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In 2003, eighty-five years after the armistice, it took Richard Rubin months to find just one living American veteran of World War I. But then, he found another. And another. Eventually, he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, and interviewed them. All are gone now.
A decade-long odyssey to recover the story of a forgotten generation and their war led Rubin across the United States and France, through archives, private collections, battlefields, literature, propaganda, and even music. But at the center of it all were the last of the last, the men and women he met: a new immigrant, drafted and sent to France, whose life was saved by a horse; a Connecticut Yankee who volunteered and fought in every major American battle; a Cajun artilleryman nearly killed by a German airplane; an eighteen-year-old Bronx girl "drafted" to work for the War Department; a machine gunner from Montana; a marine wounded at Belleau Wood; the sixteen-year-old who became America's last World War I veteran; and many more.
They were the final survivors of the millions who made up the American Expeditionary Forces, nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century. Self-reliant, humble, and stoic, they kept their stories to themselves for a lifetime, then shared them at the last possible moment so that they, and the war they won - the trauma that created our modern world - might at last be remembered. You will never forget them. The Last of the Doughboys is more than simply a war story; it is a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory.
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"Great Story!"
This was a really good book! I've read allot about WWII and of course the American Civil War, but never much about "The Great War". The interviews with the surviving veterans and their stories are amazing. I have always enjoyed listening to older folks and hearing what they have to say, where they've been and how it was in their era. This book fits that bill!
Grover Gardner does an excellent job of communicating the manner in which his interviewees spoke, gestured, thought and lived. His inflection and tone were excellent throughout the entire book.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history, anyone interested WWI, or anyone who enjoys hearing about the past as told by those who lived it. I'm glad I made this selection!
I am an avid eclectic reader.
"An engaging book"
Richard Rubin has done lots of work in researching this book. He has had to travel all over the country to meet with the veterans for the interviews but the most difficult problem was in finding them. He had to be a detective hunting down the last of the survivors of world war one. This is an engaging book with wonderful tangents such as songs of the conflict; Rubin had gathered sheet music as well as old vinyl records of world war one songs. He also read many memoirs about the conflict. I have on my list to read next, one of the books he went into detail about, "Over the Top "written in 1918 by Arthur Guy Empey. Rubin travel widely employing a keen eye, he made almost a travelogue of World War One monuments and statues. He noted almost every town or city in the country has at least one memorial monument if not more in honor of local people who served in WWI. He also traveled through the WWI cemeteries in Europe also well as monument to the American troops who fought there. Rubin also found African-Americans that had served in the various armed services as well a few women. At the end of the book he discussed the terrible treatment given the veterans of WWI or should say lack of any treatment or service. Apparently the man President Harding appointed to head the Veterans Affairs abscond with millions of dollars he had embezzled. The author also gave some explanations about how the term Doughboy came about. I hope someone will do the same for the WWII veterans before it is too late. If we were on the ball we would be gathering the stories of veterans of all the wars we have fought we are losing so much of our history. I really enjoyed this book; it was at times funny at times serious but always delightful. Grover Gardner did a great job narrating the book.
"Brilliant performance of an excellent book."
I cannot say enough about this book. I've been on a bit of a WWI kick, and this book was a nice change from the normal historical narrative. It lends a human perspective to the War, but it's as much a book about the present and how we think about the Great War as much as it is about the Great War itself. Grover Gardner is absolutely BRILLIANT - he does different voices for each person in a subtle way, and even conveys the emotion in the voices of those who are relating their stories.
You should download this book. It is everything a non-fiction audiobook should be.
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"Memories of an age long past, and its Great War!"
I really love the concept of this book. Memories from the WWI era told by the men and women who created them over 8 decades ago. First hand accounts of not only the war, but the times they lived in and the things they found important to remember. Reaching 100 years of age in itself is a rare enough accomplishment but to think of the things they went through to get there is amazing. I am really glad that Richard Rubin was able to take the time to coax the stories from some of the final few that remained before all passed away and the style and stories were lost forever.
Grover Gardner was the perfect choice to narrate this book. His easygoing style made the book seem conversational as if he was relating his experience directly to me.
I am really glad to have found this book. It was good to hear about their experiences, good and bad, told in their unique style and frame of reference. I think this is a book I will be able to enjoy again and again.
Jumps on his bed while licking the bottom of one foot. He persists in this life affirming act despite interference from the head nurse.
"Flawed But Worthwhile: History Buffs Should Get It"
This book is good most of the time but bad in spots. So are most books I read or listen to—so little offense, Mr. Rubin. If aged WWI veterans don't say much Rubin mortars history between his blocks of interviews, and the format works pretty well. Or, he inserts interesting observations from personal tours of battlefields in France, in places specific to interviewees. Rubin became friends with the oldsters, going back to visit them every so often, an endearing thing. Grover Gardner narrates the reminiscences well, as always. The book is enjoyable until Rubin quotes lyrics from his WWI sheet music collection. Tin Pan Alley cranked out terrible stuff. Hear a few verses and you won't want to hear more. And so, if you buy the book, listen to some of the lyrics then skip ahead because it doesn't get any better until the chapter ends. Rubin writes that he has hundreds of examples in his collection and I guess he wanted to make use of a fair number of them—but yeeeech. Another quick criticism to an otherwise decent book: Being from the East Coast with its philosophical predilections, Rubin defines racism contemporaneously and then condemns it like it happened yesterday, rather than placing it in its particular historical context. For example, he takes a century-old comic novelty song from Vaudeville—"Indianola"—and, with the narrator reading it dead-pan, makes it sound like the KKK wrote it last week. (For an enjoyable couple of minutes listen to the old Billy Murray rendition of "Indianola" on the Internet. It's fun.) Context? Picture a guy on stage in a loud plaid suit, carrying a cane, "selling" the song on the yokel circuit somewhere in the sticks, in 1918, at eight o'clock in the evening, on a Tuesday, and you have but one historical context for "Indianola." Ethnic humor was everywhere at the time. That guy on the stage could have been just about any color or extraction, by the way, including Native American if one of them wanted to troop the boards. Using contemporary rules of measure, "K-K-K-Katie" might be condemned as offensive to both stutters and hillbillies. Oops! I mean vocally challenged folk and chronically under-employed rural laborers. I wonder what Rubin would say about Bill Mauldin's WWII cartoon of an Indian on guard duty stopping a freight train because he was told not to let anything pass? Rubin needed an editor to put his or her foot down in a few spots.
Taken all-in-all, the book is worth the money if you skip the gas-bag parts. Most of it is well-written and interesting. The diversity of centenarian doughboys (and one doughgirl office worker) is unexpected. And God bless these old guys' hearts—which have all now ceased beating.
Life long amateur military history buff. Enjoy naval history the most. Retired from 20 years of criminal defense and family law practice...
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Well told story .....................
The whole of Woody's life is intriguing beyond words. In fact his experience in World War Two is even more dramatic and entertaining than his Great War experience.
In my humble opinion this book is best broken into a number of sessions, though I hated to shut it off.
Although ostensibly this is a story about the Great War in reality said book covers in detail, though never tediously so, what life and people were like during this period of time. It was quite interesting to me to be able to glimpse into habits and customs of men and woman during the period of 1900 all the way to present day. It is amazing to look at how much the world has changed.
"A Truely Great Book"
I enjoyed listening to the Audible more than reading this fine book. Honestly, this is probably the best listening experience I've had. The reader is phenomenal. Wonderful. The book is amazingly good. It really weaves around a lot of subjects; but it is never confusing. It did seem to sidetrack at times. Man am I glad I stuck with it. I feel I now know an entire generation of people. War is hell! Life is a mixture of hell and well... life.
"It drew me in..."
this book was a good listen, I learned tons, could have used less songs.
"Poorly written. Did not do justice to those men."
less politics. more of what those men went through and their families.
not personal information about their stories. more about his opinions'
no feelings!
the politics and the jumping back and forth between the war, the men and his own opinions.
I did not like the book. Put it down about two thirds through. Very disappointed!
"Essential, Entertaining & Educational"
Learning about the humanity of those who served in WWI, hearing their individual stories, learning the importance of how the early part of the 20th century shaped these individuals into the rugged, moral characters that they were, hearing their individual voices. Also, the author's injection of himself into the story was at first annoying, but then you grew to love him. Richard Rubin sort of a nebbish neighbor who keeps showing up on your doorstep with a delicious meal that you enjoy so much that you grow to associate him with the nourishment and delight; soon he is inseparable from the meal.
I think above covers it.
I actually found his "older man" voice a bit disconcerting. I think the publishers cast someone who himself sounded like an older veteran, yet the "voice" of the book was decidedly Rubin's. The two didn't mesh well in my opinion. Gardner was, however, clear and understandable.
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ATV screwed our company. It invested and than acted as if its opinion was all that mattered. Then when we had an opportunity for a 25X for them with the right acquirer, they voted it down so they could shovel more money in to push things that management knew did not make sense. They then alienated a bunch of investors and then switched terms on a follow on at the last minute. Then they drove the company out of business! Stay away!
Cavendish Global allegedly assembles family offices hungry to invest in healthcare related deals. They host large and nice events and charge entrepreneurs big bucks to attend. I've spoke with several CEO's who attended and say it is a total bust. No family offices there that actually want to meet anyone pitching a deal. Apparently they make money by swindling CEO's in to coughing up entry fees and then receiving zero benefit. The leader of this group then duck call and complaints post meeting. Beware.
I did not know them but selected them from a web search. They rejected us but were easy to approach and prompt to respond, That is appreciated.
2015- $200MM new fund with Bill Geary, Michael Greeley and Lee Wrubel asa the GPs. They continue to manage existing Foundation Medical investments. ~($200MM)
Private: 179 Chars
Seriously: stay away from this fund. We pitched Yatin at their offices, who was half an hour late to our meeting. During the pitch, he was HAVING LUNCH and looking at his phone, and asking random questions to pretend like he was paying attention. We were interrupted twice by what I presume were his partners, to take him out of the room and talk. When he finished eating, at around the middle of our 12-slide deck, he stopped us and said "ok guys, this is very interesting, we'll get back to you", and left the room. Rude, arrogant, disgusting experience.
We went to pitch them, and were originally going to pitch one of the SF parters but got Phin, who had just recently arrived to San Francisco. He somewhat paid attention to our pitch, then asked questions that weren't relevant to what we were doing. He also asked things we'd explained already during the pitch, which made us feel like we had wasted our time.
Private: 330 Chars
One of my companies learned first hand that Artiman was less interested in investing and more interesting learning about the market and company's platform...they took this information to create a competitor. This not an entrepreneur friendly firm. Pitching to them may lead to your worst nightmare.
Billion dollar companies are being created at a faster pace than ever before, so there are plenty of opinions in the "bubble or bust" debate. I won't bore you with more. However, if you look at it objectively, there is a method to the "madness" of these so-called "Unicorn" companies.
I just published a detailed analysis on Forbes in an article titled How to Build a Billion Dollar Company: The Method Behind Today's Unicorn Madness.
I would love your feedback on this post, but to provide a quick summary:
The most recent Unicorns are being developed in as little as 36 months, with the combination of strong Founders, forward-thinking investors, and aggressive teams using a cycle of three main tactics:
1. The "Push" (a ridiculously ambitious growth plan outlined by companies with their investors)
2. The "Markup" (an enormous funding round that values the startup at a valuation that assumes flawless execution of the growth plan outlined in the "Push")
3. The "Backfill" (the small period of time where the company needs to executive the plan and live up the value they pledged to create)
The Unicorns you are seeing today are the companies that have been able to successfully execute this cycle of Push -> Markup -> Backfill until hitting the billion dollar valuation in their latest "Markup".
As for the teams that try but fail to execute this cycle? These companies typically return the remaining capital to their investors (ex. Secret, Homejoy), get acqui-hired (ex. Slide), or pursue drip funding.
Take a few moments to read the article here, and if you have thoughts, please leave comments on the post. I would love to hear them.
Also, quick sidenote: the Founder Institute (a company launch program born out of TheFunded.com) is currently enrolling in over 30 cities worldwide, and I will personally be leading the upcoming Silicon Valley Chapter. If you or somebody you know could use help launching a tech company, check it out.
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I can't say enough good things about TTV's team. Smart, warm, full of ideas, and advice. Helpful. And our many interactions with them bore fruit. They issued us a term sheet. But was it? TTV promised to fund only a small part of their own term sheet. Now that I understand what happened here, I can tell you that what they really issued to us a "hunting licenses," not a term sheet. I've since learned that this is common practice amount smaller VCs. The onus of syndicating falls on the company, not on them. This helps them confirm their funding decision through the decisions of institutional investor colleagues. Well, that might suit them but it was hell on us. It was hard enough to get one VC to say yes -- a six month process. Getting two or three more to join on to a syndication and say yes in the 60 day period TTV gave us was just impossible. And so as quickly as the term sheet materialized, TTV retracted it. TTV's decision to pull the rug out from under us almost destroyed our company. Our investors saw the TTV deal implosion as a bad sign. Internal investors who were about to write checks didn't. And it soured most of the current crop of prospective investors who were circling and watching the TTV deal. I hope my fellow entrepreneurs can learn from this lesson. If you are considering a smaller VC like TTV, make sure you are clear about your expectations from the start. If you are expecting them to handle syndication, don't. If I could start all over again, I would not have even approached TTV. It was a monumental waste of time for us. In the order of hundreds of hours and legal and travel expenses in the neighborhood of $20,000 or more.


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Come to Castrogonia. We'll set you up with breasts the size of watermelons, if that's what you want. And it will only cost you a fraction of what you would pay in Winnipeg.
Never mind whatever complications might ensue. We have the best medical care in the world, proven by our own fraudulent and misleading statistics.
From Malaysia, we get a glowing report on the excellence of Castronoid medical care, full of all of the lies that they spin so expertly down there, in that circle of Hell.
Imagine anyone dumb enough to risk surgery or any other medical procedure in Castrogonia. Even if these medical tourists are treated at apartheid hospitals, they'll still be getting bottom-of-the-barrel medical care.
Oh, wait, we don't have to imagine anything: the Castronoid Ministry of Dollars is targeting Canadians.
Hey, hosers, once you've had your cosmetic surgery — if you haven't died from an infection and are not too disfigured — you can switch your visa from "medical tourist" to "sex tourist" and also claim your "misery voyeur" certificate, which entitles you to two free mojitos with any adult whore and five with a child prostitute.
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Cuba looks to medical tourism as income source
HAVANA, July 30 — Football legend Diego Maradona blazed a path for Cuba to become a medical tourism destination when he traveled to the island for drug addiction treatment in 2000.
Since then, thousands of other famous and not-so-famous faces have traveled here for help, and the government wants to build on that success.
Drug rehab, post-accident motor skills rehabilitation, treatment for eye diseases and plastic surgery—foreign patients can get all of these services and more in Cuba, and at competitive prices.
Cuba has long been known for producing quality doctors and providing excellent medical services, and as the communist government of President Raul Castro seeks to revive the island's moribund economy, it is turning to medical tourism as a revenue generator.
Cuba's main source of foreign income is the sale of medical services to other countries—legions of doctors and nurses, who are public employees, travel abroad to work following an agreement with the host country.
While this generates billions of dollars a year, the related field of medical tourism is still in its infancy.
Servimed, a government-owned for-profit medical services company that caters to foreigners, has website pages in Spanish, French and English, the last two aimed mostly at Canadians.
"Cuba is a poor country which has placed its priorities in the right places, which is to say, in education and health services," reads the site.
"We offer the opportunity to be seen and treated by qualified doctors without the delays that one would encounter while trying to visit a doctor in Canada."….
At Havana's Cira Garcia Clinic, reserved for foreigners, breast augmentation surgery costs US$1,248, compared to around US$6,000 in the United States, US$4,350 in Britain and US$2,500 in Mexico, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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March 16th, 2009, 1:53 pm by Curtis Zupke, Staff writerUp until this season the Ducks were able to enjoy consistency and stability on their formidable checking line.
Rob Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson and Travis Moen had shut down the opposing team's top lines for the better part of the past three seasons. The trio did not sustain that success this season and were officially broken up this month when Pahlsson and Moen were traded.
Coach Randy Carlyle has since tried to piece together a checking line with new and veteran players, and he said it is a challenge to re-create what had been a mainstay. Niedermayer and Todd Marchant have primarily assumed the role, with newly acquired Mike Brown and Petteri Nokelainen getting used in certain situations as well.
"It gives us a couple of options," Carlyle said. "We'll try to continue to build toward defining a checking line. I don't know if we have that ability in our lineup anymore. It's hard to do in a week's time."
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"It's not often that I am at a loss for words," Carlberg said after receiving the prize, and went on to thank Wallenberg's sister Nina Lagergren for her help with the book, "Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig" (There is a room here waiting for you).
Göran Rosenberg won the fiction prize for his childhood memoir chronicling his father's path from the Auschwitz extermination camp in Poland during World War Two to the town of Södertälje south of Stockholm. Rosenberg's book is titled "Ett kort uppehåll på vägen från Auschwitz" (A brief respite on the way from Auschwitz).
The prize for children's literature went to Nina Ulmaja for her book "A B C å allt om D" (A B C n' everything about D). The small August prize, given to authors between 16 and 20 years of age, went to Ulrika Netterlblad for her novel "Route 66".
A jury nominated six authors in each of the four catagories. A group of 63 book shopkeepers, librarians and critics then votes for the winners, who receive 100,000 SEK and a bronze statue. The winner of the small prize receives 15,000 SEK.


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By Army Capt. Anthony Deiss
Task Force Rushmore
Known as individual augmentees or IAs, these Guard members have voluntarily asked for an opportunity to serve their state and nation by filling key positions in the war fight.
Having never mobilized with an activated unit, Army Col. Michael Herman of Aberdeen , S.D. , said, he knew he wanted to serve in Afghanistan in some capacity. He now is helping to develop the Afghan National Army.
"I hadn't deployed yet, and got permission to deploy by the South Dakota Guard," said Herman, 47. "I worked through the National Guard Bureau to find an IA assignment, and they gave me a list to choose from in Afghanistan , because that's where I wanted to serve."
Since 2001, the South Dakota Army National Guard has mobilized more than 3,500 soldiers in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, about 50 of them in IA positions. In August 2009, Herman chose a position critical to the security climate in Afghanistan from a short list of available colonel augmentee positions.
Over the next 15 months, Herman would serve as the senior advisor and coalition commander of the Consolidated Fielding Center at Kabul Military Training Center near the Afghan capital of Kabul . The CFC develops nearly all Afghan army units for the country –- manning, equipping, training, validating, and finally deploying units into the fight.
"The role of the individual augmentee is very important. Units mobilizing are obviously very important, but IAs fill key positions," said Herman, who is married with three children and one grandchild. "National Guard people are especially well suited for these types of assignments, because they bring a lot of unique skill sets to this type of environment or theater."
So important is the role of the CFC in developing the security forces needed for Afghanistan , it garners the attention of the top officials from the U.S. government and military, as well as coalition partner nations. Herman has briefed former International Security Assistance Force Commander Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. James Stavridis, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe , as well as numerous Congress members and foreign ambassadors.
With an ISAF goal of having 134,000 trained and fielded Afghan soldiers throughout the country by last month, Herman knew he had a big task ahead of him when he arrived in September 2009. With only about 110,000 Afghan army forces trained and deployed since the war began, Herman would lead the effort to increase its size by nearly 30,000 soldiers in just over a year –- bringing the total to about 140,000.
"I knew very little about the position when I selected it," said Herman, a 29-year veteran of the South Dakota Guard. "But with having an extensive training background, I thought it would be the perfect fit for me training Afghan soldiers as they stand up their national army."
Prior to mobilizing, Herman had been the professor of military science at South Dakota State University in Brookings for four years. Before that, he spent more than 13 years serving in training, personnel and administrative officer positions for the 1-147th Field Artillery Battalion and 147th Field Artillery Brigade, responsible for ensuring the manning, equipping and training of soldiers.
Herman would rely on this experience to help in developing the year-old CFC. Leading up to his arrival, the CFC was the only collective training center in Afghanistan ramping up Afghan army units.
"It was a relatively new training center. In the past, the [Afghan army] had been standing up their units in separate areas or remote locations," Herman said. "What [ISAF and the Afghan government] found out is that they had a product that was very different from one another."
Herman said some Afghan army corps would do very well at getting their soldiers the right equipment and training, while others were not doing as well, so coalition forces and the Afghan defense minister decided to have one location to have collective training.
While the CFC was in its infancy, the program had very few resources and personnel to properly train the numbers of soldiers. But Herman had experience taking a struggling organization and making it successful. He revamped South Dakota State 's Army ROTC program there, and it later was was selected as the most improved battalion by the Army's Cadet Command.
With few resources and not enough personnel and training aids, Herman quickly needed to figure out how he was going to train so many forces in such a short amount of time.
"I started formulating a plan with my staff and team on what we needed to complete our mission," he said. Herman's team initially consisted of only 16 coalition soldiers and 10 contractors. Needing resources, training aids, additional equipment and personnel, Herman was about to tell the commander of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan what he needed to be successful.
"At the time, General McChrystal had come out to the CFC -– he was getting ready to visit with President Obama, and he asked some hard questions of me," Herman said. "McChrystal asked, 'Can you do what you are assigned to do? Can you meet the throughput capability?' At the time we had a frank discussion, and I said, 'Yes, if we have the right resources.'"
By November 2009, Army Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV was assigned as the NATO Training Mission Afghanistan commander and added a lot of resources for Herman and his team. Many coalition nations started contributing personnel, and by January, Herman started getting the resources he needed.
Herman's team grew to more than 440 coalition forces –- consisting of more than 50 support teams from nations such as Great Britain, Turkey, Australia, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Jordan and Canada.
"We were only putting out one or two Afghan kandaks (battalion-sized elements of about 800 soldiers) at a time," Herman said. "By the April/May time frame, we had seven, eight or nine kandaks going through the CFC at any given time."
By last month, the CFC had met the quota of 134,000 Afghan soldiers fielded, but along the way, Herman and his team made a significant change in the development process: quality vs. quantity.
"We are making progress in this war. It's night and day since I got here," Herman said. "When I started, I had five training aids; now we have a battalions worth of aids. Less than 50 percent [of Afghan troops] could qualify with their weapons; now we are up to 90 percent. We are teaching the military decision-making process and troop-leading procedures. Now, staffs know how to plan for operations."
Herman said the CFC is producing a better product now than it ever has before. With more training time, more training tasks and more quality training, the Afghan soldiers are better, and this translates into a better fighting force, he added.
The CFC also develops combat support units, Herman noted.
"These types of units are very critical to sustainability right now," he said. "There are probably enough combatant commands out there to do the job, but they are having a hard time sustaining themselves. We as coalition partners are providing the sustainment operations, but we are starting to produce more of those units, so they will soon start taking over that mission."
With the pieces falling into place –- adequate resources and personnel, quality training and the support units to sustain it all -– a picture is forming of what the Afghanistan National Army should look like, Herman said.
"We've produced 68 units and more than 29,000 Afghan soldiers at the CFC during my time here," Herman said. "Our goal was 134,000; we now have 140,000. Our new goal is 171,600 by October of 2011, and we are on track to meet that."
Herman said the Afghans he has met and worked with have been gracious and supportive of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and in helping to build their army.
"Working with the Afghan Army leadership has been an outstanding experience and they are extremely supportive of the American and the coalition presence here," he said. "They know that we are here spending our resources, money and soldiers to help them take over their own security, and they understand they need to stand on their own two feet."
As Herman completes his tour and heads back to South Dakota , he leaves Afghanistan knowing he has made a difference in the war effort, and will leave with a different impression of what the individual augmentee can accomplish.


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Food photography is becoming very popular thanks to mobile phones. Even the rise in keeping fit has pushed people to shoot food & showcase it online. Today I'll show you how I shot, bhuna bhutta(Roasted Corn). Roasted Corn is a must have during monsoons. It can be had at roadside in India. Its healthy as well as tasty at the same time. The masala & lemon squeezed make it absolutely mouth-watering.
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Ever since I undertook the 365 Project, shooting unique shots everyday has become an impulse. I don't spend hours into thinking the shot to be made each day, but it comes to me naturally(touch wood). If you've been following my project, you would be knowing about the shot titled "Food is Ready". Today, I'll show you exactly how it was achieved.
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Shutter Speed : 1/250th
Aperture : f/7.1
Focal Length : 50mm
Camera & Lens : Canon EOS 60D with Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD SP Aspherical
Flash : Vivitar 285HV at Half Power(triggered via wireless flash trigger)
Looking at the shot, you might be fooled into believing its a two light setup but its not. The shot was done using a single speedlite. I used a Vivitar 285HV manual flash. For the shot setup, its nothing but my kitchen platform on which my stove rests. I cleared up utensils lying around the stove so I could setup my tripod & on it the wireless flash receiver(with flash off-course). The flash was covered by a newspaper so the light could not spill in background or cause a glare on the lens and illuminate the pressure cooker sharply from the left side. On the right side of the pressure cooker is a wall which acted as my reflector in this photograph. I sat around two feet away with my camera ready & with the composition I wanted. Just as the whistle of the pressure cooker blew, I took the shot. The first shot had less steam, so I took another a while later & that was the one you're seeing here.
As for post-processing, its minimal. Just RAW processing in Bibble Labs Pro followed by a greyscale conversion, contrast curve & a slight cropping in GIMP. My desired shot was ready. So before getting another flash, know how much one can do just with a single flash. This is just a simple example.
Getting drenched in rain is one of the best things in life. The feeling is one which cannot be expressed in words nor pictures, one has to just feel it. Still I went ahead & decided to capture it into a photograph.


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A 71-year-old woman accused of failing to care for her impaired niece who later died will be evaluated to determine whether she was not guilty by reason of insanity, Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Stacy Cook ordered yesterday.
Naomi George of 1812 Ridgewood Ave., who is charged with reckless homicide and failure to care for a functionally impaired person, was referred to the Court Diagnostic and Treatment Facility. She was being held in the county jail in lieu of $25,000 bond and faces up to 6 years in prison if convicted on both charges.
Lorna George, 52, died Jan. 30 at the Ridgewood address, where she lived with her aunt who cared for her for 49 years. Authorities said Lorna George, bedridden since birth, suffered from hydrocephalus, the result of excess fluid in the skull.
Lorna George died from sepsis, severe decubitus ulcers, malnutrition, dehydration, and chronic hydrocephalus, court records show.


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Josh Cobb's story is becoming all too common in the battle against drug addiction. The 28-year-old recovering addict from northern Kentucky nearly died last year from a carfentanyl overdose.
His organs began shutting down. He had to be put on dialysis and undergo two surgeries.
"I'm very grateful to be here," Cobb said. "It really is a privilege because there was one point in time I wasn't sure if I was still going to be here or not."


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I was lucky enough to be able to pick this as a free sample with my last haul! My last flavored black tea, candy apple, was very under flavored. I could hardly tell what it was other than black tea; so to open this and be hit with a great amount of sugary, creamy caramel was a pleasant surprise!
This has a much more dominant flavor than the other caramel black that I've tried (Kusmi). Surprisingly, I enjoyed the base for the Kusmi tea more than this one. The base for some of the flavored blacks at Adagio are a bit more finicky than others. I enjoy stronger tea, but this at anything more than 3-3 1/2 min. is just bitter. This is a great tea for the price and I'd love to have more of it in my cupboard.


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The judge in the Colorado theater shootings says lawyers for defendant James Holmes don't have to tell prosecutors in advance what some of their arguments would be during the sentencing phase of his trial if he's convicted.
The judge on Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to require defense lawyers to disclose what mitigating factors they will offer.
Separately, the judge said he'll wait before deciding the details of how he would advise Holmes on his right to make a statement during the sentencing phase.
Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of killing 12 people and injuring 70 at a Denver-area theater in 2012. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Holmes' trial date is up in the air while attorneys argue motions about the sanity evaluation his underwent.


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Cadillac Seville / Cadillac Eldorado Forum Discussion, '94 Seville won't pass emissions in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; So I failed emissions twice here in Colorado for HC's, the CO's and Nox were nearly failing as well. I ...
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'94 Seville won't pass emissions
So I failed emissions twice here in Colorado for HC's, the CO's and Nox were nearly failing as well. I recently had two ignition coils fail, which eventually fouled my cat, so those two coils, cat, wires, and plugs were replaced. Note that this is before emissions were tested. So I replaced the other two coils. Still failing, actually got worse a bit. Checked codes and had P032 and P071, which indicated MAP sensor. Also had P105 for brake booster vacuum low. However, I just had the injector cleaning service done at Grease Monkey and they disconnected the brake booster vacuum to introduce cleaner into the intake manifold. Wondering if that made my MAP codes trip too. Voltages on the O2 sensors are within normal operating voltages according to the computer.
Decided to pull the intake manifold (beauty cover) cover and discovered a mess....
First off, there was little to no pressure left in the fuel lines. As you can see, I don't think fuel should be pooling in the intake. Where the black intake tubes connect to the intake ports was chunked with carbon. In the top picture, where the injector harness goes down through the plastic fuel rail holder, that was filled to the top with fuel, picture a cup filled up. I'm thinking that the FPR is spraying fuel out the top nipple or an injector is leaking horribly. Since it's all apart, going to replace injectors (rockauto reman's or send them out to be cleaned/blurprinted), all o-rings, MAP, IAT, and FPR.
Only other thing I could think of is if there was a vacuum leak somewhere causing the FPR to release more fuel. But I don't think it would be so much, and it would have to travel back up the intake tubes to do what it did. The FPR and MAP on this motor are inside the intake, so don't have vacuum lines, just exposed to vacuum. The intake manifold cover gaskets look ok. Tried to look for any other place that may cause a vacuum leak on the intake, as this would increase the fuel pressure. Please let me know your thoughts and if you suspect something else. Thanks gents.
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FSFE Founder Georg Greve Awarded German Cross of Merit
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) founding president Georg Greve was awarded the German Cross of Merit for his intervention on the part of free software and open standards.
The North Sea islander Georg Greve was given the award April 27 at the German Embassy in Berne, Switzerland. The honor was based on Greve's service as founder and long-time president of the FSFE, European speaker for the GNU Project and author of the "Brave GNU World" column for Linux Magazine. Emphasis was on his promoting open standards, of particular interest to the German state department, considering the recent Document Freedom Day.
In 2009 Greve gave up his eight-year presidency of the FSFE to Karsten Gerloff to become CEO of Kolab Systems in Zurich. The FSFE recently was granted the Theodor Heuss Medal for its vision and setting an example of democratic principles and collaborative values.
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Old Linux Kernel Bug Discovered
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OpenSSH 7.5 Released
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Ubuntu Touch Not Dead
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Tentative Deal Is Reached to Raise Taxes on the Wealthy — WASHINGTON — Furious last-minute negotiations between the White House and the Senate Republican leadership on Monday secured a tentative agreement to allow tax rates to rise on affluent Americans, but the measure was not going to pass …
American Prospect, The Maddow Blog and Daily Kos
Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News:
It's official: Deal reached on "fiscal cliff" — As revelers in Times Square and cities and towns across the country wait for the ball to drop to ring in the new year, politicians in Washington have announced that a ball is not likely to drop on the average taxpayer.
Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Why the White House thinks it's winning the 'fiscal cliff' — Consider the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations from the White House's perspective. — The specifics of the potential McConnell-Biden deal are fluid, but the bottom line, at the moment, seems to be this: It raises taxes …
Booman Tribune, Brad DeLong and Mother Jones
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Fiscal Cliff Deal Reached: White House, Hill Leaders Agree To Delay Sequester By Two Months … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Harry Reid , John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama , Barack Obama , Video, 2012 Fiscal Cliff, Harry Reid Fiscal Cliff, US Fiscal Cliff, Fiscal Cliff, Fiscal Cliff 2012 …
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Here's what Republicans really hated about Obama's news conference — President Obama's cheerful, mocking statement enraged Republicans. But the bigger problem is he said something Republican leaders have been trying to hide from their members. Obama said, clearly, that if the GOP wants …
The Atlantic Online
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Senate to hold New Year's Eve vote on Biden-GOP fiscal cliff deal — The Senate will vote on legislation to extend tax rates on annual income under $450,000 on New Year's Eve. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the vote would be held after a Congressional Budget Office score …
Post Politics
Paul Krugman:
Conceder In Chief? — OK, I've had my own sorta-kinda briefing on the apparent fiscal cliff deal, and I'm pretty much with Noam Scheiber. Viewed on its own, it's a bad and upsetting deal but not as terrible as initial rumors had it. But the strategic consequences are likely to be very bad indeed, and in very short order too.
Firedoglake and The Reality-Based Community
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Budget Deal Is Sealed — The White House and Senate Republicans are closing in on a budget compromise that would raise tax rates on couples making more than $450,000 a year, increase taxes on large inheritances and extend unemployment benefits for a year.
American Power, Washington Wire and CNN
Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
The Estate Tax Is a Huge Giveaway in the Fiscal-Cliff Talks — It will cost us $375 billion over the next decade if we keep the estate tax from going back to its Clinton-era levels. That's twice the savings from switching to chained CPI. — (Reuters) — It's time to talk …
Hullabaloo and Wonkblog
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Fiscal Cliff Deal Growing More Likely, Would Raise $715 Billion In Revenue
Fiscal Cliff Deal Growing More Likely, Would Raise $715 Billion In Revenue
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Democrats' Cliff Compromise Is Bad; But the Strategic Consequences Are Disastrous
Democrats' Cliff Compromise Is Bad; But the Strategic Consequences Are Disastrous
Talking Points Memo, CNN and Washington Examiner
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Lash Out At Obama, Even As Fiscal Cliff Deal Close At Hand
Republicans Lash Out At Obama, Even As Fiscal Cliff Deal Close At Hand
Politico and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
(APPLAUSE) — Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat.
(APPLAUSE) — Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat.
Firedoglake, Greg Mankiw's Blog and The National Memo
Suzy Khimm / Wonkblog:
Obama's wrong: This 'cliff' deal still raises taxes on the middle class
Obama's wrong: This 'cliff' deal still raises taxes on the middle class
Washington Post, The Plum Line, U.S. Senate Republican …, TalkLeft, Business Insider and Post Politics
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell's Latest Gambit Is A Big Tax And Debt Limit Tell
McConnell's Latest Gambit Is A Big Tax And Debt Limit Tell
Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The case for the Dems' negotiating strategy
The case for the Dems' negotiating strategy
Progressive Change …, Booman Tribune and CNN
Nancy Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Fiscal Compromise Would Set Stage For a New Year of Mini-Cliffs
Fiscal Compromise Would Set Stage For a New Year of Mini-Cliffs
naked capitalism, Hot Air, National Review and The Fix
Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
TRENDING: House unlikely to vote on any deal until after cliff deadline
TRENDING: House unlikely to vote on any deal until after cliff deadline
Politico, The Raw Story, The Moderate Voice and Taegan Goddard's …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
2 Sides in Talks Inch Closer but No Fiscal Deal on Final Day
2 Sides in Talks Inch Closer but No Fiscal Deal on Final Day
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Timothy Noah / The New Republic:
Kill This Deal … Dear House and Senate Democrats,
Kill This Deal … Dear House and Senate Democrats,
The Fix, The Gateway Pundit, The Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: 'Looks Like I'm Going to Be Spending New Year's Here in D.C.'
Obama: 'Looks Like I'm Going to Be Spending New Year's Here in D.C.'
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Is Obama Caving on Taxes?
Why Is Obama Caving on Taxes?
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The European / The European Union Times:
Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran — A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd right] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed …
CNN, KTLA 5, Weekly Standard and NBC Politics
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
NBC reporter raises Hillary Clinton questions
NBC reporter raises Hillary Clinton questions
Truthdig, Weasel Zippers and The Hinterland Gazette
Don Kaplan / NY Daily News:
Political commentator Sean Hannity was one of the big losers in the 2012 election — The right-wing Fox News host lost half his audience in the weeks after Obama's win — Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity had predicted President Obama would lose in a landslide.
The National Memo, Politico and The Hinterland Gazette
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
PM reiterates support for demilitarized 'Palestine' — Contrary to claims by top Likud candidates, Netanyahu stands behind his words in Bar-Ilan speech, spokesman says. — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stands by his support for a Palestinian state under the conditions described …
Israel Matzav and Algemeiner.com
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Worst Holiday: New Year's Eve Is Over-hyped and Anti-Climactic — An absurd mix of international traditions would be better than how we celebrate it in America. — The national embarrassment of American New Year's Eve celebrations embodied in one image. And it only got worse. / Reuters
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Yanche wrote:I don't know how it might be different for tenants in Reading but in most areas of the country taxes or service fees accessed against property owners is passed on to the tenant in the form of higher rent. So it's not true that "only the land owner" pays. In fact depending on how the land owner has is rental property business structured he gets the advantage of offsetting the land tax/fee assessment as a deduction on his profit/loss calculation. The tenant gets no such benefit.
Perhaps what I should have said is the renter's portion is, on average, significantly less than home owners. There is also no provision for the actual burden placed on the system for an individual family. You pay the same whether or not you have no kids, 1 kid, or 20 kids. Seems a bit unfair to make childless people and retired folks pay the same tax and yes, I do have a school age child.


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After beginning the week with a sharp decline in response to an escalating crisis in Ukraine and fears of a possible Russian annexation of Crimea, financial markets recovered broadly, as tensions over the situation subsided and investor focus returned to assessing the economic health of the U.S. and nations abroad. As of March 6, the S&P 500 reached record highs in four of the previous six sessions, rising approximately 1% for the past week. European stocks realized modest gains after suffering a decline on Monday that was their largest in nine months, and emerging markets moved slightly higher despite the volatile situation in Ukraine, based on MSCI indexes through March 6.
In fixed-income markets, the week's largely positive economic news helped push up the yield (and depress the price) of the bellwether 10-year Treasury. Optimism about the U.S. economy also helped tighten spreads — the difference between Treasury yields and those of higher-yielding, non-Treasury securities — across most sectors, with particular strength in investment-grade and high-yield corporate debt, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. When spreads tighten, this generally indicates improved economic conditions to the extent that investors are more comfortable taking on added risk without demanding a higher yield as compensation for that risk.
Current market updates are available here.
A solid jobs report headlines a largely positive week
Assessing the state of the U.S. economy continues to be difficult due to weather-related issues, although economic releases during the week generally pointed to improving U.S. growth after a seasonally challenged period:
The European Central Bank maintains the status quo at its March meeting
The European Central Bank (ECB) chose to keep monetary policy on hold, leaving its bank lending rate unchanged at 0.25%. This decision reflects ECB President Mario Draghi's sanguine views regarding Europe's prospects for a sustained economic recovery and also implies a lack of concern regarding inflation rates that remain well below the ECB's 2% target.
A lack of more aggressive action was a disappointment to some and could lead to a much stronger euro. Although the ECB may expect that stronger U.S. growth will limit the euro's advance, continued euro strength might hurt European growth and may force the ECB to implement measures to stimulate the economy.
Emerging markets exhibit relative calm despite the Ukrainian crisis
The markets' initial response to actions taken by Russia to exert control over Ukraine's Crimean peninsula reflected concerns over a souring of relations between Russia and the international community and over the imposition of sanctions that could result in a disruption of oil, coal, and gas supplies upon which Europe, in particular, is highly reliant. However, interdependencies between Russia and its trading partners are likely to limit the degree of this conflict's escalation.
Despite troubling headlines from Ukraine, emerging markets exhibited relative calm as the week wore on. Reduced valuations and outflows last month may have set the stage for a period of improved performance. Returns will hinge on the impact on growth across developing nations from recent interest rate increases, whether the Chinese economy will have a hard landing, and how quickly U.S. interest rates rise in coming months. In our view, threats will prove to be benign, and we see a likelihood of better performance in the future.
Japanese stocks advance, but reforms remain elusive
In Japan, markets lifted as the yen weakened after weeks of strengthening. We would expect the Bank of Japan to continue a policy designed to weaken the currency, which should in turn drive Japanese stocks higher.
There are indications that Prime Minister Abe is moving toward greater reforms, which in our opinion are critical for Japan to develop sustained growth. His agenda includes corporate tax cuts, possible flexibility for the government pension fund to purchase equities, and initiatives that would liberalize regulations for labor markets and real estate development. While these proposals are encouraging, they may not yet be enough to truly improve long-term growth rates.
As long as steady job growth is apparent, we can expect the Fed to proceed with the tapering of quantitative easing in a methodical manner, even in the face of geopolitical concerns. We believe short-term interest rates will remain low for the next 12 months but afterwards will be subject to greater volatility as the economy strengthens.
With the S&P 500 remaining above the 1850 level despite being buffeted by Russia's implicit takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, a move to 1900 is likely before the market corrects. However the index's gain from its February low has been over 8% in an almost uninterrupted line — an advance that certainly merits a pause.
For fixed-income securities, fund flows continue to be supportive for investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, although emerging markets bonds continue to experience outflows. Given the strength in equities so far this year and the current level of interest rates, the tradeoff between risk and return for the two asset classes is more balanced than it has been in some time.
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Simple Monetary-Fiscal Targeting Rules
We analyze the characteristics of optimal dynamics in an economy in which neither prices nor wages adjust instantaneously and lump-sum taxes are unavailable as a source of government finance. We then propose that monetar and fiscal policy should be coordinated to satisfy a pair of simple specific targeting rules, a rule for (wage) inflation and a relationship that links the growth of real wages to past price and wage developments, and output gap dynamics. We show that such simple rule-based conduct of policy can do remarkably well in replicating the dynamics of the economy under optimal policy following a given shock.
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From life management to job search skills, discover the first steps toward navigating your health care career! Packed with tips and suggestions, this practical guide teaches the skills needed to achieve success in school and beyond with an encouraging, up-beat tone. This text is designed to help you attain four important goals as a health care student:
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The makers of Chillar Party managed to make a small film big news by roping in both the shirtless superstar and Casanova (Ranbir) Kapoor to do very special appearances
Salman Khan might be fast becoming the face – thanks to the funny promos – of Chillar Party. But the real credit goes to Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari. The first-time directors share memories of the labour that went into accomplishing their love…
One fine day Vikas Bahl, who was then with UTV Spotboy, shared a story idea with ad-man at Leo Burnett, Nitesh Tiwari. And that's how Chillar Party happened. A small idea grew very fast into a noise-making film, promoted by superstar Salman Khan and the new loverboy in B-town, Ranbir Kapoor. Promos for the film featuring Salman indulging in some kiddie fun with a bunch of boys are currently on air and rapidly collecting a fan club. And the buzz about the movie is not just positive, but growing louder by the hour.
After you finished writing the script, you pursued a few directors before taking the baton into your own hands….
Vikas: We chased directors for five or six months. We went to advertising directors. They were really excited about the script, so that was nice. Among the mainstream filmmakers, I actually bounced it off Majid Majidi (Iranian director of Children of Heaven). I narrated it to him for an hour and, after that, the only thing he said is, 'Don't take any one else to direct it'. We also realised one thing during that process – that as writers, we were not open to any change. We had become that sure about or possessive about what we had written. If you reach that stage, then you can't give your work to another director! So then we thought, chalo hum log hi try kar lete hai.
The kids in your film are not trained actors; some were randomly picked off the streets…
V: Yes. Mukesh Chabbra was our casting director. He used to be on the streets every day looking for kids. Every day he would land up with three-four of them. He auditioned 7,500 kids over two months. Mukesh found Phatka (one of the eight characters) cycling on the street. The guy who plays this character, Irfan – his voice just got us! It had a strange texture to it. He sounded more than his age. His acting was quite okay.
Nitesh: He could just not get it right. But we did not let him be. There were two other kids in the running – they were better actors, but that X-factor was missing. Our unit too was not quite convinced that Irfan was the right choice for Phatka. But because both of us did not have any difference of opinion on that one, we went ahead with him. And, trust me, he really surprised us!
Directing kids is very tough. How did you get work out of them?
V: I think they got work out of us.
N: We told our production guys that they were in for a disaster. First-time directors, ten kids who have not faced the camera and one untrained dog; everything can go wrong in this film. We had rigorous workshops with all of them. Mukesh and Vijay Maurya trained them.
V: In the workshop we didn't teach them how to act. We just taught them things like how to come to the mark, how to not look into the camera, how to follow instructions without shifting the eyes…
So, it must have been easy…
N: Whatever said and done, kids will be spoilt brats. Suddenly you have an instructor who is not very nice and you are spoilt brat, then you will not take it very kindly. We would use his name even while shooting. Once, the kids refused to shoot because they had differences. So we organised a meeting with Vijay. They were having fights with each other. He was our trigger to get them to do what we wanted them to do.
Salman came on board as a co-producer after watching the film. Ranbir Kapoor shot an item number. Had you planned that from the beginning?
N: We had no such plans at that time. We were not thinking that far.
V: The film was shot two years ago. We wanted to release it last summer, but we missed the deadline, so we had no choice. We were hoping that one day Salman would see the film. For two reasons: one, because we are his fans and, second, the film has the same attitude as him. It's a very fearless. It's a film where your heart dictates what you want to do and you go out there and do it. For us, Salman represented that personality of the film. So we thought that if he watches it, chances are that he will like it. And that's what happened.
How did Ranbir get connected?
V: Actually, he just saw the film and loved it. He said, 'Let me know if there is anything I can do'. I actually didn't even know what to go back to him with!. And then after a month I thought that we can do an item number with Ranbir, because we felt he had a hidden tapori in him. So we went with this song.
Apparently Salman and Ranbir don't see eye-to-eye. Did each know about the other's association with the film?
V: Both knew it. Salman knew that Ranbir was doing an item number and Ranbir knew that Salman was coming on board as a producer. Both were actually absolutely okay with it.
N: In fact, we were sitting with Ranbir when we said 'Let's try get Sallu'.


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SYDNEY -- Slowing home loan growth spells bad news for the banks and other home loan lenders, an issue that we here at The Motley Fool have been concerned about for some time.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has released data showing that housing credit to the private sector by banks rose an anemic 0.3% in June after rising by a similar level in May. The annual growth rate was 5.1%.
Banks depend on credit growth to build their revenue, profit, and dividend payout, but analysts are forecasting the growth rate to slow even further in the near term.
Investors might want to think twice about increasing their investments in the banks most exposed to the slowdown, which of course are our big four: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ.AX), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA.AX), National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB.AX), and Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC.AX), which control around 90% of the home loan market.
But home loan levels are not the only issue for the banks. Personal credit is going backward as households pay off their debts and resist the temptation to take up new loans and credit. Business credit is also very low as companies follow households in deleveraging.
The banks are also facing higher funding costs, and with the pressure to maintain their profit margins, they've been cutting staff as they try to reduce expenses. Additionally, as economic growth slows, the banks are exposed to marginal businesses that can only survive during boom times, such as Hastie Group. The fall into administration and loss of an estimated 2,000 jobs would have hit employees hard, but the company's lenders are also likely to suffer.
Is there any good news?
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that house prices in our capital cities are rising for the first time in 18 months. Average prices across eight capital cities rose 0.5%, with Darwin posting a 5.1% jump in the June quarter.
In more positive news, Australia's biggest mortgage broker, Australian Finance Group, processed more home loans in July 2012 than in any other July since 2007 -- and 20% more than in July 2011. According to AFG, low interest rates, soft property prices, and escalating rents are creating strong incentives for people to get into the property market.
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(Tallassee, AL) – PrimeSouth Bank, headquartered in Tallassee, has given new meaning to supporting the community during this holiday season.
In November, PrimeSouth CEO Dave Baggett issued a challenge to his staff to "make an impact" in the communities they serve. The challenge came in the form of a contest where bank employees were divided into four teams and given $250 per team to use in an effort of their choosing in the community. The rules of the contest were left intentionally vague, so the employees could determine themselves what would make the largest impact before the end of January, 2014.
One of the teams hit the ground running and has been collecting food items and monetary donations for the Elmore County Food Pantry. Their collection efforts end on January 28. In addition to collecting food, this team also spent time volunteering at the Food Pantry and seeing first hand the needs of the community.
"The Elmore County Food Pantry fills a definite void in our community. For every $1.00 given, six pounds of food can be served. With the community's help, we are making a difference," said President Jimmy Monk.
If you would like to assist PrimeSouth Bank with its Food Pantry donation, please drop off food items or monetary gifts (checks payable to Elmore County Food Pantry) to any PrimeSouth Bank location prior to January 28. A list of the locations can be found at www.primesouthbank.com/contact.
"We are thrilled at the enthusiasm and ingenuity of our team with their projects and can't wait to see the results of all of the teams later in January. We are proud to live and work in the communities we serve," Baggett said.
PrimeSouth Bank is a locally owned bank and has locations in Tallassee, Wetumpka, and Pike Road, Alabama. To learn more about the bank, please visit www.primesouthbank.com or call (334) 283-6594.


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"Sons of Anarchy" is back in Charming and bringing the heat for Season 4. But recent events have had us wondering – can Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman) be salvaged as a character? Warning: SPOILERS if you are not completely caught up with the show thus far.
Clay has done some dastardly things in his time on "Sons of Anarchy," but in the last couple weeks, he has killed an old friend in Piney, taken out a hit on Tara and then beaten the tar out of Gemma (Katey Sagal). How does this end?
Gemma and Wayne know Clay killed Piney. Gemma knows Clay ordered the hit on Tara – she's not stupid. And if Clay will so readily take out Piney and Tara, how much time does Gemma have before he turns on her?
Sure, Clay tried to call the hit back when he found out Jax and the babies were with Tara, but big deal. Too little, too late. Plus, he involved the Mayans, who are much more interested in protecting their drug business than saving Tara's life.
So how does this end? We are having a hard time picturing how the four main characters of Jax, Tara, Gemma and Clay all make it out of this season alive. The only one we feel is 100% safe is Jax. At this point, we actually want something bad to happen to Clay at the hands of either Jax or Gemma.
But we also can't imagine the show without Ron Perlman. He's a tour de force. (And while we'll take the Golden Globe for Sagal, we think some hardware could come his way too.) Clay is an amazing foil for Jax. He weathered the Donna murder debacle and even though we've suspected for awhile now he killed John Teller, that death has never been overly affecting to us as viewers because it's a long-gone event. But we don't know how the character can possibly be salvaged after the events of this season. Gemma even says at the end of the most recent episode, "Clay can't be saved" and tells Wayne that Jax is going to kill him.
And just as an aside, if Clay was gone – our dreams of a Gemma/Tig coupling could finally be realized.
Anyway, we trust creator Kurt Sutter to deliver, plus the show just got an extra episode to close out the season (after Sutter had been tweeting he had three episodes' worth of content for the finale alone). We are both eager and trepidatious to see how this all plays out.


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It is with great sorrow that the Janzen family wishes to announce the passing of Jacob Janzen on Sunday, November 20th, 2011. He will be sadly missed by his sons: Christian Janzen (Mary Goodenough) of Toronto and Anchor Janzen (Darlene Berube) of Kapuskasing; his grandchildren: Wesley, Emily and Jacob, of whom he was all greatly proud of. He also leaves in mourning, his siblings: William "Bill" Janzen; Elizabeth "Betty" Radunsky, George Janzen (Alice) and Anna Peters (Henry) and many loving nieces and nephews.
Known to his many friends and relatives as "Jake", he was born in Steinbach, Russia. At only two weeks old his family fled to Canada where he grew up in Reesor, Ontario just east of Mattice. In his younger years he worked in Southern Ontario on some of his uncles' farms before volunteering for World War II and proudly serving his country. On his return, he worked over 40 years for Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company in Kapuskasing as a devoted employee before retiring in 1987. After working another few years for M.J. Labelle Co. Ltd. he decided to retire the hard hat for good.
Never one to really boast, he had a sharp memory for all his years of work and could recall details that would have you believe you were right there reliving it with him at that moment. He was also quietly proud of his Legion Service and his yearly "trooping of the colours" for his lost comrades; something he talked much less of.
Jacob Janzen will be resting at the Guenette Funeral Home on Thursday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Friday, November 25 at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Reverend Jen Dresser officiating. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Royal Canadian Legion or the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be greatly appreciated.


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staphylococcus aureus and biofilm formationI am a master student and staph. Aureus biofilm is my master topic .. And i have a problem that some of my bacteria make biofilm but they are sensitive bacteria at the same time and some of them don't make biofilm but they are resistant bacteria ... And i know that it's supposed that biofilm makes the bacteria more resistant ... I want to know what is the explanation of that ? can anyone interpret my results ? what are factors that make bacteria sensitive or resistant ? ... Could anyone send me a scientific paper says that "staph. Aureus biofilm not the only factor reponsible for resistance to antibiotics " ...
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The only people who like change, it has been said, are babies with wet diapers.
Such is the case with proposed changes to the Anderson County school system, as some parents and teachers are crying foul over the board of education's proposal to do what's right for all at the expense of a few and alleviate overcrowding at the middle school.
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Facebook will now be able to target some ads based on your offline shopping habits thanks to partnerships announced on Wednesday.
The social networking giant has inked a deal with data mining firms Datalogix, Acxiom and Epsilon that will apply their records about customers' offline purchases to Facebook's Custom Audiences product.
Facebook is also working with BlueKai "as a marketing data platform to bring a brand's first party site data to use for targeting on Facebook", according to the company.
Custom Audiences, which was released last August, lets advertisers identify Facebook users by their Facebook ID, phone number or email address. Now, advertisers can match that information with data from the firms, which was gleaned through shopper loyalty programs.
As Facebook explained in a blog post, the deals let advertisers target by generic product segment: "We will work with these select third parties to create pre-defined targeting categories on Facebook."
Businesses of all sizes will now be able to target categories such as "soda drinkers" or "auto-intenders".
According to Facebook, the change means advertisers can skip a step to identify an audience segment by its purchase intent:
For example, an auto dealer may want to customise an offer to people who are looking to buy a new car. To do this today, many businesses work with third parties to better understand how to identity and reach that audience. With today's updates, businesses can now do this same thing by showing ads to people on Facebook who may be in the market for a new car.
Facebook also claims that it won't share personal data about users with marketers. As with other Facebook ads, you can also opt out at any time.
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