (one notable exception is at Nick Davis's Movie Archive — he finds the movie as distasteful as I do). The Apartment is a perfect demonstration of why "nice guys" get a bad rap from women, but that seems to go right over the head of all those men praising it.
Bud Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is a dweeby little loser who pushes pencils at a big New York insurance company. His caddish superiors "borrow" his West Side apartment for assignations with their mistresses, in return for which Bud is promised a promotion. He works unpaid overtime to kill the hours while his place is occupied, and he's such a limp little nebbish that he lets one of the executive jerks talk him out of his bed at 11 o'clock at night for a quick rendezvous, leaving an already sick Bud to wander the cold streets waiting for his guests to leave.
Bud gets his promotion, but the situation gets complicated when he falls for cute-as-a-button Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), an elevator operator at the insurance company who's having an affair with one of Bud's short-term tenants, bigshot Jeff Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray, whom I've always thought was creepy, and here he's perfectly cast).
It's impossible to feel sympathy for any of The Apartment's characters. The execs manipulate their girlfriends, their wives, and Bud; Fran is fool enough to believe Jeff's constantly put-off promises to divorce his wife; and Bud is an obsequious, sycophantic little weasel, which would be fine if he were the object of Wilder's satire, but Bud is the hero.
"Why can't I ever fall in love with somebody nice like you?" Fran moans to Bud. This "nice" man is a boor, eager to share his font of useless facts and figures such as the average number of colds New Yorkers get each year. This "nice" man looks up Fran's group insurance card at the office, so he knows everything about her, down to her appendix scar (er, that's called stalking, Bud). This "nice" man doesn't dissuade his neighbors' belief that he's the one squeaking the bedsprings with a different dame every night — he'd like to be seen as that kind of man. This "nice" guy can't say the one little word that would save him a world of trouble: No.
It's movies like The Apartment that make men think that "nice guy" equals "doormat." Newsflash: Women don't find a Milquetoast who can't assert himself or make better conversation than flu trivia or an inappropriate exclamation of "I love you, Miss Kubelik" any more appealing than one who enjoys punching women and whose favorite expression is "Get me another beer." There are two kinds of men in The Apartment: the cad and the "nice guy." Many men seem to believe that that applies to the real world, too: If women don't want a jerk, they want a doormat. 'Tain't so.
The Flick Filosopher in no way endorses censorship, but movies like The Apartment, pretending to be satirical but actually more of a morality play, should come with a label: Warning — No connection with reality.
Bud, ill-equipped bachelor that he is, has to use a tennis racket to drain spaghetti.


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The Sri Lankan government ratified the UN Convention Against Enforced Disappearances in 2016 and has proposed a draft legislation, but Udagama insists that the bill must be enshrined in law.
"The country has failed to act and there is an urgent need for a legal framework to fight against enforced disappearances," Udugama said.
Father Reid Shelton Fernando described enforced disappearance as a crime against humanity and called for the act to be passed so investigations can begin.
The 1983 to 2009 armed conflict between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam resulted in many people being forcibly disappeared by police, military and paramilitary groups.
The government appointed a presidential commission to investigate complaints of missing persons and they received 18,000 responses, but very few of them have been acknowledged.
A member of the parliament, Vijitha Herath, said the government put forward the draft legislation last February, but the progress of the bill has stalled.
"It is a crime and violation of human rights. Relatives of victims have the right to know the truth and culprits should be punished with minimum prison sentences of 20 years," he said.
The draft legislation proposes a prison term of not exceeding 20 years and a fine of one million rupees (about $50,375).
Prageeth Ekneligoda, a political cartoonist and columnist employed by lankaenews.com, disappeared on 24 January 2010, two days before the national presidential election.
The journalist was never seen again and his family and international organisations have accused the government of being directly responsible for his disappearance.
Ekneligoda reported on alleged corruption by the family of Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was the president from November 2005 to January 2015.
According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, forced (or enforced) disappearance occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organisation (or third party acting on their behalf), followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts.
Over 65,000 people in Sri Lanka remain missing after two insurgencies and a civil war.


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Brentford and some match facts, Chelsea and new year
Damian	 02 January 2022
I missed the Leeds match but this is a good match to start again with. Brentford are not going to be easy but three points today could see us in eighth place if results go our way and we win by enough. I don't expect that to happen, but it could. And we have three games in hand on Manchester City, so things are looking good.
Not that anyone but Manchester City are going to win the League, we've played the same as most teams around us, it's that we're in a good place and three points today would make us all feel good.
But it's January 2nd and there are a few things to mention. Instead of the usual paragraph and because I've got to get up and getting busy, I'm going to list them.
We were unfortunate against Chelsea and the changes they made changed the game. We will get better at this.
Rumours that Jack is unhappy at Manchester City is just a rumour. But I ran a poll on Twitter and only 42.8% would have Jack back today.
Rumours of the manager looking for a new left back are just rumours.
Keinan Davis has joined Nottingham Forest on loan for the rest of the season - I'm hoping this will be good for him.
El Ghazi is soon off. Reports suggest West Ham are interested. I can't see him staying and we should wish him luck.
Danny Ings got a run out against Chelsea, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was off very soon.
There is more, but I really have to get up and get going. It's going to be a long day. Back in time for the football. But I know I missed something.
Match facts from the BBC
Brentford are unbeaten in the past seven meetings, including three successive home wins.
The Bees' most recent defeat by Aston Villa came at home in an FA Cup fourth-round replay in February 1953.
Nonetheless, Villa have earned five wins and two draws from their seven top-flight matches against Brentford.
Brentford's tally of eight league defeats this season is already one more than in the entirety of the previous campaign.
They have lost five Premier League home matches, with only fellow promoted clubs Norwich and Watford faring worse.
Their 10 Premier League goals at home were scored by 10 different players.
The Bees are vying to win their opening game of a calendar year for the third time in a row, a feat they last achieved between 1990 and 1992.
Aston Villa lost 21 Premier League matches in 2021, the most in the division alongside Newcastle United and Southampton.
Villa have gone 15 league games without a draw since their reverse fixture with Brentford in August ended 1-1. They last had a 16-match streak without drawing between January and May 1998.
The Villans have won on four of their past five league visits to promoted sides, more than they had in their previous 22 attempts.
Emiliano Buendia has either scored or set up a goal in all four of his league appearances against Brentford, with three goals and an assist.
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Look on the back of your computer tower; you should see slits or holes. This is where the fan is. Without the fan the computer will overheat.
Go to the victim's computer with a pocket knife, some computers will have wires exposed (ie a tiger pc will have two, a black and red.) cut them and the fan will not work, the computer will overheat and if they don't notice it will be ruined.
If you did this you probably noticed alot of wires behind the fan or next to it. If you are even more observant, you would have noticed that they led to the main power plug.
This prank is also simple to carry out. If you really hate the person cut them (be warned, that /is/ vandalism) if not, disconect them and wait untill they take the computer in to the shop to find out why it won't start.
The second is also along these lines. Just remove the switch thing behind the startup or power-on button.


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Haggai 1:1
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
In the sixth month - Called Elul by the Hebrews. It was the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, and the last of the civil year, and answered to a part of our September.
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel - Who was son of Jeconiah, king of Judah, and of the family of David, and exercised the post of a governor among the people, but not over them, for both he and they were under the Persian government; but they were permitted to have Zerubbabel for their own governor, and Joshua for their high priest; and these regulated all matters relative to their peculiar political and ecclesiastical government. But it appears from Ezra, Ezra 5:3, that Tatnai, the governor on this side the river, had them under his cognizance. None of their own governors was absolute. The Persians permitted them to live under their own laws and civil regulations; but they always considered them as a colony, over which they had a continual superintendence.
Joshua the son of Josedech - And son of Seraiah, who was high priest in the time of Zedekiah, and was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, 1 Chronicles 6:15. But Seraiah was slain at Riblah, by order of Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kings 25:18-21.
In the second year of Darius - , i. e., Hystaspis. The very first word of prophecy after the captivity betokens that they were restored, not yet as before, yet so, as to be hereafter, more than before. The earthly type, by God's appointment, was fading away, that the heavenly truth might dawn. The earthly king was withdrawn, to make way for the heavenly. God had said of Jeconiah Jeremiah 22:30, "No man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling anymore in Israel:" and so now prophecy begins to be dated by the years of a foreign earthly ruler, as in the Baptism of the Lord Himself Luke 3:1. Yet God gives back in mercy more than He withdraws in chastisement. The earthly rule is suspended, that people might look out more longingly for the heavenly.
In the sixth month - They counted by their own months, beginning with Nisan, the first of the ecclesiastical year (which was still used for holy purposes and in sacred history), although, having no more any kings, they dated their years by those of the empire, to which they were subject (See Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 7:1) in the sixth month, part of our July and August, their harvest was past, and the dearth, which they, doubtless ascribed (as we do) to the seasons, and which Haggai pointed out to be a judgment from God, had set in for this year also. The months being lunar, the first day of the month was the festival of the new moon, a popular feast Proverbs 7:20 which their forefathers had kept Isaiah 1:13-14, while they neglected the weightier matters of the law, and which the religious in Israel had kept, even while separated from the worship at Jerusalem (2 Kings 4:23; add Amos 8:5; Hosea 2:11). In its very first day, when the grief for the barren year was yet fresh, Haggai was stirred to exhort them to consider their way; a pattern for Christian preachers, to bring home to people's souls the meaning of God's judgments. God directs the very day to be noted, in which He called the people anew to build His temple, both to show the readiness of their obedience, and a precedent to us to keep in memory days and seasons, in which He stirs our souls to build more diligently His spiritual temple in our souls.
By the hand of Haggai - God does almost everything which He does for a person through the hands of people. He commits His words and works for people into the hands of human beings as His stewards, to dispense faithfully to His household. Luke 12:42. Hence, He speaks so often of the law, which He commanded "by the hand of Moses;" but also as to other prophets, Nathan 2 Samuel 12:25, Ahijal, 1 Kings 12:15; 1 Kings 14:16; 2 Chronicles 10:15. Jehu 1 Kings 16:7, Jonah 2 Kings 14:25, Isaiah Isaiah 20:2, Jeremiah Jeremiah 37:2, and the prophets generally. 2 Chronicles 29:25 the very prophets of God, although gifted with a Divine Spirit, still were willing and conscious instruments in speaking His words.
Unto Zerubbabel - (so called from being born in Babylon) "the son of Sheatiel." By this genealogy Zerubbabel is known in the history of the return from the captivity in Ezra and Nehemiah Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8; Ezra 5:2; Nehemiah 12:1. God does not say by Jeremiah, that Jeconiah should have no children, but that he should in his lifetime be childless, as it is said of those married to the uncle's or brother's widow Leviticus 20:20-21, "they shall die childless." Jeremiah rather implies that he should have children, but that they should die untimely before him. For he calls Jeconiah Jeremiah 22:30, "a man who shall not prosper in his days; for there shall not prosper a man of his seed, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling anymore in Israel." He should die (as the word means) "bared" of all, alone and desolate. The own father of Shealtiel appears to have been Neri Luke 3:27, of the line of Nathan son of David; not, of the line of the kings of Judah. Neri married, one must suppose, a daughter of Assir, son of Jeconiah 1 Chronicles 3:17-19 whose grandson Shealtiel was; and Zerubbabel was the own son of Pedaiah, the brother of Shealtiel, as whose son he was in the legal genealogy inscribed, according to the law as to those who die childless Deuteronomy 23:5-10, or as having been adopted by Shealtiel being himself childless, as Moses was called the son of the daughter of Pharaoh Exodus 2:10. So broken was the line of the unhappy Jehoiachin, two thirds of whose own life was passed in the prison Jeremiah 52:31, into which Nebuchadnezzar did cast him.
Governor of Judah - The foreign name betokens that the civil rule was now held from a foreign power, although Cyrus showed the Jews the kindness of placing one of themselves, of royal extraction also, as his deputy over them.
The lineage of David is still in authority, connecting the present with the past, but the earthly kingdom had faded away. Under the name "Sheshbazzar" Zerubbabel is spoken of both as the "prince" and the "governor" Ezra 5:14, of Judah. With him is joined "Joshuah the son of Josedech, the high priest," whose father went into captivity 1 Chronicles 6:15, when his grandfather Seraiah was slain by Nebuchadnezzar 2 Kings 25:18-21. The priestly line is also preserved. Haggai addresses these two, the one of the royal, the other of the priestly, line, as jointly responsible for the negligence of the people; he addresses the people only through them. Together, they are types of Him, the true King and true priest, Christ Jesus, who by the resurrection raised again the true temple, His Body, after it had been destroyed.
Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that they would not build a temple, but, Not yet. Thus men do not say they will never repent and reform, and be religious, but, Not yet. And so the great business we were sent into the world to do, is not done. There is a proneness in us to think wrongly of discouragements in our duty, as if they were a discharge from our duty, when they are only for the trial of our courage and faith. They neglected the building of God's house, that they might have more time and money for worldly affairs. That the punishment might answer to the sin, the poverty they thought to prevent by not building the temple, God brought upon them for not building it. Many good works have been intended, but not done, because men supposed the proper time was not come. Thus believers let slip opportunities of usefulness, and sinners delay the concerns of their souls, till too late. If we labour only for the meat that perishes, as the Jews here, we are in danger of losing our labour; but we are sure it shall not be in vain in the Lord, if we labour for the meat which lasts to eternal life. If we would have the comfort and continuance of temporal enjoyments, we must have God as our Friend. See also Lu 12:33. When God crosses our temporal affairs, and we meet with trouble and disappointment, we shall find the cause is, that the work we have to do for God and our own souls is left undone, and we seek our own things more than the things of Christ. How many, who plead that they cannot afford to give to pious or charitable designs, often lavish ten times as much in needless expenses on their houses and themselves! But those are strangers to their own interests, who are full of care to adorn and enrich their own houses, while God's temple in their hearts lies waste. It is the great concern of every one, to apply to the necessary duty of self-examination and communion with our own hearts concerning our spiritual state. Sin is what we must answer for; duty is what we must do. But many are quick-sighted to pry into other people's ways, who are careless of their own. If any duty has been neglected, that is no reason why it should still be so. Whatever God will take pleasure in when done, we ought to take pleasure in doing. Let those who have put off their return to God, return with all their heart, while there is time.
1. Darius. The 2d year of Darius Hystaspes was 520/519 b.c. by either type of calendar year—beginning in the spring or in the fall (see Vol. III, pp. 98, 99).
Sixth month. That is, Elul, the Hebrew month beginning in August or September (see Vol. II, p. 116).
First day. The day of the feast of the new moon (see on Num. 28:11, 14), an appropriate time to urge the building of the Temple (for the dating, see on v. 15).
Zerubbabel. See Ezra 3:8. He was also known as Sheshbazzar (see on Ezra 1:8).
Governor. Heb. pachah, "a subordinate governor," one who was under a satrap. Though Zerubbabel, a member of the house of David, had the political headship of Judah, he possessed it only as the deputy of an alien ruler.
Joshua. His father was taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (see on 1 Chron. 6:15). The prophet Zechariah, a contemporary of Haggai, frequently mentions Joshua (Zech. 3; 6:11). The parentage of Zerubbabel and Joshua is probably given by way of setting forth their right to positions of authority, as descendants of David and Aaron respectively.
Prophets and Kings, 573
For over a year the temple was neglected and well-nigh forsaken. The people dwelt in their homes and strove to attain temporal prosperity, but their situation was deplorable. Work as they might they did not prosper. The very elements of nature seemed to conspire against them. Because they had let the temple lie waste, the Lord sent upon their substance a wasting drought. God had bestowed upon them the fruits of field and garden, the corn and the wine and the oil, as a token of His favor; but because they had used these bountiful gifts so selfishly, the blessings were removed. PK 573.1
Such were the conditions existing during the early part of the reign of Darius Hystaspes. Spiritually as well as temporally, the Israelites were in a pitiable state. So long had they murmured and doubted; so long had they chosen to make personal interests first, while viewing with apathy the Lord's temple in ruins, that many had lost sight of God's purpose in restoring them to Judea; and these were saying, "The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built." Haggai 1:2. PK 573.2
But even this dark hour was not without hope for those whose trust was in God. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah were raised up to meet the crisis. In stirring testimonies these appointed messengers revealed to the people the cause of their troubles. The lack of temporal prosperity was the result of a neglect to put God's interests first, the prophets declared. Had the Israelites honored God, had they shown Him due respect and courtesy, by making the building of His house their first work, they would have invited His presence and blessing. PK 573.3
23. See EGW on Revelation 18:1. 4BC 1175.1
To His children today the Lord declares, "Be strong, ... and work: for I am with you." The Christian always has a strong helper in the Lord. The way of the Lord's helping we may not know; but this we do know: He will never fail those who put their trust in Him. Could Christians realize how many times the Lord has ordered their way, that the purposes of the enemy concerning them might not be accomplished, they would not stumble along complainingly. Their faith would be stayed on God, and no trial would have power to move them. They would acknowledge Him as their wisdom and efficiency, and He would bring to pass that which He desires to work out through them. PK 576.1
The earnest pleadings and the encouragements given through Haggai were emphasized and added to by Zechariah, whom God raised up to stand by his side in urging Israel to carry out the command to arise and build. Zechariah's first message was an assurance that God's word never fails and a promise of blessing to those who would hearken to the sure word of prophecy. PK 576.2
Haggai 2:10
Ezra 4:24
by Haggai
Exodus 4:13
unto
Salathiel
Zechariah 4:10
Zorobabel, Salathiel
Nehemiah 12:1
Nehemiah 12:10
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The overdose death rate for Latinos has doubled in three years in Massachusetts.
May 3, 2018 By Latinovations Staff
A tall, gangly man twists a cone of paper in his hands as stories from nearly 30 years of addiction pour out: the robbery that landed him in prison at 17; never getting his GED; going through the horrors of detox, maybe 40 times, including this latest, which he finished two weeks ago.
"I'm a serious addict," says Julio Cesar Santiago, 44. "I still have dreams where I'm about to use drugs, and I have to wake up and get on my knees and pray, 'let God take this away from me,' because I don't want to go back. I know that if I go back out there, I'm done."
Santiago, who is Puerto Rican, has reason to worry. According to data produced by the Baker administration on the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, the overdose death rate for Latinos has doubled in three years, growing at twice the rate of any other racial group.According to current and former drug users, as well as addiction treatment providers and physicians, there is a range of problems that puts Latinos at greater risk of an overdose and death. Irma Bermudez, a patient in the women's residential unit at Casa Esparza in Boston, says the high Latino overdose death rate "has a lot to do with the language barrier".
Bermudez says that it can be difficult for anyone who can't read English well because websites and brochures are only in English and many times there are no translator available. While 11% of the state's estimated opioid overdose deaths last year were Latino, Caza Esperanza has the only day and residential addiction treatment program in Boston where all the direct care staff speak Spanish.
Other reasons include poverty and the growing fear among Latinos to ask anyone perceived as "government agent" for help, especially if the person who needs the help is not an American citizen because they fear it could lead to deportation.
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Up All Afternoon
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Monday Mixtape: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Baroness & More!
June 17, 2019 / Kyle Anderson
Every Monday, I make myself a playlist of (mostly) new songs. It gets me in the habit of hunting for new music and hopefully gets me embracing fresh trends. This is the Monday Mixtape.
Bruce Springsteen, "Sundown"
The new Bruce album Western Stars is a startlingly majestic album cover in search of some solid tunes, but it's hard to deny Springsteen's minimalist ode to the Laurel Canyon sound. I keep waiting for every song to find a second gear, though the only one that really does anything remotely like chugging is "Sundown," which cashes a lot of checks on a surprisingly light touch on the old-man-at-the-end imagery. Springsteen might be playing himself by releasing a definitive Dad Rock album the weekend of Father's Day, but maybe he's just more business savvy than I give him credit for. And he still has a hell of a damn voice.
Madonna, "Killers Who Are Partying"
Everybody hated Madonna's 2015 album Rebel Heart—everybody but me, apparently. As I noted in that review, I appreciated the fact that Rebel Heart lacked a cohesive sonic superarcs that were present on her other 21st century albums. A lot of the writing surrounding Madonna's new album Madame X is lauding her for the aesthetic focus, but I kind of miss the ramshackle variations. "Killers Who Are Partying" is a classic latter-day Madonna song with too much concept and too many words, but it's also the biggest of swings.
Baroness, "I'm Already Gone"
It's almost inappropriate to call Baroness a band, because the only consistent member is frontman John Baizley and they have changed their sound on every one of their releases. Yet they are probably my favorite working band right now because no matter who surrounds Baizley or what lane they choose, they are always powerful and inventive. Having risen from the Atlanta-area sludge metal circles that have also produced Mastodon, Black Tusk, and Kylesa, Baroness have toyed with doom throb (Blue Record), arena-sized riffage (Yellow & Green), and feedback-heavy psychedelia (Purple). The latest album, Gold & Grey, is a largely acoustic affair that also seems to be mildly interested in late '90s trip-hop (on a long enough timeline, Massive Attack would have probably messed around with prog guitars and produced this). "I'm Already Gone" is a strong template for the rest of the collection, steeped in haunted acoustic loops and a sense of supernatural foreboding. It's among the quietest pieces of music Baroness have ever produced, but it still rocks.
Sleater-Kinney, "The Future Is Here"
The first track we heard from the new Annie Clark-produced Sleater-Kinney album didn't sound that far outside the box for the world's most powerful rock trio, as "Hurry On Home" had the same springy, manic, noisy end-of-days vibe as the best S-K tunes. But this is something entirely different, and really wears its St. Vincent influence on its sleeve. It's a slinky bit of robot rock, like the Go-Gos harmonizing over a broken down Depeche Mode stomp, and I love it. More of this, please.
Chris Shifflett, "Welcome to Your First Heartbreak"
The fourth-most interesting dude in Foo Fighters (sorry, Nate Mendel!) made a tasty little piece of power pop that melodically blows away everything his main gig has been up to for the past decade. There's enough fuzz here to choke your dryer, delivered with the naive sweetness of a guy who sounds happy to pounding out low-stakes rock in his spacious garage. A revelation.
702, "Gotta Leave"
This girl group's self-titled album just turned 20 years old, and I have often called "Where My Girls At" one of the five best singles from the entirety of the 1990s. (I am not wrong.) On this auspicious birthday, I listened to the rest of the album, which is mostly end-of-the-century R&B album filler, save for this absolute monster that, like "Where My Girls At," was co-written by Missy Elliott. "Where My Girls At" is Missy tapping into her most commercial-ready lizard brain, but the syncopated slur gurgling under "Gotta Leave" is the ideal mate for Timbaland's baby coo two-step on Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody." This is the sound of Missy in the absolute zone.
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Е́нтоні Квінн (, повне ім'я , 21 квітня 1915, Чіуауа, Мексика — 3 червня 2001, Бостон, США) — американський актор кіно, письменник і художник мексиканського походження.

Біографія

Дитинство і молоді роки
Ентоні Квінн народився 21 квітня 1915 року у Чіуауа, Мексика в родині ірландського оператора та мексиканської з ацтекськими коріннями революціонерки у самому розпалі Мексиканської революції. Згодом родина переїхала до США — у околиці Лос-Анжелесу в Каліфорнії.

Ентоні Квінн займався в драматичній школі. Свою акторську кар'єру розпочав у театрі «У воріт» — грав у п'єсах «На дні» і «Чисті постелі», що розповідали про перепитії мешканців нічліжки. У 1936 році у віці 21 року він знявся в декількок кінокартинах — дебютна стрічка «Пароль» (), де втілив образ гангстера.

У своїх наступних фільмах (1940-і роки) Е. Квінн особливо вдало інтерпретує на екрані ролі «етнічних злодіїв» — грав індіанців, «був» іспанцем, філіппінцем, мексиканцем, китайцем тощо.

У 1947 році Е. Квінн став натуралізованим громадянином США. Розчарувавшись у своїх кіноролях, Квінн у цьому ж (1947) році пішов на Бродвей. У знаменитій виставі Еліа Казана «Трамвай "Бажання"» він грав Стенлі Ковальського по черзі з Марлоном Брандо і, на думку знавців, був не тільки не гірше, але часом і достовірніше улюбленця театральної публіки.

Пік кінокар'єри (1950—1960 роки)
На кіноекрани Ентоні Квінн повернувся на поч. 1950-х, спеціалізуючись на втіленні героїв-мачо здебільшого у вестернах. У 1952 році, у 37 років, до Ентоні Квінна прийшла всесвітня слава, після того як він зіграв з Марлоном Брандо у малобюджетній стрічці «Віва Сапата!» (1951). На роль Еуфеміо — корисливого і хитрого брата головного героя у фільмі його запропонував і запросив Еліа Казан. За цю роль актор отримав кінопремію «Оскар» (за роль другого плану, 1952).

Відтоді у 1950—60 роках Е. Квінн багато знімається у найвідоміших режисерів світу, зокрема, в 1950-х — активно в європейських кінорежисерів: італійців Федеріко Фелліні, Пйєтро Франчізі, Маріо Камеріні і француза Жана Делануа. Найвідоміші і найяскравіші ролі цього тріумфального для актора періоду — роль циркача  Дзампано у драмі Федеріко Фелліні «Дорога» (La strada, 1954), роль горбаня Квазімодо у французькій версії «Собору Паризької Богоматері» (Notre-Dame de Paris, 1956) та відображення на екрані французького художника Гогена у фільмі «Жага до життя» (Lust for Life, 1956), за що актор отримав свого другого «Оскара».

Перша половина 1960-х років — пікові у кінокар'єрі актора. У 1962 році він зіграв вождя бедуїнів Ауда абу Тайї (Auda abu Tayi) у стрічці «Лоуренс Аравійський» (Lawrence of Arabia), а в 1964 році втілив у кіно нетлінний образ танцюриста сіртакі Алексіса Зорби у фільмі «Грек Зорба», за що номінувався на «Оскара» як найкращий виконавець чоловічої ролі у 1965 році.

Творчість Квінна у 1965—80-і роки
Після шедеврального «Грека Зорби» Квін знявся ще майже в 40 фільмах, зокрема дуже активно у 2-й пол. 1960-х рр. — фільми «Двадцять п'ята година» (La Vingt-cinquième heure, 1967); «Черевики рибалки» (The Shoes of the Fisherman, 1969), де він зіграв львівського митрополита, якого згодом обраного папою римським; «Таємниця Санта Вікторії» (The Secret of Santa Vittoria, 1969) тощо.

У 1970 — на поч. 80-х роки Е.Квінн активно співпрацює з телебаченням (знімається в кіносеріалах), грає в театрі та кіно. До найвизначніших робіт цього періоду актора належать — роль шахрая Філіппа Бенґа (Philipp Bang) у стрічці «Блеф, історія обману і шахрайства» (Bluff — Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni, 1976); роль Хамзи у стрічці про початки ісламу «Мухаммед, посланник Бога» (Mohammad, Messenger of God, 1977); роль Кайфаса у фільмі «Ісус з Назарету» (Gesu di Nazareth, 1977); роль легендарного ватажка бедуїнів Омара Мухтара у «Леві пустелі» (the Lion of the Desert, 1982) та вдале відновлення ролі грека Зорби у мюзиклі в 1983 році, який відтоді витримав 362 вистави.

У 2-й пол. 1980-х років відмітними ролями актора стали гра в стрічках «Онассіс — найбагатша людина на землі» (Onassis: The Richest Man in the World, 1987); «Привиди цього не можуть» (Ghosts Can't Do It, 1990) і «Помста» (Revenge, 1990).

У 1987 році Ентоні Квінна було нагороджено премією «Золотий глобус» за життєві досягнення у галузі кіномистецтва.

1990-2000-і роки
Кар'єра актора уповільнилась у 1990-і, хоча і в цей час актор активно продовжує зніматися — у стрічках «Зрозуміє тільки самотній» (Only the Lonely, 1991), «Тропічна лихоманка» (Jungle Fever, 1991); «Останній кіногерой» (Last Action Hero, 1993); «Прогулянка в хмарах» (A Walk in the Clouds, 1995) тощо. У 1994 році Е.Квінн зіграв Зевса у 5 епізодах телесеріалу «Геркулес: Легендарні подорожі» (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), однак відмовився від подальшої співпраці, і роль було передано іншим акторам.

В останні роки свого життя актор жив в Італії, рідко знімався в кіно, в основному займався живописом і створював скульптури.

У квітні 2000 року Е. Квінн приїхав у рідне мексиканське містечко і був прийнятий, як голова держави. Там він побачив нарешті власне зображення заввишки 10 метрів. Мексиканці одностайно обрали його своїм національним героєм.

3 червня 2001 року у віці 86 років у Бостоні (США) Ентоні Квінн помер, оточений численними членами родини.

Особисте життя і хобі
Ентоні Квінн одружився вперше в 21 рік (1936). Його дружині Кетрін було 26, і вона народила йому п'ятеро дітей.

У 1966 році, у віці 50 років, він знову одружився — з 30-річною художницею по костюмах Йоландою він прожив 10 років, наживши разом з нею трьох синів.

У 82 роки (1997 рік) Квінн одружився зі своєю секретаркою Кеті, яка на той час вже мала від нього двох дітей.

Останні роки життя актор провів із Кеті та двома наймолодшими дітьми. У майстерні він бачив море з двох боків. Він писав картини та робив скульптури, мріючи присвятити залишок життя мистецтву.

Фільмографія

Цікаві факти

 Ентоні Квінн був мексиканцем-іммігрантом у США та користувався особливою популярністю в «етнічних» і емігрантських кінорежисерів — його знімали емігрант з Туреччини, син грецьких батьків Еліа Казан; у 1957 і 1960 роках син іммігрантів-євреїв з Угорщини Джордж К'юкор, у 1964 році шотландець А. Макендрік (Alexander Mackendrick), у 1976 і 1979 роках сирійсько-американський кінорежисер Мустафа Аккад (Moustapha Akkad) і також кінорежисери українського походження — Анатоль Литвак у 1940 році і Едвард Дмитрик у 1945 і 1959 роках.

 Згідно з деякими джерелами, саме Ентоні Квінн «вигадав» танець сиртакі — зламавши ногу у день зйомок, коли мали фільмувати танець, Ентоні Квінн заспокоїв режисера Міхаліса Какоянніса тим, що знає трохи інший (ніж за сценарієм) танець, назвавши його при цьому «сиртакі» — про це актор розповідає у своїй автобіографії (див. Сиртакі).

Примітки

Посилання
 Вебсторінка, присвячена Ентоні Квіну
 Помер всесвітньо відомий актор Ентоні Квін // на Korrespondent.net
 Сліпченко К. Ентоні Квінн: життя на повну силу // «Поступ», postup.brama.com

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Halablab, Mahmoud
Rafik Hariri University
Halablab, Mahmoud is working as a Professor in the Department of Information and Science at University of rafik hariri, Lebanon.While at King's College London Dr. Halablab supervised several PhD research theses all of whom were awarded the degree from the University of London. All the theses supervised concerned with food-and waterborne microbes, biotechnology, environmental microbiology and biotechnology related areas. In addition, he supervised several MSc projects and numerous undergraduate senior/honors research projects. He also acted as examiner for several University of London (and other universities) PhD theses in various areas of Microbiology and Biotechnology.
His research activities is focused on food microbiology related projects due to the importance of this area and the public health and the economic impact food poisoning can cause.
Halablab MA, Hijazi SM, Fawzi MA and Araj GF (2010). Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage rate and associated risk factors in individuals in the Lebanese community. Epidemiology and Infection; 138(5): 702-706.
Aldahlawi AMA & Halablab MA. (2010). Early Induction of Apoptosis of Human Monocyte-derived Dendritic cells upon infection by virulent Legionella pneumophila. JKSU; 22(2): 39-61.
Halablab MA, Sheet IH and Holail HM. Microbiological Quality of Raw Vegetables Grown in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. American Journal of Food Technology; 6(2): 129-139, 2011.
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