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8220 Westchester Dr
Dallas, TX 75225
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Spoon Bar & Kitchen Details
Dining Style:
Fine Dining
(214) 368-8220
Hours of Operation:
Dinner: Tues-Sun: 5:00pm-10:00pm (Fri & Sat till 11:00 pm)
Closed Mondays
Lunch & Brunch Coming Soon!
Reservations for parties of 2 or 4 accepted online.
NOTE: If you have a seating preference, please indicate it in the notes of your reservation. We will make every effort to honor your seating request, but we can not guarantee a table will be assigned or that a specific seat can be held due to the size of the restaurant and the number of reservations booked.
Payment Options:
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Seafood, Contemporary American, French / Japanese
Executive Chef:
John Tesar
Dress Code:
Business Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Chef's Table, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine
Offsite Catering Available
Private Party Facilities:
Spoon Bar & Kitchen offers a variety of private dining options from dinners for as few as 2 guests up to to parties of 80 as well as off site catering.
For reservations of 6+ or more, or for information on private events or dining options, please contact the restaurant and ask to speak with our Director of Marketing.
Private Party Contact:
Bev Garvin - Director of Marketing
Special Events & Promotions:
Have a special occasion coming up or need a place to host your next private event? Spoon Bar & Kitchen offers a variety of options for as few as 2 guests up to parties of 80 in the restaurant.
For more information contact the restaurant and ask to speak with our Special Events Manager, who will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Getting there
Cross Street:
Westchester Drive & Luther Lane
Parking Details:
Complimentary Valet and public parking available.
A word from Spoon Bar & Kitchen
Spoon Bar & Kitchen is a modern American seafood restaurant owned by five star, James Beard nominated chef John Tesar. The menu focuses on responsibly sourced seafood and highlights quality seasonal ingredients at the peak of flavor and other dishes that are not fish. The menu changes frequently
based on seafood availability and there's a nightly Chef's Tasting Menu with or without wine pairings.
The restaurant has several unique dining experiences including a built in raw bar, with a Chef's Counter, banquette tables and booths in the main dining room, a Chef's Table in the Wine Room and an interactive Kitchen Counter where you can watch the live action in the Kitchen.
Reservations for parties of 2 or 4 accepted online.
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The recent experience at Spoon was
amazing. If you want a memorable experience with outstanding food, the Spoon Tasting Menu is phenomenal! The evening was a bit pricey, but well worth the experience."
Dined on 3/9/2014
This was our first experience at
Spoon. We will definitely go back soon. Service was spot on and the food was very good. Roxanne was our waiter and she was very personable and professional."
Dined on 3/5/2014
I found the selection of food at
Spoon Bar and Kitchen to be unique. The courses from starter to deserts offered choices not found in many of the restaurants I have eaten at in the Dallas area. The seafood choices were fresh and selections prepared in a manner that made you feel totally satisfied and looking forward to the next course."
Dined on 3/1/2014
I had made this reservation based
on a blurp in Texas Monthly. We like to try new/different places and wanted to see if Spoon could live up to all the great Austin restaurants we've been to. IT DOES! Everything about the food was excellent. We ordered appetizers that were to die for. We each ordered the beet salad. YUM. And our main dishes were as beautiful as well as delicious. No room for dessert. The only thing I didn't care for was the seating. A tiny 2 top between 2 other tiny 2 tops...just not my liking. But, that's the only thing I didn't love. We will be going again!"
Dined on 3/1/2014
Everything was incredible! A great
dining experience"
Dined on 2/28/2014
And the food is outstanding. I got
the garden salad thinking at least one course of simplicity, and while it was, even that simplicity was creative and delicious, particularly the spicy greens on the baby carrots and the bloodshot radishes. The scallop appetizer was delicious and prepared perfectly, and the gnocchi which they allowed me to select from the tasting menu was incredible. That all being said, while our server was very good, the front of the house operations seemed a little off kilter and timing was just not what you would expect from this kind of place."
Dined on 2/28/2014
The food was outstanding, but the
service is not at a pace for a business lunch. So go on your day off."
Dined on 2/27/2014
Excellent menu, but the level of
service was disproportionate to the quality of food"
Dined on 2/25/2014
Rainy Tuesday night, still busy
(all tables filled). Asked for a booth (had a reservation) and told they were all reserved. Waiter had a strong accent so difficult to understand nuances of the menu (many descriptions needed further discussion). Entire dining experience took 2 1/2 hours (too long - and not due to our indecision or lagging). Man at table next to us actually asked the waiter how many tables he had, because service was slow. This was a special occasion (birthday) so we were willing to spend the extra $ but it was not worth the price. We seem to be in the minority as other reviews were more favorable."
Dined on 2/25/2014
Our choice of crudo sampling was a
nice introduction to an all evening fish with 3 different textures: geoduck-firm, ceviche-crunchy, and uni-soft. The addition of trout roe to an already sharp and clean razor clam tartare gave the apetizer another dimension. The tender braised octopus and its mild sauces were a nice composition of mellow flavors (no need of pastrami). Our two entrees were solid with the artic char prepared in japanese style, broth and mushrooms, was lovely, and my favorite of the night, the sturgeon, was a complexe composition of sturgeon, pork belly, poached egg, and caviar. The fish was absolutely perfectly cooked (a rarity in this meat and potato town, no offense): seared on the outside, warm on the inside. Outstanding"
Dined on 2/19/2014
I tried it our when it first
opened and go back everytime I am in town. The food is fresh and made like art work. A great food and wine experience."
Dined on 2/23/2014
We've had the pleasure of dining
here twice, and both occasions were memorable! Ambience is bright and fresh, wait staff is knowledgeable and attentive but never intrusive, and what can I say about the fish except -- everything is wonderful! Dinner at Spoon is more than a meal, its an experience..."
Dined on 2/22/2014
All those extras really added up.
One of the best ever and open on Sunday"
Dined on 2/16/2014
I took my husband here for our
Valentine's day date. We both tried the chef tasting available on the menu - and boy was it worth it! Each course was an absolute delight to the taste buds, and visually pleasing. Not only that, but also we left incredibly full and happy. The restaurant is small, which was also very nice. The service was outstanding. It is expensive, but I felt that it was well worth the cost. I highly recommend this restaurant, and hope to go back soon ourselves!"
Dined on 2/14/2014
Hands down the best seafood in
Dallas! Amazing, world class and gourmet!! Every entree was heaven in your mouth!! My husband and I went there for Valentine's Day dinner. We had the oysters, king crab, surf and turf, scallops and the white album for desert. The only thing Spoon lacked was ambiance. They don't play any background music.. so it's too quite. It's always nice to set the ambiance with some tasteful, soft tunes in a nice place. Other than that, the place was fabulous! We will definitely be back. ;)"
Dined on 2/14/2014
We loved the food, the service ,
the place was so different! Really neat place. I don't know where those bad reviews come from. Probably for people that don't like seafood. That's all to get. Amazing seafood. Totally recommend it!"
Dined on 2/7/2014
The food is great for a sensitive
pallet. Everything was cooked to perfection with wonderful flavoring that did not overpower the food item. The drinks were very nice as well and the service was good; not great although there seemed to be plenty of staff. They didn't seem to notice when refresh might be required for bread or drinks. The restaurant is small and while the booths for 4 are good, everything else feels a bit crowded. The bar feels excessively large and perhaps a downsize there would make the space more comfortable. Or perhaps a better positioning for the staff would help to avoid the feeling of crowding. It's a great place to go with a group of 4 if you want wonderful fish and seafood."
Dined on 2/1/2014
Our table of 4 had the tasting
menu with wine pairing. The entire experience, from start to finish was nothing short of spectacular. This is the kind of dining experience that has found it's way into our top 10 life-time dinners...and that's saying a lot. I rarely go with the wine pairing, but the finesse with which the sommelier selected the pairings was a rare treat...and a delightful education (even for a table of experienced oenophiles). The food was superbly prepared and presented, service was attentive, but not fussy. Spoon is a a new favorite and we are already planning our next visit."
Dined on 2/1/2014
Octopus and the uni pasta with the
Shanghai lobster ....jeeezus"
Dined on 1/30/2014
We were excited to go to this
restaurant and Tesar was expediting in the kitchen which was cool. Unfortunately it was a cold night and the place was freezing. Each time the door opened a blast of cold air would hit us. Since the maitre'd did not take my coat (although he did for other diners) - I was happy to have it spread across my body while I shivered and waited a long time for each course. We were told 3 times that our entree would be out in a few minutes. My husband pointed this out and they comped an app. I really don't understand the wait as it was not crowded. The table next to us started 10 mins after us and were served 5-10 mins ahead of us.The food was good. My husband liked it more than me. It was hard to enjoy with the cold."
Dined on 1/28/2014
The food was fantastic. We were
asked if we wanted to sit at the chef's table, and we would highly recommend it. It's a bar top that backs up against the open kitchen where you can see all the action. The portion sizes are perfect and the presentation is beautiful."
Dined on 1/24/2014
First of all let me begin by
saying that the food was excellent. The service was equally as good but sometimes a little too much. We had a difficult time carrying on conversations for the following reasons: the music was so low you could barely hear it (which usually allows for more privacy when dining in a closed space with tables closely on either side), the two tables on either side were so close that we could hear their conversations so I know they would be able to hear ours, service was great but I'm pretty sure we weren't left alone for more than 5 minutes the entire time we were there."
Dined on 1/22/2014
I requested a table away from
waitstations on reservation. Friends arrive five minutes before us to an almost empty restaurant and the hostess would not seat them. We arrived and the table that they took us to was smack dab in front of a large wait-station. Asked if two tables could be put together in another part of the restaurant and they said no and sat us as close as you could get to the front door. Waitress made numerous mistakes during the meal. Tried to speak with the manager (or so he says he was...lacks in people skills) and he was of no use, though they ended up not charging us for my husbands salad and entree."
Dined on 1/14/2014
I had a very high expectations
about this restaurant, having one of the chefs from Top chef shows I was thinking on having a super experience and to be honest the food is good but nothing out of this world , you can find better restaurants on that price range, the design of the restaurant is good because everything looks very clean. They invited us to sit at the bar table in front of the kitchen to see the chefs working but the design is terrible because is way to low so you can't see anything. so be sure to choose a table instead. overall the food and service is good but not that great."
Dined on 1/11/2014
They get me to crave seafood and
raw fish which is difficult to do. Delicate flavors make this food very memorable."
Dined on 1/18/2014
You've off to a good start with
John Tesar at the helm. We had a number of starters. All were great but the standout had to be the "Singapore Style" chili lobster with Texas Toast. I wish we had ordered two. Amazing. The Maya Prawns served with a kimchee pancake and kimchee butter were unbelievably good. I'd go back just for that dish. the Potato Gnocchi with jumbo lump crab meat and truffle essence was also remarkable, though so rich you may want to share. Dessert was preceded by a tasting of a truly divine Salted Caramel Mousse. Both the Chocolate & Caramel Textures and The White Album were wonderful. The meal concluded with a tasting plate of additional sweet bites. And we even left with a treat to accompany morning coffee."
Dined on 1/18/2014
Our second visit and the food
remains incredible. No one in the city does seafood like John Tesar. The design, ambiance and food make you think you are in a top tier NYC restaurant. The only hitch remains the service which isn't exactly bad but just not up to the quality of the food."
Dined on 1/10/2014
Each visit has new and wonderful
fish choices and preparation . This is our favorite place in Dallas and we have never been disappointed."
Dined on 1/10/2014
Went with a friend last Friday to
celebrate her birthday. Food was unique and so tasty. Mark was an excellent server. He really went out of his way to ensure we had a great culinary experience."
Dined on 1/10/2014
Great recipes and flawless
execution. Ask for Z as your server."
Dined on 1/10/2014
Our table near the front of the
dining room was ready on time, but the staff was in disarray. We like a leisurely pace, this wasn't a pace, this was neglect. Finally the water man asked if he could take our order. We had a couple of menu questions so he found another member of the waitstaff to address that...the sommelier. A fortuitous choice as he suggested a delicious offbeat wine selection, which paired well with our dinner. We saw nine different staff members, one we saw twice:the sommelier. I'm still not sure who really had our table. Dinner was inventive and delicious, even the desserts. I suggest requesting a booth at the back of the dining room for perhaps a more intimate atmosphere, and hopefully individual service."
Dined on 1/9/2014
Single Best Meal I Have Had in
Dallas (and I grew up here). Loved everything about the restaurant."
Dined on 1/8/2014
Unfortunately, the experience did
not live up to the press. The wine list was decent, but having only 2 beers on tap is unfortunate. The tandoori crusted hamachi app was very tasty and excellently cooked, however, it took about 30 minutes to get to our table. It's a good thing we weren't too hungry, as the bread server didn't bother visiting our table until after the app was served. A roaming bread server rather than leaving a basket for the table was a bit strange - particularly since we only saw him once in the 90 minutes we were there. The entree took another 30 minutes to arrive, but, they were excellently. In summary, the service does not befit the food experience."
Dined on 1/8/2014
On one hand, Cold seating,
attitude from the front desk, waiter spilled water all over the table and broke the candle holder, unable to order an appetizer then the remainder of the meal. On the other hand, the food was spectacular. Given the price point and the quality of the food, I really expected the service to be 100% better. Disappointed given the hype."
Dined on 1/4/2014
Simple an outstanding
experience...from the service, to the choices, ambience, and most importantly the FOOD."
Dined on 1/3/2014
We have been to Spoon many times
and generally have great service and a great meal. This time, however, the service was very uneven and the hot dishes did not have the depth of flavor that we generally have experienced. It was rather busy, but it usually is so we could not figure it out. We will try it again and hope we have a better experience and that other business ventures don't impact the food or service."
Dined on 12/14/2013
OMG, AMAZE, FAB I had read over
the menu prior and was definitely leery about it, and if my palate would even appreciate it. Christmas Eve they were offering a special menu "The Feast of the Seven Fishes", giving a a little sampling of just about everything on the menu. Our server for the evening was "Z". She was very attentive without being overbearing and gave some great advice along the way. I knew after the first bite of the Amuse that we were in for a heck of a dinner! Each dish was the perfect balance of flavors and textures, appealing not only to the taste buds but to the eye. . Dessert had 3 courses, one you get to choose. It is rare to find a restaurant that has as good of pastry chef as head chef - Spoon is one of the few."
Dined on 12/24/2013
Starters and salads were
wonderful. Entrees were marginal."
Dined on 12/31/2013
It was wonderful to get fresh
seafood in landlocked Dallas. The fish was prepared to order with some creative preparations. The accompaniments were also fresh and well made to bring all flavors to the table at their peak. Service was a little slow but not bad."
Dined on 11/27/2013
Our finest dining experience in
Dallas (yet). There is a combination of inventiveness and extreme cooking skill at this place that we've not yet experienced elsewhere in the metroplex. We were thrilled to have our children with us over the holidays, and chose Spoon as our farewell dining experience the night before they departed. We were keen to try a place that had been compared favorably to Marea in NYC, my favorite seafood-oriented restaurant anywhere. The comparison held up. While Marea prepares from an Italian perspective, Spoon creates from a more eclectic and fresh point of view. It executed beautifully. I was surprised at the muted decor - but maybe that was the idea - let the food shine. And it did."
Dined on 12/30/2013
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The school will play five football games annually against the league's programs, but will be a full member in all other sports. The Irish will have access to the ACC's non-BCS bowl tie-ins.
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"The University of Notre Dame has informed us that it is joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports other than football. Notre Dame has been a valued member of the Big East Conference and we wish them success in the future," Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco said. "However, Notre Dame's departure does not change our plans. We have prestigious institutions that are excited to be a part of the Big East. We remain committed to making the Big East stronger than it has ever been."
In May, the ACC announced it had reached 15-year TV deal with ESPN worth $3.6 billion, which came after Pittsburgh and Syracuse decided to leave the Big East. Swofford said Notre Dame's move would allow the ACC to begin renegotiating its TV deal, though Notre Dame would keep its football revenue from its partnership with NBC and wouldn't receive TV revenue for other ACC football games.
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Do Warmer Seas Make Stronger Hurricanes?
We've all heard that hurricanes draw their immense power from warm ocean waters. Of course, many factors contribute to the formation and growth of a hurricane, but can we expect to find that the warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane will be? This project shows you how to use online data archives to investigate this question.Objective
The goal of this project is to test the hypothesis that warmer seas make stronger hurricanes. You will collect historical data on hurricane strength and sea surface temperature to see if these two variables are correlated.
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- Background references on hurricane formation selected from the an NSDL/NSTA web seminar on hurricanes:
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In this project you will use your web browser to collect data on hurricane strength and sea surface temperature. The goal is to see if there is a consistent relationship between water temperature and hurricane strength. Each hurricane will be one data point on your graph, so you will need to collect data from many, many hurricanes to make a reliable graph.
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A typical hurricane lasts for many days, and its strength usually fluctuates during its lifetime. You have to start somewhere, though, so the method you will use is to look for the peak intensity of the hurricane, and take all of the measurements there.
Before you start collecting data, you should do background research on how hurricanes form and grow. The next two sections will help you get started with your background research.
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To do this project, you should do research that enables you to understand the following terms and concepts:
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- How do hurricanes form?
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- There are many websites where you can find background information on hurricanes. You'll want to learn about how hurricanes form, which means learning about global wind patterns, and areas of high and low air pressure, among other things. The following web sites are good places to start:
- DAS, 1999. "Hurricanes: Online Meterology Guide," Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [accessed May 17, 2006] http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml.
- O'Connor, N.F., date unknown. "Weather Talk: Hurricanes," Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command [accessed May 17, 2006] http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/pao/Educate/WeatherTalk2/indexnew.htm.
- Keiner, L. and C. Gilman, date unkown. "Physical Oceanography Animations: Hadley Cells and Global Atmospheric Circulation," Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University [accessed May 17, 2006] http://kingfish.coastal.edu/marine/Animations/Hadley/hadley.html.
- UCAR, 2001. "Pressure: Surface Highs and Lows," University Corporation for Atmospheric Research [accessed May 17, 2006] http://meted.ucar.edu/hazwx/2_2_4.htm.
- Test your knowledge of hurricane formation with this interactive applet (requires Java). You can drag a hurricane around to areas with different water temperature and see what happens to it!
Whittaker, T. and S. Ackerman, 2005. "Hurricane Applet," Weatherwise, University of Wisconsin [accessed May 17, 2006] http://profhorn.aos.wisc.edu/wxwise/hurr/hurr.html. - This is one of many online sources of historical hurricane data. We chose this website because the track maps include index information at selected data points so that you can easily correlate position and date (the one drawback is that the background color of the maps is black):
Unisys, 2004. "Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year," Unisys Weather [accessed May 17, 2006] http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/. - The National Data Buoy Center has current and historical meterological data from a network of continuous monitoring buoys:
NDBC, 2006. "National Data Buoy Center," NDBC, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [accessed May 17, 2006] http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/. - For calculating distances on your hurricane track map, try this longitude and latitude distance calculator:
CSGNetwork.com, 2006. "Length of a Degree of Latitude and Longitude," CSGNetwork.com [accessed May 17, 2006] http://www.csgnetwork.com/degreelenllavcalc.html.
Materials and Equipment
To do this experiment you will need the following materials and equipment:
- computer with Internet access and printer.
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- Do your background research so that you are knowledgeable about the terms, concepts, and questions above.
- To illustrate the steps involved in the analysis, we will work through a single example. You will need to repeat the data collection (steps 3 and 4, below) for many more hurricanes in order to test the hypothesis. You should collect data for no less than 40 hurricanes (even more is better). Not every storm will have a data buoy nearby. To see how close the buoy is, you can use an online calculator to convert degrees of latitude and longitude to other distance scales (CSGNetwork.com, 2004). If reliable sea surface temperature data is not available for a particular storm, don't use it in your data set.
Accessing Archived Hurricane Data
- The Unisys weather website is a good source for historical hurricane data. You can obtain the data in both map and tabular formats. In this example, we will be looking at data from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
- Go to Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year (Unisys, 2004), and click on the year of interest.
- At the top of the page you will see a map with all of the hurricane and tropical storm tracks for the selected year. These maps have overlapping storm tracks and no date information, so we won't be using them for the analysis. They do give you a visual impression of the number of storms that occurred during a given a year.
- Scroll down the page to the "Individual Storm Summary" section (illustration below). You will see a summary table showing the number and name of each storm, along with a line of data about the maximum strength of each storm. From this table you can quickly see how many hurricanes occurred during the selected year.
- Scroll down further to the "Saffir-Simpson Scale" section (illustration below). This section describes the Saffir-Simspon hurricane strength scale, and also explains the color code used for showing hurricane strength in the maps.
- Scroll down further to the "Individual Storm Details" section. For each storm there is a thumbnail map of the storm's path, and a link to the the tabular data for the storm (illustration for Hurricane Katrina below).
- Click on the map for an enlarged view of the hurricane track. Print the map. The data points are numbered sequentially. Each advance of the index represents six hours of elapsed time. In the next step, you'll print a data table that matches up with these index numbers.
- Use your browser's "back" button to return to the individual storm details. Click on the "Details" button or the "Tracking Information" link for a table of tracking data for the storm (see below). Print the data table. Add a column at the right for "sea surface temperature." In step 4, you'll fill in this value for the time point when the storm was at its maximum strength.
- Here is an explanation of each of the data columns in the table:
- ADV: the numbers on the map correspond to the "ADV" column in the data table. This number is a count of the 6-hour intervals at which the measurements were recorded.
- LAT: latitude of the hurricane center.
- LON: longitude of the hurricane center (negative numbers correspond to degrees west of 0°).
- TIME: date and time of the measurements, in the format "mm/dd/hhZ". The "Z" stands for "Zulu," which is one of many ways to refer to Coordinated Universal Time or UTC (also known as Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT). The hours are in 24-hour format, so "00" means midnight.
- WIND: in knots (nautical miles per hour; 1 nautical mile equals 1.15 miles).
- PR: air pressure at hurricane center, in millibars (mb).
- STAT: status of the storm on Saffir-Simpson scale.
- Scan down the WIND and PR columns to find the entry where the hurricane was at its maximum strength. In this example, Katrina reached its maximum strength (lowest pressure, highest wind) at row 21. The wind speed was 150 kt, and the pressure was 902 mb, on August 28 at 18 hours UTC. Find this position on the map.
Accessing Archived Meteorological Data from Buoys
- The next step is to find the sea surface temperature at the location where the storm reached its peak. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a network of moored buoys with sensors that continuously monitor ocean conditions. The data records, with hourly readings, are archived and available online at the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC, 2006). For this project, you will be accessing sea surface temperature data from the buoys. The monitoring buoys also collect other interesting information (wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and wave height information) which you may also wish to analyze (see the Variations section, below, for some ideas to get you started). Here are detailed instructions for locating buoys near the hurricane track and accessing archived data from them. (You'll find it's much easier to do it than it is to describe it!)
- With your hurricane track map handy, go to National Data Buoy Center. You'll see a map like the one below. Each of the rectangles links to a higher-resolution map of the indicated area, showing data buoy locations. Since this project is focused on Atlantic hurricanes, you will be using data buoys from the regions highlighted by the red oval.
- Click on the rectangle over the northwestern portion of the Gulf of Mexico. You'll see a map like the one below. The legend (lower left) identifies the types of the data buoys. Not all of the buoys will have sea surface temperature information. To start with, look for the blue squares, which indicate NDBC moored buoys.
- Just like your hurricane track map, the data buoy regional maps are marked with latitude and longitude grid squares at 5-degree intervals. Using the grid squares as a reference, locate the data buoy that is closest to the hurricane track. In the map above, buoy 42001 is close to Hurricane Katrina's location on August 21, 2005. Click on the symbol for buoy 42001, which will connect you to the webpage for that buoy.
- At the top of the page, you'll find information about the data buoy, including the owner, the type of buoy, the instrumentation onboard ("payload") and the buoy's latitude and longitude (see below). Use the latitude and longitude data to mark the buoy location on your hurricane track map. (For your display board, you can mark the data buoy locations with pushpins and labels.)
- Scroll down to the bottom of the data buoy page and find the link for "Historical Data & Climatic Summaries" (see screenshot below). [Note: there are two additional links that you may find useful. "Description of Measurements" tells you what the measurements the data buoy takes and the units that the data are reported in. "Data Inventory" tells you what data is available for past time periods.]
- Click on the link for Historical & Climatic Summaries. Under "Standard meterological data," (see below) click on the year of interest (2005, in our case). (The "data descriptions" link takes you to the "Description of Measurements" page, mentioned above in step 4e.)
- Almost there! Now use "Method 2" to access the data. The instructions are self-explanatory (see screenshot below).
- At last, here it is: a year's worth of hourly records, 365×24=8,760 lines! (It may take awhile to load. If it takes too long, you may want to try downloading the compressed files (Method 1). You'll need to uncompress the files on your computer to access the data.) The illustration below shows only the first 25 hours of data, to make a few points about what you'll find.
- The top line is a "header" identifying the data in each column. For detailed information on the data, use one of the "descriptions" links (see step 4e or 4f, above). In addition to the date and time information, you'll be using the "WTMP" column (third column from the right), which reports the water temperature in °C. The date information is in the first three columns (self-explanatory). The time information is in 24-hour format, and like the hurricane tracking data, is in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, columns four and five, highlighted in red). Any data field that is "9-filled" (e.g., the right-most columns highlighted in blue) is invalid. In this case, it means that the data buoy is not equipped to collect this information. In other cases, it can indicate that a sensor is not functioning properly.
- Scroll down and find the date and time of interest, in this case, August 28, 18:00 (see illustration, below). Read the water temperature (third column from the right, 25.4°C) and copy the value to your printed data table for the hurricane.
Graphing and Analyzing the Data
- With your hurricane track map handy, go to National Data Buoy Center. You'll see a map like the one below. Each of the rectangles links to a higher-resolution map of the indicated area, showing data buoy locations. Since this project is focused on Atlantic hurricanes, you will be using data buoys from the regions highlighted by the red oval.
- Once you have collected the hurricane and sea surface tempeature data, it's time to put it all together. Make two separate graphs of sea surface temperature (y-axis) vs. hurricane strength (x-axis). For one graph, use either wind speed or pressure as the measure of hurricane strength. For the other graph, use the Saffir-Simpson intensity (1–5) as the measure of hurricane strength.
- Do you find a consistent relationship between sea surface temperature and hurricane strength? Do both graphs show the relationship? Does the graph support the hypothesis that warmer ocean temperatures increase hurricane strength? Explain why or why not. [Note: it is important to remember that correlation between two variables does not imply causality. In other words, finding a correlation shows that there is a relationship between the variables, but does not show that warmer seas cause stronger hurricanes. Finding a correlation between two variables is often the first step in explaining a causal relationship, but correlation alone is not proof of a causal relationship.]
- More advanced students should perform a linear regression analysis to quantify the correlation between sea surface temperature and hurricane strength. See Variation 1, below.
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- More advanced students can do further analysis to examine the statistical significance of the correlation using the linear regression technique. For comparison, you might want to also look at the correlation between central pressure and wind speed (should be strongly correlated). See the Science Buddies project Which Team Batting Statistic Predicts Run Production Best? for an example of statistical correlation analysis using a spreadsheet program.
- The hurricane data in your table was collected every six hours, or four times in each 24-hour period. Does the peak intensity of each hurricane tend to occur at different times of day or at the same time of day? What does this tell you? The buoy data also includes air temperature. What is the correlation between hurricane strength and air temperature?
- In addition to water temperature, the data buoys also collect information on wave height, air pressure, wind direction, and wind speed. Many other projects are possible using this data. For example: how far away from the hurricane center is wave height affected? How does this vary with the strength of the storm (minimum pressure at the center)? How does the wind direction change as the hurricane passes through?
- One problem with the buoy data used in this project is that there are relatively few buoys. This means that the temperature data is often collected at a point distant from the hurricane. You may want to measure the distance More advanced students can use high-resolution satellite data for sea surface temperature measurement. The data set begins in 2002, and is available from http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/. You will have to learn how to access the data from the instructions on the page.
- How does the amount of time a hurricane spends over warm water affect its strength? Do hurricanes with longer tracks over warm water grow stronger than hurricanes with shorter tracks over warm water?
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Accelerator Update for January 23, 2009 - January 26, 2009 |
Friday Jan 23 The day shift began with Operations monitoring the Tevatron (TeV) store 6748 (55.79E30), the Recycler stash (352.1E10), and the Antiproton Source stack (26.9E10), with the Linac and Booster operating normally, with Main Injector (MI) suffering from problems with three kickers (I:KPS4A & B and I:KPS5S), a sextupole power supply (SEXHPS), and with clock (TCLK) repeater problems, with the MiniBooNE experiment taking beam, but with NuMI only taking beam intermittently due to MI problems and their far detector being calibrated, and with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) and D-Zero (D0) using the colliding beams. Controls experts reported at 8:07 AM that they were working on the TCLK repeaters and ramp cards at MI-30 and 40. At 8:07 AM, a Booster RF station (BRF8) tripped off for the first of two times in 19 minutes. It reset. The MI ramp was reestablished at 8:42 AM. Operations established beam to NuMI at 10:38 AM. Pbar resumed stacking at 11:23 AM. Operations terminated store 6748 at 12:35 PM. RF experts began cleaning the TeV RF LCW strainers at 12:47 PM. At 1:17 PM, SEXHPS tripped off. Experts investigated and had the power supply back up by 2:35 PM. Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 2:41 PM. Operations established store 6749 at 4:31 PM with an initial luminosity of 290.5E30. At 4:44 PM, Operations turned off MI to reset some control cards (453 cards) in various CAMAC crates. Pbar resumed stacking and NuMI resumed taking beam at 5:01 PM. Operations used protons to check out the Recycler at 5:12 PM. Everything looked good. At 9:04 PM, MIRF8 tripped off. Operators investigated and found that an internal fan had failed. They bypassed the station and reconfigured MIRF6 to work as a slipstacking station to take its place. Operations reported at midnight that the Recycler had stashed antiprotons seven times during the evening shift. Saturday Jan 24 The midnight shift began Operations monitoring store 6749 (110.32E30) and the stash (217.0E10), with Pbar stacking (33.7E10), and with NuMI and MiniBooNE taking beam. Operations terminated store 6749 at 7:23 AM. Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 7:35 AM. Operations reported at 8:04 AM that the Recycler had stashed nine times during the midnight shift. Operations established store 6750 at 9:46 AM with an initial luminosity of 286.93E30. At 10:05 AM, CDF reported having problems with their plug high voltage. At 10:27 AM, Operations reported that the Tevatron Electron Lens (TEL2) was not coming up to its proper current. Operations contacted an expert who had it working normally by 11 AM. At 1:11 PM, a Linac Klystron RF station (KRF5) tripped off. It reset. At 6:20 PM, Operations reported having a problem with stashing antiprotons into the Recycler. One transfer was only 60% efficient and the next never made it into MI due to a kicker (I:KPS62A) trip. The kicker reset. At 7:55 PM, Operations reported that the MI-20 lower power supply bypass interlock loop had tripped off twice. Operations contacted experts. Operations put Pbar into standby mode at 7:57 PM. Operations reported at 8 PM that the Recycler had stashed 11 times during the last 12 hours. At 10:51 PM, all the high-energy Linac Klystron RF stations tripped off on flow alarms. Operators investigated and discovered that water skid #3 had suffered a pressure drop. It reset. At 11:42 PM, Operations reported that column #1 at CUB suffered a pressure drop. At 11:44 PM, Operations reported that the MI LCW system tripped off. This caused the Recycler correction elements to trip off: the stash was lost. At 11:51 PM, operators discovered a MI LCW leak at MI-20. One of the LCW pumps blew a gasket. Operations contacted the Duty Mechanic and called in water experts. Sunday Jan 25 The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 6750, the stash, and the Pbar stack, with MI off due to an LCW problem, and with NuMI and MiniBooNE taking beam. At 12:01 AM, the Linac Klystron water skid #3 tripped off again. It reset. At 12:08 AM, the Booster East Anode Power Supply tripped off and would not reset. Operations conferred with an expert and brought it back online. At 12:10 AM, Operations reported that the Pelletron was tripping off and then would not reset. At 3:16 AM, the Duty Mechanic reported that when they started the MI-20 LCW pump it failed. The Duty Electrician investigated. Operations established beam to MiniBooNE at 3:22 AM. Experts reported that the LCW pumps at MI-20 were fixed. Operations resumed sending beam to Pbar and NuMI at 5:37 AM. At 7:10 AM, KRF3 tripped off for the first of two times in about 30 minutes. It reset. Operations reported at 8:01 AM that the Recycler had stashed five times during the last 12 hours. Operations terminated store 6750 at 12:31 PM. Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 12:50 PM. At 2:05 PM, BRF3 tripped off for the first of seven times in 14 minutes. It reset. At 2:33 PM, the Booster West Anode Power Supply and BRF13 tripped off. Neither of them would reset. Operations called in an expert. Operations established store 6751 at 2:48 PM with an initial luminosity of 159.06E30. An RF expert reported at 4:17 PM that he found and repaired a failed fan in BRF13. Operations resumed sending beam to NuMI and Pbar. Operations reported at 7:59 PM that the Recycler had stashed nine times during the last 12 hours. Monday Jan 26 The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 6751 and the stash, with Pbar stacking, and with NuMI and MiniBooNE taking beam. At 4:08 AM, the 750KeV area buncher tripped off. It reset. Operations terminated store 6751 at 7:24 AM. Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 7:39 AM. 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ExplicitEpisode 444 - CM Punk | CM Punk's fans know him as The Best In The World and his status as one of the top stars in professional wrestling backs up that claim. He joins Marc in the garage to talk about his unorthodox rise to the pinnacle of his profession, the moment of total... | 18 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 443 - Barry Crimmins | Barry Crimmins is a peerless political satirist, but he's also the founder of one of the most important clubs in the Boston comedy scene. Marc talks with Barry about shaping political activism into a comedy act, as well as the deeply traumatic events... | 15 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 442 - The Figgs | Mike, Pete and Pete from the rock group The Figgs cram into the garage, instruments in hand, for a little talking and a little jamming. The guys tell Marc what has kept them together for 20 years, how a car commercial gave them a second wind, and why... | 13 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 441 - Illeana Douglas | Illeana Douglas plays Marc's good friend on "Maron" but here in the garage they're really just getting to know each other. Illeana tells Marc about kicking off her acting career in films like Goodfellas and Cape Fear, what she learned from her... | 11 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 440 - Booker T. Jones | Fire up that Hammond organ because rock and roll Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones is at the Cat Ranch. Marc talks with Booker T. about the sound he created at Stax Records and the many hit songs he wrote while working with a who's who of music royalty.... | 8 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 439 - Eddie Izzard, Trevor Noah, Tig Notaro, Big Jay Oakerson, Seth Meyers | Seth Meyers kicks the tires on this whole hosting-an-interview-show thing. Big Jay Oakerson wrestles with an awkward encounter of the thrid kind. Tig Notaro reflects on surviving the toughest period of her life. Trevor Noah explains what it's like to... | 6 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 438 - Sally Kellerman | Marc's TV mom, Sally Kellerman, joins him in the garage to talk about her career in show business and how some of the biggest names in Hollywood history played roles in her life. In between stories about Robert Altman and Marlon Brando and Henry... | 4 11 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 437 - Elijah Wood | Elijah Wood and Marc bond over their respective vinyl collections before launching into a wide-ranging conversation about movies, fame and privacy. Elijah tells Marc about his experiences making The Lord of the Rings, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless... | 31 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 436 - Johnny Knoxville | Johnny Knoxville shows up to the garage with his hand in a splint, which is appropriate for the guy behind Jackass and Bad Grandpa. Marc talks to Johnny about where his prankster nature comes from and why he's compelled to risk his safety for the best... | 28 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 435 - Jim Breuer | Comedian Jim Breuer is more open and candid about his time at Saturday Night Live than any former SNL alum who has been in the garage. Jim also provides Marc with a big missing piece about a pivitol moment in Marc's life. Plus, Jim shares the stories... | 24 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 434 - Moon Zappa | Marc rekindles his old friendship with Moon Zappa, the actress-writer-comedian and daughter of Frank Zappa, who has a lot to reflect on with Marc as they both enter similar times in their lives. Also, Daniel Nazer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation... | 21 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 433 - Simon Majumdar | Simon Majumdar considers himself a good cook but will not consider himself a chef. He talks with Marc about the distinction between the two terms and how that distinction has played into his life as a food critic and a judge on The Next Iron Chef.... | 17 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 432 - Natasha Lyonne | Natasha Lyonne shares her story with Marc, and what a story it is. In addition to a tremendously accomplished acting career, Natasha emerged from the other side of a harrowing experience with addiction. She tells Marc how she was able to make it out... | 14 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 431 - Josh Homme | Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme was instrumental in helping Marc through a dark time in his life, thanks to the music of Josh's old band Kyuss. Similarly, Josh explains how he dragged himself out of the darkness by returning to music after... | 10 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 430 - Laura Dern | Laura Dern is the garage to talk with Marc about her impressive career. Laura explains the reason she always gravitated toward risky, challenging projects like her collaborations with David Lynch, as well as the inspiration she found at a young age... | 7 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 429 - Joey Diaz | Joey Diaz provides another first for WTF: He's the first guest to begin a career in comedy while he was in prison. Joey and Marc catch up in the garage, where Joey divulges a backstory filled with drug dealing, gun running, burglary and other assorted... | 3 10 13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Batman, the Caped Architecture Critic: In Chip Kidd's Comic Book Debut, the Buildings Are as Evil as the Bad Guys
Who needs Paul Goldberger and Michael Kimmelman when you have Batman? The Observer knows where we will be on May 30, when three of our favorite things collide: Chip Kidd, Gotham City and architecture criticism.
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Native rhythms: Hampton-area bands that like to jam
| Mar 6, 2009
Phish fans are coming to Hampton to hear music from Vermont's finest. But Virginia has talent worth your time and dollars, too. Here's a look at jam-friendly local bands sprouted from The Mothership's backyard.
The Prisoners
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Urban Fantasy and Highland Medieval Romances with a Twist!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Hunky Wolves and a Couple of Vamps!
Oh, and Cearnach from cearnach in Gaelic: "victorious" and implies "victorious champion"is pronounced http://www.babynamesofireland.com/irish-boy-names sounding like Care-knock with the "ck" at the end kind of sliding off to a "och" sound to me. It's listed under Carney.
When the library is filled with noise, sometimes a show of teeth can help to quiet things down.
My friend Bonnie turned me into a vampire. Yep. I hate to tell you this, but when I was in New Orleans on the Vampire/Ghost tour...my true persona was captured on film.
Thanks for the fun laugh this morning, Bonnie! This was great!
It's TGIF!!! Have a terrific Friday and enjoy the weekend!!!
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality!"
10 comments:
- Jessica said...
Love your picture! The red boa really sets off the vampire teeth! lol Hope you have a good, quiet Friday.
- Fri Apr 27, 08:22:00 AM
- Terry Spear said...
LOL, thanks, Jessica!
I hope so too. There are only 2 of us working all day today, so if it's not halfway quiet, it'll be a nightmare. :( - Fri Apr 27, 08:26:00 AM
- diva donna said...
Fanning myself and then rolling on the floor with the Vamp teeth LOL!! Have a peaceful day. I'm heading for lunch with a friend and a movie. THE LUCKY ONE!! I'd like to be the lucky one with Mister Hottie Wolf!! Thanks now I know to properly pronounce Cearnach!!
- Fri Apr 27, 09:00:00 AM
- Terry Spear said...
It's been terrible at work, no one to cover breaks or anything. I'm so glad you enjoyed mister hottie wolf!!!
- Fri Apr 27, 11:52:00 AM
- Savannah Chase said...
Love the picture...Ok that hunk..Damn he is just fine...He can bite me all he wants.
- Fri Apr 27, 05:53:00 PM
- Terry Spear said...
LOL, just offer your neck and your his, Savannah! :)
- Fri Apr 27, 06:36:00 PM
- Lorene said...
Oh yeah! Now that's what I call one hot wolfy!! Here wolfy, wolfy. Thanx for that, Terry! I love your fangs, too. They look so 'natural'...lol But the added boa really brings out your sexy vampness. hehe You're friend did a great job...and your eyes are simply glowing in all their vampiness too. Love it!!
- Fri Apr 27, 07:14:00 PM
- Terry Spear said...
Thanks, Lorene, don't I look like one happy vamp? You see, I was with the wolf first....
- Fri Apr 27, 07:22:00 PM
- Lorene said...
ooo I'm liking it. You lucky little vamp you. Go on....do tell! lol Unless, of course, you one that doesn't 'bite' and tell. lol
- Sat Apr 28, 01:35:00 AM
- Terry Spear said...
LOL, Lorene, you're too cute. Yeah, code of the vampire...no biting and telling.... :) Love it!
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March 10, 2014
The Bengals' Dec. 9 home game against Dallas is a sellout, the club's ticket office reported today. The game will be cleared for television coverage on regional FOX affiliates, including WXIX-TV (Channel 19) in Cincinnati.
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After a day of sleeping I feel almost human again :)
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In case anyone is interested in my take on the release of Final Cut Pro X, here it is.
First, let me say this first article is just about the release, and not about the software itself. I promise that henceforth I will focus on the actual FCPX software and forget all the hullabaloo.
But this article is about Apple's business strategy (or lack thereof), my industry perceptions, and looking back a bit to see if we can predict the future.
First, some background so you take this article seriously
I am the guy with a lot of the FCP "firsts". From what I know, I have been editing with FCP longer than anyone in the world. (Outside the original dev team, of course.) With my wife Michelle (the brains of the operation), I produced the first FCP training course, Final Cut Pro PowerStart. I was the first to demo FCP 1.0 in public, launched the first FCP website (fcp411.net), taught the first FCP workshops, presented first FCP free seminar tours, hosted the first FCP user group meeting (May 1, 1999), co-hosted the first Apple trade show hands-on classroom (with Randy Ubillos), produced the first FCP marketing CDs for Apple, and I'm pretty sure I was the one that got Apple to start putting cool-looking reflections under all their graphics (okay, that's not really an FCP first.).
Remember, when FCP was released, Apple stock was at $11 and they were largely considered to be on their way out. FCP 1.0 was released only a little more than year after Michael Dell famously answered the question about what he would do were he in charge at Apple with, "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders". At that time, FCP 1.0 was not in any way a foregone conclusion. It could have come and gone faster than Avid Liquid.
In the first few years of FCP's existence, through workshops, free seminars, disc-based courses, trade show seminars and our website, DVcreators.net (with huge help from Apple, of course) introduced well over a hundred thousand people to FCP, people from most cable channels, Hollywood movie studios, people from most major magazines and newspapers, most Fortune 500 companies, most major ad agencies, major universities and branches of government.
Many believe that the massive efforts of DVcreators.net, along with people like Michael Horton, Phillip Hodgetts, Lawrence Jordan and a few other pioneers, to make the first impression of FCP a hugely positive one to thousands of core media professionals, and support the early adopters with quality training and resources in the first 24 months after release served as a major "tipping point"– creating a viral buzz in the pivotal early years at helping FCP achieve critical mass and become the standard for editing software.
Okay, enough bragging, let's get to the point!
A brand new editing app has been released, called "Final Cut Pro X".
Here are some points, keep in mind most of the below is just my speculation and opinion. Bring on the flames and kudos in the comments! (I reserve the right to moderate)
Totally Avoidable Branding/Product Management Catastrophe
What I would have done [were I in charge], is continue to sell Final Cut Studio 3 and brand the new app simply as "Z". A brand-new editing app. Think of the buzz! Think of the awesome logo!
Of course, people would immediately ask, "What's the future of FCP7″, and "Will there be an FCP8″ and Apple's position would be, "We might add minor, incremental features to FCP7, but we feel FCP7 is a stable, full-featured app, and is working well for millions of people, so don't expect major changes or a major new version anytime soon (or maybe ever). FCP is the standard for professional editing. We are focusing on developing Z until it has feature parity with FCP7 and is ready for professional use, and at that time we recommend pros look into switching to it." Pulling the plug on FCS3 prematurely was a bad move– all downside, and what's the upside?
This positioning would have been a humble, honest approach to avoid the firestorm they should have known would ensue from releasing something called "Final Cut Pro" without even the ability to import the previous version's projects. Major gaffe.
Maybe they thought they had to put the words "Final Cut" in the name for it to sell? Huh?!? Like a brand new app called "Z", with a beautiful grey blue gradient glowing behind it, wouldn't have attracted attention and buzz (you know, positive buzz)? Come on, Apple, like no one knows who you are? It's not 1999 anymore, have some confidence! You invented the smartphone and tablet, two things no one knew they needed before, and you are taking over the world. A brand new app would have avoided all this hullabaloo, (and made for a cooler logo as well).
Pros would then look at the new app as a possible addition to their toolbox for certain projects, or not. At any rate, with my positioning strategy, how could anyone bash Z, it never promised anything! It's brand new, and it is what it is. If you don't like it, don't buy it. By not EOLing FCS3, the pressure would be off Apple (see below) and they could take their time adding features into Z.
(Of course, I would have to figure out what to do about Motion 5. $49 is way too cheap for this app- should have been $299 as well. Maybe a baby iLife version would be $49. But I digress.)
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Here come the "XFCP-ers"
Even beyond the missing workflow features, I understand the editors that feel betrayed. After years of anticipation of what new magical new Final Cut Pro would emerge from the sparkling Apple castle on the hill, being delivered to us by flying white-winged yaks surrounded by rainbows and 3D particle-system-generated pixie dust, an reaction of shock from users at a "Final Cut Pro"-branded app that threw 20 years of non-linear editing conventions out the window was inevitable.
Unfortunately, there is a growing, very vocal and influential group of "XFCP-ers"– this could have been mostly avoided. Articles like "Did Apple screw up with Final Cut Pro X?" and "The Final Cut Pro Backlash" are appearing by the hour. Even Fortune magazine has joined the fray, with "The Final Cut Pro X debacle". Refunds are being processed as you read this sentence. At this writing, FCPX has a 2.5 star rating on the App Store, and even two days after release, even at $299, it's not even the top Paid App, being beat by the .99 FaceTime.
At Apple, they may be thinking, this will all blow over, no worries, when we add some features, the natives will calm down. But if that's what they're thinking, they should be taking this initial reaction a little more seriously.
As Phillip Hodgetts has pointed out, FCPX has some not-insubstantial revenue potential for Apple, and as I added in the comments of that article, when you factor in the Mac Pros and MacBook Pros that Pro Apps sales drive, and let's not forget that famous "halo effect" (how many FCP editors have you seen pulling out their iPhones in the middle of an edit session?), this has the potential to snowball into a real problem.
If they lose a few thousand influential, tweeting, blogging ditchers, that could then virally turn into ten thousand, then a few hundred thousand, and so forth, and pretty soon you're talking real money. It's no exaggeration to say that billions, not millions of dollars, over time, are at stake. Do the math.
But what does the future hold?
Well, Apple may have a problem they haven't thought of. Just adding in OMF/XML/multicam etc., at this point, may not put FCPX over the hump. At first glance, the footage organization and editing might look kinda similar to FCP7, but it's not. When intelligent, experienced editors explore FCPX in depth, giving it a real, bona fide chance, and give up, you have a problem. Working with media, and editing, are as different from FCP7 and other editing apps as flying a helicopter is to driving a car. And FCPX is not as intuitive as FCP 1-7.
Imagine someone used to driving a car upgrading to a helicopter. You can read the helicopter manual. You can watch hours of manufacturer-certified training movies of people flying helicopters. But when you try to fly one yourself, you will most likely crash and burn before you master it. Apple can say helicopters are cooler than cars, but who cares if there's no good way to learn how to fly the dang thing?
If most the people who download FCPX, whether professional, prosumer and consumer, have a frustrating first, second and third experience, give up and head back to FCP7 to cut that trailer, commercial, movie, industrial or kid's birthday party, and Apple does not reverse course and put FCS3 back on sale (which I predict they won't), it could mean trouble for the Pro Apps division. Think this is ridiculous? Maybe. It's at least as ridiculous as saying Blockbuster's dominance of video rentals will someday be over, or Tower Records will someday not be the place you go to buy records, or MySpace won't be the cool place to connect with friends any more. Technology, and the way it's introduced, has a funny way of radically changing the path of the future, and no one knows this better than Apple. As a company, Apple is fine. With the release of FCPX, the Pro Apps division is at a crucial juncture.
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My Predictions:
- XML export/import (allowing FCP7 projects to be imported)
It's obvious to me that QC people inside Apple have been testing XML import into FCPX for a while, so the only reason they wouldn't have enabled it in the 1.0 version is because there are so many problems importing FCP7 timelines with certain elements, like nested sequences, speed changes (especially reverse motion), embedded Motion projects and other oddities. They feared even more negative fallout from people screaming that their projects wouldn't import than not including it at all. (With my "Z" strategy, they could have called it "limited" XML support, saying "Yeah, it will import FCP7 edits except for certain elements" and the pros would have said "cooool!")
FCP7 PROJECT IMPORT UPDATE: A few items have surfaced regarding FCP7 import. One quickly extinguished ray of hope is a Brazilian MacMagazine article in which someone digging around in the code found a function called "importFinalCutXML".
However, Apple's answer to:
"Can I import projects from Final Cut Pro 7 into Final Cut Pro X?" is:
Final Cut Pro X includes an all-new project architecture structured around a trackless timeline and connected clips. In addition, Final Cut Pro X features new and redesigned audio effects, video effects, and color grading tools. Because of these changes, there is no way to "translate" or bring in old projects without changing or losing data. But if you're already working with Final Cut Pro 7, you can continue to do so after installing Final Cut Pro X, and Final Cut Pro 7 will work with Mac OS X Lion. You can also import your media files from previous versions into Final Cut Pro X.
And, Randy Ubillos replied to a user email, saying:
"FCP7 projects do not have enough information in them to properly translate to FCPX (in FCP7 all of the clip connections live in the editor's head, not in the timeline). We never expected anyone to switch editing software in the middle of a project, so project migration was not a priority.Final Cut Pro X 1.0 is the beginning of a road, not the end."
So, it appears Apple tried, but could not get import to work, so my prediction is most likely wrong.
- AAF/OMF import/export
- SDK so Blackmagic/AJA/Matrox etc. can update their drivers for real broadcast monitoring support (not sure about tape/timecode)
- a published plugin SDK
- multicam editing (with way more streams than FCP7 on the same machine)
- native support for RED and XDCAM
- the ability for a network of edit stations to work from shared storage, and share clip metadata (I am kind of going out on a limb on this one)
I have no "inside info" about these things, except that I've known Brian Meaney for 12 years and I can guarantee that he would not have stood idly by while a brand new app got built that did not have the ability to fit into the professional workflows he knows high end post houses require.
With FCP, he has always had the product positioning philosophy of "get Hollywood first, everyone else will follow" (A philosophy I do not completely share, I recommended in the early days that Apple forget Hollywood and focus on making it "the editing software for the rest of us" (the millions of emerging education/industrial/training/science/medicine/politics/religion/documentary/independent video producers) and let Avid keep the couple thousand hardcore high end editors). But I understand the Hollywood strategy, and Brian has done a great job making sure FCP added the necessary features and codec support that would ensure it became a mainstay in the big post houses– and help win some Oscars!).
Now, Brian, save me the sushi funds and make sure my predictions come true!
(*By the way, by "any ditcher" I mean "any one ditcher"– not all of them! Sheesh!)
The Truth about the Origins of Final Cut Pro X
People have called FCPX "iMovie Pro". Not true. (Not exactly true.)
Randy Ubillos, creator of Premiere, KeyGrip (later renamed Final Cut Pro), Aperture and several other amazing programs, is brilliant, a visionary, and a true innovator. With the original Premiere, he added a new dimension to the editing timeline, allowing "vertical" (compositing) as well as horizontal (storytelling) editing. Key Grip took this further, with keyframes, blend modes and keying. Randy is on a short list of my all-time personal heroes, I've known him for 12 years, and taught alongside him daily at NAB. Though we're not close friends, I have been privileged to talk with him on several occasions and I feel like I know how he thinks. (Like Randy, when I design software, I always start from a blank slate and let common sense and user experience drive the process without any influence from "this is the way things have always been done.")
I remember one time, probably ten years ago, we were riding in the back seat of a car after a trade show and I told Randy that I envisioned Final Cut Pro moving towards more pre-production features, like scriptwriting and timeline storyboarding, where FCP would print out shotlists and a shooting script, and then after shooting, the actual takes would drop in and replace the storyboard placeholders. I remember he didn't seem to like the idea much, so I'm sure this conversation had little or no influence on any future development, but at any rate, a few years later Randy came back from a diving vacation and going through his footage realized that the standard UI paradigm of Avid/Premiere/Final Cut/Vegas/Liquid/etc. (all somewhat similar in media management) were not an ideal environment for the very first step in post-production: organizing raw footage.
So Randy starting writing an app: "First Cut", a professional-level "feeder" app for Final Cut Pro. You would launch First Cut, import all your raw footage, then quickly skim through, keywording, organizing, marking as good or rejecting, and finally building a rough edit.
Then you would "Export to Final Cut Pro", and import the rough cut XML into Final Cut Pro to fine-tune edits, color grade, add titles and effects, composite, key, mix sound and do your final mastering. First Cut was born for one purpose only– to make plowing through and organizing mountains of footage efficient and even enjoyable.
I don't know whether Randy decided to repurpose First Cut or His Steveness saw it and decided it should be the new iMovie, but somewhere along the line it was decided at One Infinite Loop that First Cut would become iMovie '08. Other features were added, and iMovie was released– to decidedly mixed reviews.
David Pogue wrote a scathing review for the NY Times: "Apple Takes a Step Back With iMovie '08″:
Most people are used to a product cycle that goes like this: Release a new version every year or two, each more capable than the last. Ensure that it's backward-compatible with your existing documents.
IMovie '08, on the other hand, has been totally misnamed. It's not iMovie at all. In fact, it's nothing like its predecessor and contains none of the same code or design. It's designed for an utterly different task, and a lot of people are screaming bloody murder… …iMovie '08 is an utter bafflement… …What the [bleep]! What was Apple thinking?
Sound familiar?
(Ironically, Dave seems to have done a 180º, and now he loves FCPX, for some of the same reasons he hated iMovie '08. Ah well, journalists…)
The "Export to Final Cut Pro" option in iMovie '08 bespoke of its roots, too bad only a few people used it in this way, I tried it and it worked great in this workflow. (Because people didn't "get" the new paradigm, and there was no one to show them the way, due to public outcry Apple had to put a download link for iMovie 6 back on the iMovie page.)
Although FCPX was built from scratch, and not from the iMovie codebase, it's clear that Randy's vision for a revolutionary new way to manage media (and find the right clip), as well as edit video footage, is at the very foundation of Final Cut Pro X.
So, the people calling Final Cut Pro X "iMovie Pro" are wrong, like people who say humans are descended from monkeys. (We're not, though we share a common ancestor.)
Finally, Josh's take on Final Cut Pro X
[This paragraph has been edited.] I will post a full review in an upcoming article.
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Mermaid's Dream in Key West
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Townhome
- community Truman Annex
rates (USD)
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vacation rental description
A beautifully furnished and comfortable townhome located within the prestigious President's Walk at Truman Annex. First floor - Covered porch, living room with 60" Plasma TV, dining area, full kitchen and full bath. Back yard with 12'X18' Trex deck, furniture, grill and bikes. Second floor - Mstr Bedroom with King size bed and private balcony, guest bedroom with twin beds that can be made into a King with a "twin doubler"(provided), full bath with shower, oversized vanity, and full size washer/dryer. Short walk to heated pool. Old Town location is convenient to Duval Street, waterfront sunsets at Mallory Square and the best beach at Fort Zachary Taylor. Also within walking distance to Jeanna's (groceries and sandwiches), Fausto's (small supermarket w/beer and wine), and Walgreens.
property availability
Last modified on 02-15-2014 at 10:07 AM.
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Tom & Patti Thornton 610-329-2880
townhome rental amenities
--Gated Community
--Covered parking
--Central air and ceiling fans
--Phantom screens
--Yard with 12' X 18' Trex deck, grill and 2 bicycles
--60" Plasma TV in living room
--Queen size sofa sleeper in living room
--Fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher and microwave
--Linens and towels and beach towels
--Heated Community Pool
--Private porch and balcony
--Ironing board and iron
activities and attractions in Key West The Florida Keys
Key West offers some of the best fishing on the east coast. Whether it's going deep sea or bone fishing in the flats, you're sure to have one of the best fishing experiences ever! Kayaking, jet skis, and parasailing tours abound. World class restaurants, Art galleries and night life are all within walking distance, and so is the beach at Fort Zachary Taylor. It's a great place for sun worshippers and snorklers alike! Take a short stroll to the waterfront where every night you can experience the Sunset Celebration or, if you're a music lover, walk to any number of watering holes that offer up the best in live Blues, Jazz, and good old Rock'n Roll. Bringing the kids along? Key West's Butterfly Museum, Aquarium, Eco-Discovery Center and Glass Bottom Boat tours are great ways to take a break from the beach. How about a ride twenty minutes north on Rt. 1? Spend a day at Bahia Honda State Park. The beach is so beautiful, it has been rated number one in the country. They also offer a spectacular snorkeling trip to the reef off of Looe Key every day, weather permitting. Whatever your tastes, a visit to Key West guarantees you're sure to have a great time!
vacation rental rates
Off Season Rates*
(May 1 through September 30) $1,800 per week; $5,000 per month. Plus cleaning fee of $150.00
In Season Rates*
(October 1 through April 30) $2,300 per week; $8,500 per month. Plus cleaning fee of 150.00
*Specialty Rates apply for Fantasy Fest, Boat Races, Fishing
Tournaments and holidays
Tom & Patti Thornton 610-329-2880
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.
Learn more in our Security CenterTop things to do in Key West
- Deep Sea or Flats Fishing
- Snorkeling
- Kayaking
- Parasailing & Jet Ski
- Golf
Top things to do on a budget
- Snorkel off the beach
- Fish at public pier
- Nightly Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square
- Visit great Art Galleries
- Enjoy Live Music at local watering holes
Top things to do with a family
- Butterfly Museum
- Aquarium
- Glass Bottom Boat
- Eco-Discovery Center
- Swim, Snorkel and Barbeque at Fort Zachary Taylor Beach
Tom & Patti Thornton , owner