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Q: gnuplot/ awk: ploating bar graph for filtered data I am using gnuplot combined with AWK to plot 2D bar plot from the following input data:
#Acceptor                DonorH           Donor   Frames         Frac      AvgDist       AvgAng
lig_608@O3          HIE_163@HE2     HIE_163@NE2      498       0.5304       2.8317     153.0580
lig_608@O             GLU_166@H       GLU_166@N      476       0.5069       2.8858     161.7174
lig_608@O1           HIE_41@HE2      HIE_41@NE2      450       0.4792       2.8484     158.5193
THR_26@O             lig_608@H9      lig_608@N1      399       0.4249       2.8312     149.9578
lig_608@O2             THR_26@H        THR_26@N      312       0.3323       2.9029     164.8033
lig_608@O1         ASN_142@HD21     ASN_142@ND2       14       0.0149       2.8445     158.4224
lig_608@O1         GLN_189@HE22     GLN_189@NE2        2       0.0021       2.8562     149.7421
lig_608@O1         GLN_189@HE21     GLN_189@NE2        1       0.0011       2.7285     158.4377
lig_608@O3            GLY_143@H       GLY_143@N        1       0.0011       2.7421     147.8213

My script takes the data from the third and 5th columns considering only the lines where the value from the 5th column > 0.05, producing bar graph
cat <<EOS | gnuplot > graph.png
set term pngcairo size 800,600
set xtics noenhanced
set xlabel "Fraction, %"
set ylabel "H-bond donor, residue"
set key off
set style fill solid 0.5
set boxwidth 0.9
plot "<awk 'NR == 1 || \$5 > 0.05' $file" using 0:5:xtic(3) with boxes
EOS

!EDITED:
within my bash workflow the script looks like
for file in "${output}"/${target}*.log ; do
 file_name3=$(basename "$file")
 file_name2="${file_name3/.log/}"
 file_name="${file_name2/${target}_/}"
echo "vizualisation with Gnuplot!"
cat <<EOS | gnuplot > ${output}/${file_name2}.png
set title "$file_name" font "Century,22" textcolor "#b8860b"
set tics font "Helvetica,12"
#set term pngcairo size 1280,960
set term pngcairo size 800,600
set yrange [0:1]
set xtics noenhanced
set xlabel "Fraction, %"
set ylabel "H-bond donor, residue"
set key off
set style fill solid 0.5
set boxwidth 0.9
plot "<awk 'NR == 1 || \$5 > 0.05' $file" using 0:5:xtic(3) with boxes
EOS
done

This is the image produced from following filtered data:
HIE_163@NE2 0.5304
GLU_166@N 0.5069
HIE_41@NE2 0.4792
lig_608@N1 0.4249
THR_26@N 0.3323

I need to modify my awk searching expression integrated in the
gnuplot that makes selection of the two columns from the whole data.
Instead of taking the index from the third column (Donor) from each
line I need to take it either from the first (#Acceptor) or form the
third (#Donor) column. The index should be taken from one of these
columns depending on the lig_* pattern. E.g. if the data in the
(#Acceptor) column starts from lig* I need to take the value from the
third column (#Donor) of the same line and visa verse (lig* pattern
presents either in the 1st column or in the 3rd but not in the both..)
Taking my example, the filtered data with the updated searching should become:

HIE_163@NE2 0.5304 # the first index from the third column
GLU_166@N 0.5069 # the first index from the third column
HIE_41@NE2 0.4792 # the first index from the third column
THR_26@O 0.4249 # !!!! the first index from the first column !!
THR_26@N 0.3323 # the first index from the third column

A: No need for awk, you can do it all in gnuplot (hence platform-independent).
This would be my first attempt. You will filter by plotting the unwanted data at x-value of NaN, however, this will give some warnings: warning: add_tic_user: list sort error which you can ignore.
But this can probably be avoided by some changes.
Edit: the original script would have failed when the first line had a value <0.05 in column 5. Here are two versions which don't have this problem. There will also be no warnings. Maybe these attempts can be further simplified.
For creating an output file simply add this to your script: (check help output)
set term pngcairo size 800,600
set output "myOutputFile.png"

...<your script>...

set output

Data: SO73961783.dat
#Acceptor                DonorH           Donor   Frames         Frac      AvgDist       AvgAng
lig_608@O3          HIE_163@HE2     HIE_163@NE2      498       0.5304       2.8317     153.0580
lig_608@O             GLU_166@H       GLU_166@N      476       0.5069       2.8858     161.7174
lig_608@O1           HIE_41@HE2      HIE_41@NE2      450       0.4792       2.8484     158.5193
THR_26@O             lig_608@H9      lig_608@N1      399       0.4249       2.8312     149.9578
lig_608@O2             THR_26@H        THR_26@N      312       0.3323       2.9029     164.8033
lig_608@O1         ASN_142@HD21     ASN_142@ND2       14       0.0149       2.8445     158.4224
lig_608@O1         GLN_189@HE22     GLN_189@NE2        2       0.0021       2.8562     149.7421
lig_608@O1         GLN_189@HE21     GLN_189@NE2        1       0.0011       2.7285     158.4377
lig_608@O3            GLY_143@H       GLY_143@N        1       0.0011       2.7421     147.8213

Script 1:
Filter your data and write it into a new table. If condition >0.05 is not met, write an empty line. Probably the easiest to understand and gives the shortest final plot command.
### conditional xtic labels
reset session
set termoption noenhanced

FILE = "SO73961783.dat"

set xlabel "Fraction, %"
set ylabel "H-bond donor, residue"
set key off
set style fill solid 0.5
set boxwidth 0.9
set grid y
set xrange[-1:5]

set table $Filtered
    myTic(col1,col2) = strcol(col1)[1:3] eq 'lig' ? strcol(col2) : strcol(col1)
    plot FILE u ((y0=column(5))>0.05 ? sprintf("%g %s",y0,myTic(1,3)) : '') w table
unset table

plot $Filtered u 0:1:xtic(2) w boxes
### end of script

Script 2:
Without extra table, but a more complex plot command. Increase the x-position x0 if a value>0.05 is found (except for the first time) and keep the previous position and and label (i.e. overwrite it) if a value<=0.05 is found.
### conditional xtic labels
reset session
set termoption noenhanced

FILE = "SO73961783.dat"

set xlabel "Fraction, %"
set ylabel "H-bond donor, residue"
set key off
set style fill solid 0.5
set boxwidth 0.9
set grid y
set xrange[-1:5]

myTic(col1,col2) = strcol(col1)[1:3] eq 'lig' ? strcol(col2) : strcol(col1)

plot x0=c=(t0='',0) FILE u ((y0=column(5))>0.05 ? (c==0 ? (c=1,t0=myTic(1,3)) : (x0=x0+1,t0=myTic(1,3))) : (y0=NaN),x0):(y0):xtic(t0) w boxes
### end of script

Result:

A: As you potentially want to do more complicated processing with awk, I would
suggest an alternative way of mixing awk and gnuplot.
Gnuplot supports including inline data in its script files, so you could have awk generate the inline data while supplying the plot-configuration with bash, all done in a sub-shell. For example:
(
printf '$data << EOD\n'

awk 'NR>1 && $5>0.05 { print $1 ~ /^lig/ ? $3 : $1, $5 }' infile

cat << EOS
EOD

set term pngcairo size 1280,960 font ",20"
set output "output.png"

set xtics noenhanced
set ytics 0.02
set grid y
set key off

set style fill solid 0.5
set boxwidth 0.9

set xlabel "Fraction, %"
set ylabel "H-bond donor, residue"

plot "\$data" using 0:2:xtic(1) with boxes, "" using 0:2:2 with labels offset 0,1
EOS
)

Would produce this gnuplot script:
$data << EOD
HIE_163@NE2 0.5304
GLU_166@N 0.5069
HIE_41@NE2 0.4792
THR_26@O 0.4249
THR_26@N 0.3323
EOD

set term pngcairo size 1280,960 font ",20"
set output "output.png"

set xtics noenhanced
set ytics 0.02
set grid y
set key off

set style fill solid 0.5
set boxwidth 0.9

set xlabel "Fraction, %"
set ylabel "H-bond donor, residue"

plot "$data" using 0:2:xtic(1) with boxes, "" using 0:2:2 with labels offset 0,1

Pipe it to Gnuplot, i.e. (...) | gnuplot and get this in output.png:


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Annie, a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014, was left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday.
It's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks– advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and his shrewd campaign advisor, Guy – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.
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When high-school student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is bitten by a genetically-altered spider while on a visit to a scientific institute, he soon begins to experience unusual side-effects - such as increased strength, enhanced wall-climbing skills, and the ability to spin webs out of his wrists. Peter first attempts to make use of these skills to impress girl-next-door Mary Jane Watson, but after his Uncle Ben is killed in an armed robbery, he is compelled to work for the greater good and reinvents himself as Spider-Man, the enemy of criminals everywhere. Meanwhile, arms manufacturer Norman Osborn transforms himself into the Green Goblin, begins to terrorize the city, and lays down the gauntlet to Spider-Man by abducting his beloved Mary Jane.
Two years have passed since the events of the first film, and the mild-mannered Peter Parker faces new challenges as he struggles with 'the gift and the curse', desperately trying to balance his dual identities as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man and his life as a college student. Tormented by his secrets, Peter finds that his relationships with all those he holds dear are in danger of unraveling. His life-long yearning for Mary Jane becomes even stronger as he fights the impulse to reveal his secret life and declare his love. His friendship with Harry Osborn is complicated by the young Osborn's bitterness over his father's death and his growing vendetta against Spider-Man. Even Peter's beloved Aunt May, who has fallen on hard times since the death of her husband, begins to have doubts about her nephew.
Peter Parker and his girl Mary-Jane are on the cusp of contentment - but not for long. His ex-friend Harry, son of the Green Goblin, becomes the New Goblin in his desire for revenge against Spider-Man. Fugitive Flint Marko, killer of Peter's Uncle Ben, has been transformed into the shape-shifting Sandman, possibly Spider-Man's toughest foe so far. To complicate matters further, a parasitic alien symbiote has attached itself to Peter's suit, giving him even greater powers but also bringing out the evil side of his personality. He has to struggle not only against two major adversaries but also against himself.
Andrew Garfield takes over the mantle in this rebooted story of Peter Parker, an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. When Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
It's great to be Spider-Man. For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen. But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro, Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp.
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It's great to be Spider-Man.
For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen. But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city.
With the emergence of Electro, Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp.
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Jarhead / Jarhead 2: Field Of Fire (DVD)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Cole Hauser, Bokeem Woodbine, Josh Kelly 1
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Jarhead (2005)
Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.
Jarhead 2: Field Of Fire (2014)
While embarking on a mission to supply a remote outpost with resources, Corporal Chris Merrimette (Josh Kelly) is approached by a Navy SEAL unit to help out on an important operation. The operation, which involves helping a female academic escape the hostile Helmand province, is one fraught with great difficulty and a lack of ammo as Merriman's unit come up against unrelenting Taliban forces. Will they succeed in their mission?
White House Down (DVD)
Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, James Woods; Directed by Roland Emmerich 3
Washington D.C. policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer.
Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group.
Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (DVD)
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti, Dane DeHaan, …
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Andrew Garfield reprises his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in this superhero sequel based on the Marvel Comics characters. By day Peter Parker enjoys an ordinary life, spending time with his girlfriend Gwen (Emma Stone), but by night he flies high amidst New York skyscrapers as he battles evil. The emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), a figure with startling power and malevolent intentions, poses Spider-Man his greatest challenge to date, while he also has The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) to keep under control. The unexpected return of his old friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) is more welcome. Together, the pair come to realise that shadowy corporation Oscorp seems to be responsible for much of the evil they encounter. Can they find a way to put an end to Oscorp's nefarious activities?
Sleepless (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Tip T. I. Harris, Gabrielle Union 1
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Undercover police officer Vincent Downs thrives in the high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground of Las Vegas.
But when a heist goes wrong and a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs' teenage son, Downs must evade an internal affairs investigation, rescue his son, and bring the kidnappers to justice all in one pulse-pounding, action-packed sleepless night.
Rio (English, Spanish, Italian, DVD)
Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Jake T Austin, … 1
Animated comedy adventure featuring the voice talents of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway. Blu (voiced by Eisenberg) is a rare macaw living in a bookshop in small-town Minnesota. Believing himself to be the last of his kind, he is thrilled to hear that a female macaw of the same species has been spotted in South America. Blu must now overcome his social ineptitude and fear of flying and set out for Rio de Janeiro to track down the feisty and independent Jewel (Hathaway) and try to win her heart.
Rio 2 (Blu-ray disc)
Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Andy Garcia, Jemaine Clement, … 1
Animated adventure sequel featuring the voice talents of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx and Andy Garcia. Following their romantic escapades in the first film, Blu (voice of Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) are now happily married macaws with three children. Adventure lies in wait for the fledgling family when they leave Rio de Janeiro for the wilds of the Amazon to visit relatives. Not only does Jewel's estranged father Eduardo (Garcia) intimidate Blu - who is already out of his comfort zone so far from the city - but Nigel (Jermaine Clement), his nemesis, returns with his heart set on revenge. To complicate matters further, Blu and Jewel learn that the fragile habitat of the Amazon faces a grave threat. Can the couple save the environment that nourishes the creatures they visit and cope with the many challenges thrown their way?
Django Unchained (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, … 1
Quentin Tarantino directs this Academy Award-winning western starring Jamie Foxx as a freed slave who sets out to rescue his wife from a merciless plantation owner. Django (Foxx), a slave with a violent past, earns the favour of bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Cristoph Waltz) when he helps him kill a trio of infamous murderers. Schultz frees Django and begins training him as a fully-fledged bounty hunter. The pair enjoy further success tackling some of the American South's most troublesome criminals, but Schultz gradually becomes aware that Django has motivations beyond earning a reward - Django has been searching for his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). When the duo discover that she is enslaved to the ruthless Calvin Caddie (Leonardo DiCaprio) they begin hatching a plan for her rescue. However, with Caddie's employees numbering the vigilant Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) and mindful bodyguard Butch (James Remar), it may well be the pair's biggest challenge yet. Christoph Waltz won the Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his supporting performance, while Tarantino won the Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his original screenplay.
The Kingdom/Jarhead (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, … 1
Double bill featuring movies that focus on America's recent involvement in foreign countries. In 'The Kingdom' (2007), when a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol, and with the clock ticking on their five days, the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts who want to locate the terrorist in their homeland on their own terms. Fleury's crew finds a like-minded partner in Saudi Police Captain Al-Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom), who helps them navigate royal politics and unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist, hell bent on further destruction. 'Jarhead' (2006) is an adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.
Horrible Bosses 2 (DVD)
Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, … 2
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them.
Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson; Directed by Quentin Tarantino 2
Django is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz.
Django formulates an audacious plan to head back to the plantation to free his wife from tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie,with the help of a Schultz.
(2013 Academy Award winner for: Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Also nominated for Best Picture; Best Cinematography; Best Editing)
Rio (English & Foreign language, Blu-ray disc)
Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Jake T Austin, …
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Baby Driver (DVD)
Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm, …
A talented, young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game.
When he meets the girl of his dreams, Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
(Academy Award nominations for: Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Editing)
Due Date (DVD)
Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx 3
Expectant first-time father Peter Highman looks forward to his new child's due date five days away.
As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at his wife's side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when an encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan on a cross-country trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, many friendships and Peter's last nerve.
Various Artists - Dreamgirls (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson 1
Set in 1960s Detroit, DREAMGIRLS follows the commercial and cultural struggles of the R&B recording industry, through the rise of the Dreamettes (later shortened to just the Dreams) from backup singers to headlining international superstars. The trio--Deena (Beyonce Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson), and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose)--soon discover the harsh reality behind the glamour of fame and fortune, as the group's controlling and shady manager, Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx), uses them to help build his musical empire and capture his dream of crossing over from R&B to the pop charts. He sacrifices Effie's immense talent as lead singer for Deena's stunning, more mainstream look to sell the sound, pushing marketable appeal over musical artisanship--and compromising the ambitions of his proteges.
Since its Broadway debut, DREAMGIRLS has been widely rumoured to be inspired by the hugely successful girl-group the Supremes, as well as some of Motown's biggest players. Knowles's Deena portrays the Diana Ross character, radiant in miraculous recreations of the hairstyles and fashions that made Ross timeless, while Foxx's Taylor exemplifies influential Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. Former AMERICAN IDOL contestant Jennifer Hudson makes her feature-film debut delivering a knockout performance as the larger-than-life Effie, and Eddie Murphy is believable as the misunderstood James Brown-like character of Jimmy "Thunder" Early. Vibrant with colourful costumes and sleek backdrops, the film flows effortlessly from dialogue to musical numbers, each song capturing the richness of the talented cast and the essence of the era, endlessly soaring with fast-paced excitement and non-stop emotion.
Bait (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Mike Epps, Kimberly Elise, David Paymer, … 3
Alvin Dean Sanders doesn't get it. He doesn't know why his conviction for small time theft is wiped from the record -piff- just like that. Or why $11,500 in walking around money is laid on him. Alvin doesn't know he's the bait in a snaky government scheme to capture a killer, thanks to an electronic implant. But he's starting to grow suspicious.
Horrible Bosses (DVD)
Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Aniston, … 2
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust.
Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers...permanently.
There's only one problem: even the best laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them.
The Kingdom (DVD)
Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jeremy Piven, Jason Bateman, … 4
Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper team up with Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman to ignite the screen in this high-intensity action thriller.
A team of elite FBI agents sent to Saudi Arabia to solve a brutal mass murder, find themselves in a race against time to find a killer before he strikes again. Out of their element, under heavy fire and trusting no-one, the team must join forces with their Saudi counterparts.
As these unlikely allies begin to unlock the secrets of the crime, the team is led into a heart-stopping, do-or-die confrontation.
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The international community takes action on Mali
By: Djibril Balde
The international community could have avoided the consequences of the crisis in Mali if they had mobilised earlier. And nothing can justify the inaction and slowness of the international and regional military deployment in northern Mali.
In January 2012, violence broke out in northern Mali when Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) invaded Timbuktu, Kidal, Gao and a part of Mopti region. They succeeded in expelling the Malian army and proclaimed the independent state of Azawad. This then led to the Islamist groups of Ansar Dine and the MUJWA (Movement of Unity and Jihad in Western Africa) re-taking large parts of northern Mali with the support of international Islamist groups including Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Tuareg rebels had previously carried out insurgencies in 1962, 1990 and 2009.
On 22 March 2012, Malian soldiers announced that they had overthrown the regime of President Amadou Toumany Toure, suspended the constitution and dissolved government institutions. Soldiers accused the head of state of incompetence in the fight against the rebel and Islamist groups in the north. A few days later, Dioncounda Traoré, the former Chairman of the national assembly, was appointed head of state.
In the midst of all this is terrible human suffering amongst the civilian population, particularly with the proliferation of Islamist groups operating in northern Mali. Human rights abuses have been committed against the population, particularly with the implementation of Sharia law: there are reports that children have been recruited by militias in the Mopti region; many cases of amputation have been reported; anti-personal landmines have been buried in the northern part of the country; and a number of cases of rape have been reported. Not surprisingly, the civilian population has been living in a state of total fear and disarray since the conflict started. In addition, neighbouring countries fear that this destabilisation could spread to the entire sub region by the Islamist groups and the control of the borders has been reinforced.
To add to the suffering, hundreds of thousands of people have had to flee their homes, generating an estimated 204,000 IDPs and 145,599 refugees. Humanitarian access to the region is very limited with the Islamist groups restricting international aid. Several NGOs and UN agencies have significantly reduced their work in the north and others have suspended their programmes after their aid materials, food and equipment were looted. The Security Council adopted Resolution 2085 on December 20, 2012 authorising the deployment of an African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) for an initial period of one year under the coordination of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS agreed to deploy 3300 troops to restore the integrity of the north Mali. West African countries including Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Togo, Niger and Senegal will shortly send troops to Mali. The US and the UK have announced that they will support peacekeeping troops with logistics and food. The resolution has been welcomed by the Malian population and its effective implementation of this resolution is urgent.
On Friday 11 January2013, French President Francois Hollande deployed 800 of French Special Forces to Mali after the government army lost control of the strategically important town of Konna to Islamist groups. French planes bombed several positions held by the Islamists and, with the support of the Malian army, they have started a ground battle. Once again, civilian are caught up in the middle and causalities have been reported.
Today the French President is considered by many Malians as a hero. However, many in West Africa are criticising ECOWAS for being so slow in pushing for military intervention in Mali since the rebels captured the northern part of the country. The deployment of ECOWAS troops was scheduled in September 2013. If it hadn't been for the intervention of the French army, the Islamists would have taken Bamako and the entire country.
In January 2012, the government of Mali referred the situation in the country to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Prosecutor has since announced that a preliminary examination of the situation is already underway, and on 16 January 2013, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) announced the opening of a formal investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the territory of Mali since January 2012. Alleged crimes include murder; mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; intentionally directing attacks against protected objects; the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court; pillaging; and rape. And all of this at a time when everyone is talking about the 'responsibility to protect'.
Of course, the jury is still out on whether or not the current intervention is going to bring much needed peace and stability to Mali. But what is for sure is that there cannot be a military solution alone: civil society actors need to make sure they get involved and ensure that any resolution to the crisis in Mali addresses the issues that would allow for genuine political stability.
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Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals born worlds apart. One, James Tiberius Kirk, a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy, a natural-born leader in search of a cause. The other, Spock, grows up on the planet Vulcan, an outcast due to his half-human background, which makes him susceptible to the volatile emotions that Vulcans have long lived without, and yet an ingenious, determined student, who will become the first of his kind accepted into the Starfleet Academy.
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Alternative post title: The Power of Social Media. TL;DR summary of events at the bottom of the entry. This post is tagged #firstworldproblems like the other one for obvious reasons.
It is not possible to get a phone line at my current place and there's no NBN access yet (boo), so I decided to order 4G mobile broadband service from iiNet in the morning — in the super early morning, 2 am. I hadn't cancelled my naked DSL service with them at my previous place, so I still had an active account and received my confirmation email very shortly. I went to bed expecting this to be a very smooth experience. Well, my naked DSL service did take a good month and a half before it became active, but surely mobile broadband wouldn't be so complicated, I thought.
I was more amused than annoyed to see the comment that the company name I provided in the delivery address was too long — it wasn't even the full thing. It seemed like the staff were working hard to get this done for me, so I shall wait patiently.
Sidenote: I also called in to support to cancel my naked DSL and to change the username for my mobile broadband service. Christopher was the staff who helped me. He initially thought it was impossible to change the username, but instead of disregarding me, he checked with another staff and found the right tool to do so. It took a while before I could use that username to log in, but I was quite impressed with his service.
– Ordering 12 month installment hotspot in rumba as per above notes.
"Defer 7 for delivery"? I was suitably worried, so I fired up a support ticket mentioning that I would be very happy to submit a new order with a shorter company name in the delivery address. I also mentioned the fact that I had changed the username of the service just in case it caused further complications. Shortly, I received a text from iiWarehouse that my hardware order has been dispatched and a staff wrote back to tell me the same. Hooray!
StarTrack attempted to deliver to my home address, even though I provided my work address for delivery at sign-up so that I could actually be there to sign for it. (I've also heard that many couriers won't bother with residential addresses.) The iiNet staff who did the manual order must have plugged in the billing address — the wrong address. I wrote another ticket to ask what was going on while staying calm and polite.
I have wonderful news for you, your hardware is delivered and ready for collection at the post office: [PO address].
Thank you so much for being part of iinet family.
If you have any further questions please feel free to respond to the email or call 132258.
Later, I saw that Customer Service Perth updated the task ticket with my social media activity, with my long rant attached.
Note: I will not have access to the mailbox until Saturday, so I wasn't able to pick up my delivery card.
The Cape Town CSR called me in the afternoon to apologise on behalf of iiNet, as well as to tell me they will credit me for the service I never got to use. It was… an awkward phone conversation, but I was glad to hear that the issue might finally be resolved. I told her I wouldn't be able to pick up the router until Saturday, and she had agreed to set the service start date to that date instead.
Nothing happened because I couldn't pick up the router yet.
I went to pick up my pocket wifi router in the morning, but it wouldn't work when I tried to activate my SIM card. I tethered, logged in to Toolbox, and noticed that a CSR from Melbourne just wrote in the morning that they would call me to activate the service in 5 days if I hadn't called already. I did that immediately. The phone call took 17 minutes before the support staff got to the mobile team to figure out what to do from there. He told me my service would be ready when I receive the confirmation text.
I waited for almost 8 hours before writing another ticket to ask politely what's going on again. No response.
So I realise it's Sunday and it's Father's Day in Australia, but I did expect something from support especially since iiNet outsource some of their staff to Cape Town. I was quite unhappy that it's been over 24 hours and my SIM card still hasn't been activated or heard back from my open ticket. That's until I checked again in the afternoon: that new ticket has been closed and the existing task hasn't been updated. So much for crediting me for days I never used.
Over 48 hours and counting, I hadn't heard a pip from iiNet since discovering that ticket being closed. I had no choice but went back to Twitter and posted a reply to the previous thread.
@iiNet @iiTalW Picked up my pocket router from the PO Sat morning and called in to activate the service. It's been over 48 hrs. No news.
In about 15 minutes, a staff replied.
So I wrote back, providing the task and ETS reference numbers.
And then, magic happened. Within an hour, I received a text and a tweet reply that my service had been pre-activated and would be available in 2 hours. I went home that night to find that the service has indeed started to work and after almost 8 days from sign-up, I finally had internet to use.
Fast forward to today, I received my first invoice and can confirm that even though my data usage resets on the 1st of each month, they didn't charge me for the days before successful activation as promised. I know they use Optus' 4G network and their hardware is the Huawei E5776, so I'll leave the performance out of this order experience.
Looking back, this was almost a funny experience; all of this happened because the company name I provided at sign-up was too long. Though I continue to wonder how long I would have to wait if I'd never gone to Twitter.
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It begins with an innocuous-looking free-kick on the right touchline, far from Arsenal's goal. Kyle Walker takes it and shares a couple of passes with Vincent Kompany as Danny Welbeck charges with intent after the rapidly shifting ball, content that if he and his team-mates do their job there is no immediate threat. Twenty-six seconds later, Manchester City have the ball in the net again.
The third goal in City's 3-0 win at Arsenal in March is just one of 93 goals Pep Guardiola's side have scored on their way to being crowned Premier League champions with five games to spare this season. However, in its creation and execution, use of the ball, space and energetic, willing runners, it is symbolic of a side as lauded for its artistry as its efficiency.
From Walker's initiating pass to Leroy Sane's decisive finish, six City players touch the ball, none more than three times in a single instance of possession, as the Gunners chase shadows around them.
Walker, Kompany, Kevin de Bruyne, David Silva and Sergio Aguero share 15 patient but precise passes between them to set the trap, before the latter's turn and acceleration away from Laurent Koscielny on halfway begins a rapid execution that is a masterclass of one-touch play: Aguero in-field to De Bruyne, out wide to Walker, into the middle for the arriving Sane. Thank you and goodnight.
Its fluidity makes it appear simple. But this, and the majority of the 92 other league goals scored by City, represent many, many hours of disciplined, focused training, millions of pounds of expenditure and an unflinching tactical vision – "Juego de posicion" (positional play) – seeded last season and bearing fruit this term.
The vast majority of teams aspire to keep and use the ball well when they have it and win it back quickly when they don't. Pep Guardiola's teams are no different, they are just better at it than most.
They have recorded 11 of the 15 highest possession stats in a single game this season, averaging 71.23% overall, an increase on their 64.9% average from 2016-7. Thirty-one of their goals originate from winning or recovering possession in the opponent's half, while 34 are from moves that start in their own.
At every club he has managed – Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now City – Guardiola's teams are instructed to play out from the back, a fact borne out in many of their goals and the average number of passes they have taken in the process of scoring them this season.
Guardiola's first high-profile move to this end last summer was to ruthlessly ditch goalkeeper Joe Hart and bring in Claudio Bravo to operate as a "playmaker keeper" (a term used by ex-England international Rachel Finnis-Brown in a BBC Sport column in October 2016). However, the Chilean keeper got steadily worse, in both his distribution and ability to stop a shot, until he was ditched in favour of Willy Caballero in February.
Cue this summer's signing of Brazilian Ederson, who has been a significant upgrade in every way.
The speed, accuracy and vision of Ederson's distribution plays a key role in this City side, as the goal graphics below show.
City's determination to play out from the back also places a greater onus on the defence to use the ball well. Guardiola was rewarded for resisting the temptation to buy new centre-backs in the summer through much-improved displays this season from Otamendi and John Stones, now more attuned to the demands placed on them.
They have also benefited from the switch from an initial 3-1-4-2 to 4-3-3 formation, giving them better passing opportunities to the wing-backs, making Fernandinho a less isolated and more attractive option directly in front of them, and creating a more dynamic and threatening attacking unit for lateral movement of the ball, especially into the "half-spaces" (more on those later).
Otamendi has made significantly more passes than any other player in the division, while Stones has the highest pass accuracy (96.26%) of any player to have made more than 1,000 passes in total.
Otamendi (and his fellow City defenders) are not infallible, as Liverpool and Manchester United exposed in victories at Anfield and Etihad Stadium respectively by pressing and running at them persistently – something Palace also did to positive effect in the 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park – but this does not undo what has been a much-improved campaign.
"Manchester City buy full-backs for the price of strikers." This was the reason put forward by Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho in December to explain why his side could not compete with their fierce rivals in the Premier League.
What this seemingly failed to appreciate was just how important athletic, skilful and tactically astute wide defenders are to Guardiola's tactical approach and why he was willing to spend a combined £123.5m to acquire them this summer. Out went every senior full-back from the squad the Spaniard inherited and in came Benjamin Mendy (£52m), Kyle Walker (£45m) and Danilo (£26.5m).
Walker has fully justified his price tag, bombing up and down the right side to often devastating effect. He has provided six assists this season, twice as many as all of City's full-backs combined supplied last campaign.
Judging by his superb display in the 5-0 home win over Liverpool, Mendy was on track to provide the same threat down the left until his season was ended by a serious cruciate ligament injury two weeks later.
However, in Fabian Delph – a central midfielder by trade – Guardiola identified an unorthodox but highly effective replacement, one that fits nicely into his desire for his full-backs to be able to operate as effectively in-field as out wide to combat certain opposition tactics.
Facing a side playing 3-5-2 and heavily reliant on their wing-backs to provide width, Guardiola had wingers Sane and Sterling press high up the pitch to occupy Alonso and Azpilicueta and stop them advancing. Delph and Walker move inside to provide defensive cover in central midfield, thus creating acres of space out wide for his most creative players – De Bruyne and Silva – to do the damage. The former duly did, scoring the winner.
Only one team – Palace, back in December – have stopped City scoring in the league this season. Guardiola's side have excelled at finding space in an opponent's half and exploiting it.
The final phase of De Bruyne's winning goal at Chelsea takes place in one of what are called "half-spaces" – these are the channels between full-back and centre-half on either side of the pitch and key areas in Guardiola's tactical approach.
These half-spaces offer more passing options than the flanks and usually greater space than the middle of the pitch. Players in half-spaces create a major headache for an opponent's defence, with defenders unsure as to who should be marking the man. The ability of De Bruyne and Silva to pick a pass means they can be devastating in these areas if afforded space, which City's quick, intelligent build-up play and positioning is designed to supply.
In Sane and Sterling, they have wide players with the speed, movement and intelligence to drive into these areas behind the defence to receive a pass or move inside, ahead of the back four, to create the space for the central midfielders or the wing-backs to overlap and deliver from the nearer the touchline.
All these assists close to the corners of the six-yard box point to a certain type of finish to City's goal scoring moves – one applied by an alert forward, in space right in front of goal.
City have scored 17 so far this campaign from short crosses inside the box that are finished from close range. The likes of Aguero, Sterling and Sane are being served them on a plate.
Every great team needs great players. Guardiola was fortunate to inherit many when he took over at City, and he has also undoubtedly improved several of his squad during his time in charge.
However, by focusing on recruitment at the back in the summer he has markedly improved his side going forward. And he now has a title to show for it.


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Sec. 250. Rights of children
This section is from the book "The Law Of Real Property and Other Interests In Land", by Herbert Thorn Dike Tiffany. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise on the Modern Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land .
The statute usually provides that the minor children of the marriage shall have a right of homestead in the land, to continue, in
Morris v. Moulton, 34 N .H. 392; Rhea v. Meridith, 6 Lea (Term.) 605; Christopher v. Christopher, 02 Term. 408. 21 S. W 890; Lindsey v. Brewer 60 Vt. 627, 15 Atl. 329.
32. Ogden v. Ogden, 60 Ark. 70, 46 Am. St. Rep. 151, 28 S. W. 796; Weber v. Short, 55 Ala. 311; Berry v. Dobson, 68 Miss. 483, 10 So. 45.
33. Ward v. Mayfield, 41 Ark. 94; McClary v. Bixby, 36 Vt. 254, 84 Am. Dec. 384; Sherrid v. South-wick, 43 Mich. 515, 5 N. W. 1027. See Capek v. Kropik, 129 111. 509, 21 N. E. 836.
34. Munchus v. Harris, 69 Ala. 506; Stafford v. Woods, 144 111. 203, 33 N. E. 539; Munro v. Jeter, 24 S. C. 29; Fauver v.
Fleenor, 13 Lea, (Tenn.) 622.
35. Norris v. Morrison, 45 N. H. 490.
36. Howell v. Jones, 91 Tenn 402, 19 S. W. 757.
37. Osborn v. Strachan, 32 Kan. 52, 3 Pac. 767; Ogden v. Ogden, 60 Ark. 76, 46 Am St. Rep. 151, 28 S. W. 796.
38. Gregory v. Ellis, 86 N. C. 579; Rogers' Adm'r v. Ragland, 42 Tex. 422.
39. Dehoney v. Bell, 17 Ky. Law Rep. 76. That it may sometimes be given on other property under some statutes, see Steiner v. McDaniel, 110 Ala. 409, 20 So. 54; In re Sharp, 78 Cal. 483, 21 Pac. 182
40. King v. McCarthy, 54 Minn. 190, 55 N. W. 960; Turner v. Turner, 107 Ala. 465, 54 Am. St Rep. 110, 18 So 210; Christopher v. Christopher, 92 Tenn. 408, 21 S. W. 890.
The majority of states, only till they arrive at majority.41 The surviving wife, so Iong as she lives, and the children, have, usually, joint rights of occupation, and in most of the states the former cannot, by sale, abandonment, or otherwise, prejudice the rights of the latter. The various statutory provisions defining these children's rights of homestead differ so greatly in the various states as to be entirely insusceptible of general treatment, and further consideration of the matter is not possible in a work of the present character.42
41. Hunter v. Law, 68 Ala. 365; Booth v. Goodwin, 29 Ark. 633, Hoppe v. Hoppe, 104 Cal. 94, 37 Pac. 894; Neol v. Brockhan, 87 Ga. 130, 13 S. E. 283; Wolf v. Og-den, 66 111. 224; Dayton v. Don-art 22 Kan. 256; Quinn v. Kinyon,
100 Mo. 551, 13 S W. 373; Squire v. Mudgett, 61 X. H. 149; Hinsdale v. Williams, 75 N. C. 430.
42. See 15 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 708; Waples. Homesteads, c. 21; Thompson, Homesteads, Sec.Sec. 569-579.
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For some, breaking away from the norm and living a life of adventure becomes, well, normal. When it comes to folks like Loren and Patty Upton, I maintain that Merriam Webster should add "Upton" to the definition of the word adventure.
Back in June of 1984, the couple packed up their CJ-5, affectionately called Sand Ship Discovery, topped off the tank, and departed Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, for what would become one of the most significant vehicle expeditions of modern times. Their plan was to thread a path through North and Central America, and eventually partition South America in a zigzaggy kind of way to Ushuaia, at the southernmost tip of the continent. But rather than shipping their Jeep from Colón, Panama, to Cartagena, Colombia, they followed the Pan-American Highway to its terminus in Yaviz—and kept driving. For the next 741 days they slogged, winched, chopped, and dug their way through the inhospitable jungles of the Darién Gap. It was the first, and as far as we know, the last "all land" vehicle crossing of the Gap—one of the most arduous feats to date.
Surviving the Americas and the Darién, they boarded a ship for Africa with the intent of driving from Cape Agulhas, South Africa, to Gamvik, Norway, the northernmost road in Europe. From the expedition's inception, the Upton's goal was to keep the tires on the ground, avoiding ferry passages unless absolutely necessary. They were successful in their quest with one exception, a political roadblock that diverted them from completing a short section between Israel's West Bank and Jordan.
More than three decades later (Loren is now 82) the couple is determined to return to the Middle East and connect the missing link in their 5-year, 56,000-mile odyssey—and they will be doing so in the venerable Sand Ship Discovery.
The duo's adventures have been almost completely self-funded, and every dime they had went into supporting their shoestring budget. They are currently in the process of restoring their old steed, as well as scraping funds together for transportation to Israel, and need our help.
While they have rarely asked for assistance, for this last hurrah they started a GoFundMe campaign. We at Expedition Portal and Overland Journal are committed to helping the Uptons, visionaries in the overland world, complete their decades-old dream. Find out more at www.outbackofbeyond.com and join us in supporting their cause—contribute what you can on their GoFundMe link https://www.gofundme.com/Restore-Guinness-Record-Book-Jeep. Keep an eye on the Journal for an upcoming article about their 5-year World Odyssey.


These are the movies playing in Marbella and on the Coast in English from Wednesday June 29th until Tuesday July 5th.
Choosing a hotel, villa or rental apartment on the Costa del Sol is a hard decision to make, simply because there is so much to choose from. One of our readers asks: "For the first time in many years i am taking a break away from Tenerife.
The Marbella city music band will be holding a concert on Saturday July 2 at 9:00pm on Plaza de la Iglesia in San Pedro Alcántara and on Sunday July 3 at 9:00pm on the Paseo de la Alameda. in Marbella.