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Big, Bigger, Biggest
Metro's fleet is getting larger every day. Not only in terms of more vehicles, but more importantly, in terms of the size of our vehicles. Due to inevitable changes in the nature of the courier business our freight has been getting larger and larger over the years. In the past few months we have been catching up with that demand by finding a whole bunch of box trucks and even this bad boy.
The new trucks are fully equipped to take whatever a client can throw at them and we're still bringing in new drivers to handle them. We currently have 8 big trucks and still more on the way so if you or anyone you know needs a whole lot of stuff moved around, you know who to call!!
The Continuing Adventures of the Metro Delivery Animal Brigade!
This morning our intrepid Fleet Manager John Arms found this happy guy in Western Ann Arbor on his way into work!
After a flurry of Facebook posts and tweets, this Social Media Dude took him down to the WestArbor Animal Hospital and had him scanned for a chip. After quite a while on the phone we found out his name is Lucky and that he apparently passed away in 2011… Anyway, the phone number on file was still good and his owner showed up to take him home from there!Thanks to John, the staff at WestArbor and everyone else who helped get this adorable guy back with his family!
Well, at least we know all of the alert systems work
It's official, everyone who gets security alerts from the University of Michigan now knows what a gunman on campus alert looks like! Happily in this case it was just some ROTC students hauling around non-military equipment….
We also know what it looks like when severe weather is rolling in the next day, unless it gets cancelled out by the remnants of a hurricane and turned into ridiculous amounts of rain.
Oh well,the suspense was fun and the easy resolution makes it that much easier to laugh about later!
Wide Load!
While I was driving back from Muskegon, Mi the other day I passed some of the neatest things you can see on the highway… Three giant semis with full "oversize load" pilot cars and the the whole shebang hauling 100 foot long vanes for a wind turbine.
Very cool…
Then, a few miles farther up the road I saw another pilot car. I got very excited to see what it was going to be! As I approached the truck I finally came to realize that this one and the one ahead of it were hauling some steel I-beams that were slightly longer than could be allowed without the rigamarole…. From the pinnacle of modern technology to some slightly weathered metal I felt I had seen that day the full spectrum of wide loads, the most interesting and the least.
This is a call going out to all drivers professional and otherwise. What's the coolest thing you've seen going down the highway on the back of a truck? let me know in the comments or on the Facebook page. Pics are of course the best way to prove it!
Fourth of July Parade 2014!
We'll be participating in Ann Arbor's 4th of July parade again this year. We hope everyone can get out to see us! We'll have a few vehicles including our largest truck and there will be mini beachballs! It has been an awesome event for the last several years and of course I will have pictures in a couple of weeks!
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Groundhog Day in June!
When our driver Dick Nolan came to work Monday morning, he brought along a special passenger in his engine compartment. It was a groundhog! He called the Humane Society when he noticed it and they promptly dispatched an animal rescue officer to help get it out.
After many trials and tribulations we got the little guy out and safely into a crate for transport. He was a fiesty little guy, but very cute!
We loaded him up in the back of one of our trusty Rangers and took him out to a field near where he hitched his ride to let him go.
It took a little coaxing, but we got him out of the crate and on his way. I didn't know that the little buggers could run so fast, but he bolted right for the first tall grass he could see and was gone.
It's Pheidippedes Friday!
The story of Pheidippides inspires us here at Metro Delivery, as it has inspired millions of other messengers over the past 2,503 years or so…
Pheidippides, a herald, was sent off running, all 26 miles and 385 yards from the Greek City Marathon to Athens, to announce the first victory of the Greeks over the invading Persians, at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
Yes, yes, this is where we get that "Marathon" thing that all your runner friends talk about- but that's a secondary point for us here at Metro. The point is, the dude was a COURIER, and as such, prepared to give his all.
After proclaiming victory to the joyful crowd at the Acropolis ("Nike!" he gasped, forming a shoe company), he expired, tragically, from the exertion. That's one sad version of the story (weeps).
In another variation, from Herodotus, Pheidippides completes a much more impressive feat of the feet, running round trip from Athens to Sparta and back again to request aid from the Spartans from the invading Persians. That story has him running around 145 miles over two days. The Spartans don't actually get around to sending any aid and the Athenians have to handle the Persians themselves, but this more robust Pheippides does not die from the run.
Robert Browning, in his 1879 hit poem "Pheidippides," tells a story that's a popular confluence of events. Pheidippides runs from Athens to Sparta and back again, then actually fights in the battle of Marathon, and THEN runs from Marathon to the Acropolis in Athens to announce the victory and dies. That's a total mileage of around 171 miles, and you know there weren't any folding tables of Gatorade along the way.
Browning's and Herodotus's versions also feature a guest appearance by the Goat-God Pan, who Pheidippides happens across enroute from Sparta back to Athens, and who is persuaded to assist the Athenians, since the Spartans are of no immediate help.
Pan indicates his willingness to back the Athenians by handing Pheidippides a handful of fennel, a good portent for the battle, as the Greek word for fennel is Marathon. (Goat-Gods prefer metaphor to just plain saying something, as a general rule.)
So what do we, as messengers, learn from Pheidippides? First, we admire his resolution and dedication, and the sacrifice that he was prepared to make to see that his noble duty was fulfilled.
Secondarily, we recognize that if he really DID run himself to death, his dispatcher probably should have figured out a way to get the poor guy a lunch hour, and we have to suspect that under hours-of-service regulations the Athenians would probably be looking at some pretty steep fines…
Thirdly, they should have given Pheidippides an E250 van, like Metro Couriers drive, and then he could have carried a pallet or two of grapes and olives to drop to some other Greek city along the way, and improved his profit margin.
Happy Fat Tuesday!
Yes, it's Michigan, and it's Fat Tuesday, and while at warmer latitudes that means a giant bacchanal with wine and dancing and music, here in Michigan it means just this: PACZKI.
This year, we're offering our staff Paczki Varietals, so that we can feel like they're having different food groups at each meal.
From left to right in the picture below, you see 1. Paczki from Dom's Bakery in Ypsilanti, 2. from Copernicus European Deli, in the South Main Market in Ann Arbor who get them shipped in from a Canadian Polish Bakery overnight, including authentic "rose" and "plum/prune" flavors, and 3. the powdered- sugar-coated ones on the right are via Washtenaw Dairy, made by the Manchester Bakery.
…honestly, we can't say that our Couriers run their fastest on Fat Tuesdays.


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Meredith College's Academic & Career Planning Office has created this informative magazine for students and prospective students interested in learning about how to decide on a major.
Making a Major Decision No matter where you are in your college career, making a major decision is something big. Let us help you along the way. Throughout these pages, you'll find five steps that will help you to reach major success! You've got time to decide what to do with your life. Take some time to explore your interests and then begin your journey into career development. Career development is a process. It begins with your first career daydream and continues throughout your whole life. It's much more than getting that first big job after graduation, or making the decision to attend graduate school. It is a step-by-step process that reflects the growth and development of your vocation. STep 1 STep 3 STep 2 STep 4 STep 5 Think about YOU The first step to choosing a major is self assessment. Knowing more about your skills, interests, values and personality will give you the tools to choose a major. SKiLLS � What are your talents, abilities and aptitudes? � What skills do you enjoy using? � What skills do you want to develop? By answering these questions you can begin to explore specific career options. VaLUeS � What is important to you? � What must you have in your career to make it worthwhile? When choosing a major and a career, it is a good idea to consider your values. You'll want to choose an opportunity that is consistent with your values in order to make your work meaningful and fulfilling. Knowing your values can help you decide whether or not your career goal is worth pursuing. STep 1 PerSONaLiTY � Where do you get your energy? � How do you learn best? � How do you make your decisions? � How do you approach your life? You should, and can, have a career that you love. Consider what fits best with your personality. Working in a position that you love will help you live a meaningful and fulfilling life. Knowing your personality type can help you choose the career environment that is the best fit for you. iNTereSTS � What are your career interests? The Holland Model enables you to choose three out of the six areas that best describe your career interests. Choose three that describe you best. I'm a... "Thinker" "Doer" For For Information, Go To: http://www.meredith.edu/acp/assessments.htm "Crea Realistic--"The Doers"--people who have mechanical or athletic ability; prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants, or animals, or to be outdoors. Athletic and adventurous � practical/Concrete � Straightforward/Frank � Mechanically Inclined Social--"The Helpers"--people who like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words. patient � Idealistic � Understanding/empathetic � Friendly investigative--"The Thinkers"--people who like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems. Introspective � Curious/Inquisitive � Intellectually self-confident � Analytical enterprising--"The Persuaders"-- people who like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for economic gain. Assertive � Self-Confident � energetic � extroverted artistic--"The Creators"--people who have artistic, innovative, or intuitive abilities, and like to work in unstructured situations using their imaginations and creativity. Creative/Artistic � Open � Intuitive � Original Conventional--"The Organizers"-- people who like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions. Efficient � Well-Organized � Ambitious � Numerically Inclined "Helper" "Organizer" ator" "Persuader" My Top Three: ________________ ________________ ________________ Know Your Options Now that you have a better understanding of yourself, you need to learn about your options at Meredith College. Ways to explore the majors: � academic & Career Planning-- STep 2 � Networking--meet people to devel- op contacts to learn more about fields of interest. You can also use LinkedIn and attend networking events to expand your network. � experience--volunteer to gain discover your interests through individual appointments, assessment inventories, career panels, CpS 101. � academic advising--explore knowledge and make connections, participate in Undergraduate Research, Study Abroad, internships, jobs, and more. Use CareerLink to find opportunities! interests through courses. � Faculty--talk to your professors to learn more about Meredith majors, pathways of study, and after-college options. For For Information, Go To: http://www.meredith.edu/acp/newstudents.htm Make a Decision Once you know more about yourself and your options, you can make an informed decision about a major. You may think there is only one major for each occupation. In fact, there are very few majors that lead to one occupation. Most liberal arts majors lead to many career opportunities. STep 3 Possible approaches to making a decision include: � The systematic approach--Weighing pros and cons � The intuitive approach--Choosing whatever feels right � The external approach--Talking through the decision process with others, gaining input from others � The internal approach--Thinking things through completely Questions to ask yourself before you make a decision about a major: How have you made decisions in the past? Have you been successful with this method? If so, you may find it helpful to apply this method to your current decision. For For Information, Go To: http://www.meredith.edu/acp/newstudents.htm Systematic Intuitive external Internal ask for Help STep 4 it's never too early to begin career exploration and planning. The aCP staff is available to assist you at any stage of your career decision-making process. � Career planning Seminar 101 (CpS 101), a one-credit hour, pass/ fail course focusing on self-assessment and major selection/confirmation. (Spring) � Individual appointments with our professional staff to help formulate academic and career goals. � Workshops and career panels addressing a variety of career topics. � Information on career fields, located in the Resource Library and online � Assessments to assist you in under- standing your interests and how they relate to majors and careers. � Information sessions conducted by employers recruiting on campus. � Career fairs and networking events to help you connect with employers for internships and job opportunities. 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AT&T to pay $105M for bogus phone chargesOctober 8, 2014 5:03 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
AT&T wireless customers may want to take a closer look at their old phone bills because they may have money coming back to them. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that AT&T Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of the telecom giant, has agreed to a hefty $105 million settlement after the government accused the company of unlawfully billing customers for hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus charges.
ESPN's Berman, Comcast's Werner among Cable Center's 2015 Hall of Fame classOctober 8, 2014 12:22 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman, along with five other inductees, is rumbling, bumbling, stumbling into the Cable Center's Hall of Fame next year. The six newly elected industry leaders will be inducted during the 18th annual Cable Hall of Fame Celebration, held in conjunction with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's newly minted Internet and Television Expo (INTX) next year in Chicago.
Samsung expects lowest profit in over 3 yearsOctober 8, 2014 12:16 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
The world's biggest smartphone maker is suffering a financial decline in the face of intense competition from Apple Inc. and upstart Chinese brands. In a preview to earnings due out this month, Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that its quarterly profit is estimated to have fallen to its lowest level in more than three years, dragged down by weak sales of its flagship Galaxy phones.
Cox Business connects Navy sites in San DiegoOctober 7, 2014 12:59 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
On the heels of a new five-year contract, Cox Business recently completed the build-out of 40 miles of its broadband network to 165 Navy sites in San Diego County. Cox's network now reaches into barracks, hotels, fire stations, residential housing, recreation centers, and ships in the harbor in order to offer its triple play services to approximately 50,000 sailors stationed in San Diego.
Rogers' GamePlus app puts NHL fans up close and personalOctober 7, 2014 12:55 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Reaping the fruits of its $5.2 billion deal with the NHL that was signed in November of last year, Rogers Communications is about to drop the puck on its new GamePlus app when the season starts on Wednesday. GamePlus, which is part of Rogers NHL GameCentre Live service, lets mobile and tablet users watch games from several unique point-of-view camera angles as well as the ability to replay key plays.
Sprint cutting jobs this month to trim costsOctober 6, 2014 12:31 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
Sprint Corp., the nation's third-biggest cellphone carrier, said it is cutting an unspecified number of jobs this month to reduce costs as it tries to better compete with AT&T and Verizon, and hinted that more layoffs are possible. Sprint said Friday in a regulatory filing that it will book a $160 million charge in its fiscal second quarter to cover this round of layoffs, which will largely be completed this month.
Shaw beefs up TVE sports lineups with new appsOctober 3, 2014 2:09 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
This week Shaw Communications added apps from Sportsnet Now and TSN Go to its roster of TV Everywhere programming. TSN Go is now available on iOS and Android devices to Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct video subscribers. TSN Go gives authenticated subscribers the ability to access TSN's recently expanded suite of feeds to watch live and on-demand sports content for free with their subscription to TSN.
Comcast ups Herrin to focus on customer experienceSeptember 29, 2014 1:13 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
The cable industry's dismal customer satisfaction ratings have become a stereotype for the industry, but Comcast is vowing, again, to improve customer service with the promotion of Charlie Herrin to senior vice president, customer experience. On Friday Comcast Cable CEO and president Neil Smit took to company's blog page to tout Herrin's new role.
BlackBerry posts $207 million lossSeptember 26, 2014 12:22 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
BlackBerry posted a loss of $207 million in the second quarter on Friday just days after the embattled company launched a new phone. The Canadian company said it lost two cents per share on an adjusted basis on revenue of $916 million.
DirecTV shareholders approve $48.5B sale to AT&TSeptember 26, 2014 12:18 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
AT&T's proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV is moving forward as shareholders of the country's largest satellite TV broadcaster approved the deal. But it still needs regulatory approval. Public-interest groups say the deal would lead to less competition, since AT&T and DirecTV provide pay-TV services to about 25 percent of the country.
SCTE's Energy 2020 program unveiled at ExpoSeptember 25, 2014 9:31 am | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
The SCTE got down to the brass tacks of its ambitious, all encompassing Energy 2020 program Wednesday afternoon at Cable-Tec Expo. The new Energy 2020 program was first announced in June, but Wednesday's workshop provided new details on its goals and key areas of focus.
Bright House Networks' Babinski Cable-Tec champSeptember 25, 2014 9:18 am | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Propelled by victories in two events, Bright House Networks' Greg Babinski took home the top honors at the SCTE International Cable-Tec Games in Denver earlier this week. Babinski, representing SCTE Region 9 and the SCTE Central Florida Chapter, beat out 29 other competitors in the 24th annual Cable-Tec Games.
Liberty Global's Fries: 'Thanks Netflix'September 24, 2014 2:39 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
When Netflix dropped into Liberty Global's European footprint, Liberty CEO and president Mike Fries said it prodded his company to innovate and grow. Fries, who spoke with Comcast executive vice president and CTO during a keynote Expo session Wednesday morning, said the cable industry across the globe needed to collaborate and continue to scale in order to compete with hyper-giants such as Google and Netflix.
TWC's LaJoie offers up cable career adviceSeptember 24, 2014 2:32 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
After 21 years in the cable industry, Time Warner Cable's Mike LaJoie has plenty of career advice for anyone in the cable industry. LaJoie, who is retiring at the end of the year, shared his thoughts during the opening general session "Tips from the top—from to cube to corner office" at Expo with long-time friend Yvette Kanouff.
Acheson wins SCTE Member of the YearSeptember 23, 2014 6:04 pm | by Craig Kuhl | News | Comments
A stunned Bob Acheson of San Bruno Cable TV in Sunnyvale, Calif. humbly accepted SCTE's prestigious Member of the Year Award during the organization's annual awards luncheon Tuesday. The sales and marketing exec, who began his cable career more than 20 years ago, has volunteered his time to advance many causes, both in and out of the cable industry during his work with SCTE and San Bruno Cable.
Cable's cloud forecast: hybrid modelSeptember 23, 2014 5:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
When it comes to cloud environments, cable operators would do well to go with a hybrid model for a variety of reasons, according to a keynote panel Tuesday morning at Expo. Comcast executive vice president and chief technology officer Tony Werner moderated the panel "Cable's cloud forecast: More apps and infrastructure," which included a discussion on the role that dev ops and agile developments played in the cloud setting.
Alaska's GCI connects with T-Mobile on roamingSeptember 19, 2014 12:20 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
GCI, which is the largest triple play provider in Alaska, has inked an LTE roaming agreement with T-Mobile that provides its wireless customers access to an LTE network from Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Florida. While roaming agreements across the country are nothing new, GCI said the deal with T-Mobile was the nation's first LTE roaming partnership. Financial terms of the deal weren't released.
Cox names Wolfe SVP, Southwest region managerSeptember 19, 2014 12:17 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Cox Communications announced that it has named John Wolfe as senior vice president and Southwest region manager, which is Cox's largest region in the nation and includes Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. Wolfe, who has logged nearly 30 years in the cable industry, came over to the Southwest from Cox's Northeast region, where he served as the senior vice president and region manager.
NCTA kills off Cable Show, rebrands as INTXSeptember 18, 2014 12:42 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Faced with dwindling attendance over the past few years and the continued evolution of Internet technologies, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) has pulled the plug on The Cable Show in favor of rebranding it as INTX. INTX, which stands for the Internet and Television Expo, will still be held on The Cable Show's original schedule of May 5-7 next year in Chicago, but with more of an Internet focus.
Virgin Media tunes up 1-Gig test with 'narrow trenching'September 16, 2014 12:39 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media, which is the largest cable operator in the UK, will fire up a small 1-Gigabit trial in the Cambridgeshire village of Papworth that will feature a new trenching technique for laying fiber. Virgin Media said it would lay fiber in Papworth by using "narrow-trenching," which it claims could reduce the cost of the network roll out by 33 percent.
CableLabs, SCTE further align on energy initiativesSeptember 10, 2014 11:49 am | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and CableLabs announced today that they would collaborate more closely on improving energy management issues for the cable industry, including strategies and innovations designed to reduce energy consumption and costs in facilities, plants, and fleet, as well as in the home.
SCTE bolsters international presenceSeptember 8, 2014 12:37 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers has broadened its reach abroad with the recent addition of Liberty Global to SCTE's Corporate Alliance Program (CAP) as well as the formation of an international-based training program. The training and certfication program is called the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), which will serve as an international gateway to the SCTE's library of resources.
Casa reels in another deal from TVCableSeptember 5, 2014 12:13 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
TVCable Ecuador picked CMTS and CCAP vendor Casa Systems to provision its platform for a six-city expansion project. TVCable had previously teamed up with Casa on a first phase expansion across eight cities within its footprint. Miami-based Cable Network Associates helped Casa land the deal with TVCable.
SpinCo recast as GreatLand ConnectionsSeptember 3, 2014 3:52 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Charter Communications and Comcast announced they were ditching the name SpinCo for the emerging cable company that will be spun off once the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger and Charter/Comcast transactions are completed. The new name is GreatLand Connections Inc.,which drew upon the company's Midwest and Southeast footprint that was formely operated by Comcast.
Charter inks data warehouse deal with Sense CorpSeptember 3, 2014 11:52 am | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Charter Communications announced it has signed a deal with management and technology consulting firm Sense Corp to create its next-generation enterprise data warehouse. Under the terms of the deal, St. Louis-based Sense Corp will serve as Charter's exclusive vendor for its business intelligence initiative, which Charter said would include integrating new subscribers by early next year.


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SANTA ANA – A woman failed to do a mother's duty when she secretly gave birth to a full-term baby girl in a restaurant bathroom, suffocated her and then dumped the newborn into a trash bin, a prosecutor told an Orange County jury Tuesday.
A mother "owes a duty when the baby is born," Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh said in his closing argument in the murder trial of Juana Perez Valencia, now 21. "She threw her in the trash like a piece of garbage."
"Make no mistake about this, in this courtroom sits a woman who murdered her baby girl," said Baytieh, adding: "For that she needs to be held accountable."
Three days before Christmas, on a cold December night in 2009, Valencia gave birth to a 6-pound, 3-ounce, 17-inch baby, but the child was not part of her plans, the prosecutor contended.
Displaying photographs of Valencia at school with friends on a screen, the prosecutor held photos showing the newborn in a plastic bag and said the defendant wanted her school life and not the baby.
"She liked her life. She liked dancing. The baby was not part of her plan," he said.
Defense attorney Robert Viefhaus told jurors Valencia was hardly living a dream life:
She came to the United States from Mexico at age 15, lived in a two-bedroom apartment with eight other people, was working to help with household income, babysat her nephews and nieces and knew little about the birthing process, he said.
And, the clueless girl who had just turned 19 at the time of the Dec. 22, 2009, death did not shirk her motherly duty, Viefhaus argued to jurors in Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals' courtroom.
"The mother's very first duty is to get the baby out (during birthing) and that's what she intended to do," the defense attorney said. "She did what Mother Nature told her to do. That's not murder. That'll never be murder."
During the unassisted birth Valencia inadvertently suffocated the baby, Viefhaus said.
Valencia is charged with one felony count of murder and one of assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death. If convicted, she faces a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
Valencia, of Anaheim, now 21, was a Western High School junior at the time of the death.
That she gave birth to the baby and disposed of it is not in dispute, but the case is about "the inference and ramifications" that you draw from Valencia's actions, Viefhaus told jurors at the start of the trial.
Valencia was working as a food server at Sombrero's, a small Mexican eatery in Stanton, when she went into labor and gave birth to the baby, prosecutors say.


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To kickstart infrastructure projects, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed banks to refinance project loans even if they have no pre-determined agreement with the consortium lenders.
Until now, RBI had made it mandatory that refinance by way of take-out financing could take place only with an agreement with the consortium of lenders.
The RBI now has allowed banks to refinance loans by way of full and partial take-out financing if the aggregate exposure of all institutional lenders to such project is a minimum of Rs 1,000 crore.
The repayment period will be fixed by taking into account the life cycle of and cash flows from the project, and, boards of the existing and new banks should be satisfied with the viability of the project. Further, the total repayment period should not exceed 85% of the initial economic life of the project/concession period in the case of public-private partnership projects.
Ranjan Dhawan, executive director, Bank of Baroda, said, "It is a good enabling provision, especially when the infra lending starts picking up. But now banks are sitting on excess liquidity."
The loans that are taken over or refinanced should be standard in the books of the existing banks at the time of refinancing. In case of partial take-out, a significant amount of the loan (a minimum 25% of the outstanding loan by value) should be taken over by a new set of lenders from the existing financing banks/financial institutions.
As per RBI rules, the promoters should bring in additional equity, if required, so as to reduce the debt to make the current debt-equity ratio and Debt Service Coverage Ratio of the project loan acceptable to the banks.
RBI is making it easier for banks to take up project finance by lifting hurdles in finance. The central bank last month allowed banks to extend 25-year loans to fund public works such as roads and ports, offering significant relief to developers by stretching the repayment period to cover the economic life of the project. Such loans can be refinanced every 5-7 years, provided the projects continue to meet strict monitoring guidelines and do not become non-performing assets in the initial years.


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For 5 years, US families pursue Kyrgyz adoptions
Friday - 2/1/2013, 11:00am EST
By DAVID CRARY and LEILA SARALAYEVA
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The boy, named Vladimir, is 5 1/2 years old, struggles at learning to count and draw, and lives in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan. His would-be parents in New York have had just five brief visits since they signed on to adopt him in 2008, yet they refuse to abandon the quest.
"We have already bonded with this child," said Frances Pardus-Abbadessa. "Probably a day doesn't go by that we don't think of him. In our mind, he's our child. If we don't wait for him, what's his fate going to be?"
Frances and her husband, Drew, were among a group initially known as the "Kyrgyz 65" _ Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud.
The group's ranks have dwindled over the ensuing years while Kyrgyzstan's adoption system has been disrupted by political turmoil and persisting corruption problems.
Some of the Americans gave up, some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting, five years later.
Drew describes their predicament as "an emotional roller-coaster." But he and others in the waiting group are cautiously encouraged by the efforts of Kyrgyzstan's new social development minister, Edil Baisalov.
A 35-year-old English-speaker and avid Twitter user, Baisalov has brought an uncharacteristic level of openness to government business in his post-Soviet nation during six months on the job. He is working on new anti-corruption regulations and hopes for swift government approval that might help clear the way for the remaining U.S. adoption cases to be completed.
It's not a sure thing. Various anti-corruption and children's rights activists in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, have criticized the proposed rules as inadequate and vowed to oppose them. But one of the waiting Americans, Shannon Fenske of Reeseville, Wisconsin, said Baisalov nonetheless had raised hopes after so many disappointments.
"We are so incredibly impressed and grateful for what he has done since taking over," Fenske said. "He's been the most vocal in favor of moving our cases forward."
Fenske, a medical technician, and her husband, Kevin, an aircraft maintenance manager, were matched in July 2008 with an infant Kyrgyz girl afflicted by a severe cleft lip and palate. They arranged for two operations for Kamila that improved her condition, but pain and speech problems linger.
The Fenskes have four other adopted children with special needs, including a 6-year-old boy adopted from Kyrgyzstan in 2007. But even with a bustling household, there's no thought about dropping the quest to adopt Kamila, whom they've visited only once _ last June.
"She's our daughter _ it's that simple," Shannon Fenske said. "We promised her a family. We will not stop fighting for her until she's here, where we feel she belongs."
The plight of the Fenskes and the other waiting families, while far more prolonged, shares some similarities with the circumstances of dozens of American families who were trying to adopt children from Russia when the Russian government banned such adoptions in December amid a rise in tensions with Washington. In both Russia and Kyrgyzstan, large numbers of abandoned children live in orphanages, and domestic adoptions are not sufficient to meet the needs.
Kyrgyzstan is an economically struggling country with often ill-equipped orphanages. Resources are scarce, specialist training to care for severely disabled children is limited, and the daily food budget at some facilities is $1.50 per child.
Unscrupulous bureaucrats dealing in what was effectively a trade in children led to two halts in foreign adoptions _ in 2006 and 2008 _ by Kyrgyz authorities.
Last July, adoptions were again frozen after the arrest of Baisalov's predecessor, Ravshan Sabirov, for allegedly extorting funds from foreign adoption agencies seeking accreditation. Sabirov eventually was acquitted, but nonetheless lost his post.
Under the new rules being pushed by Baisalov, any adoption agency working in Kyrgyzstan will have to secure separate agreements with four government ministries and with the security service, the successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Foreign agencies will be required to provide detailed financial statements to reduce the odds of corruption.
Despite that, the Bishkek-based Protection of Children's Rights League remains unconvinced and insists that many problems still need resolving. The league's leader, Nazgul Turdubekova, says corrupt local officials and unscrupulous intermediaries are commonly seen at international adoption agencies' offices.


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The notes scroll across the screen and you must press the correct button as quickly as possible, before the note exits the screen . The less time you put into it, the more points you accumulate. When the note is altered, you have to push the black button with colored sharp and flat. The color of sharp or flat is the same as the corresponding natural note. At the end of all the rounds, you will receive a numerical score and a qualitative assessment, from beginner grade to maestro grade.
Enjoy this game and you will learn how to read music as a real Maestro.
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For four years they remain largely out of sight but now is the chance for these so-called minority sports to woo a worldwide audience.
Beach volleyballDuring London's bid to host the Olympic Games, the staging of the beach volleyball became a totem. Like holding the equestrian events in Greenwich Park, the promise to dump 5,000 tonnes of sand on Horse Guards Parade in central London was emblematic of London's vision of a "compact" Games in iconic locations that would leave behind no white elephants and provide the best stage possible for the athletes. Horse Guards Parade is a long way from Santa Monica or Copacabana, but ever since Tony Blair joked that its siting so close to his office was a "masterstroke", the sport has been one of the most discussed of the Games. The central London ticket has also, unsurprisingly, been one of the more popular hospitality offerings outside the Olympic Park. But the athletes themselves sometimes bemoan the fact that the highly effective presentation of the sport, complete with earsplitting music and excitable MCs, obscures the fitness and athleticism required. In both the men's and women's events USA and Brazil will start as favourites. The American Misty May-Treanor, who will be partnered by Kerri Walsh, is the most successful women's player of all time.
EquestrianGreenwich Park is not everyone's idea of an Olympic three-day event venue — its limited size means the cross-country course will be shorter and twistier than usual — but it should at least be exciting. Its hilliness will make it testing and horses will find the narrowness of the path they have to thread between the trees claustrophobic. So will the 50,000 spectators who will be crammed into the park for the cross-country on 30 July. Most will be cheering for Princess Anne's daughter, Zara Phillips, though Britain's best hope of a medal lies with the world No1, William Fox-Pitt. But beware the brilliant reigning world and European champion Michael Jung from Germany, who is hotly tipped to complete the set of titles. But for once showjumping may have to play second fiddle to dressage, the arcane horse ballet beloved of aficionados but largely incomprehensible to everyone else.
Expect dressage to be one of the unlikely hits of the Games, topped by the appearance of Japan's Hiroshi Hoketsu who at 71 would become the second oldest Olympian ever — Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn was 72 when he won a silver in Antwerp in 1920. Hoketsu was in Japan's showjumping team at the Tokyo Games in 1964, then took a time-out to pursue a business career before riding for his country again in dressage at the 2008 Games — the 44-year gap must surely be a record. Hoketsu reckons he would also be in good shape for Rio in 2016, where he would break Swahn's record, but fears his 15-year-old horse Whisper will be over the hill by then.
GymnasticsThe gymnastics test event in January gave a taste of what to expect. A packed, purpose-built arena racked with nervous anticipation that periodically burst into huge cheers from 20,000 people — the O2, or the North Greenwich Arena as it will be renamed at Games time to comply with IOC sponsorship restrictions, will be a stunning venue for one of the blue riband events of any Games.
All eyes will be on the Americans in the women's competition as a team widely rated as the best since 1996 aims to do what no USA team has done since the so-called Magnificent Seven triumphed in Atlanta and come away with gold medals.
At each of the past two Olympics USA have arrived as world champions but won silver. In 2004 Romania took gold in Athens and China memorably triumphed in Beijing despite a fall from the beam, when USA succumbed to a combination of injuries and pressure.
The team will be fuelled by the rivalry between two team-mates — the reigning world champion, Jordyn Wieber, and Gabby Douglas, who recently beat her to the lone guaranteed spot in the team. Their chances are boosted by the fact that the defending champions, China, are in some disarray. They finished only third at the world championships and have since lost their captain, Cheng Fei, to injury.
In the men's competition the Chinese will, as ever, start as hot favourites. But they are also considered more vulnerable than ever, with USA and Japan likely to challenge hard. Britain's men, who qualified for the Games on an electrifying night at that event in January, will have the crowd on their side and could even be outside contenders for a medal — a situation that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
FencingFencing is the easiest sell in the Olympics. It is simply a matter of looking at it with the right kind of eyes. Seen one way, it is an obscure, complicated sport. Look at it another way, however, and it is fighting with swords. What more could you possibly want? Except, perhaps, a duel to the death. It is like watching an old Errol Flynn swashbuckler on a spotlit stage in a silent auditorium, only with all the tedious love scenes cut out. The fencers, as befits Flynn's heirs, tend to be both hot and cool. The men are athletic, aristocratic army-types with chiselled jawlines. And the women, like Italy's three-time Olympic foil champion Valentina Vezzali tend to have long flowing locks of hair, which they toss around when they tear off their masks and scream in success or distress after each point. The sport is further improved if you mutter dialogue from The Princess Bride while you watch: "You are using Bonetti's defence against me, ah?" "I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain." "Naturally, you must suspect me to attack with Capo Ferro?" "Naturally ... but I find that Thibault cancels out Capo Ferro." "Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa ... which I have."
Modern pentathlonFew events are as historic as modern pentathlon or more likely to provide a dramatic climax. With its roots in the tale of a 19th-century French cavalry officer who had to ride, fence, shoot, swim and run in order to deliver a message, the sport demands its competitors complete those same five challenges in pursuit of a gold medal. Each nation is allowed to put up four athletes; two in the men's competition and two in the women's, and, only adding to the appeal, this is a sport which takes place in a single, action-packed day.
It kicks off with fencing, which sees every athlete compete in sudden-death bouts, before swimming in a 200m freestyle race and then riding a horse through a 12-jump course. Points are awarded for each and the total scores are converted into a time handicap which determines the start times for the combined running and shooting. In something akin to the 1970s show Superstars, competitors must run to a shooting range and hit five targets in 70 seconds before running 1,000m, shooting a further five targets, running another 1,000m and shooting another five further targets before completing a final 1,000m.
HandballFast, furious and often unforgiving when players clash, handball is hugely popular across much of Europe. It is the continent's second most popular sport, with more than 30 million players, but in most other parts of the world it is still obscure.
It is easy to follow and frantically fast, with dozens of goals per match, and most of those who attended the test events in the Olympic Park's Copper Box went away impressed.
The historic first appearance of men's and women's British teams has garnered plenty of column inches. But while there is an outside chance that both could make it beyond the preliminary stage, with only two teams in each six-strong group going out, the big guns will take over from that point on.
In the women's competition Norway are favourites, closely followed by the Russians and the French.
The Norwegians are the reigning Olympic champions and comprehensively beat France in the 2011 world championship final.
In the men's competition France won the gold in Beijing and will start among the favourites in London. Team GB will meet the reigning champions in their second match.


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Omar Suleiman: Hosni Mubarak's "consigliere"
- By Charles HomansCharles Homans is a special correspondent for the New Republic and the former features editor of Foreign Policy.
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in his fit of frantic cabinet shuffling, has elevated his long-standing intelligence chief Omar Suleiman to a new post as his first-ever vice president. Suleiman is a looming figure in Middle East spook circles with long-standing connections to U.S. intelligence operatives — see Jeff Stein and Pat Lang for more on this — and appears several times in the WikiLeaks U.S. State Department cables, mostly in the context of briefings with top U.S. military officials preoccupied with Iran's influence in the region.
More germane to Suleiman's new gig is a 2007 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, signed by U.S. Amb. Francis J. Ricciardone, gaming out possible secession scenarios should Mubarak step down from the presidency — including the role of Suleiman, described here as Mubarak's "consigliere:"
MANY OF OUR CONTACTS BELIEVE THAT SOLIMAN, BECAUSE OF HIS MILITARY BACKGROUND, WOULD AT THE LEAST HAVE TO FIGURE IN ANY SUCCESSION SCENARIO FOR GAMAL [Mubarak, Hosni's son and likely successor], POSSIBLY AS A TRANSITIONAL FIGURE. SOLIMAN HIMSELF ADAMANTLY DENIES ANY PERSONAL AMBITIONS, BUT HIS INTEREST AND DEDICATION TO NATIONAL SERVICE IS OBVIOUS. HIS LOYALTY TO MUBARAK SEEMS ROCK-SOLID. AT AGE 71, HE COULD BE ATTRACTIVE TO THE RULING APPARATUS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AS A RELIABLE FIGURE UNLIKELY TO HARBOR AMBITIONS FOR ANOTHER MULTI-DECADE PRESIDENCY. A KEY UNANSWERED QUESTION IS HOW HE WOULD RESPOND TO A GAMAL PRESIDENCY ONCE MUBARAK IS DEAD. AN ALLEGED PERSONAL FRIEND OF SOLIMAN TELLS US THAT SOLIMAN "DETESTS" THE IDEA OF GAMAL AS PRESIDENT, AND THAT HE ALSO WAS "DEEPLY PERSONALLY HURT" BY MUBARAK, WHO PROMISED TO NAME HIM VICE-PRESIDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT THEN RENEGED.
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Blake joined Foreign Policy in 2006 after living in Cairo, where he studied Arabic, missed his Steelers finally win one for the thumb, and worked for the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. Blake was a 2011 finalist for the Livingston Awards prize for young journalists for his reporting on the Arab uprisings, and his Twitter feed was named one of Time magazine's "140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011." Under his leadership, in 2008, Passport, FP's flagship blog, won Media Industry Newsletter's "Best of the Web" award in the blog category. Along with Elizabeth Dickinson, he edited Southern Tiger: Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future, the memoirs of former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012.
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SDA funds shrank to P1.79T in end-June
Money in the central bank's Special Deposit Accounts (SDA) continued to shrink at the end of the first half following moves to force banks that keep their funds idle to instead lend to productive activities.
Documents from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that the total funds in SDAs declined to P1.79 trillion at the end of June from P1.85 trillion the month before. This was also down from the record-high end-month level of P1.92 trillion last February.
SDAs were originally envisioned as a tool that the BSP could use to mop up excess liquidity from the economy to curb inflation pressures without having to touch key policy rates.
However, with the government's improved fiscal position pushing down yields for state-issued IOUs, local banks resorted to parking depositors' cash in SDA accounts as they searched for short-term investments that paid higher returns.
The build-up in SDA funds also came amid the slow implementation of the Aquino administration's flagship Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure program. Funds originally meant for big-ticket infrastructure projects were parked in SDAs instead.
In a bid to reverse the cycle, the BSP slashed since the start of 2013 the interest rates for SDAs by 150 basis points to a record low of 2 percent across all maturities.
Access to SDAs was also restricted to trust accounts, blocking off individual depositors who accounted for an estimated P1 trillion of the total.
By the end of July, 30 percent of individual deposits should be taken out of SDAs while the rest should be out by November.
Sought for comment, one industry executive said banks were expected to divert the cash pulled out of SDAs into investment funds, private debt securities, stocks and, when all other alternatives have been exhausted, back to the BSP through reverse repurchase agreements.
He said it was unlikely that the release of funds from SDAs would stoke inflation to a point that could potentially choke the economy. The banker, who heads the local operations of a major foreign bank, said the growing Philippine economy would be able to absorb the money comfortably without leading to higher inflation.
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PeaceHealth Medical Group - Craig, Alaska
May is an excellent time to visit Alaska as it is the beginning of Spring and logging season which offers a variety of interesting patient situations to work with. The Pharmacy generally has a student rotation in May which could allow for a "buddy" opportunity. We are offering a three to four week rotation and PeaceHealth will cover expenses including Travel (air fare/any necessary ferry expenses/ground transportation to and from airport), resident housing, access to a car and a daily budget for meals based on IRS Guidelines. PeaceHealth will also cover the Medical Resident Application fee.
Application Form: (allow 60-90 days for processing)
- Hours of operation are 08:00 – 17:00 Monday - Friday
- There is a slim possibility of call once per week at the nearby Native medical clinic which provides limited after hours services
- The clinic operates somewhat like an urgent care facility as there are frequent same day appointments and walk-ins. They see various injuries related to the fishing/logging industries mainly in the summer months. There isn't a hospital on Prince of Wales so individuals who need to be medevaced to Ketchikan or Seattle for a higher level of care will typically wait 1 ½ hours, sometimes longer depending on weather.
- The average amount of patients per day is 10 – 15 and Dr. Ballard does a fair amount of prenatal care
- The Patient demographic consists mainly of resource developed industries such as fishing and logging with a high percentage of Native Alaskans. Prince of Wales is the third largest island in the U.S. and is quite spread out. The people represent a variety of unique lifestyles due to remoteness, particularly on the north end of the island. They see a variety of patients- pediatric thru elderly, some with very complex histories.
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Come work and train in Yellowstone National Park at Mammoth Clinic in Fort Yellowstone. Mammoth Clinic practices 'Park Medicine' -- a combination of urgent care, preventative care and occupational health for visitors, residents, and employees of the 2.2 million acre national gem. Month long summer rotation slots, May through August, are available for Family Medicine Residents For more information contact Dr. Joseph Keel at: email@example.com. #32317
Madigan Army Medical Center - Tacoma, Washington
A four-week elective rotation is available at Madigan Army Medical Center. Rotations are offered throughout the year as requested to any junior/senior (R2/R3 or above) resident who has an interest in teaching Faculty Development topics from the following core content areas: teaching, leadership and management, research and scholarly activity, and curriculum design. Call/clinic/shifts/OR days will be determined by the resident's Program Director. Residents should have at least 60% of their time available to complete elective requirements and attend teaching sessions. However, we can adjust the rotation requirements per resident availability and their particular academic interests. For more details contact Dr. Douglas M. Maurer at: firstname.lastname@example.com. #32289
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A 4 week rotation open to 2nd and 3rd year residents of any ACGME accredited Family Medicine or Pediatrics program is currently available. This semi-rural area of Southwest Montana has limited access to tertiary care centers and subspecialists and relies heavily on primary care providers to manage complex disease processes and patient issues that are rarely seen in subspecialty practices. Residents are expected to complete a 40 hour work week as they would in the normal residency setting. The rotation offers inpatient and outpatient opportunities in pediatrics, adult medicine, family medicine and OB. St. James Healthcare and the St. James Healthcare Foundation will help by providing: the cost of obtaining a Limited Temporary Resident Certificate (Resident License), housing at no cost to resident, and travel allowance up to $600.00. For more information, contact Serena Brewer, D.O. at: email@example.com. #32252
Central Washington Family Medicine Residency Program - Yakima, Washington
The Central Washington Family Medicine Residency Program (CWFMR), a service of Community Health of Central Washington, a funded Teaching Health Center, provides a rich experience for students seeking opportunities for service to rural and/or underserved populations. The program provides full spectrum Family Medicine training including OB, integrated behavioral health, osteopathic manipulation medicine, procedural training and inpatient medicine. CWFMR offers a four week sub-internship for fourth year students from U.S. LCME and Osteopathic accredited medical schools.
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Time, however, was not always permitting. But in a move similar to how, in his tumultuous last days with Guns N' Roses, Slash found respite in the cozier confines of his own Slash's Snakepit, the Velvet Revolver upheaval provided an opening for him to pursue this latest outing. "During that last Velvet tour, all the frustration from years and years of being in a band came to a head for me," he says. "And at that point I thought, You know what? This is the perfect time for me to just focus on doing what I want to do, to regroup and get my head together, and just be the captain of my own ship—even if only for a minute."
Slash began compiling ideas for what would become his solo album while still on the road with Velvet Revolver during that last ill-fated U.K. trek. Riffs were born on buses and in dressing rooms, with no clear idea of how—or where—they would eventually surface. But with the tour completed and Weiland sent packing, Slash began composing in earnest for what would be his own project. Around the same time, he befriended the father of one of his son's schoolmates, an engineer who had turned his home garage into a recording studio. "Eventually," Slash says, "I started going over to his place and cutting demos." He added bass and drum parts to his initial guitar riffs, fleshing out arrangements and working up the skeletons of songs.
"I'm pretty old-school," Slash says of his demoing process. "So my M.O. was essentially this: Here is a piece of music—some guitar, some bass, a shitty drum machine. Basically, I was just trying to get to something that sounded good enough to play for people. But what was happening was, whenever I had an idea and I listened back to it I would think, Who would sound good singing this song? And it would just come to me, like 'Kid Rock would be great for this.' Or, 'Chris Cornell would sound great on that.' " He laughs. "After that, I just had to muster up the nerve to send tapes to all these guys and talk them into doing it."
Shitty drum machine notwithstanding, most of his prospects, not surprisingly, required little in the way of convincing. (Though there were the rare holdouts—notably Jack White and Dave Grohl, each of whom offered his services as an instrumentalist but declined to contribute vocals. White does not appear on the album, while Grohl can be heard bashing away on the drum kit on the instrumental track "Watch This," with McKagan on bass and Slash unleashing some blistering wah and talk box–drenched leads.) From there, it was a matter of working with the artist to build off Slash's initial demo. "There were no lyrics or vocal melodies on anything," he says. "That's not my deal. So it was really open season for whoever was going to sing the song to take it wherever they wanted. We'd get together, discuss it, work out some ideas, and then later on they'd come in and lay it down."
The end result is an album that has its share of surprising moments, such as the electrostrip club grind of "Beautiful Dangerous," with Fergie, and the spare, fingerpicked ballad "Saint Is a Sinner Too," which features a lilting vocal performance from Rocco DeLuca. At the same time, the sound is incredibly familiar—as it should be, given that Slash is not just a rock and roll icon but also a rock and roll fan. To that end, when paired with a singer he clearly reveres, Slash happily indulges in that artist's signature sound. As such, "Crucify the Dead" finds Ozzy Osbourne wailing over an ominously Sabbathian chugging riff; "Doctor Alibi" pits Lemmy's gravelly vocals against a suitably dirty, biker-rock groove; and the tongue-in-cheek "We're All Gonna Die" (follow-up line: "So let's get high"), with Iggy Pop, is a bare-bones, four-on-the-floor-style romp. "Iggy was actually the first guy to come in and record," Slash says of the Stooges legend. "He just showed up, banged out his part and was gone. It was quick and easy. He really set the pace for the whole album."
That pace was considerably more straightforward and efficient than should be expected from an effort that trades on such star power. In fact, the basic instrumental tracks for the songs on Slash are the sound of a power trio making quick work in the studio. Slash enlisted one-time Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney and ex–Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese, both pedigreed session men who travel in similar L.A. rock circles as the guitarist, to join him on the recording. (In a further six-degrees-like connection, Freese is an alumnus of one of the many Chinese Democracy–era lineups of Guns N' Roses.) Working off the same rough demos Slash had been sending to prospective singers, the three often hammered out finished song arrangements in one day's time. "We would get things to a point that felt good, and where we knew what the parts were, and that was about it," Slash says. "I come from a simple place—I'm a perfectionist, but only to a certain point. It's a 'close enough for rock and roll' sort of thing."
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