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To further soothe his fears, Storme often phoned Ferguson at 3 a.m. to ask, "Are you okay? Is everything all right? You do love Storme, don't you? Well, you know I love you guys, don't you?" And before each photo session, Storme would gather Ferguson and the rest of the crew into a circle, where they'd hold hands and pray. "God was a big part of it," the photographer says. "I'm a Christian. So when people pray like that and bring religion into it, you tend to believe them. You don't go into church wearing horns."
The devil was in the details, too. Storme acted like a temperamental supermodel, right down to wearing a hooded sweatshirt and dark sunglasses in public and sulking after she had to eat at Denny's. One night Storme rented a stretch limo, flew in a male model and treated the entire crew to dinner -- after taking the model, who'd arrived in slacks and a T-shirt, to a Men's Wearhouse.
"Then out comes the gold Visa card, and 35 minutes later, this kid has a suit on that was tailor-made," Ferguson recalls. "When that kind of stuff happens, you think you've hit the big time. You really start to believe it. We really thought we were going to Puerto Rico to make these cool calendars. You're never too old to have sugarplum fairies dance in your head."
Ferguson wanted to believe, and he had reason to: In front of a camera, Storme created a certain quirky magic. "Man, he could move," Ferguson explains. "He sure moved like a broad to me. I tell you, he was one of the best workers I'd had in a long time, and I'd worked with a lot of models. My wife and sister-in-law came along during one session and said, 'Jesus Christ, she can move,' and I'd kill for those legs.'"
A few weeks before the crew was to leave for Puerto Rico, Ferguson hired a videographer to film a session featuring Storme in a red dress, black gloves and black pumps. The next day, the videographer called.
"Get down here," he said. "Now."
When Ferguson arrived, the videographer delivered the bad news. He'd seen that model's face before -- and not in Vogue, either.
"That's Charles Daugherty," the videographer said.
"Charles Daugherty. Remember the guy who got in trouble for impersonating a high school cheerleader? That's Charles Daugherty. And Shannon Ireland is Charles Daugherty."
The videographer handed Ferguson a few snapshots for comparison purposes. The photographer looked at one, then the other, and then back again.
"Aw shit," he said.
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One day five years ago, the phone rang at Castle Custom Cycles in Colorado Springs. Owner Kenny Castle found himself talking to self-proclaimed supermodel Shannon Ireland, who wanted to use one of Castle's bikes for a charity poster. Castle agreed, opening his shop after hours, ordering in food, plugging in the stereo, wheeling out a bike and welcoming Storme's entourage, which included an unwitting Ferguson. "They were very professional," Castle recalls. "And I've seen professionals before. They had a makeup girl, a manager and about four or five other people running around. They really went through a lot to fake me out."
And fake him out they did. Although Castle remembers telling a colleague, "That's the ugliest woman I've ever seen," the photo session clicked along smoothly. Except, Castle remembers, that "the goddamn idiot knocked over my bike. He was leaning back with the wind in his hair and all that shit, then all of a sudden, he knocks over my bike. That's the thing that really pissed me off. The asshole."
Still, a few of the black-and-white posters, which feature a sexy Storme astride the bike in cut-offs, high heels and black leather jacket, actually hit the streets. After Castle was tipped off to the model's true identity, he confiscated as many of the posters as he could find. "It was embarrassing as hell," he says. "I would have been the laughingstock of the motorcycle industry. Here I am, trying to promote this as the baddest-assed bike around, and then I have an ugly gay black guy dressed as a woman sitting on the back? The only thing I lost was a little bit of dignity."
Jay Soulia worries that some people lost more. Storme's bodyguard for ten months back in 1989 and 1990, Soulia watched Storme work the phones, choreograph fashion sessions and lure potential models into his schemes. On occasion, Soulia and a limousine driver, who had been hired to complete the illusion, were asked to recruit models themselves.
"Some of these kids were still in high school," says Soulia, a muscular guy with a blond ponytail and missing front tooth. "He even took one of these kids to the prom."
Although Soulia never witnessed anything criminal, Storme "really messed with a lot of kids' minds," he says. "One went through a lot of heavy therapy after he found out the truth. He's warped, man. I don't know how else to say it."
He was also clever. Storme always arranged to meet Soulia at night. Whenever they spoke face to face, Storme hid behind baggy clothing and dim lights. And as he had with Ferguson, Storme tried to build trust through personal notes and little gifts, such as autographed photos. But the biggest prize was a $270,000 contract that the supermodel promised the bodyguard.


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Russian stocks fell, sending the benchmark Russian Trading System Index toward its biggest monthly drop in two years.
OAO Lukoil led the decline as oil prices slipped. Concern that higher interest rates in the U.S. will make riskier assets less attractive has driven down emerging markets worldwide, with the RTS declining for three straight days.
``It's the same issue of Russia being part of emerging markets, and concern that if U.S. interest rates are high, investors will be taking out money,'' said Nadir Usmanov, who oversees about $80 million at Solid Management in Moscow.
The dollar-denominated RTS Index lost 1 percent to 1462.14 at 1:19 p.m. in Moscow. The ruble-measured Micex Index fell 0.6 percent to 1295.47. The benchmarks pared some of their early declines after indexes in western Europe rebounded.
The RTS has lost 12 percent this month, the most since it fell 16 percent in April 2004. Investors have been selling their holdings in Russia and across emerging markets on concern that the U.S. will keep raising rates to contain inflation. Higher rates boost returns on safer securities, such as bonds in developed markets.
Lukoil, Russia's largest crude oil producer, fell 3.4 percent to $78.70. OAO Surgutneftegaz, the fourth-biggest, slipped 0.4 percent to $1.40. Crude oil fell for the first time in a week in New York as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries indicated the group may keep production at near-record levels.
Crude oil for July delivery declined as much 1 percent to $71.32 a barrel. Prices have still gained 17 percent this year and touched a record last month.
`Nervousness Prevailing'
The RTS has still added 29 percent since Jan. 1 and reached a record on May 6 as higher commodity prices lured investors to Russia, the world's No. 2 crude oil producer.
``Nervousness on global factors is prevailing, if not excessive,'' Uralsib Financial Corp. said today in a market report. ``Commodity prices are spectacularly resilient to these concerns. This means the fundamental value of the market is only growing by the day.''
OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, the nation's biggest mining company, fell 2.8 percent to $121.50. Copper futures in Shanghai, which reached a record two weeks ago, snapped a three- day rally amid speculation economic growth may slow in the U.S. Nickel prices fell for a second session in London after reaching an all-time high on May 26.
Rostelecom, AvtoVAZ Rise
OAO Rostelecom, Russia's biggest long-distance telephone provider, jumped 6.7 percent to $3.95, headed for a record. The company plans to raise revenue from long-distance phone services almost sixfold to 34.7 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) this year, Interfax reported, citing Svetlana Sinadskaya, the company's deputy general director.
OAO AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest carmaker, rose 6.5 percent to 1,240 rubles on the Micex Stock Exchange. The shares didn't trade on the RTS. Renault SA hopes to buy a stake of up to 20 percent in the Russian carmaker, Vedomosti reported, citing sources close to AvtoVAZ's board of directors.
Renault has been in talks with AvtoVAZ to provide the chassis for a new model to be produced at AvtoVAZ's Togliatti plant in western Russia, the newspaper said.
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A Bristol, Conn., man died Friday afternoon from injuries received in a lawn mower crash in Mount Holly last week, according to Vermont State Police.
George Lynn, 54, was driving a John Deer Lawn Mower on Bowlsville Road North just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday when the mower went off the road and crashed down an embankment.
Lynn was taken first to Rutland Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious head injuries and then to Fletcher Allen Health Care where he was pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m. Friday.
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Selecting Main Ideas
Selecting Main Ideas (SMI)
Selecting Main Ideas is similar to information processing. This section focuses more on your ability to select main ideas during lecture and when reading a textbook. Here are a few questions to ask yourself:
- Can you focus and identify on the key points in a lecture?
- Can you decide what to underline in a textbook?
- Can you identify key points in your textbook?
Success in college depends on your:
- Skill at identifying important information for further study
- Ability to separate more important ideas from less important ideas
If you have problems selecting main ideas, you should:
- Learn to focus on critical information
- Create techniques to aid in fast recognition of important information
- Complete the online module for selecting main ideas
Students should review these online workshops:
- Effective Note Taking Techniques
- Reading Techniques that Make Sense – SQ4R
- Preparing for Academic Success
SMI In Class
Tips for Selecting Main Ideas.
As a student, it is imperative that you be able to identify and discriminate between main ideas and supporting details during your class lectures.
In Class
Listen carefully and write down the lesson/lecture points your professor says will be covered in the class. This includes any notes on the overhead or board.
Survey notes from your readings before each lecture to listen for additional information about topics. Raise questions in your mind as your professor talks. If anything is unclear, raise your hand for immediate clarification.
Listen for the main ideas which the professor may highlight by using:
* Little phrases such as "And now let us turn to…"
* Statements such as the main point is…" or "remember this…"
* Statements that are repeated or emphasized
* A change in their tone of voice or rate of speaking
Summarize in your own words what you have heard and write it down. Organize and review your notes after class. Add main headings as needed.
Talk with classmates. They may pick up things you miss and vice versa.
SMI While Reading
While Reading
The first paragraph of a reading will usually tell you what you are going to be reading about. Look for main ideas here.
Usually the topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph. Sometimes it can be the second sentence or the last sentence of the first paragraph. If it appears at the end of the paragraph, the previous sentences build up to the main idea. If it is within the paragraph, it is preceded by one or more introductory sentences.
Examine the table of contents, section headings of chapters, chapter summaries and chapter quizzes for main ideas.
Pick out key terms and concepts and make a "quiz sheet" outlining the bare bones of the course.
Sometimes there is an implied main idea. Read over the details of a section and ask yourself, "What's the main point?"


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Although California is presently the only state with an official Harvey Milk Day, cities all across the country will be holding rallies and events today to honor the first openly gay man to be elected to public office and an icon of the gay-rights movement. Milk, who would have been 81 years-old, gave us his life 32 years ago, knowing that the first of any civil rights movement, who clearly and loudly proclaim their right to equality, most often meets a violent and sudden end. Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He fought to end discrimination against gays and lesbians and built coalitions of gay-rights groups, labor unions and small-business owners. He was 48 when he was killed a year later by a former supervisor, Dan White.
"The Times of Harvey Milk," a documentary film, won the 1984 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The movie "Milk," was released in 2008, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White. "Milk" received two Academy Awards, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. In August 2009, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Harvey Milk the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contribution to the gay rights movement stating, "He fought discrimination with visionary courage and conviction."
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Somewhere i Belong 2Somewhere i BelongChapter 2Her body hadnt stopped shaking as she watched the other being before her.She still couldnt believe that she was looking up at the face of a giant...Who shouldnt exist, but was sitting right in front of her.It looked as interested in her as she was in him.It was a he, right?Well from what she could see in the dark, yes it was a guy.Seeing him blink his eyes again, she watched as he tilted his great head like a curious puppy, and saw his hand reach for her.Her eyes widened as she saw this. Letting out a yelp, she bolted up onto her feet and went behind the tree she had her back to, hoping to create space between her and the giant.She gritted her teeth together in pain and looked down to see her bleeding arm that the bear had caused.The giant seemed startled from her sudden movement, for he had retreated his hand back.Blue eyes glinted in curiosity and worry as they looked at her, an expression she didnt often see when
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The rapper is not alone in his disdain for the media conglomerate. Critics claim that Clear Channel's monopolistic tactics have put a vulcan death grip on artists and concert promoters across the country. In order to garner airplay or perform at certain venues, they allege, you have to play by the San Antonio-based titan's rules. Among the allegations leveled at Clear Channel -- which also owns a majority share of radio stations in most major markets -- is that the company will pull artists from its playlist if they opt to play a venue that is promoted or owned by someone else.
Locally, Nobody in Particular Presents, one of Denver's largest independent promoters, is in the midst of a well-publicized anti-trust lawsuit that targets the company's anti-competitive practices. The suit is now in federal court, awaiting a ruling on whether it will go to trial.
While Francis admits that Clear Channel hasn't directly impacted him, it is this state of affairs that he has chosen to rally against. "My music and message are not something they would want to risk playing with," he says. "My approach and subject matter are poisonous to their whole outfit. I exist completely outside of their grasp, and that's why I have the freedom to book a full-fledged tour and call it Fuck Clear Channel."
"I am successful without commercial radio airplay, and I am currently doing a 41-city tour, selling out non-Clear Channels all across America," he continues. "In the process, I'm raising awareness to who Clear Channel is and what they do in each city I visit. These corporations are in the process of homogenizing the world, and in the process, they're hurting the quality of our life. I am insulted by that."
When he's not flipping the bird to The Man, Francis is usually in the lab concocting his latest project. His most recent offering, a collaboration with producer and fellow Rhode Islander Joe Beats, is optimistically titled Hope. The group has been dubbed Non-Prophets, a playful pun on combining their self-acknowledged non-commercial status and their refusal to present themselves as soothsayers for a new generation of hip-hoppers.
Fans of Francis's classic solo effort, 2002's Personal Journals, will appreciate his carefully crafted rhymes on Hope. But sonically, the record is a bit of a departure from the low-key, down-tempo soundscapes that dominated Journals. While the latter disc featured a variety of producers culled mainly from the anticon roster, Hope is primarily the work of Beats and Francis. The record plays homage to the golden age of hip-hop -- roughly the period between 1988 and 1994 -- when the twosome first fell in love with rap.
"Hope is a good companion to Personal Journals because it shows what existed even before I branched off into the non-traditional styles of hip-hop," Francis says. "It is an answer to all the critics who thought Sage Francis didn't have the basics down, and it was a great way to display some fundamental skill while expanding upon them. Sometimes it's necessary to backpedal a bit and reconnect with your roots."
The disc starts off interestingly enough, with a sample of Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading his poem "Loud Prayer," which appears on the Band's Last Waltz soundtrack. Not many rappers can sample one of the more influential poets of the '50s and get away with it. Such is the genius and eclecticism of Francis, who has strong roots in the spoken-word poetry-slam scene. As a participant in the Rhode Island Slam team, Francis helped the troupe place in the National Poetry Slam championships. If Alan Ginsberg were still alive -- Ferlinghetti's publication of Ginsberg's "Howl" helped usher in the Beat movement -- you would probably find some Sage Francis sprinkled in his record collection.
From the first track to the last, Francis gets off, at times spitting like a young Guru ("Any Port"). Metaphors, clever word combinations and downright psychotic rants run amok on this platter. The first single, "Damage," supplies a slogan ("Drunk Driving for Exxon") that could read as a metaphor for the policies of the Bush administration. The song also drops references that may amuse aging punks ("I go to Fugazi shows requesting Minor Threat songs") and terrify Natalie Portman ("I am a nightmare walking/Psychopath stalking Natalie Portman with a blank tape in my Walkman/Talking to myself over instrumental cassettes the essential steps of having graphic telepathic mental sex").
The track may be cause for alarm for the Star Wars actress, but Francis thinks Portman should be more "scared of a dwindling career. And she should be scared of Scarlett Johansson knocking the crown off her dome."


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Expert Speaker | Lykke Yakaboylu
Ms Yakaboylu grew up in Denmark with a Danish father and a Greenlandic mother. She only visited Greenland a few times during her youth, but after finishing college when all of her class mates went inter railing she went to the little town of Narsaq in South Greenland. The intention was to stay there for nine months, but she ended up staying in Greenland for eight years. She holds an Academy Profession Degree in Leadership & Management
Lykke Geisler Yakaboylu's current position is: Senior Consultant – Relationship Management with Visit Greenland. She works with international travel agents and tour operators as a part of a growing network in the adventure tourism industry, which is always looking for new emerging destinations.
Ms Yakaboylu has held different positions within the company, which began as Greenland Tourism, and then became Greenland Tourism & Business Council before rebranding as Visit Greenland in 2012. She joined in 1998 as an information officer, having previously worked for a shipping company.
This Month's Sponsor | Watermill Winery
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Time: 6pm networking and beverages. 6:30 presentation.
Location: Columbia Sportswear Seattle, 290 Pine St. Seattle, WA 98101
Not only does Columbia give us space for these educational events in their downtown retail space, they give out great outdoor gear as prizes in our drawing, plus 25% off all merchandise to every attendee!
BONUS for ATTENDEES:
- 25% discount on Columbia Sportswear purchases for event attendees
- FREE parking (in the attached garage, entrance on Stewart. Bring in your ticket for validation.)
- Each event will include complimentary beverages from a featured winery, distillery or brewery
- Drawings for EverGreen Escapes travel experiences and Columbia Sportswear gear
- February 6, Wonders of Peru with Kieron Weidner
- March 13, Namibia: Up Close & Personal with Tyler Davis
- April 10, Adventures in Antarctica with Jen Martin
- May 1, Myths & Truths of International Travel Medicine with Dr. Ari Gilmore
- July 10, Ecuador & The Galapagos: Adventure, Romance, & (Bio)Diversity
- September 4, Adventures in Greenland
- Stay tuned, more to come!
About Escape Your Everyday
This free monthly adventure travel series brings travel experts to Columbia Sportswear's downtown Seattle retail store to share their experiences in some of the most exciting and unusual destinations for the adventurous traveler. Speakers will share photos, stories and practical travel tips on adventures ranging from exotic international destinations to local culinary and agricultural tours.
The Escape Your Everyday concept came from EverGreen Escapes Founder Jake Haupert. "In today's society, people are feeling overwhelmed by information, digital media and the overall pace of their lives. In an effort to find balance, feel purpose and reinvigorate, we invite people to 'Escape your Everyday' with us."
Enjoy beverages from local wineries, breweries and distilleries and get advice from the experts on practical travel matters such as transportation, packing, planning your trip and more.
Whether you are looking for ideas for your next big adventure or just enjoy learning something new about the world, the Escape Your Everyday Adventure Travel series is a monthly mind vacation to exciting destinations.
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