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|2008-03-22, 18:26
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|2008-03-22, 18:55
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Amongst the chaos, who knows? But the stories can go either way.
Hate to say it but the Japanese have never been much on good terms with the Chinese. The do have a vested interest to exaggerate stuff.
|2008-03-22, 19:06
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By the way, I have never seen the youtuve video, but the remark that "it was the first chinese military force getting into tibet" is clearly false. Chinese People's Liberation Army has intruded there for many times. Major events so far:
1951/Sep: Firstly CPLA conquered Lhasa
1959/Mar: First rebel of Tibetan people; CPLA suppressed it brutally, causing 87 thousands death
1959/Aug: CPLA was deployed along Tibet-India border (so-called Sino-Indian border conflict)
1989/Mar: Second rebel. Hu introduced CPLA again (victims unreported)
|2008-03-22, 19:13
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BTW, tell me, which side, pro-Communist and anti-Communist, is called "right-wing" in China? I have been curious for years.
|2008-03-22, 19:24
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in this video, you can see the sie of the protest, i think in any country protest with this amount people will require armored police to maintain order or prevent certain things to happen
Haven't touched chinese politics for over 10 years, but thats briefly right
Yes I agree, do not stereotype one nation just because of the history. be more reasonable and logical.
|2008-03-22, 19:28
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|2008-03-22, 20:08
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The Chinese government is gladly broadcasting footage of Tibetan violence towards police and Han Chinese, but none of their inhumane riot control methods.
If China's actions really were justifiable in dealing with the Tibetan protests, then why would they bar reporters from the region?
Of course, the nation I reside in, the United States, is just as guilty as China of brutal methods of riot/protest control if you go back just forty years in history.
The only way to stop such things is for people to become aware that such atrocities are occurring, which is the principle job of reporters. Most ordinary Chinese are shown only angry Tibetans who are rebelling against the "generosity" of China. The reality is that China has been occupying Tibet since the 50's against the will of most Tibetans. The Tibetans understandably want their independence which is the mean reason for the protests over there, which have unfortunately erupted into violence.
The Dalai Lama, who has been calling for an end to the violence for days now, is willing to compromise enough to just ask for Tibet's autonomy within China, something like Hong Kong I gather.
If the actions from both sides in Tibet aren't recorded, then nothing will be learned from them, no progress will have been made, and the same violence will most likely occur again like it has in 59 and 89. Reporters need to be allowed more access to such turbulent areas for good change to occur; and China should not be doing anything that they don't want the rest of the world see them do.
|2008-03-22, 20:17
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it has been blocked since at least 18 Oct 2007. and no inforworld is not manipulated by the CCP.
Why was there news regarding China recently banning it then --> easier to blame the big bad evil commies.
Independence is a tough thing to gain from the chinese, my nation Vietnam paid a great price in blood to repel the Chinese invasion force 923742748232 times throughout our history
|2008-03-22, 20:45
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Thanks for answering. While I read Beijing's materials, I noticed Communists love to call their enemies reactionary force (e.g. China's Political Party System, Comrade Mao Zedong's Historical Role and Mao Zedong Thought). For them, those who criticise the government and propose alternative policies are conservative. That is why I wonder which is which.
I have seen several opinions of progressive Chinese. Now I'd like to hear the words of conservative Chinese people.
|2008-03-22, 20:57
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|2008-03-22, 21:06
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|2008-03-22, 21:18
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One of the largest newspaper and broadcast agency Asahi, for example, is well known to be very protective with any news concerning China and its interest. And in many cases, defends the nation even when it seems to go against public (or international) opinion. They are about as biased as FOX is in US, just on a totally diffrent direction.
You're right about media being biased, but if you actually knew how the media is in Japan, you'll realize that bias goes in many diffrent directions.
Unfortunately, I find this thread to be nowhere near as informative or intelligent as ones on Slashdot.
Then again, we are talking politics on an anime forum.
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|2008-03-22, 21:27
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Madlax fanboyz
I know xinhua usually is not the most reliable and independence source of information from China , but in this case western media is also as clueless and manipulated
watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQnK5FcKas
|2008-03-22, 21:37
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|2008-03-22, 21:50
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I surf Slashdot on a daily basis, but discussions there are extremely messy. Yes, there are very good posts now and then, but that site attracts so much damn traffic that the gold is hard to find among such an amount of crap. Especially on the China topic, extreme libertarian-biased America-based opinions tend to garner +5 Insightful in a whim. On AS, on the other hand, political topics attract only a few posters, and most of them are worth listening to. This thread seems to be an exception, though, and I'm afraid that has to do with the high Chinese population ratio in this forum (and in the anime fandom in general), and being China on the center of the issue, it tends to attract more passionate views on the subject.
|2008-03-22, 21:57
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I can't believe the OP said that he might be anti-Tibet. Never shall I give him cookies.
First thing I want to make clear: I like China, I really like the Chinese people. But I basically hate the Chinese gov't, as it is currently, and how it has been since the late 1940s.
Anyway, don't listen to what the Chinese say about the Tibetan situation. Ever. They will lie to make it seem like they are monsters, and the Chinese gov't are a bunch of angels.
Tibet used to have a great relationship with China. Tibet has a rich and unique form of Buddhism, and the Dali Lama is a prominent person in this religion. Part of China's and Tibet's former great relationship was the rich spirituality that reciprocated between the two. The Dali Lama is believed to be a great bodhisattva (mahayana Buddhist concept) who was been reborn many times in this world, with the goal to do good for others in the world. One Dali Lama was a Chinese woman, back around 500 years ago. So China and Tibet had a great relationship.
Tibet has a great, rich, and unique culture, with its religion being a big part of it all. The culture and society has been very well rooted in morals and ethics, too. A very wholistic culture.
Well, the Tibetan way of life and culture is in the process of being eradicated. China (the gov't) is totatlly in the wrong. Tibet had an autonomous status, and when Communist rule came to China, the corrupt leaders saw it fit to go into Tibet and occupy the region. They then decided that they can't practice their religion, which is central to Tibetan culture. They took away rights and started forcing their ways of life on them.
They are taking away their rights, destroying their way of life, denying them of their relgion, eradicating their culture, and trying to replace it with the Chinese way of life. They are oppressing these people. The Tibetans never started this conflict, they were never the aggressors, they are victims in this. The Chinese gov't is oppressing them, beating and jailing civilians who protest, beating and jailing monks for peaceful protests (who are pacifists), are trying to eradicate Tibetan culture, and to this date, have demolished well over 6,000 Tibetan Buddhist monastaries. That is like if some country invaded another country and destroyed over 6,000 churches or mosques.
Again, Tibet isn't the aggressor. Why would the Chinese rulers go and do this, then? Because they were an easy target; Tibet wouldn't have been able to put up a fight. They haven't been able to. And Because the rulers wanted in for two reasons: natural resources, and because the area is a good strategic position for China's defenses in the south. Unjustified, and awful.
So no wonder, after decades of oppression, riots break out. Mostly Buddhists there who strive for pacifism, yes; especially the monks. But they are human, too. And when Tibetans act up, the Chinese gov't will try to portray them as bad. Most of the world knows better. When monks loose control and turn violent (again, they are only human like the rest of us), the Chinese gov't will be sure to make it look like they are all out of control, and that the Tibetans are in the wrong (when it really is the Chinese gov't).
Again, for any members here from China, I really like the Chinese. It is the Chinese gov't I don't like, and I really dislike what they done/are doing to Tibet.
|2008-03-22, 22:58
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Chinese here, not a fan of Chinese government either.
Look, here's a fact: China is not handling this properly.
On the other hand...
I mean, that's a bit besides the point, but the bullshit surrounding global perceptions of China and the rest of Eastern Asia is trash. While the rest of Asia was plundered and was suffering, the Western powers decide to help rebuild the aggressor instead of the victims. Nevermind that the Communists first took power because of Japanese aggression and the Western indifference to it.
Oh well, WWIII, I'm ready for ya. Reap what you sow, etc.
|2008-03-22, 23:05
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To be completely honest I wouldn't believe either side's story as the whole truth since each side will tell you their version of the story.
It's like in court, both prosecutor and defendant will tell the juror their interpretation and will present you evidence that suits their part. The only thing missing is cross examination which is left for the viewers to decide.
At the moment since the CCP is blocking independent news media to show what is happening we are somewhat left out in the dark except for occasional reports through telephone interviews and fleeing bystanders.This action places CCP's side of the story in a tight corner. In a week or two some photos may come out showing the Tibetian side of the story placing the CCP's version more doubtful. (I stress the MAY point) but that does not mean that the Tibetian side is completely the truth either since if you follow the chain of events that led to riot you'll find a pattern that can only be possible through a coordinated effort. (A demo held in Bejing, and other regions simultaneously. ) This kind of coordination needs a network which leads to funding meaning there is a sponsor behind this whole charade.
As this riot dies down there maybe another one looming in the horizon in Uyghur since their situation is the same as it is in Tibet.
Who is behind it?
I would like to know as much as you but one thing is for sure what come around goes around.
|2008-03-22, 23:10
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I dont think western media is "attacking" China by reporting about it. the BBC reports on everything everywhere. That being said I don't expect much of any say from the Yankee govt.
Well just shake our finger and do "tsk tsk you should get your act together" like we always do. Cant do much else scince they make everything we use
|2008-03-22, 23:11
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This isn't "organized" in any way. It's disheveled rioting. It's crazy. Both sides are being victimized, though obviously the Tibetans are being victimized more so.
Asking for independence is stupid. Won't happen. They don't deserve being killed, though.
Either way, of the two sides to trust, you're correct, both are not trustable. But you can bet your ass people are dying out there!
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Despite the controversy it has created in the antler-scoring world, the decision not to panel-score the Johnny King Buck has nothing to do with the hunter who killed the deer, according to the Boone-and-Crockett official who ruled the rack's G-3 tines were abnormal.
In a 30-minute conversation with Deer & Deer Hunting in April 2011, B&C Executive Secretary Jack Reneau politely, yet firmly, defended his March 2007 decision that the King Buck's rack did not qualify as a typical 6×6 under current B&C regulations.
"There is no need to re-measure it," Reneau said. "Those (G-3s) are abnormal points. A B&C panel would come to the same conclusion. I'm not trying to be tyrannical. Once the decision is made, that's how it is. It's nothing personal (against Johnny King), but I have to try and maintain the integrity of the program."
Reneau said he employed the rules of the B&C scoring system and determined the G-3s were abnormal points. "Kevin Hisey, Glen Hisey and another official measurer all agreed with my opinion."
He went on to say that many trophy owners disagree with final B&C scores and attempt to "shop" their trophies for better scores.
Despite his ruling, Reneau stopped short of completely closing the door on the King Buck. He explained that B&C officials have noticed there's a new class of typical white-tailed deer antlers that are starting to surface that "we've never seen before, and Johnny King's deer falls into that category."
Because of the way B&C rules are written, the G-3s on these racks have to be scored as abnormal points. Reneau insinuated that, at some time in the future, the rules could change.
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Reneau didn't provide details, but it's this author's guess that he is referring to so-called "common base points" and the fact that several racks similar to the King Buck have been ruled as having abnormal G-3s in recent years.
So, if anything were to happen in the future — say a change in the rules — it would justify Reneau's decision.
"There are probably some (whitetail) trophies (in the record book) that were not scored correctly, but we can't do anything about that now," he added.
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|2012-07-14, 12:02
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: france
What made me laught the most was Taichi volontering with Inaba body
Goro talk was a bit too long, would have prefered it faster, shorter, but it was nice to have a begining of explanation.
Nice Inaba, go go bring Taichi and Nagase together =D
Edit : was also nice the switch are so random and quick. I thought it would ba a big switch per episode, but a lot of small quick switch is a lot more fun
|2012-07-14, 12:11
|Link #202
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
Episode 2 raised my opinion of this show even higher. Excellent anime episode, deft and complex, with strong characters well voiced. The animation is very good, and the direction and storyboarding sharp and pleasing. It was one of those episodes that just zipped by.
Each episode seems to open up more realms of enjoyment for me. Not that I understand everything that's going on, but even the uncertainty is exciting, and the unemphatic way they are handling this is, paradoxically, quite moving. Terrific voice work by Fujiwara Keiji, to go along with the interesting character design/animation of his character.
This exchange of souls thing may be a known trope, but I think it's an important one that connects with how people are today. We are in close contact by voice and text, and share our universe of music and games and video. In a way, we are living in one shared greater consciousness. Just what does it mean to be a separate individual, anyway? Of course, inter-gender transfer has its own fears and fascinations.
|2012-07-14, 12:41
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
This body switching is getting a bit ridicules.
Taichi seems to be in the center of the whole thing, but I just can't figure out why this is happening all the time.
Well, it does get him in some serious troubles with various girls.
Heartseed, a mysterious new entity, offered a explanation of the situation which didn't help much at all.
That whole thing sure gave them something to think about.
|2012-07-14, 13:02
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
I'm liking this show a lot. The soul switching scenes are so well done, I really want to see more of that.
Also de geso/A girl loaths guys, knows karate and gives mole/C girl a mouthful when mole/C Girl thinks it's okay to be alone at home. I really hope it's not as bad as I think it is.
|2012-07-14, 13:03
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
|2012-07-14, 13:32
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Age: 56
The thought that someone or something, this "Heartseed", has intentionally created this situation and will let it continue until it's no longer interesting to him/it adds a level of creepiness that I wasn't expecting. On top of that, he/it will be watching them to see their reactions. (Not 24/7 though! He respects their privacy. Yeah. Right. )
I'm impressed with how the animators are staying away from the obvious ecchi opportunities. Did anyone else expect a panty shot during the karate flip? I was pleasantly surprised that we didn't get one.
|2012-07-14, 14:20
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Loves the Experience
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Earth...hopefully
I'll probably need one more episode to be sure, but Kokoro Connect is a mixed bag for me. I like the premise, some of the jokes, and the female characters fine (excluding the gay girl). I can't stand the exposition or the male characters though.
|2012-07-14, 14:23
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
Am I suddenly watching Hyouka all of a sudden? . This second episode was substantially better than the first one. I was expecting the series to be about "mucking around" in other people's bodies but no, this second episode is turning into a "light mystery" (hence I felt like I was watching Hyouka for a second) about body changing - what, where, when, why and how it happens.
There were a few bits where I raised an eyebrow (e.g. when they were talking about boob sizes ), but otherwise it was largely fanservice/fratboy free, which I very much appreciated. Some decent bits of comedy here and there and nothing too over-the-topic. Also some hints of drama down the line, including Iori living with a single parent and Yui's phobia with males. I'm impressed. If it wanted to be, this series could have been a full-out fanservice/ecchi series but it decided not to.
Keep it up Kokoro Connect.
|2012-07-14, 14:41
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
With the antagonist getting introduced this early, I'm guessing the body-swapping will be a single arc then he'll find new ways to troll them.
|2012-07-14, 14:44
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Watched episode 2. Seems a lot of progress was made. The episode seemed to have a lot of mix of heavy and light moments, so its hard grasping the mood at times.
Also still trying to remember everyone's names.
What happened to Inaba's glasses? I thought she had glasses in episode 1, but I may have been mistaken.
Philosophical Iori was an interesting scene. The Iori x "karate" girl was also a good scene showing that each others more private lives they don't tend to share are gonna be more open now.
Not sure if I really like the heartseed spin, the whole some mysterious entity thing is the mastermind of it annoys me.
|2012-07-14, 14:59
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Folsom, CA, USA
Age: 32
|2012-07-14, 15:02
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Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
Age: 39
Also, I'm liking Taichi a lot more after this episode. Be nice to actually have an enjoyable male instead of just focusing on the girls all the time. Interesting that he's the kind of guy who volunteers when others won't.
|2012-07-14, 15:15
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 31
That was tremendously better than the first episode. I'm officially sold on this series. The body switching was handled a lot better, a couple characters (including Iori who came across as the most shallow last week) gained appreciable depth, and it was hinted the story might actually get pretty serious. It looks each of the kids have issues they need to resolve. Color me intrigued.
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At this recent PASS Community Summit in Seattle I had the opportunity to meet with Tom Casey General Manager of Microsoft Business Intelligence. We discussed a number of topics including the next release of SQL Server, codenamed Kilimanjaro, as well as the new Gemini and Madison projects and future SQL Server Services.
Tom, who presented Wednesday's keynote, started with Kilimanjaro. In addressing the question about whether Kilimanjaro may be too soon for many organizations Tom said that readers should think of Kilimanjaro as a minor release and that not every SQL Server installation may need what it offers. Tom pointed out that Kilimanjaro is in keeping with Microsoft's plan to provide a new release every 36 months with an R2 release somewhere in the middle. Kilimanjaro will offer scalability enhancements with support for up to 256 logical processors. The Kilimanjaro release will be focused on self service BI and will be released in conjunction with a project code named Gemini. Gemini is focused on changing and simplifying the end user experience for access BI data. Excel is unquestionably the end user tool of choice for data analysis. Gemini will extend Microsoft Excel with Add-ins enabling BI data access and end-user collaboration. End users can create BI data access workbooks in Excel and then share them with other users via SharePoint. In addition to enhancing end user data analysis and collaboration Gemini will also help IT professionals to end Excel hell where end users create a number of spreadsheets that are vital to the organization but there's no visibility or manageability. Gemini will track all the data access reports published using the Excel BI add-in enabling IT to better manage these important Excel workbooks. Tom stated that Microsoft's plan is to have the first CTP of Kilimanjaro available in 2009.
Tom also discussed Microsoft's Madison project. Madison is essentially the resurfacing of Microsoft's earlier acquisition of DATAllegro. Madison will essentially be a Data Warehousing appliance that Microsoft will provide in conjunction with hardware partners like HP and DELL. Using massively parallel processing (MPP) Madison will be able to support multi-terabyte data warehouses using up to 24 node scale-out technology.
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Snow, frigid temperatures challenge holiday show organizers
Despite weather, Shining Lightto open Monday.
Barry McDiarmid was counting on help putting up holiday lights from local youth Sunday.
But when a snowstorm blew into town, assistance from students in the Youth Community Improvement Program was postponed until this Sunday.
Weather has already hampered the efforts of McDiarmid and his family in setting up for the ninth annual Shining Light Celebration.Each holiday season since 2000, the family has strung more than 125,000 lights and two miles of extension cords to transform the KOA Campground south of Gothenburg into a Christmas wonderland.
Freewill donations are accepted from light festival visitors which are given to charities.
The last snowstorm in November delayed the McDiarmids a bit from beginning to decorate the campground.
And bitter cold temperatures on Monday and Tuesday has made preparations for the outside light show more challenging.
"And with the winds predicted tomorrow (Tuesday) and the snow, I'm concerned about how much we can get done," McDiarmid said.
Nonetheless, he said the holiday show will open Monday, Dec. 14, barring something dramatic.
"There will definitely be a display unless we get 10 feet of snow and people can't get in or the trees with lights fall down," McDiarmid said.
On Thursday, McDiarmid hoped to put up flood lights and then "link everything into the power boxes" so lights will come to life and he can determine what dark spots still need to be filled.
McDiarmid said he's not anticipating anything he can't cope with.
A massive ice storm three years ago closed the display several days before Christmas so volunteers could clean up fallen branches and trees.
The celebration reopened on Christmas Eve but closed two days early the next week because of a snowstorm.
"We've been there, done that," McDiarmid said with a laugh.
Last year, a windstorm ripped through the campground, tearing a painting of Santa Lucia into pieces and tossing it into the river. This year, McDiarmid said the painting has been repaired but is a smaller version.
Volunteers are still needed to help finish the display and to serve as traffic directors, donation attendants and refreshment servers.
The display opens Monday at 6 p.m. and remains open from 6-10 p.m. nightly through Dec. 31.
Santa will greet visitors from a cabin on Dec. 14-23.
For more information or to volunteer, contact McDiarmid at 537-7387.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A water-heating system may have leaked gas into a tunnel beneath the headquarters of Mexico's national oil company for more than seven months before it was accidentally detonated by a maintenance crew's improvised lighting system, officials said Tuesday, adding fresh detail to the narrative of the petroleum giant's worst disaster in a decade.
Mexico's attorney general said Monday night that a gas buildup was responsible for the explosion that collapsed three floors of the administrative building in Petroleos Mexicanos' Mexico City headquarters complex, killing 37 people. He indicated the gas could have been methane, a gas that is both processed for use in heating systems and naturally produced by the decomposition of organic matter in sewers and landfills.
Assistant Attorney General Alfredo Castillo told reporters Tuesday morning that one source of the gas may have been a tunnel that ran from a heating plant and beneath the devastated building on its way to the 54-story central tower of the complex. He said that explanation appeared likely because the blast blew off manhole covers providing access to the tunnel some distance from the affected building.
"There's a connection to, as you've seen, a place where there are gas facilities," Castillo said. "These manhole covers were found completely blown off."
Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam told Radio Formula Tuesday afternoon that the gas may have come through a pipe that connected to what he called a room containing machinery. He said it also may have been produced by wastewater and collected under the building.
He said that even the methane used to fuel building equipment would have been odorless, unlike other types of natural gas.
Karam said an independent contractor had told investigators that he was working with a crew of three men performing maintenance in the basement of building B2 on Thursday afternoon. The contractor said the basement wasn't lit, so his crew had rigged illumination by attaching a crude electric cable to a power source in the ceiling.
The contractor told investigators that seconds after he moved to a higher floor, "he heard a strong, sharp whistling through the corridor, coming from the area of the foundation pilings that was being worked on, and then right away he felt a strong explosion that threw him against the wall," Karam said.
The three men were found dead in the lower basement with burn marks, one with a fragment of cable stuck to his body.
Castillo said the maintenance supervisor reported that his crew had not been in the lower basement to inspect the foundations in seven or eight months. It was not immediately clear if Pemex, which is responsible for inspecting its own buildings, required more regular maintenance.
Murillo said investigators were still reviewing records of building inspections to determine why Pemex had not discovered the gas accumulation.
President Enrique Pena Nieto said Tuesday that "I have reiterated my orders to the attorney general's office to keep investigating until there is complete certainty about what happened on Thursday, January 31."
After days of speculation that the building had been bombed, Murillo said Mexican, Spanish, U.S. and British investigators looking into the petroleum giant's worst disaster in more than a decade found no evidence of explosives.
With the exception of three victims, none of those killed had the burn marks or damaged ear drums that are typical evidence of a bombing, he said. Nor was there any sign of a crater or fracturing of the building's steel beams, also common signs of the detonation of an explosive device.
The victims' bodies were found largely intact, and dismemberment is normally found after the detonation of explosives, he said.
Murillo described a "diffuse" blast that moved slowly and horizontally, typical of the detonation of a cloud of gas, rather than an explosion that would have emanated from a relatively compact source like a bomb.
This explosion, at its peak, generated an effect on the structures of the floors of the building, first pushing them up and then causing them to fall, and that was the primary cause of deaths in the building," he said.
The announcement late Monday ended days of a near-total lack of information about the potential cause of the incident. The sparse information spawned a torrent of complaints about government secrecy and speculation about the cause of the blast, most focusing on the possibility that it had been set intentionally.
The suspicions of foul play became so intense that Murillo insisted on displaying photos of a backpack found in the rubble to prove that it contained makeup, and not a suspicious, potentially explosive device as reported by some Mexican media earlier in the day.
Murillo said there is not yet any evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the disaster, but the possibility of criminal charges remained open.
Some observers compared the lack of openness by the Institutional Revolutionary Party-led government to the party's secretiveness during more than seven decades of autocratic rule. The party returned to power in December after losing the Mexican presidency 12 years earlier.
The blast also generated debate about the state of Pemex, a vital source of government revenue that is suffering from decades of underinvestment and has been hit by a recent series of accidents.
The disaster was a major setback to a safety record that had been improving following a series of incidents in the 1980s and 1990s, according to company figures. The number of accidents per million hours worked dropped by more than half, from 1.06 in 2005 to 0.42 in 2010. That is in line with the international average of about 0.43 per million, according to the U.K.-based International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, which does not independently verify company numbers.
But Pemex acknowledged in a report that starting in late 2011, a series of smaller blasts and fires, mainly at refineries and petrochemical plants, had "seriously impacted" its safety rate. It said the rate of injuries per million hours had risen to 0.54.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has pledged to open the oil behemoth to more private and foreign investment, setting off warnings among leftists about the privatization of an enterprise seen as one of the pillars of the Mexican state. Pena Nieto has provided few details of the reform he will propose but denies any plan to privatize Pemex.
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It's almost the halfway mark to Halloween, and it just happens to coincide with Zombie Jesus Day...I mean, Easter! To celebrate, FearNET invited Trick 'R Treat director Michael Dougherty to bring his special talents, and wish the FearNET viewers a happy Easter Holiday.
Next week sees the DVD arrival of the long-anticipated Trick 'r Treat, a spooky little anthology film from director Mike Dougherty. To accompany the DVD release, DC Comics is publishing a graphic novel adaptation of the film.
After being delayed for over two years Michael Dougherty's "Trick R Treat" has finally gotten a DVD and Blu-ray release date. I for one am almost wetting myself with excitement. In honor of this momentous occasion a final trailer for the film has been released as well.
So... I do have to admit that I haven't seen "The Host" yet. The reason I say that is because here's the first still from the sequel. Does the creature in the first film look that terrible? Please inform.
Excited for Mike Dougherty's "Trick 'R Treat" this Halloween? Now you can enter a fan-art contest being sponsored by Warner Bro's for the release. Check it out!
Here's the final one-sheet for "Sorority Row". Not as sexy as the others, but that was a hard track record to live up to.
Ben Ketai has been hired to direct the "30 Days of Night" sequel, subtitled "Dark Days". The film will follow Melissa George's character (recast apparently) as she heads back to Las Angeles and intentionally attracts the local vampire population to get revenge for her husband's death. So, we recast the lead and take the story out of the arctic circle? Count me out.
"Hellified" is a supernatural action movie about a journey to hell, currently in development from Paramount.
Official site launch for "Trick 'R Treat", which finally hits DVD this October. For a great interview with Mike Dougherty on the whole ordeal, be sure to check out the latest issue of Horror Hound Magazine.
Poster and DVD Art for Dave Parker's "The Hills Run Red". The slasher flick is about a group of film fans who are obsessed with finding a print of a long lost stalk & slash, who follow a lead out into the woods and realize that the film... wait for it... never ended! They're now stuck right in the middle of the carnage, as you would expect.
John Landis has sold the remake rights to "An American Werewolf in London" to Dimension Films. Dimension, you may remember, has struggled for over 2 years now to get its "Hellraiser" remake going, with several directors leaving the project due to creative differences. We'll have to wait and see, but that doesn't bode well for this "Werewolf" redo.
Joss Whedon was offered and turned down a chance to work on the "new" "Buffy the Vampire" slayer film which is in development, which is reportedly a remake of the original film. Apparently producers were a little surprised at the level of negative buzz their announcement created amongst Buffy fans (really?), and so they tried to get Whedon in on the action. He wasn't biting, and so presumably they'll be going ahead with development as planned.
"Dead Bones" is a short Horror/Western that you can watch in its entirety at the link. It has gotten good buzz so far, and also stars Ken Foree, who is so fun to watch on screen he actually makes about :30 seconds of the "Halloween" remake watchable. So, your move, partner.
Reason to upgrade to Bluray: All of the special features for Mike Dougherty's "Trick 'R Treat" will only be found on the newfangled medium. Also in today's news, the collection to "Buy Eric a Bluray Player" has officially begun. Line forms to the left.
Via his Myspace, Richard Kelly confirms that there will be a panel for his upcoming film "The Box" at the next Comic-Con. He adds, cryptically, "More news on The Box and Darko projects soon". Darko projects? Is it possible he'll be erasing the horrible taste left in my mouth from "S. Darko"? Stay tuned to find out.
"Night of the Dead Reanimated" holds a "video art gallery" featuring some of the artists in their rendition of the Romero classic. That actually sounds like a great idea.
Yvonne Strahovski from "Chuck" to star in survivalist horror film called "The Canyon". The plot deals with a couple honeymooning in the Grand Canyon, who end up just trying to survive after meeting a "charismatic and mysterious guide".
Word from Robert Rodriguez's camp is that "Predators" will be a sequel and not a remake. There are also rumblings that they're trying to get Arnold Schwarzenegger back in some type of extended cameo, but we'll see how that turns out.
Not sure this is good news, but "Saw VI" director Kevin Gruetert calls his post production experience "mind numbingly complex". Ya, this should be interesting.
Before being released on DVD in October, Mike Dougherty's "Trick 'R Treat" will be doing a festival run, where you might be able to check it out if you live in one of the corresponding areas.


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The annual day of current or future Scilab users has become the major event of numerical computation and simulation community for 4 years. Organized within Teratec Forum, ScilabTEC 2012 will take place on Thursday 28 June from 9 AM to 5 PM.
One day to provide Scilab users with the opportunity to discover the latest software developments, industrial applications and enhance their knowledge of Scilab and its ecosystem.
Besides the possibility to exchange between users and meet the R&D team, participants will have the opportunity to get details on the strategy and positioning of Scilab Enterprises with the presentation of Claude Gomez, CEO and Jacques Dhellemmes, Vice President.
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The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry's hearing Tuesday focused on the Dec. 23 discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, in a Washington dairy cow, and the events that have unfolded since.
While some senators, like Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, told Veneman that the number of senators "extolling her virtues" could be a record, others were more critical.
Even Roberts himself had some difficult questions for Veneman to answer. Specifically, he wanted to know why USDA has consistently referred to BSE as a North American problem. "Has calling it a North American problem posed a problem for trade, in the same way it has posed a problem in the minds of cattle producers?" he asked.
"The fact of the matter is that U.S. producers do have a lot of inter-relationships of trading cattle with our North American neighbors," Veneman answered. "I think it is important we understand this on a global basis, also."
Senator Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota made his opinions on the issue clear, saying there is "no reason any borders should be closed to U.S. beef."
Daschle also made a new push for the implementation of country-of-origin labeling, adding the problems associated with BSE "can't be solved under the system of bureaucratic boxes we've created to addresses this issue. But this hearing is a step in the right direction."
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questioned whether or not poor recordkeeping has limited USDA's ability to find the remaining 50 plus cows connected to the BSE positive cow found in Washington. "That's another reason we need a national animal identification system," he says. "All of us, from both sides of the aisle, want this to work."
Providing a timeline
Veneman says USDA received word Dec. 23 that a tissue sample taken as part of its routine surveillance system tested positive for BSE. "We had in place a BSE response plan, and upon hearing of the BSE finding, we immediately began to implement the plan and began our investigation to find the origin of the cow," she said.
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said the cattlemen in his state knew of the cow's link to Canada on Dec. 24, but says USDA did not make that announcement until several days later.
In response, Veneman said, "When the preliminary results came back Dec. 23, we had the tag number of the cow, but not the actual ear-tag. The tag was sent with the brucellosis sample to be tested, where the tag was destroyed. Because the brucellosis sample was negative, it is standard procedure to destroy the ear tag.
"On Dec. 24, USDA went to the farm and saw the number of the tag was similar to other tags on the farm with Canadian information," she said. "At that point, we tried to trace the ear tag number to Canada. We had confirmation on that the 27th of December, and we announced our findings that day," she said. "I understand what you're saying about people thinking they knew, but there was no confirmation."
Conrad says the cattlemen in his state believe the gap in reporting by USDA resulted in a worst-case scenario for U.S. cattlemen and the livestock market. "We need to establish when in fact it was known that the cow in question had a Canadian ear tag," he says. "What I'm hearing at home is that some people had inside information, and were able to make money off the market with that information."
During his testimony, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said he had written a letter to Veneman two weeks earlier expressing his concerns about the chronology of events that led to the diagnosis of BSE in a Holstein cow in Washington State. According to Durbin, he's still waiting for her response.
"The USDA has a long-standing policy prohibiting the processing of cattle with neurological signs for any use. The Washington cow was sampled for BSE testing because she was, according to the USDA, showing signs of calving paralysis. However, calving paralysis is by definition a neurological disease," Durbin said.
"The inspectors at the Washington plant were correct in singling out this animal for BSE sampling, but why was the carcass not held until the results were known? If the inspectors recognized that the animal was uncoordinated or unable to rise on her own, why was she allowed into the human food chain at all?
"I also wonder why it took so long to obtain the presumptive positive results from the BSE tests," Durbin asked. "I understand that immunohistochemistry analysis usually takes only five to seven days. Because the animal was not considered a priority, the results took 13 days. As a result of the delay, the animal was processed, according to Dr. Steven Solomon from FDA, into 2.8 million pounds of consumer products, all of which were potentially contaminated with BSE."
A question of testing
During Tuesday's hearing, Leahy questioned why the United States tests fewer animals than other countries, especially considering that Japan tests every animal for BSE.
According to Veneman, the United States is relying on guidelines established by international experts, and says Japanese testing is done more to reassure their consumers, than for scientific reasons.
"We are testing in accordance with internationally recognized standards," she said. "We will increase our testing this year, and even before that we were testing in excess of OIE guidelines. OIE does not recommend the testing of every animal."
Durbin believes that at the current level of testing, the United States has no real estimate of the true prevalence rate of BSE in this country.
"The USDA should adopt the use of rapid BSE tests and implement a 'test and hold' protocol for dealing with not only suspect animals such as the one in Washington, but also all cattle and bison presented for processing that are over 30 months of age," he said.
"Using the rapid BSE tests on this additional group of older animals would provide critical surveillance data that then could be used to determine a true prevalence rate of BSE in the United States and make clear whether we truly have a BSE problem in our country. If a rapid test had been used on the cow in Washington State, the results would have been known within a few hours instead of days, avoiding the need for a costly recall of contaminated food and consumer products."
Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., said he thinks the response system used by USDA has worked. "The at-risk animals were not put in the food system, and the meat of the BSE positive cow was recalled," he says.
The export market
Veneman says her office has made regaining the beef export market a priority. Poland is the first country to reinstate imports of U.S. beef since the BSE case in Washington was announced in December. She also says recent visits by U.S. trade officials have been well received.
"We have been very proactive on the trade front," she noted. "In fact, we have a team coming back today from Asia. We have further enhanced our protection systems, and we are working diligently to restore our export markets. We are hopeful we can resume trade as quickly as possible."
Veneman reminded the Senate committee that when the United States closed its borders with Canada in May, it took until August for the United States to finish its BSE investigation and re-open its markets to some Canadian imports. Other countries actions are "mirroring" the United States' reaction to the Canadian BSE case, she says.
Adds Daschle, "We have 2 million pounds of beef that was supposed to be exported, and is still on the high seas. I would like to know how USDA will deal with that."


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Mad Men: Megan Draper Is Don's Aching Tooth
And it's extraction time.
Mad Men fans will be discussing and analyzing "The Phantom" for ages to come, thanks to the episode's rich imagery and specific nods to previous episodes (Lane keeping that photo from the wallet he found, or Pete's brother marrying a woman named Judy). Also, there were themes of amnesia versus denial, of construction, of regret, of missed opportunities — we could and later will go on and on. But the most important takeaway from last night's episode is that Don and Megan are done, because Megan is Don's extracted, painful, decaying molar. The only thing toothier than Megan is an actual tooth.
"I have a hot tooth," Don complained. "I have a hot wife," he could have said, since both were giving him a headache this week. [Rim shot.] Don loves her and wants her and is afraid to lose her, so he resists and resists and resists. He doesn't want to call the dentist, and he doesn't want to get her an audition, but he reluctantly and painfully winds up doing both. It's so painful he can't even kiss her. Put that ice on your face, Don, not in a drink. "I don't feel well," Megan tells her mother. Don's tooth was so diseased it almost rotted into his jaw. "You're chasing a phantom," Megan's mother says. Don's anesthesia lets him talk to the phantom he's chasing. A woozy Don beholds his discolored, monstrous tooth and thinks, Good God, is that mine? It's the same perplexed and disgusted, but tender look he gave Megan when she drunkenly begged him for sex earlier in the episode. Good God, he thinks. Is that mine? Not for long, Don.
Now spit.


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If the digital goods for your application don't require dynamic updates, include the functionality of those goods in the source code. For example, if you sell a game that has a predetermined selection of additional levels, those levels should be included in your application. Your game logic can control access to those levels based on the purchase logic.
If you host your digital goods on a content server and deliver them to BlackBerry devices over the wireless network, you can update and add to your offering of digital goods without having to submit a new release of your application to the BlackBerry World storefront.
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If you host your digital goods on a content server, you can notify your content server about successful purchases in two different ways. You can design your application to send notifications, or you can request a notification from the Payment Service.
To request notifications from the Payment Service, you must set up a dynamic license model when you register the digital goods in the BlackBerry App World vendor portal. When you set up a dynamic license model for your digital goods, provide an HTTPS URL for your content server. After each successful purchase, the Payment Service server sends your content server a request for a license key, as well as the following parameters that describe the successful purchase:
- pin: the device PIN
- email: the email address associated with the user's BlackBerry ID account
- product: the name of the application that the digital goods are purchased from
- version: the version of the application that the digital goods are purchased from
- transactionid: a unique identifier for the successful purchase
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How To Flash Celkon A9 Dual Stock Rom Using Smartphone Flash Tool
1: Download and set up Android USB Drivers on your PC. If android USB Drivers are installed on your PC then miss this task.
2: Power Off your Celkon A9 Dual Android Smartphone and take away the Battery (if it's removable)
3: Stock Rom or Firmware that you want to Flash in your Android Smartphone (Celkon A9 Dual) and extract it on your PC.
4: Download and extract Smart Phone Flash Tool in your PC. After extracting you have ability to see the files.
5: Now Start Flash_tool.exe
6: Once smartphone Flash Tool is launched, Go through the Download Tab.
7: Within the Download Tab, go through the scatter-loading button now.
8: Now, Discover the Scatter Document (you will see the scatter record in the Stock ROM folder)
9: Now, Go through the Download Button to commence the Blinking Process
10: Now, Attach your Smartphone to the PC using USB Cable (without battery pack- if it's detachable). After connecting the device to the PC Press Volume Down or Up key, so that your computer easily discover your smartphone.
11: Once Flashing is completed, a Green Icon look.
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Hybrid-graphics is a concept involving two graphics cards on same computer, it was first designed to control power consumption in laptops and is extending to desktop computers as well
- 1 About Hybrid-graphics Technologies
- 2 The "Old" Hybrid Model (Basic Switching)
- 3 The New Dynamic Switching Model
- 4 See Also
About Hybrid-graphics Technologies
The laptop manufacturers developed new technologies involving two graphic cards in an single computer, enabling both high performance and power saving usages. This technology is well supported on Windows but it's still quite experimental with Linux distributions.
We call hybrid graphics a set of two graphic cards with different abilities and power consumptions. There are a variety of technologies and each manufacturer developed its own solution to this problem. Here we try to explain a little about each approach and models and some community solutions to the lack of GNU/Linux systems support.
The "Old" Hybrid Model (Basic Switching)
This approach involves a two graphic card setup with a hardware multiplexer (MUX). It allows power save and low-end 3D rendering by using an Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP); or a major power consumption with 3D rendering performance using a Dedicated Graphics Processor (DGP). This model makes the user choose (at boot time or at login time) within the two power/graphics profiles and is almost fixed through all the user session. The switch is done by a similar workflow:
- Turn off the display
- Turn on the DGP
- Switch the multiplexer
- Turn off the IGP
- Turn on again the display
This switch is somewhat rough and adds some blinks and black screens in laptops that could do it "on the fly". Later approaches made the transition a little more user-friendly.
The New Dynamic Switching Model
Most of the new Hybrid-graphics technologies involves two graphic cards as the basic switching but now the DGP and IGP are plugged to a framebuffer and there is no hardware multiplexer. The IGP is always on and the DGP is switched on/off when there is a need in power-save or performance-rendering. In most cases there is no way to use only the DGP and all the switching and rendering is controlled by software. At startup, the Linux kernel starts using a video mode and setting up low-level graphic drivers which will be used by the applications. Most of the Linux distributions then use X.org to create a graphical environment. Finally, a few other softwares are launched, first a login manager and then a window manager, and so on. This hierarchical system has been designed to be used in most of cases on a single graphic card.
Nvidia Optimus
Current Problems
- Switching between cards when possible.
- Switching on/off the discrete card.
- Be able to use the discrete card for 3D render.
- Be able to use both cards for 3D render (problem arised in this post).
Software Solutions So Far
- asus_switcheroo -- a solution for Intel/Nvidia switching on ASUS and other laptops with a similar hardware mux -- by Alex Williamson
- byo_switcheroo -- a solution to build your own handler (like acpi_call) to switch between cards with vga_switcheroo -- by Alex Williamson
- vga_switcheroo -- the original GPU switching solution primarily for Intel/ATI notebooks -- by David Airlie
- acpi_call -- allows you to switch off discrete graphics card to improve battery life -- by Michal Kottman
- PRIME -- long-term Optimus solution in progress -- by David Airlie
- Bumblebee -- allows you to run specific programs on the discrete graphic card, inside of an X session using the integrated graphic card. Works on Nvidia Optimus cards -- by Martin Juhl
- hybrid-windump -- dump window using Nvidia onto Intel display -- by Florian Berger and Joakim Gebart
ATI Dynamic Switchable Graphics
This is a new technology similar to the one of Nvidia. There is no hardware multiplexer and gone into the market a few weeks/months ago.
Current Problems
The Dynamic Switch needs Xorg support for the discrete videocard assigned to rendering [1].
So, the method listed here (and the AUR package related) will not work until Xorg team add support for the redering on a second card not attached to video. See here for more info.
This means that with a muxless intel+ati design, you can't use your discrete card simply modprobing the module as listed down here.
As of now, there are 3 choices:
- Disable the discrete card and use only the intel one. In this case you can folow the instructions below to disable the radeon card.
- Test and improve some virtualGL based program to make the switch, like the common-amd branch of bumblebee project. Check the project repository and this useful post.
- Use the proprietary driver with powerxpress (a.k.a. pxp) support maintained by Vi0l0 (remember to check for xorg compatibility).
Solutions So Far
Right now, the best solution is vga_switcheroo with a combination of opensource drivers for your ATi and Intel graphics.
- Preliminaries
Make sure you have installed the drivers. Run in terminal:
$ pacman -Q | grep -E "xf86-video-ati|xf86-video-intel"
In case you get output similar to this:
xf86-video-ati 6.14.1-1 xf86-video-intel 2.15.0-2
you're good to go. In other case install drivers:
# pacman -S xf86-video-ati xf86-video-intel
In order to be able to access vgaswitcheroo add this line to your fstab:
none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs defaults 0 0
KMS must be activated for both cards, otherwise there will be no vgaswitcheroo in /sys/kernel/debug/
- Automatic radeon shutdown
Systemd can use tmpfiles to shutdown the discrete gpu at boot.
Important: Make sure the video drivers are loaded in initramfs before systemd calls vga_switcheroo, otherwise a kernel oops/panic may occur.
First add the drivers to MODULES array in
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf. Adding radeon and i915 yields
MODULES="radeon i915"
Next rebuild initramfs (details at initramfs)
# mkinitcpio -p linux
Then create the systemd tmpfile at
w /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch - - - - OFF
Reboot and the discrete gpu should be off by default. It can be powered back on using the manual method described below.
- Manual method
To verify the state of the dgpu
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
Power off the dgpu
# echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
Power on
# echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
Fully Power Down Discrete GPU
You may want to turn off the high-performance graphics processor to save battery power, this can be done by installing the the acpi_call-git package from the AUR.
Once installed load the kernel module:
modprobe acpi_call
With the kernel module loaded run the following (requires root):
This script will go through all the known data buses and attempt to turn them off. You will get an output similar to the following:
Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA._OFF: failed Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P3.PEGP._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.MXR0.MXM0._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DOFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0.DOFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._OFF: works! Trying \_SB.PCI0.XVR0.Z01I.DGOF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEGR.GFX0._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG.VID._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.VID._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.DGPU._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P4.DGPU.DOFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.IXVE.IGPU.DGOF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.RP00.VGA._PS3: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.RP00.VGA.P3MO: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.GFX0.DSM._T_0: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC.PUBS._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.NVID._OFF: failed Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA.PX02: failed Trying \_SB_.PCI0.PEGP.DGFX._OFF: failed Trying \_SB_.PCI0.VGA.PX02: failed
See the "works"? This means the script found a bus which your GPU sits on and it has now turned off the chip. To confirm this, your battery time remaining should have increased. Currently, the chip will turn back on with the next reboot to get around this we do the following:
Add the kernel module to the array of modules to load at boot:
#Load 'acpi_call.ko' at boot. acpi_call
To turn off the GPU at boot we could just run the above script but honestly that is not very elegant so instead lets make use of systemd's tmpfiles.
w /proc/acpi/call - - - - \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._OFF
The above config will be loaded at boot by systemd. What it does is write the specific OFF signal to the
/proc/acpi/call file. Obviously, replace the
\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._OFF with the one which works on your system.


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New York, March 4, 2010—A week after the death of jailed Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a journalist on a hunger strike is seriously ill while health conditions of imprisoned reporters remain dire. As the seventh anniversary of the massive crackdown on dissidents approaches on March 18, the Committee to Protect Journalists renews its call for the Cuban government to immediately and unconditionally release all jailed journalists.
Zapata Tamayo, a dissident jailed in
2003 and sentenced to 25 years on charges of disrespecting authority, died at a
Zapata's death, which sparked condemnation from the international community and an unusual statement of regret from President Raúl Castro, highlighted the terrible conditions of Cuban jails and the inhumane treatment of imprisoned dissidents. It also prompted strong reactions from dissidents on the island.
"We urge President Castro to ensure the proper care of all journalists currently incarcerated," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ Americas program senior coordinator. "We hold the Cuban government responsible for the health and welfare of those imprisoned."
Guillermo Fariñas, 48, a Cuban journalist and political activist in the city of
Fariñas, who almost died in 2006 after an extended hunger
strike to protest restrictions on Internet access, hasn't had food or water
for a week and was showing symptoms of dehydration, hypoglycemia, and low blood
Jailed journalists Pedro Argüelles Morán and Adolfo Fernandez Sainz also reacted to Zapata's death and fasted for three days, Laura Pollán, a leading human rights activist told CPJ.
Pollán, wife of jailed independent journalist Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez—a 2008 CPJ awardee—told CPJ that jailed journalists Pedro Argüelles Morán, José Luis García Paneque, Alfredo Pulido López, Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Normando Hernández González, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, and Fabio Prieto Llorente continue to suffer serious illnesses while receiving inadequate attention.
CPJ research shows that that the health of Cuban journalists has seriously deteriorated amid poor prison conditions and insufficient health care. Relatives and friends described health problems ranging from diabetes and a tumor to pneumonia and cataracts. In some cases, they say, the journalists have received little medical attention. They say poor and unsanitary prison conditions have exacerbated the medical problems. Pre-existing ailments have worsened in prison, while a host of serious new illnesses have arisen among those jailed.
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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Gov. Beshear Calls for Cooperation, Innovation at National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit
Governor continues push for Kentucky General Assembly to approve wide-ranging prescription drug bill on final day of legislative session
ORLANDO, Fla.– At the National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Orlando today, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear called for states and the federal government to develop aggressive shared tactics to thwart the devastating scourge of prescription drug abuse. He also encouraged Kentucky legislators to keep the state on the leading edge of effective anti-drug strategies by passing a broad prescription drug bill on the final day of the legislative session this week.
"We need the medical community, treatment facilities, education, the business sector, law enforcement, advocates, insurance industry, workers' comp officials, and elected officials on the local, state and federal levels to step up, to listen and to be heard. Collaboration and cooperation are essential," said Gov. Beshear. "No state or community is an island. It will take all of us – working across geographical and agency borders – to make headway against prescription drug abuse."
The three-day summit, sponsored by Kentucky-based Project UNITE, featured 100 leaders and experts from across the country who shared techniques to reduce the spread of abuse of prescription drugs. Speakers included Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske, Rep. Hal Rogers, and Centers for Disease Control Principal Deputy Director Ileana Arias. The summit is expected to attract about 700 attendees.
"I believe we are building a critical mass of urgency that includes law enforcement, government, the medical community, treatment and education," said Gov. Beshear. "It's heartening that this issue is getting the attention it deserves, but the fact remains that thousands of our families and communities are unraveling because of these drugs. The need for a broad-based response is urgent."
One key piece of Kentucky legislation, House Bill 4 (HB 4) offers numerous tools to prevent or reduce prescription drug abuse, and Gov. Beshear called on the Kentucky legislature to pass the bill on the final day of session Thursday.
Among other things, HB 4 would require pain management clinics to be owned by a licensed medical practitioner, mandate participation in KASPER, Kentucky's successful electronic prescription monitoring program, and require immediate investigation of prescribing complaints.
Gov. Beshear outlined the numerous steps that his administration already has implemented to assist law enforcement and communities, including:
• the creation of an Interstate Prescription Drug Task Force with officials from Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia to better identify those who exploit state borders in order to abuse, misuse or divert prescription drugs;
• a partnership with the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy and Operation UNITE to use a federal grant to hold summits that will better educate physicians and dispensers, many of whom remain unaware of the danger of these drugs and how quickly legitimate use morphs into addiction;
• Gov. Beshear's testimony to Congress last spring regarding the harrowing impact of the so-called "pill pipeline" from Florida, which allowed unscrupulous prescribers to provide huge numbers of painkillers without oversight to prescription drug addicts or dealers from surrounding states. At the urging of Gov. Beshear and other state and federal officials, Florida Gov. Rick Scott implemented a prescription drug monitoring program in that state, which will significantly reduce the number of addiction-feeding prescriptions from Florida to users in other states; and
• the creation of a panel of health professionals to develop criteria for Kentucky's prescription monitoring program in order to identify suspicious drug-prescribing habits. These guidelines will help separate the vast majority of physicians responding to legitimate patient needs from those few pill pushers in white coats.
Gov. Beshear's biennial budget, approved by the General Assembly, also included additional resources for substance-abuse treatment.
Gov. Beshear will return to Frankfort this afternoon.
For more information on the National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, visit http://nationalrxdrugabusesummit.org. Audio and video also will be available on the website.


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text: VerticalResponse releases email template tool Published on February 22, 2013. San Francisco—VerticalResponse, a provider of email and social media marketing services to small businesses, has released an email template creation tool. The free tool, InstaEmail Template Machine, enables companies to create and customize email newsletters. Users can enter their business website URL and the tool automatically creates an email template with the same images and color scheme, the company said. "Some companies prefer their email newsletters to have a more custom look," said Janine Popick, CEO of VerticalResponse, in a statement. "But creating a template from the ground up can be a huge challenge, especially for small businesses that don't have the technical or HTML know-how." Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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By Jennifer Lindsey
Students Working Against Tobacco are now looking to have Ardmore Public Library be tobacco free.
Currently, people can smoke in a designated area located around the flag pole.
Wednesday, wearing signs to support their cause, members collected signatures of support from people entering and exiting the library.
"It's cold, but we're doing it for a good cause," Vincent Cavallo said.
Members also wrote messages on the sidewalk with chalk.
"Even after we're done today, people can see the message," Cavallo said.
Members donned gloves and picked up cigarette butts that littered the ground outside the library.
"Kids or animals may pick it up and eat it," Madison Sayter said.
The students were not without naysayers. Some people yelled at the students about their right to smoke cigarettes, but they handled it well.
"We're not against smokers," Paige Shumaker said. "We're just trying to get our community to get clean air. I have asthma, so I want the smoking area to get taken down."
Other reasons for the policy change include the dangers of second-hand smoke.
"Even people who don't have asthma can be affected," Anthony Pierce said. "Second-hand smoke is dangerous to everyone's health."
After petitioning outside the library for about half an hour, the students went inside to conduct their monthly meeting, which focused on what to do next.
Library Director Daniel Gibbs talked to the students about his own experiences with smoking, growing up with severe asthma and how to change library policy.
Adrienne Rollins, state SWAT youth coordinator, worked with the students on what actions can be next as they work to make the library tobacco free. She also discussed creating persuasive speeches for public meetings.
The group plans to present its arguments to the library board and city commissioners.
"I think the environment should have clean air," Brooklyn Jones said.
SWAT group wants tobacco free library
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Tatt My Name On You: The Wildest Celebrity Love Tattoos
"Tatt my fucking name on you so I know it's real" is more than a line from Drake.
Celebrities love to put their love on display with tattoos (or in the case of Chris
Brown, tattoos that sort of look like their exes…We see you, Breezy!) Whether
the relationships themselves last or not, the tatts make for timeless memories
(and some good laughs). – Sowmya Krishnamurthy (@SowmyaK)


text: On a cold February night in 1897, the general store in Walford, Iowa burned to the ground. The next morning townspeople found charred remains believed to be those of proprietor Frank Novak. That was, until a local laborer turned up missing. That discovery launched an investigation and cross-country manhunt. Host Ben Kieffer gets the gruesome story from author Peter Kaufman. It's the basis of his book Skull in the Ashes published by University of Iowa Press.


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Big 12 Campus Correspondent
On a warm night in Lubbock, Texas, freshman Janine Beckie anticipated her first match as a Division I athlete. Beckie and the crowd of 1,117 didn't have to wait long to erupt.
Fifty-seven seconds after the referee's whistle sounded the start to the 2012 season, Beckie scored her first goal.
"I didn't know if I was going to get there so I slid and it went in," Beckie said. "I can't even explain the feeling, it was so cool. The atmosphere was crazy, people were screaming, it was amazing. Coming out the first game of the season and scoring the first goal was something I'll never forget, but I hope there are many more of those to come."
Beckie has since improved to seven goals and two assists on the season while taking 55 total shots. She leads the Red Raiders in all three categories.
Scoring may not be new to the forward from Highlands Ranch, Colo., but Beckie said she has been enjoying her new experiences as a collegiate athlete.
"It's amazing being around this campus. It's so pretty, the people are so friendly, and there are always people everywhere," Beckie said. "It has been a very unique experience for me so far, and I can't wait to see what the next three years bring."
Beckie cites sixth-year head coach, Tom Stone, as one of her main reasons she chose to be a Red Raider. Beckie said Stone is as personable as he is knowledgeable about the game.
"He told me 'you're going to get better if you come here and you're going to have a huge impact on the team,' and I really believed that," Beckie said. "He is one of the best coaches in the country."
Stone has been impressed with the freshman forward's work ethic early in her college career. Stone said most players aren't used to practicing five times a week at such an intense level, but Beckie came in with a great pedigree and a willingness to work hard, which has led to her early success.
"For a player of her age, she was 17 for the first month of the season, she just has a really mature approach to playing forward," Stone said. "She's willing to take risks and go at people, and she really hates to lose. Her competitive juices on game day are as good or better than any freshman we have had here."
Beckie said having a group of talented and close-knit teammates has made the transition from high school to college even easier. Team chemistry is very important, and with the amount of time they spend together practicing, traveling and playing, Beckie said the Red Raiders have become a family.
"The girls are unbelievable," Beckie said. "We were here for three days and I felt like I was here for three years. The team is so welcoming, and they don't consider us freshmen. They just consider us part of the team."
Proven scorer and veteran forward Jessica Fuston has been an asset to Beckie on and off the field. Beckie said both their personalities and their playing styles work well together.
The duo has accounted for nearly half of the Tech's goals (11 of 23), and 72 of the team's 188 total shots.
"She is a player that I work off of," Beckie said. "She reads me well and I read her well. We just kind of click together. Even off the field, our personalities match up so well. She is one of my better friends on the team so I think that builds to our success on the field. Trusting that we will both do our jobs and get it done is what propels our success."
Fuston, a junior from Cedar Park, Texas, is excited to have Beckie up top by her side. Fuston said the two complement each other and understand how to play together, making them a dangerous combination.
"It's just nice having speed up top," Fuston said. "We haven't had that since I've been here. I have the control part, she has the speed, and we just connect."
Beckie has big ambitions for Texas Tech's 2012 squad. The young forward said the team is looking to make a big splash this year by making it to the postseason for the first time in school history.
To Beckie, the Red Raiders are talented and hungry enough to get there.
"We are hoping for a season where we can call ourselves champions," she said.