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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 63,
November 2011 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Chicago, Illinois November 4-9, 2011.
Meta-Analysis Suggests Intensive Non-Biologic Combination Therapy with Step-Down Prednisolone May Also Disconnect Disease Activity and Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Boers1, Maarten, van Tuyl1, Lilian H.D., van den Broek2, Marianne, Kostense1, Piet J., Allaart2, Cornelia F.
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment with TNF inhibitors changes the relationship between disease activity and progression of radiological joint damage (the so-called 'disconnect' that allows arrest of damage progression even at moderate disease activity levels). In early RA intensive combination therapy of methotrexate and sulfasalazine with step-down prednisolone (COBRA schedule) has been shown to be equivalent to high-dose methotrexate and infliximab in suppression of damage progression (BeSt trial).1 We investigated whether COBRA treatment also results in a 'disconnect' between disease activity and damage.
In a meta-analysis we combined the data of the COBRA trial2 (COBRA v sulfasalazine monotherapy) with that of two arms of the BeSt trial (COBRA v sequential monotherapy). For each trial, 1-year progression of damage (Sharp van der Heijde score) was the dependent variable in a linear regression formula with the variables disease activity, treatment strategy (COBRA or control) and their interaction as independent factors. As estimates of disease activity we used the 1-year time-averaged Disease Activity Score (DAS44) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in separate analyses. The focus was on the interaction between disease activity and treatment strategy as proof of the existence of a 'disconnect'. Therefore we pooled the interaction terms of the two analyses, weighting by their inverse variance according to standard technique. Because of the directionality of the hypothesis and the relative insensitivity of regression for the detection of interaction, we used one-sided significance tests.
For these analyses between 60 and 100% of original trial patients had complete data. In both trials analysed separately time-averaged DAS44 and CRP, respectively, were the only (strongly) significant independent factors related to damage progression. In the models that included disease activity, neither treatment group nor the interaction between treatment and disease activity entered as significant factors. However, pooling resulted in a (weakly) significant test for interaction:
Time-averaged-DAS44 × treatment interaction: one-sided p = 0,027.
Time averaged CRP × treatment interaction: one-sided p = 0,044.
This analysis has limitations inherent in metaanalysis, and a generic lack of power to detect interactions, especially in the context of low damage progression overall in a skewed distribution. Nevertheless, it gives some support to the suggestion that changes in the relationship between disease activity and damage progression are not limited to anti-TNF treatment, but a property of early, rapid and deep suppression of joint inflammation.
1.Goekoop-Ruiterman, YP, de Vries-Bouwstra, JK & Allaart, CF, et al. Comparison of treatment strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2007;146:40615.
2.Boers, M, Verhoeven, AC & Markusse, HM, et al. Randomised comparison of combined step-down prednisolone, methotrexate and sulphasalazine with sulphasalazine alone in early rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet 1997;350:30918.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Boers, Maarten, van Tuyl, Lilian H.D., van den Broek, Marianne, Kostense, Piet J., Allaart, Cornelia F.; Meta-Analysis Suggests Intensive Non-Biologic Combination Therapy with Step-Down Prednisolone May Also Disconnect Disease Activity and Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2011;63 Suppl 10 :1269


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Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.
"In theory, yes," says Jena Pincott, author of Do Gentleman Really Prefer Blondes?
But while Jena has had some success battling extremism, the news is not so positive around the country.
The NPD branch in the state of Thuringia, where Jena is located, quickly issued accolades on Monday to Schröter on its website.
From the time of its foundation down to the present century the name of Jena stood for all that was wild, absurd, and outrageous.
The most suitable fete the Germans can devise for him is a celebration of Jena and Auerstadt.
As a student he visited Jena, where he distinguished himself by his devotion to philological and literary studies.
Oct. 14th, 1806, the terrible defeat at Jena put Prussia in the hands of the enemy.
The originators of the Burschenschaften movement, for example, were eleven students at Jena.
Melanchthon indignantly left the court and returned to Jena.

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Hyderabad, May 9: Having crashed out of IPL 5, Deccan Chargers look to end their campaign on a high with a couple of wins which seems like mission impossible as they take on title favourites Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad on Thursday.
Kumar Sangakkara-led Chargers have registered only two wins from 12 matches and have secured only 5 points so far which narrate the fate of the team. Their desire to end the tournament with a high seems to be a herculean task as they are facing tough teams in their remaining matches.
Deccan needs a total make-over as they are struggling to get the breakthroughs and restrict the run-flow. Apart from Dale Steyn, none of them have created an impact. Moreover Steyn, missed the previous match due to an injury which makes him a doubtful starter for the match against Virender Sehwag's XI making life difficult for the Chargers.
Facing the second placed Delhi Daredevils, Chargers need an extraordinary effort to pull a win against them at Hyderabad.
Delhi Daredevils on the other hand, are missing the fireworks of Kevin Pietersen as he has left for England, which was evident as Delhi's middle order failed to put up a good score against Gautam Gambhir's Kolkata Knight Riders to lose by 6 wickets.
Virender Sehwag alongwith David Warner would look to capitalise on a depleted Deccan attack, while Ross Taylor who has not fired yet would be keen on getting some runs and contribute to a winning cause. Delhi would be keen on getting their campaign back on track after a loss to KKR on Monday.
With a balanced outfit, Daredevils would be keen on crushing the hapless Chargers to regain their top spot.
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (captain), David Warner, Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, K. Venugopala Rao, Aaron Finch, Unmukt Chand, Irfan Pathan, Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Naman Ojha (wicketkeeper), Ajit Agarkar, Andre Russell, Yogesh Nagar, Doug Bracewell, Umesh Yadav, Punit Bisht, Robin Bist, Avishkar Salvi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sunny Gupta, Varun Aaron, Prashant Naik, Vikas Mishra, Zafir Patel, Kuldeep Raval, Manpreet Juneja, Glenn Maxwell, Gulam Bodi, Pawan Negi and Tejaswi Yadav.
Deccan Chargers: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Bharat Chipli, Cameron White, Jean Paul Duminy, Dan Christian, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Juan Theron, Manpreet Gony, Kedar Devdhar, Daniel Harris, Ishank Jaggi, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Akash Bhandari, Chris Lynn, Tanmay Mishra.
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Despite having a couple of big projects on the horizon, the Greenwood village commission managed to hold the line on taxes in 2014/15.
At the village's recent annual meeting, the five-member commission presented the budget for the coming fiscal year. Residential and commercial tax rates will remain at last year's rates of 23 and 29 cents, respectively, on $100 of assessed value. The village expects to collect $385,200 in taxes based on combined assessed values of $1.58 million, up from last year's assessment of $1.55 million.
Greenwood's balanced operating and capital budget of $428,100 calls for revenues and expenses of $129,150 for public works, $100,250 for government services, $83,000 for transportation services, $46,000 for the civic building, $40,000 for fiscal services and $29,700 for recreation and cultural services.
The largest project for the village involves the switch over of its street lights to LED technology. Stranded asset costs for old streetlights have now been settled on with Nova Scotia Power and the village has budgeted $240,000 for the project.
"It took us longer that we wanted to get this going," acknowledged commission chairman Don MacDonald.
Greenwood partnered with Wolfville, Middleton and Bridgetown to tender the light replacement work. MacDonald hopes the work will be completed by the end of July.
"I will be watching our light bills to see the impact of these new lights," noted MacDonald, who said sidewalk construction on Tremont Road may also be explored in the year ahead.
"Development has been on the increase out there," resulting in more vehicle and pedestrian traffic, he noted.
"So we need to look at doing something."
A boundary review has also been under discussion by the commission. MacDonald said commissioners have agreed to wait until Kings County council wraps up its 2050 planning exercise before launching anything official.
"It's important that our plan is in line with Kings County's," pointed out MacDonald, adding there is potential for 42 new lots to be developed in River Ridge Subdivision.


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Remington model 41 Targetmaster 22 cal. rifle
I am trying to find a replacement bolt for my Remington model 41 Targetmaster 22 cal. rifle. I took it to a "gunsmith" goes by the name Brass Webb, and I never saw him nor my bolt again(30 years). If anyone knows where to find this part please contact me, I would love to get this old gun of my grandfathers up and shooting again.
Check eBay, I have the same gun and the bolt handle broke off we welded it back on but I got another from eBay.
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If i read that right, Numrich is sold out, but perhaps they could recommend an alternative supplier.
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One of my free nipple grafts partially failed so that only about half the areola took and no nipple. What are my options to correct this?
One of my Free Nipple Grafts Partially Failed- How Can I Correct This?
Doctor Answers 2
Nipple reconstruction
There are a number of good options for reconstructing a nipple and areola that has been lost after surgery. However, I would suggest that you wait approximately six months, following your original surgery, to allow the remaining areola to heal and establish a new blood supply. After that amount of time, it should be safe to proceed with a reconstruction with either skin grafts or tattooing for the areolar and either local flaps or injectable fillers for the nipple.
Learn more: http://www.VincentLeporeMD.com
This is a problem that is sometimes seen with free nipple grafting. Free nipple grafting is usually done in breast reductions that require lifting the nipples long distances to get them in the correct position. Usually it is reserved for cases in which the surgeon believes the nipples wouldn't survive if left attached. Your nipple can be repaired in a number of different ways. Options include skin grafting from the other nipple or other sites, pigmentation with tatoo, and local flaps for the nipple. What will work best for you depends on your skin type and how big of an area needs to be reconstructed.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
A good understanding of the health heterogeneity of elderly people, their characteristics, patterns of health care utilization and subsequent expenditures is necessary to adequately evaluate the policy options and interventions aimed at improving quality and efficiency of care for older people. This article reviews studies that used Latent Class Analysis to identify four health profiles among elderly people in Taiwan: High Comorbidity (HC), Functional Impairment (FI), Frail (FR), and Relatively Healthy (RH). Variables associated with increased likelihood of being in the FR group were older age, female gender, and living with one's family, and these also correlated with ethnicity and level of education. The HC group tended to use more ambulatory care services compared with those in the RH group. The HC group tended to be younger, better educated, and was more likely to live in urban areas than were people in the FI group. The FI group, apart from age and gender, was less likely be of Hakka ethnicity and more likely to live with others than were individuals in the RH group. The FI group had relatively high probabilities of needing assistance, and the FR group had higher healthcare expenditures. A person-centered approach would better satisfy current healthcare needs of elderly people and help forecast future expenditures.
Taiwan's population is aging faster than that in most other developed countries [
To deal with the healthcare needs of elderly people and their subsequent use of healthcare services, it is increasingly important to shift our traditional view of diseases and syndromes to a person-centered approach, which takes multiple observed health indicators into account to describe health heterogeneity more comprehensively. Approaching healthcare needs by addressing elements of the mind, body, and spirit, as exemplified by integrative medicine in America, will better reflect the healthcare needs of elderly patients, and has emerged as a potential solution to America's current healthcare crisis [
To identify the health profiles of elderly people in Taiwan, a model based on Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used. This model utilizes the methodology that is part of the Mplus program [
To understand which factors influenced health heterogeneity and the impact of health heterogeneity's impact on healthcare utilization, two main research programs were conducted in Taiwan, and the previous research was reviewed. First, we examined the socio-demographic and economic characteristics associated with the health profiles of elderly people, and secondly we examined the effects of different health profiles on the utilization of and expenditures for healthcare services. We believe that the person-centered approach, which took unobserved heterogeneity into account [
A universal national health insurance (NHI) program was initiated in Taiwan in 1995. By June 2011, more than 99% of the total population (approximately 23 million people) had benefited from NHI. According to the statistics [
In addition, long-term care is presumably in increasing demand by elderly people, particularly those with functional decline. In Taiwan, long-term care is now covered by the policy of a "Ten Year Long Term Care Plan". This welfare service was launched in 2007; by 2012, about 22% of elderly people requiring long-term care were receiving the service [
It has been well documented that the group of elderly people actually consumes a disproportionate—and sometimes inappropriate—amount of services [
Using the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) dataset of Taiwan, all available health indicators were used in our studies to determine health profiles of elderly persons by LCA. The health indicators chosen were related to need factors as measured by health conditions, sensory limitations, and functional impairments as the potential endogenous factors that influence the health of elderly people. Indicators (yes/no) of chronic conditions included self-reported hypertension, diabetes, renal disease, heart disease, stroke, cancer, respiratory disease, joint and musculoskeletal problems, and other comorbid conditions. We included only those conditions where individuals acknowledged that the diagnosis had been confirmed by a physician. Sensory limitations (yes/no) included self-declared problems with hearing and vision. Self-rated health (bad/not bad) was determined by the interviewee's own perception. Cognitive problems were measured with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE; scores < 23 indicated cognitive impairment). Depression was examined with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15; scores > 10 indicated depression). Functional disability (yes/no) was defined as difficulty with activities of daily living (ADL), including eating, taking a bath/shower, dressing, using the toilet, getting up from a bed/chair, moving around the home; instrumental ADL (IADL), including cooking, shopping, using the phone, taking medication, doing light and heavy housework, washing, managing money and degree of mobility (difficulty in performing upper and lower limb movements).
A previous study that evaluated 1,064 older Canadians used LCA to identify four latent classes of health status, including an apparently healthy group, one with physical impairment, one with psychological impairment; and a group who had both physical and psychological impairment [
According to results of the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which was conducted for elderly people in Taiwan, nearly 17% of elderly people (the FR and FI groups) may need healthcare assistance due to functional disability. This percentage is higher than the 12.7% of those who had trouble with at least one ADL, according to the same survey. It is also higher than another population-based estimation in 2008, which showed that approximately 15.02% of older Taiwanese may need health care assistance. That survey used only three variables (ADL, IADL, and the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)) as health indicators [
Heterogeneity in elderly people is not a new concept. However, with complex chronic conditions, diseases, and functional disabilities, it is critical that all health complaints, both physical and psychological (such as depression, and worsening cognition), should be taken into consideration together if we are to meet the increasing healthcare demands of older people [
Predicted probability for health indicators, conditioned on latent profile [
Previous research showed that different socio-demographic and economic characteristics were risk factors influencing elderly peoples' health status and health care utilization [
In Taiwan, the sociodemographic differences were significant among elderly persons with the four health profiles. It was clear that, with increasing age, elderly people in the HC, FI, and FR groups were more likely to be vulnerable and to need care assistance. Apart from age, individuals in the HC, FI and FR groups, in comparison to the RH group, were more likely to be female. Those with advanced age and female gender had increased likelihood of being in the FR group and less likelihood of living alone or with a spouse only. Apart from the increasing likelihood of age and gender (female), the FI group was also less likely to live alone than were elderly persons in the RH group. Elderly persons in the HC group were more likely to live in urban areas, to be middle class (with a monthly income of NT$30,000 to NT$50,000) and to be male. When members of the HC group were compared further with the FI group, they tended to be younger and also more likely to have migrated from Mainland China. We also found that elderly Hakka were less likely to be categorized in the FI and FR groups, which indicated that they were more likely to have better health than do their Taiwanese counterparts. This may be partially related to the characteristics of Hakka, who are known to be hardworking and thrifty, and an area that needs to be further addressed in the future.
Previous research, both cross-sectional and in some longitudinal studies, has reported that older adults living alone are at greater risk for poor physical and emotional health [
The health effects associated with different living arrangements may also vary by gender. For instance, it has been reported in western studies that men benefit more from marriage than do women [
Educational levels were also important factors associated with the health groups [
The heterogeneity of elderly people shown by their health profiles reflects the differences and socioeconomic characteristics of the current elderly generation in Taiwan. The causal relationship of these characteristics was critically important both for identifying the high-risk groups of elderly people and for appropriate health care resource allocation.
In terms of utilization of health services, one of the most frequently used frameworks has been the behavioral model developed by Andersen, Aday, and others. This behavioral model, which has been extensively revised [
The heterogeneous group of elderly people actually consumes a disproportionate and sometimes inappropriate share of healthcare services [
The effects of health heterogeneity on the utilization of healthcare services were explored in Taiwan [
Previous research has shown that the availability of Taiwan's NHI greatly increased the utilization of both outpatient and inpatient services by elderly people [
The annual mean health care expenditures for each health profile (per user/per year).
Previous studies have shown that the older age population usually accounts for the biggest proportion of a country's healthcare costs [
In terms of gender, males were more likely to use inpatient care services and less likely to be heavy users of ambulatory care than were females. This may be related to different behavioral responses by males and females in their contextual environment [
While health profiles have strong effects on the utilization of healthcare services and subsequent expenditures, other variables also have a significant influences but their magnitude is determined by the nature of the health measure employed [
The experience of LTC utilization, either as formal or informal services, was found to be a risk factor for higher health care utilization. In Taiwan, the experience of LTC utilization had a significant influence on ambulatory care expenditures and inpatient care use. These results were consistent with previous studies, in which a correlation was found between LTC use and hospitalization in the Netherlands [
According to Andersen
Although multiple health indicators serve as valid outcomes predictors, they relate differently to various dimensions of health. It becomes increasingly clear that health changes cannot be fully described by any one dimension [
There is an increasing need to understand how aging affects health and vitality by means of a person-centered approach. That is, to describe health heterogeneity more comprehensively one needs to take observed health indicators into account. From this perspective, decision makers could assess the effects of heterogeneity and explore socio-demographic and economic characteristics, to better understand the health characteristics of elderly people, and thus to project their subsequent care needs and adjust the distribution of health care resources [
The increasing healthcare demands of older people and their subsequent utilization of health care services is a complex issue. It is evident that the effect of the different health profiles of elderly people on the likelihood of utilization and expenditure of health care services was significant. Taking the heterogeneity of elderly people into account can help provide a better understanding of the patterns of health care needs and health care use by the older population. By doing so, it will enable policy makers to develop a systematic strategy to attack the issue of cost of health care for aging populations. We suggest that a person-centered approach to aging is needed in order to satisfy current needs and to forecast expenditures in the future.
This review article includes related studies in Taiwan which received financial support from the National Science Council, Taiwan (Project number: NSC 99-2410-H-006-009; 100-2410-H-006-002). MedCom Asia is also acknowledged for providing English editorial assistance.
The authors declare no conflict of interest in any aspect of the data collection, analysis, or the preparation of this paper.


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FATE Old West
Juan Rivas
Juan is a sharp eyed Mexican national in his forties. He is said to be a cruel and dangerous man.
Juan Rivas is a Mexican national wanted for a number of crimes including murder, robbery, rape, and cattle thievery. He once led many banditos, but rumor has it that his gang has broken up and he rides with only a few remaining loyal men.
REWARD: $200 Dead or Alive


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London: Ottis Gibson has been appointed as England's new fast bowling coach, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Sunday.
The appointment of the 38-year-old West Indian follows England's 3-2 win over hosts Sri Lanka in the five-match one day international series which has just ended.
Gibson was Durham's leading wicket-taker this season with 80 wickets and is the current PCA player of the year.
In a statement on the board's Web site (www.ecb.co.uk), Gibson said: "I am delighted to be a part of the England team in a full-time capacity as bowling coach. I've thoroughly enjoyed working with the team over the past few weeks in what has been a successful ODI tour of Sri Lanka.
"I've been involved with the ECB fast bowling programme for a number of years now and as a level four qualified coach who's worked with both the senior England bowlers and several younger England bowlers, I feel I'm well equipped to take up the position as fast bowling coach."
He added that the future looked bright for England's bowlers.
Peter Moores, the England team's head coach told BBC Five Live on Sunday: "We know we are getting a great bowling coach and it has come at the perfect time.
"He had a great season with Durham and the time has come for him to hang up his boots and move into coaching. He can influence the bowlers and talk about some of the things he feels are important to be successful."
Gibson's decision will disappoint Durham, however, who hoped he would play for them again next season after they finished second in the county championship table.
Former South African fast bowler Allan Donald had worked with England from May until September, but rejected the opportunity to take on a full-time role.


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I'm in!
I'm in!
Why would there be a failure list? I thought you were supposed to inspire the the participants, not degrade those who have lost
Basically if you're the first one to lose, you're shamed. Same with the second, and third, and so on. You don't want to be the guy everyone laughs at from their high horse of confidence and willpower.
Failure list doesn't mean you're doomed, it means you take a few weeks off and try again (or, you believe nothing will come of it/nothing comes of it, so you just chill with porn)
I'm in. I will not watch porn.
I'm being so damm lazy, i don't do my homework, and i sleep in class. I hope this works.
all the haters seem to be the people who have never done it (because they cant)
trust me, it actually works and it is definitely not a placebo. when you actually stop porn/fapping for a good amount of time (at least a month) you realise how much more sluggish and apathetic you were prior to giving it up. if youre one of these tards who thinks its a conservative christian conspiracy, read through all of the links in the first post.
put me on the list OP
im surprised so many people managed you rate you dumb, as im sure their hands were preoccupied with fapping and simultaneously stroking their neckbeard.
hey mountainwatcher, u mad?
Man, I just download 9 gigs of porn last week and now it's going all to waste.
Im in. At least for no more porn. Ill probably still masturbate, but at a lesser frequency. It just bugged me that when i tried to jerk it without porn, i didnt get all that aroused. Just less than a year ago i would get aroused by thinking about real girls, but lately not so much.
You're body doesn't know the difference between fapping and doing a dude/chick, sorta defeats the point of you do one or the other!
If you print off a photo or two of porn, and use exclusively those two, you'd still be kosher.
This is actually true. Grade 5 is when I started whackin it and that's also the year when I started becoming really weird, quiet n awkward. I'm gonna try this, it just sucks that it takes 5 months to fully "recover".
Actually, looking at success stories on yourbrainonporn, it looks more to be ~2-4 months for recovery.
i'm in. put a filter on my internet to stop pornography and everything. this is less for the effects, more just to see what happens, like if i start foaming at the mouth or something
i will do itttttt
i stopped fapping for 2 months and i felt the most powerful and confident in my life
then i came and then i was back to normal(noticed it instantly cuz i didn't want to do anything after that)
nvm i lost
I might actually try this for the heck of it!
Though, now that I think about it further...
People should really stop looking at pretty guys/chicks in public as they walk on by then, especially those in high-population areas of the world. And those darn bisexuals, getting a good double-dose every time they leave their home.
This is what runs through my head, how is a collection of pictures any different than a crowd?
I'll give it a shot.
I'll try it.
No way I'm deleting my porn folder though. I spent 3 years building that thing up.
I'm just a big barrel of questions!
Ehh what the hell. I'm in, I need more sleep anyways
Just to clarify, it's fine if we still masturbate while thinking of real girls (i.e. someone we know irl maybe or have seen, not porn stars)? I've got no problem with that, I really only used porn as sort of a jump-start because after awhile it isn't as satisfying for me.
Deleted all my porn, lets go.
That's not to say you can't fantasize about other stuff, ie. clothed people, people you know, etc. - just make sure it's not about porn you have viewed.
Sign me up, i've been wanting to know how a life without porn feels like.
Based on what i've read, porn of just one person is allowed, isn't it?
I'm in too!


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USS HARRY S. TRUMAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) concluded air defense interoperability exercises with French destroyer FS Jean Bart (D615) July 9.
The three-day joint exercises included air intercept control exercises, a gunnery exercise and concluded with a photo exercise (PHOTOEX) of the three ships steaming together in formation.
Truman had previously conducted joint exercises with French aircraft carrier CVN Charles de Gaulle (R 91) in June 2010 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of French Naval Aviation and spent two months operating with German frigate FGS Hessen (F221).
"What has continually amazed me is the smoothness with which our coalition partners integrate into the strike group," said Capt. Bob Barwis, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 26. "In my time at sea, I have never seen integration this seamless. The Jean Bart Sailors are a professional, skilled and highly adaptable force that expertly executes whatever task they are assigned."
Crew members from Jean Bart took the opportunity to visit Truman and Churchill, while planning staff from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and Churchill spent time on Jean Bart.
Lt. j.g. Ronald Hamon, an air controller on board the Jean Bart, appreciated the opportunity to tour the Truman. Although Hamon has served on board Charles de Gaulle, this was his first experience on a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
"It is always good to train together, and we both benefit from these exercises," said Hamon.
Lt. j.g. Lauren Nelson, an operations planner with CSG 10, was impressed by the professionalism of the French Sailors and by the hospitality U.S. Sailors received during their time on board Jean Bart.
"The equipment, training and operating procedures between both our navies are very similar," said Nelson. "They seemed excited to begin working together, as were we."
The Truman CSG deployed May 21 from its homeport of Norfolk, and includes CSG 10, Harry S. Truman, USS Normandy (CG 60), Destroyer Squadron 26, Winston S. Churchill, USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), USS Ross (DDG 71) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3.
For more news from USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), visit www.navy.mil/local/cvn75/.


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by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2012
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched a new video series that highlights New American Chemical Society video series shines a light on transparent solar cells-making research from the society's suite of more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific journals. The first episode of Breakthrough Science focuses on research reported in one of those journals, ACS Nano.
It involved development of new transparent solar cells, an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside.
The video is available here.
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In the video, Yang Yang, Ph.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles, explains the development of a new kind of solar cell that produces energy by absorbing mainly infrared light, not visible light, making the cells 66 percent transparent.
These so-called polymer solar cells are lightweight and flexible and can be produced in high volume at low cost.
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After more than 12 months of testing aboard the International Space Station (ISS), an experimental water quality monitoring kit based on technology developed by USTAR professor Marc D. Porter and University of Utah researcher Lorraine M. Siperko was recently certified as operational hardware by NASA.
The kit, called the Colorimetric Water Quality Monitoring Kit (CWQMK), uses Colorimetric Solid Phase Extraction (CSPE) technology to monitor the biocides molecular iodine and ionic silver in the potable water supply on the ISS.
"Our focus was to develop a small, simple and safe low-cost water testing system that uses a handheld device, doesn't consume materials or generate waste, takes minimal astronaut time and works in microgravity," Porter said. "It is a complex system with a simple goal: to ensure that our astronauts have safe drinking water in space."
The kit utilizes a commercially available handheld device that weighs just 1.1 pounds and operates on four AA batteries to collect data and provide direct readout of analyte concentration. Complete analyses can be completed in about two minutes, providing the crew a near real-time indication of whether or not adequate disinfectant levels are present in their drinking water.
"Having been an astronaut myself, I can appreciate the importance of having access to clean water in space," said Charles Precourt, Vice President and General Manger, ATK Space Launch Systems, and Director of USTAR's Governing Authority. "This is a milestone achievement not only for USTAR, but for NASA and the future of space travel."
In addition to acting as a biocide monitor, the CWQMK is also an expandable platform that can be augmented to monitor other water quality parameters. For example, the capability to monitor total iodine compounds (the sum of molecular iodine, iodide, and triiodide) was added to the kit during the certification process.
Currently, the vast majority of water quality data from the International Space Station is obtained through ground analysis of archival samples. With the retirement of the shuttle fleet later this year, the frequency and number of samples returned from ISS will be decreased. Having an adaptable platform like the CWQMK available on-orbit has the potential to provide greater insight into water quality when regular archive samples are no longer available.
In addition to his work on the CWQMK, Porter is working on a $3.2 million grant to develop new nanotechnology-based testing for pancreatic cancer, and leads the USTAR Nano Biosensors team. Porter and his team will soon relocate to the James L. Sorenson Biomedical Technology Building, a state-of-the-art 208,000 square-foot facility on the University of Utah campus to be completed in early 2012.
Marc D. Porter, Ph.D. is the director of The Nano Institute of Utah at the University of Utah. He is also a USTAR professor for Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Pathology at the U. Lorraine M. Siperko, Ph.D. is a research scientist for The Nano Institute of Utah at the University of Utah. Dr. Siperko is researching the development of nanoanalytical methodologies and their application to nanomaterials, interfacial sciences, nanobiosensors and nanomedicine.
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Frank D'Rone
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Frank D'Rone in 1959
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|Frank Caldarone
April 26, 1932
Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
|October 3, 2013
(aged 81)
Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
|Singer, guitarist
Frank D'Rone (April 26, 1932 – October 3, 2013)[1][2][3] was an American jazz singer and guitarist.
Born Frank Caldarone in Brockton, Massachusetts,[3] D'Rone was raised in Providence, Rhode Island, and began singing and playing the guitar professionally at age five. At age 11, he had his own local radio show. At age 13, he won an Artist's Degree in classical guitar from the American Guild of Stringed Instruments. At age 18, he headed for New York and beyond, moving to Chicago in the late 1950s. D'Rone achieved success in Chicago clubs, attracting the attention of such jazz luminaries as Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton and Nat King Cole. Dick LaPalm, a record promoter for Nat Cole and Peggy Lee amongst others, got him his first recording contract with Mercury Records and introduced him to Cole.[citation needed]
His first album, Frank D'Rone Sings, was released in 1959,[4] and included liner notes penned by Cole, who later helped D'Rone earn several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1960s and 1970s. An album with arrangements by record producer Billy May, After the Ball, was released in 1960.[4] D'Rone was a performer at the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco, California, where he recorded a live 1962 album, In Person. However his recording contract with Mercury ended at this time.[4] He also recorded for Columbia Records and RCA Camden. In late 1959 and early 1960s he made numerous appearances on Hugh Hefner's PLAYBOY'S PENTHOUSE.
His style was praised by jazz critic Will Friedwald as "all singing from the heart and no put-ons."[5] He had one hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1960, with the song "Strawberry Blonde (The Band Rocked On)".[6]
In 2006, D'Rone released a recording made in 1984 at a club in Chicago (Benchley's On Broadway), entitled Falling In Love With Love - Live In Chicago. For the past few years before his illness, D'Rone had been performing at various venues in the Chicago area, including Chambers Restaurant, The Green Mill, at the Chicago Jazz FestivalL and the Jazz Showcase. He also performed benefits for a school in Michigan at which he made a DVD. In 2012, D'Rone released a new CD, Double Exposure (Whaling City Sounds), in which his vocals are self-accompanied on guitar, alternated with big band numbers with charts written by Phil Kelly.[4]
D'Rone died on October 3, 2013, aged 81, in Wheaton, Illinois from cancer.
- ^ "Frank D'Rone Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Frank D'Rone: Albums, Songs, Biogs, Photos". Amazon.co.uk. 1932-04-26. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ a b "Frank D'Rone, Chicago singer-guitarist, dead at 81". Chicago Tribune. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- ^ a b c d Bush, John. "Frank D'Rone - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond. Page 330-331. Da Capo Press, 1996
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 169. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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On location for their upcoming film, Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan teamed up at a thrift store in Los Angeles on Monday (November 5) for continued production of "A Many Splintered Thing."
Costumed up in a vintage-esque white floral dress, the "Source Code" actress at one point could be seen bursting out into laughter as her casually clad 31-year-old leading man gleefully watched on.
Drumming up plenty of support from Tinseltown's biggest names, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted it's annual Art + Film Gala on Saturday night (October 27).
With Robert Pattinson making a surprise appearance, the "Twilight" heartthrob was surrounded by lovely ladies including Cameron Diaz and Amy Adams, who both brightened up the LACMA venue in darling yellow dresses, as well as Evan Rachel Wood, Minka Kelly, Amber Heard and cleavage-baring beauty Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
After a night of red carpet glory at "The Iceman" premiere, Chris Evans kissed goodbye to the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday (September 11).
The 31 year-old actor packed away the suit from the previous evening and dressed down in sunglasses, cap, blue t-shirt and gray pants as he made his way through Toronto Pearson Airport.
Gathering together to premiere their latest movie, the stars of "The Iceman" were on hand at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday night (September 10).
Female lead in the film Winona Ryder looked elegant in a simple black dress with open toe heels while her fellow male co-stars Chris Evans and Michael Shannon looked dapper for their red carpet appearance.
Keeping the fans interest piqued, a new bonus clip was released today (August 22) for "The Avengers" ahead of the September 25th Blu-ray and DVD release.
The short clip is part of a longer featurette, which will be included on the Blu-ray/DVD. It focuses on Chris Evans' character, Captain America and Mark Ruffalo's character, The Hulk.
Still reigning in its box office glory, Marvel's "The Avengers" is already scheduled to begin filming its sequel after an announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon (May 8).
This news is hardly shocking considering the super-hero's mega opening weekend making more than $207 million and according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, "The Avengers isn't just a film, It's a franchise from our perspective."
It's almost Friday (May 4), which means "The Avengers" is just days away from hitting theaters here in the USA!
In the meantime, Marvel Studios is offering up a delicious appetizer in the form of a brand new featurette to get moviegoers familiar with the film's story line.
Kicking off the week with a promotional appearance, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth were spotted at "Good Morning America" today (April 30).
The "Thor" hunk and the "Captain America" stud were in the house to plug their new film "The Avengers," set to hit theaters in the USA on Friday, May 4th. It opened internationally this past weekend and scored a whopping $178 million so far.
Earning more money than all of our nation's biggest box-office hits combined this year, "The Avengers" staggered extremely impressive numbers with its international premieres.
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A few quick news notes for you on this Saturday morning.Grant Morrison Awarded MBE: It isn't every day that an avowed ritual magician is made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Comics writer Grant Morrison, famous for works like "The Invisibles," and the recent "Supergods," was recognized "for services to film and literature" on the Queen's annual birthday honors list. Morrison has long advocated the use of magic(k), sigil magick in particular. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibpudvSTU4o"All you need to begin the practice of magic is concentration, imagination and the ability to laugh at yourself and learn from mistakes. Some people like to dress up as E … [Read more...]
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Assembly Measure Addresses Subprime Mortgage Crisis
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June 24, 2008
Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Mid-Island), Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer (D-East Shore/Brooklyn) and Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D-North Shore) announced the Assembly passed legislation addressing the subprime mortgage crisis and providing some assistance to at risk homeowners (A.10817-A). Under an agreement reached by the Assembly, Senate and governor, the measure puts tougher regulations into place for lenders and offers assistance to homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. "Families suffering from this subprime lending crisis are losing their homes," said Assemblyman Titone. "We are offering some protections to ensure homeowners struggling have some guidance about how to get through this difficult process, before foreclosure becomes the only option. We want people to be able to stay in their homes." To help existing homeowners, the agreement modifies the current foreclosure process by:
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- Establishing Mandatory Settlement Conferences to bring a borrower together with the party initiating the foreclosure proceeding to attempt to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
- Enacting a subprime mortgage lending statue that identifies limitations and prohibited practices for subprime home loans, requires lenders to consider borrowers' ability to repay the loan and provides remedies to borrowers who have been subjected to violations;
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Mr Machin, started his 24-year retail career at hypermarkets in the UK, selling groceries and general merchandise. Now he wants to take Target back to its roots as one of Australia's most trusted discounters and a destination for childrenswear and lingerie. He is Target's third managing director in two years.
However, the 42-year-old, who played a lead role in the turnaround at
"I'm starting to create a vision of what the future looks like," he told AFR Weekend, flagging plans to revitalise Target's core apparel and homewares range and review its prices and sourcing. "But we have immediate problems I'm having to address."
The most urgent issues are cutting costs and clearing the $100 million in excess stock clogging up Target's stores and warehouses, the result of poor buying, inventory management and supply chains, made worse by adverse weather and cautious consumer sentiment.
Target needs to slash prices to clear excess stock while at the same time reducing the number of products in its stores – 200,000 stock keeping units compared with 50,000 SKUs at Kmart.
"We have too much stock and if you have too many SKUs, it's very hard to manage," said Mr Machin, who has asked his buyers to review every line.
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He also plans to cut at least 200 jobs from Target's head office in Geelong, where about 1200 are employed, and more job losses are likely as the group closes surplus warehouses.
At its peak, under former managing director Launa Inman, who is now running
This year Target is expected to earn between $140 million and $160 million, after restructuring costs, on sales of $3.7 billion. Return on capital is expected to slump to about 5 per cent.
Mr Machin said Target's problems were similar, but not identical, to those he faced at Coles five years ago: Target has lost customer trust because prices are too high; its stores are cluttered and confused; its range has left customers underwhelmed; ordering systems are inadequate and costs are too high.
"At Coles we were at ground zero and we rebuilt the business . . . with Target you're not quite at ground zero and there are some really good things you can't throw away," he said.
Since taking the helm eight weeks ago, Mr Machin has spent hundreds of hours speaking to customers, many of whom have shopped at Target since they were children.
"Where I'm clear in my mind is that our heritage has been built upon this universal appeal," he said.
"That doesn't mean you're everything to everyone – it doesn't mean we need to spray it – but it does mean we can have something for everyone."
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He wants to simplify the business, reducing the number of products and suppliers, implementing an easily understood "good, better, best" pricing structure, and tweaking the range to include classic but well-designed clothing and homewares.
"We don't want everything high fashion, we don't want to lead fashion, but we have an opportunity to modernise, an opportunity to be universal," he said. "Sometimes with style, simplicity wins out, and when we look now at what's really selling, it's things that are basic and really simple."
That means classic jackets with fewer zips and buttons, T-shirts "that will last" and simple white dinner sets.
The challenge for Target is that Kmart has adopted a similar strategy under managing director
Citigroup analyst Craig Woolford said Target's problems seem to have coincided with
Analysts have questioned whether there is room in the market for five discount department store chains – Target, Kmart, Big W, Harris Scarfe and Best & Less – and room for two in the Wesfarmers' stable.
"There's 100 per cent definitely room for Target," said Mr Machin.
"Everyone I've talked to internally and externally has high hopes. People want Target to succeed because it has an important place in Australia because of our heritage."
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Martha Coakley on Government Reform
Coakley's state political committee agreed to turn over more than $17,000 to charity as part of an agreement with campaign finance regulators announced last month. The state's Office of Campaign and Political Finance concluded that Coakley had violated Massachusetts campaign finance law by using her federal Senate funds for state political activities. (Boston Globe, 5/22/2014)]
Coakley said the campaign information was already on the Federal Election Commission Web site, while Capuano told Khazei he would not post his schedule because many people with personal problems want to meet with him. "If that's what you want to do, I will tell you, you will have a lot of people who will not come to see you," the congressman said.
On a matter of current events, the candidates were asked whether public figures should have an expectation to privacy. Capuano, Pagliuca and Khazei expressly said they personally had nothing to hide; but all said an examination of their lives was fair game. Coakley warned, however, that an excessive focus would deter people from running for political office.
The performance of our government seems at times disheartening and discouraging. I believe now is the time to move beyond the idea of "good enough for government" and demand a new standard of excellence.
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MA Gubernatorial:
Bill Weld
Charlie Baker
Dan Wolf
Deval Patrick
Don Berwick
Karyn Polito
Marty Walsh
Richard Tisei
Steve Grossman
Tom Menino
Warren Tolman
MA Senatorial:
Brian Herr
Bruce Skarin
Ed Markey
Elizabeth Warren
Gabriel Gomez
John Kerry
Mo Cowan
Gubernatorial Debates 2014:
AL: Bentley(R) vs.Griffith(D)
AR: Ross(D) vs.Hutchinson(R) vs.Griffin(R,Lt.Gov.)
AZ: Ducey(R) vs.DuVal(D) vs.Mealer(AE) vs.Gilbert(L) vs.
CA: Brown(D) vs.Kashkari(R)
CO: Hickenlooper(D) vs.Beauprez(R) vs.
CT: Malloy(D) vs.Foley(R) vs.Walker(R,Lt.Gov.)
FL: Scott(R) vs.Crist(D) vs.Snitker(L,Lt.Gov.)
GA: Deal(R) vs.Carter(D) vs.Hunt(L)
HI: Ige(D) vs.Aiona(R) vs.
IA: Branstad(R) vs.Hatch(D) vs.
MA: Coakley(D) vs.Baker(R) &Polito(R,Lt.Gov.) vs.
ME: LePage(R) vs.Michaud(D) vs.Cutler(I)
MI: Snyder(R) vs.Schauer(D)
NM: Martinez(R) vs.King(D)
NY: Cuomo(D) &Hochul(D,Lt.Gov.) vs.Astorino(R) vs.Hawkins(G) vs.
OK: Fallin(R) vs.Dorman(D)
PA: Corbett(R) vs.Wolf(D) vs.
Newly-elected 2014:
AK-I: Bill Walker
AR-R: Asa Hutchinson
AZ-R: Doug Ducey
IL-R: Bruce Rauner
MA-R: Charlie Baker
MD-R: Larry Hogan
NE-R: Pete Ricketts
PA-D: Tom Wolf
RI-D: Gina Raimondo
TX-R: Greg Abbott
Up for re-election 2014:
AK-R: Sean Parnell
AL-R: Robert Bentley
CA-D: Jerry Brown
CO-D: John Hickenlooper
CT-D: Dan Malloy
FL-R: Rick Scott
GA-R: Nathan Deal
HI-D: Neil Abercrombie
IA-R: Terry Branstad
ID-R: Butch Otter
IL-D: Pat Quinn
KS-R: Sam Brownback
ME-R: Paul LePage
MI-R: Rick Snyder
MN-D: Mark Dayton
NH-D: Maggie Hassan
NM-R: Susana Martinez
NV-R: Brian Sandoval
NY-D: Andrew Cuomo
OH-R: John Kasich
OK-R: Mary Fallin
OR-D: John Kitzhaber
PA-R: Tom Corbett
SC-R: Nikki Haley
SD-R: Dennis Daugaard
TN-R: Bill Haslam
VT-D: Peter Shumlin
WI-R: Scott Walker
WY-R: Matt Mead
Civil Rights
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Local Issues
Social Security
Tax Reform
Term-Limited or Retiring 2014:
AR-D: Mike Beebe
AZ-R: Jan Brewer
MA-D: Deval Patrick
MD-D: Martin O'Malley
RI-I: Linc Chafee
TX-R: Rick Perry


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The red dot by a link to a web site through the web address, site title,
word, or picture, indicates that you are leaving the Portsmouth School
District Web Site, and the Portsmouth School District is not responsible
for the content of this external site.
Antarctica is an unusual place located at the bottom of the world. This fifth largest continent is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined.
Antarctica is the coldest place and has the worst winter weather on Earth. Temperatures usually go to 60 degrees (F) below zero, but sometimes it gets up to just above freezing. Antarctica is the windiest, driest, and highest of all continents. In spite of its layer of ice, Antarctica is considered a desert, because it has so little rain (or snow) fall. It is not tall mountains that make Antarctica the highest continent, but the permanent layer of thick ice that covers it. Ice and snow cover almost all of Antarctica, with only some bare rocky areas showing. See how the sea ice surrounding Antarctica changes during the year. If this ice cap did not cover the area, Antarctica would be the smallest continent. There is almost no plant life on Antarctica. It is the only continent without any trees. Only a few small plants and some insects can live here year round. No large animals live on Antarctica through the entire year.
The stormiest ocean in the world surrounds Antarctica. Krill, fish, and squid live in this ocean. Some of the fish have antifreeze in their blood so they can survive the freezing waters near the ice packs. Seabirds live here, too. Some of the birds are skuas, gulls, and petrels. Large colonies of penguins make this area their home. These interesting birds hunt the waters for food and breed on Antarctica and the islands around it. Howling blizzards, freezing temperatures, and months of darkness make life hard for these birds.
If you are interested in the discovery of Antarctica, this site has information about Antarctic explorers. You can print the information, including a picture to color.
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SSMS boys sweep team titles at Commerce track and field meet
From Staff Reports
March 14, 2008 - COMMERCE - Sulphur Springs Middle School seventh and eighth grade boys won first place at the Commerce track and field meet on Feb. 28.
The seventh-grade boys had four first place finishes, five second place finishes and one third place finish.
In the eighth-grade, Kendrick Daniels set a new school record in the 100-meter dash, one of nine first-place finishes for the Wildcats.
Eighth Grade
Daniels ran a school record time of 11.31 seconds, while classmates Erick Simmons and Adrian Johnson finished third and fourth in times of 12.09 and 12.20, respectively, in the 100 meters.
Overall, Daniels finished with three medals as he won the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, 5 inches and was a member of the winning 4x100 relay team with Simmons, Kryshad Ivery and Dadrian Smith in a time of 47.4 seconds. Ivery was third in the long jump with a leap of 16-2.
Justin Owens finished first in the discus with a throw of 122-8, while Kody Chester was second at 119-6. In the shot put, Chester finished third with a throw of 35-10, while Sean Hoffman was fourth with a toss of 34-0.
In the triple jump, Jonathan Carlisle was third at 34-11 1/2, and Smith was fifth with a jump of 32-6.
Jordan McLarry finished first in the 1,600 meters (5 minutes, 45 seconds) and second in the 2,400 meters with a clocking of 9:20.
Owens also finished third in the 800 meters, while classmates Dakota Brown and Carlisle finished in fourth and fifth place for the Wildcats.
In the hurdles, Chester won the 110 meter event with a time of 17.3, while Francisco Garcia was sixth. In the 300 meter hurdles, Chester was first with a time of 47.01, while Garcia finished in fourth place.
In the 400 meters, Hoffman crossed the finish line in fourth place at 62.0, while Brown was fifth.
In the 200 meters, the Wildcats were represented by Ivery in second (25.0), Smith in third (26.3) and Adrian Johnson in fifth (26.6).
The 4x400 relay team of Ivery, Brown, Carlisle and Daniels was first in a time of 3:57.32, while the 4x200 relay team of Simmons, Smith, Johnson and Chester were second in 1:44.
Seventh grade
Canyon Gibby led the team by winning five medals, three gold and two silver. He won both the long jump (14-4) and triple jump (30-10) and placed second in both the 110 hurdles (19.71) and the 300 hurdles (51.3). He also ran a leg on the winning 4x200 relay team with Matthew Brice, Connor Cooper and Dustin Fryer in a time of 1:56.2.
Jenner Jackson also won a gold medal in the discus with a throw of 101-8, and also finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 27-11. Jarred Newton and Cade Price also placed in the shot put as Newton was second with a throw of 30-4, and Price was sixth at 27-5.
Connor Cooper was second in the triple jump at 30-3, while Daniel Torres was fourth with a 28-4 jump.
In the running events, Uriel Gutierrez was first in the 2,400-meter run in a time of 10:02, Quin Goodson was third in 10:43 and Dalton Rutherford was fifth in 11:12. In the 1,600 meters, Gutierrez finished in second in 6:07, while Collin Dennis was sixth in 6:25.
In the 800 meters, Dustin Churchman was fifth with a time of 2:43, while Jordan Jackson finished sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 29.64. Steven Moreno finished fifth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 55.34 seconds.
The 4x400 relay team of Donovan Stanfield, Johnathan Crook, Brice and Fryer was fourth with a time of 4:36.67.
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Monitoring your Queued Job
|qstat -f
|See the status of the job you just submitted
|qdel jobno
|Delete one of your jobs
|qstat -j jobno
|See why a job is stuck in the queue
|qstat -g c
|Current status of the queues on the cluster
|qstat -u username -g t
|See which compute nodes are being used by a user
|qstat -f -ne
|See which compute nodes have jobs assigned
You can also ssh into the compute node(s) on which you job(s) are running and run top. top will show you what is running on the compute node and what resources are being used.
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News for Youse: Non-supervillain billionaire consortium Planetary Resources plans asteroid-mining expedition
Are you a slightly unhinged billionaire tycoon with money to burn, no sense of risk aversion, and Armageddon on both DVD and Blu-ray? Well, you sound like the perfect person to bankroll a mining expedition—in space.
That's right, Planetary Resources, a not-at-all-creepy-sounding group of investors who are certainly not mad scientists and/or diabolically evil geniuses, wants to catch asteroids that whizz past our planet and mine them for water, oxygen, nitrogen, gold doubloons—you know, space stuff. It's apparently not about money in the slightest, but about ensuring humans have a permanent future in space. Which, again, doesn't sound creepy in the slightest.
Why yes, filmmaker James Cameron is one of the financiers. However did you guess?
You know those people in your office who don't seem to know the difference between "reply" and "reply all" in an email? Well, here's a cautionary tale: on April 20, Aviva Investors—which has offices around the world, including in the U.S., the U.K., France, Spain, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Finland, and the Netherlands—accidentally fired every single one of its 1,300 employees. Only one worker was supposed to be dismissed, and fortunately none of the remaining employees were totally offended by the mistake. But keep this tale in mind the next time you need to send out a sensitive email.
Today's unfounded Middle American moral panic: your dumbass children are drinking hand sanitizer. Apparently, thanks to a little thing called the Internet, at least six incredibly stupid California teens have distilled the stuff into 60-proof alcohol, then they drank it and presumably went blind.
Kids these days. If it isn't licking toads or snorting nutmeg, it's smoking banana peels and drinking hand sanitizer. Here's a tip from the callous Darwinist inside of us: if you're dumb enough to do it, well, we're shameless enough to laugh at the consequences.
And to round out the "you thought it was just an urban legend but it actually happens" report, the following video captures what is pretty much our worst nightmare: being swallowed alive by the earth. In China, a girl plummeted six metres after stepping on a weak spot in the pavement. She was quickly rescued and did not suffer serious injury, but the overarching metaphor is truly terrifying.
Follow supervillain wannabe Miranda Nelson on Twitter.