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In Iraq and on "The Wire," it's all acting for Benjamin Busch
In a lyrical memoir, a novelist's son discusses his strange path into war -- and David Simon's TV masterpiece
By David DaleyTopics: Iraq, Writers and Writing, The Wire, Editor's Picks, Entertainment News, News
Benjamin Busch's "Dust to Dust" is a remarkable book — part military memoir, part childhood reminiscence, and also an effort to explain his relationship with his father, the celebrated novelist Frederick Busch.
And yet it is also more than all of those things. Busch is filled with complicated and fascinating contradictions. Yes, he's the son of a famously introspective and domestic writer, who grew up in rural New York obsessed with toy guns and building massive military forts. But he studied visual arts at Vassar, where he confused everyone by joining the Marine reserves — especially his commanders, when he accidentally announced himself in a roll call as part of the "Vassar infantry."
A man consumed with war, words and images, Busch served two combat tours in Iraq. He proved himself both exceptionally thoughtful and also terribly overconfident. In his first tour, beginning in April 2003, he was the commanding officer of a light armored reconnaissance unit, in a village near Iran. In his second tour, in an exploding Ramadi in 2005, Busch had the impossible job of trying to rebuild a town — and gain its trust — while insurgents and sniper fire added to the general lawlessness and lack of any power structure.
Oh, and in between those two tours, Busch returned home to play Sgt. Anthony Colicchio on "The Wire." The military man who emphasized listening to Iraqis and learning what he didn't know played a fictional Baltimore police officer of the exact opposite variety. The over-aggressive Colicchio loved nothing more than making arrests to show toughness and to pump up the Western District's stats. He's not interested in getting to know the streets he patrols, and he's disgusted by covert efforts to legalize the drug trade in a part of Baltimore dubbed "Hamsterdam."
In an interview this week, Busch said real-life frustrations in Iraq fueled Colicchio's rage. But the challenge in Iraq, he says, was making sure those frustrations never, ever revealed themselves when working with Iraqis. Both roles, he said, were essentially acting jobs. We also talked about Robert Bales and how soldiers handle pressure, where the war plans went wrong and whether the Marines need more Vassar alums.
You were a student at Vassar during the first Gulf War, the 100-hour action that pushed Iraq out of Kuwait. You write about feeling disappointed that it was over so quickly – that this looked like your generation's shot at war. You very much wanted to go to war.
I thought that. I pushed the extremes throughout my youth, as you can see from some of the small stories even as a child. I was always venturing into what I either considered unexplored territory or what I considered unwise territory to explore. And war was certainly one of those things. Its mere existence is entirely an environment of threat. Although, as you learn in war, with the randomness of death, preparation is only partially useful. Looking forward to it, you think that you could develop skills which would make you impervious. I painted myself in that idea, that I had survived the poor wisdom of my youth, and it must be because I had certain endurance. I wanted to believe that that could be extended into an environment as ferocious as war. I covered myself in a certain invulnerability in my first tour as a commander, mostly because my Marines expected it.
There's a vivid scene in the book where your helicopter is going down, and you see the side of a cliff rushing toward you, the small details of land getting clearer and clearer. But you have Marines in the back of the helicopter facing the other direction who don't know what is happening. So you just calmly smiled at them.
What else can you do in the face of death but smile.
Some people might scream.
I'm not a screamer. There's a certain calm that comes with both a belief that you are invulnerable and a belief that you're doomed. It leads to a lack of anxiety: One you can't affect, and the other you can't be affected.
And that's the change you describe during your two tours in Iraq. The first time, there's an eerie confidence. But the second time, death is omnipresent.
Yes, between the two tours that became very pronounced. My first tour I was wearing it for show; I created my own myth and believed in it. My second tour I was wounded almost immediately and we were taking incredible casualties and Ramadi was just a caustic environment in 2005. It was entirely random; every day you expected that it was going to be your day. We almost had this fatalistic humor about it all. We'd walk out the door and say, "Oh, I'm probably going to be killed today, so you can have my uniforms." People weren't surviving.
This is post-insurgency, and in the capital of the Sunni province of Anbar. It was a very bloody time, and you suggest our presence didn't help, which in some ways is a startling admission from a Marine.
It was teeming not just with insurgents — actual Sunnis which were fighting for their own destiny — but it was also overrun with Syrians who were real pure jihadists. They came across the border to fight and die – they came there for us. Many of them were funded by Saudis. So there was a strange triangle of danger created all around our mere presence. And what we would look at was the families. There were children living there and parents who wanted what everyone wants – a secure day, food on the table. And not to fear that something collateral will happen to them, either by insurgents or by us. It was hard to watch that every day, knowing that they were under threat because we were under threat. And that our job was to protect them and we really couldn't.
Let me back up for a moment. Your memoir has nine chapters, structured among elements like water, metal, stone and blood. You recount stories involving those materials from your youth, and then connect those materials to your war stories. So how did your childhood prepare you for what you saw when you weren't playing games?
Endless fascination. I think it was endless fascination that prepared me for everything in my life. I was always paying attention. I was put here to observe and build upon my fascinations.
You make it sound simple. But there's another scene in the book where you are called to mediate an emergency council meeting in Jassan. Water had been diverted to Saddam Hussein's family. The town wanted a pipe sealed so their water flow would improve. The people did not know what to do, and insurgents were threatening the village's leaders and sent a message during the meeting that they would also kill you. How does a young American in that situation know what to do?
It's my Lawrence of Arabia moment.
It's also a moment where you teach the meaning of democracy. You empower them to put the matter to a vote, and then act. You see people hungry to solve problems together, and excited to find the power within themselves to do that. That's in some ways what we said we would do there — and exactly what didn't happen often enough.
It was my place not to impose that, but to let that native urge be successful. I just felt very early that they wanted direction, and the worst thing that I could do would be to give it, because that would make me in charge. That would make me the ruling class. What had been removed was any sense of structure – the Baath party had been dissolved at that point, and had not been replaced with anything. There was a huge vacuum and all that had been put into it was us. And I knew that our mistakes would be made by creating a dependency upon a new state order that was perhaps not sustainable. I had nothing to offer except advice and bullets. That's what I had. We couldn't even get our mail at the time. What I wanted to do was find native solutions to native problems that I could only reinforce their answers to their problems, in some ways. And that was a big moment I wish I could have celebrated in some ways because it was their choice and it was just that brief moment where they felt like they were in charge of their destiny – they felt like they had done something. They had the power to achieve justice, and they did it against all the odds. We had to replace rule of law in a place that is entirely lawless.
So you pay attention. I just followed my fascinations. Why is the water not running? Where does the water come from? Let's follow that. And we did. You begin to reverse engineer everything just by seeing what's wrong at the end. I wouldn't say that I was good at anything.
Good questions. Too bad we didn't ask them more often.
We could have saved a lot of time and a lot of loss if we had done so. What I feel the most regret about is that I left those people. We had that place almost stabilized in some ways, and though it was not in any way efficient or in any way without corruption, there was a possibility of being quietly transformative in some of those communities.
How do you see what went wrong?
We tried to define them. It's what we do. We're Americans. We find ourselves in a position that's generally comfortable and our vision can only extend so far as us, and who wouldn't want to be like us. So, if we just offer this, then it will be accepted and embraced. We don't have a lot of respect for cultural traditions because we barely have any.
And honestly, our own history, if you watch how we achieved our great comfort, it's pretty ugly. We'd like to criticize everyone for their stages toward democracy but if you look at ours – we didn't let women vote, we didn't let blacks vote, we had slaves. We had issues. We eradicated an entire native population almost. I went into the place knowing that I was the one with the least information, and so it was my job to spend as much time listening and not talking as I could. I wanted to make sure I kept track of the details, the names. I was rebuilding family trees because the environment was built out of family trees.
Unless you're going to come in there like the British empire and establish infrastructure and reform an entire place in its image, then you're going to be wholly ineffective. We are definitely not the British empire in the way that we do business. We went in there awkwardly, we built mistakes upon mistakes. And after a while, you know, we wore ourselves down being wrong about things. It just took a little perspective, and some specialists. The people in the State Department knew all about Iraq. I would have liked to have had them in my vehicle.
All that failure, all that pressure, the consecutive tours. Not everybody handles pressure the way you were able to. What do you think happens when a soldier snaps, like Sgt. Robert Bales in Afghanistan, and allegedly goes on a shooting rampage and kills 17 people.
I can't diagnose him. We have people that do horrible things all the time. Everyone deals with stress in their own way. There were ideologues over there. There were people who were on crusades. You just name it – look at everyone's background.
Is this the right way to put a military together? When you look at the background you had, and the very different way you approached problem-solving and building relationships with people, those don't necessarily seem to be the skills most valued by the military right now. You were a visual artist from Vassar. You probably had many cultural issues to overcome. But would a more diverse military be beneficial? Even some sort of mandated public service of some sort
What I found intriguing was that I met America in the Marines. At Vassar, I met a certain intellectual group. Vassar doesn't teach you how to do anything. Literally. You come out of Vassar with no skill other than that if you find yourself in any situation you'll be able to think your way out of it. It's a critical thinking environment. To constantly question, to constantly try to resolve, and to resolve by not talking over the problem but by engaging in it. Collectively in some ways. The military obviously has a very hierarchical system, but I didn't see them any differently. I took the discipline of critical thinking, much to the chagrin of certain people, and I employed it.
Now that led to its own kind of hubris in your second tour, when you thought what had been effective among the Shia might also work with the Sunni. It didn't.
I said, well, I don't understand anything that's happening here, which should tell me something. Shut up and find out. I deluded myself into thinking that because I had been effective in that area, which was very rural, Shia, on the Iranian border, with completely different feelings, that when I went for my second tour in Ramadi, the opposite side of the country, Sunni, I thought I could apply these great collective, cooperative ideas of building a city to a place that was a shooting gallery. And I was exposed for being the most wrong person, ever. It was just one step short of delusional that I could take these ideas and apply them effectively to a place, thinking, Well, this has been effective in a small scale, on a small range, with almost no money. We repaired buildings, we established critical infrastructure, we fixed water lines. We did an awful lot of stuff in a small place and they liked it.
With the irony, of course, that we fixed what we blew up.
Right. I thought that if you give something to someone that they realize is of great value to them, then they will defend it and, in doing so, they will embrace some of the stability that comes with preserving things instead of destroying them. We knew very well what the Taliban did and what the insurgents could do, which was destroy things. They didn't build things for people; they blew them up. Our message was, "We didn't do that." And of course, in order to fight them, we blew things up. So our message was lost in our own struggle, and we never could achieve the support of the locals because we could prove nothing. We couldn't give them the one thing that was needed for all these things to be effective, which was security, peace. We couldn't do it. And because they knew we couldn't do it, they were forced to side with those who would use extreme measures.
"Hopelessness" is certainly a word that comes to mind. I mean, we fought the city every day, as one captain said when we were there. You don't fight the Battle of Ramadi, you fight Ramadi every day.
An impossible bureaucracy, corrupt institutions, intractable problems — it's almost like a David Simon TV show. And in between tours in Iraq, you established an acting career, and played a Baltimore policeman on "The Wire." How did one experience affect the other?
Sgt. Colicchio fed off that second tour of Iraq where I was so frustrated. Colicchio is the opposite, he has a very black-and-white sense of justice. There is no gray for him, and of course, Iraq was entirely gray. So I got to air all the things I had to bury while I was there.
What was the timeline like on the acting roles, and your military service?
Interestingly, I had just come back from my first tour when I got the role of Colicchio. And for a year, 2004, I did Season 3. Immediately at the end of the filming schedule, I went to Ramadi. For 2005, I came back just in time for the beginning of Season 4 and rushed to grow out some hair on my face. It was literally at the end of one experience and the beginning of a very different one.
How do you handle that psychologically — to go from a real war zone into playing a police officer?
It was all an acting of a certain kind. When you play a role, there is some of you in it, and the rest is what you're burying yourself in to create a character. I did that in Iraq. I didn't think I could be killed. I had to prove that by acting that way. And I did the same thing with Colicchio; Colicchio was airing a lot of frustration I truly felt, that I kept to myself, and he gave it a voice. So it's interesting that I think the war informed Colicchio in some ways, and then going back, I was once again placed in that environment where I had to create a certain person who was both real and partially imagined to deal with that environment. I couldn't actively and visually be frustrated with Iraqis, because that was insulting. Even if they were saying the most outrageous stuff imaginable. It's an area of conversation, most of which is a lie. Asking questions about the lie, you begin to get pieces of the truth, and eventually, you create something close to what's really going on.
David Daley is the executive editor of Salon. More David Daley.
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Findus UK is understood to have called in Burson-Marsteller in addition to existing agency partner College Hill as it deals with a product recall that has been picked up by the media.
Findus has been reported by the BBC and The Sun to have recalled its Findus Beef Lasagne, sold in sizes of 320g, 360g and 500g.
The story has been amplified by Tesco withdrawing its own Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese from sale after receiving an alert from the supplier that sells to Findus.
It comes in the wake of traces of horsemeat being discovered in beefburgers last month, which led to retailers including Tesco, Burger King and Iceland clearing products from their shelves.
College Hill has been working on financial PR for Findus Group for around two years.
Matthew Smallwood, managing partner at College Hill, said: 'We have brought in our corporate and crisis people led by Chris Woodcock to help Findus with this situation.'
Findus UK is part of Findus Group, which has wider operations across Europe and went through a debt restructuring last year.
The group was acquired by private equity company Lion Capital for £1.1bn in 2008.
It is not clear whether Findus UK currently has an in-house comms specialist.
One source who worked within the group's comms operations in recent years told PRWeek the company's entire senior comms team had left by early 2011 when costs were being cut.
Findus has had some success in getting its message across to the media. According to the BBC news website, Findus said the product was sourced externally rather than manufactured by Findus.
The BBC story included a Findus statement, saying: 'We would like to reassure everybody that this is not a food safety issue. The supplier that produces Findus Beef Lasagne has informed us that they have a labelling issue and have asked us to withdraw the affected product. We are working closely with retailers and the Food Standards Agency and trading standards authorities. We are also currently conducting a full reassessment of our supplier's sourcing.'
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Tesco drafted the following statement yesterday to issue in response to media calls: 'Following the withdrawal of Findus Beef Lasagne, which is produced by Comigel, we have decided to withdraw our frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese, which is produced at the same site, as a precautionary measure. There is no evidence that our product has been contaminated and the meat used in the Findus product is not used in our product. However, we have decided to withdraw the product pending the results of our own tests.'
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Through implementation of its pro bono requirement, the Law School expresses its conviction that service pro bono publico ("for the public good") is a cornerstone of every attorney's professional responsibilities.
Columbia Law School is one of a select group of law schools nationwide that requires all J.D. students to undertake pro bono legal work during law school. By doing pro bono legal work while in law school, students will prepare to join lawyers, in all practice areas, who provide free legal services to individuals and groups who cannot afford these services or whose needs are underrepresented. Students find that their pro bono service is among the most satisfying experiences they have at law school, whether they plan to work at a large or small law firm, a public interest organization, a government agency, or as a solo practitioner. Pro bono lets students work with others to make a meaningful contribution for people seeking access to justice, the rule of law, and affordable solutions to critical community concerns. Students can also learn what practice areas and techniques appeal to them.
The "mandatory pro bono program," which requires that students perform at least 40 hours of uncompensated, public interest work in order to graduate, is non-ideological and is shaped by student interests and needs as well as requests by public interest lawyers and organizations. Social Justice Initiatives has developed a variety of In-House Projects and Spring Break Caravans and maintains a database of more than 1,000 distinct placements that can meet the pro bono requirement. Students may also design and receive credit for pro bono projects that suit their individual interests.
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from ~BlueLeafeon
1. What's your favorite candle scent?
Fresh linen/fresh cotton. I like that laundry smell for some reason.
2. What female celebrity do you wish was your sister?
Eh? Can't say there are any that I wish were my sister, especially those that would be close enough to my age group to be a sibling.
3. What male celebrity do you wish was your brother?
Same as #2.
4. How old do you think you'll be when you get married?
Depends on if I'm in a state/country where I CAN get married. But I'd say perhaps 30-ish if ever
5. Do you know a hoarder?
6. Can you do a split?
Not even while I was persistent with yoga
7. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bike?
About 10.
8. How many oceans have you swam in?
Swam in the Pacific, splashed a little in the Atlantic.
9. How many countries have you been to?
USA, Canada, Mexico, Holland, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and soon Italy. So 11, soon to be 12.
10. Is anyone in your family in the army?
Not actively, but many of my family members have been in the military. MANY.
11. What would you name your daughter if you had one?
Huh... perhaps Ariana? Theresa?
12. What would you name your son if you had one?
Perhaps Thomas, Richard, or Terrance.
13. What's the worst grade you got on a test?
0. I completely forgot to take it, as it was an online one. As for a test I actually TOOK, then that would be a D, back in high school chemistry... mixed up what pH went with acidity/alkalinity.
14. What was your favorite TV show when you were a child?
That would be... Pokemon!
15. What did you dress up as on Halloween when you were eight?
I was Charmeleon.
16. Have you read any of the Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight series?
All of HP and love it, none of HG, and one third of the first book of the Twilight series. I just couldn't take any more of Edward... "perfect" is NOT an acceptable adjective for every aspect of one's being, and overall Stu-ness was unbearable
17. Would you rather have an American accent or a British accent?
British. My Californian accent is so mainstream TV sounding... even Germans here have lovely British accents!! T_T
18. Did your mother go to college?
Yep, got a Masters and would have gotten a PhD if her dean was more willing to allow a woman to go into PhD in business.
19. Are your grandparents still married?
Yep. Although with one pair, the grandma remarried while the grandpa is still single.
20. Have you ever taken karate lessons?
Never. Any form of physical violence makes me very, very ill.
21. Do you know who Kermit the frog is?
I'm a 90's kid, so yes!
22. What's the first amusement park you've been to?
Disneyland!! Used to live 10 min away and had an annual pass that I abused the crap out of! I still go at every chance I get, even though it's just within my bounds of affordability.
23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be fluent in?
So many... currently I'd love to be fluent in Greek. Modern Greek that is.
24. Do you spell the color as grey or gray?
Gray. Grey for me seems to be too pretentious in writing when it comes from an American, just like when Amis use "colour" or "flavour" to give themselves class. Trust me, you are NOT making yourself look better. I mean it.
25. Is your father bald?
He's getting there, but compensating by growing a biker's handlebar mustache XD
26. Do you know triplets?
27. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?
Notebook. Titanic sends me into panic... terrified of the sea...
28. Have you ever had Indian food?
Yup, and it rocks!
29. What's the name of your favorite restaurant?
Maggie's. It's a hole-in-the-wall Mexican place in a terrible neighborhood that is nonetheless amazing.
30. Have you ever been to Olive Garden?
Yes, and I strongly oppose!!! LONG LIVE MACARONI GRILL!!!!!!
31. Do you belong to any warehouse stores (Costco, BJ's, etc.)?
Nope! I leave that to my relatives and friends who have the cars to make use of 'em.
32. What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?
Erica. Perhaps Keating.
33. If you have a nickname, what is it?
Let's see.... Lumo, Francis, Knoll, Larry, Fish, Knollbones, Terrance, Weeland, Knolly-Poly, and that's about it.
34. Who's your favorite person in the world?
Uh?? That's a hard one. Probably my aunt.
35. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?
I'm a city boy. I can't live in the boonies, and I have had it with small towns. I need to live somewhere with chances of anonymity and places that stay open later than 8 pm.
36. Can you whistle?
While inhaling and exhaling!
37. Do you sleep with a nightlight?
No. The ambient light from the windows is usually enough.
38. Do you eat breakfast every morning?
Nope! Usually roll out of bed just in time to take a shower, dress, and dash for the bus.
39. Do you take any pills or medication daily?
Not any more. I used to take anti-depressants, but I've been working myself off of 'em.
40. What medical conditions do you have?
Chronic depression, anxiety, and digestive disturbance.
41. How many times have you been to the hospital?
Many! I seem to end up there about once a year to once every two years.
42. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?
Of course: If it's Pixar, I've seen it!
43. Where do you buy your jeans?
Target, usually. Recently I've bought them at New Yorker. Surprisingly good quality, chic stuff for reasonable prices.
44. What's the last compliment you got?
Being told that I am attractive and intelligent.
45. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?
Almost always. Only outstanding ones stick, and truly awesome--or disturbing--ones get written down.
46. What flavor tea do you enjoy?
I like Earl Gray and oolong teas, but I'm pretty happy with almost all except for most herbal teas (especially the ones that abuse hibiscus! I'm looking at you, Celestial Seasonings!).
47. How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?
5: My everyday shoes, my "cool shoes" (purple Vans... I'm so damn classy), dress shoes, running shoes, and sandals.
48. What religion will you raise your children to practice?
I'll raise them under none, but they're free to choose, and I'd allow for good opportunity for exposure to religion. However, I would not allow baptism until they're 18, since at that stage they'd have a better idea of what they actually WANT and not just getting brain-washed or being pulled in just because friends are members of the religion.
49. How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn't real?
4 or 5, but I liked the idea of believing in him, so I kept the spirit of the ritual alive.
50. Do you have a tumblr?
Yes, but I can't recall the last time I was on. Can't figure how to efficiently use that site


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The bitter conflict of love, loss, betrayal, and love fought for.
I have been laid open, Exposed for all to see The scar tissue of my heart That forms your name. For only you could penetrate My impregnable defense, And rip from my soul The burning forever flame. Your wiles, your smiles, Your lustful kisses, your whispers That called my name were Cruelly dealt by your conspires. You owned my heart And conquered my spirit. My soul painfully impaled By...Read On
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They go home for one more sex session, before they break the news
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An experience of a lifetime, made possible by following directions
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Taatiana finally meets Master John face to face ... eventually!
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My friend Katie comes to stay and I can't resist taking advantage of the broken bathroom lock...
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Beth, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, loses her virginity in the woods.
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After a troubled beginning a young man gets the grades and enjoys his graduation present
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Performing for the camera makes me try something new.
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I got fucked at my tennis lesson.
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She hurried up her orgasm to finish before being caught.
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Her surrender is such a deviant pleasure!
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A declaration made. A promise to keep.
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Beware of what you eat!. This is one of the most unpleasant thai restaurant I ever been. I was petrified from this and have gotten sick for the rest of the day. I came with my husband to eat lunch, and obtained noodles from the food stand. Unknowingly, I heard a loud CRUNCH when I was chewing on it, and revealed that it was a cockroach. I alarmed the manager about this and she was apologetic. Then she offered me a second plate of noodles, and this time, I discovered a tangled piece of hair in it. The lady apologize again and offered to give our money back, however, I was nice enough to let them keep it. As a result, I and my husband left and never coming back again.
Great Thai taste food. My another favorite Thai restaurant. You don't want to miss it. :D
Best Thai Anywhere! (except maybe Thailand?). I have eaten here for supper on multiple occasions. I love it and will continue to go back. I have never had something that I didn't like, and I've tried a lot of things, from pad thai to curries, to regular entrees. I don't think that you can go wrong here. I have visited a lot of places and tried Thai food elsewhere, but this is the best I have ever had. HIGHLY Recommended.
A diamond in the rough.. As other reviews have already said, the exterior of this place is nothing to write home about, but once inside you'll forget all about that. It has been years since I've had good Mee Krob but Siam Cafe made it worth the wait. My Pad Thai was wonderful and the service was outstanding. I will most definitely be eating there again, and again, and again....
makes south Nashville worth it!. I had the luxury of living in neighborhoods like Belmont, and Sylvan Park, so when I moved in with my boyfriend in south Nashville, I was sad to leave all the great restaurants I had been so fond of. However, on a tiny little street, in a tiny little building that doesn't look like much, there was Siam Cafe. The wait staff is attentive and extremely kind, the facility is very clean, and the food is outstanding. I haven't had an item yet that I wasn't happy with. you should go.
OMG Im not eating in there. Just get inside!!!. I have eaten just about everything on the menu. The Disco Chicken is kickin'. I always order extra cilantro and lime with my pad thai to get it the way I like it. I crave their salad dressing which is a peanut sauce. MMMmm. What ever you order you will be impressed the food is wonderful.
Best Thai food anywhere!. If you can get past the sketchy exterior of Siam Cafe, then you will be rewarded with the best Thai food anywhere. Quick seating, amazing food, friendly staff....what more could you want?
Don't Judge a Book by its Cover. Siam Cafe is the absolute best Thai restaurant in Nashville. I was a little reluctant about going in but once I was greeted by a extremely FRIENDLY staff things started to look up. After my first bite of a spring roll and satee with the freshest peanut sauce I was in love. The Lad Nah was awesome. I can't wait to go back to try everything on the menu. If you are looking for GREAT service and GREAT food at an affordable price Siam Cafe has what you are looking for.
Excellent thai food and great service. Excellent food and very friendly service. Affordable! One of our favorite restaurants in Nashville!!!
Poor quality Thai food. Siam Cafe was once a good little Thai place. But our recent visits have been very disappointing. Tonight was the last straw: we waited 45 minutes for our entrees. The ginger chicken was substandard; the steamed seafood curry was watery and tasteless. We won't return.
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The Women's Studies Program presents
"The Twilight Saga: Girls, Women & Feminism in Popular Culture"
An Academic Conference
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Professionals and students, from a variety of disciplines, are invited to present scholarly papers, lead roundtable discussions or facilitate panels, on the current popular culture phenomenon that is The Twilight Saga. Papers may address discussions of some, or more, of the themes in the book or film series, including, but not limited to;
Race & Ethnicity
Marriage & Family
Music of the Series
Fan Characteristics
Sexuality / Sexual Orientation
Other Areas as Appropriate
In addition we are looking for facilitators of group discussions & participants in panel discussions, on topics related to the series. Submit your idea for a group discussion in the same manner as you would submit for a paper presentation.
The deadline for papers submissions is Thursday, October 7, 2010. Please submit abstracts, & papers, via email attachment. Abstracts must be between 200—300 words in length.
Send inquiries to firstname.lastname@example.com
For downloadable & printable copies of the Call for Papers, click here.
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Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saurday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sunday and Wednesday
Number of employees: one
Website: Facebook- Waggers Dog Grooming
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What is the primary purpose of your business?
Dog grooming
Why did you start this particular business? I love animals
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Waggers pick up and delivers if needed for your animals grooming needs
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What has been the biggest/most interesting challenge to overcome as a small business owner? Getting the word out about the business.
Is there anything else you would like to share with our readers? Waggers is a local business come out and meet us


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Dare to take a stand
May 23rd, 2013 | Category: Truth & DareYou can't be all things to all people.
"But I can help everybody."
That's the refrain I've heard from countless entrepreneurs over the years.
Perhaps you can, so let's go with that belief for a moment.
Sure. You can help the people who can't afford you. You can help the people who create hassles for you. You can help the people who suck the joy out of your day. You can help the people who don't take responsibility for their role in their outcome.
But are they really the people you want to serve? How long can you work with people who don't pay you? How will I know who to refer to you if you help everyone?
When you try to be all things to all people, you blend in. You're forgettable. You're forgotten.
But when you put a stake in the ground and are specific about who you serve and what you do for them, THAT is memorable. THAT is what drives referrals. THAT is what gets you clients who you love serving.
Dare to take a stand!
You do NOT need permission
May 9th, 2013 | Category: Truth & DareYou do not need permission.
Even though we run our own business, there are times we act as if we're still in third grade.
…waiting for the school bell to ring so we can run outside to the playground.
…waiting to be called on while we raise an invisible hand to prove we know the answer.
… looking to others for approval and validation that what we're doing is okay.
You're an adult now, so what if you simply did it?
What if you didn't care what people think?
So what if you trip and fall?
Because what if you soar?
Give yourself permission to never ask for permission again. Ever.
Dare to do!
Living out your possibilities
April 25th, 2013 | Category: Truth & DareThe truth is…anything is possible.
You want to host a talk show?
You can.
You want to fly a helicopter?
You can.
You want to take your family on an African safari?
You can.
Yes, anything is possible.
Yet we get caught in the daily drudgery. How can we possibly do that when we've got a business to run? Bills to pay? Mouths to feed?
And to add insult to injury, we look at the amazing things other people are doing and don't think we can measure up. We think they've got something special that we don't.
That's bullshit.
You want something? I'll tell you how you do it…
You create it.
You shape your world one choice at a time. One decision at a time. One step at a time.
Small steps allow you to make leaps and bounds toward accomplishing the possibilities you imagine.
If you have a goal to achieve, problem to solve or adventure to experience, let me help you. Register now for Declare Your Dare :: 21 MicroMovements to Make Shift Happen. I'll give you 21 days of small steps you can take to make the possibility a reality. It's free and it starts on Monday, April 26 2013.
I know you have it in you. (Even if you don't believe it for yourself.)
Dare to create your world and live out your possibilities!
Doing what you don't want (to get what you do want)
April 10th, 2013 | Category: Truth & Dare
The truth is…there are things you don't and won't want to do in your business.
You don't wanna do it. You dig in your heels. Not gonna happen.
It might be pulling together your taxes for your CPA.
Or wiggling into your Spanx to head to a networking event you don't want to attend. (Ugh!)
Or following up with the people you met at that networking event.
But there's often something on the other side of the things you don't want to do…that you do want.
Which "want" is stronger?
- Wanting to avoid doing your taxes… or wanting your refund (or not wanting to be on the bad side of the IRS)?
- Wanting to stay home to watch The Voice… or wanting a bunch of awesome prospects?
- Wanting to avoid follow-up to avoid rejection… or wanting new clients?
You have choices. You have the choice to avoid what you don't want to do and not get what you want.
Or you have the choice to do things you don't want in order to get what you do want.
Dare to do the things you don't want in order to get what you do want.
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Secret Lair | Want
April 10th, 2013 | Category: Secret Lair, Truth & DareYou've found my Secret Lair. No, not liar – lair! This is where I share a personal story of mine, a client or colleague. Or maybe your story if you want to share someday.
This story is related to the Truth that:
There are things you don't and won't want to do.
You will not believe me when I tell you that I don't much care for networking events.
Yes, me. Carolyn Herfurth. An extroverted, life-of-the-party, loves-people person.
That's my truth.
I'd rather be hanging out with my friends. Going for a walk in Central Park with my sister (because she's awesome). Going to one of my favorite neighborhood restaurants for dinner.
I want a successful business and I can't seem to find a way to accomplish that without hitting various events. So I go.
Most of the time.
What's your truth on this topic?
Grab fear by the throat!
March 27th, 2013 | Category: Truth & Dare
The truth is…fear makes you do some irrational, desperate things that ultimately sabotage your growth.
The business isn't running on all cylinders. People aren't lining up to hire us. Things feel off-kilter.
Low on time, money and patience…we begin to panic. And left unchecked, that fear drives irrational decisions. I know it sure has for me. It robs you of your creativity and joy. It stirs up an air of desperation that drives your prospects away.
You deserve better!
Tune into how your fears color your actions and decisions – from how you approach your day, your prospects, your business, your clients, your life.
Is fear in charge of you? Or are you in charge of fear?
And the next time you're faced with a decision, ask yourself if you're making it from a place of wonder, curiosity and creativity… or a place of fear.
Dare to grab fear by the throat!
What's your Truth & Dare on this topic? Comment below.
Secret Lair | Wonder
March 26th, 2013 | Category: Secret Lair, Truth & DareYou've found my Secret Lair. No, not liar – lair! This is where I share a personal story of mine, a client or colleague. Or maybe your story if you want to share someday.
This story is related to the Truth that:
Fear makes you do some crazy shit.
I hated making initial contact calls when I started my first biz. I was afraid of making mistakes, being rejected and being seen as a failure. I didn't like that feeling of vulnerability that came with selling myself.
My fears were driving a very irrational "inaction" by avoiding making sales calls. You'll notice that even an inaction is an action.
Well duh, if I'm not making initial contacts I'll go straight to failure. At least I've got a shot at success when I pick up the phone and risk making mistakes and being rejected.
Once I faced my fear and sucked it up, making calls got easier and the doors opened wide leading to helping my clients launch 100 businesses in 7 years.
My dare was to approach the action of making calls with a spirit of curiosity, presence and wonder… and not worry about rejection, mistakes or failure.
What's your Truth & Dare on this topic? Comment below.
Taking action vs. making promises
March 13th, 2013 | Category: Truth & DareThe truth is… commitment is measured by actions, not promises.
Having worked with thousands upon thousands of entrepreneurs over the past 10+ years, I've heard a lot of "talk".
People talk about what they're going to do in their business – and they might even believe themselves - myself included. Yet they don't take the actions necessary to follow through on their words so their promises mean nothing.
This behavior will kill your business. And quite possibly bury you.
It sends YOU (and The Universe – if you're woo woo) the underlying message that you don't keep your word. Eventually your words become hollow even to you, and you put yourself in a circular loop of "all talk and no action".
So the next time you're tempted to talk about what you're "gonna do", stop and figure out if you're truly committed to it. Or save your breath.
Dare to stop talking about it and go do your thing.
Comment below to let us know your thoughts on this Truth & Dare.
Secret Lair | Promises
March 13th, 2013 | Category: Secret Lair, Truth & DareYou've found my Secret Lair. No, not liar – lair! This is where I share a personal story of mine, a client or colleague. Or maybe your story if you want to share someday.
This story is related to the Truth that:
Commitment is measured by action, not promises.
One promise I always make to myself (and a couple of MasterMind friends) is that I'll stop doing program launches.
But… I'm apparently not all that committed to my "promise" because my actions don't back it up. Proof in point, I just came off yet another Art of the Ask Academy 2.0 launch 10 days ago.
But I really want to believe myself when I say it. I promise I do!
Because launches take a real bite out of me. I don't get enough sleep and eat too much takeout. I stress about whether my message and marketing will resonate with people because my clients get such great results and I want everyone to take advantage of it to grow their businesses too. But what if they don't get it? Or get annoyed with all of the emails that a launch seems to require? Ugh.
The irony is that doing a launch is a HUGE commitment, but apparently it's an easier commitment for me to make than NOT doing launches.
So am I really, truly committed to the promise I make myself to not do launches?
Apparently not.
So my Dare is to commit to limit the number of launches I do this year. One more is my minimum, two more is my max.
What's your Truth & Dare on this topic?
TheBiztruth.com offers small business training with online sales training class
February 18th, 2013 | Category: InterviewOnly 12% of trainers, coaches, speakers and consultants will ever reach $100,000 in revenue. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the average earnings of a self-employed woman are approximately 55% less than their self-employed male counterparts.
These bleak statistics are due, in large part, to the resistance that women have to selling their services. And because 95% of women start up their ventures using their own funds, they are putting their family's financial security at stake.
But now, there is something they can do to about it. Carolyn Herfurth, founder of TheBiztruth.com has developed a guaranteed approach for consistently closing 70-80% of potential clients no matter what service is being offered. She's been using her 5-step sales training solution for over 10 years and it still works, even now.
As a Business Development Strategist and founder of TheBiztruth.com, Carolyn has the secret to generating 4-, 5- and even 6-figure sales through one-on-one sales conversations. She says, "your website can go down, your business cards can go up in flames, and if you know how to really connect with your potential clients with a direct and personal sales conversation, you'll always enjoy a thriving business."
It all revolves around the "art of the ask", Carolyn says. Too many entrepreneurs believe that it's their job to convince the prospect to do business with them. This is a surefire way to push prospects away, so Carolyn teaches small business owners how to engage and earn their prospects business by crafting thoughtful questions that create a collaborative conversation, instead of a one-sided pitch.
Her online sales training class for service entrepreneurs, The Art & Soul of Successful Selling: How to unlock hearts to create an endless flow of clients you adore, is free with limited availability. When participants sign up, they'll learn the 5 hidden reasons that interfere with their willingness and ability to sell, discover a surefire fix for turning around the number one sales conversation glitch, learn Carolyn's 5-step approach to engaging and earning a prospects' business, and see how to elevate their confidence – particularly for the service-based entrepreneur.
"Too many service-based entrepreneurs stop selling before they start. And when they do engage in a sales conversation, they ask questions that do nothing to set them apart so their prospects aren't compelled to hire them", says Carolyn. "Their heart is in the right place, but their selling skills aren't."
Carolyn has an impressive record for success. Just ask her clients. Many of whom were closing sales less than 40% of the time. That is, until they met Carolyn.
Bryn Johnson of Bryn Johnson Consulting once closed 15% of her potential clients and now consistently signs 90%. In fact, she recently landed a $30,000 contract with an ideal client doing what she loves.
Listen to a free online sales training class about The Art & Soul of Successful Selling: How to unlock hearts to create an endless flow of clients you adore. Visit www.thebiztruth.com/freecall/art.
Carolyn Herfurth, Business Development Strategist is the founder of TheBiztruth.com and the author of "Shut Up, Sell More: 10 Things to Never Ever Say in a Sales Conversation". An entertaining speaker, consultant and trainer, Carolyn has played a hand in the launch of 100 businesses, and the growth of hundreds more. She's helped service entrepreneurs fill their practices and programs and gain a calm confidence about something that used to make them shake in their shoes. For information about her private coaching, business development strategy or in-person workshops and sales training, visit www.thebiztruth.com.


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The Only Group Which Serves No Purpose Whatsoever And Admits It
Chocolate Hammer, the Steam Group, has no function. Its members are from two far more popular sites, both of which have groups of their own. It offers no benefits, no servers, no future, and no protection. At best, we offer a thingamagoo after your nick. At worst, we offer heartache, loss, and emotional damages.
Now that we've got that out of the way, there are a few ground rules.
1.) Absoultely no communism. Communists are tolerated, but the actual act of seceding from and/or forming communistic governments within this steam group is entirely prohibited.
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Enter the 9th Annual Cicero Photography Contest! Accepting submissions May 1 through June 6, 2013.
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- Top prize: $100 (juried)
- 2nd prize: $50 (juried)
- People's Choice: $30 (votes cast by patrons during the month of July)
- Judge's Choice: awarded by each judge for his/her favorite photograph
- Photographs will be on display at NOPL Cicero during July 2013.
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The X-Com Complete Pack contains these games:
- X-Com UFO Defence
- X-Com Terror from the Deep
- X-Com Apocalypse
- X-Com Interceptor
- X-Com Enforcer
The X-Com Complete Pack contains these games:
A fun collection, including the classic X-Com titles you know and love, and some pretty bizarre ones you've probably not heard of. In particular, Enforcer was an unexpected treat, as I didn't know there was an action-oriented X-Com title. Apocalypse has the cadence of Sim City, and for this reason, I could not immediately get into it, but I will get back to it. And Interceptor is just about the hardest game I've ever played. As for UFO Defence and Terror from the Deep, if you don't know them, here's a run-down: you control squads who perform tactical-based missions, retrieving downed alien technology to use against further threats to mankind. It's very well-made, but can be overwhelming if you're bad at tactical RPGs. For me, this is an amazing collection.
UFO: Defense and Terror From the deep are definetly games that are worth of owning buying and playing. Even tho that they are almost 20 years old games already. Even if you own the newest version X-Com: Enemy unknown those two games are still worth of playing.
And you will get three extra games in this package. Apocalypse is game worth of playing and the last two ... well it's always good to know more about world and games...
Probably my favorite squad based game comes from this pack. UFO Defense is worth the price alone in my opinion. Terror from the deep is more of the same and the rest are just a great bonus.
This pack is worth buying just for 'UFO defense' and 'Terror from the Deep', two of the greatest strategy games every made. If the other games in the pack do not live up to their legacy, well... what of it? You're still getting two AAA classics for the price of a sandwich and a coffee.
I first experienced this squad-based tactical game genre in 1994, and had enjoyed it then. The multi-level view provides a refreshing tactical approach to move and spot the environment. Going to play it through once again while waiting for the 2012 version to be out in a few weeks' time.
An excellent oldschool strategy game. Having not played it as a child and going to it from a spoiled modern gamer perspective the interface is tolerable not perfect and has its flaws. But don't let the age of the game deter you despite the outdated UI I would say this is still one of the best turn based strategy games ever.
Great collection, 3 good games, and 2 questionable ones. I wanted to get a sense of why these games were so immensily popular, and I wasn't disappointed. But I figure this will even be more great for those wanting to go down memory lane, chances are you missed a game or two, probably the bad ones and whatever flaws there are, nostaglia should fix that. The gameplay still holds up well, the graphics not so much but if you can see past that, then you will appreciate these games easily.
This collection contains all 5 games officially part of the X-Com series. The first 3 games in the series are undoubtedly classics of gaming history, and the reason why you should pick this pack up. The remaining two games are of different genres, and different quality. They are basically spin-offs with only the name in common with the first 3 games, Interceptor being a space shooter and Enforcer being a third-person shooter.
The older games run in DOSBOX meaning all 5 games are fully compatible with modern OS such as Windows 7 64-bit. Purchase with confidence.
X-Com Complete Pack has two great can't pass up games, one so-so game, and two trouble games. That sums up this pack, but even with the three not so good ones it's still worth the price just for the two that are great. The two that are great are, of course, X-Com UFO Defence and X-Com Terror from the Deep. Both great squad-based game with some sim managements. X-Com Apocalypse is a so-so real time squad-based RTS/sim type game, not bad, not great. X-Com Enforcer is a bad TPS game, which spits on the memory of x-com. X-Com Interceptor is a bad space shooter with issues on modern OSes (anything past win2k.) All and all, the first two are worth the price three times over while the others are just bonuses (be it poor ones but still.) This pack was a must buy for me.
Memories memories! I can remember being glued to my computer playing most of the X-Com series! The Enforcer was the only one i didnt play!
I gifted this pack to a friend and will buy it for myself! I worry about it playing in Win7 64bit but will find a way to play it again!
This is a wonderful value for a pairing of games that have been often imitated but never quite matched in gameplay. You'll suddenly go from a meta world mode, to base building to some of the most exciting and unpredictable direct control turn-based squad combat ever produced. All of this in just the first game of this collection. Also, for all the variety in these games, the controls are very accessible and do not devolve into endless keyboard controls, it has an amazing interface for it's time and still feels quite intuitive.
I'll also say that even though the later games in this series' collection pale in comparison, they are a nice novelty addition.
What to say... For easy 10$ you get at least 4 out of 5 EPIC GAMES... That will ALWAYS be classics. For anyone who had computer and was a constant user of such in the 90s, there isn't much to say. This one is a must!
sure the graphics might not be able to compete with todays games but there is basically no reason not to get this pack. simply put buy it.
X-Com UFO Defence came out in 1994 and its still the number one squad combat game bar none
terror from the deep,is basically x-com but underwater and is a much harder game