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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:48:55 -0800 "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Something like that. I'll update the atomic_ops.txt > doc and post and updated version later tonight. Ok, as promised, here is the updated doc. Who should I author this as? Perhaps "Anton's evil twin" :-) --- atomic_ops.txt --- This document is intended to serve as a guide to Linux port maintainers on how to implement atomic counter and bitops operations properly. The atomic_t type should be defined as a signed integer. Also, it should be made opaque such that any kind of cast to a normal C integer type will fail. Something like the following should suffice: typedef struct { volatile int counter; } atomic_t; The first operations to implement for atomic_t's are the initializers and plain reads. #define ATOMIC_INIT(i) { (i) } #define atomic_set(v, i) ((v)->counter = (i)) The first macro is used in definitions, such as: static atomic_t my_counter = ATOMIC_INIT(1); The second interface can be used at runtime, as in: k = kmalloc(sizeof(*k), GFP_KERNEL); if (!k) return -ENOMEM; atomic_set(&k->counter, 0); Next, we have: #define atomic_read(v) ((v)->counter) which simply reads the current value of the counter. Now, we move onto the actual atomic operation interfaces. void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t *v); void atomic_sub(int i, atomic_t *v); void atomic_inc(atomic_t *v); void atomic_dec(atomic_t *v); These four routines add and subtract integral values to/from the given atomic_t value. The first two routines pass explicit integers by which to make the adjustment, whereas the latter two use an implicit adjustment value of "1". One very important aspect of these two routines is that they DO NOT require any explicit memory barriers. They need only perform the atomic_t counter update in an SMP safe manner. Next, we have: int atomic_inc_return(atomic_t *v); int atomic_dec_return(atomic_t *v); These routines add 1 and subtract 1, respectively, from the given atomic_t and return the new counter value after the operation is performed. Unlike the above routines, it is required that explicit memory barriers are performed before and after the operation. It must be done such that all memory operations before and after the atomic operation calls are strongly ordered with respect to the atomic operation itself. For example, it should behave as if a smp_mb() call existed both before and after the atomic operation. If the atomic instructions used in an implementation provide explicit memory barrier semantics which satisfy the above requirements, that is fine as well. Let's move on: int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v); int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t *v); These behave just like atomic_{inc,dec}_return() except that an explicit counter adjustment is given instead of the implicit "1". This means that like atomic_{inc,dec}_return(), the memory barrier semantics are required. Next: int atomic_inc_and_test(atomic_t *v); int atomic_dec_and_test(atomic_t *v); These two routines increment and decrement by 1, respectively, the given atomic counter. They return a boolean indicating whether the resulting counter value was zero or not. It requires explicit memory barrier semantics around the operation as above. int atomic_sub_and_test(int i, atomic_t *v); This is identical to atomic_dec_and_test() except that an explicit decrement is given instead of the implicit "1". It requires explicit memory barrier semantics around the operation. int atomic_add_negative(int i, atomic_t *v); The given increment is added to the given atomic counter value. A boolean is return which indicates whether the resulting counter value is negative. It requires explicit memory barrier semantics around the operation. If a caller requires memory barrier semantics around an atomic_t operation which does not return a value, a set of interfaces are defined which accomplish this: void smb_mb__before_atomic_dec(void); void smb_mb__after_atomic_dec(void); void smb_mb__before_atomic_inc(void); void smb_mb__after_atomic_dec(void); For example, smb_mb__before_atomic_dec() can be used like so: obj->dead = 1; smb_mb__before_atomic_dec(); atomic_dec(&obj->ref_count); It makes sure that all memory operations preceeding the atomic_dec() call are strongly ordered with respect to the atomic counter operation. In the above example, it guarentees that the assignment of "1" to obj->dead will be globally visible to other cpus before the atomic counter decrement. Without the explicitl smb_mb__before_atomic_dec() call, the implementation could legally allow the atomic counter update visible to other cpus before the "obj->dead = 1;" assignment. The other three interfaces listed are used to provide explicit ordering with respect to memory operations after an atomic_dec() call (smb_mb__after_atomic_dec()) and around atomic_inc() calls (smb_mb__{before,after}_atomic_inc()). A missing memory barrier in the cases where they are required by the atomic_t implementation above can have disasterous results. Here is an example, which follows a pattern occuring frequently in the Linux kernel. It is the use of atomic counters to implement reference counting, and it works such that once the counter falls to zero it can be guarenteed that no other entity can be accessing the object: static void obj_list_add(struct obj *obj) { obj->active = 1; list_add(&obj->list); } static void obj_list_del(struct obj *obj) { list_del(&obj->list); obj->active = 0; } static void obj_destroy(struct obj *obj) { BUG_ON(obj->active); kfree(obj); } struct obj *obj_list_peek(struct list_head *head) { if (!list_empty(head)) { struct obj *obj; obj = list_entry(head->next, struct obj, list); atomic_inc(&obj->refcnt); return obj; } return NULL; } void obj_poke(void) { struct obj *obj; spin_lock(&global_list_lock); obj = obj_list_peek(&global_list); spin_unlock(&global_list_lock); if (obj) { obj->ops->poke(obj); if (atomic_dec_and_test(&obj->refcnt)) obj_destroy(obj); } } void obj_timeout(struct obj *obj) { spin_lock(&global_list_lock); obj_list_del(obj); spin_unlock(&global_list_lock); if (atomic_dec_and_test(&obj->refcnt)) obj_destroy(obj); } (This is a simplification of the ARP queue management in the generic neighbour discover code of the networking. Olaf Kirch found a bug wrt. memory barriers in kfree_skb() that exposed the atomic_t memory barrier requirements quite clearly.) Given the above scheme, it must be the case that the obj->active update done by the obj list deletion be visible to other processors before the atomic counter decrement is performed. Otherwise, the counter could fall to zero, yet obj->active would still be set, thus triggering the assertion in obj_destroy(). The error sequence looks like this: cpu 0 cpu 1 obj_poke() obj_timeout() obj = obj_list_peek(); ... gains ref to obj, refcnt=2 obj_list_del(obj); obj->active = 0 ... ... visibility delayed ... atomic_dec_and_test() ... refcnt drops to 1 ... atomic_dec_and_test() ... refcount drops to 0 ... obj_destroy() BUG() triggers since obj->active still seen as one obj->active update visibility occurs With the memory barrier semantics required of the atomic_t operations which return values, the above sequence of memory visibility can never happen. Specifically, in the above case the atomic_dec_and_test() counter decrement would not become globally visible until the obj->active update does. We will now cover the atomic bitmask operations. You will find that their SMP and memory barrier semantics are similar in shape and scope to the atomic_t ops above. Native atomic bit operations are defined to operate on objects aligned to the size of an "unsigned long" C data type, and are least of that size. The endianness of the bits within each "unsigned long" are the native endianness of the cpu. void set_bit(unsigned long nr, volatils unsigned long *addr); void clear_bit(unsigned long nr, volatils unsigned long *addr); void change_bit(unsigned long nr, volatils unsigned long *addr); These routines set, clear, and change, respectively, the bit number indicated by "nr" on the bit mask pointed to by "ADDR". They must execute atomically, yet there are no implicit memory barrier semantics required of these interfaces. long test_and_set_bit(unsigned long nr, volatils unsigned long *addr); long test_and_clear_bit(unsigned long nr, volatils unsigned long *addr); long test_and_change_bit(unsigned long nr, volatils unsigned long *addr); Like the above, except that these routines return a boolean which indicates whether the changed bit was set _BEFORE_ the atomic bit operation. WARNING! It is incredibly important that the value be a boolean, ie. "0" or "1". Do not try to be fancy and save a few instructions by just returning something like "old_val & mask" because that will not work. For one thing, this return value gets truncated to int in many code paths, so on 64-bit if the bit is set in the upper 32-bits then testers will never see that. One great example of where this problem crops up are the thread_info flag operations. Routines such as test_and_set_ti_thread_flag() chop the return value into an int. There are other places where things like this occur as well. These routines, like the atomic_t counter operations returning values, require explicit memory barrier semantics around their execution. All memory operations before the atomic bit operation call must be made visible globally before the atomic bit operation is made visible. Likewise, the atomic bit operation must be visible globally before any subsequent memory operation is made visible. For example: obj->dead = 1; if (test_and_set_bit(0, &obj->flags)) /* ... */; obj->killed = 1; The implementation of test_and_set_bit() must guarentee that "obj->dead = 1;" is visible to cpus before the atomic memory operation done by test_and_set_bit() becomes visible. Likewise, the atomic memory operation done by test_and_set_bit() must become visible before "obj->killed = 1;" is visible. Finally there is the basic operation: long test_bit(unsigned long nr, __const__ volatile unsigned long *addr); Which returns a boolean indicating if bit "nr" is set in the bitmask pointed to by "addr". If explicit memory barriers are required around clear_bit() (which does not return a value, and thus does not need to provide memory barrier semantics), two interfaces are provided: void smp_mb__before_clear_bit(void); void smp_mb__after_clear_bit(void); They are used as follows, and are akin to their atomic_t operation brothers: /* All memory operations before this call will * be globally visible before the clear_bit(). */ smp_mb__before_clear_bit(); clear_bit( ... ); /* The clear_bit() will be visible before all * subsequent memory operations. */ smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); Finally, there are non-atomic versions of the bitmask operations provided. They are used in contexts where some other higher-level SMP locking scheme is being used to protect the bitmask, and thus less expensive non-atomic operations may be used in the implementation. They have names similar to the above bitmask operation interfaces, except that two underscores are prefixed to the interface name. void __set_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); void __clear_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); void __change_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); long __test_and_set_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); long __test_and_clear_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); long __test_and_change_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr); These non-atomic variants also do not require any special memory barrier semantics.
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A gold lace skirt, slim and below the knee, was adorned with 3-D florals made of ribbons hand-painted blue, and an ivory chiffon cocktail dress had lace butterflies fluttering across ruffled tiers. Models wore artfully straggly feathers in their hair and faded faux tattoos of butterflies on their shoulders, arms, and backs (courtesy of fashion's favorite inkman Scott Campbell). The effect was a little like Rooney Mara playing a forest nymph.
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Men's Soccer looks to continue last season's successAugust 25, 2011
Tornados gear up to return to the postseason after falling in quarterfinals
Brevard, N.C. - Fresh off their first postseason appearance in which the Tornados took the top seed to the limit before falling in double overtime, Brevard looks to pick up from where they left off as they approach the 2011 season with a pair of scrimmages against NCAA Division I opponents on their way to beginning their fourth season as members of the South Atlantic Conference.
Head Coach Juan Mascaro returns for his fifth season with Brevard College, having added the mantle of Interim Athletic Director to his title, but his focus on the 2011 season remains intact as he returns 13 players from last season's squad. Mascaro will look to provide balance to the roster as he welcomes 19 transfers and freshmen to the team as the Tornados will look to establish a style of up-tempo play to the team dynamic this season.
Mascaro will have help this season on the sidelines, welcoming Associate Head Coach Shigeyoshi Shinohara to the bench. Shinohara has been the BC Women's Soccer Head Coach for the last two seasons and has been successful at all levels of soccer he has coached on.
Leading the Tornados in the 2011 season is a trio of seniors, Scott Schuurman, Thomas Kombol and Anthony Cardenas.
Schuurman, a three-year starter at defender, is the 2011 Team Captain and will be someone Coach Mascaro will rely on to provide coaching on the field to the team. Schuurman also will provide an offensive threat, having recorded a goal and a pair of assists last season and will supplement the BC attack up front.
Kombol returns for his senior season and provides leadership in between the pipes. The only four year goalie on the roster, Kombol will have an impact both on and off the field for the Tornados. Cardenas will also provide an experienced hand for Coach Mascaro at defender, having played in 43 career matches with the Tornados. His leadership on the back line will help Brevard continue to establish their pattern of success in the 2011 season.
Also returning in goal for the Tornados in the 2011 season are junior Jack Shaw and sophomore Pauli Jussila. Shaw, or "Ginge" as the team affectionately calls him, returns with the most on-field experience for Brevard, having played in 27 matches in the goal over the past two seasons. His save percentage has climbed in each of the past two seasons, while his goals allowed have dropped as Shaw has become more reliable in the goal for the Tornados. Jussila also returns, having played in 13 matches as a true freshman. Jussila led the team with 48 saves last year, with a 69.3% save percentage and both Shaw and Jussila look poised to jump into the upper echelon of keepers in the SAC in the 2011 season.
Returning at the defender position with Schuurman and Cardenas are juniors Ryan Guill and Alec Darcey. The duo possesses the height and speed to duel with the top forwards in the conference and are sure-footed ball handlers on the back row.
Joining the quartet on BC's last line of defense include junior transfer Joel Jalanne, sophomore Patrick Burke and freshmen Garrett Stone, Andre Luiz Corvello, Alejandro Rivillas and Nicolas Daza. Jalanne comes to Brevard from Hartwick College where he played under Coach John Scott and Bo Brinsko. Burke comes into Brevard after a decorated career at Tuscola High School, while Stone, Corvello, Rivillas and Daza all come in with impressive high school resumes and will look to fight for playing time and make an impact on the pitch from day one.
In the midfield, Landon Reid, Adam Martin, Patrick Urmson, Jacob Parker and Ian Baker are among the returners fighting for playing time. Reid scored a pair of goals in the 2010 season, including the game-tying goal in the SAC tournament quarterfinal game and will provide an offensive spark to the Tornados midfield. Urmson also returns for the Tornados after receiving the 2011 Coaches' Award for his hard work and dedication to the squad and his balanced play gives Brevard a trusted weapon in the middle, while Martin, Parker and Baker provide experience and will battle for playing time among the multitude of newcomers this season.
A multitude of transfers and freshman also come in and will challenge for playing time as Paulo Silva, Jorge Davila, Felipe Mendonca, Derek Young, Efren Escoba, and Erik Hearn also will battle it out in practice as they fight to get on the field in their first season with the Tornados.
Jami Uuttu returns with the most experience up front for the Tornados, coming off a season in which he scored the first goal in the Tornados first playoff appearance, giving Brevard much needed momentum in their brief playoff run. The sophomore from Naantali, Finland is the Tornados leading returning goal scorer and also led the team with a pair of assists last season and is expected to step up in his role under Coach Mascaro to lead Brevard back to the postseason.
Tommi Rasinmaki, Marcelo Betcer, Daniel Zambrano, Jacob Crisp, Fernando Estevez and Lucas Goncalves will also see time up front for the Tornados in the 2011 season. Sophomores Rasinmaki and Betcer will provide experience to the squad as Rasinmaki comes to the team after earning a championship at Tampere University of Technology in Tampere, Finland, while Betcer transfers in from Colegio Anglo Modulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Freshmen Zambrano, Crisp, Estevez and Goncalves will provide energy and creative ability up front for Coach Mascaro.
The Tornados open up the 2011 preseason on Friday evening as they travel to Rock Hill, S.C. to take on Winthrop University in a preseason match scheduled for 7 p.m. Brevard will remain on the road in the preseason on Aug. 28th against Gardner-Webb, before opening up the 2011 regular season on the BC Soccer Field against Erskine College on Thursday, Sept. 1st against the Erskine College Flying Fleet.


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Men's Soccer announces recruiting class of nineApril 22, 2010
Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College Athletic Department and Coach Juan Mascaro are pleased to announce the 2010-2011 Men's Soccer signing class which includes nine commits: Sean Allison, Andrew Gallowitch, Nino Jessup, Pauli Jussila, Patrick Urmson, Jami Uuttu, Ryan Bailey, Adam Martin, and Jake Parker.
The class includes three North Carolina natives, a Tennessee native, a Florida native, a California native and three Finnish players in Jussila (Valkeakoski, FINLAND), Urmson (Rauma, FINLAND), and Uuttu (Naantali, FINLAND).
Allison, a forward/midfielder hails from Santa Rosa, Calif. Allison attended AC Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C. where he received All-Conference and All-Region honors twice for Coach Patrick Gladys.
Gallowitch, also a forward/midfielder comes to Brevard from Monroe, N.C. where he attended Sun Valley High School. He received the Offensive MVP award in 2007, All-Conference honors in 2007 and 2009, as well as All-Region and All-Team MVP in 2009 under Coach Steve Hancock. Gallowitch also was a member of the track team.
Jessup, also a North Carolina native, hails from Jacksonville, N.C. and attended high school in Germany at Hohenfels High School. Jessup received All-Conference First Team honors in 2009 and was a member of the 2006 conference championship team. The four year varsity letter winner was also a four year honor student and member of the cross-country team.
Bailey is a goalkeeper from Bostic, N.C. where he attended East Rutherford High School. As a team captain in 2008 and 2009, he received All-Conference honors, and was named Defensive player of the year in 2009. The four year starter holds the record at East Rutherford High for the most clean sheets in a single season and career, and also holds the record for least amount of goals scored in a single season and career. Bailey, an Honor Roll student, also played football and baseball and received the Football Academic Award in 2008.
Martin, a midfielder/forward from Cleveland, Tenn., attended Cleveland High School where he was a four year varsity letter-winner. He appeared in two Tennessee State High School Championships and in 2009 played for the No. 2 team in the state and No. 27 team in the nation with a 20-1-3 overall record. Martin received international training in Manchester City and in Italy, and is a certified soccer coach and referee. Off the field, he is a Tennessee scholar and was part of the Highest Distinction Senior Honors Group while remaining on Honor Roll from 2006-2009.
Parker, a midfielder from Tallahassee, Fla., attended Lawton Chiles High School where he was a four year varsity letterman, three year starter and team captain in 2009. Parker's honors include MVP and Midfielder of the Year as he played in two district championship finals, and made two regional appearances. Parker was also a member of the Track and Field and Swim teams, receiving Track and Field Rookie of the Year, while qualifying for districts in Track and Field and regionals in Swimming. Off the field, he is an Honor Roll student, a two-time Florida High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete, and a member of the National Honors Society.
Coach Mascaro and the Tornados will play three scrimmages in late August leading up to their first game of the 2010 season on September 2, 2010 at Erskine. Kick-off is set for 7pm.


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ROCK HILL, S.C. – Brevard College sophomore Hannah Cook and senior Angela Canale were named to the Preseason All-SAC first-team while the Tornados were selected seventh in the preseason coaches' poll, the conference announced Thursday.
Lenoir-Rhyne earned the top spot in the women's preseason poll after winning the 2012 SAC Championship by a margin of 10 points over runner-up Wingate. The Bears received nine first-place votes in the poll, while second-ranked Wingate got two.
Anderson is third in the poll, followed by No. 4 Mars Hill and No. 5 Queens, which also received one first-place vote. Anderson finished third at last year's SAC Championship, Mars Hill placed fourth, and Queens finished 10th at the Conference Carolinas Championship.
Cook, last year's SAC Freshman of the Year, and Canale, who had four top-10 finishes in 2012, will pace the Tornados as they were picked seventh and return three runners from last season.
"Hannah and Angela have been very consistent in their training this summer," said first-year head coach Adam Malloy about the upcoming season. "They are two individuals who really just love the sport, so preparation and hard work come naturally. Their hard work is evident in their current fitness level. They will be integral to the team this year. Any success they have will be echoed by the other women."
Rounding out the poll is Carson-Newman at eighth and Catawba atninth. Tusculum is No. 10 in the poll, followed by No. 11 Coker and No. 12 Newberry. Tusculum finished ninth and Newberry 10th last year at the SAC Championship, while Coker placed 12th at the Conference Carolinas Championship.
Mars Hill paced the conference with four selections, while Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate collected three each.
Joining Cook and Canale on the women's first team is 2012 SAC Women's Runner of the Year Keeley Wood of Wingate, Mars Hill's Kristen Trammel, Anderson's Sydney Hazel, Lenoir-Rhyne's Marie Mauhar and Laura Rhyne.
Brevard opens its season at the Eye Opener Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C. at Milliken Park on Sept. 6.
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Tried this with the new pressure washer and found that it really didn't help my back, maybe because I am too tall. Would be nice if it worked, but it didn't live up to expectations.
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Steve Thurner completed his first 100-mile bike ride—the San Diego Tour de Cure—in April 2010. That accomplishment represents a high point in Steve's personal battle with diabetes, a battle that has had its ups and downs.
In 2005, when he was 33, Steve was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. An engineer, Steve weighed 300 pounds and was struggling to stay awake at his desk. With a family history of thyroid problems, he figured his condition could be solved with medication. When the doctor told him that he had diabetes, "It was a shock," he recalls.
In essence, Steve learned that his body either does not make enough insulin or it does not use insulin as well as it should. Sugar was therefore building up in his blood because his body could not use it without the help of insulin. If blood sugar stays high for a long time, people with diabetes have a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, blindness, kidney damage, and other serious problems.
There are different ways to treat diabetes. Steve's doctor prescribed metformin, a pill to help control his blood sugar, and recommended Steve change his diet and join a diabetes education group.
But the diabetes education group met only once a week, while Steve was at work. "It was not convenient," Steve says.
Meanwhile, Steve switched to a new diet—fewer carbohydrates and more meat. He lost a lot of weight. But there was a downside: "My cholesterol numbers were way out of whack," he says. His doctor then prescribed additional medicines for his diabetes, high cholesterol, and blood pressure.
In hindsight, Steve wishes he'd spent more time learning about his disease and treatment options right after his diagnosis. "I missed all of the psychological processing of understanding that I have a disease," Steve says.
He decided it was time to compare his treatment options.
"I made a commitment to learn about my disease to help me figure out what I could do," he says. Steve read books about living with diabetes and visited the American Diabetes Association Web site. He learned how different diabetes medicines worked. He improved his diet and began exercising and biking. He eventually switched to another injectable medicine that works better for him than the one initially prescribed.
Thanks to all these changes, Steve finally started getting his diabetes under control. "My A1c [an indicator or blood sugar levels] is fairly good," he says.
He got married and started a family. In late 2009, he began training for the San Diego Tour de Cure. After 6 months of training and logging more than 1,500 miles on his bike, Steve completed his first century (100-mile) ride on April 17, 2010.
"It was a time of huge personal growth in taking responsibility for my health and well being," he says, now looking ahead to other century rides and further accomplishments. Knowing more about diabetes and his treatment options opened the way.
Annie Randolph lived with high blood pressure for years, but she only got the upper hand on her condition when she found good information about the so-called "silent killer" and her treatment options. Read more.
A diabetes diagnosis was a wake-up call to self-proclaimed "couch slug" Gwen Rodenberger, who wanted to find out the best ways she could improve her life. Read more.
At 47, Rick Thornton was diagnosed with prostate cancer. An engineer by training, Rick weighed the angles of different options to treat his cancer. Carefully considering his choices helped Rick to conclude which treatment was right for him. Read more.
Thirty-five years ago, Jennifer Jaff was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. It has only been in the last 8 years that her quality of life has improved. What made the difference? Making a shared treatment decision with her doctor after exploring all her options. Read more.
Marti Denk considered different treatment options for breast cancer after her doctor gave her homework—to talk to other patients and do some reading. Marti says that advice led her to being perfectly fine today. Read more.
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Bone Health After Cancer
People who have received or are actively receiving certain cancer therapies are at an increased risk for developing osteoporosis. Osteoporosis and osteopenia (the precursor to osteoporosis) are medical terms for decreases in bone density, or a "thinning" of the bones, which increases the risk of fracture (breakage) of the affected bones. The disease most often affects the hips, spine and wrists, and is responsible for 2 million fractures a year in the U.S. Cancer survivors at risk for osteoporosis should take steps to prevent the disease and have appropriate screening.
Our bones provide support and structure for our body, as well as storage for essential nutrients. Your bones are continually being damaged and repaired by a complex system involving osteoclasts, which are cells that break down old bone, and osteoblasts, which are cells that form new bone. The body maintains a delicate balance between the breakdown of old or damaged bone and the formation of new bone, also known as bone remodeling, to maintain bone strength. Estrogen, parathyroid hormone and testosterone play critical roles in regulating bone remodeling. In osteoporosis, more bone is being destroyed than is being formed, leading to weakened bones.
Who is at risk?
- Women who have premature (early) menopause or decreased estrogen production due to cancer therapy (i.e. women taking hormonal therapy, such as aromatase inhibitors or leuprolide; or menopause induced by surgery, chemotherapy or radiation). Of note, tamoxifen increases the risk of osteoporosis in premenopausal women, but can actually increase bone density in menopausal women, thereby decreasing the chance of osteoporosis.
- Men who have decreased testosterone production. This is a factor for men treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) such as leuprolide or orchiectomy (surgery to remove testicles).
- Treatment with ifosfamide, methotrexate, radiation to the brain or weight bearing bones (spine, hips, legs) or allogeneic stem cell or bone marrow transplant.
- Survivors of childhood cancers.
- Long-term use of corticosteroids (dexamethasone and prednisone, greater than 5mg per day for 2 months or more).
- Patients who have had their stomach surgically removed (gastrectomy).
There are additional risk factors that are not specific to having cancer, such as smoking, consuming excessive alcohol, leading an inactive lifestyle, being petite and thin, having a diet low in calcium and vitamin D, and missing menstrual periods. Osteoporosis is more common in women (80% women, 20% men), those with a family history, Caucasians and those of Asian or Latino descent, although all races have some risk. You can learn more about other risk factors by visiting the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
How is osteoporosis detected?
Screening for osteoporosis is done with a bone mineral density (BMD) test, of which a DEXA scan is the most commonly used. For the general public, screening is recommended to begin for women at age 65 (then every 2 years thereafter) and, for men, a baseline at age 70. Experts recommend screening for all female postmenopausal cancer survivors who have one or more risk factors (regardless of age), and to repeat the test every year. Men who are undergoing ADT or orchiectomy should have a baseline screening, with further testing depending on their results and risk factors. Cancer survivors should discuss their specific risk and need for screening with their healthcare team. Risk can be evaluated using the FRAX® tool, which was developed by the World Health Organization to evaluate the risk of fracture in people.
What can I do to protect my bone health?
While you may not be able to change your family and health history, there are some steps you can take to protect your bones.
- Do not smoke or drink excessive alcohol (no more than 2 drinks per day).
- Watch your caffeine intake- studies have shown large amounts of caffeine increase the risk of fractures (broken bones). Drink milk instead!
- Get your weight-bearing exercise or resistance training! This strengthens bones and muscles. Examples of weight-bearing exercise include aerobics, dancing, jogging and walking – anything that requires you to be upright and supporting your weight. Resistance training includes lifting weights, using exercise bands and Pilates.
- Have appropriate bone health screening.
- Get 1000mg of calcium (1200mg if >50 years old) and 400-800 international units (iu) of Vitamin D per day (800-1000iu if >50). This can be through supplements and/or in your diet, although most people have trouble meeting these requirements through diet alone.
Dietary Tips
Our bodies cannot produce calcium, so we must be sure to get enough in our diet to support healthy bones. On the nutritional label of a food that contains calcium, you will see "calcium" followed by a percentage, which is the percentage of the recommended daily amount (RDA) (1000 mg). A label reading 20% calcium means the product has 200mg of calcium per serving (multiply the percentage by 10 to get the mg of calcium per serving). For example, a typical 8 oz. glass of milk has 30% of the RDA, or 300mg. You should aim for the recommended 1000 – 1200 mg per day as noted above.
Dairy foods, such as milk, yogurt and cheese, are highest in calcium. Dark, green vegetables, such as broccoli, kale and collard greens, contain calcium as well. Some foods are fortified with calcium, but read the labels to get an idea just how much they contain. Calcium fortified orange juice is one good source. Spinach and rhubarb contain calcium, but also contains large amounts of oxalate and phytate, which prevent the body from absorbing their calcium. However, they do not interfere with the absorption of calcium from other foods. Other good sources of calcium include almonds, sunflower seeds, apricots and figs.
Calcium supplements are an easy way to get the recommended daily amount and come in 2 forms: calcium carbonate and calcium citrate. The body does have some trouble absorbing large amounts of calcium, so supplements should be split into 2 or more doses per day. Calcium carbonate requires stomach acid to be absorbed by the body, therefore people that take acid reducers (such as Zantac, Tagamet) and/or proton pump inhibitors (such as Prilosec, Prevacid, etc) should use calcium citrate. If you have trouble tolerating your calcium supplement, talk to your doctor or nurse; there may be another formulation you can tolerate more easily.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is often called the "sunshine vitamin" because our skin converts ultraviolet rays from the sun into vitamin D. In general, 10-15 minutes of sun exposure on the hands, arms and face creates the needed amount. However, it is difficult to measure how much vitamin D you are getting by this method and the amount can vary by season or location. Very few foods contain vitamin D naturally; these include certain fish (salmon, tuna) and fish liver oils, while egg yolks and beef liver contain small amounts. Many foods are fortified with vitamin D, once again, read the nutrition labels to know how much! You may notice that vitamin D is available in two forms, D2 and D3. Supplements typically contain D3. Research has found that both are beneficial for bone health. A cup of fortified milk contains about 100 international units (iu) of vitamin D. A multivitamin contains 400iu and some calcium supplements also include vitamin D. You should aim for 400-800iu per day (800-1000iu for women over 50). Talk to your doctor or nurse about whether or not you should have your Vitamin D blood levels checked.
Medical Therapy
If your healthcare team determines that you have osteoporosis or osteopenia, they may recommend medications to prevent it from getting worse. The main category of medication used to treat osteoporosis is called antiresorptive medications, which work by slowing the rate of bone breakdown. While breakdown is slowed, the formation of bone occurs at the same speed, which may allow bone density to improve. Antiresorptive medications include bisphosphonates (such as alendronate, zoledronic acid, etc.), raloxifene (a selective estrogen receptor modifier or SERM) and calcitonin. PTH (teriparatide) is a type of parathyroid hormone, which increases the rate of bone formation, allowing bones to strengthen, but is much less commonly used because of significant side effects. If you are taking a bisphosphonate, be sure to talk to your doctor or nurse if you have major dental work planned; you may need to temporarily hold this medication.
Each of the medications has some risk of side effects and may not be appropriate for every patient. Discuss your medical options for treating osteoporosis with your healthcare team.
National Osteoporosis Foundation
International Osteoporosis Foundation
WHO FRAX® tool (for estimating the risk of developing a bone fracture)


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New Haven, Conn. - Despite hanging right with the Ivy League leaders for much of Saturday's match, the Penn volleyball team was ultimately felled by a pair of big runs from Yale in the second and third sets as the Bulldogs pulled out a 3-0 win over the Quakers. Alex Caldwell led the Red and Blue with eight kills, narrowly missing out on a second straight triple-double as she also contributed 13 assists and 12 digs to the cause.
The first set featured an amazing 17 ties as neither team could put the other away. A kill from Jesse Ebner and a Penn attack error ended up being the difference as the decisive two points went the way of the Bulldogs. Lauren Martin had four kills for the Quakers but ultimately it was Yale's .318 hitting percentage in the frame that earned them the 1-0 lead.
Penn didn't back down in the second set and used an early 6-1 run to grab an 8-3 lead in the set, prompting a timeout from the Yale bench. The Quakers maintained that lead all the way to 18-12 before things suddenly turned sour. An innocuous service error on the part of Penn was all the opening that Yale needed to rattle off a 12-0 run, turning that six point deficit into a 24-18 lead. A kill from Kristen Etterbeek finally stopped the bleeding but a service error on the subsequent point gave Yale the 25-19 victory.
When the Bulldogs took a 6-2 lead in the third set it appeared they might run away with it, but the Quakers had one last rally in them. From 10-5 down, Penn took seven out of the next nine points to tie the score at 12-12. It was still knotted, 15-15, when Yale put on the afterburners one final time. A 9-0 run that was largely self-inflicted put the Quakers in a 24-15 hole, and though consecutive kills from Emma White and Amanda Pacheco brought the team a little closer, the last of nine attack errors in the set from Penn ended the match at 25-17.
Martin had seven kills in the match, hitting .538, while White and Etterbeek each chipped in with six kills. Ronnie Bither had 14 assists and Dani Shepherd tied for a match-high with 16 digs.
Penn (9-9, 4-3 Ivy) has now reached the midway point of the Ivy League season and will start the second half with a road match at Princeton on Friday night at 7 p.m.
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Preen by Thornton Bregazzi Spring 2013
Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi have brought their show back to London, where they live and work. For the past several years, they've been transplanting themselves to New York every season, but now their homecoming makes sense on several levels. First, London has reorganized itself to run shows efficiently and on time. The Preen pair decided to try their chances at New York Fashion Week at a time when there was little faith that London could be taken seriously as a platform for professionals. Now, there's a generation of slightly younger peers—Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Mary Katrantzou, Roksanda Ilincic, etc.—who have polished the fashion standards of the city to a fine sheen. Good quality company to show in, then. And the other reason that trumps the lot is that the couple wouldn't have been able to travel anyway this season: Thea is due to give birth to their second child today.
So, there was the Preen collection, all navy-and-white and reptilian patchwork, wafting along in a supermodern wing of London's Natural History Museum at the crack of dawn Sunday morning. Wafting might seem an odd word to apply to a technique as stiff-sounding as patchwork—some of it in python—but there's an ease in Preen's pattern-cutting that has become second nature to them. They have the knack of making coherently wearable dresses, skirts, and shirts out of quite complex components like this season's snake, crocodile, and stingray prints, and mixing them with Breton stripes before slicing and placing flounces and hemlines on diagonals. That might all descend into fussy confusion, but the effect is the opposite, which has something to do with the visually sharpening addition of crisp white shirt collars and, beyond that, the overarching feeling that they're only interested in producing a young, modern, functioning wardrobe. Anyone in the European audience who hasn't seen a Preen collection since they went to New York might be taken aback by the level of accomplishment they've acquired—though it's no surprise to New York show regulars. Within this collection there's something for everyone: a woman who loves a trouser suit and T-shirt as a uniform as well as those who'd prefer to show a little leg in a cutaway, asymmetric skirt. Backstage, the couple received congratulations with their usual relaxed and happy aplomb, though Bregazzi's mind might just have been on Preen's next production. "Oooh," she breathed. "I've just been having a few twinges."


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How much personal information do you have stored on the internet? Think about how many times you have entered your phone number, address and even your social security number into an online bill payment, application or form.
Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is responding to a crisis facing the United States – the country's need for digital forensic experts – and is tackling head on the challenge of keeping our information safe and secure. Drew Hamilton, alumni professor in Computer Science and Software Engineering and director of Auburn's Information Assurance Center, is teaching the next generation of cyber security specialists and leading a multidisciplinary team of Auburn researchers, called the Cyber Task Force, to bolster education in cyber security and bring awareness to the field. Auburn is a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in both cyber security education and research.
Since 2005, the university has participated in the National Science Foundation's Scholarship for Service program, or SFS, which offers students the opportunity to conduct research in cyber security an information assurance. In return for their scholarships, recipients work for a federal, state, local or tribal government organization after graduation in a position related to cyber security for a period equal to the length of their scholarship. Hamilton was recently awarded a $122,000 NSF grant to support the SFS program as well as assist Western New Mexico University in establishing a digital forensics academy. The goal of the academy is to enable minority students to be more competitive for positions in the federal government.
"There is a real need for this in the state of New Mexico, but there is a shortage of digital forensics experts everywhere," says Hamilton. "We hosted a workshop that several law enforcement officers traveled more than 100 miles to attend. Digital forensics, like tracking cell phone records, is playing a much larger role in law enforcement. Police officers need to be trained in this as well as students."
Hamilton's group is working to replicate the digital forensics academy in Alabama, starting with Auburn University at Montgomery.
The NSF award brings Auburn's total funding for the SFS program to $5.3 million since an initial grant in 2005. Hamilton awarded more than $100,000 in cyber scholarships to seven Computer Science and Software Engineering students this semester under the NSF CyberCorps program, as well as one industrial and systems engineering student under the National Security Agency information assurance scholarship program.
"The world is using computers, but the whole world is not made up of computer scientists," Hamilton said. "As we move more and more into using shared databases, we need to defend cloud architectures to make them more secure. We need people who know how to safeguard information from unauthorized access."
Devin Cook, doctoral student leading Hamilton's lab, is doing just that. He's working to leverage the benefits of cloud drives – the newest servers that companies such as Amazon, Google and Apple are creating through their websites – to ensure that information stored on them is safe. Cloud servers store information on a virtual "cloud drive" that can be accessed by logging in through any computer.
"All cloud services are based on the concept of virtualization, where you run multiple 'virtual machines' on one physical computer," he said. "We're working toward providing a way to ensure those virtual machines, and the data stored on them, are safe."
Cook and his research team use artificial intelligence techniques to train a detector that monitors a cloud drive and seeks out suspicious activity. Once an intrusion has been detected, the computer can be paused to ensure that no further intrusions take place until the situation is reviewed or the cloud drive can be rolled back to a known good state, as if the intrusion has not occurred.
"We are focusing less on keeping the bad guys out and more on keeping them from stealing useful information once they're into the cloud server," he said. "It turns out that trying to prevent the intrusion itself is a losing battle. There will always be a way in."
Preventing this issue is imperative in today's age of digital bill payments, online forms that request social security numbers and the constant flow of email. Cook points out that any service utilizing virtualization stands to gain from the Auburn team's research.
"We need to defend the cloud architecture to make it more secure since everything seems to stem from it nowadays," Hamilton said. "Think about how much your doctor knows about you and what information is stored on the office computer. Anyone can break into almost any username as long as you know the account."
Cook is no stranger to ensuring virtual safety. An SFS scholarship recipient as well as a Dean's Fellowship Scholar, he spent this past summer working for the Department of Energy and will serve in the Federal Civil Service when he completes his doctorate.
But when he is not preventing virtual trespassing, Cook is also the one executing the hacking. In July, the most elite spymasters gathered at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas for DefCon, a major cyber security conference. When the conference concluded, the weekend-long hacking competition, Capture the Flag, began. Cook's team, code-named Samurai, won the competition.
Twenty teams were given custom services – built by DefCon to be intentionally vulnerable – to run on their computers, with a hidden file imbedded in one program. Teams were on the search for the file while defending their own programs and attacking others – a virtual game of capture the flag.
"A lot of reverse engineering is involved," Cook said.
Cook's team consisted of 80 hackers, 30 of whom were at the conference, and 50 who were participating from around the world.
"We would start at 9 or 10 a.m. and finish for the day at 9 p.m., but with those team members across the country, we could have people working 24 hours a day," Cook said. By the end of the weekend, Team Samurai proved to be the champion hackers at DefCon.
Sometimes, in order to better protect the cyber world, someone has to break in to it first.
With students like Cook, and faculty like Hamilton, Auburn has the resources and expertise to pursue advanced research that meets tomorrow's needs, trains students for careers in information assurance that develop leaders in the industry and keep society safe. Auburn Engineering is up to the challenge.
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SEATTLE — If voters approve a levy proposal Tuesday, the Seattle School District plans to build some of the biggest, most expensive elementary schools in the state.
The average price tag of the schools in Seattle's levy proposal is at least 20 percent higher than every other similar project recently approved in the state, The Seattle Times reported in Friday's newspaper.
Both Seattle and Tacoma voters will be deciding next week whether to grant hundreds of millions of dollars to build, repair and upgrade schools.
Both districts are asking for money to pay for dozens of construction projects over the next decade. But Tacoma's levy request asks for about $30 million for each of eight elementary schools it wants to build. Seattle is seeking about $42 million for each of six schools.
By comparison, rural-school districts over the past three years have been asking for about $20 million for new elementary schools, according to election records. Suburban districts have been requesting about $30 million.
One reason for the difference is the size of the Seattle schools, which will be among the biggest built in Washington, which the district said would help them be flexible enough to add more students when necessary. For now, however, the schools are projected to hold slightly more than the average number of kids at Washington elementary schools, so each student at a new Seattle school will get more space in classrooms, the gym and the library than students at other districts.
Seattle's proposal also includes above-average spending on planning and design.
Seattle school officials said they are planning on bigger buildings than average because the district needs to address overcrowding.
"Seattle Public Schools has a fast-growing enrollment and levy funding, if approved, will pay for capital and technology projects throughout the region to ensure our students have safe and healthy school buildings," district spokeswoman Lesley Rogers wrote in an email.
Seattle's six-year, $695 million construction levy would repair or replace 17 aging buildings, upgrade technology district-wide and add nearly 8,000 seats for students.
The construction levy would cost the owner of a $400,000 home about $100 more per year than the current rate, which is $285.
Four of the elementary schools would hold 650 students each, and two would be built for 500 students but have the core facilities to support expansion to 650.
The cost estimator Seattle hired for the levy, Kirk Robinson, said the above-average price tags are also connected to more expensive construction costs in Seattle, inflation for the schools that will be built in future years, and unusual costs such as a traffic light that would need to be built outside of one of the new schools.
The buildings also would have bigger-than-average libraries and gyms, when compared to floor plans from several other districts.
In Seattle's 91,000-square-foot buildings, for example, the libraries would be 5,300 square feet and the gyms would be 9,100 square feet.
Tacoma's proposal calls for libraries of 1,800 square feet and gyms of 3,900 square feet.
At $225 per square foot, those differences translate to $2 million per school.


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PFF top 100 players for 2012...Ravens players rankings
Everybody loves to site PFF...a site I respect, but I personally can't stand when people cite PFF for players they haven't watched.
They released their top 100 for the 2012 season today.
Ravens players ranked as followed.
100. Joe Flacco, QB, Baltimore Ravens (Unranked)
If this list were built solely on those four postseason games that culminated with the Ravens quarterback hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, then Joe Flacco would rank right at the very top. But its not, and there were 16 other games that cant be discounted where Flacco struggled with accuracy for a Ravens team that stumbled into the playoffs. Flacco was truly special in the playoffs, showing the kind of poise and knack for the big play that was integral in his team winning it all.
Best Performance: Week 16 versus New York Giants, +6.8
Key Stat: Owned a stunning 16 touchdowns to zero interception ratio on all balls thrown at least 20 yards in the air.
92. Ray Rice, RB, Baltimore Ravens (85th)
The Ravens Rice didnt get this selection on the back of his running between the tackles. His 1,143 yards are nothing to be sniffed at, but Rice would only finish 19th in our pure running back rankings as he more or less took what the opposing defenses gave up. Where he did excel was catching the ball out of the backfield where he was our top-ranked back and added 478 yards and one incredible fourth down conversion. An extremely important asset to the Ravens.
Best Performance: Week 1 versus Cincinnati, +3.1
Key Stat: Only Darren Sproles had more targets than the 80 he was afforded.
63. Anquan Boldin, WR, Baltimore Ravens (Unranked)
Theres a lot of talk about Boldin being a guy that cant get open. Be that as it may, hes still a guy who (with defenders all over him) makes tough catches that move the chains. And it was that ability that was one of the key differences in why it was the Ravens, and no other team, that won the Super Bowl last year. Really stepped it up in the postseason and thats why he makes the list.
Best Performance: Week 4 versus Cleveland, +3.3
Key Stat: Including the playoffs, dropped only three passes all year long.
32. Marshal Yanda, RG, Baltimore Ravens (34th)
For so often the top right guard in the league, nothing changed in 2012. As reliable as it gets in pass protection and a powerhouse with his run blocking, there may not be a more reliable player in the league at any position than Yanda. Always gets the job done.
Best Performance: Week 4 versus Cleveland, +5.2
Key Stat: Had a Pass Blocking Efficiency rating of 98.4. Thats the best for all right guards in the league.
Last edited by Raveninwoodlawn; 05-02-2013 at 02:27 PM.Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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I wonder how many and which quarterbacks they had ahead of Flacco
What's interesting is that the regular season is why they say Flacco is so low but the post season is why they say Boldin is so high. Why does the post season count so much more for Boldin than it does for Flacco?Putting the Fanatic back in Fan
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Insane that there has been about a 13 to 3 ratio of 49ers to Ravens. Considering Boldin as a 49er not a Raven
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I seriously don't think Flacco gets any respect anywhere.
I guess he don't need it when the Baltimore Ravens are SB 47 champs and Flacco was the MVP.
Fuck em all Flacco! The best way to say fuck em all was to hold the Lombardi!
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Re: PFF top 100 players...Ravens players rankingsAlthough Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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Here's the whole list thus far by the way:
101. Blair Walsh
100. Joe Flacco
99. Reggie Nelson
98. Champ Bailey
97. T.J. Ward
96. Dez Bryant
95. Jurrell Casey
94. Jared Veldheer
93. Sam Shields
92. Ray Rice
91. Dwayne Allen
90. Eli Manning
89. Lawrence Timmons
88. Doug Martin
87. Justin Smith
86. Greg Hardy
85. Will Beatty
84. Henry Melton
83. Patrick Peterson
82. Lavonte David
81. Colin Kaepernick
80. Anthony Davis
79. Drew Brees
78. Brandon Moore
77. Jason Hatcher
76. Brandon Graham
75. Tarrell Brown
74. Daryl Washington
73. Julio Jones
72. Antonio Smith
71. Frank Gore
70. Ben Roethlisberger
69. Charles Johnson
68. Nick Fairley
67. Derrick Johnson
66. Anthony Spencer
65. Derrick Morgan
64. Chris Harris Jr
63. Anquan Boldin
62. Jason Witten
61. Bobby Wagner
60. Ndamukong Suh
59. NaVarro Bowman
58. Antoine Winfield
57. Aldon Smith
56. Reggie Wayne
55. Russell Okung
54. Sebastian Volmer
53. Mike Iupati
52. Michael Roos
51. Percy Harvin
50. Alex Boone
49. Roddy White
48. Reshad Jones
47. Ryan Clady
46. Jason Pierre-Paul
45. Demaryius Thomas
44. Tony Gonzalez
43. Jerod Mayo
42. Rob Gronkowski
41. A.J. Green
40. Marshawn Lynch
39. Vernon Davis
38. Alfred Morris
37. Michael Crabtree
36. Casey Hayward
35. Max Unger
34. Joe Thomas
33. Antonio Cromartie
32. Marshal Yanda
31. Robert Griffin III
30. Brandon Marshall
29. Calais Campbell
28. Devin McCourty
27. Vincent Jackson
26. John Sullivan
25. Jarius Byrd
24. Clay Matthews III
23. Russell Wilson
22. Kyle Williams
21. Tom Brady
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When I think of a Baltimore Raven - we go in there, we take your lunch box, we take your sandwich, we take your juice box, we take your applesauce, and we take your spork and we break it. And we leave you with an empty lunch. Thats the Baltimore Raven way. - Steve Smith Sr.
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SI's Peter King believes there is a good chance more DTs will be selected in the first-round than QBs, RBs, and WRs combined.
FAU Owl Access' Chuck King projects FAU junior WR DeAndre McNeal to be the team's No. 1 receiver.
BetOnline lists SMU HC Chad Morris (+300) as the favorite to become the next head coach at Ole Miss.
Former New Mexico redshirt junior QB JaJuan Lawson transferred to Rhode Island as a graduate.
SI's Bruce Feldman ranked Penn State junior RB Saquon Barkley No. 1 on his annual "Freaks" list.
OwlAccess.com's Chuck King reports that FAU is considering taking disciplinary action against senior WR Kamrin Solomon for his alleged role in the fight that led to felony battery charges levied against fellow WR Kalib Woods.
Ole Miss AD Ross Bjork said former HC Hugh Freeze would have been fired for cause had he not resigned.
OwlAccess.com's Chuck King reports that FAU redshirt senior WR Kalib Woods "has likely played his last down at FAU."
SI's Bruce Feldman writes that you can expect South Dakota State senior TE Dallas Goedert "to light up the NFL Combine next winter."
Coastal Carolina HC Joe Moglia underwent surgery on his trachea to remove a precancerous nodule.
Florida State received a verbal commitment from four-star 2019 CB Akeem Dent.
Ole Miss three-star 2019 CB Bobby Wolfe reopened his recruitment.


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Noube Rateau, '10, will bring his latest documentary, The Culture, to the Moakley Auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 6:30 p.m. The film looks at both sides of America's ongoing debate about guns.
"It breaks down and investigates the environment, results, and motives of our gun culture," Mr. Noube said. Specifically, The Culture focuses on firearms and their impact on urban neighborhoods.
Mr. Rateau and his Noube Productions focus on current social issues. The Brockton native began his life behind the camera at the age of 13, when he joined the high school T.V. club. Almost immediately, he began calling the Brockton High basketball games. When he came to Bridgewater, after two years at Curry College, Mr. Rateau continued to pursue his interest in sports broadcasting.
However, during his senior year, he grew bored with sports, or at least came to a realization that it wasn't the direction he wanted to apply himself in.
"It occurred to me that sports is a fantasy world, and it's easy to not realize that real stuff is going on all around you," he said. "What can I do that makes more of a difference?"
The first documentaries were small affairs, lasting about ten minutes. The last four have taken on heavier topics – healthcare, drug abuse, relationships and fatherhood – and boast a more professional look and a self-assuredness missing from those earlier films.
Previous documentaries have been awarded the "Excellence in Film" award at the Action On Film International Film Festival in Pasadena, Cal.
The Noube Productions team includes Hakim Hill and William Medero. For more information about The Culture, log on to the Noube Productions website.
(Story by John Winters, G '11, University News)


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Billy Ray Cyrus: Miley made me do it
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Billy Ray Cyrus raised a few eyebrows with his hip-hop version of "Achy Breaky Heart" with Buck 22. But he says lately he's been encouraged to experiment with different kinds of music by none other than his daughter Miley.
The country star says his music has no boundaries. "Recently Miley had said to me, if the world says go left, go right. And I looked at her and said, I'm going to take your advice on that. This reminds me of the reason I bought a guitar and started a band. I'm a singer/songwriter and I've got some music to make."
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Cucamonga Water District officials plan to ask the city for an extension of the demolition timeframe for the historic China House.
The district in late 2012 approved a plan to demolish the building and construct a monument to honor Chinese workers who had lived there in the early 20th Century.
Cultural and historic preservationists as well as some city residents said preserving the building would better honor the memory of the early Chinese settlers.
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Vice President Eugene Moy has communicated his groups concerns to the water district, which agreed to request an extenstion, said Jo Lynne Russo-Pereyra, assistant general manager of the water district.
"We did speak with Mr. Moy and after a good discussion, we suggested we could contact the city and ask for a 60-day extension," said Jo Lynne Russo-Pereyra, an assistant general manager of the water district.
"We wanted to give him some opportunity to come up with something. He has a lot of good ideas. The one thing we've asked him is to come back to us with some type of plan for resources.
"It seems there are a lot of people from a lot of different organizations ... and at least come up with some type of proposal or some type of resolution."
The building on the southwest corner of Klusman Avenue and San Bernardino Road is the last remnant of a once-thriving Chinatown in the Cucamonga Valley and represents the last structure of a Chinatown anywhere in the Inland Empire, according to leaders of the Chinese American heritage groups.
Even if the extension is granted, it is still unclear as to whether the groups will be able to obtain money or sponsorship to stabilize or renovate the building.
"There's money out there, so we can find it and we can help you find it," Moy said.
"We ask that the city take the lead in starting a preservation process to work with the water district and the community."
Water engineers and city building inspectors have determined that the building is unsafe.
After a review by the city, the district was ordered to demolish the building within a 60-day abatement period ending Feb. 14.
While the city's historic preservation code protects old homes from demolition, buildings deemed unsafe are exempt from such protection, officials said.
Supporters of the China House said the Chinese workers who lived in the home and area Chinatowns contributed to the development and economy of the Inland Empire.


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Everyone wants candy.
The Candy 3 Pedals slot right in the middle of Crank Brothers' most versatile line of pedals, and the latest generation returns virtually unchanged. That's because the recipe is simple and effective: combine one part muck-clearing, Eggbeater design with a dash of platform pedal stability. Add traction to taste. The idea is that the lightweight, two-piece aluminum body surrounding the four-sided steel retention wings on the pedals acts as a safety net while clipping in on bumpy terrain or provides support when riding with normal shoes.
Just like the Eggbeaters, the Candy 3 Pedals give you 6 degrees of float and come with two-bolt cleats that fit any mountain bike shoes. The brass cleats are slightly asymmetrical, so they afford a range of 15 to 20-degree release angles depending on which shoe they're mounted to. Another benefit of Crank Brothers' use of brass for the cleat is that they're slightly softer than the steel used in the retention system of the pedals. This ensures that the inexpensive and easy to replace cleats will wear out before your spendy pedal parts.
In the event of a particularly calamitous incident or the accumulation of general trail abuse, Crank Brothers designs its pedals to be easily serviced. They can be disassembled, re-greased, and bolted back together in just a few minutes. While the Candy 3 features the same outer cartridge bearings found in all but the most expensive Candy models, the inner needle bearings represent an upgrade compared to the bushings of the plastic-bodied Candy 1. The pedals are packaged with cleats, two shims to protect your shoes, and all the necessary cleat hardware for installation.
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Hazrat Mahdi's (as) followers (friends) will set foot all over the world, will hold power in their hands everywhere, and everyone and everything will obey them, even SAVAGE ANIMALS IN THE DESERTS AND BIRDS OF PREY WILL ALL WISH TO GAIN THEIR APPROVAL AND GOOD PLEASURE. THESE MESSENGERS OF THE FAITH, MESSENGERS OF PEACE AND JUSTICE, WILL BRING SUCH JOY AND CONTENTMENT THAT the places where Hazrat Mahdi's (as) companions set foot will feel pride over everywhere else. (Sheikh al-Saduq, Kamal al-Din; Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 52, p. 327)2009-01-10 14:20:32


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Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Zedd & more to play Coachella
Coachella, one of America's most well-known festivals, has revealed their massive 2014 lineup. This year the festival welcomes headliners Arcade Fire, Muse, and - gasp - an Outkast reunion (Hey ya!). But among the lineup this year is quite the list of dance music artists.
Skrillex, Zedd, Calvin Harris, Alesso, Martin Garrix, Gareth Emery, Chromeo, Hot Since 82, Deorro, Fatboy Slim, Dillon Francis, MAKJ, Krewella, Duck Sauce, Showtek, and more are all slated to perform in Indio, CA this year.
The multi-weekend festival is set to take place April 11th through the 13th and April 18th through the 20th. More information is available at Coachella.com.
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