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The Temporary Travel Office produces a variety of services relating to tourism and technology aimed at exploring the non-rational connections existing between public and private spaces. The Travel Office has operated in a variety of locations, including Missouri, Chicago, Southern California and Norway.
Is MySpace a Place?
Networked Performance pointed me toward an interview (download in PDF)with Networked Publics speaker Henry Jenkins and Networked Publics friend danah boyd about Myspace. The site, popular with teenagers, has become increasingly controversial as parents and the press raise concerns about the openness of information on the site and the vulnerability this supposedly poses to predators (Henry points out that only .1% of abductions are by strangers) and the behavior of teens towards each other (certainly nothing new, only now in persistent form). In another essay on Identity Production in Networked Culture, danah suggests that Myspace is popular not only because the technology makes new forms of interaction possible, but because older hang-outs such as the mall and the convenience store are prohibiting teens from congregating and roller rinks and burger joints are disappearing.
This begs the question, is Myspace media or is it space? Architecture theorists have long had this thorn in their side. "This will kill that," wrote Victor Hugo with respect to the book and the building. In the early 1990s, concern about a dwindling public culture and the character of late twentieth century urban space led us to investigate Jürgen Habermas's idea of the public sphere. But the public sphere, for Habermas is a forum, something that, for the most part, emerges in media and in the institutions of the state:
The bourgeois public sphere may be conceived above all as the sphere of private people come together as a public; they soon claimed the public sphere regulated from above against the public authorities themselves, to engage them in a debate over the general rules governing relations in the basically privatized but publicly relevant sphere of commodity exchange and social labor. The medium of this political confrontation was peculiar and without historical precedent: people's ...
SWITCH: Issue 22
HI everyone. Just wanted to announce the new issue of SWITCH:
SWITCH : The online New Media Art Journal of the CADRE Laboratory for
New Media at San Jose State University
http://switch.sjsu.edu email@example.com
SWITCH Journal is proud to announce the launch of Issue 22: A Special
Preview Edition to ISEA 2006/ ZeroOne San Jose.
As San Jose State University and the CADRE Laboratory are serving as
the academic host for the ZeroOne San Jose /ISEA 2006 Symposium,
SWITCH has dedicated itself to serving as an official media
correspondent of the Festival and Symposium. SWITCH has focused the
past three issues of publication prior to ZeroOne San Jose/ISEA2006
on publishing content reflecting on the themes of the symposium. Our
editorial staff has interviewed and reported on artists, theorists,
and practitioners interested in the intersections of Art & Technology
as related to the themes of ZeroOne San Jose/ ISEA 2006. While some
of those featured in SWITCH are part of the festival and symposium,
others provide a complimentary perspective.
Issue 22 focuses on the intersections of CADRE and ZeroOne San Jose/
ISEA 2006. Over the past year, students at the CADRE Laboratory for
New Media have been working intensely with artists on two different
residency projects for the festival – "Social Networking" with Antoni
Muntadas and the City as Interface Residency, "Karaoke Ice" with
Nancy Nowacek, Marina Zurkow & Katie Salen. Carlos Castellanos,
James Morgan, Aaron Siegel, all give us a sneak preview of their
projects which will be featured at the ISEA 2006 exhibition. Alumni
Sheila Malone introduces ex_XX:: post position, an exhibition
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CADRE Institute that will run
as a parallel exhibition to ZeroOne San Jose/ ISEA 2006. LeE
Montgomery provides a preview of NPR (Neighborhood Public Radio)
presence at ...
Art & Mapping
The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) has released a special issue of their journal, Cartographic Perspectives:
Art and Mapping Issue 53, Winter 2006 Edited by Denis Wood and and John Krygier Price: $25
The issue includes articles by kanarinka, Denis Wood, Dalia Varanka and John Krygier, and an extensive catalogue of map artists compiled by Denis Wood.
[-empyre-] Liquid Narrative for June 2006
Christina McPhee:
hi all, I am not sure we got this message out to Rhizome!
Please join our guests this month, Dene Grigar (US), Jim Barrett
(AU/SE), Lucio Santaella (BR), and Sergio Basbaum (BR) , with
moderator Marcus Bastos (BR), for a spirited discussion of "Liquid
Narratives" ----- digital media story telling with a dash, perhaps,
of 'aura' .
Here's the intro from Marcus:The topic of June at the - empyre - mailing list will be Liquid Narratives. The concept of 'liquid narrative' is interesting in that it allows to think about the unfoldings of contemporary languages beyond tech achievements, by relating user controlled applications with formats such as the essay (as described by Adorno in "Der Essay als Form", The essay as a form) and procedures related to the figure of the narrator (as described by Benjamin in his writings about Nikolai Leskov). Both authors are accute critics of modern culture, but a lot of his ideas can be expanded towards contemporary culture. As a matter of fact, one of the main concerns in Benjamin's essay is a description of how the rise of modernism happens on account of an increasing nprivilege of information over knowledge, which is even more intense nowadays. To understand this proposal, it is important to remember how Benjamin distinguishes between an oral oriented knowledge, that results from 'an experience that goes from person to person' and is sometimes anonymous, from the information and authoritative oriented print culture. One of the aspects of this discussion is how contemporary networked culture rescues this 'person to person' dimension, given the distributed and non-authoritative procedures that technologies such as the GPS, mobile phones and others stimulate.
state of the planet infographics
a small collection of beautiful information graphics documenting the current state of the planet.
see also gapminder & 3d data globe.


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The on again, off again status of British rider Bradley Wiggins with the new British ProTour squad Team Sky has finally been settled, with the multi-time Olympic medalist leaving Garmin-Transitions for Sky, despite one year remaining on his contract. This is the second departure from Garmin-Transitions this week, after the loss of sports physiologist Allen Lim to RadioShack.
It was no secret that Wiggins was interested in moving to Sky, especially after his superb fourth place performance at the Tour this year (and the fact that he would remain second fiddle to team leader Christian Vande Velde). Below are excerpts from the statements released by Sky and Garmin-Transitions concerning the move. There has been no official word on the penalty paid to Garmin-Transitions for releasing Wiggins, although it is likely to be high.
Team Sky
Bradley Wiggins has signed for Team Sky under a four-year deal starting with its debut season in 2010.
He brings huge experience from eight years as a professional on the road and has won wide recognition for his Olympic and World Championship achievements on the track.
Brought up in London, the 29-year old is the highest placed British rider ever at the Tour de France - jointly with Robert Millar - after his 4th-place at the 2009 Tour.
Announcing the signing, Dave Brailsford, Team Principal of Team Sky, said; "Brad will be at home in Team Sky. It is the perfect fit and he will be a marquee rider for us.
"He is an exceptional athlete - a great performer at a great age. And he will get better still. At Team Sky he can continue to develop, surrounded by some of the coaches and performance experts who have worked with him for years as part of the British Cycling set-up. With his experience he will help us to develop our great young talents too.
"Brad was a real revelation at this year's Tour de France, has been hugely successful for British Cycling and his Olympic success has brought wide recognition. His presence will not only help us on the road but with the wider aims of inspiring people to not only follow the team but to get out and ride, whatever their age or ability."
Bradley Wiggins said; "It has been an amazing year for me and my ride at the Tour has given me the drive to aim even higher. I know I can continue to develop and Team Sky is the perfect place to make that happen.
Bradley Wiggins continued "I agree with Dave that moving to Team Sky is like coming home. I'll be on a British team with management and coaches who have shaped me as a rider. They are instrumental in my achievements so far and I know they are critical for the next part of my career.
"Team Sky has huge ambitions, not just for the team but for cycling and inspiring the public to ride. It's an amazing project and the next four years will be very exciting. I'm really looking forward to meeting up in the New Year and preparing for our first season."
Bradley Wiggins has performed for six road teams since he turned professional with the Linda McCartney team in 2001. He moved to Francaise des Jeux in 2002, Credit Agricole in 2004, Cofidis in 2006 – where he came 4th in the London prologue of the Tour de France - Team High Road in 2008 and Garmin-Slipstream in 2009.
He has been a World and Olympic champion on the track and in 2004 became the first British athlete in 40 years to win three medals at one Games. Two of his three Olympic Golds came at the 2008 Games in Beijing where he won the Individual Pursuit and was part of the world record-breaking Team Pursuit line-up.
Wiggins is the 25th rider to be secured for Team Sky. He will now be one of seven British riders - with Geraint Thomas, Steve Cummings, Pete Kennaugh, Chris Froome, Ian Stannard and Russell Downing – in an international line-up. Alongside them are; Davide Vigoni, Dario Cioni, Morris Possoni [all Italy], Edvald Boasson Hagen, Kurt Arvesen, Lars Petter Nordhaug [Norway], Chris Sutton, Simon Gerrans, Mathew Hayman [Australia], Sylvain Calzati, Nicolas Portal [France], Thomas Löfkvist [Sweden], Kjell Carlstrom [Finland], John Lee Augustyn [South Africa], Juan Antonio Flecha [Spain], Michael Barry [Canada], Greg Henderson [New Zealand] and Serge Pauwels [Belgium].
Bradley Wiggins will not be racing for Team Garmin-Transitions in 2010. Although we understand his strong desire to be a part of the UK's first-ever Pro Tour team, we would have loved to continue with him through 2010. His departure is not the outcome we hoped for. That said, Team Garmin-Transitions has an incredible group of riders assembled for the season. As always, we have worked hard to build a team that will be competitive throughout the year. The team features Christian Vande Velde who was 8th overall in the 2009 Tour after significant injuries; including five broken vertebrae; sprint sensation Tyler Farrar, David Zabriskie, David Millar, Dan Martin and other outstanding athletes that we're fortunate to work with. In addition to the great new talent we have signed including Johan Van Summeren and Jack Bobridge, we have renewed our partnership with Garmin and added Transitions and POM Wonderful to our family of sponsors. And we've expanded our sports science program to include some of the best sports scientists in the world. We will continue to give our fans many reasons to cheer in 2010 and we look forward to exciting racing in the months to come.
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OTTAWA - Some facts about the trade and travel relationship between Canada and Mexico:
Trade: In 2012, Canada's exports to Mexico were $5.4 billion, with imports nearly $26.7 billion. Mexico imported almost $27 billion. Mexico is Canada's fifth largest export market and third biggest source of imports.
Travel: In 2012, Canadians made 1.6 million visits to Mexico and spent $748 million there; Mexicans made 132,000 trips to Canada and spent $196 million. British Columbia was the most popular Canadian destination with 39 per cent of all provincial visits, followed by Ontario at 27 per cent and Quebec at 22 per cent.
Relationship: 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of NAFTA and the 10th year of the Canada-Mexico Partnership.
Irritant: In 2009, Canada imposed a visa requirement on Mexicans seeking to visit Canada. The Canadian government said refugee claims from Mexico had almost tripled from 2005, making it the No. 1 country for such claims. In 2008, only 11 per cent of these claims were accepted by the refugee review process.
Quote: "Canada's relations with the United States and Mexico are of the utmost importance for the long-term prosperity and security of all of our citizens. We look forward to further strengthening and deepening our ties with a view to creating jobs and economic growth in all three countries." — Prime Minister Stephen Harper


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Before anyone throws the insult du jour at your blogger, let me offer a pre-emptive confession:
I am a slut.
Metaphorically, of course. An upright, moralistic, God-fearing blogger wouldn't go anywhere near the new political fashion of calling those with whom we disagree "sluts."
He'd just ignore the story.
But I can't just help but have intercourse with this story. (Plus, my editor at NBC made me do it. She can't get enough either).
Unless you've been on another planet or, even more strangely, working too hard to check a social network, you know all about Rush Limbaugh's decision to use the "slut" insult to describe a Georgetown University student who argued that Catholic institutions should have to include contraception coverage in health insurance packages.
Limbaugh's vile, illogical argument was that this student wanted to someone to pay her to have sex. He faced condemnation across the political spectrum and the potential loss of advertisers.
But all the talk about "sluts" became infectious. And so Jennifer Kerns, a political consultant who serves as spokeswoman for the California Republican Party, took a shot at a strategist, whose name is Krystal Ball, who appeared on Twitter to slam Limbaugh.
2010, Ball lost a Congressional campaign during which somewhat risque photos of her appeared on line.
Kerns' tweet: "Stripper or strategist? Democratic strategist on MSNBC raging against Limbaugh, her name is supposedly Krystal Ball. Speaking of #sluts"
Kerns is being hammered online and off for this, with many calling for her resignation. Kerns defended herself by saying she was trying to be funny, and argued this was a woman-to-woman thing, apparently a corollary of the supposed rule that black folks can use the "n" word when they're talking to each other.
Which hasn't exactly helped her change the subject.
Of course, all the debate back and forth results in the repetition of the slur over and over. Indeed, there's something almost, well, promiscuous about how much this is being talked about. Heck, being a blogger of low morals, I'm almost tempted to write something like...
We are all sluts now.
But I won't. Because I don't want to be part of the problem.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Leslie Shiels grew up in Cincinnati and has been painting for most of her life. She received her training from the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning. She earned a BFA from the University in 1974. She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums throughout the United States. Her work has become a part of numerous corporate and private collections, most of which are located in Cincinnati. Art critics have described her paintings as lush, powerful, and skillful works of art. She has used her painting as a vehicle to solve problems as they relate to life experiences. She has traveled and painted in many locations, some of her favorite spots being France, Colorado, and Connecticut. The artist currently resides in Indian Hill with her husband Buck and works out of her studio on Findlay St. in downtown Cincinnati.
2014 "Dizygotic", Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN 2013 Hilton Head Biennial, Hilton Head, S.C. 2012 Ohio Annual, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio; Morehead State Univ.,'Family Portrait' Claypool Young Gallery, Morehead,KY; Birds in Art 2012, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau,Wisconsin; Customs House Museum, National Juried Exh. , Clarksville, Tennesse; Butler Institute of American Art 76th Mid-Year Exh, Youngstown,Ohio 2011 Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio Annual, Zanesville,Ohio ; "Fresh Ohio", Bowling Green State University, Ohio; Butler Institute of American Art, Mid-Year Exh. Youngstown, Ohio ; Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, "Portraits in Ohio", Columbus, Ohio 2010 Ft Wayne Museum of Art: Contemporary Realism, Ft.Wayne, Indiana; Zanesville Museum Biennial, Zanesville Ohio2010; "Birds in Art" , Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin; Texas National. Austin State Univ., Nacogdoches, Texas 2009 Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center Biennial, Indiana; Leslie Shiels: BirdHeads, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Covington Kentucky; "Birds in Art", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin; Chautauqua National Exh., VACI of the Chautauqua Institute, New York; 46th Annual Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana; Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State Univ. Turchin Arts Center, Boone, N.C. 2008 September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana; VACI National Exhibition, Strohl Arts Center, Chautauqua Institution, New York; Butler Institute of American Art, Mid-Year Exhibition, Youngstown, Ohio; Harrisburg Art Assoc. International Juried Exh., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Los Angeles Fine Arts Show, Los Angeles California 2007 "Intercessions" Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio; Exhibition 280 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia; "A" is for Art, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio 2006 Images 2006 Robeson Gallery, Penn. State University, College Park, Pennsylvania; "Leslie Shiels" Harcum Gallery, Boyd Arts Center, Wilmington College, Ohio 2005/06 "Leslie Shiels-Cultural Connections" Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio 2005 "Shiels-Paintings of Bermuda", Masterworks Museum, Hamilton, Bermuda; "DaVinci Reinterpreted" Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio; "Leslie Shiels", Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio 2004 OH+5 , The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio; "Shiels: Guardians", Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 2003 "Shiels: Recent Paintings" Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio 2002 28th Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania; 29th Juried Annual, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana; "Guardians Against Ignorance" Aronoff Center Weston Art Gallery, Cinti, Ohio 2001 65th Mid-Year Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 2000 "Show of Chance" Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio.


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Few trailers in recent memory have polarised gamers as much as EA's Dante's Inferno clip for the Super Bowl. Would you have liked it more if, say, Dante was not Dante, but Mario?
I like it more. Well, except for the Bill Withers. Even in this parody version, it still doesn't sit right.
If you want to see the original EA clip, you can catch it here.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Miguel Lopez scored the only goal of the game in the 69th minute and goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts made three saves to secure his third consecutive shutout as the LA Galaxy escaped Gillette Stadium with a 1-0 win over the New England Revolution on Saturday night.
The Revs had a pair of shots cleared off the line and second-half substitute Zack Schilawski hit the crossbar during a mad scramble in stoppage time, but the equalizer never arrived and the visitors claimed the full three points.
It was the Galaxy's (8-2-5, 29 pts.) fourth straight win – and the third straight by a score of 1-0 – as the league leaders padded their advantage at the top of the Western Conference standings. The loss was the Revolution's (3-5-4, 13 pts.) second straight after suffering a 2-1 setback in San Jose last weekend.
After using 10 different lineups in the first 10 games of the season, Revolution head coach Steve Nicol trotted out the same starting eleven for the third straight match in league play. Didier Domi was available on the bench for the first time since April 30 after recovering from a left quad strain, while Ousmane Dabo (R adductor strain) and Marko Perovic (L knee sprain) remained sidelined.
Shalrie Joseph scored in the third minute when the Revs and Galaxy played to a 1-1 draw at The Home Depot Center on March 20 and New England had a glorious chance to replicate that fast start on Saturday night. Benny Feilhaber's left-wing cross was perfectly placed for Zak Boggs as he streaked into the box, but the second-year midfielder didn't make solid contact and skied his effort over the crossbar in the second minute.
The Galaxy built an attack of its own as the half progressed and was twice denied by Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis in the 24th minute. Reis first pushed away Chad Barrett's stinging left-footed drive from inside the box before getting a fingertip on Omar Gonzalez's header from the resulting corner kick. Reis did just enough to direct Gonzalez's effort onto the crossbar, while the ball bounced straight down onto the goal line before being cleared to safety.
Reis couldn't reach Landon Donovan's flashing header in the 42nd minute, but luckily for the home side the shot flew inches wide of the right post and the sides went into halftime scoreless.
Both teams continued to search for the opening goal in the early stages of the second half. Revolution forward Rajko Lekic saw his header saved by Ricketts, while both Juninho and Donovan sent long-range drives just off target for the visitors.
LA finally made the breakthrough in the 69th minute, with David Beckham providing his league-leading seventh assist of the season. Beckham's deep cross from the right wing found Lopez at the near post, and the Argentinean sent a flashing header across the face of goal and inside the left post.
Lopez almost had a second in the 76th minute, but his low shot from the top of the box was saved by Reis as he went sprawling to his right.
The Revs made one last desperate push for an equalizer in stoppage time and appeared likely to find it on multiple occasions only to be miraculously denied. Schilawski's initial effort was cleared off the line by A.J. DeLeGarza, but the Revolution remained on the attack and Sainey Nyassi found the ball on the right wing. Nyassi's cross was met by Schilawski, who directed a right-footed volley off the underside of the crossbar. Joseph followed up with a header only to see that effort cleared off the line by Donovan as LA clung to a 1-0 victory.
The Revs will be on the road for their next two matches, beginning with a trip to Texas to visit FC Dallas on Saturday, June 4. Kickoff from Pizza Hut Park is set for 8:30 p.m. ET.
New England Revolution vs. LA Galaxy
May 28, 2011 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
LA Galaxy 1, New England Revolution 0
Scoring Summary:
LA – Miguel Lopez (David Beckham) 69
New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Darrius Barnes, A.J. Soares, Ryan Cochrane (Franco Coria 46), Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph ©, Stephen McCarthy (Zack Schilawski 74), Zak Boggs (Sainey Nyassi 67), Rajko Lekic
Substitutes Not Used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Didier Domi, Alan Koger, Pat Phelan
STATS*: Shots: 11; Shots on Goal: 4; Saves: 5; Corner Kicks: 0; Offside: 2; Fouls Committed: 16
LA Galaxy: Donovan Ricketts, Todd Dunivant, Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza, Sean Franklin, Mike Magee (Chris Birchall 72), David Beckham (Michael Stephens 79), Juninho, Landon Donovan ©, Chad Barrett (Paolo Cardozo 62), Miguel Lopez
Substitutes Not Used: Josh Saunders, Gregg Berhalter, Frankie Hejduk, Bryan Jordan
STATS*: Shots: 15; Shots on Goal: 6; Saves: 3; Corner Kicks: 10; Offside: 1; Fouls Committed: 11
* Note that all statistics are unofficial
Misconduct Summary:
LA – David Beckham (caution) 67
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Assistant Referees: James Conlee, Jeff Hosking
Fourth Official: John McCloskey
Weather: Clear, 75 degrees
Attendance: 21,793
New England: 3-5-4, 13 pts.
LA Galaxy: 8-2-5, 29 pts.
- With the loss, the Revs moved to 13-16-5 all-time against LA, including a 9-6-2 mark at home
- The loss snapped the Revolution's modest two-game undefeated streak against LA … the team took a 2-0 win at home on July 10, 2010, and followed with a 1-1 draw in LA on March 20 to open the 2011 season
- For the third straight game, the Revolution started the same 11 starters … this is the first stretch this season that the team has seen the same lineup played three times
- The Revs are now 3-2-2 at home, with both losses coming against Western Conference teams: vs. Real Salt Lake on April 9 and tonight against LA
- Ryan Cochrane left the game at halftime after being hit on the side of the head in the first half
- Benny Feilhaber left the field just before the end of the game with a right ankle injury and was being evaluated following the game by the team's medical staff
- Saturday's game marked the team's ninth match – in 12 games – against a Western Conference opponent … New England has only played three fellow Eastern Conference foes
- The game marked the fifth time in MLS regular-season action that the team had been shut out
- The 21,793 attendance mark was the team's highest-attended home game of the 2011 season and the team's highest home attendance since 26,623 saw the Revs face LA on August 8, 2009
- Kevin Alston extended his team-leading consecutive games streak to 11 games
- The game was the fourth match this season in which the team did not earn a caution, and the second match in a row after going cardless at San Jose last week
- Tonight's game marked the first game rookie forward Alan Koger was named to the squad of 18 and made the team's bench
- The Revs' next home game is not until Wednesday, June 15, when the team hosts Toronto FC at 8 p.m.


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Just in Case the Nukes Don't Work
Considering it's the off-season, there's sure a lot going on. Ok, maybe not so much in the world of baseball where the AL's Prince Fielder hangover is finally starting to wear off, but everywhere else, it's pandemonium.
Of course there was the Superbowl, which, once again, was a phenomenal game. If you're not American, there's a good chance you're following either the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament or tuning in for the ongoing rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona. And somehow people care about basketball again. But, that's just sports.
In the non-athletic domains, the action is even more intense. Syria is descending into civil war and threatens to take the rest of the Middle East with it. Mitt and Newt, both of whom should be excluded from presidential consideration based solely on their first names, continue to slug it out in the race to the Republican nomination. If that's not enough for you, we also have Iran's war-mongering which seems to consist mainly of vaguely Monty Python-esque threats.
There's another Iran note that truly caught my attention, though. It seems that they're hedging their bets on the whole nuclear program by creating an unconventional back-up plan:[youtube http://youtu.be/MJjpFYVvwBo]
I'll tell you what, you can laugh off Iran saying they're going to close the Straits of Hormuz. But ninjas? No one laughs at ninjas. Except maybe Chuck Norris.


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Club: 1. FC Köln
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
Playing career
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- Littbarski spent most of his playing career at 1. FC Köln, winning the German Cup once, in 1983, and was three times runner up in the Bundesliga (1982, 1989 and 1990). He has also played for Racing Club de Paris in Ligue 1 as well as for JEF United and Brummel Sendai in Japan. In his career, he was initially used as a deep-lying striker before being utilised as an attacking midfielder. "Litti", as he was nicknamed by German fans, was widely known for his excellent dribbling abilities and humorous attitude, being one of the fan favourites in German Bundesliga during this decade. In 1985 his goal versus Werder Bremen was elected "Goal of the Year".
International career
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- Littbarski earned his first cap for West Germany on October 14, 1981 in the 1982 World Cup qualification against Austria. West Germany manager Jupp Derwall started him in a three-man front line alongside Klaus Fischer and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Littbarski's international career got off to a promising start, as he scored both the opening and the second goals in that game. His third international goal came at the 1982 World Cup, in the second round match against Spain, a 2–1 victory. Against France in the semi-final, Littbarski scored the opening goal and, later, on a penalty kick in the deciding post-overtime shoot-out. The now legendary match ended in a 3–3 draw, with the Germans eventually winning 5–4 on penalties. Littbarski was also involved in the dramatic equalizer, crossing to Horst Hrubesch, who headed to Fischer, who in turn scored with an overhead bicycle kick.West Germany lost 3–1 to Italy in the final. Littbarski played the whole match, receiving a yellow card in the 88th minute.
At the UEFA Euro 1984, West Germany, with Littbarski, were eliminated in the group stage after a string of poor performances. The 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, while successful for West Germany, proved less so for Littbarski personally. He was benched by manager Franz Beckenbauer, and had to watch the semi–finals and the finals from the bench. Eventually, West Germany finished again as runners–up, this time losing 3–2 to Argentina.
The German players had high hopes for the UEFA Euro 1988 on their home soil. However, the hosts lost 2-1 to the Netherlands in the semi–finals. Littbarski did not score any goals in the tournament. In 1990, Littbarski enjoyed a successful final appearance at the FIFA World Cup, as West Germany won their third title, defeating Argentina 1–0 in the final in Rome. Littbarski scored his only goal in the group stage against Colombia but started three of the four games at the knockout stage, including the final.
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- He was also known as "The Demon of Baviera" for his dribbling which annoyed the opposition. It is worth mentioning (or remembering) that this genetic stereotype of player wasn't, and still isn't, a usual one on German football. He was also a specialist of free kicks and scored a lot of goals for a winger.
In terms of positioning he resembles somewhat to C. Ronaldo - a winger who gets upfront quite often and gets to scoring position - as well as goals - with natural frequency.
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MONTREAL - Tiger Woods has yet to tell us what the greatest shot of his career is.
One reason might be that there's so many to try to choose from and with each standing alone given its significance at the time. Another reason might be that he hasn't hit it yet.
Woods added another jaw-dropper to his vault of unbelievable shots in Sunday's final round of the Memorial at Muirfield Village with a 50-foot chip from a bad lie for a birdie on the par-3 16th, the second of three birdies in the last four holes en route to winning Jack Nicklaus's tournament for the fifth time and tying the Golden Bear with 73 career victories.
Woods said of the shot: "(It) was really difficult, but it wouldn't have been so bad if I had a good lie. If the lie was decent, it would not have brought water into play. That was the thing. The lie was just a little bit marginal where it brought water into play.
"That's one of the reasons why I took such a big cut at it is to try to undercut it enough so if I missed it, I missed it short. And if it had enough speed, it wouldn't snag it and tug it long left, so obviously the hosel wouldn't have been snagged by the grass.
"I went for it," he said. "I pulled it off, and for it to land as soft as it did was kind of a surprise because (the green) was baked out and it was also downhill running away from me. It just fell in. I didn't think it was going to get there at one point.
"Kind of like 16 at Augusta," Woods said, recalling the memorable chip for birdie in the final round of the 2005 Masters where he aimed 20 feet to the left of flag stick and relied on the sloping green and gravity to take the ball toward the hole, where it hung on the lip for a time before toppling.
"I was trying to get inside probably eight or 10 feet, yeah. As I've said, if the lie wasn't that bad, then I wouldn't have been worried about the water and I would have tried to get it really close."
Where that shot ranks at this point in his career is left up golf TV analysts and broadcasters, writers and fans.
A truly great shot is one where all the variables come into play, among them degree of difficulty where the risk is potentially greater than the reward, and timing, where winning or losing is directly at stake.
Woods's best in those situations include the 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational, where he made a 24-foot snaking putt for birdie on the final hole to win.
Another was the 1997 Mercedes Championships, where, in driving rain and wind in a playoff with Tom Lehman, he hit a 6-iron on the 186-yard, par-3 to 10 inches after Lehman put his tee shot in the water.
For me, and perhaps because I was there, was the shot Woods struck on the final hole to win the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in 2000.
Holding a one-shot advantage over Grant Waite and with Waite already on the green with a chance to make eagle, Woods hit a 6-iron out of a fairway bunker that flew 216 yards over trees and water and left himself a short chip from the back fringe and a birdie putt for the victory.
Woods said his shot Sunday "was one of the hardest" he's pulled off. The one he pulled off at the Canadian Open was harder, much harder. And he put it all on the line to win.
Stat of the week: Nicklaus's total prize money from 73 PGA Tour win was $2,380,277. Woods's 73 wins, $66,319,241. (Courtesy of friend and AP golf writer Doug Ferguson).
Aces: Taieb Bouayad, Dorval Municipal GC, 171-yard eighth, hybrid. Claude Helbig, Hemmingford S&CC, Village Course, 155-yard 17th, 7-iron.
He said it: "Well, he had to rub it in my face right here, didn't he?"
– Nicklaus when asked what it like to have Woods winning The Memorial, his tournament, to tie him with 73 wins, second most all-time in PGA Tour history.
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A's overwhelm Red Sox with downpour of runs
BOSTON -- It was as if Bartolo Colon was roaming around his own little private island of sorts, untouched by the dreary, wet conditions surrounding it.
For there he was, donned in short sleeves, throwing nothing but strikes as pitching coach Curt Young looked on from more than a hundred feet away in the A's dugout, where he hid by a heater amid temperatures in the 30s.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- It was as if Bartolo Colon was roaming around his own little private island of sorts, untouched by the dreary, wet conditions surrounding it.
For there he was, donned in short sleeves, throwing nothing but strikes as pitching coach Curt Young looked on from more than a hundred feet away in the A's dugout, where he hid by a heater amid temperatures in the 30s.View Full Game Coverage
"We all know Bartolo," Young said, "and he proved that the weather was no issue for him."
Nothing ever seems to be for the veteran, who took to the mound for the 385th time in his 16-year career on Tuesday and blanked the Red Sox over seven innings of three-hit ball while his teammates took batting practice off Boston's pitchers in a 13-0 rout that halted a four-game losing streak.
A constant rainfall stopped the game after seven innings, but by then the 39-year-old Colon had already fanned seven and walked just one -- his only walk of the season, spanning 26 innings -- in his third win of the season. The A's are 4-0 in games he's started.
"If you're going to have someone you want on the mound for a night like tonight where conditions are bad, it's a strike thrower like Bartolo," A' manager Bob Melvin said. "You look up and he was always throwing strikes.
"That's who he is and he doesn't change. You know you're going to get strikes, and you know you have to beat him because he's not going to beat himself. He has a very good idea of what he's doing. That's what happens when you have that kind of experience."
The righty threw 67 strikes out of his 94 pitches, nearly all of them fastballs. It wasn't until the final few innings that he played around with a changeup with catcher John Jaso.
"I was really cold and every time I caught the ball, it hurt my hand," Jaso said, "but it didn't seem to faze him at all. He's probably played in worse conditions. He's a guy that doesn't complain. He's just going to go out and do his thing."
Opposing hurler Alfredo Aceves, meanwhile, didn't fare so well in his brief -- though seemingly lengthy -- time on the mound, as he was responsible for seven earned runs and as many hits, along with four walks, two balks and a botched defensive play, in just 3 1/3 innings.
The A's, who were the sloppy ones in Monday's loss, took full advantage of Aceves' rickety ways, sending 10 men his way in the third, with six of them scoring.
Three were put on base via walks, but the A's also did some damage with the bat in motion, as Brandon Moss collected a two-run double and ultimately scored on Josh Reddick's base hit. Reddick advanced to second on Aceves' throwing error and he, too, scored on third baseman Will Middlebrooks' subsequent miscue.
By night's end, every member of Oakland's starting nine had reached base, with all but Jed Lowrie scoring at least one run, and it marked the eighth time in 21 games the A's have scored at least eight runs.
Seth Smith crossed home plate twice from the third hole, where he launched a two-run shot to right-center in the fourth, just moments before Aceves was mercifully pulled in favor of knuckleballer Steven Wright, who likely won't look back too fondly on what was his Major League debut.
Boston's right-hander couldn't stop Oakland's rampage. Instead, it continued in a four-run fifth, when Coco Crisp and Jaso each notched two-run hits. Jaso finished with a season-high three hits.
"It was good to get some knocks," Jaso said. "It was kind of a good spirit lifter tonight."
For Colon, it was business as usual.
"I think he's a great example for everyone that pitches for us," Young said.
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Is there one release, whatever the source, that was tested such that it can be installed almost seemlessly on a 8730w, without tweeking too much, for most usual features?
The HP EliteBook 8730w has been tested with Ubuntu Interpid (8.10) x86. Installation and configuration of Ubuntu on this laptop is presently not straightforward and likely not a good endeavor for new users of Linux. However, if you have the patience and time to invest in getting it set up, it can be done, and almost all hardware features work correctly.
The only investigated issues yet to be resolved are relatively minor. The tty terminals (accessible by pressing, e.g., ALT+F1) do not work with the nvidia graphics card driver. Screen brightness is not adjustable, although the ambient light sensor, which automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen, does, as does its corresponding function key. Additionally, all the custom HP controls, such as the volume scroll, the wireless button, the sleep button, etc., work and are easily reprogrammable–surprisingly, the calculator button even worked right out of the box, launching the Gnome calculator when pressed.
If you have the HP EliteBook 8730W and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the HP EliteBook 8730w. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the HP EliteBook 8730w page on LapWik.
* Daniel Cannon (cannon.danielc <at> gmail <dot> com)
* Morgan van Dyk (morganc.vandyk<at> gmail <dot> com)
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For full specifications see the HP EliteBook 8730W specifications page.
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See HP EliteBook 8530w for other helpful and relevant discussion.
Following instructions are from my experience installing Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 x64.
To get the system / liveCD to boot, you must first enter the BIOS and disable the "Fan Always On" option under System Config / Device Config.
This step is only relevant if you intend to dual-boot the computer with Windows XP and Ubuntu.
I had some difficulty initially resizing the pre-installed Windows XP partition using gparted. This was easily resolved by executing "chkdsk /f" at the command line from Windows and then rebooting back into Windows. Afterward I was able to resize the partition to as low as 15GB, though I resized it only to 30GB.
After completing the above two steps, installation was a breeze. Wireless card was readily recognized and usable from the LiveCD, and no errors occurred during the installation process, which took approximately one hour to complete. One minor issue I noticed with the LiveCD was that it was unable to eject the CD drive after exiting the LiveCD. This was a very minor issue, and I have since found that Ubuntu is capable of ejecting the drive after it was fully installed.
Immediately after you complete the install, run Update Manager. This installs a much-needed update to the Kernel headers. If you install this kernel update after the graphics card driver, however, as I mistakenly did, you may find all your hard work, be unable to start X, and have to redo all of these steps again.
When Ubuntu first boots, you will find yourself in an awful 1024×768 resolution. This is because the restricted nvidia drivers are not installed or enabled.
Traditionally, this issue is readily resolved by installing the drivers from Ubuntu's restricted driver manager, renamed to "Hardware Drivers" in Intrepid, which is accessible from System / Administration. However, you may find that neither of the two available drivers will successfully install–instead, attempting to install one will cause a progress window to pop up, which hangs at 0% until you kill it. I was finally able to get this to work by manually installing nvidia-glx-177 and a load of other nvidia packages (details of how to do this can be found in the discussion at HP EliteBook 8530w).
However, I would recommend not even trying to install the official nvidia 177 driver supported by Ubuntu, but rather to install nvidia 180.11b manually. Once the 177 driver was installed, I was able to run at a 1920×1200 resolution; however, gnome hangs for a good five minutes everytime you boot–not good!
I found this problem beautifully resolved by installing the 180.11b driver. The driver can be found from here. After installation, gnome now loads very quickly, even with compiz enabled, and all graphics are sleek, crisp, fast, and beautiful.
That said, installation was not entirely straightforward because, as mentioned elsewhere, the tty terminals do not work under Ubuntu on this laptop, and I've yet to find a fix for them. The driver must be installed from runlevel 3 and without an X server running, which is rather difficult to do without the tty terminals, but it can be done! My approach: After downloading the driver install script, kill gdm through Ubuntu's "Services" dialog. This can be found under System / Administration / Services; simply enter your password to unlock the window, uncheck "GNOME Display Manager", and answer yes to the prompt asking you if you're really, really sure you want to do that (trust me, you do). Gnome will die, and you will find yourself at a familiar black console. Then execute "sudo su" to get to a root terminal, cd to the directory to which you downloaded the driver, and execute "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.11-pkg0.run".
You will then be presented with an onslaught of text menus–simply trust your intuition here and accept the defaults. Allow the script to recompile your kernel for you, and allow it to create a new xorg.conf for you.
If all goes well with the installation, you can then enter "reboot" at the root shell to restart the computer. It will reboot into a terminal, as you previously disabled GDM. So, to get back to gnome, enter "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start". Then you'll likely want to re-enable GDM from System / Administration / Services.
Update : The NVIDIA driver is no longer beta, 180.22 is released as stable.
Check for latest driver here
Virtual console still not working:-\.
Sound does not work out of the box, but it is fairly easy to get it running.
First of all, you must edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and add the following line:
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop
Then, upon rebooting the computer, you should find that sound works. See here for details of what this is doing, and why it's needed.
Unfortunately, however, this only fixed some of the sound issues. System sounds, totem, and many other applications work fine; however, Flash, Rhythmbox, and many others do not. I found an excellent fix for this issue in this guide.
But, unfortunately yet again, this fix introduced even further problems. First, when shutting down the computer, the screen would blank and freeze; the computer would not power off. After many failed attempts to resolve the issue, I finally stumbled across the cause and saw that a fix had been committed, but not yet released. The shutdown problem is caused by ALSA, which at shutdown, begins probing Pulse repeatedly and hangs. It is resolved by disabling an environment variable, PULSE_INTERNAL, in the alsa-utils startup script, to prevent it from probing pulse. Edit "/etc/init.d/alsa-utils" and add the following line:
export PULSE_INTERNAL=0
After a reboot, the shutdown problem no longer remains.
Next, I found that after a few reboots, my sound mysteriously stopped working. This, it turns out, was due to the PCM volume being set to 0. From a terminal, run "alsamixer -Dhw" and adjust your PCM to volume to its max. Also, ensure that you are using "HDA Intel (ALSA mixer)" as your playback device, which can be set from the "Volume Control", accessible by right-clicking on the speaker icon in Gnome.
You can enter a summary of how well the HP EliteBook 8730W works with Linux here.
Is there one release, whatever the source, that was tested such that it can be installed almost seemlessly on a 8730w, without tweeking too much, for most usual features?
It sounds like a nice feature when "the calculator button works out of the box".
But what if the laptop also has a quirk that can activate this button when you are not clicking on it. Then every time this little button is activated it pops up a Calculator window. So you end up with lots of calculators you did not ask for.
I never even use this button to start a calculator. But from time to time this button gets activated. After some time it also stops, but then I am left with quite a lot of calculator-windows.
On Windows 7 I have already disabled this through the Windows Registry. There I can map what will happen when these buttons are pushed. So I cleared the command that is behind that button and that problem is solved. On Windows I can only have problems when I log on to other servers (through RDP). When this button gets activated in such a session I will also end up with lots of calculator windows on the server screen (sigh).
So this feature works too good for me and I'd like to disable it on Linux too. Currently I run the latest Ubuntu (11.10) and like to know how I can disable it. When I should disable all of these buttons that's also fine with me.
Thanks in advance,
Wireless connection and sound issues on Red Hat Linux 5.3
1. I cant seem to enable the wireless connection. I receive the following error
Cannot activate network device wlan0.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such file or directory
Anyone? Any idea?
2. Sound works great only by the use of headphones, but not through speakers.
'aplay -l' gives me the following
List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I tried the following command
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
…in order to add the following at the end of the line
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop
but unfortunately, I cant find any alsa-base file in the modprobe.d directory.
1. I have no idea what that error message means, but it works out of the box with Fedora 12+ (currently running 14) so there are definitely RedHat compatible drivers, even if you have to pull them from the Fedora project. My specific driver is provided by this package:
iwl5000-firmware.noarch 18.104.22.168-2.fc14
Perhaps you could install it and try, or check to see if you have a RedHat version of iwl5000-firmware installed already? If not, install it.
2. Fedora project has used PulseAudio for a while now. Try installing that instead. Sound card works fine and completely out of the box with PulseAudio, again, Fedora 12+. My specific current package is:
pulseaudio.i686 0.9.21-7.fc14
Though again you can probably install PulseAudio in RedHat directly, you should be able to fall back on a Fedora package, I believe.
In any case, the stock Fedora drivers definitely work for this laptop in both cases. HTH!
Thanks Greg,
Mostly appreciated.
I will give it a try and get back to you if OK.
One more thing, do you have any idea how I can install a Huawei mobile internet USB device as a mobile broadband connection device? Any drivers or something needed that work fine?
Funny you should ask, yes - I've been through that pain (and it does work) … I blogged it:
If you're not sure what the necessary modeswitch codes are for your device, and you can't find them anywhere, be sure to check the USB Modeswitch forums. There's loads of good information on there:
Once the modeswitch stuff is working right, Vodafone's software should take it from there. Actually, last time I installed the latest Vodafone code the modeswitch stuff just worked, but that's most likely to cause you problems.
Wireless and Broadband connections works like a charm.
I havent used the Vodafone software though but I should give it a try.
I used another one that I had some time now from Tim services. Works ok.
Thanks again.
Unfortunately, I havent fixed my sound problem yet. I did follow what you said about pulse audio. I downloaded and installed all those necessary packages and dependencies (lib, core lib, utilities, etc). If that is what I was supposed to do, right?
The thing is that when I run alsamixer, I see that there is nothing muted, but the headphones level is stuck at 00. Sound still works only with headphones. Have no clue what to try next.
Thanks again for your input
Oh yes, I forgot that once USB Modeswitch is operational you don't really need the Vodafone software any more! That's true. (I hardly use mine.)
As for sound, please note PulseAudio is a total replacement for ALSA. The alsamixer application can be ignored once PulseAudio is installed as it takes over. Try installing the pavucontrol package. It contains a GNOME PulseAudio volume controller that is quite comprehensive. Using that you should see all your devices and control their volumes. If devices are not appearing, or are not controllable, then there is probably a driver problem.
have a 8730 W running with fedora FC10. Card reader doesn't work ,but for the rest all is working nice and required only some little changes like the fans settings.
I would like to upgrade to FC 13 . Have somebody already made the test ?
Been trying various Fedora 12 disks with this model, and also done the "fan trick", all variations of the Fedora 12 live CDs seem to fail. Anyone got the Fedora 12 LiveCD to get past the BIOS screen? If so, how??
Ok, answered my own question. Here's a copy of what I posted here, for reference:
I got this working. I used Unetbootin on the HP EliteBook:
Used it to build a LiveCD on a USB memory stick. Then rebooted and picked "USB Harddrive" as the boot media. I got a Kernel Panic, so I Googled and found this bug:
So I rebooted again, pressed Tab to interrupt the Unetbootin loader and added "intel_iommu=off" to the end of the boot command, as suggested. Worked!
Quick follow-up. After the boot issues for the LiveCD, so impressed with Fedora 12. Buy this laptop with confidence if you're a Fedora user because everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) just works with Fedora 12. I'm amazed!
Another follow-up. Docking stations arrived today. For some reason, with Fedora 12, when the laptop is on its dock the brightness resets itself every few minutes to 50%. Function keys all work fine, but periodically the screen dims and you have to make it brighter again! Odd. If I work out how to stop it, I'll post.
Does anyone know if the DreamColor display with the LEDs works without problems ?
I am having some other problems when using he HP8730w connected to a docking station.
Normally the netwrok interface works just fine when the laptop is not connected to the dock, however when I connect it to the dock both the onboard network port and the docking station network port do not work. No lights, nothing.
Any suggestions on how to fix?
I'have made a script for brightness :
#!/bin/bash # Modifier le niveau de luminosité current=$(cat /proc/acpi/video/DGFX/LCD/brightness | grep current | cut -c10-12) echo $current # on monte et on descend de 10 case "$1" in up) echo "Monter" if [ "$current" -lt 100 ]; then #echo "Monter de 10" echo $(expr $current + 10) echo $(expr $current + 10) > /proc/acpi/video/DGFX/LCD/brightness else echo "déjà à 100!" fi ;; down) ---- if [ "$current" -ge 0 ]; then echo "Descendre de 10" echo $(expr $current - 10) echo $(expr $current - 10) > /proc/acpi/video/DGFX/LCD/brightness else echo "déjà à 0!" fi ;; esac
You can use it with the rx.xml from OpenBox :
<keybind key="XF86MonBrightnessDown"> <action name="Execute"> <name>Déscendre luminosité</name> <command>/home/pierre/Scripts/brightness.sh down</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86MonBrightnessUp"> <action name="Execute"> <name>Monter luminosité</name> <command>/home/pierre/Scripts/brightness.sh up</command> </action> </keybind>
First of all thanks to all of you for posting advice here. It has been invaluable in setting up my new 8730w laptop to run a derivative of Red Hat EL4.
The main issue I had was getting the X server to recognise a display connected to the DVI port on the docking station. Thanks to Freak42 for their instructions I have now almost got everything working just right.
The last remaining (dealbreaker) issue relates to the display connected to the external DVI port. If I hook up a regular display (eg. 1440×900 wide screen). Everything works just fine. However if I connect a 30" panel (2560×1600 wide screen) the graphics on this panel becomes grainy (best way to describe). It looks as if the screen has been downscaled to a lower resolution and then upscaled by the monitor to the native resolution. Graphics appear blocky and (particularly with fonts) it looks like alternate vertical lines are not drawn.
Running xdpyinfo states that the screen is displaying at 2560×1600. It certainly doesn't look that way. If I force the resolution to something lower (eg. 1440×900) then things start getting displayed cleanly again.
Are the any suggestions on what I can do to get the Xserver to display on my 30" panel correctly in its native resolution (2560×1600) and the laptop LCD simultaneously?
FYI I also have an older 8710W laptop which has no issues at all with displaying in this configuration. The 8710W recognises the docking station and requires no EDID entries on the xorg.conf.
HP 8730 w Nvidia FX2700, DocStation, External 30 inch Samsung 305T works fine with 2560×1600 and also switch between internal/external/both TFT.
Fedora 11 / 12 x64 Nvidia 185.xx - 190.xx OK.
Fedora 12 only needs an blacklist of the nouveau driver in the kernel line of grub.conf:
kernel vmlinuz-188.8.131.52-174.2.3.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fedmobil001-LogVol00 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=de-latin1-nodeadkeys rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau
My corg.conf :
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (mockbuild@) Sun Nov 22 21:04:19 EST 2009
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" Option "Xinerama" "0"
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "LGD" HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0 VertRefresh 60.0 Option "DPMS"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "Quadro FX 2700M"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" SubSection "Display" Modes "nvidia-auto-select" EndSubSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "1" Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1" Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: NULL, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
I installed RHEL 4.6_x86-64 on 8730w
after installation when I try to reboot I get an never ending scroll..
thnx for any help
Running CentOS 5.2 with the lastest Nvidia drivers (185.xx)
it works typeing as root in a terminal shell "echo 100 > /proc/acpi/video/DGFX/LCD/brightness"
Voila ! brightness up to 100.
Still have to workout my wifi card…
I activated the proprietary driver for my 8730w HP with ati graphic card
and now it stops working. I get a bank screen, on ubuntu 9.04
I tried to install fedora 10 :)
now..I can't get the wireless to work. I see some wireless networks,but I can't see my home network. It used to work on ubuntu 9.04. I get the same problem in OpenSuse 11.1
what do you people use?
My elitebook just went into hybernation mode in the middle of me working. I can't get it to turn back on. Can anyone help?
With Ubuntu 8.10 the expresscard slot was not detected automatically and I could not use my belkin firewire 800 express card. It is detected with the following command :
# modprobe pciehp pciehp_force=1
I paste it before the exit(0) line in the /etc/rc.local in order to execute the command after each reboot.
Having a recent issue with the the 180.22 version of the NVIDIA drivers (I think). This doesn't happen all the time but when I boot, right before the GNOME login screen the screen will go black and I get no mouse, cursor..nothing. Have to do a hard power off and it takes several reboots to get to the GNOME login screen. I determined that it goes blank right when it tries to load the NVIDIA splash screen. Again, this doesn't happen all the time but it is very odd behavior. Also, I followed all the instructions in this guide for my EliteBook 8730w. Any help would be appreciated!
Without the fan trick, I would have never been able to install. Thanks again. My hero!
thanks for the wiki!
I have a 8730w with the ATI card but due to ATI's linux driver I'm not able to get a second monitor to work properly under Ubuntu Inteprid. Now I think of getting a 8730w with the Quadro FX 2700M graphics card. I learn from this wiki that NVidia's 180.18 beta driver is the one to go for and not the driver shipped with Ubuntu.
Since I need a second monitor any confirmation that a second monitor can be easily and successfully configured would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Upto three monitors (including the main LCD) are supported. I frequently use a second monitor and a projector with the laptop. The built-in monitor configuration does not work with the proprietary nvidia driver, however, so you must use "nvidia-settings". Simply execute "sudo nvidia-settings" to launch the nvidia control panel. It's a fairly intuitive graphical interface.
Hi Zstoupa,
here I installed Ubuntu 8.10 with kernel linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic.
'cat /proc/cpuinfo' shows 2 cpus (well, I see two T9600 @ 2.80GHz)…
'cat /proc/version' shows
Linux version 2.6.27-9-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008
(perhaps the "SMP" keyword makes the difference?)
Additional checks:
Is dual core enabled in BIOS?
(at boot time: esc, f10, system configuration, device configuration, Dual Core CPU radio button)
check in file /boot/config-(current kernel version) (if any)
Hi Giorgio,
many thank for your advise. Here are mine outputs:
1) $ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008
So SMP kernel version as well, but I will soon try some more/other distros and then upgrade to the ubuntu 2.6.27-9-generic kernel.
2) $ cat /boot/config-2.6.27-7-generic |grep SMP
# CONFIG_X86_VSMP is not set
I guess that the most interesting lines are :
3) And I also double-checked the bios setting, the dual-core is enabled. Maybe I shall also check the HP support if there is any BIOS upgrade available for the 8730.
But once again thank you very much for your hints.
The lesson learned so far is, if you go "Extreme" , just expect extreme trouble.
Best regards
Hi Daniel.
I'm the one who tested firewire (kino and digital camcorder : works) and bluetooth (with nokia 6151 : idem).
Now I tested also the sdcard reader; it worked thanks to a little "hack" I found at http://intr.overt.org/blog/?p=59
The device to play with is the FireWire Controller (in my 8730w it is 86:06.0).
Thanks for the good work.
Can you tell me what you played with on that FireWire Controller? I have the same machine and although lspci shows the SD card device, the sdhci module is loaded, etc., inserting an SD card does absolutely nothing, not even dmesg output.
great wiki, it trully helps.
I do have problem to run both CPU cores.
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9100 @ 3.06GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 3058.972
cache size : 6144 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmovpat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc up arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm
bogomips : 6117.94
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
Any advise ?
Thank you very much in advance


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Aaron Hicks' march through Minnesota's minor league system has been conservative and deliberate, typical for a Twins prospect.
Since he was picked in the first round in 2008, Hicks has had some tough seasons and some strong ones, highlighted by his breakthrough last year with Double-A New Britain.
The biggest development of his career, however, actually came this winter. That's when the Twins traded a pair of center fielders for young pitchers, sending Denard Span to Washington and Ben Revere to Philadelphia.
Span, who turns 29 before this season, was Minnesota's first-round draft pick in 2002. He has been the regular center fielder since 2008. Revere, who will be 25 this year, roamed the middle whenever Span was hurt. Otherwise, Revere was in right field.
``I was very surprised. Denard's been patrolling the outfield for a while,'' Hicks said last weekend at the team's annual fan festival. ``And it's been tough seeing a guy who's kind of like my mentor just leave before I get up there. It's kind of a shock, but it's just how it is. It's just how this game is. Different guys come up. Different guys go down. Guys get traded all the time.''
Darin Mastroianni also will be in the mix in spring training, but the base-stealing master is probably better suited to be the primary backup at all three spots. Joe Benson, once a rising star in the system, regressed badly last season while hitting a combined .202 and dealing with wrist and knee injuries and playing at four different levels. He will get a look, too.
But manager Ron Gardenhire told general manager Terry Ryan he wants the 23-year-old Hicks to get the job.
``I'll sit down with him,'' Gardenhire said. ``I think one thing I know how to do is kind of make these guys relax a little and try to keep them as light as we possibly can. There's a pressure out there that I can't control, and that's him trying to make this baseball team. I can control how he handles himself, and I can try to keep him as relaxed as I possibly can with the rest of our staff and try not to put too much pressure on him. He knows what's at stake. Now it's going to be how he handles it.''
Hicks, the 14th overall selection from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif., struggled in 2011 at Class A Fort Myers. His on-base-plus-slugging percentage was .722. Last year for New Britain, Hicks raised that number to .844. He batted .286 with 13 homers, 11 triples, 61 RBIs and 32 steals in 472 at-bats in the Eastern League. The Twins considered calling him up in September but decided against it.
``I just knew what I was doing up there at the plate,'' Hicks said. ``I felt more mature. I feel like every time I got up there I had a game plan. A few years before that I had nothing. I was just going up there trying to hack away.''
Ryan compared Hicks' arm strength to former Twins outfielder Michael Cuddyer. The GM described the instincts he has in taking effective angles and making the right jumps for balls in the power alleys. Ryan praised his discipline at the plate, too. Hicks has a .379 career on-base percentage in the minors.
``Aaron Hicks is very capable. It's just a matter of whether or not he's ready,'' Ryan said. ``He hasn't had an at-bat at Triple-A, but that isn't going to sidetrack our opinion that he might be able to jump over Triple-A. He's got all the attributes of being a pure center fielder. He's a switch hitter. He has power.''
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Hicks was recently ranked as one of six Twins prospects in the top 100 in all of baseball by MLB.com.
``In my opinion, he's ready for the challenge,'' Span said in a phone interview on Thursday. ``Why not throw him in the fire and see what he can do? I think he's mature enough to handle that now.''
As Torii Hunter did for him, Span served as a mentor of sorts for Hicks. The two met in spring training a few years ago.
``The last couple years he'd send me texts whenever he was struggling or going through things,'' Span said. ``Last year he would call me when he was feeling good. You could just hear the excitement in how well he was doing compared to the year before when he struggled a little bit in the Florida State League. I would always try to give him positive advice and just try to get his mind off baseball a little bit at times. Just try to tell him whatever he needed to hear to have confidence.''
Hicks has made the most strides since he was drafted in hitting left-handed, but becoming a consistent producer at the plate probably will be his biggest challenge. The defense is already there.
``I like having that guy drive that ball to left-center field, thinking he has a hit and the next thing you know now I'm there and I'm catching it,'' Hicks said at Target Field, looking out on the spacious but currently snow-covered outfield. ``I like to show my speed off and definitely make guys mad.''
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