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6 Yoga Exercises for Chronic Back Pain
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Is your aching back making even the simplest movement difficult and painful? Yoga – offering pain relief through stretching, strengthening and de-stressing – is a great low back pain treatment. Here are 6 gentle ways to use yoga for back pain. The key? Go slowly and breathe deeply...
Chronic back pain may be partly in your head.
"Back pain is a classic mind-body problem," says Vijay Vad, M.D., sports medicine specialist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, author of
Back Rx
(Gotham), and host of the PBS special "Stop Back Pain."
That's why it's so hard to get lower back pain relief through conventional medicine – typically a combination of physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medications and/or narcotics.
It's also what makes yoga, which uses deep breathing to reduce stress, such a powerful back-healing tool.
"For every 10 people I treat for chronic back pain, only one or two of them have a purely physical issue, such as a damaged disk, pinched nerve or spasming muscle," Dr. Vad says.
Besides those two, he adds, a couple more have a purely psychological issue, such as stress, triggering their chronic low back pain, and the rest have a combination of the two.
Yoga can work on all three, according to a 2009 randomized control study at West Virginia University.
Researchers found that bi-weekly yoga sessions resulted in significant reductions in pain, use of pain medication, functional disability, and depression – and these benefits lasted up to six months after classes ended.
To use yoga to treat your back pain, Dr. Vad recommends doing the following six exercises three times a week for 15-20 minutes, breathing deeply – so that the belly expands with each inhale – as you do them.
"Exercise and deep breathing increase blood flow, delivering oxygen and nutrients to discs, which helps them heal," Dr. Vad says.
Consult your physician before starting and expect soreness in the first 2-3 weeks. That's because the muscles in your back have likely been frozen in a perpetual spasm, and these exercises call on those muscles to release and start working again.
Don't walk in to any yoga class during a flare-up and expect to keep up with a vigorous sequence of poses. But by week 8, you should see noticeable lower back pain relief, Dr. Vad says.
"If you stick to it, the long-term benefits far outweigh the early discomfort," he says.
The first week, start by doing any three of the following poses in each of your sessions, making sure to incorporate the two reclined poses included here.
The second week, do all six poses in each session.
Try to hold each stretch for 5-7 breaths, breathing slowly and fully through the nose.
Lower back pain relief pose #1: Lumbar Rotation with Leg Crossed
What it does:
Stretches the outer leg and muscles that support the lower spine.
How to do it:
Lie on your back with legs straight and arms outstretched in a T.
Slowly bend your left leg and drag the left foot along the floor until it rests next to your right knee.
Inhale and allow your left knee to fall across your body to the right.
With each exhale, let gravity pull your left knee closer to the floor.
Hold for 4-6 more breaths.
Return to the starting position, then repeat with the right leg bent.
Lower back pain relief pose #2: Seated Forward Bend with Straight Legs
What it does:
Stretches the hamstrings and lower back muscles.
How to do it:
Sit on the floor with legs outstretched.
Inhale and lengthen and lift up the spine gently.
Exhale and bend forward at the hips, reaching fingers toward your toes.
Hold 4-6 more breaths, gradually reaching your fingers closer to your toes. Only go as far as feels comfortable.
Return to sitting up straight on an inhale.
Lower back pain relief pose #3: Seated Twist with One Knee Bent
What it does:
Stretches the outer hip and muscles that support the lower and middle spine.
How to do it:
Sit on the floor with both legs straight.
Bend the right knee and place your right foot on the floor outside the left knee.
Place your right hand on the floor behind your right hip for support.
Inhale and lift the spine tall.
Exhale and rotate your torso to the right, placing your left elbow on the outside of your right knee. Place your right hand on the floor for a deeper twist.
Turn your head to look over your right shoulder.
Hold 4-6 breaths.
Return to the starting position, then switch legs and twist to the left.
Lower back pain relief pose #4: Seated Bound Angle
What it does:
Stretches the hips and inner thighs.
How to do it:
Sit upright with both legs straight.
Bend both knees and bring the soles of your feet together.
Gently grasp your ankles with your hands.
Inhale and lift the chest.
Exhale and round forward over the legs.
Hold 4-6 more breaths.
Return to sitting on an inhale.
Lower back pain relief pose #5: Cross-Legged Seated Forward Bend
What it does:
Stretches the hips and lower back.
How to do it:
Sit on the floor in a comfortable cross-legged position.
Inhale and lift up your spine tall.
Exhale and fold your torso forward over your hips, walking your hands out as far as you can comfortably reach. Keep your spine extended to minimize hunching the shoulders.
Hold 4-6 more breaths.
Inhale to return to the starting position.
Change the cross of your legs so that the opposite leg is in front and repeat.
Lower back pain relief pose #6: Reclined No. 4 Stretch
What it does:
Stretches the outer hips and hamstrings.
How to do it:
Lie on your back with both knees bent, feet on the floor.
Rest your right ankle on your left knee as you inhale.
Grasp the back of your left thigh and gently draw the left knee in toward your chest as you exhale.
Hold 4-6 more breaths, then repeat with the left ankle resting on the right knee.
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NEW HAVEN — Addison County Fair and Field Days drew to a close on Aug. 11 following another run that officials called a success in spite of some rain that drenched the site during portions of three days of the annual event's five-day span.
Jim Foster, president of the Field Days board, estimated attendance at this year's 64th annual Field Days was around 15 percent lower than last year's edition. During a good year (like last year), Field Days draws between 25,000 to 30,000 visits, according to Foster.
NEW HAVEN — After 32 years as a Vermont state senator, Vince Illuzzi knows the inner workings of state government like the back of his hand. It's experience that the Derby Republican wants to put to work for Vermonters as state auditor.
Illuzzi, 58, will face Burlington Democrat Doug Hoffer for the state auditor's post, being vacated this year by incumbent Republican Tom Salmon.
NEW HAVEN –– Paper, stickers, foam, glue, string, ribbon, buttons, markers, pens and pencils covered the table located in the entrance of the 4-H Exhibit Hall at Addison County Fair and Field Days last week. A few kids sat at the table, making greeting cards and neatening up, always on the lookout for people willing to stop by.
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The New Haven teen recently began sharing that love for animals with folks at the Eastview retirement community in Middlebury. She put her dog and herself through a therapy dog training, and now visits residents there and gives them the opportunity to stroke Ginger and reminisce about the pets they'd owned over the years.
NEW HAVEN — The paths and boulevards of the county fairgrounds were empty last Monday; Addison County Fair and Field Days didn't open to the public until Tuesday.
But the Home and Garden Building was bustling with activity.
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NEW HAVEN — Trotting through the horse-show ring at Addison County Fair and Field Days, Oliver and Zeb held their heads up high in the summer sun, far from the harsh conditions in which Anna Willenbaker found them more than two years ago.
Willenbaker, 15, was riding Zeb in the Gymkhana show, in which horses and riders compete on how quickly they can complete patterns.
NEW HAVEN –– Each year the inviting scent of warm, sweet maple syrup pulls fairgoers into the Addison County Maple Sugarmakers Association building at Field Days. The sugarhouse is a must-see for most people at the fair, many of whom have a favorite maple treat.
"Everybody has their thing that they like," said sugarhouse volunteer Maggie Seeley on Tuesday, the first day of Addison County Fair and Field Days. "I come in for the cup of coffee and the doughnut, that's my thing."
NEW HAVEN — As the Addison County Gospel Choir performed before its biggest audience of the year on Tuesday night at Addison County Fair and Field Days, the singers sensed it was an important moment when they sang their rendition of "I'll Fly Away."
The song was dedicated to Alice Quesnel, a fan of the choir who died in the summer of 2007. The night of the annual Field Days concert five years ago, Quesnel told her husband, Victor, that she would fly away. She passed away later that night.
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Game 3 would have gotten a punish from me. I can point it out if you like but it should be pretty obvious to anyone that reads it why.
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took me 5 sec to see how awful of a player you are go back to bot games kk thx
Yeah it is game 3 for me as well.
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permaban, i can see a week, but all ofthis was a month ago and i have stoped alo of it after starting to play ranked
i just see sooo many people also doing things alike and i feel like permaban should be more common if it happened here
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ive had 2 previous bans both over a year ago so i guess third bans a charm?
You don't know how many reports you have on your account in that "over a year ago" . These are just random cases, and nobody in the tribunal decides your punishment.. Apparently Riot themselves considered your toxicity so high/annoying they just waited 2 times before taking your account :( . You can see a week, but apparently they already gave you more than a week before.
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US 7175662 B2 Abstract A cervical intervertebral prosthesis includes at least one cover plate that is configured to be connected to one of its two adjacent vertebral bodies and a securing plate which secures this cover plate and is configured to be fastened to the ventral surface of the vertebral body. The securing plate may be a separate part that is unconnected to the cover plate and can be biodegradable.
Claims(4) 1. A cervical intervertebral prosthesis, comprising two cover plates configured to be connected to adjacent vertebral bodies, a securing plate separate from the cover plates which secures only one of the cover plates and is configured to be fastened to a ventral surface of one of the vertebral bodies and a prosthesis core which forms an articular joint with one of the cover plates,
wherein at least one of the cover plates is provided with a limit stop surface facing in a dorsal direction relative to the vertebral bodies configured to lie against its associated adjacent vertebral body and formed by a rear side of a transverse flange on a ventral edge of the at least one of the cover plates relative to an implanted position.
2. The cervical intervertebral prosthesis according to
3. The cervical intervertebral prosthesis according to
4. The cervical intervertebral prosthesis according to
Description Cervical intervertebral prostheses are known (EP-A-1 344 508) having two cover plates which are to be connected to the end plates of the adjacent vertebral bodies and between which there is a sliding core which allows the cover plates a relative movement intended to simulate the articulated mobility of the intervertebral disk that has been replaced. To secure the cover plates in their intended position between the vertebral bodies, the cover plates in the known prosthesis are connected to securing plates which extend from the ventral edge of the cover plates, perpendicularly thereto, and are screwed to the ventral surface of the associated vertebral body. The ventral surfaces of the vertebral bodies on which the securing plates come to lie do not always extend exactly perpendicular with respect to the end plates of the vertebral bodies on which the main surfaces of the cover plates come to lie. This prevents the securing plates from bearing across their entire surface on the vertebral bodies, and it impairs the stability of the cover plates. This shortcoming is remedied by the features of the invention as forth in this application. According to this, the securing plate is a separate part which is unconnected to the cover plate. Consequently, the securing plate, independently of the position of the cover plate, can assume the attitude corresponding to the position and shape of the ventral surface of the vertebral body. In this way, an optimal fastening of the securing plate on the vertebral body is possible. It protrudes with a limit stop part in front of the intervertebral space and thereby ensures that the associated cover plate cannot escape in the ventral direction. Therefore, the securing function of the securing plate is not impaired by the fact that it is separate from the cover plate. However, it is unable to prevent the cover plate from shifting in the dorsal direction. The invention is therefore preferably intended for those cover plates which are equipped with suitable means for preventing this dorsal movement. Cover plates provided with a dorsally facing limit stop surface (WO-A-03 075 804) are therefore especially suitable. However, it is unable to prevent the cover plate from shifting in the dorsal direction. The invention is therefore preferably intended for those cover plates which are equipped with suitable means for preventing this dorsal movement. Cover plates provided with a dorsally facing limit stop surface (WO-A-03 075 804) are therefore especially suitable. An important advantage of the invention is that it allows the cover plate to be used with or without securing plate. For this, it was hitherto necessary to keep different cover plates in stock, namely those with and those without securing plate. A further advantage of the invention is that micro movements of the cover plate, which may occur as a result of normal neck movement, are not transmitted to the securing plate and, therefore, cannot lead to loosening of its fastening means. Nevertheless, it may be expedient to equip the fastening screws with a device securing them against inadvertent loosening. In connection with one prosthesis, it is possible to use two securing plates which are fastened, lying opposite one another, on the adjacent vertebral bodies, in order to secure one or other cover plate of the prosthesis. In general, however, it suffices to secure one cover plate with a securing plate in order to effectively prevent all parts of the prosthesis from escaping in the ventral direction from the intervertebral space. It will be appreciated that the securing plate should have a predetermined position in relation to the cover plate. It should in fact extend sufficiently over the vertebral body and in front of the intervertebral space in order to be able to accomplish the securing function. On the other hand, it should not protrude too far, so as not to impede the relative movement of the vertebral bodies or of the prosthesis parts with respect to one another during the articulation movement. In order to position the securing plate, it is therefore expedient to use an instrument designed as a drill gauge for the fastening screws of the securing plate. This drill gauge can be provided with means giving it a predetermined position in relation to the implanted prosthesis. Instead of this, it can also interact with, or be fixedly connected to, a prosthesis model which is fitted into the intervertebral space prior to implantation of the prosthesis. According to a special feature of the invention, the securing plate can be biodegradable. For this purpose, the material is chosen and dimensioned in such a way that it remains in situ and can perform its securing function at least for the period of time until the associated cover plate of the prosthesis has connected definitively to the adjoining bone tissue. As soon as this is the case, i.e. when the bone tissue has connected to the surface of the cover plate so intimately that a relative displacement is no longer possible under the forces that apply, the securing plate is no longer necessary. The time required for this to happen is of the order of several months, for example two to six months. The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings which depict an advantageous illustrative embodiment, and in which: Between the vertebrae 1 and 2 of the cervical spine there is an intervertebral space into which is inserted the intervertebral prosthesis consisting of an upper cover plate 3, a lower cover plate 4, and a prosthesis core 5. The prosthesis core 5 is held on the lower cover plate 4 by profiles 6 and a catch 7. With the upper cover plate 3, it forms a slide surface pairing 8. The cover plates 3 and 4 have a sawtooth formation 9 by means of which they are held on the associated end plates of the vertebral bodies 1, 2. Short flanges 10 with dorsally facing limit stop surfaces 11 ensure that the cover plates 3, 4 cannot move farther than is wanted in the dorsal direction relative to the vertebral bodies 1, 2. An undesired movement in the ventral direction is generally prevented by the sawtooth formation of the profiles 9. This at least applies several months after the operation, when the bone tissue has grown into the surface of the cover plates and has connected firmly to them. Details of this construction are described in the publication WO 03/075804 A1. There are cases where, because of special physiological circumstances, a risk of ventral displacement of the prosthesis must be taken into account. This risk may also arise for a period until the abovementioned connection between the cover plates and the bone tissue is secure. In these cases, the cover plate in question is combined with a securing plate 12 which, in the example in The securing plate 12 is shown on the caudal vertebral body 2. However, a securing plate could be attached, in addition or instead, to the cranial vertebral body 1. The way in which the securing plate is attached is not important as regards the invention. The most obvious way is to use bone screws, expediently provided with a means (not shown) to secure them against loosening. They can be screwed in substantially parallel to the main plane of the prosthesis in the vertebral body. It is particularly advantageous for them to be inclined away from the prosthesis in the dorsal direction, as is depicted. The securing plate 12 does not have to be positioned with great precision. It suffices if it is placed at a suitable location, preferably over a large part of the width of the prosthesis, and extends into the path which the prosthesis would take in the event of an undesired movement in the ventral direction. For this, it suffices if it extends 1 or 2 mm above the edge 15 of the vertebral body 2. It should not extend any more than about 2.5 to 3 mm above it, so as not to impede the relative flexion movement of the vertebral bodies 1, 2 and of the prosthesis parts. To make the positioning easier, the securing plate 12 can be provided with an edge 15 which corresponds to the edge, designated by the same reference number, of the vertebral body 2 and separates the limit stop part 14 of the securing plate from that part which is to be fastened to the front surface of the vertebral body. When the limit stop part 14 has the desired height of about 2 mm, the surgeon proceeds by placing the securing plate on the vertebral body 2 in such a way that the edges 15 of the securing plate and vertebral body lie on one another. He then drills the holes for receiving the fastening screws 13 by using the screw holes 16 in the securing plate as drill gauges. In this way, he achieves a secure positioning. A still more secure positioning is achieved by using the instrument shown in The instrument shown in Seen from the ventral direction, the securing plate shown in The securing plate can be made of metal or of a sufficiently resistant plastic. If the cover plate interacting with it is made of metal, a plastic is preferably chosen, or a plastic insert which forms the dorsally oriented surface of the limit stop part 14. If the securing function of the securing plate is needed only temporarily, for example until the cover plates of the prosthesis have fused sufficiently with the adjoining bone tissue, the securing plate and its fastening means, for example the screw 13, can be made of biodegradable material. Such material is known and, therefore, does not have to be explained here. It is attacked and somehow broken down by the body. The time it takes for this to happen can be influenced by the choice of material. It is chosen such that the securing plate and its fastening means can exert a sufficient securing force for as long as is necessary, for example for a period of four months after the operation. Patent Citations
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- 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
- 2 tablespoon(s) butter
- 1/4 pound(s) sliced bacon, cut crosswise into thin strips (see Tips & Techniques)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup(s) red wine
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) fresh-ground black pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup(s) grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 3/4 pound(s) linguine
- 2 tablespoon(s) chopped fresh parsley
- In a small stainless-steel frying pan, heat the oil and butter over moderate heat. Add the bacon and cook until brown but not crisp, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic, wine, and pepper. Simmer until the wine is reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, cheese, and salt.
- In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the linguine until just done, about 12 minutes. Drain the pasta, add it to the egg-and-cheese mixture, and toss quickly. Pour the bacon mixture over the linguine. Add the parsley and toss just until mixed. Serve immediately with additional Parmesan.
- Wine Recommendation: An uncomplicated, fairly acidic and non-oaky white wine will cut through the richness of the bacon, eggs, and cheese in this dish. Either a vernaccia or a pinot bianco from Italy fits the bill.
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Variation: Classic Linguine Carbonara: This carbonara would be equally delicious (and more authentic) using the same quantity of pancetta in place of the bacon. You can also substitute white wine for the red if you prefer.
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RF Online delivers an MMO that focuses more on battles and less on stories and quests. For those who lust after solid plots and definitive quests, they can stick to their "World of Warcraft" and "Final Fantasy XI." For those who just want to log on and kick butt, RF Online is the prescription for you.
All jokes aside, RF Online is a stable and an entertaining game once you progress through the earlier portions of the game.
I've had a lot of ups and downs with this game. One the one hand, the people playing RFO are awesome. On the other, the game itself is not so great. It lags, there are bugs, and its definitely not a game you can just pick up and play. I, however, am addicted.
Somewhat shallow, somewhat lacking in content, but a decent diversion for MMO fanatics if they've got no other online addiction at the time.
The graphics and audio do give a respectable performance that most will be satisfied with and RF Online does a great job setting up a game that has potential. The tedious nature of the gameplay however may leave the more casual fans of this genre out in the cold.
This is a title that is fit for the Asian style of gaming, which means it is long on grind.
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You'd be nuts to pick this over "Warcraft" - there's just no contest. [May 2006, p.80]
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Oh, and whatever you do, don't do the tutorial. It's a punishment from God or some other cosmic being.
If there is an intriguing idea buried within RF Online, it's suffocating. [Apr 2006, p.94]
You've no reason to buy this. [May 2006, p.88]
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The only thing that makes RF Online stand out is its unique art and setting, and that doesn't count for a lot when the game world and background story has the depth of a kiddie pool.
You buy the potions and upgrade your skills and weapons in order to keep winning the chip wars, the Sisyphean point of which is to afford superior preparations for the next war, and so on. [Jun 2006, p.83]
In short, RF Online fails as a PvE game, and its PvP gameplay isn't engaging enough to make up for that fatal flaw. [July 2006, p.78]
Quests just involve killing a certain number of creatures. Nothing more. If that's all you want, fine, but most folk are going to want more out of a game.
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Description: | Local identification number: L1974-29_03 Greater Atlanta Public employees District 14 of the AFL-CIO. J. W. Giles, third from right (?). |
Subjects: | Labor union members--Georgia--Atlanta | Sanitation workers | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) |
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I'd still Alt+f4 and reopen the client if it's really been over 10 minutes. If there was a glitch, you'll be asked to join the game (or see the game ended). If there wasn't, you should easily be able to redownload the map before he does. From my experience, if you load too slowly the game just kicks you out and starts 4v5.


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The operating point is trimmed by specifying constraints on the operating point values, and performing an optimization search that meets these state and input value specifications.
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In the Simulink model window, select Analysis > Control Design > Linear Analysis.
In the Simulink model window, define the portion of the model to linearize for this linearization task:
Right-click the Controller block output signal (input signal to the plant). Select Linear Analysis Points > Input Perturbation.
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Click Specifications.
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The first step in designing the software architecture was to examine what tools already were available to the developers—in this case, parts of the Linux distribution and other GNU and open-source utilities with well-defined pedigrees that provided needed capabilities. Time and time again, as we were developing the payload control software, we were amazed at the flexibility and amazing number of options that various commands provide.
One example is the GNU compression utility gzip. During a ground contact event, the payload streams data in real time through a series of software pipes. It originates in a file located on the Flash filesystem and then makes its way through various utilities, including a compression stage, and into the satellite bus. We found that it was necessary to tune gzip to select a compression ratio/performance curve that would ensure that the 1MB downlink was filled completely with data packets. gzip inserted into the downlink stream was a relatively late addition, and it allows us to make maximum use of the available downlink bandwidth. The design of command-line utilities using STDIN/STDOUT interfaces allows capabilities such as this to be integrated transparently into the data stream, within the performance capability of our computer system.
Listing 1. Downlink Pipeline Demonstrating tar, gzip and netcat
# Configure the file download pipeline tar -cf - ${downloadFileList} | gzip -c -l | \ file_downloader -tqid ${target_qid} -rlp \ ${return_link_path} \ -dri ${dump_request_id} \ -fmt ${dataFormat} | \ netcat localhost ${!returnLinkService}
Choosing a scripting language is a difficult task—indeed, in the Open Source community, many competent options are available. Perl may have been a good choice, but we were not comfortable with the size of its installation and memory footprint. Python also would have been a great choice, but the development team did not have experience with it. The most powerful shell-scripting language appeared to be bash, although it also is the heaviest in terms of footprint. Our smallest embedded systems could not handle the entire footprint of bash, but the Busybox lightweight shell-scripting interpreter, ASH, proved almost as capable for the tasks that had to be monitored and controlled on those smaller targets.
Although space here does not allow for a complete architecture discussion of the payload control software design, at its core the software is a series of bash scripts designed to support various functions of the payload. The system is designed to take advantage of POSIX-style filesystem security. Upon boot, the first processes run as root as the system starts. As the payload control software begins to come on-line, it starts up as user BOOT. The system can stay in BOOT and provide a certain number of critical system capabilities, including providing binary telemetry streams, file transfers and direct commands. When a sensor mission is about to begin, the system moves to a state of TRANSITION, and all further data collections take place as the OPS user, who has a different set of permissions. At the conclusion of the data collection, OPS is commanded to shut down. Multiple redundant copies of the BOOT directories are designed into the system to provide backup capability in the case of filesystem corruption or other significant error.
bash scripts launch every payload control system function. They create complex filenames we use to keep track of configuration, date and time and other information. They un-gzip and untar commands and files that are uplinked to the satellite. Commands themselves also are bash scripts with simplified functionalities. They call other bash scripts to do the actual data collection or to set environment variables that change the behavior of other scripts.
Listing 2. Sensor Data Processing Pipeline
# Start the data processing pipeline # (with cpf ignoring SIGINT,SIGTERM) eval "cat $dig_data_stream | \ tee $raw_file | \ cpf -i -v$cpf_verbosity $cpfparams \ > $output_file &" # Enable the dig channel set_hardware 'echo $dig_channel \ channelEnable ena | mapper 2>&1'
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Eagles Building to Re-Open in January
The former Eagles building in downtown Keokuk will be open for business in January.
Crews started renovating the building at the corner of 4th and Blondeau Streets in March.
The two-story structure will feature both commercial and residential space.
Joyce Glasscock is the Executive Director of Main Street Keokuk, Inc. A subsidiary of MSK, Keokuk Downtown Properties, owns the building.
Glasscock says substantial completion of Eagles on Blondeau is scheduled for December 31, though crews expect to wrap up the work about two weeks earlier.
She says applications are now being accepted for the four upper-story apartments.
The apartments range in size from roughly 1,400 – 2,100 square feet. The monthly rent runs from $950 to $1,500, depending on the apartment.
The property will also feature an elevator, garages, and a roof-top garden.
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There is about 5,700 square feet of space available on the first floor. About ¼ of the space, along Blondeau Street, has been customized while the rest can be built to suit.
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So it was five or six of us drinking wine until sun up. Wine and Michael Jackson's "Thriller." An odd combination, but I did enjoy. Fortunately, someone was kind enough to drive me back to my hotel, and drop me off at eight in the morning, just in time for the breakfast. I didn't even bother going up to my room to freshen up, I just went straight to the restaurant, ready to be jury wrangled.
For those of you that don't know (which would be most of you) what goes on at the jury breakfast, I shall tell you. The members of the different juries sit at a large table, spooning at cold porridge, while jury wrangler Arik Sokol circles the table, baseball bat in hand, screaming at anyone that dares look him in the eye.
You can believe that, or you can believe that we ate a delicious breakfast while Arik provided us with all of the pertinent info we needed as jurors. Choose your own adventure.
And it was at this breakfast that I was finally able to meet my other fellow jury member, Curtiss Clayton, another amazing member of the team. Despite sounding like he had a bit of a rough trip into Birmingham due to the hurricane nearby, he was ready to see the rest of the films we needed to see as jurors. Yes, it was Saturday, the festival was in full swing and we had movies to see. But first, Eric had to take a quick nap.
Up and alive a few hours later, I headed out for the festival to catch the screening of "The Unseen." And, as I was soon to discover, I was just in time for the lovely storm. Walking down the street to the theater, it's not like I felt it begin raining and then it just started pouring, I could see the storm heading directly towards me. You see all of that rain moving down the street towards you and it kicks in the instinct to turn and…RUN!!! And run I did, finding shelter underneath an awning before getting too soaked. I shared the space with a couple homeless guys and we shot the shit about the weather. Well, what else are you gonna talk about while hiding out from the rain? Fortunately, the rain let up a bit after a few minutes, just enough so that I could make it to the theater in time to see "The Unseen."
The Unseen
Old childhood demons are dug up as an African American man, Roy, returns to the small southern town he grew up in, inheriting his father's store upon his passing. As a child, one of Roy's best friends was a white boy named Harold whose father happened to be a Klan member. Of course, this didn't bode well for the boys' friendship and it soon dissolved, even instilling a hatred in Harold towards Roy. Years later, Roy finds that hatred still intact as he attempts to settle back into his childhood home. Delivering a package to Harold's house one day, Roy finds Harold's brother, Sammy, a blind shut-in, locked away by Harold, attempting to make a break for it out the window. Roy and Sammy form an unlikely bond, a bond that enrages Harold and causes the mother of all conflicts, one that's bound to spring forth some truth lying behind all of those demons. Starring Steve Harris as Roy, Gale Harold as Harold and Phillip Bloch as Sammy, "The Unseen" is an emotionally tense movie. Sniffles could be heard throughout the audience as the end credits began their roll. Mission accomplished.
Following the screening was a locally produced short film called "Who Killed Tangerine?" No, it's not a Tears for Fears music video, it's a trippy little film about a guy who suddenly starts receiving sinister phone messages. Something about a tangerine and it's in trouble…she's in trouble. This girl, Tangerine, she's in trouble, or is she? The race begins to figure out just who this girl is and more importantly, what's her problem. We're not sure what's real and what isn't as this guy runs about town trying to solve what appears to be a really bad nervous breakdown. The action here is tight and the film has you guessing right till the very end. Seeing a bunch of local people in the film I knew from hanging out at the festival was a bonus, too. A wise man named Jeff Spicoli once said, "Hey, I know that dude."
So, after such an emotionally charged feature and a mindbender of a short, it was time to blow off some steam at another party – WOOOOO! On the 16th floor of an office building, we came, we drank, we listened to loud music. Surrounded by windows, we partied while getting an eyeful of downtown Birmingham at night. A couple of bands played, including a Novem cover band. "Novem" is a film that was playing Sidewalk that weekend, a faux documentary about a fictitious band that met with a tragic end. The Novem cover band rocked the house, but it was seeing a good friend who drove in from Austin that was the highlight of the evening. You know who you are.
Once that party began to fade, it was back to the Redmont for more drinks and hijinks until someone came up with the grand idea that it was time to go dancing. Moments later it was a select few of us heading off to Station for a little clubbin' action. Being that it was a Saturday night, the place was way more packed than when I had been there previously on Thursday night. Way more packed and way LOUDER. At the risk of sounding like a crotchety old man, it had been a really long day with lots of drinking involved. For some reason that didn't mix well with this aural barrage. "Americano" filmmaker turned festival pal Kevin Noland agreed by describing the place as "violent." So, with that being said, it was back to our hotel rooms to prepare for the last day of festivities. I couldn't even tell you what time it was.
The story continues in part five of BACK TO THE SIDEWALK>>>
Posted on October 11, 2005 in Festivals by Eric Campos
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LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, Buckingham Palace announced.
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The birth arrives five months after Britain's other royal baby - Prince George, born to Phillips's cousin Prince William and his wife Kate.
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Looking at national trends helps us get a picture of cable TV in Campbell, MO. Nearly 33% of U.S. residents own at least four televisions, about 50% of them stream television shows online, and 97% watch their favorite TV shows as they are broadcast. Well over 72% of people in the U.S. bundle their cable subscriptions to include both TV and high-speed Internet. So what, right? Well, of your fellow 1,693 Campbell residents, there's:
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