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Anyone who reads this blog knows that I have a giant girl crush on author/tv presenter/blogger/teacher/stylist/decorator/columist/and a million other amazing hats Shannon Fricke in Australia. I've been a fan of her work for a few years now and follow her blog religiously because she is such a breath of fresh, unpretentious air! You don't always find that with multi-talented people, but with Shannon you do. She's not only one of the best when it comes to style and decoration, but as a person this lady is a top notch class act. That's why I not only want to point you over to her work today for a little inspiration but I have to show you this gorgeous cabinet that she recently did up for a spread she produced for a magazine.
Is this not the best idea for an old cabinet? Paint it white and wallpaper the heck out of it? Love. This. Don't you want to grab rolls of Florence Broadhurst and Cole & Son papers this very second and go a little crazy with it? Even if you don't have a freestanding cabinet like this one, you can do something like it to the interior of any closet, or even a china cabinet or bookcase. Knock yourself out, Shannon did and look at the results.
I love seeing these gorgeous green and yellow tones together — so fresh and so signature Shannon Fricke as she is a great lover of greens, blues and yellows as you can see in the other lovely photos that I've included from her design portfolio and home.
Thank you for the inspiration today Shannon!
(image: via the women's weekly/shannon fricke)
If you are looking for some creative DIY ideas for your home to inject a little personality then I have a few ideas to share! I recently picked up a copy of Creative At Home in Germany and found some sweet projects. If you live in Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and of course Germany then you can find it where most magazines are sold. You'll need to buy the magazine to get templates and instructions but here is a glimpse of a few that I liked…
I normally do not by Creative At Home since I but so many mags as it is — I like the projects and overall layout/style of Dutch DIY mag 101 Woonideeen (I wish they'd publish that mag in English) but this copy of Creative At Home had a nice cover and so I picked it up and instantly found a few projects that I could connect to. I sometimes find the crafting ideas and styles in magazines looking a bit too crafty if you know what I mean, whereas the ones in mags like 101 Woonideeen usually look more artistic and creative and less "glue guns and bead projects gone wild" if you catch my drift.
I like the idea of handpainting a coat rack like this one above, which show deer. If you cannot paint you can always cut out images from wallpaper or even fabric and use Mod Podge to adhere and also to seal it. Another fun DIY is to take two branches and use them to form a deer head and paint eyes on it – sweet art for a kid's room! I think my favorite idea from the magazine is to paint a wooden table silver. It works here because they've used a table with lots of texture — it could look slightly tacky on a smooth table with no visible grain. I like how they've applied it very lightly, you can still see the wood in some parts making it a bit more weathered. It's great that they skipped painting the legs silver, that would have looked very kitschy.
It's all about knowing when to say ENOUGH when you are making things at home, isn't it? Editing is so important but as important is self control and pulling the plug because often you can overdo a project and it comes out looking like an art project from a 5th grader. It's a fine line, isn't it? LOL.
Great job, Creative At Home!
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Are you ready for a little DIY action this week? Tina Fussell (aka Traveling Mama) told me about a video tutorial that she shot in her home recently showing how to make these sweet lanterns over this bed below with paper and string. You can easily make these babies on a budget and they are pretty for indoors or out – they'd be so sweet on a porch for a fun party!
To view Tina's quick and easy how-to video, click here. The one that she makes in the video reminds me of a watermelon which makes me want to have a BBQ and decorate with only green and pinky red lanterns! Thank you Tina for the great DIY!
(image: tina fussell)
Hello Friends, it is Leslie here with eight summery DIY ideas I found. Even if it is winter where you are I hope you find some of these ideas inspiring.
1. Lots of quick and easy ideas for cleaning up your home's entryway can be found at Real Simple like this one or this one. I love the painted on floor mat in this front hall!
2. Check out the directions on how to use colorful dyes to brighten up any basic canvas shoe on Martha Stewart Living.
3. Benita of Chez Larsson shares her fabulous organization tips for her home office here and here.
4. Benita also explains about how she organizes her photographs in this post. There are lots of really good home improvement projects and ideas that Benita shares at Chez Larsson, I am sure you will enjoy reading more once you visit her!
5. Even though it is Winter in Australia, Donna Hay still has some beautiful summer entertaining recipes and ideas here.
6. I think poufs are everywhere because they are an easy way to add color or update a sitting area. Here is a pattern to make your own by Amy Butler. You can find more information about the pattern and how much fabric you will need on Amy's gorgeous site right here.
7. Isn't this DIY chevron rug project amazing? Please visit the Little Green Notebook Blog by Pearl Street Interiors to read about how to make an inexpensive Ikea rug not something fabulous all by yourself.
8. I had to end with this delicious looking cherry crumble cake as it would be perfect for a picnic or with tea while doing a little reading. Mowie of Mowielicious is always whipping up something incredible and I am sure you will enjoy checking out his beautiful blog.
I hope you have found a project or two that may spark your creative energy this week. I will see you back here soon, until then take care and thank you. — Leslie.
P.S. Holly and I spent the day together, she says hello to all of you! xo


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BOISE -- Saturday was a big day in Boise, as the Boise hole officially became a memory. At the ribbon cutting, Mayor Bieter called the Eighth and Main building the crown jewel of Boise's downtown. He praised the brains behind the operation for going in during a poor economic time and shaking the curse.
Organizers said they wanted this to be the event of the year and thousands from around the Treasure Valley came to the concert to help make it happen.
It's really a celebration, I think, fitting this historic occasion, filling the Boise hole, building the tallest building in Idaho, said Nicola McIntosh, from Zions Bank.
The Zions Bank team is moving into their new home at the Eighth and Main building, along with several other businesses and restaurants.
We're just starting to see the building fill with those neighbors, said McIntosh.
It wasn't just exciting for the business community. Saturday was also a time of excitement for people enjoying the event.
It's great, I love it, said Jim Phillips, who stopped to enjoy the food truck rally with friends. The atmosphere is great, the music's great, I love all the people out here eating and enjoying the food trucks.
Phillips has lived in the Treasure Valley for 15 years. He lives in Nampa, but says he comes to Boise often for special events.
It's good to see that they filled the hole, said Phillips. It's nice to see something there. I didn't think they would, but it's good to see they got it done.
The event was a fun celebration, but the importance of filling the Boise hole is not lost on Boiseans like Nate Thompson.
It's epic, Thompson said. It's bringing so much business to downtown. I'm excited to see Trader Joe's and a lot of other businesses come in because I think it's going to flood Boise with the sort of economy that we need.
Thompson is looking forward to raising his son in Boise's new chapter.
You know, it feels promising, to be honest with you, said Thompson. I think with the Jack's Urban Meeting Place still developing and all sorts of other great opportunities, it's going to be a great environment for our kids to grow up in.


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Saturday May 24, 2008
Wednesday May 21, 2008
Beijing: Linux, OpenSolaris, OpenOffice
By jimgris on May 21, 2008
Some images here from Robert Sohigian and Fiona Duan at the special joint meeting of the OpenSolaris community and the Linux community to hear the latest from the OpenOffice community. Expect to see this more and more activities like this as the communities get together to share ideas and collaborate.
Update: See Robert's blog on this.
Simon Phipps Coming to Tokyo
By jimgris on May 21, 2008
Sunday May 18, 2008
Thursday May 15, 2008
Free Beer, CDs, and OpenSolaris 2008.05 in Tokyo
By jimgris on May 15, 2008
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Community Collaboration in Beijing
By jimgris on May 13, 2008
OpenSolaris 2008.05 to Launch in Japan
By jimgris on May 13, 2008
Sumitomo Electric in Japan Adopts OpenOffice
By jimgris on May 13, 2008
Tuesday Apr 29, 2008
OpenSolaris on C1 GNU/Linux Panel
By jimgris on Apr 29, 2008
Well, it seems it's more than just a panel, eh? Barton has all the details -- GNU/Linux Distro Smack Down! Only at CommunityOne. Should be a lot of fun.
Update: Here are the guys from the panel last week:
Karsten Wade, Fedora; Barton George, Sun (moderator); Glynn Foster, OpenSolaris; Jono Bacon, Ubuntu; Zonker Brockmeier, OpenSUSE.
Friday Apr 25, 2008
OpenSolaris Review
By jimgris on Apr 25, 2008
OpenSolaris 2008.05 RC2 Test Image
By jimgris on Apr 25, 2008
Wednesday Apr 23, 2008
The Japanese Love Twitter
By jimgris on Apr 23, 2008
Tuesday Apr 22, 2008
Globally Distributed
By jimgris on Apr 22, 2008
Sunday Apr 20, 2008
Benkler on Open Source
By jimgris on Apr 20, 2008
Thursday Apr 17, 2008
Community at Sun Business .Next 2008
By jimgris on Apr 17, 2008
Tomorrow I'll be at Sun's Business.Next 2008 Conference in Tokyo. I'll bring my camera, too. John Fowler, executive vice president of Systems, will be doing the main conference keynote, and there will be tracks on Solutions, Technology, and Community.
The Community track
will include Takanobu Masuzuki on Sun's Open Source development and
business strategy, and Akira Ohsone with a technical presentation of
the new OpenSolaris binary distribution ("Project Indiana"). Also,
Reiko Saito will talk about community translation and localization
issues, and Hisayoshi Kato and Kenji Funasaki will offer the latest
technical advances in OpenSolaris. Additionally, there will be sessions
on MySQL and Java and a panel on how companies in Japan are using Open
Source software. There will be a booth area for demos and conversation about all of Sun's technology as well. If I don't screw up, I'll post some
images over the weekend. I hope I don't get lost.
Friday Apr 11, 2008
Linux Growing, OpenSolaris a Challenge
By jimgris on Apr 11, 2008
Should be an interesting year, eh? Windows. Linux. OpenSolaris. Competition is good, no question about it (to a point, and if it's fair). We're the new guys on this block, though, since technically we haven't even launched yet (depending on what you think OpenSolaris is, and that is a tad confusing at the moment so I don't know exactly how the analysts are measuring us). It's nice to be considered in the conversation, though. But one thing I've noticed about these competitive market issues -- when the vendors go at it, the developers don't get all worked up about it. For the most part, anyway. Why is that? Guess they are heads down working ...
Going to Prague
By jimgris on Apr 11, 2008
I'm going to the annual OpenSolaris Developer Conference (tag: OSDevCon) in late June. Last year everyone met in Berlin, but this year we'll be in Prague with the German Unix User Group and the Czech OpenSolaris User Group. I've never been to Prague, so this will be a very cool trip. The location and timing is perfect, too, since I'm getting more involved in Sun's g11n operations and we have a team in Prague. And also I didn't want to miss this conference specifically because it was the very first conference that grew out of the OpenSolaris community without Sun creating it or driving it. It just happened, basically. The guys showed up on the list and did their thing. It had a special feel last year for that reason, so hopefully it will grow this year and well into the future.
Stop by if you are in the neighborhood ...
Thursday Apr 10, 2008
MySQL Meeting at Sun Japan
By jimgris on Apr 10, 2008
Takashi Shitamichi, Yoko Suga, Natsuki Wakabayashi, Jim
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kawai, Kaj Arno, Toshiro Umetsu, Takanobu Masuzuki
One very interesting point that Kaj made was that community building is
not necessarily a marketing function or an engineering function. It's different. It
serves both
organizations at the company, surely, but it's a separate
discipline. Fascinating. I had been thinking all along that the best
home for community building is engineering (which is where I live).
Marketing participates
fully, of course, but the core comes from engineering since the core
involves code and direct engineer to engineer interactions across a
firewall. Others feel that
community building is basically a marketing function since it involves
and communications and large numbers of people and such. Now, Kaj's view may stem from the fact
that MySQL is primarily a user community, but still, many people I know would
probably see that as more of a marketing function of engagement as well. But
not in the MySQL case. Regardless. It's an
interesting issue to explore, and I learned a great deal from the
conversation. Thanks, Kaj. At Sun, community building functions are spread out all over the place. :)
Tuesday Mar 25, 2008
Don't Feed the Trolls
By jimgris on Mar 25, 2008
The other three causes are good, too, but the first is key for me. Get together from time to time. A hand shake or bow and a beer can make all the difference in the world.
Monday Mar 24, 2008
Closed or Open?
By jimgris on Mar 24, 2008
CommunityOne Sessions
By jimgris on Mar 24, 2008
Saturday Feb 23, 2008
Open Communications
By jimgris on Feb 23, 2008
Wednesday Feb 20, 2008
OOo Voting
By jimgris on Feb 20, 2008
Tuesday Feb 12, 2008
Open Source at Ten
By jimgris on Feb 12, 2008
Monday Feb 11, 2008
Building Community Across Cultures
By jimgris on Feb 11, 2008
Friday Feb 08, 2008
Tokyo Linux Users Group Nomikai 2/08
By jimgris on Feb 08, 2008
Every time I hang out with the TLUG guys I meet new community people from all over the world. Very cool time tonight. As always.
TLUG 2/08 pics on flickr. TLUG Nomikai announcement. TLUG.
More pics from Pietro Zuco here, here, here, here, here, here.
Monday Jan 28, 2008
The Disruptive Nature of Open Source
By jimgris on Jan 28, 2008
Saturday Jan 26, 2008
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Wednesday Jan 16, 2008
More FOSS with MySQL
By jimgris on Jan 16, 2008
Thursday Jan 10, 2008
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Urban Outfitters pulls 'Navajo' name from website
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Urban Outfitters has removed the word "Navajo" from product names on its website in the wake of criticism from the Navajo Nation government, bloggers and others, who viewed the usage as disrespectful and a trademark violation.
As recently as last week, the trendy clothing chain used "Navajo" in more than 20 product names online, including jackets, earrings and sneakers. Two items in particular sparked controversy: the "Navajo Hipster Panty" and the "Navajo Print Fabric Wrapped Flask."
The products now appear on the company's website as "printed" instead of "Navajo."
It's unclear whether the change has extended to any of Urban Outfitters' stores across the U.S. and in eight other countries. There was no sign of the word "Navajo" on any products at an Urban Outfitters in downtown Tempe on Wednesday.
The company received a cease-and-desist letter from the Navajo tribe a week ago, demanding the Navajo name be pulled from its products, Urban Outfitters spokesman Ed Looram said Wednesday. He declined to comment further, saying the matter is in the hands of the company's legal department.
Urban Outfitters last week told The Associated Press it had no plans to alter its products. The online name changes were first reported by Indian Country Today.
The Navajo Nation Department of Justice said Wednesday the changes were "positive" and "more consistent with the corporation's responsibilities than previously demonstrated."
"If the company has also ceased using the Navajo name in conjunction with its merchandise in its retail stores and print-media advertising, these are encouraging steps by the company towards amicably resolving this matter," the department said in a release.
The tribe holds at least 10 trademarks on the Navajo name that cover clothing, footwear, online retail sales, household products and textiles, and said it was intent on protecting those trademarks.
It's not the first time the Navajo Nation has taken action to assert its trademarks. The tribe licenses its name to other businesses in exchange for a share of their profits, and has identified about two dozen companies it believes are violating the Navajo trademark.
Earlier this year, the tribe successfully forced the cancellation of a "Navaho" trademark used by a French company doing business in the United States. The tribe argued the name was phonetically identical and infringed on its trademark.
"The corporation acted responsibly and adhered to its commitment to adopt a different trademark," tribal attorney Brian Lewis told the AP. "In doing so the company confirmed its respect for the (Navajo) Nation and its principles. This is the preferred resolution of these kinds of matters."
Urban Outfitters' use of "Navajo" sparked a flurry of criticism online, with tribal members and bloggers calling the product names offensive and telling the company to knock it off.
Shane Hendren, who heads the Albuquerque, N.M.-based Indian Arts and Crafts Association Education Fund, said the company's decision to pull the name from its site appeared to be a direct response to the backlash. If the clothing chain or any other company wants to showcase the Navajo name, they should go directly to the source, he said.


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OTTAWA— Britain and Canada are to establish joint diplomatic missions and share embassy offices overseas in a bid to save money, the countries' foreign ministers announced jointly in Ottawa on Monday.
The arrangement will see the sharing of consular services in states where one of them does not have an embassy, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and British Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters.
For now, it affects only Haiti, where a British diplomat will soon work out of Canada's embassy, and Myanmar, where a Canadian official has already set up an office in the British high commission.
But more locations will be announced later as Canada and Britain are looking to trim their foreign office budgets by more than $160 million each, they said.
"Although we don't agree on absolutely everything, we certainly find common ground on most important issues and we bring the same sets of values and principles to the table," Baird told reporters.
This agreement, he said, will allow the two countries to reduce costs and delays associated with setting up new embassies.
"The alternative is to waste months or years and many taxpayer dollars setting up embassies from scratch while keeping our diplomats from delivering services… abroad when and where they need the most," said Baird.
Critics, however, have said the two brands — Canada and Britain — are incompatible, and that this plan could weaken their respective global standing, an argument that Baird rebuffed.
"Each country will have complete independence on policies," he said.
Hague added: "It's not in any respect about any diplomat trying to work for two countries at the same time.
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Canada already has a similar arrangement with Australia.
Hague and Baird signed the agreement in Ottawa after Monday's press conference.
"As the prime minister said when addressing the Canadian parliament last year: 'We are two nations, but under one Queen and united by one set of values'," Hague said ahead of the meeting.
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All true, but lets not leave the wrong impression. Hana won exactly 4 tournaments on clay. She beat someone named Strachonová in Barcelona, and Sabina Simmonds in Milan both in 1978 for two of them in her first year as a pro. In '79 she won Kitzbuhel over Hanika. Not exactly matches or events of stature. She won RG two years later and then nothing. I mean nothing for the rest of her career.
She got to 6 other finals on clay. She won precisely one set total in those 6 finals and that was to Martina. Hana retired vs Rucizi after loosing the first. She got blown
off the court vs Evert in 2 finals, routined in one by Evert 3&3, blown off by Jaeger in another, and got
her best score in 6 years in a final
, loosing to Graf 3 & 4 in '87. She had serious problems clinching the deal on dirt in her prime. The list of her earlier rd losses is legion but I won't go there. As I said, She was capable of producing great clay court tennis, but she was far from a great clay courter. Your best wager was always that Hana
would not
win a clay title, or get within a set of it, no matter who else was in the draw, or how nondescript the venue.
All true. And while Hana was playing I agreed with you, and interestingly enough with Hana who herself called clay her worst surface.
But about 15 years ago I started collecting her matches and studying her career from a hindsight perspective. I don't know if that lends any credibility to my opinions or if it discredits them.
I came to the conclusion that Hana wasn't particularly good on green clay. I can't think of any great victory that she had on that surface even though she did reach several finals. Green clay should've been a good surface for her as its faster than red clay and less heavy. But with Hana, nothing is that simple.
I know that the red clay season of 1981 was the beginning of her back problems, specifically Berlin. It was cold, damp, and heavy there and she started experiencing pain. I think that's why she curtailed her red clay schedule. She only played Berlin twice more when the WTA asked her to. She did play the Italian a little more which was usually hot and sunny. Her record there is good losing twice to Chris, but once was in 3 sets.
Obviously, her Paris record is what I base my opinion largely on. The inconsistent Hana was remarkably consistent there through 1986 suffering only one upset loss to Khode in the 85 QF. She has the wins over Chris and Steffi and the marvelous 3 set loss to Martina in 84.
I think she should've played more on red clay especially in southetn Europe. Had the Spanish clay events been as big as they are today they would've been perfect. I don't think she would've dominated them but likely would've done well.
I also believe had she beaten Chris in 83 that she would've won a second French title. Its more of a stretch to suggest she could've won the 84 French had she beaten Martina. But my point is she was quite good in Paris.
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Ryan Gosling woos Portman with poems
Ryan Gosling is desperate to date Natalie Portman after the pair recently met in a Los Angeles nightclub.
Natalie Portman has been receiving poetic text messages from Ryan Gosling.
The actor is believed to be smitten with the 27-year-old beauty - who split from rocker boyfriend Devendra Banhart last September - and is showering her with romantic gestures in a bid to woo her.
A source told the Chicago Sun Times newspaper: "Natalie always has been attracted to actors and other men who are intellectuals and Ryan qualifies.
"Along with continual and very poetic text messages, Ryan has been sending Natalie first editions of books he thinks she would like."
Ryan, who previously dated his 'Notebook' co-star Rachel McAdams, fell for Natalie after the pair met in Los Angeles nightclub Bardot recently.
Natalie is said to be "intrigued" by 28-year-old Ryan - who was performing a DJ set at the nightspot when he was introduced to the 'Other Boleyn Girl' actress.
Ryan is currently taking a break from acting to work on an album, while Natalie is preparing to start shooting a movie alongside Brad Pitt.
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Emory University Student Programs
Admission to the Carlos Museum is free to Emory faculty, staff, and students. The Museum offers a variety of programs of interest to the Emory community.
African Cosmos
Dr. Susan Gagliardi, Assistant Professor of Art History
Dr. Erin Bonning, Director, Emory Planetarium
How do artistic representations of the cosmos relate to what astronomers know about celestial phenomena? In this first-year seminar led by an art historian and a physicist, we will consider this question through parallel studies of the stars in the Emory Planetarium and arts on display at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. We will place special focus on the upcoming exhibition African Cosmos: Stellar Arts on view at the Carlos throughout the spring semester.
Art and Display: Focus on Arts of Africa
Dr. Susan Gagliardi, Assistant Professor of Art History
What happens when objects never intended for display in a museum gallery end up in one? In this course, we will examine how shifting local and global contexts impact the display of arts created by artists identified with the continent of Africa. We will investigate how objects travel to galleries and museums in and beyond Africa. We also will consider strategies for displaying arts of Africa within museums and in other spaces. Prior coursework in the arts of Africa is not required.
Writing About Literature: Origins in Native American and African American Literature
Nicole M. Morris
In this course, we will explore stories of origin in the Americas, looking primarily at literature and art produced by Native Americans and peoples of African descent. These stories in many ways respond to the displacement experienced post European colonization and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. We will examine and discuss stories that appear in a variety of art forms, their potential origins, and the ways in which they connect to the social conditions of specific times and spaces. Selected texts include Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, Maryse Conde's Windward Heights, Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men, and Carlos Museum exhibitions including Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Moon: Wixárika Arts of Modern West Mexico, Creating Matter: The Prints of Mildred Thompson, and African Cosmos: Stellar Arts. We will also engage composer Christopher Theofanidis's Creation Oratorio as performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. This course is supported in part by a grant from the Mellon-funded Creation Stories project.
Classical Antiquity in Miniature: the Michael C. Carlos Collection of Greek and Roman Gems
Dr. Eric Varner, Associate Professor of Art History and Classics
Dr. Jasper Gaunt, Curator of Greek and Roman Art
Ancient Greek and Roma gems represent a rich microcosm of classical artistic production. Carved out of semi-precious stones such as sardonyx, amethyst, turquoise and rock crystal, cameos and intaglios depict a diverse array of imagery including mythological figures, animals, fantastic creatures, and portraits. Gems were produced for, collected and worn by a wide spectrum of ancient society from prosperous middle class patrons through Hellenistic monarchs and Roman emperors. The Michael C. Carlos Museum has a very large and significant collection of Greek and Roman gems. The seminar will trace the history, development, iconography, and context of ancient cameos and intaglios through the Carlos gems. Issues of conservation, collecting, and display will also be addressed. Students will work closely with individual gems throughout the semester and produce catalogue entries and other didactic materials for eventual publication and exhibition of the collection.
Ancient South and Central American Art
Dr. Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor of Art History
Introduction to the art and architecture of ancient Central and South America (Northern and Central Andes) with emphasis on Costa Rica and Peru. Art of various media in the Carlos Museum collection will be featured. This lecture course, with some hand's on sessions and meetings in the Carlos Museum, introduces the art and architecture of ancient Central and South America, from 5000 BC to 1500 AD. Goldwork, textiles, featherwork, jade, stonework, cities and cemeteries wil be discussed. Objects in the Carlos Museum will be featured and opportunities to work on an upcoming exhibition of textiles will be presented. Shamanic religious orientation, politics and art, and the technologies of these cultures will be covered
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Analysis of Ancient Art
Renee Stein, Conservator
The main objective of this course is to introduce a variety of instrumental techniques, including spectroscopy, chromatography, and x-ray methods. Applied context will be drawn from cultural heritage studies and conservation research, with specific cases and laboratory exercises related to antiquities within the Michael C. Carlos Museum. Students will analyze residues for evidence of cacao in ancient pots from Central America, consider possible sources of a mysterious substance leaking from a Roman sarcophagus, and identify pigments on Inca ceremonial beer vessels from ancient Peru. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach and is a collaborative effort between the Emory University Chemistry Department and the Parsons Conservation Laboratory. Funding for this course is provided by the Mellon Foundation.
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to join the Museum's Docent Guild to give tours to K-12 groups, students, and the general public. Each fall new student docents are recruited and receive training on the collections. They begin touring in the spring. This provides students an excellent opportunity to develop research and presenation skills. For more information, contact Julie Green at 404-727-2363 or email@example.com.
Thanks to the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Michael C. Carlos Museum offers paid summer internships for Emory University students. Graduate and undergraduate students with strong interest in and aptitude for museum work may gain experience to augment their academic program. Three interns will be selected by a committee of Museum staff and faculty advisors. The internships are ten weeks in length, and students are paid $5,000. This summer's internships will begin Monday, May 18 and conclude on July 31, 2015, though some flexibility in scheduling is possible. Deadline for applying for the Mellon Internship is March 20, 2015.
Summer 2015 projects include:
Between 2002 and 2008, a number of decorated ceramic vases and a great many fragments of others were donated to the Michael C. Carlos Museum by Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer, for decades curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the leading connoisseur of Greek pottery of his generation. Most are Attic black- and red-figure, but there are also some in coral red as well as Laconian and Etruscan black figure and Apulian and Campanian red-figure. Taken together, these constitute a significant contribution to the classical collections at the Carlos. This summer, one Mellon intern will work with the Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Dr Jasper Gaunt, to lay the foundations for a catalogue of this material. The internship will involve both intensive hands-on study and documentation of the sherds themselves; and library and online research to address topics as they arise, mostly relating to shape, subject, iconography, style, inscriptions, technique and related matters.
The project in the Art of the Americas collection revolves around the planned 2017 exhibition Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles. A Mellon intern will work with Dr. Laura Wingfield, assistant curator of Art of the Americas, to research Maya textiles for the development of in gallery labels and other materials.
The third project offers a Mellon intern the opportunity to work with the museum's Curator of ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art, Dr. Melinda Hartwig, on a number of projects related to the collection, from the construction of object reference folders by case/vitrine; organizing current donor files; and the tracing of object provenance to be entered into the museum's object data base, TMS. The intern will also work with Dr. Hartwig and Elizabeth Hornor, director of education, on the development of a family guide for the Egyptian collections. The position requires an organized student with advanced knowledge of ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East and relevant language ability (French/German).
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The Carlos Museum also offers unpaid internships, often for credit, and other opportunities for working and learning in a museum environment for Emory students. For more information about internships, contact Elizabeth Hornor by phone at 404-727-6118, or by email at email@example.com.
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A Vision of Costa Rica
THE PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA, Jose Maria Figueres, presented the Fifth Kew Environmental Lecture on 9 March 1995. Costa Rica contains an estimated 5% of the world's biodiversity and has more protected territory (24%) than any other country. In his lecture on 'The Conservation Programme of Costa Rica', President Figueres spoke of his country's continued commitment to environmental action; indeed, he wanted Costa Rica to become a 'pilot project of sustainable development'. The President identified three cornerstones of sustainable development: strategic social investment, maintaining a mocroeconomic balance, and an 'intelligent, strategic alliance with nature'. He outlined work that had begun on the conservotion programme:
- A land use plan allowed for 40% of the country to be protected as national parks and reserves'biodiversity factories' with potential for education and revenue from ecotourism .
- Farmers were being encouraged to plant commercial tree crops on land degraded by agriculture and to form traditional crops in a sustainable way.
- Research was underway to catalogue the country's biodiversity and explore its commercial development.
- Education curricula now included environmental issues to produce a 'bioliterate' population .
- Government controls on the free market, in the form of financial incentives and taxes, were in place to promote energy and resource conservation, and to reduce pollution.President Figueres invited other countries to become involved in this pilot project through joint implementation programmes under both the Climate Change and Biodiversity Conventions, and integration into world markets. He concluded his lecture by urging the international community to make regional funds available for sustainable development and to add environmental markers to economic and social indicators of advancement.
Left: President Figueres speaking at Kew on Costa Rica's pilot project of sustainable development.
Right: The president being shown Kew's Alpine collection by the director.
Planting of Inga as a commercial agroforestry crop is being assessed in Costa Rica as part of a Kew/ODA initiative.
Trials of Inga oerstediana in Costa Rica.
Kew and the British Technology Group are working with the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad in Costa Rica to extract an alkaloid from a native legume for potential development as a commercial nematicide.
Minister Visits Kew
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Rt. Hon. Wil!iam Waldegrave MP, visited Kew on 11 January 1995. Accompanied by the Chairman of the Kew Trustees (Robin Herbert) and the Director (Prof. Ghillean Prance), he toured the Herbarium, the Princess of Wales Conservatory, the Jodrell Laboratory, and the Science Support, Herbaceous and Alpine Units in the Melon Yard. He met many staff working on Kew's science programmes.
William Waldegrave MP
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Woodrow Ruling ?? - Partners disagree on call, with a ball mark clearly out.
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21. Making calls on clay courts. If any part of a ball mark touches a line on a clay court, the ball shall be called good. If only part of the mark on a court can be seen, this means that the missing part is on a line or tape.
A player should take a careful second look at any point-ending placement that is close to a line on a clay court
. Occasionally a ball will strike the tape, jump, and then leave a full mark behind the line. This does not mean that a player is required to show an opponent the mark. The opponent shall not pass the net to inspect a mark. If a player hears the sound of a ball striking the tape and sees a clean spot on the tape near the mark, the player should give the point
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This is the only thing I can find, and doesn't seem to cover their initial disagreement. But since the mark can be checked and after doing so they no longer disagree then I believe the call is that the shot was out.
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Juventus caretaker coach Angelo Alessio was proud of victory over Champions League opponents Shakhtar Donetsk.
Alessio said they "achieved this mission" of Champions League qualification.
"[It's very satisfying that we have achieved this mission, as winning here and finishing top was exceptional. We have to thank the squad, as despite Antonio's absence from the touchline they were entirely at our disposal," he said.
Not only did the Bianconeri qualify for the last 16, but they also won Group E and knocked reigning holders Chelsea out of the tournament.
"We have been growing throughout the competition, culminating in the great performance against Chelsea and tonight's victory.
"We knew all about Shakhtar and that they are based mainly on individual talents, though they caused us some problems on the counter-attack. Once you block their creative centres, they are not very organised, so we were able to neutralise them."


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Childhood Head Trauma: A Neuroimaging Decision Rule
Project Number: R40 MC 02461-03
Grantee: Regents of the University of California
Department/Center: School of Medicine
Project Date: 01/01/2004
Final Report
Childhood Head Trauma: A Neuroimaging Decision Rule Final Report (PDF)
Principal Investigator
Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
2315 Stockton Blvd, PSSB Suite 2100
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-1535
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- Infancy (0-12 months)
- Toddlerhood (1-2 years)
- Early Childhood (3-5 years)
- Middle Childhood (6-11 years)
- Adolescence (12-18 years)
The long-term objective of this study is to develop a highly accurate decision rule for the evaluation of children with blunt head trauma on which to base evidence-driven guidelines on this topic. This decision rule will identify all children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in need of acute intervention, yet also will result in less frequent use of computerized tomography (CT) scans in children with blunt head trauma evaluated in emergency departments (EDs). The specific aims are to derive and internally validate a clinical decision rule with a high degree of confidence which accurately and reliably identifies children at high risk and those at near-zero risk of TBI after blunt head trauma. TBI is the leading cause of death and disability in children older than one year. Some children with TBIs are initially not identified, leading to preventable morbidity. Although CT scanning is the reference standard for diagnosing TBI in head-injured children, and failure to diagnose TBI increases morbidity and mortality, overuse of CT scanning has important drawbacks. The most important among these is radiation exposure which may result in death from malignancy, estimated as 1 radiation-induced fatality per 2000-5000 pediatric cranial CT scans. Fewer than 10% of CT scans currently performed on children with head injury reveal TBI, thus CT scans are used inefficiently. The methods of our study will be a prospective, multicenter observational study of children with blunt head trauma evaluated in the 25 hospitals of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. These 25 hospitals evaluate more than 808,000 children of diverse geographic and racial/ethnic background in their EDs on an annual basis. Children with blunt head trauma at PECARN EDs will be enrolled into the study over two years, and will be followed prospectively to detect the outcomes of interest: 1) TBI on CT scan and, 2) TBI in need of acute intervention (defined by the need for neurosurgery, endotracheal intubation for 24 hours or more, or hospitalization for 2 or more nights). The clinical data from the time of ED presentation will be analyzed using binary recursive partitioning to generate a clinical decision rule(s) for the identification of children at high-risk, and near-zero risk of TBI. Once externally validated and disseminated widely, the decision rule will result in safer, more efficient, evidence-based evaluation of children with head trauma, a decrease in the frequency of unnecessary CT use, and improved child health.
Listed is descending order by year published.
Dayan P, Holmes J, Schutzman S, et al. Risk of traumatic brain injuries in children younger than 24 months with isolated scalp hematomas. Ann Emerg Med. 2014;64(2):153-162.
Dayan P, Holmes JF, Atabaki S, et al. Association of traumatic brain injuries with vomiting in children with blunt head trauma. Ann Emerg Med. 2014;63(6):657-665.
Hoyle J, Callahan J, Badawy M, et al. Pharmacological sedation for cranial CT in children after minor blunt head trauma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Jan;30(1):1-7.
Lee LK, Monroe D, Bachman M, et al. Isolated loss of consciousness in children with minor blunt head trauma. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(9):837-843.
Leonard JR, Jaffe DM, Kuppermann N, Olsen C, Leonard JC, for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Cervical Spine Study Group. Cervical spine injury patterns in children. Pediatrics. 2014;133:e1179-e1188.
Quayle KS, Powell EC, Mahajan P, et al. Epidemiology of blunt head trauma in children in U.S. emergency departments. N Engl J Med. 2014;13:1945-1947.
Stanley R, Hoyle J, Dayan P, et al. Emergency department practice variation in CT use for children with minor blunt head trauma. J Pediatr. 2014;165:1201-1206.
Nigrovic LE, Lillis K, Atabaki SM, Dayan PS, Hoyle J, Tunik MG, Jacobs ES, Monroe D, Wootton-Gorges SW, Miskin M, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Working Group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). The prevalence of traumatic brain injuries after minor blunt head trauma in children with ventricular shunts. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Apr;61(4):389-93. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.08.030. Epub 2012 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 23122954.
Rogers AJ, Maher CO, Schunk JE, Quayle K, Jacobs E, Lichenstein R, Powell E, Miskin M, Dayan P, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Incidental findings in children with blunt head trauma evaluated with cranial CT scans. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;132(2):e356-63. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0299. Epub 2013 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 23878053.
Sheehan B, Nigrovic LE, Dayan PS, Kuppermann N, Ballard DW, Alessandrini E, Bajaj L, Goldberg H, Hoffman J, Offerman SR, Mark DG, Swietlik M, Tham E, Tzimenatos L, Vinson DR, Jones GS, Bakken S; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Informing the design of clinical decision support services for evaluation of children with minor blunt head trauma in the emergency department: a sociotechnical analysis. J Biomed Inform. 2013 Oct;46(5):905-13.
Horeczko T, Kuppermann N. To scan or not to scan: pediatric minor head trauma in your office, clinic or emergency department. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2012;29(8):40-47.
Lichenstein R, Glass TF, Quayle KS, et al. Presentations and outcomes of children with intraventricular hemorrhage after blunt head trauma. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2012;166(8):725-731.
Natale JE, Joseph JG, Rogers AJ, et al. Cranial computed tomography use among children with minor blunt head trauma: association with race/ethnicity. Archive of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. 2012;166(8):732-737.
Nigrovic LE, Lee LK, Hoyle J, et al. Prevalence of clinically important traumatic brain injuries in children with minor blunt head trauma and isolated severe injury mechanisms. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2012;166(4):356-361.
Holmes JF, Holubkov R, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Guardian availability in children evaluated in the emergency department for blunt head trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Jan;16(1):15-20.
Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD, Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, et al;Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1160-70. Epub 2009 Sep 14.
Gorelick MH, Atabaki SM, Hoyle JD, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Holubkov R, et al; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Interobserver agreement in assessment of clinical variables in children with blunt head trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Sep;15(9):812-8.
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From the Publisher"Exhilarating!"
—Publishers Weekly on Wolf Captured (starred review)
"An utterly fascinating world that readers can thoroughly lose themselves in."
—Romantic Times on Wolf Captured
"What do you get when you mix lost magic and feral children with dynastic politics, wolf social dynamics, treason, and over-ambitious, social-climbing parents? You get Jane Lindskold's new novel Through Wolf's Eyes and another stay-up-to-finish-the-last-page read."
—David Weber
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"This engrossing tale of feral myth and royal intrigue offers plenty of action as well as fascinating anthropological detail ... A beautiful and complex book."
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"Very satisfying... As good as, if not better than, the previous book, unlike so many trilogies where the second book is the weakest of the whole."
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Start your journey in Kensington. South Kensington is home to some of London's most important museums – the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and The Victoria and Albert are all nestled together on a corner of Exhibition road. Entry is free, though each one will charge for special exhibitions so you can afford to take the whole family. A stone's throw from Hyde Park, it's easy to find a comfortable spot for a picnic when everyone has had enough culture for the day.
Just a little further west you'll find Notting Hill, home to the eponymous film and to an eclectic collection of shops, boutiques and restaurants. You want vintage? Browse through the stalls on the Portobello Market. Or check out the massive Music and Goods Exchange on the corner of Pembridge Road, for clothes, vinyl and retro furnishings. Into contemporary fashion? Try the Merchant – or any one of a host of designer fashion shops in the area. If you miss the annual carnival which takes place every August bank holiday, try Rum Kitchen where you can enjoy fabulous Caribbean cocktails any day of the year – and soak up the alcohol with some great Jamaican food.
A little further out of town you'll find Hammersmith and Fulham. Football fans should head south and stay at the Travelodge Hotel on the North End Road. Chelsea's grounds are actually in Fulham, right by Fulham Broadway tube– and there's a museum, guided tours and a whole host of bars and restaurants in the ground if there's no match on when you are visiting. Fulham FC is about a mile further west – Craven Cottage is to the north side of Putney Bridge, just south of Fulham Palace. While you are there Bishop's Park, home to the Palace itself, is worth a visit. At one time the main home of the Bishop of London, the Palace now houses a museum and café. And in the Park you will find 'Margate Sands' – a man-made beach on the banks of the lake complete with its own Punch and Judy show as well as play areas for kids, formal gardens and riverside walks.
Chiswick High Street has a wide range of shops and bars. If you want haute cuisine, Hedone has a Michelin star and was voted 63rd in the World this year. Or for something a little more accessible, this cosmopolitan area has some great Indian restaurants (like Potli) rubbing shoulders with Pizza joints such as Franco Manca and contemporary British brasseries like Sam's – not only is the grown up food great, they have a fabulous kid friendly menu too.
Kew, of course is home to the famous Kew Botanical Gardens, a UNESCO world heritage site. Home to over 30,000 different kinds of living plants it is the world's largest collection. While you may be happy to browse through the glasshouses, some of which are listed buildings in their own right, there are special events all the year round to keep the kids entertained or just to learn more about the gardens themselves. Stay at the Travelodge Hotel at Kew Bridge and you'll be there in moments.
Within walking distance, Richmond has the feeling of a small market town, with an intimate but comprehensive shopping centre where the usual high street stores are complemented by local delis and craft shops. And of course there's Richmond Park – where the country really does come to town. A royal park created by Charles I in 1634 it has over 650 deer of different varieties. It is a vast area, more than 3.6 square miles, most of which is open grass and woodlands. There are a few formal gardens like the Isabelle plantation, two play areas for children and sports facilities including fishing, rugby, running and cycling. The easiest way to see the English countryside without leaving London, it's listed by English Heritage as Grade I and is a National Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Next time you visit London it's really worth going west. There's plenty to see and do without the stress of the City Centre and you'll see another side to the Capital – one that make the west of London popular with locals and visitors alike.
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City plans to refinance debt for sewer projects
SAN DIEGO: The city plans to refinance more than $1.1 billion in debt for sewer projects in coming months to reduce costs.
The City Council approved a plan this week to pay off its current bond debt by selling new bonds at a lower interest rate.
The plan includes an additional $145 million in new bonds to help complete ongoing sewer work.
The city won't know what price it will get on the bonds until they go on sale in May, but officials expect to lower the rate by at least 3 percentage points.
Bonds won't be sold unless those savings can be realized, officials said.
City officials estimated that the city would have saved $28.3 million annually had it done the refinancing last week.
The bond sales would be the city's second offering since it returned to the public bond market in January.
The city was essentially locked out for five years because of its failure to properly disclose its pension debt in annual audits and bond disclosures.
All of the bonds to be refinanced were sold before that time. –C.G.
New car pool lanes to be open on I-15 on Monday
The newest stretch of car pool lanes on Interstate 15 will open for business in time for the Monday morning commute, between Centre City Parkway in Escondido and Rancho Bernardo Road.
The lanes are available at no charge to car pools, buses and motorcycles. Single drivers who have joined the FasTrak system pay a toll that varies depending on level of congestion and distance traveled. Caltrans and the San Diego Association of Governments are expanding the I-15 express lane network throughout metropolitan North County. –S.S.
More trolleys to take fans to baseball tournament
Transit officials plan to run extra trolleys tomorrow through Thursday to ferry fans to the World Baseball Classic at Petco Park.
The Metropolitan Transit System encourages those attending the tournament to park at outlying trolley stations and ride the rail to downtown San Diego. Transit day passes cost $5.
The special event trolleys will stop at several stations, including Qualcomm Stadium and Old Town Transit Center, before and after each game. –S.S.
'Cut-a-thon' to help pay for woman's funeral
EL CAJON: An El Cajon beauty college will be hosting a "cut-a-thon" today to help pay the funeral expenses of a recent graduate who was shot outside a birthday party last weekend.
Je Boutique College of Beauty, at 1073 E. Main St., will be offering $10 haircuts and $20 facials from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All proceeds will benefit the family of Marcella Peraza, 21, who was hit by gunfire outside an Encanto home March 7. The young woman had recently earned her makeup artistry and aesthetician license.
Investigators said a fight broke out inside the house on Brooklyn Avenue between a group of people, causing some to leave the party. Moments later, a man returned with a rifle and fired shots into a crowd gathered outside, said San Diego police homicide Lt. Terry McManus.


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Dear All,
after getting fed up with my ATI9250 cards performance with Composite and GLX in general, i decided to try Nvidia.
got a XFX5200, installed the FreeBSD driver 9755 and stuff was much much better. got Composite running at a decent rate. got GLX running much better, enabling TwinView was a breeze.
but, there seems to be an issue with Composite and DamageEvents.
1. if i disable Composite, i get 1950 fps out of glxgears.
2. if i enable Composite and enable DamageEvents only the first frame seems to be rendered and glxgears hangs ( so does googleearth ). so it seemed: glxgears is actually rendering at 0.5 fps.
3. if i enable Composite and disable DamageEvents, glxgears gets about 500fps, but is is choppy about once a second.
this was first tested on 6.9.0, and later on 7.2. the results seem identical.
so, are Composite and DamageEvents mutually exclusive? that's odd considering the description of DamageEvents.
furthermore, the Makefile could use:
.if ${X_WINDOW_SYSTEM} == "xorg" && version > 7.0??
sed -i -e 's|lib/modules|lib/xorg/modules|' \
../x11/driver/Makefile \
../x11/extension/Makefile \
then i went on and tried to install the beta x86-100.14.03, to see if that would help with the DamageEvents:
problem 1:
the Linux-pkg0-version is not downloadable from the specified link. you end up with the pkg1-version.
problem 2:
although i downloaded the pkg0 version and pkg1 version, neither would be accepted by the add_linux_libs.sh script: version mismatch. why make us testers jump through these hoops? is it too much trouble to upload a complete .tar.gz?
problem 3:
after i removed the version-check from the script and did build the driver, it crashed.
this is all on 6.2 BTW. is it very hard to rebuild the driver for 6.2, eliminating the need for compat5x?
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Same deal here. Xorg 7.2 (from the latest ports commit). With composite enabled (and a composite-utilizing WM, ie Compiz), I get GL apps doing a poor rendering of the first frame, and then nothing after that. Compiz itself works fine, and with all that disabled, GL apps work just fine. At the moment though, they're like oil and water.
I've seen reports of others running into this same issue over in freebsd-ports who have upgraded xorg and are attempting to run composite-utilizing applications.
On a side note, I'd like to thank the folks at nVIDIA for making this driver available in the first place. First class performance on a first class (though much smaller user base than your other supported platforms) operating system is awesome :-)
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Any updates on this matter? I'd be happy to hear that at least someone is aware of the issue/can reproduce it :)
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Could you generate and attach nvidia-bug-report.log (via nvidia-bug-report.sh) files against the 100.14.06 FreeBSD graphics driver release? Also, can you describe how you installed Xorg 7.x and compiz on FreeBSD 6.2?
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I've emailed the address referenced in nvidia-bug-report.sh.
2 other minor things of note when I tried installing the beta drivers:
1. with an X11BASE adjusted to /usr/local as things are now with the new Xorg installs, I found I needed to adjust LIBDIR for driver extension and lib:
LIBDIR= ${X11BASE}/lib/xorg/modules
2. As I believe is noted in the instructions, nvidia-settings needs to be reinstalled. What was a bit troublesome about this was that I had a working version installed from ports (nvidia-settings 1.0), and this ended up overwriting that, requiring me to reinstall nvidia-settings from ports.
Best wishes and thanks for the drivers. I'm sure I speak for anyone using these drivers on FreeBSD when I say thanks a million. I'm guessing NVIDIA has no commercial interest in the platform (aside from perhaps helping in make the drivers core more solid across all platforms), and so we really appreciate the attention to looking into bugs :-)
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For posterity sake, I've put the email over at pastebin as well:
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This bug also happens using good old Enlightenment 0.16.8 (MiddleMouseButton -> Settings -> Composite Settings) as window manager with old and newest driver 100.14.09 on XOrg 6.9 and 7.2
Driver: nvidia-driver-100.14.09
Card: <GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M> mem 0xc8000000-0xc8ffffff,0xd8000000-0xdfffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1
WindowManager: enlightenment-0.16.8.6_1
XOrg: 7.2
Re: Composite and DamageEvents
Thank you for the detailed report, I was able to reproduce the problem on FreeBSD 6.2. We'll investigate.
Re: Composite and DamageEvents
I forgot to post an update earlier: this problem is now understood and should be fixed in a future driver release.
Re: Composite and DamageEvents
@Zander: Any progress in solving this problem?
Re: Composite and DamageEvents
@zander: it should be resolved in the next 100.14.xx driver release.
Re: Composite and DamageEvents
unfortunately, the issue seems to still be there in 100.14.19
any news?
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