「不是我放棄了好萊塢，而是好萊塢放棄了我。」休．葛蘭（Hugh Grant）如是說。

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談到休．葛蘭，你會想到什麼樣的銀幕形象？

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不外乎就是一個英國中產階級單身漢，性格有點壓抑，反而顯得有些滑稽而可愛。然而，舉手投足又有點張揚，說直接一點，就是「自我感覺良好」，有點玩世不恭。就連李安在執導《理性與感性 Sense and Sensibility》（1995）之後都忍不住埋怨，「休．葛蘭這種明星氣質最好還是少一點，不該是讓電影來服務他」。

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但這種調調就是有效，在《妳是我今生的新娘 Four Weddings and a Funeral》（1994）、《新娘百分百 Notting Hill》（1999）、《愛是您．愛是我 Love Actually》（2003）、《BJ單身日記 Bridget Jones's Diary》（2001）、《K歌情人 Music and Lyrics》（2007）等作，休．葛蘭一再運用這種典型氣質，征服好萊塢，也擄獲全球影迷芳心⋯⋯但到後來大家似乎也看不耐煩了。

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作為浪漫喜劇電影的專業戶，休．葛蘭在2009年面臨了生涯的大低潮。與莎拉．潔西卡．帕克（Sarah Jessica Parker）領銜主演的《名牌冤家 Did You Hear About the Morgans?》（2009）改變了一切，這部惡評如潮的愛情喜劇片，使得休．葛蘭大受影響。據說他自己也知道電影將會失敗，在宣傳過程中表現消極，「大頭症」的批評不脛而走。

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在同年為這部電影進行宣傳時，他上了美國熱門脫口秀《每日秀 The Daily Show》，結果惹火主持人喬恩．史都華（Jon Stewart）。他在節目現場大聲嚷嚷自己值得上更好的節目，不斷為難工作人員，甚至對節目播映的電影節錄片段也有不滿（而那其實是片方提供的）。史都華也不是好惹的，當場對他說：「好啊，那你就他媽的拍一部更好的電影來。」隨後宣告節目將永久封殺休．葛蘭。

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2010年，休．葛蘭在接受《衛報》採訪時更狂妄地說自己永遠不會了好評而去演得愛滋病的角色或集中營的解放者。他說：「我真誠地相信，喜劇的表演和嚴肅的表演同樣難，甚至更難，但所有的獎項和影評總是只願意獎勵最深沉、黑暗、嚴肅的表演。我真的沒差，想來覺得可笑而已。」

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多年之後，休．葛蘭才虛心檢討，承認當時是自己演藝生涯最低潮的狀態。畢竟從一線男神被貶成人人喊打的的自戀大叔，身心肯定失調。

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在難堪的《名牌冤家》之後，休．葛蘭突然從好萊塢的浪漫喜劇男主角欄位除名，沒人敢再找上他。後來總是有人問他，為什麼不再回歸好萊塢主演男一，他也直言道，不是他不要，而是好萊塢不願。後來獲得機會演出的科幻巨作《雲圖 Cloud Atlas》（2012）市場反應也不盡理想。

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成功鼓舞他的那個人，或許是梅莉．史翠普（Meryl Streep）。兩人在合作《走音天后 Florence Foster Jenkins》（2016）時，休．葛蘭發現梅姨不只是天才，更有超乎常人的勤奮。梅姨向他透露，每當要演出一場比較挑戰性的戲時，她會確保自己已經盡了一切努力來召喚情緒。對於過去的休．葛蘭而言，《走音天后》這種片或許不是一部需要施力的喜劇題材，但梅姨卻依然為此做足了一切準備。

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雖然不再演出浪漫喜劇電影，但休．葛蘭說自己從來沒有為自己過去的演出感到懊悔與羞恥，他依然為自己感到驕傲。或許一個賦予他自信的轉捩點是在一場倫敦的派對上，他遇上了昆汀．塔倫提諾（Quentin Tarantino），昆汀竟可以一一列出他所有的浪漫喜劇片，甚至能做出喜好排名。而他的最愛，也是休．葛蘭自己的最愛────《K歌情人》。

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現在，年過六十的休．葛蘭承認自己已經走入了演藝生涯的新階段，他拒絕能使得他更顯年輕的化妝術，不再出演單身公子哥，願意演出與自己年齡更相稱的角色。在最新力作《還原人生 The Undoing》（2020）之中，他與妮可．基嫚（Nicole Kidman）飾演一對夫妻，他稱讚妮可已經53歲皮膚還是保持很好，「我看起來卻像陰囊」。

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事實上，在《還原人生》的第一集，觀眾似乎還能察覺休．葛蘭那種典型魅力。當你以為他又走回老套之後，卻很快發現原來這樣的詮釋方式更像是他的一種另類自嘲。因為接下來他成為了一個兇殺案的頭號嫌犯，隨著故事抽絲剝繭，他的太太將會發現自己原來根本不曾看清枕邊人的真實面貌。

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「聽著，任何演員都喜歡邪惡、複雜和雙面人角色。」休．葛蘭也說：「在多年來不得不飾演好好先生之後，這無疑是一種幸福的解脫。」

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為了找到詮釋這個角色的切入點，他發現與其去找醫生（劇中設定的職業），不如去找政客更實在。他說政客的自戀程度絕不輸給演藝圈的任何人。

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當然，《還原人生》不到最後一刻，都沒有透露真兇是誰。但無論如何，曾經被浪漫愛情喜劇定型的休．葛蘭，透過這部作品，完全展現了過去前所未見的心理深度，曾經的魅力燦笑，在劇中反而令人不寒而栗。可以確定的是，休．葛蘭已經不再是過去的休．葛蘭。

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#休葛蘭

麻煩大家幫忙
留下優秀的一家人

他們來自波多黎各
父母親都是名校約翰霍普金大學的電腦碩士
(Master Degree in Computer Science - Johns Hopkins University at Laurel, MD)
他們著五個孩子，到全世界學習
Diego 17歲 Paula 13 歲 Alonzo 12 歲
Felizi 8 歲 Matteo 6 歲

八月，他們到了台灣
發覺這是一個非常適合的生活環境
有好的醫療、中文學習環境、電腦產業、和超好吃的水果
九月，Diego , Paula, Alonzo進入惠文高中寄讀
他們來了之後，學校形成一個很棒的英語學習情境
台灣學生都被迫用英文跟他們互動

星期五與台北歌德學院簽訂德國「PASCH夥伴學校」時
他們三個和學校弦樂社一起合奏卡農(見影片)
非常非常有教養的一家人

然而他們11月就必須離開台灣
因為他們來台灣的第五天
得到美國總公司的通知
他們收掉波多黎各的公司
爸爸Tommy失業了
所以這幾天，他在台中接一個英文家教
但經濟仍是問題

如果台中的朋友可以提供11月4日前的短期英文、西班牙文家教工作
或是提供長期電腦工程師的工作
麻煩和Tommy聯絡
以下是他的聯絡方式及完整資歷
(願意幫他們申請工作簽證更好)
他們很願意把台灣當成第二個家

PS
覺得政府說要把英文變成第二語言
最棒的方式是吸引國外的學生進入我們的校園
在人才即國力的年代
讓優秀的國際人才留在台灣
如果在台灣就有很好的英語學習環境
我們就不用一窩蜂跑到國外

聯絡TOMMY IRIZARRY-SIKES
Contact Information
Postal: Lane 400, Unit 11, Section 2, Nantun Road, Nantun District, Taichung City, Taiwan 408
Email: tirizar@gmail.com
Phone number: 0908 979 417
LinkedIn Profile: http://pr.linkedin.com/pub/tommy-irizarry/25/16/815

孩子的影片
Diego violin in a quartet:
https://youtu.be/ArkvU8Czmk8?t=37s

Diego violin Doble de Bach:
https://youtu.be/LYvnKwEueyA

Diego plays piano Clair de Lune:
https://youtu.be/CWCQMo5XJEY?t=14s

You can see some other videos in this YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/tirizar/videos?reload=9

履歷
Summary of qualifications
Software developer for private industries and government agencies. Proficient web developer using classic ASP code, standard html, CSS and SQL Server for data storage. Web server administrator and SharePoint Power User.
 Android developer
 Certified Ethical Hacker
 Programming / Markup languages: HTML, XML, ASP, PHP, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX/JQuery, experience with Java, C++ and C.
 Mobile development: Java, Android, Android Studio.
 Technologies / Tools: IIS 6.0/7.5, SQL Server, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Microsoft SharePoint 2007/2010, Microsoft Office suite including InfoPath, Access, Excel, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Facebook Advertising, Microsoft SharePoint Designer, Inquisite Surveys.
Experience
Since November 2016-current
Enterprise Iron
Principal consultant – Web Developer
 Worked on the redesign efforts of the secure site for an international financial client. Applied responsive design principles using the Bootstrap framework while creating modular, reusable components of the code. Analyzed web page dependencies and identified legacy unused pages in the system.
Since November 2015-current
e-Nabler Corporation
Android developer – Professional Services Contract
 Developed Java code for the eMobilePOS and Tupyx apps for their Android versions.

Since October 2013-November 2014 TEK Systems
Web Developer / Web Master for the Department of Veterans Affairs in DC
 Continued supporting Veteran’s Affairs IT systems, including managing SharePoint 2010 systems and supporting databases. We identified issues with several databases including the management of IIS and SharePoint logs which were consuming many recourses and in a couple of occasions made the systems unavailable.
 Enabled and configured space monitoring tools in the SharePoint server farms.
Since November 2011-September 2013 Centuria Corporation
Web Developer / Web Master for the Department of Veterans Affairs in DC
 Developed a training registration web site that has been tweaked and used multiple times for different registration purposes, including new telephone system training, and scheduling software upgrades of encryption on laptops and upgrades to Apple Mac OS. The system uses a web front end and a SQL back end.
 Performed a routine web server maintenance tasks including monitoring traffic logs, identifying and archiving sites no longer in use, evaluating tools to assist in the management of the web server.
 Administered and migrated the FTP server from Windows 2003 Server / IIS 6 into Windows 2008 R2 Server / IIS 7.5. Configured new sites to support general operations within the VA Intranet.
 Maintained and enhanced legacy sites, modifying forms and reports in needs to be updated. This includes modification and creation of site in the Enterprise Content Management System used at the VA.
 Assisted other team members in various tasks including the creating or modification of surveys in the Inquisite system, and also the migration of some surveys into SharePoint, the modification of an Access application.
December 2001 – August 2011
Systems & System Software Solutions
Web Developer / Web Master for the Department of Veterans Affairs in DC
 Mr. Irizarry developed a web based application for the State Home Per Diem Office, which manages millions of dollars in payments to the state homes, to replace an Access database. The Access database was converted to MS SQL Server database and all data was migrated successfully. He created a web based interface using the standard VA intranet look and feel. He also developed a custom interface for each of the 3 roles (CBO, VAMC and VISN). Tools were built for the administrator to view current reports, view missing reports lists, and configure many parameters in the application. The VAMC report form was heavily automated using jQuery to perform auto calculations, increasing data validation and saving time to the users. After the application was launched users commented frequently about how user friendly is the new interface and about the time savings. Tasks that will take 2 hours to be completed now take 15 minutes. We have close to 12,000 reports in the system.
 There were various requests to the IT office for a web based training registration system of different types. Mr. Irizarry developed a registration system which was later used for the following projects: Take your child to work day, New Telephone system training registration, Laptop Hard Drive encryption software upgrade among others.
 Developed an alternate cascading style sheet for SharePoint 2007, converting the out of the box look and feel to the Department of Veterans Affairs standard website look and feel.
 After one of the VA’s laptops was stolen Mr. Irizarry worked to develop a Risk Assessment web based application. He created an Excel template which management will upload to an FTP server with information and details about remote employee access and the sensibility of the data accessed by those users. He also created VB Scripts to validate those Excel files an upload that information into an MS SQL database. Reports for upper management in Central Office were then created which prompted management to enforce stronger security measures, like hard drives encryption. In total more than 500,000 records were processed for the reports.
 Administration of IIS 6.0 web server and MS SQL Server databases used in our websites.
 Wrote migration scripts to move IIS 6.0 sites into a new IIS 7.5 server
 Designed, developed and maintained multi-tier applications for the Veterans Health Administration. Most of the sites access a MS-SQL Server database, use cascade style sheets and ASP server side processing. The sites were developed using Adobe/Macromedia tools like Fireworks, and Dreamweaver.
 Installed BlackBerry wireless email devices and trained users on the basic device usage.
 Web developer for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Redesigned and modified web pages to make them compliant with the Section 508 guidelines. Tested validation tools that verify if web pages are “Section 508” compliant. Section 508 are guidelines that must be followed by all government agencies and points to which government resources must be make accessible to people with disabilities, i.e. blind, deaf, etc.

November 1999 - December 2001
Compaq Computer Corporation
Consulting Associate II
 Design and develop the XOOB (Xevo out of the box) Web user interface. XOOB uses COM+, ASP, XML, XSL and JavaScript to provide a web user interface to the Xevo Workbench Platform based on the role associated with the user. Development was done using Visual Studio tools, IIS and XMLSpy.
 Develop Active Server Pages for the Helpdesk solution for the PrimusASP project.
 Design and code an ActiveX component that serves as the bridge between the Compaq ASP Framework and the Infranet billing system for Primus. Supported integration with other components of our framework.
 Design, code and troubleshoot software for the Primus ASP (Application Service Provider) project. Software includes a DLL and various VB programs that run as NT Services, which are key components of the Compaq ASP framework.
June 1998 – October 1999
National Security Agency
Computer Scientist
 Mr. Irizarry worked for as a software developer for the TOKENEER project. TOKENEER is a test platform for the integration of smart cards, biometrics (fingerprint, hand, iris and facial recognition) and a public key infrastructure. Development was done on Windows NT workstations using Visual C++ and Visual SourceSafe for source control. Mr. Irizarry used an SDK to capture and match fingerprints against a database of fingerprints. He also created software to created some statistics of “False Accepts and False Reject Rates” of the fingerprint. He also worked with other team members to identify which fingerprints characteristics could affect those rates. He then added error detection functions to the fingerprint recognition software to identify corrupted files of fingerprint images
 Conducted research for methods to add security services to an off-the-shelf computer.
 Developed C code to process fax data on an UltraSparc/SunOS station.
 Wrote software to generate a daily report of traffic load in a telephone switch by analyzing the switch logs.
Education
Certifications:
 Certified Ethical Hacker – 03/28/2014
Master Degree in Computer Science - May, 2001 Johns Hopkin

李安再度勇奪奧斯卡最佳導演獎！在台上公開感謝台灣，這一刻我想一定讓大多數的台灣人感動淚眶紅。謝謝李安！這麼棒這麼讚！

李安勇奪奧斯卡最佳導演!!!

本屆奧斯卡最佳導演，由李安執導《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》（Life of Pi） 獲得。他在致詞時多次提到台灣，並提及台中給予他的協助，最後致詞更用中文說「謝謝」，勢必感動許多台灣民眾。

現場也全體起立給予李安鼓勵恭賀。這也是李安繼《斷背山》後，第二次奪得最佳導演獎。

李安說，謝謝大家和我一起走過奇幻旅程，感謝所有工作人員。他說：「對我而言，在家鄉台灣拍攝，得到很多幫助，感謝在台中得到的幫助，謝謝妻子和家人，謝謝印度的所有團隊。」李安最後以中文及印度語說出「謝謝」。

《少年Pi》在本屆奧斯卡入圍11項，之前已奪下最佳攝影、視覺效果及原創電影音樂3大獎。目前累計共豪奪4項大獎，是本屆奧斯卡目前最大贏家。

Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for Life of Pi

Ang Lee sprung a surprise at the 85th Academy Awards, picking up the best director Oscar ahead of the heavily tipped Steven Spielberg.

The Taiwanese-born Lee won for his acclaimed adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi, a 3D spiritual fable about a boy who is stranded at sea with an untamed Bengal tiger.

It is the second best director Oscar for Lee, who previously won for his 2005 romance Brokeback Mountain. His other films include The Ice Storm, Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

24.02.2013

134 主體為自然立法—客觀世界的陷落

近代西方哲由追問外在的實體（Reality），逐漸轉向認知主體的發掘，笛卡兒的「我思故我在」是里程碑，康德更提出主體為自然立法，透過分析先驗的認知條件：感性（Sensibility）的接受性，與知性（Understanding）的法則性範疇，主動地給予世界秩序、法則，最後形成概念性知識。這種新的知識視點，稱為「哥白尼式的扭轉」。

講者：陶國璋（中文大學哲學系客座助理教授）、李康廷（中文大學哲學系博士生）

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