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I have a problem with using branch and hint histories which I got out of the cell simulator. I was able to get to a branch which is mispredicted (ran spu-gdb on ps3 and disas'd to the address) .. but I dont really know what to do now ;] because I have no idea how to "link" this branch in asm with a branch in my code ..
thanks for any hint
ps. i am finishing my diploma thesis now, a part of it was implementing a ray-tracer with different acc. structures on Cell (currently BIH and KDT) ... let's say that me not being a linux guru (I am a game programmer, a windows person usually :]) really made be bang my head against the wall a lot in the last few months ;] lots of times I felt that the documentation just presumed that people are linux experts (this ps is not about the branch histories in particular, this is just my first post here, so I felt a need to say this :])
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16 replies Latest Post - 2011-03-06T09:51:16Z by mikee111
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Updated on 2011-03-06T09:51:16Z at 2011-03-06T09:51:16Z by mikee111
Re: branch histories2008-12-29T07:23:16Z in response to mikee111I've managed to get help from my roomie, who happens to know his way around *nix .. anyhow, through gdb disas and info line I can look at which branch is where in code ... now, what's weird is this
my histories look like this: http://www.pastebin.cz/13657
I am wondering, shouldn't there be always a branch for every hint?
on line 109 you can find
line 109 hbrr 0x00f4c: 0x00f8c 0x00c68 9716 0 9716
there's a branch there (on f8c), but it is not listed in branch history .... instead on line 75 is 0x00d80, which does not point to a line with a branch (which is kinda confusing for me, why is there a wrong address) ... but the stats correspond to the while cycle happening on f8c
line 75 brhnz 0x00d80: 9716 3928 5788 0 3928
(well I know that hbrr cannot be a hint for brhnz .. but that's the only thing I can pair it with) ...
anybody encountered a hint for a branch that was not in the branch history? when can this happen? anything in docs I've overlooked?
Re: branch histories2008-12-30T08:04:06Z in response to mikee111well, according to surrounding posts everybody's busy with actually starting the simulator (or running it) .. so, can anyone at least point me to a place in the documentation (or anywhere on the internet) regarding branch and hint histories dumped from systemsim? I was unable to find any docs or at least a FAQ ..
thanks a lot :]
i wrote an x86 raytracer, ported it on cell, then tweaked the software caches, then put some branch hints in, then wrote a branchless version of my algos, then put in async cache access, now I want to tweak branch hints a little so I have something more to write about in my thesis.. it's still dead slow though and all those optimizations did not really help (branchless will spent all those saved cycles on more computation it has to do, and so on) ... you have to admire those guys who wrote that fully fledged RT on Cell, no idea how they did that :] well .. after its all written I'll post it here so you guys can rip my Cell results apart ;]
Re: branch histories2008-12-30T12:49:49Z in response to mikee111There is some information on branch and hint statistics in the slides at
In particular, slides 50-51 and 110-113 may be helpful.
Mike Kistler
Re: branch histories2008-12-30T16:13:41Z in response to mkistlerthanks mike, anyhow I forgot to mention I found this particular one (first one on google for "hint histories", I UTFG, yes :])
what is bothering me is a glitch of some sorts which is happening and I described it in my second post
basically there's a hint instruction that is not paired with a branch (the one on line 109) and there should be one for the branch on line 75 (i put it there) and there isn't ..
so I guess that those 9716 stall equal the 9716 hbrr instruction that execute in vain, not having a valid branch to hint ... and I have NO idea why is this happening .. it kinda ruins my statistics, as I don't know how to interpret this :(
Re: branch histories2009-01-01T11:36:10Z in response to mikee111Michal,
This is curious. I think it might be helpful to see the instructions near this hint ... say from 0xf00 to 0x1000. It would be even better if you could post enough of your code to be able to recreate this problem, but I know sometimes this is not possible or easy to do.
Mike Kistler
Re: branch histories2009-01-01T23:54:46Z in response to mkistlerokay, i've posted parts of my C++ code, asm output you've requested from gdb and info lines on pastebin here http://www.pastebin.cz/13758
i've forgotten to include
#define likely(_c) __builtin_expect((_c), 1)
#define unlikely(_c) __builtin_expect((_c), 0)
though its pretty selfexplanatory :]
the situation is thus this:
hbrr 0x00f4c: 0x00f8c 0x00c68 9716 0 9716
0x00000f4c hbrr 0xf8c,0xc68
0x00000f8c brnz $80,0xc68
this hint is indeed in asm and points to a branch that does exist in the code (but does not appear in branch histories for some reason) and it is the while cycle line
Line 695 of "../bih.cpp" starts at address 0xf8c and ends at 0xf90
695 while(likely(indexStack != 0 && !currNode.isLeaf()))
I've no idea why there are 9716 stalls, when this hint looks perfectly ok to me ... (and as it's branch is not listed in branch histories, I can't really know how does the branch itself perform)
what does appear in branch histories is this branch
brhnz 0x00d80: 9716 3928 5788 0 3928
0x00000d80 brhnz $3,0xda0
Line 719 of "../bih.cpp" starts at address 0xd7c and ends at 0xd84
719 bool secondTest = !SIMD_IS_FALSE(valid_iimax_t) && !SIMD_IS_FALSE(valid_iimax_s);
there's no branch on line 719, and
Line 724 of "../bih.cpp" starts at address 0xda0 <_ZN7BIH_SPE33Trace4PacketBranchlessWCacheAsyncER9RayPacket+952>
and ends at 0xda4 <_ZN7BIH_SPE33Trace4PacketBranchlessWCacheAsyncER9RayPacket+956>.
724 indexStack += firstTest;
there's nothing to jump to on line 724 either (no loop start, line just after a loop/if or something like that)
i've also checked the other frequented branch in branch histories
brnz 0x00ebc: 9716 7591 2125 0 7591
Line 163 of "../cache/cache-4way.h" starts at address 0xeb0 and ends at 0xec0
159 static inline int
160 __cache_line_lookup (unsigned int set, unsigned int ea)
161 {
162 // return (CACHELINE_ISTAG(set, ea) ? (int)set : -1);
163 if( unlikely( !CACHELINE_ISTAG(set, ea) ) )
164 return -1;
165 else
166 return (int)set;
167 }
(there was likely and no not inside, i've tried what will happen if there's unlikely there, nothing changed though, no hint)
this is cache code and yes, there's a branch there .. but it was supposed to be hinted, and it is not ... (the hint does not appear in hint histories, I've checked the code before 0x00ebc manually and there's no hint hinting this branch either)
considering the code, If necessary, I can upload my complete cell code and pinpoint the problematic locations, it is a raytracer, hence I would have to include some testing scene also . anyhow, I have a few that are smaller than 1MB, so that should not pose a problem :]
thanks a lot and have a happy new year! :] .. i am off writing my thesis text, kinda fed up with coding ;]
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T04:23:59Z in response to mikee111Michal,
Now that we know there is a branch a 0xf8c, I would be suspicious that the hint does not appear early enough to avoid a stall when the branch is reached. The CBE Handbook (Section 24.3.3) says that:
An HBR instruction should be placed at least 11 cycles followed by four instruction pairs
before the branch instructions being hinted by the HBR instruction.
Looking at the assembler, it looks like the hbrr might be a little too late. It is very close -- depending on when the cycle counting actually starts and stops, it could be right on or it could be one cycle off. And the hint history seems to imply a one cycle stall each time the branch is encountered, so it seems possible that the hint is just one cycle to late. Of course, it could also be the case that the simulator could be off by a cycle and inserts a stall when there really should not be one.
I don't know why 0xf8c does not show up in the branch history.
Regarding line 719 ... you say there is no branch on that line, but I think you need to look at the disassembly for that line to know for sure. Did you do that?
If it's not a problem, it would be great if you could post enough of your code so that we can compile and run it ... that will be the best way to uncover what is going on here.
Mike Kistler
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T12:45:38Z in response to mkistlera] regarding the f8c branch, there's a lnop instruction on 0x00000f88, so this can possibly be viewed as a stall by the stats ..
b] 719 well I looked on disassembly paired with that line, and there is one ... but I don't see why is it compiled like this, because line 719 looks like this:
bool secondTest = !SIMD_IS_FALSE(valid_iimax_t) && !SIMD_IS_FALSE(valid_iimax_s);
where #define SIMD_IS_FALSE(a) (a == sse_zero_i)
this is supposed to be on of the precomputed bools to avoid having branches :]
anyways, I am gonna pack my code together and post it here as soon as possible
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T13:41:39Z in response to mkistlerhttp://www.nantuko.cz/mikee/dip/mikeecellcode.tar.gz
small FAQ
a] settings.h are set as I had it when stats I showed were made (BIH structure used, branchless code, asyn cache, simulator mode, debug mode)
normally, cell works as a TCP server for x86 image client application, with debug mode it will raytrace a scene and stop
eclipse generated makefiles are included (my toolchain path is /opt/cell/toolchain/ .. you will have to change the path to code though, as it is set to /home/mikee/dip_cell/)
b] I've also included my testing setup with tlc file with my few added lines at the end for the cell simulator and shell script to run the simulator (just to pack it all)
c] there's a testing scene included (f15 fighter jet ;], f15.obj). As scene path is now hardcoded, you have to change the path in ppu/main.cpp:line 31 depending on where you actually have the scene
d] code we were talking about here is in function Trace4PacketBranchlessWAsyncCaches in bih.cpp: lines 667 to 784, with the profiled code between 697 and 740 (this function will be used for hierarchy traversal when settings.h as they are now are used)
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T13:43:16Z in response to mkistleroh, and I totally forgot to thank you for the time you're investing in this. thanks a lot, mike!
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T20:09:54Z in response to mkistlerwell, we had lunch with my *nix guru roomie, who basically slapped me and told me that trying to find anything with debug info in optimized (-O3) code is pure lunacy and he added something about woe on windows programmers and their children ;] .. well, it does make sense
we came to the conclusion that the branch on line 719 (in code there's no branch there) is made by optimizations and there's no hint for it because it's made up by g++ in some form of cycle decomposition into outer and inner loop (there's a hint for the outer loop, which I put there, but not for the inner)
is this a possible answer to what's happening?
I've compiled my code with -Os -finline-functions and ran it in the simulator, the same thing happened (apparent inconsistency between debug info and real code) .. so I've tried -O0, this was OK as far as debug info to code mapping is concerned, but of course there were lot of branch and links and also the while hint had dissapeared http://www.pastebin.cz/13821
I've tried to check man pages for spu-g++ and spu-gdb, only to find that these were identical to g++ and gdb mans, so I don't really have an idea how spu-g++ fools with those hints ...
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T23:30:34Z in response to mkistleranother friend pointed out that as while compiles to two branches, and as I can't get my hint through, it can be beneficial to do this by myself .. so I did, and apparently it helped. I've changed
while(hint(x)) { }
if(hint(x)) do { } while(hint(x);
I've gained 0.13 CPI and saved some 150K cycles. I was suspicious of this, so I checked if the image is still raytraced correctly, and apparently it is :]
here's the new code and stats from simulator http://www.pastebin.cz/13833
Re: branch histories2009-01-03T23:49:29Z in response to mikee111forgot to point out this:
hbrr 0x014bc: 0x01500 0x011e0 9716 0 0
no stalls and 0x01500 is the address of the do { } while cycle, so this is basically what I wanted to achieve (to hint the inner branch) .. though still there's no 0x01500 branch in branch histories ..
brnz 0x0142c: 9716 7591 2125 0 7591
unfortunately no hint for cache access (this branch) ...
Re: branch histories2009-01-04T00:18:20Z in response to mikee111I find it interesting that this shows the hint as 17 instructions away from the branch, rather than the 16 instructions in the prior version of the code. I would conclude that, at least as far as the simulator is concerned, the prior version had the hint one instruction too late.
Now the interesting question is whether the simulator is correct in it's interpretation of the required distance from hint to branch. Have you tried running this on actual hardware and measured the performance? If so, is it consistent with what is shown by the simulator?
Mike Kistler
Re: branch histories2009-01-04T14:08:53Z in response to mkistlerwell, the previous one was one instruction off as there was a lnop inserted by the compiler (that is a pipeline stall, is it) but it was also a different branch .. if I am presuming correctly that the while cycle is decomposed into two branches, outer and inner, then hint in the previous code was on the outer branch .. I've succeeded to have it on the inner branch by decomposing it manually as I mentioned in my last post
Regarding performance, I have remote access to a PS3 (placed at my faculty's building) with user rights only, and I was advised that for performance counters (like branch/hint stats, pipeline stats and so on) to work correctly kernel has to be patched and you have to have root rights of course (which I don't have). I can use SPE timer though, so I'll get the timings as soon as possible.
Re: branch histories2011-03-06T09:51:16Z in response to mikee111with all the submission rush i had no time to get back to this particular problem (and I was not able to find the timings now, they probably are somewhere in the bazillion measured files I had ..) and was working on different projects since, anyhow here's the complete thesis (in english) http://dip.felk.cvut.cz/browse/pdfcache/hapalm1_2009dipl.pdf
It's been two years now, but well, someone may still find it interesting ... I am still doing ray tracing, but not on Cell :)


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"As the political situation improves, there is the possibility of additional distance between Washington and Europe and I think that would be deeply problematic," Maloney added.
Eni has a history of raising the ire of U.S. officials with its business dealings in Iran. In early 2010, House Foreign Affairs staffers warned Eni that its business with Iran could put its U.S. investments at risk, according to diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.
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A spokesman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said that he "thinks loosening sanctions and recognizing Iran's enrichment program was a mistake, and it will not stop Iran's march toward nuclear capability."
Anxieties over renewed business interest in Iran comes amid liberal fears that Democratic leaders in the House may join with GOP counterparts to undercut the Obama administration's negotiations with Tehran. Congressional aides tell The Cable that Rep. Steny Hoyer, the no. 2 Democrat in the House, is considering legislation authored by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor that would insist any final deal on Iran prohibit all enrichment of uranium on Iranian soil.
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There fine. gotta watch with cissus rx though some peeple have gyno issues on it. I've used it succesfully in a few pct's, but got gyno using it on cycle.
You doing clomid? Nolva? ATD?
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yes i use nolava and clomid, this time i would like to une some hgc but i don t know exactly when i must do it.
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U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day One 12-26-12Submitted by pete on December 26, 2012 - 12:36
Slovakia 2 vs. Russia 3 (OT)
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
Artem Sergeev, Russia, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Russia, Win, 32/34, 1.85 GAA, .941 sv%
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 1-0-0, 0 SO, 1.85 GAA. .941 sv%
Nikita Nesterov assisted on Albert Yarullin's game winning goal 4:50 into overtime as Russia snuck past Slovakia 3-2. Nesterov has been named an assistant captain for Russia in the tournament. Slovakia forced overtime with a dramatic power play goal with 36 seconds left in regulation by Richard Mraz, but could not finish the comeback in the overtime session. Nikita Kucherov scored the game opening goal for Russia and was second on Team Russia in shots on goal with 4. Goaltender Andrey Vasilevskiy (pictured) was named Russia's player of the game after the match. Russia plays Team USA next on Friday.
KHL Game Day: 12-23-12Submitted by pete on December 23, 2012 - 17:50
KHL (Russia)
Khabarovsk 1 vs. Dynamo Moscow 3
Nikita Gusev, Khabarovsk, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals (KHL)(Khabarovsk): 9 GP, 2-3-5, +5, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(CSKA): 6 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(Total): 15 GP, 2-4-6, +3, 0 PIM
Season totals (VHL): 15 GP, 7-6-13, -2, 2 PIM
Nikita Gusev scored with 6 seconds left in regulation to break up Alexander Sharychenko's shutout bid in Khabarovsk's 3-1 loss to Dynamo Moscow. Gusev played 12:29 in the game. NHLer Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal in the match for Dynamo. Khabarovsk plays Ekaterinburg on Wednesday.
Novogorod 3 vs. Chelyabinsk 1
NHLer Alexander Semin had 1 goal and 1 assist to lead Novgorod to a 3-1 win over Chelyabinsk. Chelyabinsk's Nikita Nesterov is away with Russia's U20 junior team preparing for the start of the World Junior Championships on Wednesday.
Spartak Moscow 1 vs. Astana 2 (SO)
Victor Hedman, Astana, 0-0-0, +1, 16 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 26 GP, 1-19-20, +18, 70 PIM
Victor Hedman had a minor for hooking, a double-minor for roughing, and a late misconduct in 16:56 of ice time in Astana's 2-1 shootout win over Spartak. Ex-AHL journeyman Nigel Dawes scored his 14th of the season and the shootout winner for Astana. Ex-Lightning draft pick Ilya Solarev also appeared in the match for Astana, playing just 5:15 and taking a minor for hooking. Astana plays Mytischi on Wednesday.
CSKA 4 vs. Ufa 1
Ex-Lightning draft pick Alexei Glukhov had Ufa's only goal in their 4-1 loss to CSKA. Ex-NHLer Oleg Kvasha had 1 goal and 1 assist in the victory for CSKA. Ufa goaltender Andrey Vasilevskiy is away with Russia's U20 junior team in preparation for the World Junior Championships tournament that starts Wednesday.
KHL Game Day: 12-21-12Submitted by pete on December 21, 2012 - 19:25
KHL (Russia)
Khabarovsk 2 vs. St. Petersburg 6
Nikita Gusev, Khabarovsk, 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals (KHL)(Khabarovsk): 8 GP, 1-3-4, +4, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(CSKA): 6 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(Total): 14 GP, 1-4-5, +2, 0 PIM
Season totals (VHL): 15 GP, 7-6-13, -2, 2 PIM
Nikita Gusev had a helper in 13:15 of ice time in Khabarovsk's 6-2 loss to SKA St. Petersburg. NHLer Ilya Kovalchuk had a pair of assists in the victory for SKA. Khabarovsk will face Dynamo Moscow on Sunday.
Mytischi 3 vs. Chelyabinsk 4 (SO)
Caps first rounder Engeny Kuznetsov had a pair of goals and the shootout winner to lead Chelyabinsk to a 4-3 win over Mytischi. Chelyabinsk defenseman Nikita Nesterov remains away at Russia's U20 team camp ahead of the World Junior Championships.
Donetsk 2 vs. Astana 4
Victor Hedman, Astana, 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM, 5 SOG
Season totals: 25 GP, 1-19-20, +17, 54 PIM
Victor Hedman had a delay of game minor in 20:36 of ice time in Astana's 4-2 win over Donetsk. Ex-Lightning forward Brandon Bochenski scored his 15th goal of the season in the win for Astana. They face Mytischi on Wednesday.
Praha 6 vs. Ufa 1
NHLer Jakub Voracek had 2 goals and 3 points to lead Praha to a 6-1 win over Ufa. Andrei Vasilevskiy was again away for Ufa at Russia U20 camp. Ufa plays CSKA on Sunday.
Bratislava 1 vs. Nizhnekamsk 2 (SO)
Jaroslav Janus, Bratislava, SO Loss, 43/44, 0.92 GAA, .977 sv%
Season totals: 31 GP, 17-11-3, 4 SO, 2.15 GAA, .931 sv%
Jaroslav Janus allowed 1 of 3 penalty shooters to convert for the hard luck, 2-1 shootout loss to Nizhnekamsk. Bratislava faces Kazan tomorrow.
KHL Game Day: 12-19-12Submitted by pete on December 19, 2012 - 20:12
KHL (Russia)
Yaroslavl 2 vs. Chelyabinsk 1
Washington first rounder Evgeny Kuznetsov scored Chelyabinsk's only goal in their 2-1 loss to Yaroslavl. Defenseman Nikita Nesterov is away from Traktor to camp with Russia's U20 junior team.
Dinamo Riga 2 vs. Astana 3 (OT)
Victor Hedman, Astana, 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 24 GP, 1-19-20, +16, 52 PIM
Ex-Lightning forward Brandon Bochenski had his 14th goal of the season for Astana in their 3-2 win over Riga. Victor Hedman played 21:29 in the match. Astana faces Donetsk on Friday.
Bratislava 1 vs. Ufa 0 (SO)
Jaroslav Janus, Bratislava, Win, SO, 38/38, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%
Season totals: 30 GP, 17-10-3, 4 SO, 2.19 GAA, .929 sv%
Jaroslav Janus stopped all 38 shots he faced and 3 of 4 shooters he faced in the penalty shot session in Bratislava's 1-0 win over Ufa. Janus is now in a 4-way tie for tops in the KHL in shutouts with a list that includes fellow Lightning draft pick Vasily Koshechkin. Ex-Sabres draft pick Michal Vondrka scored both of Bratislava's goals in the shootout. Bratislava faces Nizhnekamsk on Friday. Ufa goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, like Nesterov, is away camping with Russia's U20 team.
KHL Game Day: 12-7-12Submitted by pete on December 7, 2012 - 20:58
KHL (Russia)
Astana 7 vs. Dynamo Minsk 2
Victor Hedman, Astana, 1-0-1, +2, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals: 23 GP, 1-18-19, +15, 52 PIM
Victor Hedman score his first goal of the season, an even strength marker, as Astana pounded Minsk 7-2. Hedman played 22:35 in the match. Ex-Lightning forward Brandon Bochenski had 1 goal and 1 assist in the victory. Astana faces Dynamo Riga a week from Wednesday.
Khanty-Mansitsk 3 vs. Cherepovets 2
Vasily Koshechkin, Cherepovets, Loss, 20/23, 3.11 GAA, .870 sv%
Season totals: 33 GP, 16-15-2, 4 SO, 2.24 GAA, .921 sv%
Igor Skorokhodov had a hat trick to lead Yugra to a 3-2 victory over Cherepovets. Cherepovets plays Chekhov a week from Thursday.
Chelyabinsk 4 vs. Spartak Moscow 0
Nikita Nesterov, Chelyabinsk, 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals (KHL): 25 GP, 0-0-0, +4, 8 PIM
Season totals (MHL): 1 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Nikita Nesterov was scoreless in 17:19 of ice time in Chelyabinsk's 4-0 shutout of Spartak Moscow. Traktor was led by 2 goals and 1 assist by Caps first rounder Evgeny Kuznetsov. They face Yaroslavl a week from Wednesday.
Ufa 3 vs. Novokuznetsk 2
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Ufa, DNP
Season totals (KHL): 2 GP, 0-0-0, 0 SO, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%
Season totals (MHL): 27 GP, 20-6-1, 3 SO, 1.93 GAA, .930 sv%
Andrei Vasilevskiy again rode backup to Iiro Tarkki in Ufa's 3-2 win over Novokuznetsk. Ex-NHLer Nikita Filatov had a pair of assists in the win for Ufa. They face Bratislava a week from Wednesday.
Kazan 4 vs. Khabarovsk 3
Nikita Gusev, Khabarovsk, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
Season totals (KHL)(Khabarovsk): 7 GP, 1-2-3, +3, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(CSKA): 6 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(Total): 13 GP, 1-3-4, +1, 0 PIM
Season totals (VHL): 15 GP, 7-6-13, -2, 2 PIM
The Goose is loose! Nikita Gusev (pictured) had a goal, his first in an Amur sweater, in Khabarovsk's 4-3 loss to Ak Bars Kazan. Gusev played 12:05 in the contest. Longtime KHL superstar and former Penguins forward Alexei Morozov had one of Kazan's goals. Khabarovsk plays St. Petersburg a week from Friday.


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Can't participate in this poll because the alternatives don't relate to each other. If it had been sailing experience and even then ...
What I don't like is that this is a competition to see who can be the youngest to solo around the world. If the kids really want to sail around the world -- solo or in groups -- that's fine with me so long as they don't endanger others. Let them just sail off quietly and get it done or not. However, that's not what's happening.
I just wonder how much of this is the desire to make the sail and how much is the desire to set a record and become famous. Also how much is it the influence of the parents -- an before you say no way, think on those morons who sent their kid up in a home-made balloon so they could have a better shot at getting on a reality show.
And where does it stop -- 12, 10 , 8... I could see a totally automated boat with a really well-designed expert system being operated by an 8-year-old who is good at video games. With luck he or she could make it around the world.
As for government interference. Well the Coast Guard folk can keep a boat in port if they think it can't handle the weather. But even so it seems that only in the Laura Dekker case did the government interfere. But what do you expect them to do? This case has had wide publicity. If the government didn't act and something went wrong, they would be crucified. So they took the safe way out.
As for teenagers adapting more easily than adults, I'm not at all sure that's true. I don't feel like searching the web for facts and figures, but from raising teenagers I really wonder. We raised five children, three boys and two girls --all of whom are now adults , married with successful careers -- and as teenagers, none of them handled major changes at all well. It may be that young people don't have the base of life knowledge -- the been there, done that -- to fall back on when facing change. Or may be our kids were just an exception.
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The War on Academic Freedom
The year since Congress passed the USA Patriot Act has brought an ever-growing enemies list from our nation's thought police. First there was Senator Joseph Lieberman and Lynne Cheney's American Council of Trustees and Alumni report unveiled last November--"Defending Civilization: How Our Universities Are Failing America and What Can Be Done About It." The forty-three-page document purports to advocate the preservation of academic freedom and dissent while being all about suppressing both when the views expressed conflict with blind support for US foreign policy.
In attempting to smear dozens of "unpatriotic" professors, the organization laid the foundation for the Middle East Forum's recent blacklisting project, Campus Watch--a website that hopes to do for students and professors what Project TIPS would have done for mail carriers and plumbers.
Based in Philadelphia and headed by anti-Arab propagandist Daniel Pipes, Campus Watch unleashed an Internet firestorm in late September, when it posted "dossiers" on eight scholars who have had the audacity to criticize US foreign policy and the Israeli occupation. As a gesture of solidarity, more than 100 academics subsequently contacted the Middle East Forum asking to be added to the list. In response, Pipes has since posted 146 new names, all identified as supporters of "apologists for suicide bombings and militant Islam." He also claims "most of the writers are academics from fields other than Middle East studies (and so are not qualified to judge the work of the academics we listed)." By this standard, he is similarly unqualified, as he is not a professor and his PhD was earned in medieval history. Of the Campus Watch eight, seven are modernists. Hamid Dabashi of Columbia teaches and writes about both medieval and modern Iranian social history.
Naming the names of academics critical of Israeli policy has a history spanning more than two decades. In 1979 the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) formed its Political Leadership Development Program, which "educates and trains young leaders in pro-Israel political advocacy," enlisting hundreds of college students to collect information on pro-Palestinian professors and student organizations. By 1983 the program had attracted more than 5,000 students on 350 campuses in all fifty states. The next year the findings were published as The AIPAC College Guide: Exposing the Anti-Israel Campaign on Campus,which surveyed 100 campuses and instructed students on how best to counter a "steady diet of anti-Israel vituperation." Around the same time, the Anti-Defamation League covertly distributed a twenty-one-page booklet containing "background information on pro-Arab sympathizers active on college campuses" who "use their anti-Zionism as merely a guise for their deeply felt anti-Semitism."
As with redbaiting during the 1950s, the leaders of these current attacks are exploiting the fear and anxiety the American public feels about enemies abroad in order to advance their own political agenda. Now with access to the Internet, Pipes and his supporters have been able to expand their attacks into a virtually limitless campaign of harassment and intimidation. Since the dossiers were first posted, the targeted professors have been inundated with hostile spam, rendering their e-mail accounts almost useless, and most have been victims of "spoofing," in which their identities are stolen and thousands of offensive e-mail messages sent out in their names. More than one scholar has received telephone death threats. When University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole reported that he and his colleagues had been disabled by thousands of hate messages a day since their dossiers were posted, Pipes claimed to be shocked, shocked! at the response his website has elicited. "If Professor Cole has in fact been subject to such harassment, Campus Watch joins him in demanding that whoever stands behind this reprehensible behavior cease immediately," he told the History News Network, but he has yet to post a statement on the site.
The Campus Watch site is a showcase for the signature distortions on which Pipes has built his twenty-five-year career. He twists words, quotes people out of context and stretches the truth to suit his purpose. John Esposito, director of Georgetown's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an expert on militant Islam, is depicted as a Hamas apologist and blamed, without evidence, for the State Department's decision to refuse crucial Sudanese intelligence on Osama bin Laden before September 11. Joseph Massad, an assistant professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history at Columbia, is maligned for signing a letter to the editor of the Columbia Spectator in defense of Edward Said in 2000. The letter, co-signed by Columbia colleagues Hamid Dabashi (a fellow blacklistee) and the late Magda Al-Nowaihi, is presented as self-evident in its taint. Stanford history professor and Middle East Studies Association (MESA) president Joel Beinin (not on the list but singled out elsewhere on the site) is quoted completely out of context and said to blame "US foreign policy for the attacks of September 11, 2001, rather than militant Islam."
Aside from the dossiers, the site's McCarthyite "Keep Us Informed" section has provoked the most outrage, as it encourages students to inform on their professors, rather than challenge them openly as part of the academic process. Pipes contends that "American scholars of the Middle East, to varying degrees, reject the views of most Americans and the enduring policies of the US government about the Middle East.... Campus Watch seeks to reverse the damage already caused by the activist/scholars on American campuses. We see this as an ongoing effort, one that should continue so long as the problem exists." He describes MESA as a "left-leaning" mafia offering only "groupthink." The fact that MESA and Middle East studies departments include Arabs and Arab-Americans studying their own region is a particular outrage to Pipes: "Middle East studies in the United States has become the preserve of Middle Eastern Arabs, who have brought their views with them. Membership in the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), the main scholarly association, is now 50 percent of Middle Eastern origin. Though American citizens, many of these scholars actively disassociate themselves from the United States, sometimes even in public."
Pipes is notorious in the academy for calling fundamentalist Muslims "barbarians" and "potential killers" in a 2001 National Review article and accusing them of scheming to "replace the [US] Constitution with the Koran," in a similar piece in Insight on the News. Along these lines, a 1990 National Review article insisted that "Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene.... All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most." In addition to running the Middle East Forum, serving on a Defense Department antiterrorism task force and writing columns for the Jerusalem and New York Post, Pipes is also a regular contributor to the website of Gamla, an organization founded by former Israeli military officers and settlers that endorses the ethnic cleansing of every Palestinian as "the only possible solution" to the Arab-Israeli conflict.


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Preparation is a necessary, but often ignored, step when applying pre-conditioner to carpets and upholstery, one that could cost you immediate dollars as well as repeat business if not given the proper respect.
Before pre-spraying living rooms and dens, always pin upholstery skirts in the up position. Keep a small supply of safety pins on your van for this purpose. Many pre-conditioning agents will leave a water, or "swell," mark on these fabrics after drying, resulting in a callback and an unplanned, free upholstery cleaning. This also holds true for curtains and draperies. Either tie them back or lift them up and over the rods. You don't want to over-spray fine drapes or curtains, and you certainly do not want to suck them into your wand when cleaning (talk about embarrassing).
Technicians must also use caution when spraying around furniture legs. The chemicals we use can cause irreversible damage to fine wood, such as mahogany, when not immediately wiped off. In addition, always instruct the homeowner to pick up any pet food and water dishes that may be in adjacent areas such as kitchens or foyers. You don't want any over-spray finding a home in Fido's water dish.
When pre-treating bedrooms, always make certain that bedspreads and sheets are off the carpeting first. We tuck them between the mattress and box spring until finished. Caution must also be exercised when pre-treating upholstery.
Move adjacent end and coffee tables away from the piece being cleaned. Cover wood floors and hard surfaces with a sheet or towels. I keep a supply of old bed sheets on the van for this purpose.
The same guidelines should also be followed when applying post-cleaning treatments. In addition to the above, always wipe down any tile or wood surfaces that adjoin the rooms being treated to avoid potential slip-and-fall hazards.
You can perform a stellar, first-rate cleaning for the homeowner, only to have it all negated by a complaint due to improperly prepping the carpet or a piece of furniture. It only takes a few extra minutes, after all, to help protect your company and your work.
Educate your technicians on all steps of the cleaning process. It can save you big dollars and loads of embarrassment down the road.


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Garces football coach Jim Maples has been placed on paid administrative leave, athletic director Lela Steiber said.
Steiber said any further comment must come from the Roman-Catholic Diocese of Fresno, as is the norm for personnel matters at Garces, a Catholic school.
Reached via text message, Maples said he couldn't comment. A year ago, in his first season as the Rams' head coach, Maples led Garces to a 12-1 season and the Central Section Division II championship. He served as the team's defensive coordinator under John Roberts for the two previous years.
When asked if the disciplinary action had any relation to the race-related incident Garces acknowledged in a statement last week, Steiber had no comment.
Fall practice for this season started Monday. Steiber had no immediate comment on an interim or acting head coach. The Rams' season begins Aug. 31 at home against San Luis Obispo.


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Syphilis is an infection spread through sex. The most common symptom is a painless sore on the genitals, rectal area, or mouth. Later symptoms may include rash, hair loss, and flu-like symptoms.
Early symptoms may go away on their own, but the infection is still there and can spread if it isn't treated. Antibiotics can treat syphilis and help prevent serious health problems, like problems with the heart or brain.
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Our coaching staff is committed to incorporating sportsmanship, teamwork, and good health into the teaching of the individual sports skills. Limited enrollment in all programs and a low instructor-to-student ratio provides a safe environment and results in learning excellence.
Our current offerings include:
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- Tee-ball and Softball Cancelled: Due to the inability to secure baseball diamonds we are cancelling the Tee-ball program this summer. The Tee-ball program includes:Tee-Ball, Baseball, Softball.
- NEW! Summer Sport Camps at the U! UW-Fond du Lac is hosting a series of summer sports camps, open to girls and boys, preschool through 12th grade, from mid-June through mid-August. Registration is open.
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GEMS is an annual conference for girls in Grades 6, 7, and 8. It is a day of hands-on, fun learning that provides an opportunity to explore topics in math, engineering, and science. All classes are taught by women...in other words, it's by girls, for girls. Come have some fun while making new friends!
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