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cpufreq refers to the kernel infrastructure that implements CPU frequency scaling. This technology enables the operating system to scale the CPU speed up or down in order to save power. CPU frequencies can be scaled automatically depending on the system load, in response to ACPI events, or manually by userspace programs.
Since kernel 3.4 the necessary modules are loaded automatically and the recommended ondemand governor is enabled by default. However, userspace applications like cpupower, acpid, laptop-mode-tools, or GUI tools provided for your desktop environment, may still be used for advanced configuration.
- 1 CpuPower
- 1.1 Configuring CPUPOWER
- 1.2 CPU frequency driver
- 1.3 Scaling governors
- 1.4 Tuning Governors
- 1.5 Setting Maximum and Minimum Frequencies
- 1.6 Daemon
- 1.7 Privilege Granting Under GNOME
- 1.8 Laptop Mode Tools
- 1.9 Troubleshooting
cpupower is a set of userspace utilities designed to assist with CPU frequency scaling. The package is not required to use scaling, but is highly recommended because it provides useful command-line utilities and a service to change the governor at boot.
Configuring CPUPOWER
The configuration file for cpupower is located in
/etc/conf.d/cpupower. This configuration file is read by a bash script in
/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/cpupower which is activated by
systemd with
Remember to enable the cpupower systemd service to ensure your saved settings work on bootup :
# systemctl enable cpupower.service
CPU frequency driver
cpupower requires modules to know the limits of the native cpu. To see a full list of available modules, run the following:
$ ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/
The following table is a partial list of available frequency drivers (Adapted from kernel source file
<kernel source>/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig).
|CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI Processor Performance States. This driver also supports Intel Enhanced SpeedStep (previously supported by the deprecated speedstep-centrino module).
|CPUFreq drive for Intel speedstep enabled processors (mostly atoms and older pentiums (< 3))
|CPUFreq driver for K8/K10 Athlon64/Opteron/Phenom processors.
|CPUFreq driver for FSB changing on nVidia nForce2 platforms. (AMD K7, Socket A)
|This driver supports Processor Clocking Control interface by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Corporation which is useful on some Proliant servers.
|CPUFreq driver for Intel Pentium 4 / Xeon / Celeron processors. When enabled it will lower CPU temperature by skipping clocks.
You probably want to use a Speedstep driver instead.
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echo <module> > /etc/modules-load.d/<module>
Load the appropriate cpu module with
# modprobe <module.
Once the appropriate cpufreq driver is loaded, detailed information about the CPU(s) can be displayed by running:
$ cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1 2 3 CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 maximum transition latency: 10.0 us. hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.40 GHz available frequency steps: 2.40 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 2.27 GHz, 2.13 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.87 GHz, 1.73 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.47 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1.20 GHz available cpufreq governors: ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.40 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz. boost state support: Supported: yes Active: yes 25500 MHz max turbo 4 active cores 25500 MHz max turbo 3 active cores 25500 MHz max turbo 2 active cores 25500 MHz max turbo 1 active cores
Scaling governors
Governors can be thought of as pre-configured power schemes for the CPU. Some of the governors must be loaded as kernel modules in order to be seen by user space programs. One may load as many governors as desired (only one will be active on a CPU at any given time).
Available governors:
cpufreq_ondemand(default and recommended)
- Dynamically switches between the CPU(s) available clock speeds based on system load
- The performance governor runs the CPU(s) at maximum clock speed
- Similar to
ondemand, but the CPU(s) clock speed switches gradually through all its available frequencies based on system load
- Runs the CPU(s) at minimum speed
- Manually configured clock speeds by user
For Desktops and most systems, the ondemand governor can provide the best compromise between heat emission, power consumption, performance, and manageability. Since it is the default and built into the kernel, loading the CPU frequency driver should be sufficient to activate it. For Laptops or other mobile systems, the conservative governor can possibly provide significant savings in power consumption.
The governors
ondemand and
performance are built into the kernel and do not need to be loaded as modules. If you want to use one of the other governors, you have to load them with
modprobe. For example:
# modprobe cpufreq_powersave # modprobe cpufreq_userspace
Or, add a file specifying the desired governor(s) to
/etc/modules-load.d/ and reboot.
# Load cpufreq governors cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_userspace
To see which governors have been loaded and which frequencies are supported:
# cpupower frequency-info
Manually set the governor by running the
cpupower command (as root). For example:
# cpupower frequency-set -g performance
Additional options such as upper and lower frequency bounds used by the governor can optionally be set by using the
-u and
-d options. For example, to set the second core's upper frequency bound as 2.00GHz and its lower bound as 1.00 GHz:
# cpupower -c 1 frequency-set -g ondemand -u 2.00Ghz -d 1.00Ghz
To manually set a processor to a specific frequency the userspace governor is used. For example, to set core 0 to 2.50Ghz and core 1 to 800Mhz:
# cpupower -c 0 frequency-set -f 2.50Ghz # cpupower -c 1 frequency-set -f 800Mhz
cpupower --help or
man cpupower for more information.
For those who would like a GUI for setting governors or frequency there is trayfreq, a GTK+ application that sits in the system tray.
The monitoring of CPU clock in real-time is accomplished by running:
$ watch grep \"cpu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo
Tuning Governors
/etc/conf.d/cpupower persistent on boot, enable cpupower via systemd
# systemctl enable cpupower.service
/etc/conf.d/cpupower. <percent> is the percentage of cpu load; <governor> is the cpupower governor
To set the threshold for stepping up to another frequency
echo -n <percent> > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/<governor>/up_threshold
To set the threshold for stepping down to another frequency
echo -n <percent> > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/<governor>/down_threshold
Setting Maximum and Minimum Frequencies
/etc/conf.d/cpupower. To adjust for only a single cpu core:
-c <core #>. <clock_freq> is a clock frequency with units : GHz,MHz
To set the maximum clock frequency
cpupower frequency-set -u <clock_freq>
To set the minimum clock frequency
cpupower frequency-set -d <clock_freq>
To set the cpu to run at a specified frequency
cpupower frequency-set -f <clock_freq>
On-demand governor sampling_down_factor
sampling_down_factor is another global ondemand global tunable.
sampling_down_factor set to
1 makes no changes from existing behavior, but having
sampling_down_factor set to a value greater than 1 (e.g. 100) causes it to act as a multiplier for the scheduling interval for re-evaluating load when the CPU is at its highest clock frequency due to high load. This improves performance by reducing the overhead of load evaluation and helping the CPU stay at its highest clock frequency when it is truly busy, rather than shifting back and forth in speed. This tunable has no effect on behavior at lower frequencies/lower CPU loads.
Read the value (default: 1):
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_down_factor
Set the value:
# echo -n 10 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_down_factor
Interaction with ACPI events
Users may configure scaling governors to switch automatically based on different ACPI events such as connecting the AC adapter or closing a laptop lid. A quick example is given below, however it may be worth reading full article on acpid.
Events are defined in
/etc/acpi/handler.sh. If the acpid package is installed, the file should already exist and be executable. For example, to change the scaling governor from
performance to
conservative when the AC adapter is disconnected and change it back if reconnected:
[...] ac_adapter) case "$2" in AC*) case "$4" in 00000000) echo "conservative" >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed #/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start ;; 00000001) echo "performance" >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed #/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop ;; esac ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;; [...]
cpupower includes a daemon which allows users to set the desired scaling governor and min/max clock speeds for all processor cores at boot-time.
Before starting the daemon, edit
/etc/conf.d/cpupower as root, selecting the desired governor and setting the min/max speed for your CPU(s).
cpupower frequency-info. However, these values are optional. Users may omit them entirely by deleting or commenting out the min/max_freq lines; scaling will work automatically.
With the appropriate configuration, start the daemon with the following command:
# systemctl start cpupower
To start the daemon automatically at startup:
# systemctl enable cpupower
Privilege Granting Under GNOME
GNOME has a nice applet to change the governor on the fly. To use it without the need to enter the root password, simply create
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.gnome.cpufreqselector.pkla and populate it with the following:
[org.gnome.cpufreqselector] Identity=unix-user:USER Action=org.gnome.cpufreqselector ResultAny=no ResultInactive=no ResultActive=yes
Where the word
USER is replaced with the username of interest.
The desktop-privilegesAUR package in the AUR contains a similar
.pkla file for authorizing all users of the
power group to change the governor.
Laptop Mode Tools
If you are already using or plan to use Laptop Mode Tools for other power saving solutions, then you may want to let it also manage CPU frequency scaling. To do so, you just have to insert the appropriate frequency driver to the
/etc/modules.d/ directory. (see #CPU frequency driver above) and then go through the
/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/cpufreq.conf file to define governors, frequencies and policies. You will not need to load other modules and daemons or to set up scaling governors and interaction with ACPI events. Please refer to Laptop Mode Tools for more details.
- Some applications, like ntop, do not respond well to automatic frequency scaling. In the case of ntop it can result in segmentation faults and lots of lost information as even the
on-demandgovernor cannot change the frequency quickly enough when a lot of packets suddenly arrive at the monitored network interface that cannot be handled by the current processor speed.
- Some CPU's may suffer from poor performance with the default settings of the
on-demandgovernor (e.g. flash videos not playing smoothly or stuttering window animations). Instead of completely disabling frequency scaling to resolve these issues, the aggressiveness of frequency scaling can be increased by lowering the up_threshold sysctl variable for each CPU. See #Changing the on-demand governor's threshold.
- Sometimes the on-demand governor may not throttle to the maximum frequency but one step below. This can be solved by setting max_freq value slightly higher than the real maximum. For example, if frequency range of the CPU is from 2.00 GHz to 3.00 GHz, setting max_freq to 3.01 GHz can be a good idea.
- Some combinations of ALSA drivers and sound chips may cause audio skipping as the governor changes between frequencies, switching back to a non-changing governor seems to stop the audio skipping.
BIOS frequency limitation
Some CPU/BIOS configurations may have difficulties to scale to the maximum frequency or scale to higher frequencies at all. This is most likely caused by BIOS events telling the OS to limit the frequency resulting in
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/bios_limit set to a lower value.
Either you just made a specific Setting in the BIOS Setup Utility, (Frequency, Thermal Management, etc.) you can blame a buggy/outdated BIOS or the BIOS might have a serious reason for throttling the CPU on it's own.
Reasons like that can be (assuming your machine's a notebook) that the battery is removed (or near death) so you're on AC-power only. In this case a weak AC-source might not supply enough electricity to fulfill extreme peak demands by the overall system and as there is no battery to assist this could lead to data loss, data corruption or in worst case even hardware damage!
Not all BIOS'es limit the CPU-Frequency in this case, but for example most IBM/Lenove Thinkpads do. Refer to thinkwiki for more thinkpad related info on this topic.
If you checked there's not just an odd BIOS setting and you know what you're doing you can make the Kernel ignore these BIOS-limitations.
A special parameter has to be passed to the processor module.
For trying this temporarily change the value in
/sys/module/processor/parameters/ignore_ppc from
0 to
For setting it permanent refer to Kernel modules or just read on.
processor.ignore_ppc=1 to your kernel boot line or create
# If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly limited by BIOS, this should help options processor ignore_ppc=1


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Tesla's slide began on Wednesday afternoon, when investors caught wind of the online video and sent shares down 6.2%. Shares continued to fall Thursday, closing 4.2% lower at $173.31.
The vehicle fire occurred near Kent, Wash., and video showed the front end of the Model S engulfed in flames. The fire department put out the fire after using a jack to lift the car up and gain access to the battery pack.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Tesla said the fire occurred after a collision with a large metallic object in the middle of the road.
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia — head of one of the most oppressive regimes in the world — has said that atheism is a "frightening phenomenon that must be vanquished". He made the threat during a speech in which he called for dialogue between all monotheistic religions.
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28 March 2008
From reader Jan:
Can't these people just buy a damn bumpersticker with their pet phrase on it? It would be cheaper, more individualized and would keep the government out of it completely. If groups want donations to their cause, then let them do the scut work of fund raising and not use the government as a vehicle (pun intended) to raise cash.
If we are lucky, this will cause a schism and the two sides will kill each other off.
March 27, 2008
"In God We Trust" vs. "In God We Trust"
An "In God We Trust" license plate is almost ready to hit Kentucky streets.
The Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday approved House Bill 207 and sent it to the full Senate. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Gooch, D-Providence, would let Kentucky motorists buy a specialty plate emblazoned with the words "In God We Trust." Ten dollars from each plate would go to the state's veterans' trust fund.
Gooch's bill has drawn protests from a nonprofit group, Reclaim Our Culture Kentuckiana (ROCK), that applied late last year to the Transportation Cabinet for its own "In God We Trust" plates to raise money for its anti-pornography efforts. ROCK alleges that lawmakers swiped its idea and now stand to divert millions of dollars in potential revenue.
Missing NY pastor found at Ohio strip club
RIVERSIDE, Ohio (AP) – Police say a pastor who was reported missing from his home in upstate New York has been found at an Ohio strip club.
A police officer patrolling the K.C. Lounge parking lot Friday morning in the Dayton suburb of Riverside spotted out-of-state license plates on 46-year-old Craig Rhodenizer's car.
The FBI and New York authorities had been searching for Rhodenizer, who disappeared Wednesday after telling his wife he was getting his computer fixed at Best Buy. He is the pastor of a church in Lyndonville, N.Y.
Detective Matt Sturgeon said Rhodenizer was disoriented when confronted by police and said he felt "emotionally guilty."
Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com
©2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
From reader Michele:
Religion not new to American politics
Divisive preachers are nothing new in the annals of American politics. From time to time, they have upended presidential contests and bedeviled presidents. Two examples come to mind in tandem with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's longtime mentor.
They are the Rev. Samuel Burchard (1812-1891), whose slur "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion," uttered two weeks before the 1884 presidential election, likely cost the Republicans the presidency, and Charles Coughlin (1891-1979), a Catholic priest and anti-Semite whose weekly radio broadcasts reached tens of millions of Americans in the 1930s.
In 1884, many people, including James Blaine, the Republican candidate, attributed his defeat to Burchard's alliterative rant against the Democrats. Blaine was present at the rally, and he never disavowed the New York Protestant clergyman's insulting phrase.
"Rum" meant the "wets," who opposed prohibition and who recoiled from government-imposed moral codes. "Romanism" meant Catholics, who immigrated in large numbers, particularly from Ireland. "Rebellion" meant Democratic sympathy for the Confederate cause, still an issue at a time when Civil War wounds had yet to heal.
From 1860 to 1912, the Republicans held a virtual lock on the White House. It appeared that Blaine — a former House speaker, a senator from Maine, a two-time secretary of state and the dominant GOP figure of the period — would extend the party's streak.
Moreover, many newly enfranchised Irish voters were inclined to support Blaine, whose mother was an Irish Catholic. That changed, however, after Burchard hurled his smear. By a mere 1,000 votes, Blaine lost New York — and the election — to New York Gov. Grover Cleveland. (Sex was also a campaign issue: Cleveland had scandalously fathered a child out of wedlock.)
With a tweak or two, Mark Wahlgren Summers' study of the Cleveland-Blaine contest, "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884," published in 2000, could illuminate today's opinion pages.
Summers observed: "If in the making of the president, 1884 shows political managers in a new way, coping with grass-roots democracy at its most persnickety and issues raised by those that the political system shortchanged or excluded — women and blacks especially — it has a more disturbing message about Gilded Age politics. For Americans in general, the election demonstrated how far from democratic the political rules had made representative government."
Fast-forward 54 years to a political rally in the Bronx, where another preacher, Father Coughlin, gave the Nazi salute and said: "When we get through with the Jews in America, they'll think the treatment they received in Germany was nothing."
At the time, Jewish homes in Germany were being looted and synagogues were being burned. In 1938, Coughlin's supporters marched down New York's Fifth Avenue by the thousands in protest of an asylum bill pending in Congress that would have let more refugees seeking to escape Nazi persecution into the country. "Send Jews back where they came from in leaky boats!" they chanted.
Earlier in the decade, Coughlin had broken with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom Coughlin now denounced as a tool of Wall Street and the Jews. FDR, concerned over Coughlin's role in the 1940 presidential race, dispatched Joseph Kennedy, the father of a future president, to Rome to meet with Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, in an effort to get the Vatican to shut Coughlin down.
Known as the Father of Hate Radio, Coughlin stressed political and economic rather than religious themes. With upward of 40 million devoted listeners, he held real power to skew elections, had not the advent of World War II curbed his influence.
Coughlin finally went off the air in 1940, after an FBI raid found a weapons cache at his Michigan lair, known as the Christian Front. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said the Front was planning to murder Jews, communists and "a dozen congressmen."
Although many prominent Catholics criticized Coughlin, he was never defrocked for his hate mongering and political campaigning, and continued to churn out his virulent screeds until his death.
Andrew Glass is a Politico senior editor.
© 2007 Capitol News Company, LLC
From reader Shawn:
There is a new rap video featuring Richard Dawkins, Charles Darwin and Eugenie Scott.
Here is the link to see the video (the full lyrics are below):
A high def torrent-version can be found here: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1278276
Post #119
My name is D to the I to C to the K, Yeah I'm the Dickie D,
I gots my PhD and comin' your way on the Youtube to bust your world view so just listen to me and
don't you argue.
You see, this battle's been ragin' since Zeus was on the bottle,'tween Science like Democritus and
Faith like Aristotle,
who said the mover was unmovin' like some magic trick but
that's no good logic, my posse is far too quick for this
religious sthik.
Cos science is the only way to know y'all, you stand with me y'all, or you can fall y'all
So go ahead and take your pick…
ES: Yeah you tell him Rick …
Darwin : Cos if you don't know me …
Chorus : Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
SH:On the shoulders of midgets we built up this machine,
RD: Science silenced that watchdog wingnut Paley
growing stronger and harder almost daily, storming Wilber by force as we framed the discourse that
faith and science are split in schismatic divorce.
Then Darwin took to the seas to see what no one had seen, and ever since then we've been
increasingly keen, they may never adore us, but they'll no longer ignore us,
give it to 'em PZ hit these BLEEP with the chorus!!!
Chorus : Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
Then there was Darrow dukin' it out with the straight and the narrow,
a ragin' bull in the ring, he did his thing, and took it on the chin like he was Bobby De Niro.
We might have lost at Scopes, beaten down by the dopes, and the stooges of popes, but in losin' we
coped, becomin' more than we hoped, creationists slipped on the soap of their own slippery slope.
What was impossible, improbable, is now wholly unstoppable untoppleable, the Dick Doc'll roll up
as you creationists foldup
you haters talkin' bull,
don't you know that this Dick is un-cock-frickin' blockable …
Chorus : Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
Now the machine of our making, sees culture ripe for the taking,
Cos I'm the rappinest, rabidest atheist who unlike the Catholic, Muslim or even the Jew, believes
that no God but science could ever be true, hell if I was dyslexic I'd even hate "dog" too.
Time to open your eyes, get yourself wise, the age of science will rise to be religion's demise,
and while you churchies all cry, shouting 'why God oh why,' I'll still be popping my collar
earning more dollars than Allah.
Chorus : Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree
The Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
Chorus : Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
From reader Susan:
Hey Edwin,
I just saw this article and thought you'd find it interesting and very sad.
Praying parents' other 3 kids removed
By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 28, 7:52 PM ET
WAUSAU, Wis. – The three siblings of a girl who died of diabetes that went untreated as her parents prayed instead of taking her to a doctor have been removed from the home during an investigation, police said Friday.
The parents and social services experts agreed the move would be best for everyone, Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said. The children are staying with other relatives, though they were not in danger, he said.
"There is no physical evidence of abuse or neglect," he said.
Madeline Neumann, 11, died Sunday the Weston home of an undiagnosed but treatable form of diabetes as her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, prayed for her to get better. Her mother said she never expected her daughter, whom she called Kara, to die.
The family believes in the Bible, which says healing comes from God, Leilani Neumann said.
The children removed from the home range in age from 13 to 16 and are expected to return to their parents once an investigation of the girl's death wraps up, Vergin said.
He would not specify where they are living, other than with another family member.
Vergin said his agency's final report will make no recommendations on possible charges against the parents, leaving that up to the district attorney.
"There is no intent. They didn't want their child to die. They thought what they were doing was the right thing," he said. "They believed up to the time she stopped breathing she was going to get better. They just thought it was a spiritual attack. They believed if they prayed enough she would get through it."


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Yakima Police Unveil New SWAT Vehicle
Yakima Police unveiled it's newest weapon against crime. An armored SWAT vehicle. SWAT team commander Sergeant Gary Jones says it replaces the current Vietnam era vehicle which is owned by the U.S. Army but used by Yakima Police. Sergeant Jones says "compared to what we have now, this is a more versatile for what we do, we can hold more personnel, it can get into areas were the other vehicle would get stuck, it's a much more capable vehicle."
The armored vehicle is used 15 to 20 times a year in the Yakima area In addition to it being a more capable vehicle it also provides more safety for officers. "It gives us some kind of bullet protection where we may not otherwise have it, long driveways, up close to dangerous situations and not expose officers unnecessarily," says Sergeant Jones.
The vehicle new would cost $280,000.00, but this is a refurbished vehicle once owned by the Virginia State Police and it cost the Yakima Police Department $127,000.00.


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DSHS says don't eat Neches River fish
The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a fish consumption advisory for portions of the Neches River Basin, including Sam Rayburn Reservoir and B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir. The advisory covers six species of fish caught between the State Highway 7 bridge west of Lufkin downstream to the U.S. Highway 96 bridge near Evadale and both reservoirs. It was issued after laboratory testing of fish samples found elevated levels of mercury and dioxins.
DSHS recommends people limit or avoid consumption of the following species because eating contaminated fish can be a health hazard: blue catfish larger than 30 inches, flathead catfish, gar (all species), largemouth bass larger than 16 inches, smallmouth buffalo, and spotted bass larger than 16 inches.
DSHS recommends children under 12 and women who are nursing, pregnant or who may become pregnant avoid eating the affected species because the nervous systems of unborn and young children are particularly susceptible to the health effects of toxins. Previous advisories for the Neches River area based on high mercury levels had recommended children limit consumption of particular fish. Recent testing prompted DSHS to recommend children under 12 not eat the affected fish at all.
Elevated levels of mercury and dioxins in fish do not pose a health risk for people swimming or participating in other water recreation activities.


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At the Segafredo Zanetti Coffee school it's our mission to share our coffee knowledge and experience with as many people as possible. Our barista course is the first step for those looking to become a professional barista or if you want to learn how to make a cafe quality coffee at home. Our aim is simple, we want to bring out the best barista in you!
Our barista classes are purposely kept small for so that you will receive the maximum possible attention from us to maximise your learning potential. We also know that you want to spend more time on the machines practising so we ensure all our classes have unlimited coffee and milk!
What will be covered?
The Coffee Beans
We'll start off by teaching you about the different varieties of coffee beans and their origins. In this section you will learn how coffee is grown, harvested and roasted.
The Grinder
Conical or flat blade burr grinder. What's the difference and why does it matter? We will teach you all there is to know about the different types of grinders and most importantly how to set one up like a pro. This section of the barista course will help you gain confidence in adjusting and setting up a commercial style grinder for perfect coffee extraction.
The Coffee Machine
We will walk your through the various types of coffee machines, from domestic to commercial. Equipment will be available for students to get hands on experience operating different models of equipment.
Espresso and Coffee Making
This is the fun part. You will be the barista and start making coffee. We will supervise you through this step and explain how to judge the quality of an espresso and what adjustments need to be made to improve quality of your coffee.
Milk Foaming
This is perhaps the part that will require more training - no rocket science though. We will give you all the tips in order to produce the perfect milk for your latte, flat white and cappuccino.
Often overlooked, but maintaining your equipment in tip-top conditions is critical in order to produce high quality and consistent coffee. We'll show you how to clean the machine and which products to use.


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Mendel Felman
Born: April 24, 1917
Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
One of seven children, Mendel was raised in a Yiddish-speaking, religious Jewish home in Sokolow Podlaski, a manufacturing town in central Poland with a large Jewish population of about 5,000. Mendel's parents ran a grain business. As a teenager, Mendel liked to play chess, and he completed his public schooling in Sokolow Podlaski in 1931.
1933-39: After finishing middle school, I went to work in my parents' business. When I was 18, I fell in love with Frieda Altman who was in the same Zionist organization as I, and we became engaged. On September 1, 1939, the Germans invaded Poland and entered our town on September 20. That November, I fled with Frieda and her family to the city of Bialystok in the Soviet-occupied part of Poland. There, Frieda and I got married.
1940-44: In January 1940 the Soviets sent us, along with many other Jewish refugees in Bialystok, east to work camps in Siberia. I was assigned to cut trees in the Ural Mountains. Then Frieda and I were sent to the Crimea to work on a collective farm where I became a tractor driver. But the Germans invaded the USSR in June 1941 and reached the Crimea by September. Knowing what the Nazis were doing to Jews, the Soviets evacuated the Jews to the Caucasus, first to Azerbaijan and then to Armenia.
Mendel and his family returned to the Crimea after the Germans retreated in 1944. After the war, the Felmans returned to Poland, and then immigrated to the United States in 1949.


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Moderators: Kommander Ken, Elmagnifico, Duerer, BrickSyd
The management reserve the right not to give a fuck if any of these stats prove to be inaccurate or just plane wrong. He doesn't care and offence will lead to cranky verbal abuse.
The Britannian League: TERMINATED - LRDOFBRIKS
KIA: 17 + 1 Maniac + 1 Hero
KILLS: 36 + 2 Heroes (The Daemon Prince Dragosani) and (The Undead Magi), 1 Creeper and 1 Stalker.
...and 1x Lesser Blood Daemon.
The Post Apoc Survivors MASSAM
KIA: 6 +1 Assault vehicle
KILLS: 18 + 1 Champion (ZMJ), 1 Rudolf Reindeer.
...and 1x Lesser Blood Daemon.
The Bitches KIEMASTER
KIA: 17 (You now only have Hell'O Kittah and your Hero)
KILLS: 34 + 1 Creeper
Daemons IVHORSMAN
KIA: 11 (+2 Lesser Blood Daemons) He has Cthulhu on his side for a while.
KILLS: 17 + 1 Champion.
OBJECTIVE: Computer Core
The Manly Men MASTERECABOB (Formerly 501st Cadians)
KIA: 14 + 1 Rudolf Reindeer killed.
(Only Manly Santa is Left).
Summoning of the forum janitor Stubby who is now an independent player.
The VOL: TUEFISH
KIA: 13 (Has a trooper, Flamer, Einherjar and his Hero left)
KILLS: 48 + 1 Creeper.
The Assyrians NATALYA
KIA: 10 (Lost Major Smith and his Jetbike)
KILLS: 47 + 2 Creepers
The Peach Pirates SLOOPOFWAR, (formerly Birdman)
KIA: 17 + 1 Dropship
Kills: 8 + 2 Immortals (sort of dead) +1 Battlewagon/Tank.
The Immortal Family MAGIC SOAP
Kills: 36 + 1 Dropship.
Time Travelling Super Jews TERMINATED - CAPT ZIPPS (Formerly Elmagnifico)
KIA: 24 + 1 Champion
Kills: 18 + 1 Stalker and 1 Assyrian Major and Jetbike
The Undead Deadly Spacemen ELMAGNIFICO
Kills: 4 + I Hero +1 Immortal Maniac.
Peach Liberation Army RJ
KIA: 7 + 1 Hero
Kills: 3
Almighty Benny HIMSELF
Kills: A Legion of Blood Daemons
Kills: 1
Warhead HIMSELF
Kills: A few.
Proto-Figs NPC
KILLS: Give Peace A Chance Bro.
KIA: Pleeze!
KILLS: One Deadly Spaceman. An entire planet of minor undead zombies drained of unlife. And J+B sort of.
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06 September 2011 04:15
Android Apps: Formulae Proby alamat (via)
The extended version of Formulae, a physical sciences reference app. This app is suitable for people who want to study chemistry or maths on the go, or are just a little forgetful with all those important formulas! Contains chemistry and maths content, including functional groups, named reactions (including mechanisms) and, of course, loads of equations.
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March 14, 2012: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ontario students want abortion debate but abortion advocates unwilling to defend their position
Toronto, ON: This March, two Ontario university clubs are hosting abortion debates on campus, but pro-choicers have been unwilling to debate. Despite contacting over 120 professors, feminist organizations, and abortion advocacy groups, Guelph Life Choice and McMaster Lifeline have been unable to find anyone willing to debate. Pro-life students from McMaster and Guelph are now issuing a public challenge to pro-choice proponents (specifically professors, doctors, clinic workers, and advocates from pro-choice organizations), inviting them to defend their position on abortion and join in an open and respectful debate.
"There's been great student interest in having this debate," states Hanna Barlow, President of the University of Guelph Life Choice. "But everyone we've contacted to represent the pro-choice side has either rejected the invitation or simply ignored it. It's very disappointing."
With the debate scheduled for the end of the month, Guelph Life Choice contacted the Student Help and Advocacy Centre (SHAC) from the student union for help finding a pro-choice advocate. They declined, stating, "We do not believe that the sexual and reproductive rights of women is [sic] something that should be debated because we see 'pro-choice' as the only option. For us, reproductive rights are non-debatable."
"Unwillingness to debate is something we've seen before on other campuses," states Rebecca Richmond, Executive Director for the National Campus Life Network, a national pro-life student organization. "Despite accusations from pro-choicers that we're closed minded and backwards, they are the ones who keep rejecting our offers to engage in dialogue."
"Anyone who holds a belief on an issue must have evidence to back up their belief," states Julia Bolzon, President of McMaster Lifeline. "If pro-choicers are confident in their position, then they should be willing to defend it in a debate. We hope pro-choicers will rise to the challenge."
For more information or for those interested in representing the pro-choice side of the debate, contact:
Julia Bolzon – President McMaster Lifeline, 647 221 0912, email@example.com
Hanna Barlow – President Guelph Life Choice, 519 830 9072, firstname.lastname@example.com
Rebecca Richmond – Executive Director, National Campus Life Network, 416 388 0461 email@example.com


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Posted by Blanka on January 17, 13 at 15:53:19
In Reply to: Mattel Wants to Know - Do you want cheaper figures? posted by Julius Marx
: There has been a lot of discussion all over the internet about the rising cost of action figures and Mattel's subscriptions. Today Scott asked the question over on the He-Man.org boards - Would you want the return of $20 figures if it meant having to take away things like accessories, paint ops and/or packaging?


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One thing that is really striking about my Portsmouth World War Two dead research is just how many soldiers were members of the various supporting arms, who maybe don't get the credit that they deserve.
In Wellington's day, the Army consisted in the main of Infantry and Cavalry, with Artillery in support. These three might be termed the 'teeth' arms, and due to their low-technology status they only required support in the field from services such as the Royal Engineers, the Commassariat and the Army Wagon Corps.
With the Industrial Revolution, and the increased mechanisation of warfare, the Army required many more men and services to support it in wartime. Winston Churchill might have scoffed the amount of cooks and bottle washers in the Eighth Army in the Desert, but it took a lot of manpower to keep hundreds of tanks running. Churchill simply divided the total strength of the Eighth Army by the amount of men in the 'teeth arms', and concluded that the remainder must be superfluous. An example of how out of touch Churchill could be regarding military matters. Warfare had advanced since Wellington's day – the Generals of 1914-1918 had struggled getting to grips with technological change. A smaller proportion might have been 'ront-line' troops, but those that were better armed than their ancestors, and needed support arms to maintain them.
The Royal Artillery seems to have had a first class reputation during the Second World War, and was frequently one of the reasons that the British Army was able to fight battles without too heavy losses – particularly important given the dearth of replacements available by 1944. Many men served in the Royal Artillery, from the various Light, Medium and Heavy Field Regiments, Anti-Aircraft units, Searchlight Batteries and Coastal Artillery. They served in every theatre, as shown by the Gunner's motto, Ubique – everywhere. Wherever the British Army fought, its guns went with it. Almost as many Portsmouth men died serving in the Artillery as did serving with the local Hampshire Regiment.
The Royal Engineers also gained a first class reputation for their sterling work in many theatres, from the Desert to the Jungle. There were a wide range of Sapper units – Field Companies and Regiments, Dock operating companies, General Construction units, Fortress Companies, Railway Companies, Advancied Field Companies and Assault units. They operated frequently under enemy fire, for example throwing up Bailey Bridges in remarkable time. Often they put down their tools and also fought as infantry, particulary at Arnhem Bridge. So far I have found at least 32 Portsmouth men who died serving with the Royal Engineers in the Second World War.
One innovation in the Second World War was the formation of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. This new Corps specialised in working on vehicles and machinery, and many men were transferred from other Corps upon its formation. 4 Portsmouth men died serving with REME.
The Royal Corps of Signals was another unit that went everywhere that the Army did. Maintaining communications was a vital part of warfare in the Second World War, in particular in the highly mobile fighting that frequently occured. At least 10 Portsmouth men died serving with the Royal Signals between 1939 and 1947.
Other Corps such as the Royal Army Service Corps, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the Royal Army Medical Corps, down to the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Royal Army Chaplains Department, along with the Gunners, Sappers, REME and Scaleybacks provided strong support to the Infantry and Armour. The men who died serving in these units are proof, if any is needed, that the Infantry Private or the Armoured Trooper needed the Gunner to lay down fire support, the Sapper to build his bridges, the REME to fix his engine or his rifle, the Signals to keep up communications, and the medics to treat him.


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The Lexus GX460 is a luxury crossover sport utility vehicle introduced in 2010 as a replacement for Lexus's capable but gas-guzzling truck-based SUV, the GX470. Like its predecessor, the seven-passenger GX460 blends solid off-road abilities with the Lexus brand's standard posh amenities.
The GX460's name derives from a 4.6-liter V-8 engine producing 301 horsepower and 329 lb-ft of torque. The full-time four-wheel drive crossover is offered in base and Premium trim levels, both of which come standard with a six-speed automatic transmission.
All-terrain performance comes courtesy of mechanics shared with the Toyota 4Runner, Land Cruiser, and FJ Cruiser. An optional adaptive suspension with three drive modes and active stabilizer bars help improve handling when switching from off-road conditions to pavement. A Crawl Control feature unique to the GX460 regulates throttle and braking to maintain a controlled speed during tough ascents and descents.
Notable standard features include 18-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, rain-sensing wipers, high-grade leather seats, and dual-zone climate control. The Premium trim adds conveniences like a heated second row and rear air conditioning, as well as an adaptive variable suspension with rear adjustable height control. The adaptive suspension is also available as an option on the base model. A wide range of options can be added individually to either trim.
The Lexus GX460 is recognized as a family-friendly luxury crossover capable of providing a smooth ride both on and off the pavement.
A power folding third-row seat, which was optional in the previous GX470, comes standard in the GX460. Optional rear seat air-conditioning and a dual-screen DVD player provide comfort and entertainment for back seat passengers. A 60/40 split-folding rear seat can increase cargo space.
Both trim levels feature stabilizer bars that reduce body roll on turns, but can be disengaged for off-road use. An adaptive variable suspension that comes standard on the Premium model adds rear adjustable height control to change suspension stiffness or add additional ground clearance. When properly equipped, the GX460 can tow up to 6,500 pounds.
An EPA-estimated fuel economy rating of 15/20 mpg city/highway represents a moderate improvement over the GX470.
The 2012 Lexus GX460 is available in two four-wheel drive trims. Both the base and Premium models come equipped with a 4.6-liter 301-horsepower V-8 paired with a six-speed automatic transmission.
Standard exterior equipment on the base model includes 18-inch alloy wheels with all-terrain tires, rain-sensing windshield wipers, an intermittent rear wiper, mirrors with integrated turn signals, a roof rack, a power sunroof with remote operation, step running boards, fog lights, and a rear side-hinged door.
Standard interior features include leather upholstery, leather-trimmed steering wheel and shift knob, wood and alloy trim, eight-way adjustable front seats, a heated driver seat, dual-zone climate controls, memory settings for up to two drivers, satellite radio accessibility, USB port, Bluetooth connectivity, Lexus's signature Safety Connect telematics system, and a nine-speaker audio system with in-dash six-disc CD changer.
Like the GX470, the GX460 is fitted with a multitude of safety features, including front seat side airbags, head airbags in each row, roll-sensing side curtain airbags, whiplash protection, child seat anchors, tire pressure monitoring, antilock disc brakes, stability and traction control, and downhill and hill-start assist. A pre-collision system and Lexus Link communications system are optional.
Upgrading to the Premium trim adds an adaptive variable suspension with rear adjustable height control, distinctive chrome trim, high gloss wheels, xenon headlights, upgraded leather, a heated wood steering wheel, auto-dimming side mirrors, rear air conditioning, and heated second row seating. Premium models also come with an optional driver attention sensor and lane-departure warning system.
Three options packages are available. A Navigation/Mark Levinson Audio Package adds a voice-activated navigation system with real-time traffic and weather and a 17-speaker premium Mark Levinson audio system with in-dash CD player and DVD playing capability. The Convenience Package includes passenger door mirrors, electric foldable mirrors, and intuitive parking assist, while the Comfort Plus Package provides semi-aniline trimmed interior, a wood and leather steering wheel and shift knob, and three-zone automatic climate control.
Individual options include a remote engine starter, intuitive parking assist, a glass breakage sensor, HID headlamps, exhaust tips, wheel locks, a paint protection film, a navigation system, a dual-screen DVD entertainment system, a tonneau cover for the cargo area, three-zone automatic climate control, and a leather and wood trimmed steering wheel.
The GX470 measures 189.2 inches in length and 74.2 inches in both height and width. Inside, the vehicle offers approximately 92 cubic feet of storage space, a considerable improvement over the 65 cubic feet offered in 2010.
The first generation of the Lexus GX470 featured a midsize truck-based SUV body and interior luxuries very similar to the previous GX460. However, notable improvements were made in performance and fuel economy. A 4.6-liter engine, though slightly smaller than the previous 4.7-liter, provided 40 more horsepower. New features included adaptive cruise control, a three-mode adaptable suspension, adaptable stabilizer bars, and a speed-maintaining crawl control mode. Space-saving folding seats provided a more spacious interior.
2018 Lexus GX460
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2017 Lexus GX460
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2013 Lexus GX460
The 2013 Lexus GX460 sport utility vehicle (SUV) offers the power of a truck with the style of a fine luxury sedan.
2012 Lexus GX460
The GX 460 is a carryover model for 2012, but receives a color-keyed body-side molding with a chrome accent, while the Premium model now features a high-gloss wheel finish.
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The 2011 Lexus GX460 is one of the top luxury sport utility vehicles (SUVs) on the market.
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== Setup Instructions ==
== Setup Instructions ==
=== Standalone OE-Core setup ===
=== Standalone OE-Core setup ===
As OE-
As OE-can be used to build working images entirely on its own, you can get started with it immediately.
See '''[[OE-Core Standalone Setup]]''' for instructions.
See '''[[OE-Core Standalone Setup]]''' for instructions.
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Required software
Before being able to build you will need to install a fairly short list of required software on your host system.
Note: for a headless (i.e. non-graphical / server) machine you can skip installing SDL and xterm, these are optional; however without SDL you will not be able to run graphical OS images within QEMU.
(Lists below borrowed from the Yocto Project Quick Start guide.)
sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo build-essential chrpath libsdl1.2-dev xterm
sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ \ eglibc-devel texinfo chrpath ccache SDL-devel xterm
sudo zypper install python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget diffstat texinfo python-curses libSDL-devel xterm
sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch diffutils diffstat git \ cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath SDL-devel xterm
Setup Instructions
At this point you have a number of different alternatives:
Standalone OE-Core setup
As OE-Core can be used to build working images entirely on its own, you can get started with it immediately.
See OE-Core Standalone Setup for instructions.
Systems based upon OE-Core
There are a number of other systems that make use of the OE-Core metadata which provide their own set of setup instructions. Here are some links to "getting started" information for these:
More can be found on the LayerIndex page under Distribution Layers (see links in the far right hand column).


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