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Denny Laine, a founding member of both the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, will present a Hannibal Concert Association program at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Roland Fine Arts Center at Hannibal-LaGrange University.
Denny Laine, a founding member of both the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, will present a Hannibal Concert Association program at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Roland Fine Arts Center at Hannibal-LaGrange University.
Laine, a vocalist and guitarist, will bring a drummer and bass player for his local concert, which will include his hits with various bands, such as "Band On the Run" and "Live and Let Die."
During a phone interview, Laine described the other members of his trio as friends from the Monmouth Academy of Musical Arts in New Jersey.
Although blues is his favorite venue, Laine said the trio will bring a variety of music, adding "I will be playing guitar and keyboard and tell a few stories related to the songs."
Laine expects to enjoy the Hannibal concert because "I like small theaters. I have played everywhere, but I prefer small theaters where you can be closer to the audience."
His many albums include some of his own compositions, Laine said. "I write songs all the time. One of the reasons I left Wings was to do my own music and write my own albums."
His newest album, which will be titled Valley of Dreams, is in the final stages of production. His recent gigs have included some with Peter Asher (of Peter and Gordon), another British musician who is also a record producer. "We go back many, many years," Laine said of Asher. "I have been working with him and his band and guesting on his show, and in November will do a tour with his band."
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Laine and his fellow musician friends in his native Birmingham, England, founded the Moody Blues in 1964. He was lead singer and guitarist. "It was at least five years before we got known," Laine said. "When we got a hit I was there for another year or two."
"They wanted to go to work in Hamburg where the Beatles were working, and I wanted to go to London and get a deal, so we did that. We were professional musicians, and we wanted to make it.
"We worked all over England and Europe and especially France and then came to America in the mid-'60s," Laine continued. "Go Now" was his biggest hit with the Moody Blues.
"Then I left about a year after that, but formed my own group, The Electric String Band."
The members of Moody Blues and the Beatles were very good friends, Laine said, and they did a tour with the Beatles. "We were friends, and we were neighbors."
Later Laine was performing with Jimmy Hendrix, and Paul and John were in the audience. A few months later Paul asked Laine to help him and Linda form Wings. This was in 1971. and Laine was with Wings for 10 years. "We are still in contact," Laine said. "We are still friends."
Laine was influenced by American musicians from Frank Sinatra to Motown to Elvis and Buddy Holly. "Pop music came across from America in the Army, Navy and Air Force," he said.
This also led to his love of the blues. "We went out and got obscure records," he said about his music group. "We were blues fanatics. We picked that up and brought it back to America." The Moody Blues was originally a blues band, due to his influence, Laine said, and "the Moody Blues stopped being a blues band the moment I left."
After helping found Wings, Laine began playing other instruments. Since then, he said, "I have picked up a lot more instruments."
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Laine began playing guitar at about age 8 and has never been anything except a musician.
Now, a generation later, his own children have all become musicians, too, he said, "without my help. ... I'm very proud they did it without me encouraging them. They were around musicians all the time, but I didn't expect them to get into music. They are all doing quite well."
Laine believes his successful career was the result of his late parents' encouragement and acceptance. "Family encouragement, I think that is the secret," he said. "I think a lot of people don't become musicians, because their parents don't think it is a very lucrative job.
"My parents encouraged me, because they loved music. Anything you could do, you were encouraged to do. I loved music and didn't want to do anything else.
"My parents were very proud. They came to America and saw some of the success and it was good fun. They enjoyed it," Laine said, adding "they never got in my way. They were not impressed by all the money and the fame, but it was fun."
Laine reported his first performance was with a pantomime company that did Jack and Jill. He was one of the extras.
His first solo performance was with the Midland Institute in Birmingham, England. "It was a big occasion and I sang a couple of folk songs," he recalled.
"I went from there to joining a band at school, then forming my own band and turning professional - just one thing after the other - I've never been anything but a musician."
Despite Laine's continuing success, he explained that "the music business is one of the biggest struggles on the planet .... When you think of the amount of people in it and the amount that actually make a living at it, there is a big difference. It is a 24-hour job and is very hard on family and friends. You are always touring and you are always somewhere else.
"You have to maintain the success. It is not easy."


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KISS AND TELL: Rahul Bose and (right) Arjun Mathur
Rahul Bose-Arjun Mathur do first gay love scene in Bollywood
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Madhur Bhandarkar had shot a gay kissing sequence in a car between Samir Soni and his screen lover for Fashion and deleted it even before it went to the censor board. But for his film I Am Omar, Onir is determined to keep the first gay love-making scene between the ever-adventurous Rahul Bose and the upcoming Arjun Mathur (seen in Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance and Farhan Akhtar's short film on AIDS, Positive).
Onir feels the sensitive sequence may be unnecessarily sensationalised but has to be retained because the film doesn't work without it. Explains Onir, "Arjun plays a sex worker. So we couldn't do away with the physical aspect of the gay issue."
The sequence has the actors making out in a public place. Abhimanyu Singh (seen in Anurag Kashyap's Gulal) plays a homophobic cop who chances on the couple and harasses them. Says Onir, "Luckily none of my actors had any inhibitions. Rahul and Arjun did the scene which goes much beyond anything seen in Indian cinema. They behaved like thorough professionals." Now he hopes the censor board would be just as professional. While Rahul, who had done Indian cinema's first and only gay gangrape sequence in Bom-gay, refrains from comment, Arjun who wants to explore the dark side of sexuality, says, "For me as an actor it is always challenging to see what lies beneath the calm exteriors. I had absolutely no inhibitions playing the gay character and doing the kissing sequence with Rahul. I wondered what it would feel like. But it was done clinically and professionally."
Adds Onir, "We haven't taken any still pictures of the kissing because we don't want it leaked out on the net. The whole idea is to look at the question of homosexuality in a proper perspective and not to highlight any specific aspect of it." Onir's film I Am (of which I Am Omar is one part) now goes to Rotterdam Film Festival.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Eli Manning hurled three touchdown passes to Victor Cruz Sunday, powering the New York Giants past winless Cleveland 41-27.
The Giants (3-2) erased an early 14-0 deficit, scoring 20 consecutive points en route to the victory.
Ahmad Bradshaw rambled for career-high 200 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries. He and Cruz each converted an interception by safety Stevie Brown into a second-quarter touchdown.
Manning finished 25-of-37 through the air for 259 yards with a pick-off as the Giants racked up 502 yards of total offense.
Brandon Weeden hooked up with fellow rookie Josh Gordon on a pair of TD passes but was intercepted twice in the loss, which sent the Browns to 0-5 for the first time since 1999.
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About two years ago I got the idea to mix applesauce and bar-b-q sauce together. Sweetens up the taste of the sauce.
So far I've baked chicken and boneless pork ribs with it and usually get good reviews.
Just use a mixing bowl, put in applesauce and start adding bar-b-q sauce until you get a mix you like. The key is you make it to your taste as the cook. Never fail to ask a few people around you what they think before you bake with it.
The best it ever turned out for us was baking boneless chicken breasts in the mix for a while then "pulling" the chicken to make sandwiches.
It won't be a think sauce like you might be used to, turns out more like a marinade, but in my opinion it is damn good. I imagine using a crock pot and throwing some 'lil' smokies into this would be damn good as well.


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|2007-08-27, 19:36
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I just watched the serie today and at the end I really had twisted emotions. I am happy for Mitsuki, but I really felt sorry for haruka. I mean, ok she wrote her book and she said goodbye, but she was crying when she said goodbye so basically she really felt pain herself. Also the whole taking advantage of the situation thing of Mitsuki made me so mad although I can kinda understand that people can fall in love with people that have a girlfriend. The book Haruka wrote was also nice because basically it was like her lifestory and she hopes (like me) everybody can be friends again and live a happy life
|2007-08-28, 11:08
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I was quite happy for Haruka. I had hoped she'd the be the one to end up with Takayuki, but she did manage to recover from a terribly traumatic event and get her life back on track. To be able to successfully write a book and have it published after that shows great character, and I'm sure she'll find someone to share her days with.
Things didn't turn out too bad for her, despite losing Takayuki.
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The most interesting thing I've learnt from reading these threads on KGNE is that Western attitudes towards best friends and romance is subtly different from what I'm familiar with here in East Asia.
Most of the anger against Mitsuki seems to stem from the opinion that it is wrong to poach your best friend's boy/girl-friend. More specifically, that it is somehow wrong for Mitsuki to develop romantic feelings for Takayuki because he is supposed to be reserved for Haruka, her best friend.
I haven't noticed this strand of opinion before until I've watched other teenage romance anime, where the dubbed English dialogue differs very significantly from the Japanese original. Specifically, I'm thinking of a scene in Whisper of the Heart where a boy confessed that he liked the story's heroine. In Japanese, the girl felt awkward about the confession, and rejected the boy because she didn't have any romantic feelings for him. In English however, she rejected him because she knew her best friend liked the boy instead.
To be sure, I never quite understood the criticisms levelled at Mitsuki's supposed "betrayal". In my opinion, Mitsuki had behaved as best as she could have as a friend, given the circumstances, and it seems unfair to blame her for "poaching" Takayuki, when in truth, Haruka was already as good as dead at the time. How much longer was she supposed to wait?
As such, I wonder if Mitsuki has been indicted by a Western prejudice towards how such relationships should be handled. Culture plays a large role in how we approach our everyday affairs, and I wonder if it plays a role in understanding how events turned out in KGNE.
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What do I think? I did not interpreted it as betrayal. Even for American standards, let's think about this from Mitsuki's perspective. Your best friend is still dating the guy you like, but she's in a coma without any signs of when she will wake up. Meanwhile the guy is depressed and is also one of your good friends. Nothing you do can cheer him up, so as a last resort....
In the end I'd rather be called someone who betrayed his/her best friend than let one of my close friends commit suicide out of depression. The cost is to lose your best friend, but time here is a factor. If she wants to be lovesick for all three years (and maybe longer, who knows?) so that she can retain her best friend and support their relationship, then that's good for her. In reality I don't imagine myself or most people doing that. What Mitsuki did might have been selfish, but it's not unreasonable. She doesn't know when Haruka will wake up or if Takayuki will do something stupid (like have a high fever and die). I think that alone can justify her actions, and the ending says it all.
This anime is one of the first romance/drama with some traces of reality in it:
People who think that Takayuki is an asshole, do you really want him to be depressed some more until Haruka wakes up? What do you think could have happened to him if Mitsuki didn't step in? There's a time for grief and a time for moving on. What if Takayuki didn't date Mitsuki but another girl? Would you guys hate him still? Let's just put Mitsuki out of the argument and focus on Takayuki and Haruka. You guys really agree that Takayuki should beat himself up for all three years waiting for Haruka to wake up?
My personal thoughts on the anime:
Person I wanted Takayuki to end up with: Haruka
Favorite character: Akane
Least favorite character: Ayu (She's not funny, just annoying IMO. Comic relief is good, but too much in a serious drama can be out of place)
Least favorite aspect: Hotaru (the young nurse)...what happened to her? I'm sure there's a good explanation in the game but nothing in the anime
Ranking on Top Ten List: #1
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|2007-09-07, 16:08
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I've just finished watching the series, and this is my first post here, but the moment I came on I encountered all this tendency of people to obsess over Haruka while hating Mitsuki, and sometimes Takayuki too. I can't say that's something I appreciate.
And so, the first thing I'm going to say is, beatiful post, KholdStare.
And going back to the first few pages, Perishthethought has some brilliant ones too.
When Mitsuki got together with Takayuki, no-one had any idea when, or even *if*, Haruka would wake up... Despite that, Mitsuki spent almost a year looking after Takayuki, getting nothing in return.. Surely that is demonstration of her worth?
As for Takayuki himself, well, he spent a year by Haruka's side before he was kicked out by her parents. That's an entire year of his life, down the drain. That devotion is worthy of great credit, surely you can't ask for more?
When Haruka woke up, a couple of things were made pretty clear:-
1) She needed Takayuki to aid her recovery.
2) She wasn't in any condition to handle the truth.
As a result, Takayuki tried to help her recovery, and at the time she thought she was still in a relationship with him, making things very difficult. Had Takayuki been forced to choose, isn't it clear that he couldn't have chosen Mitsuki for fear of doing great damage to Haruka's psyche? His hands were tied.
Of course, at this time we realise Mitsuki can't handle Takayuki giving his attention to Haruka also. Takayuki tries to stop seeing Haruka for Mitsuki's sake, but he can't give up his duty for fear of what might happen to Haruka. Now we see just how weak Mitsuki really is - she goes into a depressive spiral. Even then, however, we see that she still has it in her to come back and look after Takayuki. Not only that, but she even managed to confess what she did, and dump Takayuki. At this point, you really have to give credit to Mitsuki for being able to do that. She proves to us that she isn't as weak as she seemed just before. An even greater moment for her is when she goes to see Haruka, and denies her feelings for Takayuki, all for Haruka's sake.
As for Haruka, she has finally reached a moment where she can handle the truth. I must say that it is at this point, and only this point, that Takayuki is really free to make a choice for himself. His obligation to Haruka when she was still trapped in the past was far too great. It is here that we see Haruka's own strength, when she pushes herself into recovery, although we can see that she is doing it for Takayuki.
Then we come to the final episode, which begins with the greatest moment for both Haruka and Takayuki.
Takayuki comes out with it and admits to Haruka just what Mitsuki means to him, and how he regrets making her suffer. I guess we can call this Takayuki's final choice, if there is anything at all we can add that label to - the choice was really made for him.
As for Haruka, she manages to let go of Takayuki, and she's doing it for his sake, and Mitsuki's too - it's clear she does still really love him. In part, she's returning the favour Mitsuki tried to do her, with interest. However, the main part is probably that Haruka realises that it's really Mitsuki that Takayuki wants to be with.
In the end, then we see that Haruka was truly stronger than Mitsuki - she even returned to a proper life, and may even have rejoined her friends. While it does seem that Mitsuki could manage on her own too, we don't see real proof.
As such, I think the ending worked out best for everyone - Haruka was more able to handle leaving Takayuki than Mitsuki was, after all. It was certainly the closest thing to a happy ending that could've happened.
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@lackofcheese thanx, now youve brought up all of that i feel like i did when i watched the thing. Its a great anime but it hits hard and close to home in certain situations which cant help but bring up emotions. I cannot think of anyone who could watch this series and be emotionally unscaved. As all good TV when you start routing for fictional characters.
However, i wouldve liked to see Haruka put up even a little fight for Takayuki. I understand that she liked him but was being a good friend. BUT feelings dont just go away, especially if your in a coma for a few years and wake up believing its been less than a month. The angle this series took was very realistic and i believe that the character acted as most people would put in that position.
Personally i was a Haruka fan. I wouldve liked a Haruka ending. I saw the book reading ending and it had me feeling that i had my heart ripped out but i felt Haruka shouldve done something. If i had to put myself in that position. I understand friends mean alot but love in my opinion is something to fight for, love grows over time as it does fade.
The end where she was under the tree. hmmmm. I always interpeted it as her going there and looking back on her memories. Memories of them all enjoying themselves together. Saying something like even though she lost Takayuki and Mitsuki she will always have the memories of the time they spent together.
I believe she still lives in that world which brightens my day up , Because when we grow up we slowly begin to lose the pure happiness that we experience as a child. I think that would be acceptable as an ending lol
(P.s please dont destroy my dreams, its taken 2 years of therapy to undo the damage this anime caused)
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Just finished watching this anime and i know I'm a few years late into joining any discussions lol. Personally, I didn't find this show all that sad at all. I don't get why people would cry over the ending either. Sure there are a few sad parts, but not enough for me to cry. I can see why some people are upset if they are favoring Haruka. While, myself has been remaining pretty neutral for the whole show. Realistically, Takayuki made the right choice for choosing Mitsuki. Since, Mitsuki has spent 3 years taking care of him like, getting his life back on track after the accident. On the other hand, Takayuki only dated Haruka for only like a few weeks, so it's doubtful a few weeks of love can>3 years of love. I think the ending is a happy ending, since everyone got what they wanted. Haruka gets to publish her books, Mitsuki ends up back with Takayuki, Shinji continues to date his girl and etc... Everything is resolved and back to normal. Tell me why some of you people think it's sad cause i just don't get it. >__< Maybe it would work on me if the show was strongly focused on Haruka. I also felt something was missing, I think it could be because the show was too short, but i also know it could be extremely boring when these types of show drag on.
|2007-12-08, 21:46
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I finished watching this series today. This was probably the second saddest series I have ever seen (Losing only to Kanon). The artwork was fair, but the storyline more than made up for it.
But I have to agree with Mitsuki. She looked much better with short hair than with long hair.
I'm just surprised Haruka's parents let her hair grow so long if it could have been a trigger to her realization of the 3 years.
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Excuse me, an ass because it was hard for him to move on ? I would much sooner call him an ass if it was easy for him to move on. Emotional attachment to some person (love +guilt issues over the accident) don't go away with a snap of fingers and simply saying "oh well, its unlikely she will wake up anyway", unless the bond they shared was very superficial ...which it wasn't. It doesn't make him an ass because of his attachment to this situation - it makes him human. It might be easy for an outsider to say "just drop it and go away", but for someone emotionally entangled in such situation it is not a possibility, and calling him an ass because of it is a needless and undeserved insult in his direction.
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lol gotta agree with Skyfall, in that situation, you can't expect that person to think logically. I can see where you are going with the coma thing but it's not always an easy thing to accept.
Also reguarding Takayuki being an ass, well which sentence do think sounds worse:
1. Oh no! Haruka is in a coma and unlikely to wake up, I think i'll go hook up with her best friend the day after.
2. Noooo my girlfriend is in a coma and I feel responsible. I don't think i'm ready for another relationship soon because I loved her and there is a chance she might wake up. (crawls to a corner and becomes a mess)
I'll let you decide ( I personally go for number 2 as a better and more human response in that situation).
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I can't really call him an ass either.
Though what really got to me was that Takayuki didn't have any other real support from anyone during the emotional ordeal after the car crash, which would conveniently make Mitsuki = total emotional confidant. While this is well and good, all I'm wondering is why they didn't get him some trauma counseling or at least reassured him of his inability to prevent said event? I dunno, there was pretty much an environment set up so that his ONLY outlet for human comfort was Mitsuki. People gave up on him? My how convenient. Mitsuki = only source of comfort? Again way too convenient. (although I'm not faulting her for being there for a friend.) The only person willing to whether the storm with him JUST HAPPENS to be the girl who totally has the hots for him and whose rival is K.O. 'ed for a good long while.
Also, even in the beginning, I have to admit it was only a few weeks prior to the accident that Takayuki was even sparking an ember of true love for Haruka. If anyone thought she had even a small chance after she woke up from her coma, they'd be a bit delusional. In the end of the show however, I just wished they would have had a normal friendship, with an understandable grace period after this drama subsided. As a Haruka fan, that was something I truly wished for.
If anything left me sour, it was that this game of love was a bit too one sided.
Haruka had lost even before she had begun to play unfortunately.
Something I've realized after a lot of thinking on this show, is that after the accident it was almost all paint by numbers.
But still, I did enjoy the ride it gave me.
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text: Crystal Morey: William Thidemann Interview By Crystal Morey I just spent a couple weeks in Colorado, participating in the Paradise Gathering giving seminars and at Kaze Gallery in Denver, and I got a chance to sit down with one of Kaze's owners William Thidemann. I love talking to William. His world is wonderfully black and white and he filters it through a well thought out canon of ethics that centers on respect and hard work. It is incredibly refreshing to come home to the states and find that it isn't all reality TV and triple Big Gulps, there are still people there working to improve their lot and who inspire growth in those around them. William's demeanor impressed me... his door seemed to be open to anyone who comes in earnest, be it a hot mess needing to cover up her old lover inspired tattoos, or younger tattooers looking for help with compositions and design. He was like minor royalty... ha-ha, like a duke. The Duke of Denver! But seriously I appreciate his pragmatic view of the world and his steadfast dedication to the code he lives by. Interviewing him was a treat... Crystal Morey: So what got you interested in tattooing? What drew you towards it as a career path? William Thidemann: I was already interested in art before I tattooed, I had tattoos, I had some handpoke shit from the time I was 13 on, I did my first little handpoke when I was 13, being a little punk rock kid in Richmond [Virginia] it just seemed to happened. It wasn't really planned, I painted, I went to art school and stuff like that, with no real ambition to tattoo. I didn't think I'd make it as an artist really, I was into the science stuff, the math stuff, but I knew I didn't want to be stuck in a lab or doing a shitty job that I hated. I figured if I was going to make a stab at something, I might as well make it something cool. I had a friend who recommended I start tattooing where he was already working, and so I got a job with him. CM: Did you go through a formal apprenticeship? WT: Nooooo no, not even close. I was working at a military/biker shop at first and the owner was not very interested in the arty side of tattooing or making super great tattoos... but he had a good crew. There were some people that came out of there that are amazing, especially Nate Drew and Chris O'Donnell. There was a creative vein there, we were just all stupid and young and didn't know what the fuck we were doing yet. CM: Amazing... What brought you to Colorado? WT: Before Colorado I'd worked in Richmond where I quit/got fired at the first shop and happily left and worked underground for a while before getting a job at Red Dragon for a few years. Anyway, I'd already traveled with a band so I enjoyed some time traveling and tattooing. I met the guys from Boulder Ink at a convention I think in Florida, we got stoned together and were hanging out, I came to visit, kinda looking for a place where I didn't know anybody and Colorado seemed a very remote place, at least from my east coast perspective, plus they were doing really nice work. They had a really good staff: Jennifer Bilig , Lance Talon, Jerry Ware and Dan Gilsdorf and it was a new place where I didn't know anybody, didn't have any hook ups, and didn't know anybody from the punk rock scene. I figured it would be an honest try at restarting and trying to relearn. CM: Why the need for anonymity? Why not utilize the connections you'd made so far? WT: You know I felt at that time that it was leading me towards something different, away from what I wanted to discover about art. It was talking me more of a social direction and not so much a learning direction. I felt like I needed to do something different and be kind of locked away from my friends and connections. I thought it would be more useful. CM: What were you pulling from artistically? WT: Initially punk rock shit, fucking punk rock looking tattoos, no formal stuff Pushead and Jim Phillips. I was doing oil paintings way before I tattooed so I had a idea of modern oil painting, but what I was doing tattoowise was definitely from a punk rock standpoint. CM: Hmm. What are your top five bands to listen to when you work? WT: That's a hard one! Neurosis, Om, Black Sabbath... since the first day of tattooing 'til now, Fugazi and hmm, this is hard, okay I am going to give a shout out to some local boys and say Native Daughters. Good tattoo music! CM: Okay, back to business... Do you only paint with oils? WT: No, when I started tattooing I opened up to watercolors and acrylics more, partially for the production and partially for the media flash that watercolor works so well for. Acrylics work really well for shitty deadlines and people needing paintings without enough time to get an oil painting done. Most of my acrylics end up looking like oil paintings anyways, they're just super layered, you know, a lot of translucent layers on top of each other. I prefer oils though, certainly for everything but flash. CM: What kind of tattooing is most compelling for you? If you had someone come in and say do a bodysuit for me any way you want, what would you do? WT: I'd prolly be drawn to doing death imagery you know, darker stuff... CM: Really... WT: Yeah imagine that! Ha. Yeah dark/pretty I guess. Not flowery per say but something that shows the different stages of decay. I'm interested in things that deal with mortality, both in tattooing and painting. CM: Ha! Are you imagining a guy or a girl right now? WT: A girl. But I don't know why really because lately I don't distinguish relative to the subject matter. Girls get real macabre stuff and a guy will come in wanting a big ass flower, you know, it's all over the fucking place. There's not a super big distinction between the sexes now as far as the content of tattoos go. Just the other day this chick comes in, cute little hairstylist, sweet and nice and she wants this snake skeleton with wings and fucking gore, I was like 'whoa you want that?!' and she wanted it big, like from her back going down her hip... so you never can tell. CM: Is there anything you won't tattoo? WT: Yeah I mean if someone wanted to get gang shit tattooed on them at this point in my life I would probably say no. Faces... If you are heavily into tattoos and are heavily tattooed there is some stuff I might do but if you are some kid that has two wrist bands and a neck piece and that's it and the rest of your body's empty then fuck no. Definitely not. That's silly. If you're and old man and your tattooed everywhere else then yeah fuck it, I'll tattoo your face, fuck it, your an old man! Hell when I'm an old man I might even get a nasty ass face rocker that just says, "Fuck off and leave me alone," ha-ha, not literally I mean visually. That'd be pretty useful! Who knows? CM: Ha-ha-ha awesome. Okay, tell me about Kaze... WT: Kaze Gallery was established by a different owner who decided to dissolve her business so we took it over and started Kaze Gallery and Tattoo. I left Th'Ink Tank, amicably of course, but felt I needed a new space. I was talking to Sandi Calistro and we realized we could work together. Initially this place was totally hidden, no one knew it was here, when I first saw it I didn't want to work there because it was so outside of where things were happening, but money-wise it was a sound move so we said fuck it let's try it. We got a lease, set up the business and it's been going pretty good for three years so far and is currently myself, Sandi Calistro and Matt Hays. CM: DO you think you'll be tattooing 20 years from now? WT: Well to be honest if you've been tattooing that long and you enjoy it you really can't not tattoo. You aren't gonna wake up one day and say I'm not gonna be a tattooer anymore. CM: True, I guess my question then is do you have any other ambitions you've yet to actualize? WT: Yes, but a lot of my ambition in life is to simplify stuff and appreciate stuff for what it is. So making things more complex I don't think is really a smarter way. Like my aspiration is to make better art and learn some of the super secret stuff related to art whether it be some cryptic stuff related to masons, or weird demon stuff here, or when I go to India and see some Buddist thing I don't understand, I want to know all that shit, it's just fun, information junkie style. It's addicting. And seeing people who actually work seriously and I'm not talking about the tattoo artists who got TAT2GUY on his license plates and roll around looking cool... I'm talking about the guys that have serious practice, that it becomes like a spiritual thing, not to be all fucking hippie or whatnot, but they have an understanding or reason behind why something might be a certain way and maybe you ought to respect that or make a clear distinction that you aren't trying to pursue that. There are all these little, not so much rules, but suggestions from art before, all these clues and keys, that help you figure out things... I can't imagine ever being bored of that mystery. Retirement never really was an option. I grew up poor. Retirement for me is a coffin... CM: There it is, black and white. William can be found at: www.thidemann.com Kaze Gallery 3245 Osage St. Denver Co 80211 303-455-1558 (Crystal Morey works for Gomineko Books and is a contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine. For more info on Gomineko Books please visit their website: www.gominekobooks.com.) Related TAM Blog Articles: Crystal Morey: Sandi Calistro Interview Crystal Morey: Owen Williams Interview Crystal Morey Gets Fast and Furious With Bunshin Saikian Horimasa (VIDEO)


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Of all the words in the English language, the subjective pronoun "I" is the 10th most commonly used. That conclusion was reached after an analysis of billions of words by Oxford Online, associated with the Oxford English Dictionary.
Of all the words in the English language, the subjective pronoun "I" is the 10th most commonly used. That conclusion was reached after an analysis of billions of words by Oxford Online, associated with the Oxford English Dictionary.
The objective pronoun "me" ranks 50th among the 100 words most commonly used.
Given their heavy use, you might conclude that "I" and "me" are so familiar to users that they will employ these personal pronouns correctly all, or at least most, of the time. Some readers of this column disagree. (Six readers suggested this column: Kay Beckett, Judy Berman, Sandra Burns, Ines Illgen, Dawn Kucera and Ann Morgan. Thank you, ladies.)
In fact, the most frequently expressed suggestion I receive from readers is for a column on the misuses of "I" and "me." This column is meant to clear the air.
To use the subjective "I" and the objective "me" properly, one first needs to know the basic purpose of all subjects and objects — whether they are pronouns or another part of speech.
Simply stated, a subject is that word or collection of words about which the rest of the sentence speaks. It is the topic of the sentence — the person, place or thing that performs the action of the verb. Observe: "Lionel (noun as subject) has an unusual interest in trains." "I (pronoun as subject) like broccoli with my steak." (Among other subjective pronouns are he, she, it, we, you and they.)
A direct object — the most common kind of object — is a word, phrase or clause that identifies that person or thing receiving the action. Examples: "The pretzel company ordered a Mack truck (noun as object)." "Josh will take me (pronoun as object) to the concert." (Among other objective pronouns are him, her, it, us, you and them.)
Where do you frequently find misuses of "I" and "me"? They occur when the subjective "I" is used as the object in a sentence or when the objective "me" is offered as the subject. They arise in sentences containing compound subjects or objects:
Incorrect use of "I": Mrs. Pringle wants you and I to stand in the corner. Correct: Mrs. Pringle wants you and me to stand in the corner. As the correct version shows, "me" is one of two objects in the sentence; it receives the action. Mrs. Pringle is the subject, i.e., the person taking the action.
Incorrect use of "me": Me and Mary Lou need full-time jobs. Correct: Mary Lou and I need full-time jobs. In the correct version, "I" is one of the subjects; it is taking action. The direct object is "jobs" — what the subjects need.
To test whether "I" or "me" is correct in sentences with two subjects or objects, mentally skip over the other subject or object. Then determine which of the two pronouns ("I" or "me") works best. Is it "Mrs. Pringle wants I to stand" or "Mrs. Pringle wants me to stand"? Is it "Me need full-time ..." or "I need full-time ..."?
The subjective pronoun "I" not only is incorrect as a direct object but as the object of a preposition. Examples: "Between Barbara and I, the menu will be arranged" and "No alternative is possible for mother and I." While these misuses may sound elegant or look "right," the proper grammatical form in both cases is the objective pronoun "me."
Making an incorrect choice of "I" and "me" can lead to an unintended meaning. This problem can occur when these pronouns are used with "than" and "as." Notice how different pronouns convey different meanings in these sentences:
He admires the artist more than I. (Implied meaning: more than I do.) He admires the artist more than me. (Meaning: more than he admires me.) Shelly likes Pam as much as I. (Implied meaning: as much as I do.) Shelly likes Pam as much as me. (Meaning: "as much as she likes me.")
Before choosing "I" or "me" in such sentences, think about your intended meaning, then pick the pronoun that precisely expresses that meaning.
Sometimes, informal use contends with a grammatical rule as the best way to proceed when using personal pronouns. In "Grammar Power," author Jane Schwartz states this official rule: "After all forms of the linking verb to be, use a subject pronoun. ... A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb restates the subject of a sentence."
Recognize these correct subjective pronouns that follow linking verbs: "It was I who earned the raise." "That can't be she." But we often will hear or read these objective pronouns: "It was me who earned the raise." "That can't be her."
Schwartz says adhering to the official rule "often sounds painfully formal, stilted, and even a trifle snobbish." When that is likely, she continues, "The informal, technically incorrect object form has become acceptable in many situations."
Nonetheless, she concludes, "In all formal situations — doctoral dissertations, job applications, diplomatic functions, etc. — use the subject pronoun." I'm inclined to agree.


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Posted: 11/13/12 19:09
by Dave Mindeman
Zygi Wilf seems to hold us in contempt.
He gets the state and city to fork over nearly half of the costs for "his" stadium" and now he wants the fans to help pay his portion......
The (Dayton) letter comes less than a week after the team sent out an e-mail survey to season ticket holders to gauge their willingness to pay thousands of dollars more for personal seat licenses or "stadium builder's licenses" to secure the best seats. The fee, most likely a one-time payment if imposed, would be on top of the annual cost of season tickets.
Now the Dayton letter referred to here is a kind of "complaint" letter sent by the Governor objecting to this little scheme....
Gov. Mark Dayton wrote a stern letter Tuesday to the owners of the Minnesota Vikings threatening to undo the stadium deal if they pass on the cost of building the $975 million project to the fans.
Zygi's play here is just pure unadulterated greed.
The stadium itself increases the value of "his" franchise by millions. And yet, Joe Six Pack seems to be unwelcome to attend. One of the numbers floated around for this "seat license' is $10,000. And all that does is give you the right to pay for a season ticket. Guess those average fans are going to have to cut down on face paint.
The arrogance of this astounds even me.
The legislature put everything on hold while this stadium deal was cut....and Governor Dayton invested a lot of political capital to keep the Vikings here. And despite all that, Zygi Wilf thinks he can put the screws to all of us again.
It's dealing with the devil.


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You know how when someone tells you something, and the news is so crazy, you just have no words. You struggle to find something to say, but instead, you just sit there, sweating, unable to actually conjure up a response.
Consider that our reaction to the news that one of the newest Android innovations is in the form of a — wait for it … — kazoo.
No, it's okay. We'll hold off for a moment to let you process that.
Okay. It's a kazoo. Processed? A company called Ogaco Gadgets has revealed a concept for a kazoo (sigh) that, well, quite frankly, does a little bit more than anyone would need a kazoo to do.
For the low low price of just $100, you can grab an iKazoo and, with it, use the built-in microphone to make audio recordings, use the touch surface to create drum beats (totally necessary), blow into the lip sensor to, as CNET says, take advantage of the breath synthesizer (we assume this means the iKazoo is an actual kazoo…), play mobile games, and even use it as a step counter to make sure your exercising is up to speed.
Not enough? Add another $50 and your iKazoo will be equipped with a cap that turns it into a stylus, so you can use it as a mobile pen or even a virtual guitar pick. Who knew a kazoo could do so many things for you.
The company is currently raising funds to bring this device to the market. Will it actually see the light of day? We're not sure. It certainly is among the stranger of the inventions we've seen, but hey, who knows? Maybe we'll be typing our articles on iKazoos this time next year.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The American Petroleum Institute said exporting U.S. crude oil could mean lower energy costs for consumers, an issue countered by others in the energy sector.
API, an industry lobby representing more than 580 companies, said a study it commissioned from energy consultant group ICF International indicates exporting crude oil from the United States could translate to $6.6 billion in savings for U.S. consumers by 2020.
"It's undeniable that the American energy revolution has rendered our current export policies obsolete," API Vice President for Economic Policy Kyle Isakower said in a statement Thursday. "Allowing exports will ensure that U.S. production remains strong in a way that supports American consumers."
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee summoned industry officials to testify Thursday about the prospects of exporting more crude oil. Laws enacted after the 1970s Arab oil embargo restrict domestic oil exports.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the committee, said lifting the ban would be good for the economy.
"Opening up world markets to U.S. crude oil will lower the global price, which will in turn lower the global prices for petroleum products," she testified.
Graeme Burnett, a senior vice president from Delta Air Lines, which owns a refinery in Pennsylvania, said she wasn't convinced there would be benefits from crude oil exports.
"Exporting U.S. crude makes little sense," she testified. "If we allow for the export of U.S. crude, we'll have to import more oil from overseas and subject ourselves, once again, to an increasing degree of price volatility and higher global prices."


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10 Ways to Show Yourself a Little Love with Good Food
For Valentine's Day we normally think about how we can show someone else we love them — how cute cards, or fun desserts, or a small gift will make someone else happy. While these small acts of kindness are wonderful, it's also a time to show yourself a little love. It's February, it's dreary outside, and it's the perfect opportunity to take care of yourself with something comforting, delicious, and maybe just a little healthy.
My favorite way to show myself a little love in the kitchen is by making something delicious and easy on a busy weeknight. Satisfying recipes like stuffed sweet potatoes or a hot bowl of Lentil Soup with Lemon Yogurt Cream are great places to start. If you're craving something sweet after dinner, may I suggest the Baked Apple Stuffed with Oatmeal and Brown Sugar — so good!
What are your favorite ways to show yourself some love with cooking?
- 1 Savory Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with White Beans and Kale
- 2 Lemon Braised Chicken & Beans with Mint Pesto
- 3 Couscous With Chickpeas, Fennel, and Citrus
- 4 Lentil Soup with Lemon Yogurt Cream
- 5 Artichoke, Kale & Ricotta Pie


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For-Profit Immigration Detention Center Underpays Detainee Workers, Overcharges for Services
The prison population runs the greatest risk of having their work exploited. When their labor is being exploited for a private for-profit prison the motive for exploitation greatly increases. Now, when those inmates are immigrants, well what's from stopping the logic of the bottom from operating unhindered?
(flickr: DIAC Images)
via TruthOut
In the Stewart Detention Center in rural Lumpkin, Georgia, Pedro Guzman cleaned the communal areas, cooked, painted walls, ran paperwork and buffed floors. But Guzman was not brought into Stewart as an employee - he was a detained immigrant taking part in the detention center's "voluntary" work program.
"I didn't go more than a month without a job," said Guzman, who spent almost 20 months waiting, and working, inside Stewart while his immigration case was resolved.
In private prisons around the country, immigrants languishing in detention centers are being put to work by profit-making companies like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for far below the minimum wage. For doing a range of manual labor in the facility, the immigrants, many of whom are not legally permitted to work in the United States, are paid between $1-$3 a day.
The Obama administration's move away from the workplace raids of the Bush years and toward an increasing reliance on Secure Communities, which critics say has functioned as a dragnet for immigrants who have committed low-level crimes or none at all, has flooded detention centers across the country.
Between 1996 and 2011, deportations increased by 400 percent and the Department of Homeland Security now has a daily detention capacity of 34,000 beds. Along with this trend has come the widespread privatization of the federal detention centers.
Guzman was paid only $1 a day for cleaning communal areas in the detention center. When he moved to working in the kitchen - "an 8 hour job and you do get your full 30 minute break" - his pay shifted to $3 a day.
Most of the work in Stewart was done by detainees, said Guzman, who was placed into deportation proceedings when a letter about his asylum case was sent to the wrong address. "Ninety percent of the jobs in CCA are run by detainees," he said of Stewart.
Immigrant rights advocates have called the voluntary work program another dehumanizing avenue for companies like CCA to profit from immigrants already in a vulnerable position.
"The whole nature of this program is problematic," said Azadeh Shahshahani, director of the National Security and Immigrant Rights Project at the ACLU of Georgia. "At the end of the day, they are getting the detainees to work for a wage that is far below minimum wage and for the work that they would have had to hire personnel. Obviously they are deriving a profit whatever way you look at it."
"The detainees need the money, the phone cards are expensive ... and the food that they get is not enough to sustain themselves," said Shahshahani, editor of a "Prisoners of Profit," report about immigration detention centers in Georgia. "They really need the money to eke out somewhat of a normal existence."
If undocumented workers, the people that pick America's produce, mow its lawns, do its laundry, build its houses and cook in its restaurants, are not allowed to work legally in the United States, what are their labor protections when employed by a private detention company?
"Illegal" Workers Legalized in Detention
According to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Jacqueline Stevens, a professor of political science at Northwestern University, detainees in detention centers work in five main areas - recreation, processing, housing units, main hallway/traverse areas and the library.
At the facilities reviewed in the documents - Florence Correctional Center in Florence, Arizona; El Centro Service Processing Center in El Centro, California; Stewart Detention Center and Varick Detention Center in New York City - the maximum wage under the voluntary work program was $1 a day.
"Detainees that participate in the volunteer work program are required to work according to an assigned work schedule and to participate in all work related training," the FOIA request noted. The maximum amount of work detainees were allowed to do was eight hours a day, 40 hours a week.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) calls the voluntary work program "one method of managing detained aliens to give them an opportunity to be gainfully occupied on a voluntary basis." The program also contributes to the deportation program's "ability to successfully perform its detention mission."
Is there a loophole that allows CCA to use undocumented labor at below minimum wage to help run their detention centers, and what are the immigrants' rights as workers?
In response to the question above, a spokesperson at the Department of Labor directed questions about workers in immigration detention centers to ICE. ICE did not directly address the question of what their labor position was. Instead, ICE said that the workers were not employees:
"The Voluntary Work Program, under conditions of confinement, does not constitute employment and is done by detainees on a voluntary basis for a small stipend."
But some advocates say that this legal gray area covers something more sinister. Stevens, the Northwestern professor, said the voluntary work program is consistent with slave labor: "Forced to work at wages they can't negotiate and far below the wages Congress set."
"In any other context," she continued, "these private companies would be penalized for hiring people who don't have legal documents and paying them below the federal minimum wage."
The ICE spokesperson said a federally mandated precedent makes it legal for undocumented workers in detention centers to be paid. The average rate of pay for immigrants - $1 a day - was first set in the appropriations act for fiscal year 1979 and has held steady since. ICE considers the payment for work done by immigrants "allowances," according to a section of the US Code Classification tables, despite their undocumented status.
ICE Caps Its Payment for Detained Workers at $1
The amount ICE pays the contracting company for the immigrants it employs is capped at $1 even though "contract companies such as CCA may choose to provide a higher level of compensation." At Stewart, CCA's payment to Guzman of $3 a day for kitchen work makes it triple the ICE-mandated daily wage.
This payment was challenged in a 1990 lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which "establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State and local governments" and said that workers are entitled to a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
In the lawsuit, 16 immigrants at a detention center in Texas sued the then-Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), arguing that only being paid $1 a day violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The final ruling in the case by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld INS's right to pay detained workers only $1 a day. In the response, it noted that "alien detainees are not government 'employees' "and "the federal government usually authorizes the employment of aliens only under limited circumstances, none of which apply here."
Therefore, the ruling said, the detainees couldn't claim protection under the act because "alien detainees whose work is described by no statute authorizing use of taxpayers' money to pay government employees cannot claim such status."
There are several treaties that try to govern the use of labor in detention. One is the Inter-American Principles on Detention, cited in a 2012 report on private prisons by the ACLU of Georgia, as saying: "All persons deprived of liberty shall have the right to work."
"This includes the right 'to receive a fair and equitable remuneration,' the report noted.
Then there is the 13th Amendment, which has been used as a basis for the allowance of prison labor - with an average pay that ranges from $0.93 a day to $1.25 an hour - though the fairness of this has also been challenged.
But Stevens noted that, even within the context of a corrections environment, an immigration offense is a civil one, and therefore the detention should not be punitive.
"Detention centers are not legal punishment," said Stevens. "They are for people who are trying to pursue their civil right to remain in the country."
The Money Earned by Detainees Makes Its Way Back to CCA
Guzman said the work he did while detained at Stewart broke up the tedium of being locked up and the stress of dealing with his constantly delayed appeals. But he said there was another incentive to continue making the meager wage he got paid for working a 40-hour week in the kitchen.
"You would get paid once a week and it would go directly into your canteen money," said Guzman. And with that "you bought food, a calling card, a bar of soap, shampoo, toothbrush" - from the CCA-run store inside the detention center.
Steven said her research has shown that the primary reasons for detainees to take part in the voluntary work programs is "so that they can buy food and hygiene products. If they don't have relatives on the outside to pump up their commissary accounts then they'll buff floors."
If some of the money being paid to undocumented workers taking part in the voluntary work program goes back to CCA, how much are private prison companies earning from these workers?
Companies like CCA are paid a lump sum by ICE for housing detainees - and then from whatever costs they can cut on food, labor or facilities, comes their profits. CCA, "the nation's largest owner and operator of partnership correction and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States, behind only the federal government and three states," had earnings before tax of $96.4 million for 2012.
"The colossal "savings" from paying people a small fraction of the legal wage makes possible these centers," wrote Stevens in a blog post on the voluntary work program in private detention centers. "How much exactly is being saved?"
According to Stevens' analysis of figures in her FOIA requests, the monthly payments from just one detention center break down like this:
"Each dollar is a day's payment's to one detainee, so July 2009 at 5,815 = 5815 individual days or shifts of labor. Not all of the shifts are 8 hours but they go up to that. If the range of hours worked for this example is 4-8 hours day, then the payments that should have been made for July 2009 under federal minimum wage laws would be $168,635 to $337,000. Again, what actually was paid was $5,815."
"In brief," said Stevens, "the ICE jails are paying people $1/day for work that minimum wage laws would require compensated at $29-$58/day."
This is only a small window on the earnings from this program. Among the questions CCA declined to answer, despite repeated requests for comment over a period of several weeks, was how widespread the voluntary work program was and how many immigrants were involved in it nationally.
ICE and CCA descriptions of the program stress the term "voluntary," but a recently released ACLU report shows otherwise, detailing instances of detained immigrants being forced to work at Stewart Detention Center:
Omar Ponce was subjected to disciplinary action for refusing to work and for organizing a work strike in 2010. He was in the segregation unit for a week before he had his disciplinary review hearing. Another detainee was threatened with segregation if he refused to work less than eight hours per day. This is not atypical.
In response, CCA representative Mike Machak said: "The incident described in the ACLU report was reported to CCA staff, was dealt with appropriately and was reported to ICE in accordance with detention standards and contract requirements."
Oversight, said Machak, is provided by "our longstanding government partner [ICE], including on-site ICE staff."
The Irony
Critics of private detention like Bob Libal, a Texas organizer for Grassroots Leadership focusing on the expansion of the private federal detention system, stress the unfairness of people criminalized as workers detained and then made to work.
"I think it's pretty disturbing that private prison corporations are padding their bottom line by exploiting undocumented labor in their facilities," said Libal, "when it would be much more humane and beneficial for the sort of country as a whole to allow people to live and work outside of detention facilities while their immigration cases are processed."
It's an irony not lost on Guzman. "You will boot them out of the country because they don't have papers to work in the US," he said when asked about the issue, "but then you give them a job and you underpay them. Why are you underpaying them?"
Luis Moreno published this page in Immigration 2012-07-27 12:13:00 -0700


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Today, SFW is going meta. That is, I'm going to write a blog post on a business news site about two people who write stories about business news, who announced something very important via a business news press release.
Got that?
Charlotte Observer staffers Ely Portillo and Caroline McMillan are getting married. And, since they both covers business, they decided on a novel way to announce their impending union: a press release.
Thanks to Chris Roush for sharing this at Talking Biz News. The faux release is pretty hilarious if you've ever written about business or worked in journalism or public relations.
Here it is, in its entirety, as published on PRNewswire:
CHARLOTTE, N.C./PRNewswire/ — Caroline Bridges McMillan (NYSE: CBM) and Ely Sebastian Portillo (NYSE: ESP) today announced a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock deal.
Both chief executives praised the merger agreement, which has been under discussion since Portillo approached McMillan in 2009.
"We are excited to combine these two great assets and create a stronger brand going forward," said Portillo. "McMillan has long been synonymous with quality, and we think adding her to the Portillo portfolio will create great opportunities to grow and enhance earnings."
"From the beginning, this transaction presented us with an attractive mix of increased top-line revenue potential and the chance to grow out bottom-line profits by harnessing synergies," said McMillan. "Portillo has a long track record of creating shareholder value, and this transaction is financially and strategically compelling."
Portillo and McMillan anticipate receiving antitrust approval in the coming weeks from the U.S. Department of Justice. Although the combination will likely have a negative impact on competition in the singles marketplace, Portillo and McMillan strongly believe the benefits to both parties outweigh competitive concerns.
Portillo and McMillan expect to close the transaction on Sept. 28. They will combine their Charlotte facilities into one Dilworth location, and the CBM stock will be retired.
Unfortunately, some personnel will not be continuing with the merged company. Roommate Meghan Cooke has left to seek other opportunities and roommate Daniel McIntyre will be departing after the merger closes.
"We are thankful for Daniel and Meghan's service, and we wish them the best of luck at whatever new ventures they decide to pursue," said McMillan.
Portillo and McMillan will finance associated relocation costs with cash on hand. McMillan's parent company, the McMillan-Bridges conglomerate, is financing closing costs. Portillo and McMillan have agreed to assume all outstanding debts and obligations each has as a separate entity.
The contemplated entity expects to achieve monthly cost savings worth hundreds of dollars. Much of the savings is expected to come from the benefits of their combined greater purchasing power. In addition to creating outstanding synergies in rent paid for facilities, Portillo and McMillan stated that the deal provides opportunities to reduce costs by combining utilities, food, entertainment, travel and toiletry budgets.


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Even if you know a lot about cults, there's a mystery at the heart of cult psychology that is singular in its creepiness. And that's the mystery of identity: What happens to people as their personalities bend and waver and recede under the influence of the leader and the group? Do their identities change? Or do they, in effect, become ghost versions of who they were? Sound of My Voice, the story of two Los Angeles bohemians who infiltrate a cult to make a documentary exposé about it, is a small-scale, shot-on-DV movie that, in its stripped-down low-budget way, gets deeper into the fascination — the mental horror — of cults than Martha Marcy May Marlene did.
At the start, the two doc filmmakers — Peter (Christopher Denham), owlish and ironic, and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), docile and sincere — are blindfolded and driven to a drab suburban basement, where an elaborate secret handshake — it lasts 30 seconds — allows them to be led to an inner sanctum. There they meet Maggie, the white-robed cult leader, who claims to be from the year 2054. She's played by Brit Marling with a mix of sensuality, hostility, and all-knowing attitude that is freakishly captivating, not to mention a little scary. The rituals are scary too — notably a group regurgitation that looks like something out of a very sick porno. It's all about breaking down who people are, but does Peter get broken down too? Sound of My Voice doesn't follow through on everything it sets up, yet it has a hushed and revealing psycho-intensity. It also has an oh-wow Twilight Zone ending that truly made me go, "Oh, wow." B+


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If you're talking to your boss about a raise, should you mention that you have another job offer? Well, that depends.
I received a question recently from a TechRepublic member asking whether it's a good idea to mention another job offer when negotiating a raise wtih a current employer:
"When asking for a raise is it a good or bad thing to politely mention that you have had other job offers and that if a salary increase is not given that you may be forced to pursue other options?
Is that considered threatening to the employer or is it an effective tool to let the employer know that the company may lose your services if they cannot increase the salary?"
When discussing any course of action at work, the answer depends on your current job situation.
- What is your relationship with your boss like? Is she the type who will work with you on the issue, or will she interpret the conversation as a threat?
- Does your company work only within salary ranges? If so, are you currently at the top of yours?
- Do you really know how you're perceived by others in the company? It's common for people to exaggerate their importance in a company.
- Are your skills visible and/or rare?
A job offer can be a great bargaining tool — if you keep a few things in mind:
- Don't issue any ultimatums when you have the talk. No one, even the most even-tempered person in the world, likes to be told "or else."
- Don't whine. Remain professional so that your boss can consider the situation on a logical basis, not an emotional one. Be prepared to present the reasons you deserve a raise. Mention what you've done for the company (though try to avoid highlighting your contributions by downplaying those of other employees — keep it positive).
- Be flexible. Your boss may not be able to give you a raise, but she may be open to offering you training or other actions that could benefit you in the long run.
- Be prepared to walk. I'm sorry, but if the company culture is to exercise the mantra "If you don't like it, then leave," your boss may issue that very statement to you. And she may ask you to leave that day if you have access to sensitive data. Her thinking will be that if you are turned down for a raise, you will take your disappointment out by causing the company harm. This is especially true if the other offer came from a competitor.
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The Port Steak and Seafood Restaurant has opened at Port Hatchineha under a lease approved in early November by the Polk County Commission.
HAINES CITY — Lakefront dining has returned to Lake Hatchineha.
The Port Steak and Seafood Restaurant has opened at Port Hatchineha under a lease approved in early November by the Polk County Commission.
"We had a soft opening last week and response is exceeding expectations," said Jim Martin, the restaurant's operator.
Port Hatchineha is at the end of Hatchineha Road on the shore of the 6,665-acre lake that is part of the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes.
Martin said the restaurant, which now is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., will offer breakfast on the weekends beginning in January.
The approval of the lease that led to the restaurant's opening follows years of attempts to determine the future use of the county-owned property.
The County Commission purchased the property for $1.3 million in 2009 to re-establish public access to Lake Hatchineha.
The ramp, which had been privately owned, had been closed for some time before the purchase.
It has been opened and repairs made.
The restaurant, which operated under a variety of owners for decades, also had been closed.
Under the lease agreement, Martin also has opened a small store to serve the needs of boaters and area residents.
The approval of the lease ended a controversy among some area residents who were concerned about the possibility of airboat tours, which had been proposed by an earlier lease applicant.
County officials had scrapped the airboat idea because of intense public opposition.
Proceeds from the $1,500-a-month lease goes to support county parks operations.
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MONTREAL (AP) Tomas Plekanec found his scoring touch just in time for the Montreal Canadiens.
Plekanec scored with 1:07 left to break a tie and added an empty-net goal to give the Canadiens a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
The Canadiens squandered a 3-0 lead and were having all they could handle in holding off the Blue Jackets' young forwards when Plekanec came over the blue line and fooled goalie Sergei Bobrovsky by taking a quick shot along the ice instead of passing to open winger Brandon Prust.
The puck went in off the goal post to give Montreal (5-2) its fourth straight win.
''I tried a no-look shot on the goalie,'' said Plekanec, who had been off to a slow start with only one goal in six games. ''I had Prust on the left side, but I wanted to make sure I didn't make a turnover, so I put it on the net. I kind of got lucky.''
The Blue Jackets got a power play in the final minute, but Plekanec was sent in alone by Prust for the empty-net goal with 16 seconds remaining. It was Montreal's second short-handed goal of the game.
''It's great, especially after a slow start for myself and our line,'' he said.
Michael Bournival got his first NHL goal, and Rene Bourque also scored for Montreal (5-2), which has won four in a row. P.K. Subban had two assists for 10 points in his last six games
Rookie Boone Jenner scored his first two NHL goals, and Ryan Johansen got his first of the season for Columbus (2-4), which has lost three in a row.
Jenner scored both of his goals by going to the net to pick up rebounds on power plays.
The first came during the same Columbus man advantage that Markov scored a short-handed goal on at 6:52 of the second to put the Canadiens up by three goals.
''It was pretty special,'' Jenner said. ''We got some momentum off of it, so it was good.
''It's a pretty cool building to get it in. I watched the Habs a lot growing up in Ontario. So it's kind of cool. It's one I'll remember for sure.''
The Blue Jackets, who were missing Marian Gaborik (flu) and Nathan Horton (shoulder), came out with energy but quickly trailed 2-0.
''We're a team that never quits,'' the 20-year-old Jenner said. ''We're not going to change our game no matter what the score is. We were down 3-0 and we started to pick it up. Getting a couple of power plays got us rolling a bit.''
Bourque, who has also been battling the flu, was alone at the far blue line during a power play, and took a long pass up the middle from Subban that turned into a breakaway goal only 4:38 in.
Subban drew two opponents away to get the puck to Andrei Markov for a clever cross-ice pass that Bournival didn't get all of, but the puck slid through Bobrovsky's pads at 12:01.
Markov made it 3-0 with a short-handed goal as his weak shot from the point went off a stick and past Bobrovsky 6:52 into the second.
Columbus struck back on the same power play as Jenner went to the net to pick up Johansen's rebound and lift it past Carey Price at 7:41. Johansen elected to shoot on a 2-on-1 rush and scored his first of the season at 17:11.
Jenner tied it on the power play 3:42 into the third when he scooped up Mark Letestu's rebound off Price's shoulder and put a backhanded shot under the crossbar.
It looked to be headed for overtime when Plekanec surprised Bobrovsky.
''He made it look like he was going to dish it off to the guy going with speed on the other side, and then he just threw it across his body,'' Price said of the goal. ''I know it caught (Bobrovsky) by surprise because he was a good couple of feet off where he should have been.''
NOTES: Sean Collins, who made his first start of the season, replaced Gaborik in the lineup. ... Had Bourque not played, defenseman Nathan Beaulieu would have skated on the fourth line. Beaulieu was scratched. ... There was no update from the Canadiens on Max Pacioretty, who was injured Tuesday at Winnipeg. ... Linesman Derek Amell worked his 1,000th NHL game.


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I checked out LSD again for the first time since last year, after my admissions cycle.I just wanted to wish everyone here good luck at whatever school they go to.Not everyone can go to law school, and I had a few friends who got blanked at all of their choices. Go to the best school for you and be happy with your decision.I also wanted to say I was reading the admissions/ranking thing and laughed a little. I remember reading the exact same questions last year, everyone making the same types of predictions, and everyone freaking out when the new rankings were released.From someone who's been there, they just don't matter that much. I go to a pretty good school and I love it. I wouldn't trade it for anything. The friends I've made along the way and atmosphere made my school a great choice. Sure employers know of the "t14" and "t1" schools, but who doesn't? They're pretty much the same schools that have always been there. If you don't go to a T1 school, and most people don't, it's not the end of the world.It's really no big deal if your chosen school drops a few spots. Once you're actually in law school, you won't care. Trust me. You'll have bigger things to worry about like trial briefs, appellate motions, and the d*mn law journal write-on competition. That thing ruined my spring break.So in a nutshell, my advice to all of you would be to take the rankings with a grain of salt. If you're smart and work hard, you'll rise above everyone else and employers will see that. In the end, that's what matters.Again, best of luck to all.
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From the Creative Commons organisation comes this meta search engine that can help you find a range of different resources - and you get to select whether they're for commercial purposes (and if they're for a course you're intending to market in some way, this is probably the safest option) and / or for modification etc. The range of sources is great and if you want a single place from which you can start a search, this is perfect.
2. Compfight
|Compfight.com - search for Flickr images with a range of different licenses
This is basically a gateway to Flickr images - but you can search for any image or restrict it to Creative Commons licensed images too. You can search on tags or description and the results come up as a single page of images from which you can click to choose the one you want and it'll open in a new window. It's a very visual way of searching and better in many ways than using the Advanced Search function of Flickr which can turn up the same pictures but displays a limited number at a time forcing you to do a lot of clicking through pages to find what you want. With Compfight all images are on the one page.
3. Google docs
|Search for an image from within Google docs and you'll tap into CC-licensed images galore
You wouldn't generally think of Google docs as being a good source of Creative Commons licensed images, but if you're creating a Google doc and want to insert an image, then just click Insert > Image and then click Search. What you get is a search box which will allow you to look either on Google or in the LIFE or Stock images archives for images which are labelled for commercial reuse with modification. Perfect for creating materials for use in your teaching - and this works if you're creating a Google docs presentation too. No more bullet-point heavy slides, adding images is straightforward!
4. OpenClipArt
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Sometimes you don't want a photograph, you want an illustration instead - a little bit of clipart to make your point or complete your diagram. This is where the OpenClipArt library can help. Very simple to use and all images which have been submitted to this site have waived their rights, including copyright, which means that you have a huge range to choose from and you can modify/reuse to your heart's content.
5. Simple CC Flickr Search
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The colours of this site are really not pleasant (in my opinion at least!), but what it does as a site is excellent if you're after images to use online. It not only allows you to search for Flickr Creative Commons Licensed images but it then gives you the embed code which comes complete with the correct attribution. You also get to choose whereabouts the image will live on the page where you're going to put it as well as 'stamping' the image itself with the attribution if that's what you choose. Very handy!
So... five great sources of visual illustration / inspiration for your work. Just remember to apply the correct attribution and make sure that you're using the image according to the license (i.e. don't edit if they've said you can't modify it, don't use for commercial purposes if they've said you can't etc)... and you're good to go!


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History Now 39 (Spring 2014)
American Poets, American History
From the Editor
From Virgil to Shakespeare to Walt Whitman, poets have often turned to historical subjects for their topic, preserving historical events and figures in verse. This poetry, in turn, becomes the subject of historical inquiry as scholars explore the context in which the poet lived and the issues of her or his day that resonated with the poet's choice of a subject from the past. Thus in studying poetry, students can be asked both to examine the poet's perception of the past and to consider the poet's own historical moment in time. Because April...More »
The Historian's Perspective
Interactive: American Poems, American History
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From the Archives
- Lincoln and Whitman, by David S. Reynolds
- Immigrant Fiction: Exploring an American Identity, by Phillip Lopate
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- Phillis Wheatley's poem on tyranny and slavery, 1772
- Poem on a Civil War death: "Only a Private Killed," 1861
- "America the Beautiful," 1893
For lectures by historians discussing other aspects of literature in American history see the following:
- James Basker on Literature Makes History: How Poets Helped End Slavery
- Andrew Delbanco on The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope
- Jill Lepore on Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
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Kristen Stewart's got the look: The actress has been named the new face of Chanel.
"The Twilight Saga" star will, according to Vogue, represent the iconic French fashion house's 2013 Métiers d'Art Paris-Dallas collection campaign, to be shot and helmed by maestro Karl Lagerfeld.
The country-western themed pre-fall campaign is set for May 2014 release and comes on the heels of the 23-year-old's shots for Balenciaga's Florabotanica campaign.
Lagerfeld, 80, also debuted his latest film, "The Return," which chronicles brand founder Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's reopening of her Paris couture house following World War II, at the brand's Metiers d'Art show at Dallas' Fair Park on Tuesday.
PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart's career in pictures
Stewart, who met Lagerfeld during a January 2012 photo shoot in Paris, has been a staple at the designer's epic-scaled fashion shows in Paris and was among many celebrity guests to attend. The actress wore orange leather trousers with a cropped long-sleeved top from the brand's spring-summer 2014 show, Vogue said.
The event included Vogue editor Anna Wintour, editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley and actresses Lily Collins and Dakota Fanning and Zoe Kravitz.
Blake Lively, Keira Knightley and Diane Kruger have also represented the brand, and this is only the latest of many instances in which the big labels have turned to young Hollywood for brand revival. Although, come on, it's Chanel -- even Miley Cyrus knows that that name still has clout pinned to it.
PHOTOS: Jennifer Lawrence on the red carpet
Nicole Kidman and Brad Pitt have previously done campaigns for the brand and Scottish actress Tilda Swinton was the face of the Chanel Métiers d'Art Paris-Edinburgh collection last year, according to the New York Daily News.
"It" girl Jennifer Lawrence is currently the face of Dior, and Stewart's ex-beau Robert Pattinson was the star of the Dior Homme fragrance campaign in September. "Harry Potter" alum Emma Watson was previously the face of Burberry.
On Wednesday, Lagerfeld received department store Neiman Marcus' Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion -- which had been awarded to Coco Chanel in 1957 -- at the Neiman Marcus flagship store in Dallas.
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Commercial Property Solicitor - Kent
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14 killed, 44 injured after building collapses in Thane
Fourteen people died and at least 44 were injured when a 7-storeyed under-construction building collapsed in Thane yesterday evening. Around 40 residents were feared trapped under the debris. HT reports.mumbai Updated: Apr 05, 2013 02:22 IST
Fourteen people died and at least 44 were injured when a seven-storeyed under-construction building collapsed near Shil Phata in Thane on Thursday evening.
Around 40 residents were feared trapped under the debris, even as rescue efforts continued late into the night. Officials said the toll is likely to go up.
Preliminary reports indicate the building, being built by Naseef Qureshi and Zameen Qureshi from Mumbra, was unauthorised and inferior quality materials were being used for its construction.
Residents from the area have alleged the builder had accommodated labourers in the building to show that it was occupied and is not razed by authorities. The builders are absconding, the police said.
According to officials involved in rescue work, 28 families were residing in the building, and around eight to 10 labourers were working on the eight floor when the incident occurred at around 5pm.
Santosh Kadam, head of disaster management cell of Thane Municipal Corporation, said: "Seven floors were built in merely three to four months. It was bound to collapse due to the inferior construction material used by the builders."
First Published: Apr 04, 2013 20:33 IST