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Another eight deaths in just the past few months are being connected to Gardasil, Merck & Co.'s vaccine that targets the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus and is being considered by many states as mandatory for all schoolgirls, according to documents released by Judicial Watch.
There also have been another 1,824 adverse reactions to the drug, bringing the "known total" of such problems to 3,461, according to the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption.
"In light of this information, it is disturbing that state and local governments might mandate in any way this vaccine for young girls," said Tom Fitton, the group's president. "These adverse reactions reports suggest the vaccine not only causes serious side effects, but might even be fatal."
WND previously has reported how Merck was lobbying state lawmakers to require the vaccination, but gave that up after its activities were unveiled.
WND also reported when a key researcher into human papillomavirus, which is targeted by Gardasil, reported it needed more testing, and how even the Centers for Disease Control suggested the vaccine should not be mandatory.
The dispute primarily has been over proposed state and other governmental requirements that schoolgirls be vaccinated against an infection transmitted only by sexual contact.
The target of the vaccine is cervical cancer, since studies show that those who have HPV have a higher chance of later developing cervical cancer. However, opponents note that such cancers develop most often in older women, while the plan is to require girls as young as 11 or 12 years old to be inoculated. They cite the lack of evidence that the vaccine would have an impact later in life.
Judicial Watch said it obtained documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the Freedom of Information Act detailing the new 1,824 cases.
Those cases include as many as eight deaths related to the vaccine, on top of the three deaths reported earlier among 1,637 earlier reports of adverse effects.
Among the new information Judicial Watch found:
- "Information has been received … concerning a 17 year old female who in June 2007 … was vaccinated with a first dose of Gardasil … During the evening of the same day, the patient was found unconscious (lifeless) by the mother. Resuscitation was performed by the emergency physician but was unsuccessful. The patient subsequently died."
- "Information has been received … concerning a 12 year old female with a history of aortic and mitral valve insufficiency … who on 01-MAR-2007 was vaccinated IM into the left arm with a first does of Gardasil … On 01-MAR-2007 the patient presented to the ED with ventricular tachycardia and died."
- "Initial and follow-up information has been received from a physician concerning an 'otherwise healthy' 13 year old female who was vaccinated with her first and second doses of Gardasil. Subsequently, the patient experienced … paralysis from the chest down, lesions of the optic nerve…At the time of the report, the patient had not recovered."
The flood of adverse reactions during 2007 reported to the FDA through the Vaccine
Adverse Event Reporting System, included 347 serious reactions.
"Of the 77 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 33 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities. Other serious side effects continue to be reported including, paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures," Judicial Watch said.
And these numbers may not even include all the cases, Judicial Watch said. It filed a lawsuit this week against the FDA for failing to fully respond to its requests for information involving the vaccine.
Specifically Judicial Watch wanted access to correspondence between Merck and the FDA regarding the vaccine, communications between the FDA and GlaxoSmithKline, which is working on a similar vaccine, called Cervarix, and reports by consumers, health professionals and others regarding problems with the HPV vaccine.
When the organization's investigation into the HPV vaccine issue arose, and the first reports starting coming in, Fitton described it as "a catalog of horrors."
One earlier report, No. 275438-1, describes the reaction as coronary artery thrombosis, sudden cardiac death. "Given Gardasil vaccine dose #1 3/12/07. Collapsed and died on 3/26/07… Echocardiogram revealed very enlarged right ventricle, small left ventricle as well as large blood clots within both the right atrium & right ventricle."
Another report noted that the woman was vaccinated and "died of a blood clot 8 hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine."
Officials with the Abstinence Clearinghouse noted in a position paper that groups including the Texas Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine have come out publicly against mandatory vaccination.
"The reasoning of these medical associations is clear. They are not opposed to medical progress, and certainly support all efforts to combat life-threatening diseases. The problem, as these organizations see it, lies in the fact that the drug only went through three and a half years of testing, leaving the medical community somewhat in the dark as to what serious adverse effects might result in the long term," the group said.
"Along with the potential of serious adverse effects is the question of efficacy. There is evidence that after approximately four years, the vaccine's potency significantly declines. The long-term value of the vaccine has yet to be determined; if it wears off within six years, will girls and women need to repeat the battery of injections they originally received?" the organization wondered.
Michigan was the first state to introduce a plan to require the vaccine to be given to young girls, but the proposal failed. Ohio also considered a failed plan in 2006.
Then in 2007, after Merck's aggressive lobbying campaign and contributions to Women in Government, lawmakers in at least 39 states and the District of Columbia worked on sponsoring such plans.
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Email ManagementApril 07, 2004
An interesting conversation with Jay Allen the other day got me thinking about how I cope with larger amounts of email. Not well, it turns out.
Despite the plethora of Nigerian scams and email-spread virii floating around at the moment, I've noticed my spam levels are at all-time lows. Which means the signal-to-noise ratio in my inbox is quite high, which also means that waking up to the sack of new mail that came in overnight is a daunting prospect.
It's amazing how the internet is bringing together people who might have not otherwise meet; and there are a hell of a lot of them. It seems the more active you are online, the more people want a moment of your time. A five minute email response, multiplied by 50, equals a whole afternoon spent catching up. Every week. Matt's policy of replying to every email received is admirable, but it doesn't scale. (I tried too.)
Making yourself available for discussion is not a bad thing, it just means that an understanding needs to be reached between you and those wishing to get in touch. It's a two-way road; you need to agree to be as responsive as possible, they need to agree to be selective as possible.
For what it's worth, my strategy of keeping things managable at the moment goes something like this. This all applies exclusively to email coming in off this site and that other one, but not to previously-established communication or work-related email. Your mileage may vary depending on volume.
New email is read (or at the very least, skimmed) as soon as it arrives. If it requires a follow-up, it's either replied to immediately, or marked as unread. (I rely on unread instead of flagged messages, so that my mail folders give me a count of how many outstanding messages I need to get to.)
I don't answer many CSS questions anymore, instead referring the asker on to the excellent css-discuss list. That's what it's there for, and if it were to go around that you could get an answer out of me anytime you ran into a rendering glitch, well you'd certainly hear much less from me on here, for starters.
I start with the low-hanging fruit. Any email that requires a quick line or two in reply will get a response within a day or two, be it "thanks" or any other acknowledgement/question. Those are no problem, and so far I can generally reply to every one, usually quickly.
It gets thorny when email requires either a bit of thinking, a bit of debating, or a bit of digging into archives, Google or elsewhere to formulate a reply. Some of these I get to in short order, others sit for a while. I try not to leave them for over a month, but it happens. The problem with replying to them is that when it comes time to do so, I'll have another new set of email to get to first, and once again the low-hanging fruit principle comes into effect. These can be pushed back rather far.
The worst are essays. I get the occasional email that spans multiple on-screen pages. I absolutely love that someone has taken the time to share that much with me; I feel a message that long deserves a considered response, which can end up being a page or two back. Finding the time to write that page is difficult. Again, low-hanging fruit is picked first most times. I always reply to these essays; I don't always reply to them in a timely manner.
Email that ends up jumping the queue tends to be well thought out and will raise good points that I'd like to address more publicly. I'll follow up with a response, and then post an edited version of that email on here. (No, this isn't one of those.) I'd rather take the time I spend writing to build a publicly-available response for more than a single person.
What keeps me replying instead of just marking them all as read and letting them disappear into the ether? I value the time you spend writing me, and the thought you've put into your query. I'll keep on replying to as many as I can.
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I think many of us are just thankful for all of the one-way communication and content you offer via this site. So thanks.
What Jason said.
I've had my occasional times in some fairly small spotlights online (most recently with coffeefaucet.com) and the deluges of email that can result are remarkable.
With that in mind, I try not to write anybody famous or semi-famous is that I don't send any communication unless I have something either very specific to them or very important to tell/ask them. The advantage of weblogs is I often find out things I've idly wondered about but not felt important enough to ask by just waiting around and reading.
For a webmaster, my solution to massive amounts of email has always been forums. My personal way is this:
3 Email addresses that get sorted on arrival,
1) For family, friends, etc.
2) For work associates, the people I love to ignore
3) For websites that could redistribute it (aka, my spam email)
Then, with my websites, I create forums where people can ask their questions. I'll reply there if it something that requires my attention, otherwise if it's an easy answer, I let the other members of the forum handle it. I would bet that would cut back on the number of CSS questions you'd get in the mail, mainly because no one would have that email address….
The downfall comes if you desire for anyone to be able to contact you easily.
I know this feeling only too well. I sort of had the strategy of 'answer these ones later', but I've found that if I don't reply there and then, it doesn't get answered for a month.
Most of my email is still of the Nigerian variety, although email@example.com and other similar spammers are catching up.
Since I have started using Thunderbird for email, my noise to signal ratio has been at all-time lows. I used to have to read through 20 spams a day, now I rarely find any, except my Junk folder…
I'm definitely with Jon in that if I don't respond immediately then it can be a while before I get to it at all. I also use different email addresses and filters to help me decide which emails are more important to respond to sooner. Both Yahoo's and Thunderbird's spam filters work pretty well for me as well which definitely helps on the noise to signal ratio.
Fortunately, I'm sure I don't receive anywhere near the same amount of email as you guys…
That's pretty much my method too. I respond to everything, but sometimes it takes a few months. The record is 14. Also while replying to every last one is my intention and goal I strive for, I'm sure someone will pipe up "Matt never responded to me!" and they'll probably be right. Email was heavy before, and WordPress has increased it by an order of magnitude. They tend to be the emails that require some thought when replying too.
I've found that Apple's Mail client keeps my multiple (school, work, personal) emails all nice and clean and free from junk. I'm sure you use the same Dave.
Of course I never emphasize that stuff because when it's all said and done, I really love getting mail. :)
What I'm doing more and more with emails I do not have the time to reply immediately:
1. Hit reply.
2. Save the "empty" reply as a draft.
Then when I have more time I can open draft replies and begin to write a response. Since the original email is quoted in the reply, it's easy to get back in context.
I think turning off the e-mail client is a bad idea. A better idea is to figure out what e-mail you KNOW can wait, and teach your mail client to filter it out of the way, so it does, in fact, wait. and perhaps create a special place for "read this now" mail.
It's very hard to be disciplined enough to leave e-mail alone until a certain time, and then leave everything else alone during "email time". besides, some things won't wait, like that hot stock tip, or word that your niece is getting married.
So compromise by figuring what you don't have to deal with right now, and don't. And your mail client can be a huge help there, with a little training.
more here;
It's all in the folders and filters Dave. I would tell you my effecrtive strategy, but its long and detailed. Too long for a post, but too long for your email eh?
It's all in the folders and filters Dave. I would tell you my effecrtive strategy, but its long and detailed. Too long for a post, but too long for your email eh?
You were just testing his filters there, right Nick? ;)
Your strategy is pretty much the same as mine, Dave. I do a truckload of filtering and scrubbing as mail comes in – bayesian and white/blacklist filtering for spam, mailing lists get their own folders, certain keywords flag messages with colored labels, etc. I keep hearing people pushing that strategy of setting aside particular times for checking email, too, but those people must only get a handful of messages in a day. There's no way I could handle my email load if I didn't chip away at it all day.
Also, my spam levels are certainly not at an all-time low. My count for the past week is 3,856 spams out of 4,477 total messages. I'd be happy to send you some of mine if you're feeling left out.
I've found David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology has really helped me in the last 15 months. Great book, the CDs are better, and the live seminar is (apparently) excellent.
At the gettingthingsdone.com website, go to "Coach's corner", and click on Julie Daniels for an article on keeping your in-box "real".
I wrote an article about managing e-mail nearly three years ago:
Much of it still applies, but the spam-avoidance techniques are so naïve they seem quaint now.
I do have to find a day every few months to weed through my unsorted e-mail (replied-to and not). Right now there are >1000 in my Entourage Inbox, and it's time to get them squared away. Luckily, these days, with Pobox, Telus (personal) or NetNation (work), and Spamfire all filtering my mail in sequence, I get very, very little spam anymore.
I tried doing the whole set-time period thing, but the problem there is that I use Entourage, and it's my notebook/address book/scheduler, too. If I closed Entourage in an attempt to stay focussed, within five minutes I'd need to open it again. I am a forgetful little weenie and I need crutches.
When I get a message that wants a lengthy reply, I usually shoot off a quickie response that says I'm really sorry but I'll get around to it later, and then I make an Entourage event with a reminder (crutches again!). There's an AppleScript that just copies the entire message into a calendar event, and then I can just set a reminder to rely to this message for the next day, weekend, or whenever seems appropriate. Entourage makes links between the message and the event, too, so I can just click a wee button and the related message(s) appear.
Oh, boy I love to hate my email. I just switched from Eudora to Mail.app and in the process imported over 30,000 messages. Yes, I am a pack rat. However, I am proud to say that right now, there are less than 100 emails in my all of my inboxes combined that need replying to to require some action. That's a lot, you may say, but not when you consider that last week, I had over 500. And that's not counting all of the MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse submissions that I deal with daily.
What got Dave and I talking about this is information overload. We both have not only have over 125 subscriptions to syndication feeds that are updated on average a hundred times per week each, but also tides email, throngs of instant messenger contacts, at least one cell phone and the entire damn global interweb thing that ain't getting any smaller or less prolific in the production department. Did I mention the fact that we also work?!
Our ancestor's pastoral lifestyle sometimes really appeals to me.
I sent an email when I noticed cybersquatters using CSS to render the same content in a different way for a plethora of different sites/names…
I didn't expect to actually get a reply, but I was thrilled to see an email from 'the' Dave Shea in my inbox!
I'm in the same camp as Jon Hicks (#4) and Chris Pederick (#7) in that if I don't take action immediately, whatever it was will probably not get done for a long while. I would love to be able to schedule checking email at work, since most of my day is spent programming and a break in concentration can sometimes be devastating. Another benefit would be pooling actionable emails so nothing gets overlooked; for example, if a simple request is made during an intense coding session, sometimes those emails don't get dealt with immediately and the potential for them to get overlooked increases.
Unfortunately, one of the largest applications I maintain communicates problems via email. So, if a query misfires or a server craps out, that will always need immediate action and take precedence over anything else, requiring that I leave email open all day. In addition to that concern, which is already managed to a certain extent by filters and separate email accounts, is the more tangible benefit of looking good. The people I work with really do appreciate timely responses, and getting known for being attentive and diligent is not a bad rep to have.
Jay Allen's point (#17) puts the email burden in context, however, because he reminds us that email is not the only source of information/communication. Cell phones, IM, MT comment-notification, syndications and so on are also disturbances that serve to compound the email dilemma. Personally, I found I had to consolidate the means of receiving information at work into manageable streams of email and phone only (note: not a cell phone); then, I schedule time to surf and catch up more personal matters. This wouldn't work for everyone. Obviously having a high-volume, very popular and respected website *in addition* to work-related responsibilities would certainly put a crimp in this scheme.
This doesn't have so much to do with email management, but more so with spam filtering. Since this has drifted a little of course anyway, I don't feel bad bringing this up.
I found this service which allows you to set up an infinite number of alias email addresses which point to a single main address.
Every time I fill out a new form, I hop over to MailNull and create a new email address to match the site where the form originates. I've got just over 30 aliases currently, and see no end in site.
It's a free service that is ran from the guys home, so it's surely in the beginning stages.
If used properly (I know, geeks only), you can easily discover which sites are selling your email address. And set up filters to block them based on which address they are sent to.
None of this will help if you have your email address plastered over websites near and far… the main source of spam, IMO.
I have also found this service especially useful when changing my email address (change of ISP). I simply modify the main email address (which all my aliases point to) to reflect any new changes and I'm done. No need to run all over the web, editing my user account information. That in itself is reason enough to use this service.
It's a completely different approach to handling spam, with advantages that go far beyond it's intended purpose. I loved it the minute I discovered it.
Justin, Do you know what MTA they use at mailnull.com and what header contains the "original envelope To" header? I'm wary of any disposable address company that doesn't have a clear explanation about the fact that you need to filter on the original envelope and that the To and Cc headers do not necessarily have anything to do with the mailnull.com address that was used.
Anyway, about email management: I try to get people to post to gmane.org.infiniteink rather than sending me private email. Unfortunately, that experiment isn't working too well…
Maybe a good solution is to move to having a regular time that you are posting in an 'open forum' area. Where people can come in and ask questions, or have a set time each day/week/month where you will be answering questions in the newsgroups.
That would be nice. Another benefit is that it keeps the knowledge open to all, aka your answers.
Nancy, I don't about the MTA. I don't think I know what that is, or at least the acronym :)
MailNull is not some random company that hands out email addresses. It was created by a concerned and creative developer who was dissatisfied with the current spam handling capabilities. Look into the service and feel free to send him an inquiry about his techniques, I'm sure he'd be happy to help you out.
I have found that reporting my spam resulted in a sustained decline over the last 4 months. These are just my results. Yours may be different.
It does take a good amount of time to file all the reports, and recently I have tired of all the effort. So I signed up for a SpamCop email address.
It pulls in my email from my old address (allowing me to migrate away at my own pace). It also makes it very easy to file reports that include the FTC. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center still requires manual form-filling, so I have stopped filing.

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AMD favours Socket F for 4x4 Athlon FXs?
Roadmap said to show trio of gamer-friendly CPUs on the way
AMD is set to launch three Athlon 64 FX processors for its upcoming 4x4 gaming platform, sources who claim to have seen the chip maker's roadmap claim. All three CPUs will use AMD's 1207-pin Socket F interconnect, they add.
According to a report in Dutch-language site Tweakers.net, AMD's trio of 4x4 FXs will ship as the FX-70, FX-72 and FX-74, clocked at 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz and 3.0GHz, respectively. They're all 90nm parts and consume up to 125W of power. Each has 2MB of L2 cache, with 1MB assigned to each processing core.
It's not clear when the chips will ship. According to the source, however, AMD will release faster 90nm Athlon 64 X2s in November, taking the family up to 3.0GHz with the 6000+. It will be accompanied by the 5400_+ and the 5600+, both clocked at 2.8GHz but with 1MB and 2MB of L2 cache, respectively. Both 5xxx chips have 98W TDPs, while the 6000+ is a 125W part. All three connect through Socket AM2 pin-outs.
The processor company has said it will push the 4x4 platform this coming Christmas in systems starting at well under $1,000, according to AMD executives.
AMD announced 4x4 in June this year. It's essentially a two-CPU motherboard rigged for ATI's CrossFire and Nvidia's SLI dual-GPU technology twice over to support four GPUs. Each CPU slot will hold a dual-core Athlon 64 FX processor, so that's four cores. Each chip gets 2GB of dedicated memory, for a total of 4GB. '4x4' is a codename, AMD insists. ®


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Crimson Wins by 5.9 Seconds
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The 145th Regatta between Yale and Harvard was, as usual, a 20-minute test of strength and willpower over a grueling four-mile course. And while Harvard grabbed the lead after the first mile Saturday morning on the Thames, the Crimson could never quite shake the Bulldogs. Yale kept Harvard within reach at all times but in the end could not overtake the Crimson, crossing the finish line just 5.9 seconds too late. That was the narrowest victory margin for Harvard in The Regatta since 1997's 3.5-second Crimson win.
"I'm very proud of this crew, and very proud of the way they rowed," said Yale head coach John Pescatore. "They were aggressive and very feisty."
America's oldest intercollegiate athletics event, The Regatta was an upstream race this year with the two crews starting under the Gold Star Bridge and racing to Bartlett's cove. Looking to make a statement, the Bulldogs took the lead in the first mile.
"This is the type of race where you want to gain control and maybe try to 'psych out' the other crew," said senior Lucas Spielfogel, Yale's captain and the No. 2 seat. "The problem with that is that both of these crews are so tough and experienced that it's really hard to make a crew quit."
Harvard made its move and settled into a lead right by the mile-and-a-half mark, which was also when the chop on the Thames increased for both crews as the wind created more waves. Rowing in the lane nearest the sub base, it appeared as if Yale also had to contend with some rebound wake bouncing off the booms. The Bulldogs did not let that serve as an excuse, however, as they kept up a dogged pursuit of the Crimson.
"It was a negligible difference," Spielfogel said of the conditions. "It tends to be choppy in the middle of the race. There wasn't anything that changed."
By the end of the third mile a pattern had been established: Harvard kept threatening to take an open-water lead, but the Bulldogs also kept verging on coming all the way back.
"They got a little ahead, then we tried to counter, then they responded," said junior Alex Mastroyannis, Yale's bowman.
So it went as the two crews headed past the fans cheering on the shore of Bartlett's Cove: Harvard just barely ahead, but the Bulldogs never allowing the Crimson to get comfortable. Harvard's final time was 19:40.3; Yale's was 19:46.2.
That margin was in line with the recent trend towards extremely close regattas between these two long-time rivals, who first met in 1852 on Lake Winnepesaukee. Four of the last five meetings have been decided by 7.8 seconds or less, including a half-second win by Yale in 2007. Saturday's final result was all the more remarkable given that Harvard was coming off a victory at Eastern Sprints -- a traditional 2,000-meter course, roughly one-third the length of The Regatta -- where the Crimson had a 2.5-second margin of victory over second-place Princeton.
"Six seconds over a 20-minute race is not very much," said Pescatore. "Harvard is obviously an excellent crew, and Sprints Champions. To be within six seconds is a really good effort."
Shortly after The Regatta the Bulldogs were ready to turn their attention to the next challenge: the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship, where Harvard and Yale will both be in contention for the title. The Regatta had been held after IRAs in recent years, but a change in Harvard's academic calendar this year enabled the two teams to move The Regatta up in the schedule. Yale can now use Saturday's race as a way to help prepare for IRAs, which run from Thursday through Saturday of next week on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
"They're disappointed with the results, but they're ready to believe completely," Pescatore said of his rowers. "If they row their best over 2,000 meters, they have the confidence they can compete with anyone."
Earlier in the day Saturday, Harvard claimed the junior varsity race (14:46.8 to 15:02.4) and the freshman race (9:32.7 to 9:47.6). The Crimson also won Friday's combination race.
Yale Boatings
C: Rebecca Burgoyne-Allen
S: Benjamin Bowles
7: Derek Johnson
6: Marcos Carzolio
5: Henry Cole
4: Thomas Dethlefs
3: Matthew Ramlow
2: Lucas Spielfogel
B: Alex Mastroyannis
Junior Varsity
C: Emma McBurney
S: Antonio Sirianni
7: Joseph Alagna
6: Daniel Klassen
5: Nathaniel Reeve
4: Keith Pfirrman
3: George Moran
2: Carl Nunziato
B: Django Broer-Hellermann
C: Ian Forsyth
S: Ian Suvak
7: Harry Picone
6: Grant Stegelmann
5: Viktor Romanov
4: Ian Graves
3: Philippe Mastroyannis
2: Don Leatherwood
B: Jon Morgan
C: Morgan Welch
S: Patrick O'Malley
7: Dominique Fenton
6: James Tormey
5: Jonathan Martin
4: Patrick Vergara
3: Duncan Logie
2: Alexander Krey
B: Simon Warren
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Dan Light never missed one of his son Dan's football games. From the time young Dan was 7 through his Super Bowl championship season at St. John's High and his first two seasons at Fordham, home or away, in the rain, snow or sunshine, he was at every one.
There will be an emptiness at Jack Coffey Field Saturday, as there has been all season, when undefeated Fordham hosts Holy Cross at 1 p.m., but not in young Dan's heart. He is keeping the wonderful spirit of his father alive.
The elder Dan passed away in August at age 45 after a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
"I play every game for him," said Dan, Fordham's starting tight end who is having a terrific junior season.
Dan has 26 receptions for 258 yards and a touchdown, and his blocking efforts have helped the Rams average 185 rushing yards a game. Eighth-ranked Fordham is averaging 512 yards of total offense and is one of just three unbeaten teams in FCS. The Rams rank in the top 10 nationally in total, passing and scoring offense.
"Their offense is off the charts, their skill level is amazing," Holy Cross coach Tom Gilmore said. "Dan has done a tremendous job. They use him in the run game as a frontside, backside blocker, but also to block across the grain. They insert him into the run game in a lot of different ways, so they're using him in a bigger way that way. He's always been a good receiver. As good as their receivers are, they still have a tight end in the game 95 percent of the time, which tells you what they think of him."
As a sophomore, Light earned All-Patriot League first-team honors after finishing third on the team in receptions. This year, he had a season-high six receptions against both Villanova and St. Francis and had a season-best 65 receiving yards against Columbia.
Fordham is 8-0 for the first time in program history and is outscoring opponents by an average of almost 20 points.
"It's definitely been a great start," Light said. "Our focus every week has just been going 1-0, and that's added up to some great success. I'm really excited about it, and I want to keep it going. Our offense has definitely been high powered all year, and when we're clicking, we're really tough to stop."
Light took last semester off to be at home in Sutton with his father. His dad owned D. Light & Sons Siding in Millbury for many years. He was an ardent football fan and took great joy in spending time with his wife, Dawn, and raising their children, Dan, Zachary and Jenna.
"He was awesome," Light said. "All I had to do was follow his example, and it wasn't too tough to come out as a good kid. He had a passion for football. It's tough, obviously, without him because that was something we shared really closely. We always shared a love of football."
Fordham had its bye last week, so Light came home to see his mom and siblings.
"It was nice to spend some time with them," he said.
Fordham was the first Patriot League school to begin awarding football scholarships four years ago. The other schools began giving football scholarships this year.
"You wonder if scholarships would make a difference," Gilmore said, "just take a look at Fordham."
Fordham is not eligible for the Patriot League championship this year, but it can earn an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, and that prospect is looking pretty good right now.
Fess near reception mark
Holy Cross senior wide receiver Mike Fess is four catches from becoming the program's all-time leader in receptions. Fess enters the game with 187 catches for 1,966 yards. Jeff Laboranti had a school-record 190 receptions from 1994-97.
This season, Fess leads the Crusaders in receptions (53), receiving yards (648) and receiving touchdowns (6).
"He's having a great season for us," Gilmore said. "He's not only a good player, but he understands what we're doing, and he understands defenses. He runs routes full speed, and even if a defender has a slight advantage on him, he's going to beat him more times than not because he understands what to do in those situations."
Respass player of week
Nichols sophomore quarterback Quillian Respass was named NEFC Offensive Player of the Week. He accounted for 536 total yards (331 passing, 205 rushing) and eight touchdowns (four passing, four rushing) in last week's loss at Maine Maritime. … Worcester State junior tight end Casey Hippert of Douglas was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week. Hippert had a career-high nine receptions for 163 yards and a touchdown in last week's loss to Western Connecticut State. … Westfield State sophomore running back Colby Bostek of West Boylston scored his first two career TDs in last week's loss to Bridgewater State.
Dan Allen raffle
The Dan Allen Foundation is holding its fall fundraiser, a raffle for a big-screen TV, plus catering for 12 for a Super Bowl party.
Raffle tickets are $50 each or three for $100 and can be purchased through the foundation's website, www.danallenfoundation.com. Tickets are available until Jan. 8. The drawing for the winner is Jan. 12.
The Dan Allen Foundation was established to keep alive the positive energy and spirit of Allen, the former Boston University and Holy Cross football coach who passed away in 2004, through helping others. The foundation helps families affected by loss and hardship by awarding scholarships and various forms of aid.
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Hello.. today i would love to show you something that i have made for Cute Card Thursday. The challenge for this week is to hide a treasure or a gift on your card/project. I decided to alter a notebook that my friend Donalda has bind for me with her Bind-It-All a long time ago.
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Any holiday is busy with church and travel and family so it's hard to coordinate the fun and have fun yourself.
For Easter this year I decided to schedule an early brunch for our family at a lovely restaurant. This way everyone had time to relax in the afternoon. At 6:00 pm we all convened for an Easter egg hunt for the children, a sandwich platter and age appropriate drinks for all.
Here is a plan that will get you out of the kitchen and into the mix.
1. An activity: ours was an egg hunt but here are a few ideas for an activity to center around your party
– movie night
– the playoffs (Buffalo fans, don't put off having a party just for this :o)
– Mother's Day – have the big kids coordinate a card making party for all of the moms. Think glitter and macaroni.
– clothing drive – ask everyone to bring one no longer loved professional outfit to the party and box them by gender and size. Donate them to a job placement center.
– game night – you don't have to stick to the usual ones…have you ever played Candyland with alcohol?
2. A Bite: I made a sandwich platter. I bought 2 ciabatta loaves and 2 multi grain loaves. Look for bread that will lay flat on both sides when cut in half.
I cut one ciabatta and one multi grain in half lengthwise. I put mayo on both sides and layered a quarter of a pound of provolone cheese, a half a pound of thinly sliced roast beef and sliced tomatoes. I cut the sandwich in quarters then down the middle making eight sandwiches.
Next was prosciutto di parma on ciabatta: i spread pesto on both halves of ciabatta then added a half a pound of thinly sliced prosciutto di parma. On that I spread about 6 ounces of goat cheese. I cut the sandwiches as described above.
The last one was my grilled zucchini Caprese sandwich. You can find it here. https://judethefoodie.com/2013/02/12/grilled-zucchini-caprese-sandwich/
I placed all of the sandwiches on a big plastic platter. Paper plates and paper napkins save time and add to the party theme.
3. A Sip: all you need is one special drink and you have a party. My Easter Punch
is as easy as can be. Buy a package of frozen mixed berries. Add some to any kind of cool glass (I love these retro dot cups here). Fill the cup about half full with store bought lemonade then complete with sparkling white wine. I used Asti but you can use Prosecco or Champagne.
Give this a try and you actually will enjoy your next party.
Have a yummy day!!
Congratulations to Colleen Low Larkin who won the March Quick Bite Quick Sip contest.
March theme: Grandma's Kitchen
"The pies at Mangia Cake and Village Bake Shop, while they'll never be quite as good as hers remind me of my Grandma Ross-BEST PIES EVER!"
You have won a $25 gift certificate to the Lewiston Village Pub!
Let's keep the party going. April's Quick Bite Quick Sip theme is Spring. Head out to your favorite eateries and hang outs and play.


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April 6, 2010
by John Cabral
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA- For the first 27 minutes, the the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team played to a neck-and-neck deadlock with the Salve Regina Seahawks. The game then took one big swing back, followed by a momentous, memorable swing forward as the Corsairs overcame a five goal deficit in the game's final 13 minutes to pull out a 13-12 victory at Cressy Field Tuesday afternoon.
Senior captain Allison Trearchis (Tyngsboro, Mass./Tyngsboro HS) scored the game's deciding goal by stuffing home a feed from junior attacker Gillian Carey (Waltham, Mass./Waltham HS/UMass Amherst) with 1:30 to play. The game-winner came just 32 seconds after senior defender Andrea Russo (Tyngsboro, Mass./Tyngsboro HS) tied the game on a free position shot for her third goal of the afternoon. The Corsairs had trailed for over 30 minutes prior to Russo's marker.
"I think that our captains really stepped up and showed the way today," said jubilant UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jerry Jennings. "When we talked to them and asked them to get up and do their job as leaders, they did it, and they inspired the whole team. Everybody stepped it up a notch and played well."
The Corsairs dug themselves a five goal deficit by allowing the Seahawks to bookend halftime with three goals on either side, scoring six of the game's seven goals over a six minute stretch. "I think in that stretch, we slacked off a little bit," Jennings said. "We weren't seeing the whole field. We weren't using our pass opportunities and our options to create our offense and move down the field in transition."
Sandwiched in the middle of the Seahawk run, Russo scored what proved to be a crucial goal with five seconds remaining in the first half. The Corsairs trailed 8-6 at halftime and 12-7 after the final Seahawk goal of the game with 13:07 remaining.
At halftime, Jennings again elected to swap out freshman goalie Angelina Donovan (Medford, Mass./Medford HS) for her senior counterpart Liz Miller (Littleton, Mass./Westford Academy). Each keeper tallied five saves apiece, for a total of ten on the day. Miller withstood an early surge by the Seahawk offense and held on to limit Salve to four second half goals, none of which were scored in the game's final 13 minutes.
After the game, Jennings praised Miller's clutch performance. "When you have a goalie that steps up like that, it's an incentive to all the players for them to step up," Jennings said. "She really did stop a lot of point blank shots. She cleared the ball well and she was another factor on defense outside the goal ring. I think she had her best half of the season right there."
Freshman attacker Brittney Enos (East Falmouth, Mass./East Falmouth HS) began the Corsairs' reversal of fortune by scoring consecutive goals on free position shots with 12:29 and 10:48 remaining, respectively. Enos then assisted the next Corsair goal, scored by senior midfielder Liz Stapleton (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield HS) with five minutes to play, slashing the deficit to 12-10. Enos made her return to the field on Tuesday after missing Saturday's game due to injury.
"Enos is one of the better freshmen that we've had here in a number of years," Jennings said. "She's a real gamer. She was really chafing at the bit to get back in, but our trainers did the right thing, and when she came back, we knew she was at 100 percent. Enos at 100 percent is really something to deal with for the opponents, and she showed that today."
Carey got the Corsairs on the board first by scoring her first of two goals just 1:59 into the first half. Both of Carey's goals were assisted were assisted by junior attacker Samantha Wonson (Lowell, Mass./Lowell HS). Their second half contribution narrowed the gap to 12-11 with 4:34 remaining. Wonson scored a goal of her own to tie the game at 5 with 3:54 remaining in the first half, effectively ending the back-and-forth phase of the game.
Russo led the way with three goals for the Corsairs, while Carey, Stapleton, Enos, and Trearchis all tallied two apiece.
In postgame comments, Jennings noted that the victory was a stark improvement over a 25-10 defeat at the hands of Salve Regina in 2009.
The Corsairs improved to 3-2 with the victory, while the Seahawks dropped to 1-6 with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they visit Framingham State Saturday. Salve Regina will visit Roger Williams Thursday.


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Carbon Sequestration Pilot Project Enters Phase III
SOCORRO, N.M., August 12, 2011–– The Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration is moving forward with field deployment operations for Phase III of the Carbon Capture and Storage in the Gordon Creek field in central Utah.
New Mexico Tech is the lead organization in the Partnership. Project Director Dr. Robert Lee is also Director of the Petroleum Recovery Research Center, or PRRC, a research division of NMT. Dr. Reid Grigg of the PRRC and Dr. Brian McPherson of the University of Utah/NMT are the co-principal investigators of the project and will direct project engineering and project science, respectively.
The project is supported and managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Partnership recently completed Phase II – the Validation Phase testing program in New Mexico, Utah and Texas.
The Phase III field deployment will demonstrate commercial-scale carbon storage technologies, planned to store a million tons of carbon dioxide per year, for sake of "proof-of-concept" of carbon storage in deep saline aquifers. Phase III large-scale carbon dioxide injection project will combine science and engineering from many disciplines to successfully sequester and monitor carbon storage.
The Phase III project budget is about $90 million, including up to $67 million from the Department of Energy. The balance will be provided by the participating organizations. The project is a multi-faceted effort by a number of entities. The Gordon Creek site operator is Gordon Creek LLC, a subsidiary of Thunderbird Energy Corp. based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Other research organizations involved in this research project are NETL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, the Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative, the Utah Geological Society, and the University of Missouri. Details of this project may be accessed at swpartnership.org and www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/infrastructure/rcsp.html.
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While shell-shocked fans recover from Nick Cave's recent live shows – pounding Old Testament fucks of thunder and high drama that have seen the re-modeled Bad Seeds at their absolute peak – there's another side to the dark overlord of which we perhaps need reminding. Away from the stage-stalking, crotch-in-the-face thrashes of black lightning that have struck both theatres and festivals over the last year there's an aspect to Cave's work that deals more in sadness and romance than violence and sex, expresses the subtleties of pain over the grandiosity of tragedy. It's the aspect of the artist you'll remember from The Boatman's Call and No More Shall We Part, a bruised black flower writhing among the thorns of an emotional rose bushes of his own making. Here on this almost 'unplugged' collection captured live in California in April of this year we get a prime, breathing example of this incarnation.
Cave the balladeer remains a beast, but a beautiful one – his crackle, croak and croon combo are delicious and intended to be devoured on opener 'Higgs Boson Blues'. Every quiver and every declamation reaches deep inside the ear drum, then rests there. Stripped down to an acoustic-based five piece ("Robert Johnson with a ten dollar guitar" as Cave intones) it's easy to savour Warren Ellis' tenor guitar scrapes, Jim Sclavunos' simple, effective percussion, Martyn Casey's precise, humming bass and Barry Adamson's ominous organ (wa-hey!) as they punctuate the often confused poetry – Hanna Montana and Miley Cyrus melting into a world where "Flaming trees lined the streets."
There are songs here reinterpreted slightly to fit the format, then those that need full reinvention and finally, least interestingly, those that it seems are included only because they are written and usually performed in line with the bare-bones remit.
Of the former it's 'Stranger Than Kindness' that stands out, a skeletal strike through the Your Funeral... My Trial classic that has lost none of its sordid, Germanic gloom – Cave's bedraggled vocal boasting some of his most evocative imagery – "The gaunt fruit of passion/It dies in the light." In this reading the chorus is a sallow collapse rather than a rousing scream and it's all the more enthralling and inviting for it. "Tell me I'm dirty" cries Cave. We know he doesn't really need telling.
Of the reworked mention must be made of 'The Mercy Seat'. Long an intense, epic live favourite, here its crow's wings gliding instead of furiously flapping, subtle bass, piano and Cave's cliff-edge baritone delivered with crawl-through-glass slowness and precision. The condemned prisoner no longer rages with arrogance, this new arrangement seeming to fill the character with unspoken regret. While it may have always been one of his most acutely frightening songs, it's now an altogether more insidious being – no longer a killer on the streets, now the psychopath you find sat at the edge of your bed in the dark. It's almost too personal for comfort.
Of the more lazily selected such as the beautiful but slight 'And No More Shall We Part' and the frankly terrible 'Wide Lovely Eyes' from this year's largely excellent Push The Sky Away album there's little to note but their suitability to the format and the fact that even at half power Cave has a compelling talent.
Elsewhere 'Mermaids' breaks out the instantly infamous "I was the match that fired up her snatch" line with fervour and is an anthemic beast even in pruned form while 'People Ain't No Good' remains the only of Cave's songs to deal in cynicism (hard, cold and death-hungry he might be at times– but his characters are more often destroyed by hope than anything else) and it is as glorious, as drenched to the bone in melancholy as one needs it to be. It rests on your wilting shoulder like a beloved drunk and forces a sigh from your mouth. It's borderline elemental.
The set closes with the only ragged, raucous run-through of the night – 'Jack the Ripper' – Cave asking various band members 'What are the chords?' then hilariously 'What key is it in?' before instructing 'Hammer it, Jim.' It's a backroom party that turns into a brawl – Cave briefly re-assuming the role of the satanic snake, drenched in sweat, decked out in black, the issue of a biblical serpent – murdering girlfriends in the name of the Lord since forever. The Seeds abandon themselves to the fury and we're back to where we were before the record began – marveling at this lithe, ferocious set of creatures.
"We all know the story of the viper…" - Well, there are (at least) two versions, and it's good to know both sides.
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Bring Out the Hidden Talents in Your Kids This Summer
How do you know if your kids have a hidden inventive talent? Do you have the skills and time to provide them with role models and develop them to cope with the dynamic future?
Here is a unique summer program for you kids, which will propel the inventive thinking in them. Michael Oister has had this mission for the last 17 years.
They offer an innovative summer camp, which offers various programs like Club Invention, Camp Invention, etc. Club Invention is an exciting out-of-school-time program where children learn through hands-on fun. Children in grades one through six are immersed in activity-oriented adventures that enhance their understanding of science, mathematics, history, and the arts – it's learning disguised as FUN!
The camp focuses on reverse engineering, math skills and engineering solutions. The aim of this camp is to create a new problem solving skills; instill critical thinking and prepare them with technical skills so that they can cope with future changes. Creating role models in kids is a big challenge in today's world and this program will create new mindsets and paradigm shifts in them.
Through this open, immersive environment, children can inspire themselves and others to drive a lifetime of positive change through their future professional work as great leaders and thinkers of the nation and world.
The weeklong program promotes creativity, imagination and leadership through activities and games that disguise learning as fun.
They have various clubs for different age groups. It starts from a day's program to a week long program. The 5-day program conducts by local teachers at local schools. The programs are structured to allow an inventive spirit and promote a hands-on immersive learning environment for children entering first through sixth grade.
By working through curriculum challenges and activities in groups and individually, children gain self-confidence, begin to understand the dynamics of teamwork and discover that what may be the wrong answer to the challenge at hand could be the right answer for another activity.
Children are able to be hands-on without the pressure of memorization or time constraints, so they can explore and try new options, even if the solutions are all in their heads.
The program has been supported by the parent company, The National Inventors Hall of Fame and a yearly supporter in the United States Patent and Trademark Office that allow us provide our curriculum and our take on learning as an enriching and rewarding experience to children in communities across the nation, specifically in the New England and Boston-areas.
The curriculum focuses on math, science, and engineering principles, bringing them down to levels that children can understand and use to bring new perspectives to all areas of their life.
Many times, children and their parents will tell how much more they are excited and active at house and at school in these fields and how they plan to turn that excitement into future areas of interest or fields of study.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame, the parent company, has some of the best and brightest minds as its yearly class of inductees. With over 800 inductees' work as inspiration, they strive to challenge children to do more than ever before not only in our program, but in the world around them.
The curriculum is all aligned with national and state standards and has strong roots in math, science, technology and engineering. The inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame have served as inspiration to make sure they enrich children's lives each day.
The new dates of this camp is July and August. You can visit the site for more details.
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Michael J Oister – A biography:
Michael J. Oister is president and chief operating officer of Invent Now Kids Inc., a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation based in Akron, Ohio. Oister is a founder and former president of Classic Sport Cos. of Denver.
About Invent.org:
The Camp Invention program is a hands-on, inquiry based learning opportunity, the Camp Invention program promotes science, math and technology principles on levels which our attendees can understand. Children entering first through sixth grade can attend this nationally-acclaimed program and leave discovering that an inventive spirit (our parent company is the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation), creativity and "no wrong answers" are a reality and can actually be a lot of fun. The program is a great supplement and enrichment to the traditional education structure of our public school system.
The Camp Invention program is a week-long program hosted in local communities and schools throughout the country. This summer, there will be more than 1,000 sites with 65,000 participants, with many programs running in the Boston-area.


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- The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee continues its road show next week. There will be two opportunities for the public to speak out about Governor Scott Walker's budget proposal. The first hearing by the Joint Finance Committee is Monday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The second one is Wednesday at the Kalahari resort in Wisconsin Dells. A final hearing is set for April 18 in Baldwin. Once the hearings are over, the Republican-controlled committee will vote on changes to Walker's plan. Then the full Legislature will take it up in late June.
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Student progress is routinely monitored, and research-based and proven interventions are used to help students.
While RtI is centered around academic supports, Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) is a way to manage school behavior to create a positive, nurturing environment. PBIS thoroughly outlines behavior expectations for students, then rewards them for following those expectations.
Both RtI and PBIS are designed to remove obstacles to student success and assist students on their journey toward graduation.


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The United States hosted the NATO Summit May 20-21, in Chicago, Illinois. President Barack Obama welcomed leaders from NATO member and partner nations to his hometown for the Summit of the world's most successful Alliance. At the NATO Summit, leaders discussed the next major phase of transition in Afghanistan as well as steps to ensure NATO has the capabilities necessary to meet the challenges of the 21st century and further broaden and deepen its relationships with non-NATO partners.
While in Chicago, President Obama held a bilateral meeting with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to discuss implementation of the Strategic Forces Agreement. The agreement, which the two leaders signed in Kabul earlier this month, lays out the future relationship between the United States and Afghanistan. President Obama also met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to discuss goals of the Summit.
In his remarks at the opening session of the North Atlantic Council, President Obama said, "For over 65 years, our alliance has been the bedrock of our common security, of freedom and of prosperity. And though the times may have changed, the fundamental reason for our alliance has not. Our nations are stronger and more prosperous when we stand together. In good times and in bad, our alliance has endured; in fact, it has thrived -- because we share an unbreakable commitment to the freedom and security of our citizens."
President Obama concluded, "...I look forward to our meeting with NATO's neighbors and our partners around the world who have been so critical to NATO operations as in Afghanistan and Libya. It will be another reminder that NATO is truly a hub of a network of global security partners. There is nothing else like it on Earth."
Secretary Clinton addressed the North Atlantic Council on May 21. She said, "The United States remains deeply committed to the open door policy, and it is in that spirit that we welcome our aspirant nations here today. We support their aspirations for Euro-Atlantic integration, and we will keep working with each of them, both bilaterally and through NATO, to help them implement finally the reforms needed to meet the standards for membership."
She continued, "...In 1949, we were 12 nations; now we're 28. The result is an alliance that has proven over and over it can meet the threats and overcome the challenges of our time. And here in Chicago, let us reaffirm our commitment to enlargement done right as a core element of our purpose and our community."
You can read more about the NATO Summit in Chicago here.
Ashim C. in India writes:
Under aegis of NATO or informal or formal extensions of it, fact remains that from korean to Vietnam to Iraq to Libya and Afghan war, probably in all engagements US share in financing and sacrificing human resources have always far exceeded individual and collective contribution of other NATO members. What is even more damaging is that all these wars are considered US wars in popular perception. No wonder Americans vehemently oppose US participation in all wars. US won't have may of her problems if UN army is strengthened with attractive terms of serving in it for better known professional armies of UN member states.
Nathan B. in California writes:
A success? Are we bombing China yet?
W.W. writes:
After the watching corruption of this lobby is france leaving nato and west for brics ?
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
Glad we're getting out soon.
John P. in Greece writes:
"NATO is truly a hub of a network of global security partners. There is nothing else like it on Earth."
Another GREAT phrase from the President that history books of the future will… prove!
Plenty of "easy-thinkers†have been so critical to NATO operations in Afghanistan and Libya, among other places that are FREE right now.
NATO did it!
NATO will keep on doing it!
Even today, they wish that "Democracy lectures†in such places won't be proved successful.
But they will!
You cannot stop FREEDOM, when the teacher has a "good reason"!
J. in China writes:
Did it come up at the NATO summit the fact that the taliban have held their own against NATO twice as long then it took to defeat the 3rd Reich? Our we to believe the taliban is more powerful then nazi Germany? Or is this a gleaning symptom of NATO weakness and irrelevance? -chuckle


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Agyness Deyn is an English model and actress. Born in 1983 in Manchester, she won a local modelling competition aged 16. She later signed to Select Model Management, after being spotted whilst shopping in Kentish Town with her friend Henry Holland.
Affiliated closely with the London nu-rave scene and often spotted on outings to Hoxton Square's Boombox nightclub, Deyn embodied a certain zeitgeist of youthful optimism enthralling London in the late noughties. She has worked with top fashion photographers including Steven Meisel, Mert & Marcus, Mario Testino and Patrick Demarchelier and has appeared in campaigns for Mulberry, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Jean Paul Gaultier, Galliano and Hugo Boss. Deyn has also graced the covers of Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Sunday Times Style and POP, amongst others.
Alongside modelling, Deyn has pursued her interests in music and film, providing the vocals for Who by Five O'Clock Heroes and starring in the 2010 films Clash of the Titans and Acid Burn. in 2012 Deyn added to her film credits with the movies Pusher and Here.
Deyn is married to actor Giovanni Ribisi and lives in New York.
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text: Last September, we visited Leon Reid IV's studio and brought back some photos. Less than a month later, Hurricane Sandy blew through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, leaving so many of us devastated. Leon's studio is located right up against Newtown Creek in Greenpoint. When the storm hit, the creek flooded the studio with nasty, polluted water; damaging equipment, artwork, and the space itself. Slowly but surely, Leon's working to bring things back together. We recently talked briefly about his rebuilding process and where things are headed going forward. Click past the jump for Leon's account of the ordeal and some news from his studio. And stop by his booth at the Fountain Art Fair (March 8-10, 68 Lexington Ave.), where he'll be showing some of the flooded works.


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INT. MORNING - Fourth Floor of the Hip Happening Building, New York
(Writer is escorted by an Assistant to the Editor's office)
Editor: Good morning! Assistant, can you bring me a cappuccino, skim milk, two Stevias? Writer, would you like something?
Writer: No, thank you.
Editor: Please, have a seat.
(Writer sits across the Editor's desk)
Editor: I'm excited to tell you we're epublishing your new novel. Aren't you thrilled?
Writer: I'm flattered. But there are still some things I don't understand. I was hoping you'd make them clear for me.
Editor: Of course. I'm here for you. We're partners now. Exciting times.
Writer: Yeah. Well, first of all, I'm trying to understand the royalty structure.
Editor: That's boilerplate. You get 25% of the net sales receipts.
Writer: With the agency model, that means I earn 17.5% of the list price.
Editor: (beaming) Not bad, huh? If it was one of those old-fashioned paperback books, you'd only be earning 8%.
Writer: But paperbacks cost $7.99. You want to publish my ebook for $9.99.
Editor: We've determined that's the best price.
Writer: How?
Editor: Pardon me?
Writer: How have you determined that's the best price? Have you done studies? Polled readers? Experimented with different prices?
Editor: We arrived at $9.99 by comparing it to the prices of paper books.
Writer: But paper books cost money to create. There's printing and shipping. And even with that, paperbacks are still cheaper than $9.99.
Editor: We're just following the market.
Writer: Actually, you're not. You determine the selling price. You're setting the market, not following it. And $9.99 seems high.
Editor: You should just let us worry about that. That's why we're partners. You concentrate on the writing, we'll handle the business end. It's part of the service we provide.
Writer: What exactly is that service, again? I mean, there's no printing or shipping...
Editor: Do you think those are the only costs involved in bringing a book to market? (forced chuckle) You writers are so naive.
Writer: Please. Enlighten me.
Editor: Well, we edit. Books need editing. We also create the cover art. Books, even ebooks, need covers.
Writer: Go on.
Editor: The list is so extensive, I have a hard time remembering it all. There's, um, catalog copy.
Writer: You feature ebooks in catalogs?
Editor: Well, no. But we do a lot of marketing.
Writer: How exactly to you market ebooks?
Editor: Because it's all so new, we're still trying to figure that out. But we just flew the whole office to Seattle to have meetings on how to market ebooks. We were there for two weeks. I think we're making some real headway.
Writer: (under his breath) Maybe you should have a meeting on how to better budget your money.
Editor: That meeting will be in Florida, next month. It's at the Ritz Carlton. We're paying Warren Buffett to be our guest speaker.
Writer: (sighing) Are there any other costs involved in bringing an ebook to market?
Editor: There's advertising.
Writer: You advertise ebooks?
Editor: We're planning to, eventually. Maybe on that Facebook thingy. The kids seem to love it. We also use Twitter.
Writer: Facebook and Twitter are free.
Editor: Facebook ads cost money.
Writer: How many Facebook ads have you personally clicked on?
Editor: None. Those stupid things annoy me.
Writer: So, let's be clear on this. There are no printing costs, shipping costs, or warehousing costs, and you don't do catalogs or advertising or marketing...
Editor: (snapping his fingers as if remembering something) We also format and upload the ebooks to retailers.
Writer: How long does all of that take?
Editor: Excuse me?
Writer: To edit a book and make cover art and format it?
Editor: Well, we could spend two or three weeks working on a single title in order to get it ready.
Writer: Nine months.
Editor: What?
Writer: Nine months, working 60 hour weeks. That's how long it took me to write my novel. That seems a bit longer and more labor-intensive than your three weeks. Yet I'm only getting 17.5% of the price that you set. Do you know what your percentage is?
Editor: Off the top of my head, no.
Writer: You get 52.5%.
Editor: Really? Huh.
Writer: To me, that doesn't seem fair.
Editor: You don't seem to understand that you need us. Without editing or cover art...
Writer: (interrupting) Let's say the ebook sells ten thousand copies. Which, at your inflated price of $9.99, seems unlikely. But let's say it does. That means I earn $17,500...
Editor: A respectable figure...
Writer: ...and you earn $52,500. Even though you only worked on it for three weeks.
Editor: But you gotta admit, we made a terrific cover for it.
Writer: True. But for fifty thousand dollars, I bet I could buy some pretty nice cover art on my own. I bet I could pay a doctor to raise Pablo Picasso from the dead and have him do the cover.
Editor: Don't forget editing.
Writer: How long does it take to edit a manuscript?
Editor: Excuse me?
Writer: In hours. How many are we talking? Ten? Twenty?
Editor: It might go as high as fifty hours, with multiple read-throughs and the line edit.
Writer: How much do editors earn an hour?
Editor: Excuse me?
Writer: Let's say fifty bucks an hour. I think that's high, and I also think your fifty hour estimate is high, but even if we go with both, that's only $2500. And according to the Artist & Graphic Designer's Market, book cover art should cost around $2000.
Editor: Don't forget formatting and uploading.
Writer: I can pay a guy $200 to format and upload the book. In fact, I can also pay a guy $300 to create a cover, and an editor $500 to do both content and copy editing. But you're not charging me $1000, or even $4500. You're taking $52,500. And that number can get even bigger. If I hire my own editor and artist, those costs are fixed. You continue to take your 52.5% forever.
Editor: You don't seem to understand. Do you know how much it costs to rent this office? We're paying $25k a month, and that doesn't even include utilities. I've got three assistants. We all have health insurance and 401k. Expense accounts. Do you have any idea what it costs to take agents out to lunch?
Writer: My agent didn't broker this deal.
Editor: You're missing the point!
(Assistant enters, with coffee)
Assistant: Here's your cappuccino, Editor.
Editor: There's another cost! We paid five grand for this cappuccino machine! How are we supposed to stay in business unless we take 52.5%?
Writer: (standing up) I think we're done here.
Editor: Wait a second! You need us! Without us to validate your work, you'll never be considered legitimate! You'll just be some unknown, satisfied rich guy!
(Writer turns to leave)
Editor: Think about what you're missing out on! When we do cover art, we do it without any kind of focus group, and we don't pay any attention to your wishes! We arbitrarily change your title to something we think is better, without any proof! We take twelve months to release a book after you turn in the manuscript when it would only take you a week! We pay twice a year instead of the monthly check you'd get doing it yourself, and our accounting practices are hard to understand and quite possibly shifty! Also, we'll drop you for no particular reason! You can't turn your back on all that!
(Writer pauses, then turns around)
Writer: Look, it's true that I do need a good editor.
Editor: See! I told you!
(Writer hands Editor his business card)
Writer: When your company goes bankrupt, and you're unemployed, I want you to look me up. Send me a letter. One page, double spaced. List your qualifications for editing my book, and your rates. Also include a SASE. If you don't hear from me in six months, no need for you to follow up--it means I'm not interested...
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We've discovered a strange man made island while looking at satelite images of cebu bay 10.284983,123.902841
I'm publishing this information as the last info I could find online was a few years old and we didn't know what to expect.. This is what we knew,
Formerly a Fuel Depot of Shell Pilipinas. It was return to the government in 1990's. There was some Human Rights issues raised after the government took control because it was made as a "temporary housing" facility for known petty criminals one week before a Sinulog Festival. They were herded and housed for two weeks or during the duration of the festival.. a free board and lodging..
We approached the island from mactan side in a small kayak, we had 5 km to pass through a strange shallow shrubberish water, I'd recommend approaching from cebu side which is cleaner and is only 1 km away from the island. Some people live there, they were not particulary happy or sad to see us, they've built a small duck farm in one of the buildings and a few dogs are roaming around. Industry on the island has been entirely stripped down, a few buildings are still standing and the most interesting thing is a half sunken 15m-ish boat in what remains of the port.
So, we'd like to carry a boat for going down rivers and exploring curious things on water, while being self sufficient with food and camping equipment. Giving up on the boat and building bamboo rafts was one of the propositions:) We ended up buying a small 12kg inflatible kayak that packs in a 60L backpack,
I've discovered today that we are completely defeated by this awesome guy 200 years ago.
1840s, Peter Halkett Invented an unusual boat.
Halkett had long been interested in the difficulties of travelling in the Canadian Arctic, and the problems involved in designing boats light enough to be carried over arduous terrain, but robust enough to be used in extreme weather conditions. the hull of the boat could be worn as a cloak, the oar used as a walking stick, and the sail as an umbrella
Spurred on by the successful testing of the boat-cloak, Halkett designed a larger version that folded into a knapsack. When inflated, it could carry two men, operating a paddle on each side, and when deflated served as a waterproof blanket to allow the users to camp on wet ground Although the Admiralty saw no use to which Halkett's designs could be put in general naval service, this larger design was extremely well received by explorers
Ended up sneaking past a few guards, one of them taking a shower. The building below us has 20-30 stories, I'm guessing the crane was 80-100m high? A long climb. Where do crane workers go to toilet? Also. my god! I want to do this again.
"Ivan I don't know what kind of thing can satisfy us.
After the crane.
Crane was awesome, it was dinosaur and monster.
After the crane, I feel a little bit empty, that's the thing."
- Kanghee Rhee
We are talking to a random french couple, answering common questions and ending up explaining that we've met by going into the subway tunnels through an airduct. They mention seeing some photos of us climbing a building in hongdae park and I wonder if that was the night when the crazy guy in the underwear climbed it with us. At some point I say something like
remember that girl from yesterday that wanted us to smuggle diamonds from africa? I think she might be a stripper.
To which a guy asks us if those are real events or are we talking about a spy movie, and I realize how weird our conversation sounds from another persons perspective, and how most of the things that have been happening would sound, and I conclude that we did good.
I bought a climbing equipment and all places are reacheable now. I'm living with Kanghee, and a great group of friends are around. We are planning to buy a ~15 meter sailboat and sail through philipines to papua new guinea next year. we'll see how that goes. we'll have a lot to learn before doing this.
I wrote down few phrases in japanese and went hitchiking towards the I read abandoned jungle theme park about online.
It was super easy. a lot of japanese react as if someone is doing something insane and exciting and are happy about it. Most of them are also too shy to stop and they would even cover their smiling faces if I maintained eye contact for too long <3
Izu peninsula has two sides, people call them a female and male side, one is full of fine sand beaches and the other is made of rough steep vulcanic rocks.. I'm guessing that strong waves tend to hit it from the female side.
My favorite ride was this businessman, it seemed that what was happening was a way bigger adventure for him then for me. He would start laughing histerically out of excitement whenever I'd speak. So naturally, I wanted to speak as much as possible but that was hard as he didn't understand any english.
Arrived to Irozaki port-o fairly quickly and started a hike up the hill towards where the jungle theme park is supposed to be.
Found bunch of abandoned buildings and infrastructure at the top but couldn't find the main dome, ended up exploring the peninsula.
Climbed an antenna tower to look around (kinda. half way. it was scarry. note to self - learn how to make a harness out of climbing rope, I could have secured myself). found the dome - its not a dome. didn't look at the online photos good enough, and found a coast that looked so amazing that it stole my attention. I wanted to quickly check it out before heading out to the park but the place was great and I ended up spending the night.
Everything seemed totally devoid of life but it turns out, the place becomes a spiderland during the night. I don't know what they eat, each other? I tucked my shirt in my pants.
I'm super happy with the funny-shoes. Japanese people say b ooooooooooo ninja shoesb and they are right! they are quiet and great for climbing and I have a lot of control on the rough terrain. a downside is that you freak people (including yourself) out, and need to talk about them a lot. its not worth it in the city.
It was a great night. I realized that I was alone for the first time in three months. There was a huge lighthouse spotlight sweeping the panorama and big ships passing by on their way towards port of Tokyo. The next morning I discovered that all the bread I bought is filled with chocolate and that all the cans I have are the same discusting fish. Had a breakfast that stimulated my taste buds and left to quickly explore the rest of the theme park.
Turns out, a few years have passed and big parts of the park are overgrown now. It was quite late and quite hot and quite overgrown and there was noone around to encourage me so I decided to keep going towards Kyoto and give up on getting inside.
on the way there I couldn't pass on the opportunity to sneak into some classuy star hotel onsen for the third time.
ok, enough writing!
I'll finish this later or never. pictures are on Flickr
Japan has a notoriously high suicide rate, which doesn't seem entirely justified considering it's 10th in the world, with south korea for example being 50% worse.
This forest was always shifty, but its popularity grew due to a contraversial book, The Complete Manual of Suicide where it is described as the perfect place to die. Over 100 bodies per year are discovered there, a lot more probably don't ever get found.
I don't want to repeat things too much, vice has a good 20 minute documentary on it.
To make things comically creepy, the forest lies on some large magnetic rocks, which make compasses useless. my gps seems to rely on a digital compass, so I quickly rehersed the night before on how to orientate myself by the sun.
The place is fairly touristic, it has a few hiking trails, and it lies just below mount Fuji. When we got there they told us that a black bear was sighted today exactly where we were going. We ended up yelling and clapping our hands a lot to scare it away. We walked a lot, not knowing exactly where we should go, and got off the trail a lot, relying on a bad tourist map.
A small culture grew around suicides in the forest. for example, people that think that they might change their minds, walk in leaving a trail of (usually nylon) string, which makes parts of the forest look really strange, with nylon strings going everywhere. The whole place is full of strange objects that seem to have been used in ritual like situations. Compass and gps ended up working well for the most part, with occasional crazyness.


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Ashley's Freeman caps strong season with MLB draft selection
Former Ashley baseball player Kelvin Freeman was picked in the 17th round of the MLB draft on Saturday. Freeman, a first-baseman, was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 498th pick. Freeman is a senior at North Carolina A&T University, and was named the MEAC player of the year in 2013. He hit .342 for NC A&T this season and hit 16 home runs to be among national hitting leaders. He was drafted as a first baseman. While at Ashley,… Read More »


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The Chiefs did a lot of business in the hours before the franchise tag deadline, signing wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and punter Dustin Colquitt to long-term deals, and tagging left tackle Branden Albert.
Now they have something even more valuable than good players — they have options.
While many will immediately assume this takes them out of the market for a left tackle (specifically Luke Joeckel) with the first pick in a quarterback-less draft, that doesn't seem wise.
First, they should create the full impression that it's still a possibility, if only to create a trade market that might not otherwise exist.
But the realities of their line wouldn't preclude drafting him anyway.
Even though they just tagged Albert (keeping him there for a year, at $9.828 million), there's no reason they can't draft Joeckel, and have one of them play right tackle. While Eric Winston has been solid, he's also entering his 30-year-old season, and isn't so good that you'd bypass a potential left tackle because of him.
And Albert's back injury, which coach Andy Reid referred to as a "fairly significant injury" at the Combine, might also give them pause. At the very least, the uncertainty over Albert's long-term health or contract status would make it wise to keep Joeckel as an option. Many also thought Albert was better suited to play guard when he entered the league, which creates another layer of possibility.
With the chance at a solid offensive line in front of an average quarterback (the recently acquired Alex Smith), along with a good run game, a solid receiving threat in Bowe and a coaching staff that knows how to move the ball, it gives the Chiefs the chance at a new look on offense.
And it gives them more options for the first pick, which makes it more valuable by definition.


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SOCORRO, N.M., August 20, 1999 -- New Mexico Tech has once again been included on the list of the best engineering schools in the nation in recent rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report. (If you have a printed copy of "America's Best Colleges," see p. 210 for a description of us, and p. 63, under the heading "Engineering.")
The state-supported research university in Socorro is joined in the elite group by four other public schools and nine private colleges in the magazine's unranked category of specialty schools that offer most of their degrees in engineering fields.
Please note: It is the magazine's choice to consider New Mexico Tech a "specialty school," not NMT's.
Earlier this year, New Mexico Tech's graduate program in hydrology was ranked fourth in the nation for the fourth year in a row in U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of graduate school, while the university's graduate program in petroleum engineering made the guidebook's top ten list in that field of study.


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CNN's Castellanos returned $12K RNC payment
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On October 15, 2009, the Republican National Committee paid $12,000 to CNN contributor Alex Castellanos, a payment that apparently violated CNN's stated policy. When contacted last week by Media Matters, Castellanos said he was initially unaware of the payment and returned it last year when he "found out."
"I was not aware of the payment because ours is a large business and an employee who handles and processes payments for me dealt with the RNC transaction," Castellanos said.
"CNN's preference and policy is that I don't work for the RNC or political candidates. When I found out that I was being paid by the RNC, I returned it," Castellanos said. "I wish I could keep it. I would like to add to the economic recovery."
According to its year-end Federal Election Commission report, filed on January 22, the RNC received $12,000 back from Castellanos on December 7, 2009.
In a statement to Media Matters, CNN said: "Alex told CNN that there had been a mix-up and the RNC had paid him when they weren't supposed to and as soon as he discovered it, he returned the money and then he let CNN know what had happened."
"Not only did Alex do the right thing by returning the money, he also demonstrated his independence from the party chairman by calling for Michael Steele to step aside," CNN stated.
In November, five weeks after the RNC sent Castellanos the $12,000 -- and approximately two weeks before the RNC reported it received the money back from Castellanos -- CNN responded to news that Castellanos "assume[d] a senior communications role at" the RNC by stating that he could simultaneously work for CNN and advise the RNC because his RNC role was "unpaid."
In a piece about CNN's "policy on political consultants," The New York Times reported on November 24 that "a CNN spokeswoman said the appointment would not disqualify Mr. Castellanos for working as a paid commentator because his job for the R.N.C. was an unpaid position." The Huffington Post's Sam Stein ran a November 24 statement from CNN stating: "CNN has political strategists that provide unpaid advice to both sides of the aisle, and Alex will remain as a CNN contributor ... CNN will continue to be vigilant in disclosing contributor affiliations and their profiles."
CNN also said on-air that Castellanos' role with the RNC was "unpaid." On the November 25, 2009, edition of The Situation Room, Suzanne Malveaux introduced Castellanos by stating: "And our other insider, Republican consultant and CNN political contributor Alex Castellanos. He is also an unpaid adviser for the Republican National Committee." On-air CNN text similar identified Castellanos as an "unpaid adviser to the Republican National Committee."
Last October, Media Matters documented that Castellanos' consulting firm, National Media Inc., has health care industry clients, prompting CNN to state that it would disclose his firms' ties. Purple Strategies, where Castellanos is a partner, was hired by BP to do consulting work. CNN has stated it will not use Castellanos to comment on oil issues.
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October 15, 2009: RNC pays Castellanos $12K, according to FEC report.
November 23, 2009: CNN, among other outlets, report that Castellanos "assume[s]" RNC advisory role.
November 24, 2009: CNN defends Castellanos' employment at CNN because he is providing "unpaid" consulting to the RNC.
November 25, 2009: CNN anchor Malveaux tells viewers that Castellanos is working "unpaid" for the RNC.
December 7, 2009: RNC reports receiving $12K from Castellanos, according to FEC report.
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