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Heartbeat2 Xen cluster with drbd8 and OCFS2
Posted by AtulAthavale on Tue 29 Jan 2008 at 13:04
The idea behind the whole set-up is to get a High availability two node Cluster with redundant data. The two identical Servers are installed with Xen hypervisor and almost same configuration as Cluster nodes. The configuration and image files of Xen virtual machines are stored on drbd device for redundancy. Drbd8 and OCFS2 allows simultaneous mounting on both nodes, which is required for live migration of xen virtual machines.
This Article describes Heartbeat2 Xen cluster Using Ubuntu (7.10) OS, drbd8 and OCFS2 (Ver. 1.39) File system. Although here Ubuntu is used it can be done in almost same way with Debian
OS Installation
Install two Computers with standard minimal Ubuntu Server (7.10) OS. After standard installation is done, we go ahead installing required packets.
Disc Partition
On both computers we partition the disc in three partitions and use as follows /dev/sda1 as /root /dev/sda2 as swap /dev/sda3 as drbd8 ( just leave it as it is at the time of installation )
Network Configuration
Xen system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen We start with installing Xen Hypervisor and boot with Xen-kernel.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-xen-server
Answer yes for additional software. Reboot the system with Xen hypervisor
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/ OCFS2 is a Cluster File System which allows simultaneous access from many nodes. We will set this on our drbd device to access it from both nodes simultaneously. While configuring OCFS2 we provide the information about nodes, which will access the file system later. Every Node that has a OCFS2 file system mounted, must regularly write into a meta-data of file system, letting the other nodes know that node is still alive.
sudo apt-get install ocfs2-tools ocfs2console
Edit /etc/ocfs2/cluster.conf as follows
ip_port = 7777
ip_address = 192.168.0.128
number = 0
name = node1
cluster = ocfs2
ip_port = 7777
ip_address = 192.168.0.129
number = 1
name = node2
cluster = ocfs2
node_count = 2
name = ocfs2
reconfigure ocfs2 with following command with their default values
sudo dpkg-reconfigure o2cb
sudo /etc/init.d/o2cb restart
sudo /etc/init.d/ocfs2 restart
The advantage of drbd8 over drbd7 is: It allows the drbd resource to be "master" on both nodes and so can be mounted read-write. We will build drbd8 modules and load it in kernel. For that we need packages "build-essential" and "kernel-headers-xen"
sudo apt-get install drbd8-utils drbd8-module-source drbd8-source build-essential linux-headers-xen
sudo sudo m-a a-i drbd8-module-source
sudo update-modules
sudo modprobe drbd
This builds the drbd module kernel/drivers/block/drbd.ko against the current running kernel. A default configuration file is installed as /etc/drbd.conf
Edit the /etc/drbd.conf
global {
usage-count yes;
common {
syncer { rate 10M; }
resource r0 {
protocol C;
handlers {
pri-on-incon-degr "echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f";
pri-lost-after-sb "echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f";
local-io-error "echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f";
outdate-peer "/usr/sbin/drbd-peer-outdater";
startup {
disk {
on-io-error detach;
net {
after-sb-0pri disconnect;
after-sb-1pri disconnect;
after-sb-2pri disconnect;
rr-conflict disconnect;
syncer {
rate 10M;
al-extents 257;
on node1 {
device /dev/drbd0;
disk /dev/sda3;
address 192.168.0.128:7788;
flexible-meta-disk internal;
on node2 {
device /dev/drbd0;
disk /dev/sda3;
address 192.168.0.129:7788;
meta-disk internal;
" allow-two-primaries" option in net section of drbd.conf allows the resource to be mounted as "master" on both nodes. Copy the /etc/drbd.conf to node2 and restart drbd on both nodes with following command.
sudo /etc/init.d/drbd restart
If you check the status it looks like this
suddo /etc/init.d/drbd status
drbd driver loaded OK; device status:
version: 8.0.3 (api:86/proto:86)
SVN Revision: 2881 build by root@node1, 2008-01-20 12:48:36
0: cs:Connected st:Secondary/Secondary ds:UpToDate/UpToDate C r---
ns:143004 nr:0 dw:0 dr:143004 al:0 bm:43 lo:0 pe:0 ua:0 ap:0
resync: used:0/31 hits:8916 misses:22 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:22
act_log: used:0/257 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0
change the resource to "master" with following command on both nodes
sudo drbdadm primary r0
and check the status again
sudo /etc/init.d/drbd status
drbd driver loaded OK; device status:
version: 8.0.3 (api:86/proto:86)
SVN Revision: 2881 build by root@node1, 2008-01-20 12:48:36
0: cs:Connected st:Primary/Primary ds:UpToDate/UpToDate C r---
ns:143004 nr:0 dw:0 dr:143004 al:0 bm:43 lo:0 pe:0 ua:0 ap:0
resync: used:0/31 hits:8916 misses:22 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:22
act_log: used:0/257 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0
As you can see resource is "master" on both nodes Th drbd device is now accessible under /dev/drbd0
File system
We can now create a file system on /der/drbd0 by following command
sudo mkfs.ocfs2 /dev/drbd0
This can be mounted on both nodes simultaneously with
sudo mkdir /drbd0
sudo mount.ocfs2 /dev/drbd0 /drbd0
Now we have a common storage which will be synchronized with drbd on both nodes
Init script
We have to make sure that after reboot, the system will set drbd resources again to "master" and mount those on "/drbd0" before starting Heartbeat and Xen machines.
Edit /etc/init.d/mountdrbd.sh
drbdadm primary r0
mount.ocfs2 /dev/drbd0 /mnt
make it executable and add symbolic link to this under /etc/rc3.d/S99mountdrbd.sh
sudo chmode +x /etc/init.d/mountdrbd.sh
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/mountdrbd.sh /etc/rc3.d/S99mountdrbd.sh
Actually this step can be integrated also in Heartbeat by adding appropriate resources to the configuration. But as time being we will do this with script.
Now we can install and setup Heartbeat 2
sudo apt-get install heartbeat-2 heartbeat-2-gui
Edit /etc/ha.d/ha.cf
crm on
bcast eth0
node node1 node2
and restart heartbeat2 with
sudo /etc/init.d/heartbeat restart
In Heartbeat2 the configuration and status information of resources are stored in xml format in "/usr/lib/heartbeat/crm/cib.xml" file. Thy Syntax for this is very well explained by Alan Robertson in his tutorial at the linux.conf.au 2007. Which can be found at http://linux-ha.org/HeartbeatTutorials
This file can either edited directly as whole or manipulated in pieces using "cibadmin" tool. We will use this tool as it makes it much easier to manage the cluster. The required components we will save in xml files under /root/cluster
Edit file /root/cluster/bootstrap.xml
<cluster_property_set id="bootstrap">
<nvpair id="bootstrap01" name="transition-idle-timeout" value="60"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap02" name="default-resource-stickiness" value="INFINITY"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap03" name="default-resource-failure-stickiness" value="-500"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap04" name="stonith-enabled" value="true"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap05" name="stonith-action" value="reboot"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap06" name="symmetric-cluster" value="true"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap07" name="no-quorum-policy" value="stop"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap08" name="stop-orphan-resources" value="true"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap09" name="stop-orphan-actions" value="true"/>
<nvpair id="bootstrap10" name="is-managed-default" value="true"/>
Load this file with following command
sudo cibadmin -C -o crm_config -x /root/cluster/bootstrap.xml
This will initialize the Cluster with values set in xml file. (some how if it has alredy set you can use "sudo cibadmin -M crm_config -x /root/cluster/bootstrap.xml" to modify it with our new values)
Setting up STONITH device
STONITH prevents "split-brain-situation" (i.e. running Resource on both nodes unwontedly at same time) by fencing the other node. Details can be found out at http://www.linux-ha.org/STONITH We will use "stonth" over ssh to reboot the faulty machine
sudo apt-get install stonith
Follow " http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/" to setup public key authentication. In short just do following on both nodes
sudo ssh-keygen
--> save key under /root/.ssh/*
-->dont give any passphrase
scp /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub node2:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
Now check that you can log on from node1 to node2 per ssh without password asked and vice a versa Now check that stonith is working
sudo ssh -q -x -n -l root "node2" "ls -la"
you should get a file list from node2 Now we configure "stonith" device as Cluster resource. It will be a special cluster resource "Clone" which will run simultaneously on all nodes.
<clone id="stonithcloneGroup" globally_unique="false">
<instance_attributes id="stonithcloneGroup">
<nvpair id="stonithclone01" name="clone_node_max" value="1"/>
<primitive id="stonithclone" class="stonith" type="external/ssh" provider="heartbeat">
<op name="monitor" interval="5s" timeout="20s" prereq="nothing" id="stonithclone-op01"/>
<op name="start" timeout="20s" prereq="nothing" id="stonithclone-op02"/>
<instance_attributes id="stonithclone">
<nvpair id="stonithclone01" name="hostlist" value="node1,node2"/>
Load this file with following command
sudo cibadmin -C -o resources -x /root/cluster/stonith.xml
Xen as cluster resource
Now we can add a Xen virtual machine as cluster resource.Lets say we have a Xen para visualized machine called vm01. The cofiguration and image files of vm01 we keep under /drbd0/xen/vm01/ as vm01.cfg and vm01-disk0.img respectively
Edit /root/cluster/vm01.xml
<primitive id="vm01" class="ocf" type="Xen" provider="heartbeat">
<op id="vm01-op01" name="monitor" interval="10s" timeout="60s" prereq="nothing"/>
<op id="vm01-op02" name="start" timeout="60s" start_delay="0"/>
<op id="vm01-op03" name="stop" timeout="300s"/>
<instance_attributes id="vm01">
<nvpair id="vm01-attr01" name="xmfile" value="/drbd0/xen/vm01/vm01.cfg"/>
<nvpair id="vm01-attr02" name="target_role" value="started"/>
<meta_attributes id="vm01-meta01">
<nvpair id="vm01-meta-attr01" name="allow_migrate" value="true"/>
Load this file with following command
sudo cibadmin -C -o resources -x /root/cluster/vm01.xml
Monitoring Tool
With command "crm_mon" you can monitor the cluster including its nodes and resources
sudo crm_mon Refresh in 14s...
Last updated: Fri Jan 25 17:26:10 2008
Current DC: node2 (83972cf7-0b56-4299-8e42-69b3411377a7)
2 Nodes configured.
6 Resources configured.
Node: node2 (83972cf7-0b56-4299-8e42-69b3411377a7): online
Node: node1 (6bfd2aa7-b132-4104-913c-c34ef03a4dba): online
Clone Set: stonithclone
stonithclone:0 (stonith:external/ssh): Started node1
stonithclone:1 (stonith:external/ssh): Started node2
vm01 (heartbeat::ocf:Xen): Started node2
There is also a GUI available. For using it just set a password for user "hacluster" with following command and call "hb_gui"
sudo passwd hacluster
re type password
sudo hb_gui &
Managing Tool
The Cluster resources can be managed either with GUI or with crm_* commands. Please refer to "man" pages for details
list of crm_* commands: crm_attribute, crm_failcount, crm_mon, crm_sh, crm_uuid, crm_diff, crm_master, crm_resource , crm_standby, crm_verify
I hope you find some fun trying it out.
Hallo Folks, mean while there is also on site (Europe and India) commercial support for these kind of Clusters available. Just drop an email for further details.
Gruß, atul.athavale [at] gmail [dot] com .
You might be interested in this - http://code.google.com/p/ganeti/
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thnx for reply!!!
ganetil rocks too .. the only advantage of this installation is "live migration" in Xen. This makes it transparent for user .. as he sees absolutly no changes as resource change his node
Atul Athavale.
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I think this howto is great! :)
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Please let me know if it works, and how :)
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Maybe you want to fix the link to the wikipedia article for drdb.
1. make it clickable
2. move it above "Installation" as you did in the others sections
I'm fine to read Ubuntu related articles which can be easily applied to Debian -- don't let the grumblers bother you.
Best regards!
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Here's a few notes for anyone else doing this:
Don't use the 64 bit version of Ubuntu server, it's xen kernel is older and doesn't have ocfs2 support.
You don't need to install ocfs2console. It pulls in a lot of GUI components that you just don't need.
The /etc/ocfs2/cluster.conf file is very picky about syntax. If you copy and paste it from above it wont work, the lines have to be indented with tabs and not spaces, otherwise o2cb wont start.
There is no drbd8-source package, so just exclude that from the command line.
The first time you look at drbd status it will probably say ds:Inconsistent/Inconsistent and wont let you set your nodes to primary.
To fix this you have to run the following on one of your nodes:
sudo drbdadm -- --overwrite-data-of-peer primary all
After that status will be ds:UpToDate/Inconsistent and it will start synchronising. You can use the disk at this stage without waiting for the sync to complete.
The first line of /etc/init.d/mountdrbd.sh should be a shebang:
Also I think it should be symlinked into /etc/rc2.d/S99mountdrbd.sh because the system boots into runlevel 2 and not 3. (I've not rebooted yet so haven't tested this part)
I'll be back with any more notes after I've installed heartbeat and got an xen machine up and running.
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You need to move the DLM into userspace, by using a tools like for example the one provided by OCFS.
Nicolas BOUTHORS (DRBD user since 0.6.1)
PS : Great article !
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OCFS is an "high end" product that suppose that you have a SCSI array with dual fiber channel access for two machine to mount at the same time the same media.
When you don't own a such beast, you have to replicate the underlying data yourself. One example of doing so is using DRBD.
Nicolas BOUTHORS
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Not need to go "high end" though: you can use Coraid's ATAoE to mount on both nodes a third party's remote block device over ethernet network (either a Coraid appliance or a properly configured Linux box -Etch can do the trick out of the box-) and then use OCFS or GFS to provide a concurrent access capable filesystem on top of it.
This way you can get DRDB out of the equation (I didn't test version 8 but I have awful memories about v 7 either on Debian Sarge or other Linux distros).
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Its great to see these advancements in HA for linux coming along.
I work as an AIX admin with HACMP. IBM's answer to HA which has been around for years and I have always wanted to see if I could do it on linux, seeing concurrent filesystems is very cool as this was one thing I thought was not around yet for linux.
What happens here in a failover situation?
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If any 1 node goes down the cluster will move the xen resource to the healthy node. The all required data, i.e. xen-config files and xen-disk-images are available over drbd+ocfs2 on that perticular node.
When the faulty node comes back the drbd syncronizes the data to the faulty node and the cluster is back with two nodes.
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- it could be a bit confusing that you create a ha.cf file which basically forces heartbeat2 to run in heartbeat1 mode, but then use the XML files that are characteristic for heartbeat2. There's a handy converter at /usr/lib/heartbeat/haresources2cib.py which generates XML from the much more human-friendly ha.cf
- you might add a warning that mixing OCFS2's own disk heartbeat with heartbeat2 is pretty dangerous (see this post eg) in active/active configurations. The safe way would be to use OCFS2 usermode heartbeat that plugs into heartbeat2.
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Thnx for the comments
1.) I guess ha.cf is mandatory for ha2 too. It defines the interfaces to watch on, node joining methods and broadcast type. The rest configuration is under cib.xml. haresources2cib.py is used to convert ha1 to ha2, as I am setting up a new cluster directly with ha2 I opt for writing own xmls. In my opinion they are cleaner ;)
2.) You are absolutely right about OCFS2 issues and the missing user space patches for debian. But in this HowTo we workaround those dangerous by mounting ocfs2 manually over init-script and not using HA2 for the same.
Atul Athavale.
PS: SLES is also a good choice. They have integrated most of HA2 and XEN very well in 10sp1. I have built two SLES clusters too. It was forced due to some policy decisions ... never the less my OS of choice still remains debian or Ubuntu ;)
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1) you're absolutely right, my bad - I mixed it up with haresources which you don't use. Sorry
2) I'm not sure you're getting around the problem by init.d mounting OCFS2. The problem might arise if heartbeat2 and OCFS2 have conflicting opinions on whether a split-brain situation is about to occur or not. Fortunately I haven't experienced this situation yet, but uncoordinated heartbeating/fencing in active/active clusters has a rather bad reputation.
You're right about Debian, I'd love to get the whole stack up and running on etch, but for the time being it involves way too much patching for a production setting. Jeff (Novell) who prepared the OCFS2 patches for 2.6.24 indicated that OCFS2 user mode heartbeat is meant to be rewritten for 2.6.26 and I think I might give it another go then.
Gruss too,
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I've set up a test system like in your example and I am very impressed with how the failover works. I have a question as I haven't been able to find an answer to a problem I've been having:
Regarding the init file mountdrbd.sh, I have found out that if I kill (poweroff) the primary node, (number 0 in /etc/ocfs2/cluster.conf) the xen instance will move seamlessly to the secondary and heartbeat will change that node to the primary. When I bring the downed box back up it will error while running mountdrbd.sh as it tries to set 'drbdadm primary r0' saying that there cannot be two primaries while the /dev/drbd0 is out of sync.
After that error stonith kicks in and the box reboots and / or kernel panics. This still leaves the other node up and xen domU instance will be running fine.
Essentially I have a hard time bringing the cluster back to the point it was at before it lost a node. I'm not sure if it is an order of operations problem or if drbd needs time to sync changes before bringing both nodes back to primary.
Thanks for your time.
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Thnx for trying it out and your comments!
In our configuration both nodes are "primary" independant of where DomU is really runing. This "making both drbd0s primary" is controlled with mountdrbd.sh
You have got the problem exactly right. "drbd needs time to sync changes before bringing both nodes back to primary". So my mountdrbd.sh script needs an extension which will check for sync status and wait till both nodes are in sync again before making the returened node to primary again.
I will try to fix it soon!!!
Atul Athavale.
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Again, this article is great.
I'm glad I wasn't as far off base as I had previously thought.
I really appreciate your response.
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should be
sudo cibadmin -C -o crm_config -x /root/cluster/bootstrap.xml
According to me ;)
Thanks for the very helpful doc.
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Why did you use OCFS2 and not GFS ?
GFS seems a bit more aged and advanced but i don't find any real comparison of the two .
Thanks for this great article :)
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ocfs2_hb_ctl: I/O error on channel while starting heartbeat
mount.ocfs2: Error when attempting to run /sbin/ocfs2_hb_ctl: "Operation not permitted"
After many hours of research, I can tell you it is not because of drbd or ocfs2. Upgrade the kernel to version 2.6.22 or bigger. The ocfs2 driver in the kernel 2.6.18 is bugged when used with drbd.
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First of all: Thank you for tyring this guide out.
The poit you made with more than 1 Guests freeze the Cluster is not entirely right. It depends on the configuration. If one cares to put Xen-VM-Harddisks on different drbd-devices (/der/drbd0, /dev/drbd1 ... an so on) with accordant configuration. It works.
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thanks for the cool article!
I'm looking for a HA configuration that solves redundancy both for hw and sw issues.
How can this setup help in decreasing downtime, caused by sw upgrades and other maintenance? (eg. avoid outages upon kernel or software upgrade like: detache a node, upgrade, attach node back, 'resync(?)')
I need this solution for webhosting, where security upgrades are highly critical but cause unwanted downtime.
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"In this scenario each node is removed from the cluster, upgraded and then brought back online until all nodes are running the newest version."
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Whereas, with at least 3 nodes, split-brain can be avoided -- if N1&N2 can see each other but not N3, then N3 will fence itself, and N1+N2 will keep running. Whereas, if both N1+N2 die, N3 must fence itself and then the whole cluster is down.
So 2-node cluster can't survive single node failure, whereas 3-node cluster can survive single node failure, 4-node cluster can survive single node failure (if 2 nodes fail, we can't distinguish that from 2 equal subclusters), 5-node cluster can survive two node failure, 6-node can survive 2-node, 7-node can survive 3-node, etc...
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TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Rogers Communications Inc. ("Rogers") announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") has accepted a notice filed by Rogers of its intention to renew its prior normal course issuer bid ("NCIB") for its Class B Non-Voting shares ("Class B shares") for a further one-year period. As previously announced on February 14, 2013, the Board of Directors of Rogers has authorized such share repurchases because it believes that, at certain times, the purchase of Class B shares may represent an appropriate and desirable use of Rogers' available funds when, if in the opinion of management, the value of the Class B shares exceeds the trading price of such shares. Such purchases would provide additional liquidity to shareholders and benefit the remaining shareholders by increasing their proportionate equity interest in Rogers.The TSX notice provides that Rogers may, during the twelve month period commencing February 25, 2013 and ending February 24, 2014, purchase on the TSX the lesser of 35.8 million Class B shares, representing approximately 10% of the public float of the Class B shares, and that number of Class B shares that can be purchased under the NCIB for an aggregate purchase price of $500 million . The actual number of Class B shares purchased, if any, and the timing of such purchases will be determined by Rogers, considering market conditions, stock prices, its cash position, and other factors. As at February 11, 2013 there were approximately 402.8 million Class B shares issued and outstanding and the public float consisted of approximately 358.2 million Class B shares. There cannot be any assurances as to how many shares, if any, will ultimately be acquired by Rogers under the NCIB, and Rogers intends that any shares acquired pursuant to the NCIB will be cancelled. No Normal Course Issuer Bid is proposed to be made for Rogers' Class A Voting shares.
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Scented Applesauce-Cinnamon Ornaments
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Instructions:"This recipe is meant to be used to make ornaments on wreaths, gifts or to hang on Christmas trees. If fragrance starts to fade, drop a little cinnamon oil on ornament."
Original recipe yield: 15 ornaments
PREP TIME 10 Min
READY IN 10 Min
3 cups applesauce
3 cups ground cinnamon
Mix applesauce and cinnamon together until it is thick enough to hold a form when cut into cookie cutter shapes. Flatten the mixture on a flat surface and cut into cookie cutter shapes.
Place cookie shapes on a cookie sheet to dry for 3 to 4 days depending on the size and thickness of the cookies. If using as a hanging ornament, make hole with toothpick before drying.
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Jomo Rogers, a naturally talented athlete, starts taking performance enhancing drugs in order to be an even better high school football player, but finds his life spinning out of control as his game improves.
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A natural-born athlete, Jomo Rogers has talent that is easy to spot on the football field, and local reporters are taking notice. But the buzz keeps focusing on his potential, on his promise. Jomo doesn't want to be the "next big thing." He wants to be the real deal . . . in as little time as possible. He adopts a new workout regimen, complete with more weights, longer runs--and steroids. A gritty, witty, and eloquent youngadult debut, Shooting Star takes on the sports headlines and brings to the page a young man whose drive is about to make his life spiral out of control.


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An open letter to President ObamaPublished 12:08pm Friday, June 21, 2013
Dear Editor,
At a time when much of the country at almost every level is struggling to make ends meet, I am appalled at the arrogance of your planned African vacation with estimated costs of up to $100 million.
I realize that this trip is being billed as a trade and good will trip, but spending our tax money for this non-essential and lavish trip is both careless and disrespectful of the American middle class who is paying for your decadence.
Mr. President, you were elected to defend our country and our constitution, but you need to remember that you are not a king, and we are not your subjects.
You are an elected official and should lead by example.
You have repeatedly told us that we need to be frugal, while at the same time you are spending our money carelessly.
Tighten up your own budget just as most of the rest of us have had to tighten ours.
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By U.S. Army Spc. Karen Sampson, 177th Armored Brigade Public Affairs
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. -- Trimming the tree, wrapping presents or making wreaths are beloved traditions of the holidays.
Sixth grade students at Sumrall Middle School started their own holiday tradition this year, naming the occasion Adopt-a-Soldier. The students not only gave South Carolina National Guard Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, a hero's welcome, but also a holiday
surprise. The Soldiers recently returned from a deployment security-force in Kuwait.
The students and their teacher, Dana Jones, coordinated with the Camp Shelby Morale, Welfare
and Recreation enlisted advisor, Staff Sgt. Latasha Williams, to host the Adopt-a-Soldier event in mid-December.
"Some students wanted to do a holiday event showing their support of the military by presenting them with Christmas gifts and songs," said Williams. "It's inspiring that these students wanted support to Soldiers who have been deployed."
Upon the class finishing studies about World War II, Jones' students brainstormed an idea to put together a gathering dedicated to the Soldiers for Christmas.
"The minute it was mentioned, it just took off," said Jones who took pride in her student's endeavor. "They were just so excited about it."
For two weeks the students practiced singing songs and assembled gift bags, cards and candy bags, said Jones.
All students carried bright-red signs with their adopted Soldier's name.
"We were trying to help out our soldiers because they just returned from a long deployment," said student Angel Hartfield.
Angel wore Santa's hat and held a sign adopting Staff Sgt. Duane Campbell. Campbell is from Summerville, S.C.
"I feel privileged to be a part of this," said Staff Sgt. Derrick McCormick, from Dylan S.C. "I am sure it gave the kids something to look forward to. We were looking forward to meeting them."
The students mingled with the Soldiers. They were inquisitive about the Soldiers' missions overseas. Some Soldiers gave their student a unit patch to wear.
"This is great!" said Sgt. 1st Class John Mckenzie, native of Lakeview, S.C. "Last time we returned home we didn't have anything like this, so it means a lot. Especially, to our younger Soldiers back from their first deployment."


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Was struck by Jesse's pristine guitar work during 'This Charming Man' at Hawick Town Hall. Never before have I seen power cords strummed with such aplomb. My jaw fell open at Hawick, and it's going to take more than an A&E junior doctor to relocate it. How consummately I've polished that rough gem of a boy. From skinny Tex-Mex session player with Alanis Morrissette's live band and bit-part with Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the strapping indie pop guitar hero with big manly pecs you see before you today. The man's taking power cords on to a new level, IMHO. And it's not just my opinion either. Boz agrees with me. My drummer, too. And my bassist. You know, that medium-sized man with dark hair? Alain, you say? Alain who?"
I know that's a parody site but it's hard to comprehend exactly WHY Morrissey perseveres with that talentless no-hoper of a session musician. He can't play, he can't write - what do you think Morrissey sees in him that no other human being on the planet sees in him? Well, it can't be potential. The man's almost 40, which is pensionable in the music industry! If you can't write a song at 39, I can't imagine it's suddenly going to click at 45.


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Measuring for perfect-fitting tenons is sooo last year: This jig helps you cut perfectly centered tenons on the tablesaw without using a measuring rule. To set the tenon thickness, simply insert the hollow-mortise chisel, router bit, or drill bit used to cut the mortises; the workpiece itself sets the spacing from the jig fence to the blade. The black front section of the jig slides on linear bearings, while the silver rear half remains fixed to a slot-adjustable miter bar. (For offset tenons, you will need to measure to set up the jig.)
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Small Business Still Not OptomisticWritten by Lance Roberts | Jul, 12, 2013
As we have reported in the past the NFIB Small Business Optomism Index isn't really showing to much optomism even though it is widely reported that corporate America is well on its way to recovery. Todays report showed that optomism overall for small business declined for the past month by 2.6 points to 91.9 in March from 94.5 in February. This level is still at levels as normally seen during recessions and for being two years into an economic recovery, according to the economists from the White House, the index is still far off of the mark.
Of course, the biggest issue with small businesses is that current economic enviroment isn't giving them the confidence they need to move forward and to commit investment capital. As shown in the next chart the number of businesses that say "Poor Sales" is their biggest concern is still at historically very levels as compared to the number of businesses that say "This Is A Good Time To Expand" being at very low levels.
This "gap" is really very telling of the attitude of small businesses all accross the country and since small businesses comprise about 70% of hiring of new employees this doesn't bode well for continued increases in employment gains.
"It looks like everyone became more pessimistic in March," said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg. "Or, perhaps, this is a 'new normal' and we are unlikely to see the surges usually experienced at the start of a recovery. Times are different; government, with new taxes and more restrictions, is a larger drag on the small-business community. Uncertainty continues to cloud the future while the government is persistently tone-deaf to the needs of those who create jobs and wealth. Today's recession-level reading is, all in all, a real disappointment."
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WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont declared a third quarter common stock dividend of 43 cents per share payable Sept. 12, 2012, to stockholders of record Aug. 15, 2012. This dividend is the same as what was paid in the second quarter 2012 . This is the 432nd consecutive quarterly dividend since the company's first dividend in the fourth quarter of 1904. Regular quarterly dividends of $1.12-1/2 per share on the $4.50 series preferred stock and 87-1/2 cents per share on the $3.50 series preferred stock also were declared, both payable Oct. 25, 2012, to stockholders of record Oct. 10, 2012.DuPont (NYSE: DD) has been bringing world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials, and services since 1802. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment. For additional information about DuPont and its commitment to inclusive innovation, please visit http://www.dupont.com. SOURCE DuPont
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Actually, it's not even a folder... I've seen a few of these being ridden around the streets of Shanghai (very awkwardly...). I can't believe that someone would spend RMB 600 on one of these, when a basic 16" Dahon can be had here for about RMB750. Anyone else seen these before?
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Going back a few years and relating to my latest post on creating snow hoods, the Central Park image was with a Rollei 35 40mm f3.5 (with its box like snap on hood). A freezing film camera with a tiny front element was less vulnerable to snow or snow melt on the lens... just tearing film with impatient film advance.
The shot on the Brooklyn Bridge was meant to be taken with an early Nikon digital model (non SLR). A fully charged camera battery was dead on arrival for the shot. So glad I had a Leica R6 with me as well.
By the way, in the bridge shot, the texture is blizzard snow... not noise or grain. My coldest shot EVER!
I hope I get a second chance with the E-1 or 3 though I'd probably prefer the E-1 for this scenario.
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Gaza And Israel Agree To Ceasefire, Oil Plunges
Just following the motions here:
So who breaches the ceasefire first?
In the meantime, gullible algos go no bid in brent.
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Yep: the Muslim Brotherhood--creations of the British empire nearly a century ago and allied to Uncle Sam for more than 6 decades--sure know how to throttle a Resistance movement.
It was almost as if the whole Tahrir thing happened for a reason. . .
This flare up may have been enough for Congress / BO to argue that going over the "fiscal cliff" and cutting military spending would not be in the best interests of the US of A, thereby looking like patriots when they all agree to increase the debt ceiling to accomodate more military (and domestic) spending.
If it's not enough, then bomb's away!!!!
TD/ZH could post concurrently about "Gaza/Israel", "9/11" and the "Treasury gold reserve" and aim for the Guinness Book as the largest virtual cuckoos gathering of all times.
And you can go back to sleep you fucking retard.
Yes, it is crazy to suggest that for all three subjects, there's more than meets the eye.
There are, of course, a few adult posters grounded on reality. But many, like the unskilled troll just above, have to misspell words to get past the parenting filter...
There, I fixed it for you. Your post makes no fucking sense. Is that clear enough Mr. "grounded in reality"?
And I happen to like misspelling words like "fuckan", and "moar". You got a problem with that?
It is even more ridiculous that you actually corrected it.
Listen, your online persona should be detached from your real self otherwise you may suffer in the hands of others.
Take care, and good luck growing up.
[and if you feel the urge to change that post again to spite "me", you'll need professional help]
you forgot the cherry on top. Contrails. For the seriously mathematically challenged.
Fine. I didn't realize you were a Tyler and using a sock puppet to inflame the board.
That's if I can believe you anyway. So, it that your point?
[In case anybody still reading this, I'm far from the core.]
Going after some one's spelling on the posting like this allways shows Desperation and distaction in a debate .. Sorry you had your ass handed to ya ..Here's a tampon
You mean Gaza/Palestine, right?
Apartheid Israel will soon be an anacrhonism.
Who was it that said, "It is just a scrap of paper . . . "
See what threatening people with being locked up in the same room with Hillary will get you?
brilliant. Only after waterboarding were US attorneys going to use it in a few terrorism trials but the court blocked it on 8th amendment grounds
Looks like the Mooslims have run out of rockets. Ceasefire over once they receive their new shipment
I think the Resistance did just fine today, thank you very much. The Zionist rag Ha'aretz reports today that "14 rockets fired by Gaza militants exploded in residential areas over course of Tuesday, marking a record number since beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense."
In other words, there is a reason that Apartheid Israel has been crying to the high heavens for the last three days for them to "JUST STOP!" They haven't been able to prevent their entire country from an endless anxiety attack for days.
Priceless. The fucking land-grabbing welfare cases are the epitome of both the bully and the coward, simultaneously.
they shouldn't get musical instruments anyway...have you heard that crap they call music???
Israel hasn't agreed to anything yet.
Apartheid Israel has a dozen people on their knees, sucking off Turkey and Egypt, begging them to collaborate.
And as with Syria, they comply. Moneytalks.
Palestinians are descedents of Abraham. They are more Jewish than modern day Jews. In effect the European Jews who invaded Palestine are killing off the closest relatives of biblical lore.
I agree.
Most Israelis are Polish (Khazar) .
People from Khazaria. The Capitol, Sarkel, was at the delta of the Volga river.
Jews are thieving butchers. They make NAZIs look like boy scouts.
The only reason there will be a cease fire is because we bribe Egypt w/ 4 billion dollars in aid.
Eleven bucks for every person in the USA.
I would rather have the cash and let them fight to the death.
Congrats to Israel for strengthening both Hamas and the new Egyptian government.
Perhaps some good can come of all this. By accident of course.
Who enjoys another opposite day? Natty, that's who! Yahoo!
Natty 'n' yahoo?
So much for Armageddon...for now.
Apartheid Israel can violate international law with impunity, because they get the welare checks and the political cover from Uncle Sam.
The Palestinians don't have that same luxury--they return to being the prisoners of genocidal lunatics. Good job, Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood.
As Stalin used to say, "no man, no problem."
Polonium 210 is found in nature only in microscopic amounts. The one gram that can kill a man when slipped into his food or drink must be made in an advanced nuclear reactor. It can be carried across borders because it does not alert radiation detectors.
The last known use of Polonium 210 was the murder in London in 2006 of former Russian FSB (KGB successor) agent Alexander Litvinenko. He had defected from Russian security and co-authored a book claiming that Vladimir Putin's rise to power in 1999 was accelerated by the FSB's secret bombings of apartment buildings in Russia that were blamed on Chechen 'terrorists' – an eerie predecessor to the 9/11 attacks in the USA.
British authorities blamed a former FSB agent for poisoning Litvinenko's tea, producing a horrible, excruciating death.
In 1997, two Israeli agents tried to murder Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in Amman, Jordan by squirting a poison into his ear. Threats from US President Bill Clinton forced Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an antidote to the unknown poison to Jordan.
In 2010, another Hamas chief, Mahmoud al Mabhouh was murdered in Dubai by Israeli agents using a paralyzing drug, acytelcholine.
Yasser Arafat's death came when the PLO leader was under virtual house arrest in his compound at Ramallah, surrounded by Israeli forces that controlled the compound's food and water. Arafat had been threatened by death countless times by Israel, notably by PM Ariel Sharon. Most of Arafat's most able aides had been killed by Israeli hit teams from Mossad. The amazing thing is that Arafat survived so long.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Israeli_assassinations - List of "alleged" Mossad assassinations over the decades.
Who knows what is going on. The puddle of mud Israel govt creates regarding anything it does spans across the globe. Murky waters are now the norm and the truth may never be realized until far too late. The puppet strings are evident, so are the puppet masters but without a balanced media for our information, for all we know the good guys are the bad guys and the bad guys are bad too. In the meantime, the innocent will pay the price for this low-road of diplomacy with the loss of everything they've worked for all of their lives, loss of the children and their own lives.
It's a fraternity of unworthy rich boys, living in castles and cashing in while drinking fine liquor, paying off or killing anyone who interferes with their script. Man is devolving right before our fucking eyes.
Sounds like some Steely Dan lyrics!
Already broken or never enacted? Looks like plenty of shooting still going on...
I refuse to believe oil traders are so stupid they think this is all going to blow over.
Israel can't shoot up Palestine. The Israeli's need the Palestinians to cross the border so they can clean their offices in the morning.
Plenty of Palestinians live inside the border. That's why Israel's going to be a Muzzie state in a few decades.
Interesting point. Another shifting demographic cognate could be the Americas (that's right all of 'em): their first nations might get their continents back yet if their populations keep growing in the same direction. Regardless of all the best efforts of the colonizers to 'clean' 'em out, or assimilate them, or integrate them, or whatever innocuous sounding phrase is being used as cover these days.
"It's coming back around again."
I say turn Israel into a plane of glass.
Then they won't have anything to fight over.
Let them build their temple on a radioactive pile of rubble!
They are asking for it.
There is no doubt a nuclear holocaust will be the result.
Idiot Jews will never learn their place.
Make peace, you idiots, or face what you dread; a radioactive wasteland.
All you religious fanatics will get what you deserve.
Love and love and love everybody; and you, and you, and you can be free!
Radioactive Glass vs. Love.
Which would you choose?
Don't be ridiculous.
Which part is ridiculous?
Love or Freedom?
You delude yourself thinking that a payment of 4 billion dollars to the Egyptians will placate the victims of the Palestinian Holocaust.
Their G-d has been trying to exterminate Jews for 2580 years.
He won't give up now!
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Which part is ridiculous?
The part where you propose to nuke Israel and kill not only Israelis, many of whom are innocent of any crime, but also Palestinians, Jordanians, Lebanese, etc. Simply absurd.
My point:
Jews are really Polish.
Let them go back to Krakow.
Read and learn clueless one.
So I'm "clueless" because you chose to express the idea that some Jews have Polish ancestry with the words, "I say turn Israel into a plane of glass?" Perhaps a remediable writing class is in order for you.
You are clueless because you do not consider other people's point of view, you dismiss others opinions summarily without studying their presentations.
Tell me what you think! If you spare a hour to consider an opinion other than the msm.
If you want to be blind..........go for it!
Sight is a blessing.
If you don't see that the US TAXPAYER pays double.
They pay Egypt 4 billion while paying Israel, countless, billions.
You misunderstand me.
Glass.....grass.....I could care less......let them fight. I don't want to pay for it.
You let me know when you are writing the check to the IRS. Then get back to me!
What do you think?
I was calling for an end to all US foreign aid long before you joined this board, Mr. Forty Weeks. Why don't you read through my other comments in this thread if you'd like to see what a persuasive argument against Zionism looks like.
Why read your comments when you are to lazy to read mine?
I am a zealous anti-zionist.
I feign to imagine the trillions of dollars siphoned from the US Treasury/ FRBNY coffers to equip those Polish usurpers.
I am rallying for the rights of the, actual, Semites.......the Palestinians....... annihilation by the, ongoing Stern Gang of Polish terrorist.
I, do, know the drill.
I have seen the transfer of this country to the zionist; who will fail as always.
The zionist are killing our economy, usurping our autonomy and enslaving those not of their satanic faith.
The Jews worship the false god.
I tune in to Sophia who glided upon the water void of light to create, Ialdaboaoth, thinking he was the only god and the creator of the universe to become the vindictive creator of Israel.
Sophia will crush Ialdaboaoth.
The Israelis will disperse and run for their lives. Sadly, not to be spared.
I read yours. You are overzealous. You want to kill all the Israelis along with the Palestinians in a nuclear strike. That's insane. In fact it's so over the top that it sounds like you are a secret Zionist who wants to muddy the waters for those who oppose Zionism with rational arguments.
The glass comment was really bad sarc/.
I believe the Palestinians should get their state back.
The Polish are not entitled to Palestinian land.
Jews live in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, the USA, all over the world in peace with their neighbors and the rule of law in those lands.
I just don't think a bunch of Polish Khazars are entitled to steal the land of Palestine and proceed to commit genocide to ethnically cleanse the the land of people they don't consider Jewish.
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The woman sought in connection to the murder of a local Colorado Springs man has turned herself in.
Bionca Rogers, 21, is now behind bars in Iowa. Early Wednesday morning, Rogers turned herself in to law enforcement authorities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is being held without bond.
The El Paso County District Attorney's Office is coordinating with officials in Iowa to get Rogers extradited back to Colorado Springs.
The cause and manner of 61-year-old Grant Frazier's death will be released once an autopsy is complete.
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11 News has uncovered new details surrounding a missing Colorado Springs man found dead.
Now there is an active homicide warrant out for the arrest of 21-year-old Bionca Rogers. She is the last one known to be with 61-year-old Grant Frazier.
11 News talked to Grant Fraizer's family members. They didn't want to talk on camera. But they have a message: they want Bionca Rogers behind bars.
Frazier had been missing from Colorado Springs for more than a week. Early Tuesday morning, there was a tragic discovery made 700 miles away.
"I go look out my back kitchen window, I see crime scene tape. I also see a CSI vehicle. I see a lady photographer taking pictures of the trunk of a car," Newton, Iowa resident Josette Hutton described.
Police found Frazier's body inside his own car. It is a white 2009 Mitsubishi Galant with Colorado plates. The car was parked outside the Courtyard apartment complex in Newton, Iowa. That's about 30 miles east of Des Moines.
11 News checked with the Colorado court system. Rogers has an active weapons warrant for possessing a gun or a knife. On Tuesday a homicide warrant was filed, but the affidavit is sealed.
Springs police say details about how Frazier died will not be released until an autopsy is done.
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Bencubbin is located two and a half hours drive northeast of Perth in the centre of the north eastern wheat belt. Sandalwood cutters were in the area as early as the 1860s and a sheep station was established in 1867. The first farm land was taken up in 1910. The area is primarily devoted to wheat, coarse grains and sheep farming, although some farmers have diversified into cattle and pigs. Bencubbin is on the border of wheat and station country. This contributes to the wonderful variety of beautiful wildflowers and birdlife found throughout the shire. Birds are numerous all year round, and the stunning wildflower season lasts from June until October. There are many varied points of interest, all serviced by good roads. The Meteorite Area at North Mandiga is adjacent to the fault running north from Waddouring and three substantial meteorites have been found in a small area. Bencubbin Number One was found in 1930 weighing 542 kilograms, Bencubbin Number Two was found in 1959 weighing 64.6 kilograms, and Bencubbin Number Three was found in 1974 weighing 16 kilograms. All are in the Museum of Western Australia and are thought be from one meteorite which fragmented on impact. The only other meteorite in the world found with similar properties was in Bangladesh. A sample of Bencubbin Number Two may be seen at the Shire Museum in Bencubbin. Visitors can view the museum by contacting the Shire office on (08) 9685 1202. Pergandes is the remains of one of the original homesteads and sheep yards, constructed from local granite slabs, and may be seen on a private property situated approximately 10 kilometres south-east of Bencubbin.
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1-15-05- A Marietta man was stabbed 11 times after an argument with another man in Marietta Friday night. Police say 23 year old James Thomas Levitt stabbed Ricky Albert outside a home at the corner of Southwest 5th and Creek Streets.
Police believe the two men got into an argument around 10:00 p.m. They say Levitt pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Albert 11 times in the torso area. Witnesses called police and the victim was released from an Ardmore hospital Saturday afternoon.
Levitt is in the Love County Jail charged with aggrivated assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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Anastrozole (Arimidex)
This page tells you about the hormone therapy anastrozole and its possible side effects. There are sections about
Anastrozole is also called Arimidex. It is a type of hormone therapy called an aromatase inhibitor. Anastrozole treats breast cancer in women who have had their menopause.
Many breast cancers are stimulated to grow by the female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone. These breast cancers can be treated with drugs that block the effects of these hormones.
In women who have had their menopause, oestrogen is mainly produced by changing androgens (sex hormones produced by the adrenal glands) into oestrogens. This process is called aromatisation and happens mainly in the fatty tissues, muscle and the skin. It needs a particular enzyme called aromatase.
Arimidex blocks the process of aromatisation. So it lowers the amount of oestrogen in the body. In advanced breast cancer the cancer cells may grow more slowly or stop growing completely.
You take anastrozole as a tablet, once a day. Try to take it at the same time each day. Swallow the tablet whole with a drink of water. You can take it before, with, or after food.
It is very important that you take tablets according to the instructions your doctor or pharmacist gives you. You should take the right dose, not more or less. It is a long term treatment and you usually need to take it for several years. Never stop taking a cancer drug without talking to your specialist first.
If you accidentally take more anastrozole than you should, let your doctor know straight away.
If you forget a dose, continue with the next dose as normal. Don't take an extra dose to make up for the missed one.
We've listed the side effects associated with anastrozole below. You can use the links to find out more about each side effect. Where there is no link, please use the search box at the top of the page. Or you can look at the cancer drug side effects section.
More than 10 in every 100 people have one or more of these.
- Headaches
- Hot flushes and sweats
- Feeling sick is usually mild and can usually be controlled by anti sickness medicines
- Skin rashes – these are usually mild but let your doctor or nurse know if you have a rash
- Painful or stiff joints happen in more than 3 out of 10 women (30%)
- Swollen joints (arthritis)
- Feeling weak
- Loss of bone density caused by a lack of oestrogen over a long period of time – the bones are weaker and more likely to break. You will have a DEXA scan to check your bone density before you start treatment
- Mood changes happen in up to 2 in 10 women (20%)
- Tiredness or fatigue happens in up to 2 out of 10 women (20%)
- A lowered interest in sex (reduced libido) occurs in more than 1 out of 10 women (10%)
Between 1 and 10 in every 100 people have one or more of these.
- Bone pain
- Painful hands with a weakened grip and numbness and tingling – carpal tunnel syndrome
- Hair thinning may happen, but is usually mild
- Loss of appetite
- Raised cholesterol levels in the blood – this is usually only slightly raised and you will have regular blood tests to check it
- Feeling sleepy
- Being sick – you can have medicines to control this
- Liver changes that are very mild and unlikely to cause symptoms – they will usually go back to normal when treatment is finished, but you will have regular blood tests to check how well your liver is working
- Diarrhoea – drink plenty of fluids and tell your doctor or nurse if diarrhoea becomes severe or continues for more than 3 days
- Dryness of the vagina – you can get vaginal moisturisers (lubricants) from your nurse or from the pharmacist
- Vaginal bleeding occurs in fewer than 1 in 20 women (5%) – this mainly happens in the first few weeks of treatment. Tell your doctor or nurse if the bleeding continues
Fewer than 1 in 100 people have these effects.
- Inflammation of the liver (hepatitis)
- Trigger finger – the finger or thumb is fixed in a bent position. Tel your doctor or nurse if you notice this
The side effects above may be mild or more severe. A side effect may get better or worse through your course of treatment. Or you may get more side effects as the course goes on. This depends on
- How many times you've had the drug before
- Your general health
- The amount of the drug you have (the dose)
- Other drugs you are having
Coping with side effects
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse about all your side effects so they can help you manage them. They can give you advice or reassure you. Your nurse will give you a contact number to ring if you have any questions or problems. If in doubt, call them.
Other medicines
Tell your doctor about any other medicines you are taking, including vitamins, herbal supplements and over the counter remedies. Some drugs can react together.
Pregnancy and contraception
This drug may harm a baby developing in the womb. It is important not to become pregnant or father a child while you are having treatment with this drug and for a few months afterwards. Talk to your doctor or nurse about effective contraception before starting treatment.
Do not breastfeed during this treatment because the drug may come through in the breast milk.
Lactose intolerance
Anastrozole tablets contain lactose (milk sugar). If you have an intolerance to lactose, contact your doctor before taking this medicine.
This page does not list all the very rare side effects of this treatment that are very unlikely to affect you. For further information look at the Electronic Medicines Compendium website at www.medicines.org.uk.
If you have a side effect not mentioned here that you think may be due to this treatment you can report it to the Medicines Health and Regulatory Authority (MHRA) at www.mhra.gov.uk.
Arimidex may sometimes be used to treat breast cancer in men. Breast cancer is very rare in men. And so very little is known about the side effects of this drug in men. Doctors expect the effects to be similar to those listed on this page.
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Surgery often the best approach for spinal stenosis, study finds (PDF, 182 KB) »
In a recent report of the largest study to date on treatment for spinal stenosis, researchers conclude that patient outcomes are better after back surgery than after nonsurgical treatments. This report is the third in a series detailing the results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial, or SPORT, a seven-year, $21-million study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This phase of the study was conducted over a two-year period at 13 medical centers throughout the United States. Results were published in the Feb. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine .
Spinal stenosis, a painful narrowing of the spinal canal that is most often associated with age-related deterioration, is the most common reason for spinal surgery. However, the effectiveness of spinal surgery as gauged against other therapies has never been proved in randomized trials - until now.
James N. Weinstein, DO, of Dartmouth Medical School, and his colleagues followed 654 patients diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Of that number, 289 were randomly assigned to receive surgery or nonsurgical care such as physical therapy, education, home exercise instruction or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Out of the 289, 138 were assigned to surgical treatment and 151 to nonsurgical treatment. The remaining 365 patients declined random assignment to a treatment group and selected their own treatment method: 219 chose surgery and 146 chose nonsurgical treatment.
As it turned out, nonadherence to the selected or randomly assigned treatment method in all groups brought the number of patients who underwent surgery at some point during the two-year study period to 400, while 254 patients received nonsurgical treatment.
The patients, whose mean age was 65 years, had severe lumbar spinal stenosis without spondylolisthesis - a condition in which a vertebra in the lower part of the spine slips - and had experienced at least 12 weeks of leg symptoms. The spinal conditions were confirmed by imaging studies.
The most common surgical procedure performed for lumbar spinal stenosis is decompressive laminectomy, in which the laminae (roofs) of the vertebrae are removed to create more space for the nerves and to relieve pressure. Most of the patients who had surgery in the SPORT study underwent this procedure. Nonsurgical treatment outcomes were determined by the patients' levels of pain and physical function, as measured by their responses to standardized questionnaires.
"For the patients who underwent surgery, positive results were evident as early as six weeks after the procedure."
"For the patients who underwent surgery, positive results were evident as early as six weeks after the procedure."
An intention-to-treat analysis found a significant effect favoring surgery for pain but not for physical function. An as-treated analysis including both cohorts, however, showed significant differences between the surgical and the nonsurgical group in both outcome measures. For the patients who underwent surgery, positive results were evident as early as six weeks after the procedure. These effects reached their peak at six months and continued for two years. The patients in the nonsurgical group showed only moderate improvement over two years.
The most common complication associated with the surgical procedure was a dural tear experienced by 9 percent of the patients. After two years, 8 percent of the patients had undergone another operation, but fewer than half of these additional procedures were performed because of recurrent spinal stenosis. With or without surgery, none of the patients worsened.
The American College of Neurosurgeons cautions that not every patient will benefit from spinal surgery. Doctors may recommend surgery if conservative treatment options, such as physical therapy and medications, do not reduce the pain or relieve it altogether.
A patient in reasonably good health may be considered a candidate for spinal surgery if he or she experiences the following symptoms:
For more information, or to make an appointment with a UK HealthCare physician, please call UK Health Connection at 1-800-333-8874.
An important aspect of this article is that it constitutes evidence-based medicine. With the cost of health care so high, and concern about how high it can go, the government and insurance companies are challenging doctors to prove that the treatments they're recommending are effective.
"The best surgeons are very cautious and don't rush into surgery."
I believe it's the duty of medicine as a group to take this concern seriously, to respond to it, to try to be as scientific as possible and to conduct these clinical trials. Here at the University of Kentucky, our neuroscience group has had a committed interest in evidence-based medicine for more than 20 years.
In areas such as spinal stenosis, the results of these clinical trials are so significant that surgery will be recognized as the standard of care. Another phase of the SPORT study compared surgical and nonsurgical treatment of ruptured discs. In that case, patients who waited long enough did almost as well without surgery. However, there was a group of people who were in a great deal of pain while they were waiting and wanted to go ahead and have the surgery. This is all information that well-informed consumers need to have so they can understand their options when they talk with their doctor.
Only about 10 to 15 percent of patients who undergo a spinal laminectomy require further surgery. However, once you have a degenerative spinal condition, it's something you live with for the rest of your life. Patients who have surgery this year and experience excellent relief may later develop spinal stenosis in another area of the spine and need a second operation. Also, some patients may develop a slippage and need a spinal fusion. The treatment that is perfect for someone this year may not prevent a condition from arising at other levels of the spine several years in the future.
"Although more than 95 percent of the patients have no complications from a spinal laminectomy, there are risks involved."
If you look at large groups of patients who've had spinal surgery, you'll find many who've had success and some who haven't. What are the causes for failure?
Sometimes the patient may not have needed surgery in the first place. The back pain could have been due to some other condition. There could also be technical factors that prevented the doctor from safely and completely achieving the goal of decompression. And there are other patients who may simply require more surgery.
No patient should have back surgery without receiving conservative therapy first. We never perform surgery for spinal stenosis or a herniated disc without first giving nature time to take care of the condition or using medications, physical therapy or injections.
In my view, the best surgeons are very cautious and don't rush into surgery. When they recommend a procedure, they have every reason to expect it will benefit their patient. At the University of Kentucky, we often see patients who come to us for a second opinion because they felt rushed by their first doctor. The truth is, most of the time the first doctor was correct, but the patient wasn't ready yet for the surgery. Patients often seek us out at UK because they know we have a reputation for being conservative about surgery.
Although more than 95 percent of the patients have no complications from a spinal laminectomy, there are risks involved. First, we may not be able to give complete relief. Some patients may have considerable nerve damage that cannot be undone by the time they see the surgeon. You have to balance the need to not to rush into surgery with not letting the patient wait too long and suffer nerve damage.
Other complications include a blood clot, infections, spinal fluid leakage, nerve damage due to surgery, difficulty with bowel or bladder function, disc slippage, or complications from anesthesia. No patient would be allowed to undergo surgery without preoperative evaluation.
In most cases, persistent pain will motivate the patient to accept the small risks of complications with surgery. The main advantage the SPORT study showed for spinal surgery (in the 'as-treated' analysis) was significantly greater improvement in pain reduction, function, satisfaction and self-rated progress than patients receiving nonsurgical treatment. The most common pain that can be relieved surgically is nerve pain that radiates along the leg. We rarely operate for low back pain not associated with leg pain.
Spinal surgery is an exciting area of neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery right now. One trend is toward minimally invasive surgery. We've been able to miniaturize incisions in many cases so that patients can have major surgery as an outpatient or with only an overnight stay in the hospital.
Any type of spinal surgery is a commitment and an investment of the patient's time and money. But when properly done, the success rate is very high.
Dr. Tibbs is director of the UK Spine Center and chair of neurosurgery in the UK College of Medicine.
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They held golden shovels and ceremoniously scooped the first bits of dirt for the project, known as the Yukon Kuskokwim Regional Aquatic Health and Safety Center.
The center will feature two swimming pools, a hot tub, a fitness room and a weight room. The large swimming pool will include six swimming lanes and a water slide. The smaller pool will be shallower for little kids.
Nearly 200 pilings were installed this winter. Other building supplies will arrive on the summer barges. The construction plan is to complete the outside of the building this summer and work on the inside over the next winter.
The center is expected to open by the end of October 2014.
The building will be partly run off of power from a wind turbine to be installed nearby.


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Tonight, our second anniversary ride, struck yet another new mark in South Bay history, as four thousand riders (see count) hit the streets to build community through bicycling. Happy Birthday, Bike Party!
Reflections on Ride #18 – over 500 riders!
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Isabel Apodaca, a local author, is booking Free School Assemblies to Southern California elementary schools.
Isabel will come to your school and present her book, Mr. Worm, Señor Gusano to the student body. She will also share the adventures of being an author and storyteller.
This event will motivate and inspire children to read more.
Isabel has presented Mr. Worm Book to many schools, hospitals and other organizations.
- Monte Vista Elementary School, El Monte
- Thomas Rivera Elementary School, Riverside
- Mountain View Elementary School, Riverside
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, East Los Angeles
- Baldwin Hills Public Library, Los Angeles
- YWCA Community Event, East Los Angeles
- Loma Linda Children's Hospital
- Primanti Montessori Elementary School, La Habra
- Peninsula Heritage Early Childhood Center, San Pedro
It is her deep desire that all children become passionate about the world of literature.
"Because your book makes me happy, Mr. Worm seems real." ~Andrea Gomez , third grade
"When I grow up, I want to be an author like you." ~Melissa
"I like how you read with all your expressions." ~Alma
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