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I'm 34 and will never understand why guys are afraid of commitment when they have goals. No doubt this guy likes me and treats me like we are in a relationship at times but he can't commit. We separated and then he came back in less than two weeks. I want to grow with him. Why are guys afraid to take a leap of faith?
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Former Zamalek and Wigan hitman Amr Zaki re-signs for Egyptian club ENPPI for two and a half years on a free transfer, the player announced.
Egypt international Amr Zaki, 29, rejoins ENPPI on free transfer with a deal that will keep him at the Petroleum club until June 2015, after terminating his contract with Turkish club Elazığspor this winter.
Zaki had an unsuccessful spell in Turkey with Elazığspor, failing to score in 8 matches since his move in the summer.
The former Zamalek star was denied a return to the Whites by club chairman Mamdouh Abbas, due to the bulldozer's heavy wages.
The Egypt international claimed to have other offers from Russia, Championship side Blackpool and was even spotted in Iraq to conclude negotiations with Iraqi Premier League side Zakho until ending speculation by returning home to rejoin ENPPI.
Zaki was undoubtedly one of Egypt's top strikers, especially when the El-Mansoura graduate was at the peak of his career on loan to Wigan Athletic in 2008, where he was the English Premier League top goalscorer for a large portion of the season with 10 goals.
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An article by Dylan Loeb Mclain in the NYTimes this morning outlines a plan by the preëminent financial supporter of chess on the planet, Rex Sinquefield, to lure top players into switching federations to the U.S. in order to compete in the olympiad on our behalf and ostensibly, to live in the U.S. and raise our profile internationally.
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Another year is coming to a close, but this one won't be forgotten anytime soon by Boston hockey fans.
The Bruins created plenty of special memories in 2011, ending the franchise's 39-year Cup drought in June and ending the year on one of the club's greatest runs in recent memory with a 20-2-1 record over the last two months.
All good things must come to an end, and it's with a tinge of sadness that we present the final Bruins Mailbag of 2011. That doesn't mean the good times are ending any time soon for the Bruins though, as they look poised to have an even better 2012.
There were plenty of questions about what the future holds for the club in this week's mailbag, and I've tried to my best to peer into the crystal ball and offer some insight about what to expect. As always, I'd like to thank all the readers who sent in questions and apologize in advance if I wasn't able to get to yours. Please keep submitting your questions and I'll answer as many of them as I can as we continue on in the season.
Hi Doug, it seems that Benoit Pouliot has really been playing well. Do you think that he could be the next player promoted to a higher line if there were to be a suspension or injury, like Claude Julien did with Daniel Paille and Zach Hamill? Speaking of Zach Hamill, I think that if he keeps his playing level up, he could be decent trade bait or a third/fourth liner for the future. What are your thoughts on that?
— Jake, Simsbury, Conn.
Pouliot has definitely turned things around after a slow start to the season. He has goals in three straight games, including arguably the most impressive of the season by any Bruin with his tally against the Panthers last Friday when he went coast to coast, slid the puck through his legs and fired it home as he was going down. That was a memorable highlight, but his overall play has improved steadily. He's a plus-6 in his last five games and has been a minus player in just one game since the end of October. Much of that has to do with the chemistry he's developed with linemates Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley and the confidence he's gotten from Julien's faith in keeping him in that spot despite the early stumbles of his adjustment to Boston's system.
For that reason, I would be hesitant to move him out of that spot at this point. He definitely has the talent to play on a higher line in a pinch, but the Bruins have a good thing going with that third line and with the versatility of guys like Paille and Hamill that can step in when needed, why mess with a good thing right now with Pouliot?
As for Hamill, I'll let my thoughts on him bleed into the next question.
Hi Doug, I'd like to ask for your opinion on Zach Hamill. He has been playing well of late on the third line and is clearly very talented, but how much of his game do you think can be attributed to his own skill and work ethic (with an eye on his future development and a regular spot on the ice), and how much is it a result of simply playing alongside an incredible Bruins team, and what does he have that puts him ahead of Jordan Caron et al? If you plucked him out and stuck him in Columbus, say, would he still look so good? The Bruins are playing so well this season, the thought has crossed my mind that Claude Julien could just slot in any old rookie to cover an injury and they'd find a way to pull through regardless! Cheers.
— James, London, England
Thanks for checking in from across the pond. Hamill continues to impress. He's currently filling in for the injured Peverley on the right wing of that line with Pouliot and Kelly and performed well there last Friday. He may never live up to the expectations originally placed on him when he was taken eighth overall in 2007, but he has developed into a valuable and versatile players who can play both center and wing in the bottom six and even slide up to a higher line if needed. He's certainly not untouchable if the right deal comes along to improve the team and he's needed to be included in the package, but I don't think the Bruins are showcasing him for a deal. I think he's earned the right to stick around with the big club for a while this time.
While I think he is certainly benefiting from playing with the talent around him in Boston, he's also done much more to take advantage of that opportunity than Jordan Caron did. I believe Caron still has a future in the NHL, but right now Hamill is the more effective and versatile player. Caron is also better served by getting regular playing time in Providence rather than sitting in the press box in Boston.
Would Hamill look as good in Columbus? Probably not. But then again, Jeff Carter isn't looking as good in Columbus as he did in Philadelphia, James Wisniewski hasn't matched his production from previous NHL stops and even Rick Nash is struggling there this season with how much of a mess the Blue Jackets have become. The only thing that really matters to the Bruins right now is that Hamill is finally fitting in here in Boston, and Caron's struggles this season are proof enough that is not quite as simple as just sliding anyone into the lineup, so Hamill deserves a little credit too.
Are the Bruins peaking too early, or are they just getting all the breaks right now?
–via Twitter @mesomean (Matthew Wilson)
I'm not sure it's really either of those things. While I don't expect the Bruins to maintain quite this level of success throughout the entire season as there are bound to be some bumps along the way, I also don't see their current run as simply a hot streak or a case of a team playing over its head or "getting all the breaks." They've earned any breaks they've gotten over the last two months with their consistent work ethic and the depth, experience and chemistry they possess gives every indication of a team capable of sustaining this level of play. While there are a few players that may be producing more than anticipated, most notably Chris Kelly and Benoit Pouliot, their performances aren't wildly out of line with the past skills they've displayed to give any hint that the bottom should fall out any time soon. The Bruins are simply playing their game and playing the system Claude Julien has implemented to great effect. Add in the confidence the Bruins gained from the success of that system in last year's Cup run and there doesn't seem to be anything fluky about this run.
If anything, I think there's still room for improvement, most notably from the nominal top line of David Krejci, Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton, which has really yet to put together an extended stretch of the kind of production they're capable of contributing. Even without that line going at full throttle, the Bruins aren't exactly squeaking out wins or doing this with smoke and mirrors. They are leading the league in goals (3.52 a game), goals against (1.88 a game), goal differential (plus-56), and 5-on-5 scoring (84), while ranking second on the penalty kill (88.9 percent) and even their much-maligned power play is in the top 10 (19.4 percent).
Hi Doug, any word on the NHLPA and the extension or renewal of the CBA? Doesn't it have to be done by Sept 2012 to avoid a possible lockout?
— Peter Corrado, East Haven, Conn.
Yes, while it seems hard to believe that it's been seven seasons since the owners' lockout, the CBA does expire after this season. After losing that entire 2004-05 campaign to the last round of labor strife and seeing both the NFL and NBA shut down in the past year, I'm not going to downplay the seriousness of that situation. I'm also a cynic at heart, but I really can't see how either side can let this get to a stoppage again. The NHL has managed to overcome the damage done to its brand from that lockout and lost season and has grown exponentially over the last seven years. They can't afford to lose those gains and risk everything they've built with another stoppage.
Some have raised concerns over the NHLPA's hiring of Donald Fehr as its new director last year, as Fehr does come with a reputation as a hardliner from his days leading Major League Baseball's Player Association.
But baseball is the one sport that has enjoyed labor peace in the past decade, with Fehr negotiating two new CBA deals in 2002 and 2006 without any stoppages and baseball was again the only sport this year to avoid any strife in reaching a new CBA. Fehr has stated that he plans to begin discussions with the NHL some late in January, most likely just after the All-Star break. He has spent the opening months of the season meeting with players from each team to get a feel for the issues most vital to them in the next round of negotiations, while also familiarizing himself with the economic landscape of the league and rebuilding the union after the turmoil it has gone through in recent years. That still leaves plenty of time to hash things out at the bargaining table, and while these negotiations usually come down to the 11th hour, here's hoping that hockey follows baseball's lead and gets a new deal done before the current CBA even expires.
With the cap apparently decreasing for next season do you see [Peter] Chiarelli locking up [Chris] Kelly beyond this season? I think his heart and soul approach and leadership qualities are way underrated, and this year's offensive emergence make him and the B's that much more dangerous!
— Curtis, Montreal
I agree completely that the contributions Kelly has made to the Bruins have been considerable in his short time in Boston, and while some outside the organization may underrate him a bit, his teammates and coaches certainly appreciate what he brings as well. That was most clearly shown with his selection as one of the club's alternate captains this year in just his first full season with the team.
I'm not sure what the future has in store for the cap. It seems like every year there's talk about how it is expected to go down and it ends up rising again. Next year it may finally drop if there are significant changes put into the new CBA. That is no doubt a factor in Chiarelli's patient approach in regard to Kelly, though he has shown a willingness to be proactive with new deals for Adam McQuaid, Rich Peverley and David Krejci. Waiting on Kelly could prove costly, as his price will go up if he continues this offensive surge for the rest of the season. In my opinion, Kelly should be the top priority for re-signing among the club's pending unrestricted free agents, so it wouldn't shock me if a deal gets done before the end of the season. If Kelly does reach the open market, it may be difficult for the Bruins to retain him as he will no doubt have many suitors with his success this season and Stanley Cup experience.
Is Shawn Thornton's contract up soon and will he remain a Bruin?
— KC, Ascutney, Vermont
Like Kelly and most of the other third and fourth line players on the Bruins, Thornton is in the final year of his current deal and is slated to be an unrestricted free agent this summer along with linemates Gregory Campbell and Daniel Paille, while Benoit Pouliot will be a restricted free agent. Thornton has made no secret about his desire to stay in Boston beyond this year. While his age (34) is a bit of a concern, especially considering the physical role he plays, he has remained a very effective contributor on the ice and key leader off it for the Bruins and he told me before the season that "if I stay healthy I can play another three or four years and be effective for another three or four years."
The Bruins have a potential replacement in the system in Lane MacDermid, but another year or two of Thornton may be the more prudent course. That, of course, will be dependent on what Thornton is seeking in a new deal and what space the Bruins have available once the cap is set and they start making decisions on their other pending free agents.
Hi Doug, I have always enjoyed watching the hats come flying on the ice after a hat trick, which we saw recently courtesy of Brad Marchand. What happens to the caps? And another question – What did the NHL hope to accomplish with the trapezoid behind the net? It seems to me that if the goaltender could play the puck anywhere back there, a lot of heavy hits (and resulting injuries) on the end boards could be eliminated.
— Neil Hill, Ashland, NB
First, with the hats, the player scoring the hat trick gets first crack at any he may wish to keep. Players will often take one or two, not usually to actually wear but more as a memento of the accomplishment. Marchand stated after his first career hat trick on Friday that he would look through the selection and try to find one worthy of hanging on to.
"There was a couple of good ones there on the ice, so I'm going to go through them and pick one out and throw it up on the wall," Marchand said.
Other than the ones the player chooses to keep, the remaining hats are usually either thrown away or given to charity if they are in suitable condition by most teams.
Like most recent rules changes, the trapezoid was brought in to help open up the game and create more offensive chances. The thinking was that good puck-handling goalies like Martin Brodeur were becoming like a third defenseman on the ice, making it harder for forecheckers to get in on the attack and create chances. Like the crackdown on obstruction which has left defensemen prey to big hits from forwards flying into the zone unimpeded, the restriction on where goalies can play the puck has had the unintended consequence of leaving defensemen vulnerable to more big hits when retrieving those pucks in the corner. It's not a rule that I ever endorsed and maybe with the heightened concern for player safety it will be reconsidered in the future.
Have questions for Douglas Flynn's mailbag? Leave them in the comments section below, send them to him via Twitter @douglasflynn or send them here. He will pick a few questions to answer every week. Be sure to check back to see if your question was answered.
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Dear first secretary of the Belgian embassy in Ethiopia,
Dear directors and professors,
Dear guests,
As programme officer in charge of the follow-up of the VLIR-UOS projects in Ethiopia, I'm very glad to be here with you today, to launch this new programme of institutional cooperation between Bahir Dar University and the Flemish universities of Belgium.
Many of the people involved in the new programme already got the opportunity to familiarise themselves with VLIR-UOS, but because today we are presenting the programme to a broader audience, this is the right moment to present our organisation to all of you. I'll start with a brief general introduction on who we are, what we do and how we do it. After that, I'll give more detailed information on our strategy and programme for Ethiopia, and on how this new BDU programme fits in.
First: what is VLIR-UOS? VLIR stands for 'Flemish Interuniversity Council', and regroups all 5 universities of Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. UOS stands for 'University development cooperation'. VLIR-UOS was created in 1998 and is funded entirely by the Belgian ministry for development cooperation.
What does VLIR-UOS do? VLIR-UOS supports partnerships between universities and university colleges in Flanders and the South, looking for innovative responses to global and local challenges. VLIR-UOS operates at the intersection of development cooperation and academic internationalization. Through supporting these partnerships, VLIR-UOS aims to strengthen Higher Education Institutes as development actors. In all VLIR-UOS interventions, both scientific quality as development relevance are paramount. All activities need to lead to clear results, generating a positive impact on society. To attain this impact, and to make it sustainable, collaboration and synergy between Higher Education Institutes and other development actors such as national and international NGO's, but also government institutions and private sector, is essential.
This vision on impact is translated into the VLIR-UOS motto, 'Sharing minds, changing lives'. Sharing minds is a means, not a goal in itself. The sharing of minds, the exchange of information, knowledge, ideas and experiences must lead to changing life for the better for the people in the partner countries.
How do we do this – sharing minds, changing lives? By funding scholarships for students from partner countries, and by funding cooperation project in these partner countries. These cooperation projects can interfere at different levels, from the individual level of scholarships over the departmental level to the institutional level and the national level. In order to better frame these interventions, VLIR-UOS elaborated country strategies which represent the strategic niche where the needs and questions of the South link up with the expertise and offer from the North. Based on this strategy, VLIR-UOS organises project calls, and the selected interventions constitute the country programme.
As from 2017, VLIR-UOS started to work with 5 year programmes, and the transversal themes of Gender, Environmental sustainability and digital for development are becoming increasingly important. Also synergies and complementarities with other Belgian actors active in a given country is getting more and more important. These synergies are based on a Joint Context Analysis and elaborated per country by all the actors in a Joint Strategic Framework.
The VLIR-UOS country strategy for Ethiopia was elaborated in 2013. This process included many consultation processes both in Belgium as in Ethiopia, and resulted in a selection of 10 main partner institutions. Content-wise, 4 main themes were identified:
- Food security and agriculture
- Environment and water
- Economic and social development
- Health
On top of that, 3 transversal themes were identified:
- ICT and information management
- Governance, Institutional Strengthening and management
- Gender and diversity
Based on the this strategy, several interventions were selected competitively. For the moment, at departmental level, VLIR-UOS supports 7 TEAM projects all over Ethiopia, in the areas of governance, food technology, land management, agriculture and water. Moreover, 5 post IUC RIP projects at Mekelle University are funded. These built on 12 years of IUC experience at this institution, where an IUC programme was funded from 2002 up to 2013. The IUC programme with Jimma University is now in its final stage and will phase out, but 2 new IUC programmes will start this year. Apart from the IUC programme at BDU, another IUC programme with Arba Minch University will be launched this year. Another new intervention is the Network programme, where Jimma University will coordinate a national network on health, with the participation of Ambo University, Hawassa University and the DebreZeit campus of Addis Abeba University.
So now I explained you what VLIR-UOS does, in general and more specifically in Ethiopia. But what about the new IUC programme with BDU?
What is this IUC – Institutional University Cooperation? As the name suggests, IUC is a cooperation programme that intervenes at institutional level. This means it does not focus on 1 department, 1 faculty or 1 scientific discipline. Instead, it is multi-disciplinary, and involves several departments, several faculties, and in fact the entire partner university, with the academic and administrative support of several Flemish universities. Also budgetwise, IUC is the biggest project type offered by VLIR-UOS and can be considered as our 'flagship programme'. The general objective of an IUC programme is to empower the local partner university as institution to better fulfil its role as development actor in society. IUC is about 'sharing of minds' leading to 'changing lives' through synergetic set of complementary and interdisciplinary interventions guided by the university strategy and developmental priorities.
IUC programmes are long-term programmes of up to 10 years of cooperation. It is about building capacity on the several levels of research, education and service to society. In an IUC programme, the spirit of partnership is essential. It is a match between the priorities of the partner university and the interest and expertise offered by the Flemish counterparts. Also the support of the top management of the local university is essential in order to have a successful IUC, but I'm sure that this is the case already for BDU, as is reflected in the Memorandum of Understanding that is established between VLIR-UOS and BDU, as first spin-off of this IUC programme.
The idea of an IUC programme at BDU originated several years ago from previous departmental VLIR-UOS projects. In 2015, VLIR-UOS launched a call for IUC concept notes, and the proposal submitted by BDU was selected by the VLIR-UOS selection commission. Later, at the start of 2016, several Flemish academics from 4 different universities joined. The programme was formulated in detail in April, and again submitted to VLIR-UOS. In its turn, VLIR-UOS incorporated this IUC proposal into its Ethiopia country programme and submitted it to the Belgian government in September 2016.
In December, VLIR-UOS received a very good score for its Ethiopia programme, which means the country programme together with all its planned interventions will be approved by the minister. This means that also for the IUC with BDU, a green light has been given, and that today, the first phase of 5 years of cooperation can be launched officially!
More information on the content of the programme has been given in the other presentations, so I would like to end this presentation with whishing BDU and the entire IUC team all the best with the IUC programme. Last year, during the formulation of the programme, we went with the entire team for a field trip in the hills nearby Bahir Dar, where we could experience the beautiful countryside, see the fields and meet the people. In a small village, we were invited into a small hut, were a mother had recently given birth to her baby. Although the family was very happy with the new baby, this visit in the small hut confronted us with the poverty and the difficult circumstances many people in Ethiopia live in. Later that week, prof. Enyew and prof. Nyssen told we it was their dream that this IUC programme, through research and capacity building, would have – at the long term - a positive effect on the lives of the poor people in the region. I profoundly hope that this dream will come true, and that the sharing of minds will lead to a positive change of lives! Thank you very much for your attention!
Wannes Verbeeck
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Bahir Dar, 16 January 2017


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Does anyone have a step by step for setting up multiple VLAN's on a CENTOS dhcp server?
I can do this in a windows server but this location they prefer the CENTOS dhcp server.
Or anyone care to explain how to set one up?
I know I am missing alot of info but let me know what you need to assist me.
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May 21, 2012 at 9:17 UTC
What kind of switches are you working with? They may need to know an IP address to forward requests to.
We have a central Cisco switch, and I need to set an 'ip helper-address' for each of my vlans. DHCP requests get forwarded to that address (which is a Windows server, sorry I can't help much with the CentOS side of things).
I suppose you could set up a NIC in the server for each VLAN. Practical, right :D
May 21, 2012 at 9:44 UTC
Shouldn't need anything fancy if you can trunk the line to your server. Been a while since I did vlans on red hat, but the basic outline is:
1. Create the interface tagged with a vlan (Ex. ip link add link eth0 name eth0.101 type vlan id 101)
2. Bring link up and assign an ip (ip link set eth0.101 up; ip addr add 192.168.0.1/24 dev eth0.101)
3. Assign DHCP lease ranges for those interfaces in dhcpd.conf
I assume your dhcp server is isc-dhcp-server, which will handle it fine. Others I am not sure about.
If you can not trunk the line, which is a more likely scenario, then you need to set up DHCP relay servers on each vlan which can forward requests across routed networks.
May 21, 2012 at 5:14 UTC
The VLAN configuration shouldn't be something you do in CentOS, but at the switch level. The configuration you want in CentOS is the multiple network addresses, assuming you want the DHCP server to be on the broadcast domain for every network it's serving. :-)
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I am looking for a recipe for Salsa Dip with black beans, corn, etc.
Nora from Charleston, S.C.
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I make a similar recipe to this one, though I don't use store bought seasoning mix. If you do a google search you'll find various versions.
Seven Layer Fiesta Dip
1 can (16 ounces) refried black beans
1 container (16 ounces) sour cream
1 package McCormick Taco Seasoning Mix or McCormick less sodium Seasoning Mix
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 to 1 cup fresh or frozen (thawed) corn
1 cup prepared guacamole
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1/2 cup sliced black olives
Tortilla chips
1. Spread refried beans in shallow serving dish.
2. Mix sour cream and Seasoning Mix in small bowl until well blended. Spread over refried beans.
3. Top with layers of cheese, guacamole, tomato, onions and olives. Serve with tortilla chips.
A Taste for Health Tip: Substitute to reduced fat sour cream and reduced fat cheese for a savings of 10 calories and 1 gram of fat per serving. Serve with baked tortilla or pita chips to save additional calories and fat grams.
Another one;
Black Bean and Corn Salsa Dip
1 15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 11 oz. can whole kernel corn, drained
1 t minced fresh jalpeno pepper
1 avacado, chopped
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1/3 c. chopped fresh cilantro (or subst. 1 t dried cilantro)
1/4 c. diced red onion
1/4 c. fresh lime juice (about 2 limes, squeezed)
1 t. salt
tortilla chips
Combine all ingredients except avacado and chips. Cover and chill for at least two hours. Add avacado just before serving. Serve with chips.
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can petite diced tomatoes and jalapenos (or use the fresh equivilent)
1 Medium spanish onion, diced
2 jalapenos, diced (more or less to taste)
1 cup fresh guacamole (I buy it in the produce section, but you can make your own)
A splash of lime juice
Mix it all together. Easy.
I'll also heat it up and cover it with grated pepper jack cheese. (If you can't tell, I love spicy foods. If this sounds too hot, then you can also use plain monterey jack cheese and omit the fresh jalapenos)
Here's a good one from Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion:
Corn and Black Bean Salsa
The salsa can be made earlier in the day and refrigerated.
Serves 6 to 8
2 cups fresh or frozen corn (about 4 ears)
1 1/2 cups canned black beans
3/4 cup red pepper, chopped
1/2 - 3/4 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped (wear rubber gloves and avoid rubbing eyes)
4 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Pinch of sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1. If using fresh corn, blanch for 1 minute (place corn in boiling water, then immediately plunge it into cold water to stop the cooking process.) Remove kernels from cobs. Set aside.
2. Drain and rinse black beans. Set aside.
3. Combine rest of ingredients. Add corn and black beans. Refrigerate.
4. Add cilantro just before serving.
The easiest way I've found to make black bean and corn salsa is to take your favorite brand of salsa and add canned black beans and corn that have been drained well. You just can't beat it.
Found this in taste of home mag. and it is a HIT
every where I take it.
jar of your fav salsa
1 sm bag of frozen shoepeg corn (its white)
1 small bag of frozen yellow corn
1-2 cans of black beans (drained)
I add lime or lemon juice and one jalapeno
very well diced
this is good and tasty and not too spicy and it is
not messy or runny like plain salsa
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Starring Jesse Phillips, Mairy Merkley, JR Digs
Directed by Chris Nash
Goddamn film school students. No matter where I am, the second I hear that someone's enrolled in film school and wants us to see their movie, the first thing I always think of is a clown flipping pancakes (if you've seen "Family Guy", you're with me). More often than not film school films are usually pretentious, unfunny, badly acted, badly scripted or a painful blend of all of the above.
I hate to sound embittered, but I don't like most indie films. I think it's too much exposure to over-hyped, underdone films in my years running a website. But then, out of the clear blue (actually the Rue Morgue table at the recent Festival of Fear, where the director handed me a copy of it) comes a film like Day of John.
The previous night I had met director Chris Nash at one of the Rue Morgue after parties, and he was telling us what the film is about. It's 16 minutes long, and it must've taken him at least 10 minutes just to tell us, roughly, all the different plot elements of Day of John. It's one of those movies that you really can't describe to others; you just have to say, "watch it". You could tell them it's about redemption and hope and taking responsibility for your actions. You could say it's about murder, torture, and demons conjured from the pits of Hell. You could even say it's a public service as to why sometimes mounting a Samurai sword above your entryway is actually a good idea. Even if you told them one or all of those things, however, you'd really only be giving a small chunk of the film away.
Comedy, drama, and horror are three genres that have come together with varied success in the past. Director Nash must have been a student of these successful blendings for a long time before working out Day of John because he manages to pull them all off with varying levels of success. There is a smile and wink prevalent in the attitude behind the film, so the comedy is usually at the forefront, but during the 16-minute run time it shifts all over the place with a grace that's sometimes not even seen in more accomplished directors. The staggered narrative and time jumping only serves to give the film that much more depth, and it's really unlike anything I've seen before from an indie director.
Day of John had a hard road to travel. It was Nash's third year of film school, and he knew he wanted to do something different. He had budgeted the script out at roughly $5,000 but couldn't even come close to scraping that much up, despite favors being called in and a mini-fundraiser being set up. So he entered a competition with one of his previous films, won a first prize trophy and $5,000, and Day of John was on its way to becoming a reality.
Throughout the making of the movie, however, he and his teacher argued constantly about what makes a good movie, and when he finally turned the final project in, she ended up giving him a D+. In other words he passed, but just barely. If you ever see this movie and then show it to others like I have, make sure you preface the showing with that bit of info. A goddamn D+. That goes to show just how out of touch some instructors are from that which they are instructing because a few months later Day of John was accepted into the Toronto International Film Festival, where it's been getting some great buzz from the attendees.
Sorry, I know that last part is kind of out of the realm of "review," but for me it was important to know where the film had come from to understand just how difficult it was to be made. Nash managed to get competent actors, good cinematography, interesting special effects, and even a passable score out of $5,000 and a determination to tell the story of John. I can only imagine what he'd do with a real budget.
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Niels is 79 years old and one of the last idealistic farmers in the agricultural country of Denmark. He makes some of the world's finest products, praised by the consumers, prized by the world's best restaurant, NOMA in Copenhagen, and nursed in harmony with the universe. But Niels' ways of farming in accordance with the planets and the primal instincts of the animals are not too popular with the authorities. They are threatening to withdraw his license to keep cattle, the buildings are deteriorating, and with no successor to take over, Niels risks seeing his life fall apart.
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After listening to former NFL star Plaxico Burress for more than two hours Wednesday as the wide receiver answered questions about a gun incident in a nightclub this past November, the members of a grand jury in New York voted to indict Burress on two gun charges and a third charge of reckless endangerment. The grand jurors also voted not to indict Giants star linebacker Antonio Pierce, who was with Burress at the nightclub and during the hours after the gun accidentally fired. The indictments raise legal questions about Burress' strategy for defending himself and about his future in the legal system and the NFL. Here are some of the questions and their answers:
When he left the grand jury room last week, Burress said he was "honest" and "remorseful" in his testimony. He had hoped to avoid a charge altogether, or at least to minimize the severity of the charge. What happened?
The grand jurors obviously were not impressed with Burress' attempt to explain why he was in New York with an unregistered and loaded gun in their city on the night and early morning of Nov. 28 and 29. It is an obvious violation of New York's strict gun laws. Burress tried to explain things by asserting that he had no intention of using the gun in a crime, that he had registered the gun in Florida, and that the only victim of his crime was himself. (He wounded himself in the thigh when it accidentally fired.) It was all just an innocent mistake, he suggested, by a celebrity worried about his personal security.
Burress had hoped to convince some of the grand jurors that he should not be charged at all, but his claims did not work. The grand jury had the option of charging him with one count of possession of a gun in the second degree; but instead, it charged him with two counts, a significant escalation in the case against him. The first count was the expected one -- "possession of a loaded gun not in your home and not in your place of business," according to a spokesperson from the district attorney's office. To make its point absolutely clear, in the second gun charge, the grand jury said that Burress was carrying the gun with "intent to use it unlawfully against another." It was a direct rebuke, a clear signal that the jurors categorically rejected his explanations. Burress not only failed to convince the grand jurors but also made things worse for himself.
What's next for Burress? Is there still a chance he can settle things with New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau?
The DA has insisted on a two-year jail sentence. Burress' risky trip into the grand jury room last week was an attempt to create some leverage that would help him negotiate a better deal. It has backfired. Burress is now in a very bad legal position. He must either agree in a plea deal to the two years demanded by the prosecutors or face a trial in mid-2010. At trial, he will face his sworn testimony to the grand jury in which he admitted every aspect and element of the crime. If he is then convicted at the trial (a very likely scenario), he quite possibly would face more than the two years now offered by the prosecutors. The sentence prescribed under New York law is 3½ to 15 years on each of the two gun charge counts.
Will Burress be able to resume his career in the NFL?
Right now, there is no legal obstacle for Burress to play in the coming NFL season. His trial will not begin until long after the 2009 season ends. He is legally able to work until the trial begins. He will be under some travel restrictions because he is free on bond, but it would be a simple matter to obtain permission to travel for an NFL team. Whether an NFL team would be willing to sign Burress while he is under indictment is a separate question.
If he is convicted at the trial in 2010, Burress would face serious time in the penitentiary, and his NFL career would be in serious jeopardy. There is the matter, too, of a possible suspension by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell under the league's code of conduct. Burress was suspended by the New York Giants, his former team, after the incident in November, and the Giants eventually released him. But so far, Goodell, perhaps waiting for developments in the legal system, has not levied a league-imposed suspension. If that happens, Burress clearly won't be eligible to play.
What about the charge of reckless endangerment against Burress?
The reckless endangerment charge is another rejection of what Burress said to the grand jury. His claim to the grand jurors was that he was carrying the gun merely to protect himself, and that the gunshot injured only himself. This additional and somewhat surprising charge tells Burress and his attorney, Benjamin Brafman, that the members of the grand jury were not convinced of Burress' sincerity or veracity. He told them he did not do something. The jurors then charged him with doing exactly what he said he did not do. The charge is more important as a signal than as a crime. The maximum sentence for reckless endangerment is only one year in the penitentiary and quite likely would be served concurrently with the sentence for the gun charges if he is convicted.
Pierce, Burress' teammate at the time, had the gun in his possession for at least 25 minutes after the incident in the nightclub. Why didn't the grand jury charge Pierce with possession of a gun?
A charge against Pierce apparently was never a serious possibility. He did not bring the gun to the club. He did not own the gun. He did not load the gun. He merely was trying to help out after Burress had created the situation. Although he may have been technically in possession of the gun, he was doing only what was necessary to try to end the danger and to begin to solve the problems Burress had created.
Lester Munson, a Chicago lawyer and journalist who reports on investigative and legal issues in the sports industry, is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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A weak storm system arrived on cue in Orange County on Thursday, delivering one-fourth inch to more than one-half inch of rain in places and setting the stage for a much stronger system due on Friday.
The more powerful low-pressure system should bring heavy rain and strong winds, with rain continuing through Saturday and ending Sunday, the National Weather Service says.
That has prompted a flash flood watch Thursday night through Saturday afternoon, a wind advisory from 4 a.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday, a beach hazards statement because of high surf from late Thursday night through Sunday afternoon, and a coastal flood watch from Friday morning through late Saturday night.
Thursday should be cloudy with rain in the morning, dialing back to partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs should be 67 degrees inland, 63 on the coast.
Rain is expected overnight as winds begin to kick up from the southeast, with gusts to 30 mph, signaling the arrival of the big event.
Friday will be rainy, with heavy downpours at times and highs of 62 to 67 degrees. Wind gusts from the south could hit 45 mph.
A slight chance of thunderstorms will join the forecast Friday night as the rain continues. Wind gusts could rise as high as 35 mph Friday night.
On Saturday there will be more rain, possibly heavy in the afternoon, along with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs should be 60 to 65 degrees with wind gusts from the southwest reaching toward 40 mph.
Rain will be likely overnight as a slight chance of thunderstorms persists.
Then Sunday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, and partly cloudy with a slight chance in the afternoon.
After that, weak, high pressure will bring back more seasonal temperatures for next week.
Monday should be partly cloudy with inland highs of 65 to 70 degrees, 62 on the coast.
Tuesday will be partly cloudy, then mostly sunny, highs 70 to 75 inland, 64 on the coast.
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A month of daily posts – I can't believe I made it!
I wonder how long now before you'll hear from me again 😉
A month of daily posts – I can't believe I made it!
I wonder how long now before you'll hear from me again 😉
We drove back over two days through towns I've heard of forever. Trouble was, that by the time we got to many of them, we were over the hours of freeway and couldn't be bothered to stop for long, if at all. Just wanted to get home.
In hindsight it would have been better to do it all in reverse. Drive up, holiday wedding holiday, fly back. We were tired.
When I spend any length of time in Byron I think I want to live there. I really don't. Both ends of the town there are one lane roads in and out – traffic jam in paradise twice a day every day! The town itself is always packed. Locals, backpackers, and high end tourists. Strange mix. The weather is tropical, beaches beautiful, and all of the many eating places are queued up. Always.
We stayed somewhere different this time. A fairly newly built house, very hot but with a great outdoor area. Positioned for the cross breeze and with a small pool that you could walk right into. No 'cold cold' dip your toe and take your time submerging…
At night, in bed, you could hear conversations from houses away. No, I couldn't live there. You could also stand in the driveway though and see the whole universe in the sky….can't do that in the inner city!
Day one of the drive and after a goodbye coffee and muffin (Hello – you can hardly just call that a muffin. It's a Large work of gastronomic art. One flavour per day and today's had big chunks of chocolate and a banana goo in the middle, still warm and runny OMG) from Top Shop, a short detour for a 1km walk in a national park to some falls. Drive drive drive then lunch in Grafton, a hipster café that the others had coincidentally eaten at on the way up (we found out later)! I don't know why, since Sydney has changed so much, I wasn't expecting country nsw to be like that… Next stop was the Big Banana. I've been telling the offspring for years 'it's not that big' but little one needed a refresher – didn't remember visiting when really really little. A few photos and onwards. Petrol stop in Macksville, population 4,500 (I think the sign said) many of them surely at the petrol station it took so long to be our turn. Finally to Port Macquarie and a swim for the little one at Town Beach – one of several beautiful beaches they're blessed with. At this point we've almost caught up with the others and end up at the same old-school motel just down the road. Ah Woongarra what a great night we had. Such friendly Sydney escapee owners, serene walk on the waterfront across the road, and fish and chips all round. Who wouldn't slow down and be calm there…
Day two let's go home. I had the old-school motel breakfast just because I wanted to see if it was really going to come through that hole in the wall. It did. And it was good. We didn't stop til Newcastle. Another swim and a recommended bagel for the little one. A drive around old stomping grounds, sadly unrecognisable…could have been another place, a life time ago. AND HOME – strange how you can be tired and keen to get there, restless once you are.
afternoon cockatoo sky
and my salty skin
after dark – possum party overhead
you know that just before a party feel
the neighbours are pacing, hovering
all pressed white linen pants and blue sundress
furniture pushed back, tables covered with cloths and flowers
iced water in clear glass jugs
she's 60 – I hope they don't have the stamina to party hard and late 😉
November is a long long month. No doubt committing to a post a day increased the bulk of these 30 days and might have been a little crazy…but it's just been full on anyway!
Birthdays either end of it – his starts us off, hers finishes us. Silent, sullen types both. Family skeletons that rattle in the slightest breeze…but never engage.
Three close family members with hospital experiences.
The famous roadtrip. The usual suspects all gone north for a few days to a week. Coffee with neighbourhood friends 8 hours from home! The magical hinterland wedding – there's even video of me on the dance floor.
Humid days, sleepless nights while the overhead fans hypnotise. Mangoes, amazing muffins, geckos. Little magpie larks divebombing me in the pool.
Home. And the beach house.
The push me pull you work situation has drained me. A tsunami to my month. I always thought that one day I'd write about this amazing job. After years at home getting it was a miracle, and there were such positives in the last several years – but the ending? definitely the stuff of fiction, and therapist couch conversations.
Let's go in to December to rest. And 2017 is a completely clean slate. I think it's the first year that begins with no plans, no idea what's next. I just know it's going to be a great year.
and this is how I feel
worn out from roadtripping…
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Goldman Sachs sells last ICBC stake, reaps billions
Deal means New York-based firm cashes in its share in mainland lender for about US$10.3 billion, US$7.72 billion more than what it paid
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Goldman Sachs is set to raise US$1.1 billion with the sale of its remaining stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by assets.
The sale makes Goldman a net profit of US$7.72 billion on its seven-year investment, market sources said.
The shares were offered at between HK$5.47 and HK$5.50 each, a discount of up to 3 per cent to yesterday's closing price of HK$5.64.
Goldman and ICBC were not available for comment yesterday.
The move is the sixth disposal of ICBC shares by Goldman, bringing to an end the "strategic partnership" the two banks had established. New York-based Goldman bought a 4.9 per cent stake in ICBC for US$2.58 billion before the Chinese bank's initial public offering in 2006.
The sale, scheduled to be completed by midnight last night, came after Goldman beat expectations and posted a 7 per cent increase in net profit in the first quarter.
The disposal could ease the capital pressures on Goldman, under the stricter regulatory regime that came into effect after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, said Guo Tianyong, a professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing.
It also lets the bank lock in its gains at a time when mainland lenders are set to report slower growth in net earnings as bad loans build up and interest rate deregulation sets in, an analyst at a Beijing-based brokerage said.
The deal means Goldman will have cashed in its ICBC stake for about US$10.3 billion.
Goldman analysts put a "buy rating" on ICBC shares last month after the mainland bank, the world's largest by market capitalisation, said its first quarter net profit climbed 12 per cent year on year.
ICBC shares yesterday rose 1.4 per cent in Hong Kong and 0.72 per cent in Shanghai, before IFR reported the deal last night. The sale is Goldman's third disposal of ICBC shares in about a year.
The US bank raised US$2.5 billion from a partial sell-down of its stake in April last year, most of which was bought by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek. In January, Goldman sold about US$1 billion of stock.
The sale by Goldman, despite repeated assurances over the past few years that it was a long-term investor in ICBC, was expected to affect confidence in the shares of mainland banks, analysts said.
Future profits of mainland banks like ICBC are likely to be affected by interest rate liberalisation, which would reduce interest income margins.
Moreover, loans extended to exporters, local government financing vehicles, property developers and industries suffering from overcapacity could turn bad.
Analysts are increasingly concerned about the risk of a bad-debt problem in China related to over-extended property lending sparked by the economic stimulus plan Beijing rolled out during 2009 in response to the global financial crisis.
Before its 2006 initial public offering, ICBC was a technically insolvent state institution, reeling from the bad loans that had saddled China's financial industry.
ICBC's fortunes turned after it went public, and the bank grew along with China's economic boom. The bank's US$240 billion market value is just shy of the combined worth of JP Morgan Chase and Barclays.
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