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It's much easier to say hello than good-bye. It's also easier to film a "hello" than a "farewell." People who greet each other for the first time don't necessarily have pasts that need to be conveyed, but those who say good-bye for the last time have a history that should be somehow explained. Anthony Volastro handles this scenario very well in his short film "aNother Night," which offers a glimpse into a Woman's (Amelia Heinle) and Father Wingfield's (Bernard McClain) attempts to spend one last night together before she and her son Peter (DA Keator) go to Dallas. Volastro's fifteen minute-long film provides enough information for you to understand that the Woman and Father Wingfield were once in a relationship, but because it isn't about hellos, it doesn't divulge details like why and how they became involved.
The bulk of "aNother Night" takes place at a motel, where the Woman, her son, and the Father spend an awkward night together. Director Volastro captures the physicality of the attraction between the Woman and Father Wingfield, capitalizing on the actors' abilities to convey their characters' chemistry. Whether they're in the confessional booth, in her car, or in her motel room with Peter present, the Woman's and the Father's affection for one another is evident. It's tangible. You almost feel like you're intruding on the subtle and not-so-subtle intimate moments they share, but the Woman and the Father are so immersed in their last night together that they don't know you're watching.
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Business lobby poll says public wants mine
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Looks more like a pole!!!
"Would you support passing an WMC elimination bill to allow the creation of responsible public discourse and good-paying ice cream cones in Wisconsin?"
Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. Next time JS could ask a better question, such as "Who cares" -
Taken right off their website: "The Tarrance Group is one of the most widely respected and successful Republican strategic research and polling firms in the nation." Enough said.
do you have a point?
What JS neglected to inform was that the question they depicted as the lead question was the only question on the poll. It has been administered in Sept and Oct of 2012 and February of 2013. While Feb support remains the same as Sept it is down from Oct. The number of voters unsure of the bill and opposed to the bill has increased during that same period. This question is certainly not as long as the Conservation poll (which posed 5 questions and provided information in the questions). Yes, both poll entities have opposite political leanings which means you must analyze the data and methodology from the pollsters carefully. Given that Republicans based their predictions of a Romney win on their own polling, this should raise questions about the quality/accuracy of their pollsters.
"Would you support passing an iron mining bill that makes taxpayers foot the bill for tipping fees, and leaves taxpayers holding the bag if environmental cleanup costs are involved in Wisconsin?"
You really think the EPA won't have a huge magnifying glass on this mine? It's not like MMSD that can crap in the lake without a word from EPA. This is a private company and the EPA loves to levy fines on private companies.
Get these mining jobs going ASAP, please.
This is supportive of the traditional Republican adage, " A mine is a terrible thing to waste." If Walker truly believed the public supports this he would hold public hearings throughout the state.
I want the mining jobs for the state and want them now.
This mine is likely to add no more jobs to Northern Wisconsin then Kestral Aircraft has.
At least their maintaining a Post Office Box in Superior to collect their checks from Gov. Walker. -
Who would vote against "good paying mining jobs?" What a setup question for a survey!!!

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- Date:26 Dec 2013
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:White Hart Lane
- Attendance:35,545
- Eriksen (35)
- Olsson (37)
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Live Commentary
- 93:48 +3.48
Danny Rose crosses the ball.
The referee signals the end of the game.
- 93:24 +3.24
The referee blows for offside.
- 93:20 +3.20
Michael Dawson makes a clearance.
- 91:51 +1.51
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Nabil Bentaleb by James Morrison.
- 91:38 +1.38
Centre by Kyle Walker.
- 90:39 +0.39
The referee blows for offside against Stephane Sessegnon.
- 89:02
Free kick taken by Kyle Walker.
- 88:18
The ball is crossed by Danny Rose.
- 88:08
Shot by Kyle Walker. Blocked by James Morrison.
- 87:50
The ball is crossed by Danny Rose.
- 86:17
Roberto Soldado gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Jonas Olsson.
- 85:51
Clearance made by Diego Lugano.
- 83:58
Free kick awarded for a foul by Liam Ridgewell on Erik Lamela.
- 83:13
Saido Berahino joins the action as a substitute, replacing Matej Vydra.
- 82:40
Corner from the left by-line taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 81:47
Corner taken by James Morrison from the left by-line.
- 81:13
Clearance made by Danny Rose.
- 79:42
A cross is delivered by Danny Rose.
- 78:02
Clearance by Vlad Chiriches.
- 77:16
The ball is delivered by Danny Rose.
- 76:30
Stephane Sessegnon comes on in place of Zoltan Gera.
- 75:41
Danny Rose takes a shot.
- 74:37
Erik Lamela replaces Nacer Chadli.
- 74:08
Clearance made by Craig Dawson.
- 73:04
The ball is sent over by Danny Rose.
- 72:12
Clearance by Michael Dawson.
- 70:42
Youssouf Mulumbu is brought on as a substitute for Morgan Amalfitano.
- 68:52
Morgan Amalfitano makes a clearance.
- 68:17
Shot by Nabil Bentaleb. Jonas Olsson gets a block in.
- 66:46
Kyle Walker takes a shot. A parry by Ben Foster prevents the goal.
- 66:44
Booking for Jonas Olsson for dissent.
- 66:43
Christian Eriksen takes the free kick.
- 65:19
Unfair challenge on Danny Rose by Steven Reid results in a free kick.
- 65:14
Jonas Olsson manages to make a clearance.
- 63:48
Nacer Chadli crosses the ball.
- 63:01
Morgan Amalfitano concedes a free kick for a foul on Kyle Walker.
- 62:13
(Spurs) makes a substitution, with Nabil Bentaleb coming on for Lewis Holtby.
- 60:39
Christian Eriksen delivers the ball.
- 60:13
Danny Rose restarts play with the free kick.
- 60:02
Steven Reid challenges Gylfi Sigurdsson unfairly and gives away a free kick.
- 57:33
Free kick taken by Steven Reid.
- 56:58
Craig Dawson makes a clearance.
- 55:21
Foul by Kyle Walker on Liam Ridgewell, free kick awarded.
- 54:51
Zoltan Gera takes a weak shot. Hugo Lloris catches the ball.
- 54:10
Foul by Danny Rose on Zoltan Gera, free kick awarded.
- 53:56
Strike on goal comes in from Steven Reid from the free kick. A parry by Hugo Lloris prevents the goal.
- 53:08
Vlad Chiriches gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Matej Vydra.
- 52:35
Corner from the left by-line taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 52:17
Corner taken by Christian Eriksen from the left by-line.
- 51:53
Michael Dawson heads at goal. Blocked by Zoltan Gera.
- 51:50
Corner from the right by-line taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 50:08
Short corner taken by Christian Eriksen from the right by-line.
- 49:49
Centre by Roberto Soldado.
The referee gets the second half started.
- 46:54 +1.54
James Morrison takes a shot and went wide of the left-hand post.
- 46:47
Free kick taken by Danny Rose.
The ref blows to end the first period.
- 46:38 +1.38
Shot by Nacer Chadli went wide left of the goal.
- 46:33
Unfair challenge on Danny Rose by Morgan Amalfitano results in a free kick.
- 46:07
Clearance made by Claudio Yacob.
- 45:45 +0.45
The ball is delivered by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
- 43:40
Clearance by Matej Vydra.
- 43:33
Christian Eriksen has an effort at goal. Ben Foster fumbles the ball.
- 42:33
Vlad Chiriches makes a clearance.
- 41:11
The ball is crossed by James Morrison.
- 40:46
Clearance by Diego Lugano.
- 38:36
Clearance by Craig Dawson.
- 37:09
Morgan Amalfitano crosses the ball in from the free kick.
- 36:31
Free kick awarded for a foul by Christian Eriksen on James Morrison.
- 35:12
Free kick scored by Christian Eriksen. Spurs 1-0 West Brom.
- 33:46
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Kyle Walker by James Morrison.
- 32:54
Jonas Olsson makes a clearance.
- 32:17
Free kick crossed by Christian Eriksen.
- 31:46
Unfair challenge on Nacer Chadli by Claudio Yacob results in a free kick.
- 31:04
Corner taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 30:41
Roberto Soldado has an effort at goal. Blocked by Liam Ridgewell.
- 30:11
Nacer Chadli fouled by Diego Lugano, the ref awards a free kick.
- 30:06
Danny Rose restarts play with the free kick.
- 29:53
Steven Reid goes into the referee's book.
- 29:50
Steven Reid gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Emmanuel Adebayor.
- 29:31
Header at goal by Matej Vydra goes right of the post.
- 28:47
Free kick awarded for a foul by Michael Dawson on Matej Vydra.
- 27:38
Craig Dawson manages to make a clearance.
- 24:48
Lewis Holtby has an effort at goal. Craig Dawson gets a block in.
- 24:43
Danny Rose produces a cross.
- 22:41
Christian Eriksen crosses the ball.
- 21:42
Free kick taken by Danny Rose.
- 21:10
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Roberto Soldado by Craig Dawson.
- 20:20
Liam Ridgewell restarts play with the free kick.
- 19:54
Free kick awarded for a foul by Nacer Chadli on James Morrison.
- 18:37
Corner taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 18:05
Steven Reid manages to make a clearance.
- 17:05
Craig Dawson makes a clearance.
- 16:59
Nacer Chadli crosses the ball.
- 15:11
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Danny Rose by Zoltan Gera.
- 13:51
Header at goal by Jonas Olsson goes over the frame of the goal.
- 13:17
Matej Vydra takes the chance to get an effort at goal. Hugo Lloris parries the effort to safety.
- 11:55
Clearance by Steven Reid.
- 11:52
Corner from the right by-line taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 10:37
Ben Foster takes the free kick.
- 10:01
Nacer Chadli has an effort at goal. Claudio Yacob gets a block in.
- 9:27
Steven Reid makes a clearance.
- 7:07
Michael Dawson manages to make a clearance.
- 5:48
Shot by Lewis Holtby. Zoltan Gera gets a block in.
- 4:21
Claudio Yacob fouled by Lewis Holtby, the ref awards a free kick.
- 3:32
Corner from the taken by Christian Eriksen.
- 2:02
A cross is delivered by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
- 0:06
Clearance made by Diego Lugano.
The referee gets the game underway.
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Sherwood has "no fear" - Redknapp Harry Redknapp has laughed off suggestions that Tim Sherwood does not have the experience or knowledge to lead Tottenham back into the Champions League. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy took a huge gamble on Monday night when he named Sherwood as the club's new manager. The 44-year-old, who has been given an 18-month contract, has very limited experience when it comes to management. Sherwood has coached Spurs' development side, but his only two games in charge of the first team came when Levy sacked Villas-Boas and asked the former Tottenham midfielder to take over on a temporary basis. But Redknapp, who first brought Sherwood to the club in 2008, is sure the former England and Blackburn man will be a success. "They've made a great decision to give him the job," the former Spurs manager told talkSPORT. "Villas-Boas was a scout for years and years. He never played football. "He got thrown into the deep end, did a great job at Porto, and got the Chelsea and Tottenham job off the back of that. "Tim has far more football experience than the previous manager had. He's been a top player and captained Blackburn. He's been coaching for many years with the Under-21s so he's not short of experience. "He's got no fear and can handle players. He won't be afraid of talking to them because they were bought for B#20-30million, it will make no difference to him." Sherwood took up a part-time coaching role at Spurs under Redknapp in 2008 before moving up the ladder to become technical co-ordinator. Redknapp saw promise in Sherwood during his three-year spell at Spurs and made sure the new manager was exposed to as much experience of first-team affairs as possible. "When I was there he travelled to every first-team game with me, including all the away European games," Redknapp added. "He'd come and watch the first-team games every Saturday after training the kids on a Saturday. So he's been around the first team for a good few years." Sherwood won his first Barclays Premier League game last Sunday when Spurs came from behind to register an impressive 3-2 win at Southampton. Tottenham now sit four points off the top four but victories over West Brom and Stoke in the coming days can put the team firmly back in contention. Redknapp took Spurs into the Champions League in 2010 and the QPR manager thinks Sherwood can achieve the same feat this year. Redknapp even believes that Tottenham can catch second-place Arsenal, who have spent much of the season at the top of the Barclays Premier League. "I thought Tottenham were absolute certainties to finish above Arsenal at the start of the season," Redknapp said. "Then Arsenal lost their first game of the season, but they have done fantastic since then. But they are only six points above Tottenham. "That's nothing. That can be wiped out in a week, so Tottenham are still bang in there. "They have a good squad. I think Tim will get the best out of them. I wouldn't write Tottenham off four a top-four position, they have got as good a chance as the seven teams that will be scrapping it out until the end of the season." Sherwood is expected to be without winger Aaron Lennon, who has an abdominal injury, for his first full game in charge against the Baggies on Boxing Day. The new boss does have midfielder Mousa Dembele available though, after he recovered from an ankle injury he suffered at St Mary's last weekend. West Brom's caretaker boss Keith Downing insists out-of-sorts striker Nicolas Anelka has a big part to play in their Christmas fixtures despite his indifferent start to life at The Hawthorns. Downing's side face Tottenham and West Ham in the coming days as they spend much of the next week in London. The stand-in head coach knows his squad will be stretched by the busy schedule and wants every member to play their part. Much has been made of Anelka's lack of impact since arriving as a free agent in the summer, with the striker yet to score for the Baggies and out of action since October following a groin problem. With Matej Vydra breaking his duck in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Hull, the French veteran faces the prospect of sliding further down the pecking order. However, Downing is adamant Anelka is by no means a lost cause yet. "He's preparing for the two games and bearing in mind he's nearer the end of his career, in his mid-thirties, you've got to respect that," he said. "We're doing that and he'll have some sort of important part to play in the next couple of games." "I'm pleased for Matej Vydra because he's been here a while and people have forgotten him a little bit. I'm pleased because he's a good type, a good professional who works hard at his game. "He's in a good vein of form at the moment. He's come on and scored the goal, made some impact in previous games. When someone scores a goal their confidence is high so you've got to consider him for a start at Spurs." Vydra's equaliser against the Tigers was created by fellow substitute Zoltan Gera, with the crowd favourite returning from a long-standing knee injury recently. "I'm pleased for Zoltan too because he's had a long time out with his knee again and he's such an important person around the place," Downing added. "He's a great influence on young pros. I'm pleased that he's come back and made an impact." Downing is happy to continue in his role until chairman Jeremy Peace and technical director Richard Garlick appoint a new permanent head coach in their own time. "I've been given no indication whatsoever about timing," he said. "I got a thank you and a well done from the chairman after the Hull match and a 'keep it going', but that's as much as I've got. "I don't really want to know, to be honest, because I've got to focus on what I've got to do and that's the most important thing for me. I think if I get distracted by what's going on elsewhere, I'm not doing my job." Striker Victor Anichebe is West Brom's only injury doubt as he is struggling with a groin problem.
West Brom
- Hugo Lloris
- Kyle Walker
- Michael Dawson
- Vlad Chiriches
- Danny Rose
- Nacer Chadli
- Lewis Holtby
- Christian Eriksen
- Gylfi Sigurdsson
- Roberto Soldado
- Emmanuel Adebayor
- Erik Lamela
- Etienne Capoue
- Kyle Naughton
- Brad Friedel
- Nabil Bentaleb
- Ryan Fredericks
- Milos Veljkovic
- Ben Foster
- Craig Dawson
- Diego Lugano
- Jonas Olsson
- Liam Ridgewell
- Claudio Yacob
- Steven Reid
- Zoltan Gera
- James Morrison
- Morgan Amalfitano
- Matej Vydra
- Scott Sinclair
- Chris Brunt
- Boaz Myhill
- Youssouf Mulumbu
- Gareth McAuley
- Stephane Sessegnon
- Saido Berahino
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Form Guide
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Last Meetings
- West Brom
- 0 - 1
- Spurs
- 03/02/2013
- Spurs
- 1 - 1
- West Brom
- 25/08/2012
- Spurs
- 1 - 0
- West Brom
- 03/01/2012
- West Brom
- 1 - 3
- Spurs
- 26/11/2011
- Spurs
- 2 - 2
- West Brom
- 23/04/2011
- West Brom
- 1 - 1
- Spurs
- 11/09/2010
Top Scorers
- GT Sigurdsson 3
- E Adebayor 2
- JB Paulinho 2
- RR Soldado 1
- A Townsend 1
- K Walker 1
- L Holtby 1
- RG Sandro 1
- V Chiriches 1
West Brom
- S Long 3
- G McAuley 2
- S Sessegnon 2
- M Amalfitano 2
- S Berahino 2
- L Ridgewell 1
- C Brunt 1
- V Anichebe 1
- C Yacob 1
- M Vydra 1
- Total goals 41
- Goals per game 18
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 1 (For) 4 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 3 (For) 4 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 2 (For) 2 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
West Brom
- Total goals 41
- Goals per game 18
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- (For) 4 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 3 (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 3 (For) 3 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 6 (For) 4 (Against) Period 81-90 mins


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Brain Health for the 21st Century with Dr. Thomas Fritsch
January 24, 2013
Madison Senior Center offers Brain Health Series
The Madison Senior Center presents a three-part Wednesday lecture series by Thomas Fritsch, Ph.D, Director of the Parkinson Research Institute, affiliated with the Regional Parkinson Center of Milwaukee and Aurora Health Care. He studies neuro-degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson and Alzheimer disease, and cognitive processes associated with normal and diseased aging.
Like every organ in the body, the brain changes with age. For some people, the changes are relatively benign, and do not affect their lifestyles in significant ways. For others, brain aging brings with it serious memory and thinking problems, broadly referred to as "dementias." Other brain changes can cause motor difficulties, such as those seen in Parkinson disease. Yet, cognitive decline in aging is not inevitable, and science has shown that there are steps we can take to keep our brain fit.
The "Dementias": What are They? The dementias are a class of diseases that affect memory, thinking, and physical function. Dr. Fritsch will cover the three most common dementias- Alzheimer disease, Lewy Body dementia, and Vascular dementia-and their impacts on the person and family, as well as treatment approaches. March 13-10 -11:30 am.
Parkinson Disease: A Primer. Parkinson disease is a movement disorder…but it also affects the cognition, behaviors, and so-called "vegetative functions." Learn about the lesser known aspects of Parkinson disease in this lecture which may explain surprising signs and symptoms of the disease. April 10-10 -11:30 am.
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Sound romantic? Not to public officials, including the New York Department of Transportation, which has removed 5,600 locks from the Brooklyn Bridge in just the past few months. The locks' weight has even required parts of the iconic bridge to be replaced.
These locks make an excellent example of the power of tangible recognition and rewards. Think about all those happy couples going to the hardware store, scratching on their initials, and heading over to the closest bridge to lock on this symbol of their together-forever-ness. These millenials, after all, are part of a totally digital generation, one that lives most of its life on the web and social media. So why don't they just slap some emojis in a text, or write a "LUV YA!!" on their beloved's Facebook page and leave it at that?
Because, when something really matters to a people, they turn to the tangible items, and they want an actual object to which they can point and say, "This represents something that's important to me." In the same way that a padlock has become a lasting symbol of love, the award you give them will be a tangible symbol of that achievement, one they can look to time and again.
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Before you cry LyricsArtist: Camera ObscuraAlbum: Underachievers please try harder No sense no style I said I loved you for a little while When you cried no High speed became go slow Come back this time Wishful thinking is going to make you mine Push turns to shove I got no more room for love I hope you hear me I can't stand you next to me Get lost goodbye I'll smile before you cry I love you baby Please don't hate me You're feeling a little sad tonight but you'll be alright
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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a family endowed with incredible musical talent, Julia McLeary p/k/a Jules developed an early fascination and affinity to the world of music and entertainment, and was determined from then on to incorporate it into her life. She began her journey ritualistically, like many other artists, amidst a spiritual audience in the church, but not long after, Jules began to perform locally in competitive arenas that required indisputable talent in song and dance; this led to significant growth on her career path.
After migrating to the U.S. in the early 80s, Jules further developed her talents by majoring in the performing arts at Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY. There she studied acting and vocal training under the direction of reputable classical teachers. As a part of her repertoire, she performed popular Broadway tunes from renowned acts like Cats, Evita, Porgy & Bess, as well as contemporary hits.
Jules subsequently relocated to South Florida where she was introduced to singer/songwriter/musician/producer, Doug E. Mack, she was reacquainted to her rich island heritage and its splendid musical foundations. Since that time, she has expanded her portfolio to reflect the origins, history and culture of her music. Today, her genre spans from reggae to jazz to opera.
Her brand new single is a stunning cover of the Prince of Reggae Dennis Brown's Classic hit How Could I Leave; it will be followed by an original We Made Love, both taking from her soon to be released debut album Love Story, that is produced by Douglas McLeary for Rhythmax Records.
Jules has performed amongst popular reggae artists such as Beres Hammond, Morgan Heritage, and Luciano; just to name a few. Recently, she returned to her homeland and released a single, The Power Of Love; it received spectacular reviews and landed her live performances at the Ashanti and Peppers Nightclub as well as several interviews at leading, radio and television stations on the island. On returning to South Florida the radio and TV interviews continued she also performed the American National Anthem at the 2009 opening event for the Caribbean-American Soccer Association (CASA). Jules appeared at "Legends Nightclub" in Miami, as special guest with, The Abyssinans, Barry Biggs, and the Melodians. "The Power Of Love" went on to top of the charts on WAVS-1170 Radio. It was featured on a popular compilation album released in Japan and Europe, with various artists in the likes of Marcia Griffith, Beres Hammond, and Nadine Sutherland among others.
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Apple can sell the Mac Pro if they'd build high end i5 and i7 configurations. I don't want a high core-count, but slow clock speed Xeon. Put in the latest greatest i7 and bus and include a full grown graphics card with multiple SSD options and you could probably sell a bunch of these for $2000-2500. Position them to overlap with the higher iMacs with a value proposition of expandability vs all-in-oneness and they'd have lots of buyers.
The Xeons just cost too much.
Our artists use professional high-end compositing and 3D software to create HD material for broadcast. For us, the Mac Pro is true to it's name. It is a reliable, essential tool in our professional workflows. A mac mini design, will not support the fiber cards that we require, or the video card upgrades that we use for heavy lifting on graphics. Thunderbolt will not adequately address our needs for multiple displays in conjunction with the networked storage as well.
If Mac Pro is abandoned, our entire business, and many others in production will be forced to abandon Apple products and workflows. This has already begun (in haste IMHO) with a sort of exodus after the release of Final Cut X - which despite claims to the contrary, is not a viable professional tool for anyone that's not a one-man, one-computer business.
It's my hope that Apple will announce an adequate Mac Pro replacement in the future, and for the love of professional, perhaps even a roadmap to ease our minds. This year has been a scary one for Mac-based post production people.
Yes, but that's a pretty significant thing. For heavy graphics work (3d rendering, huge baked textures getting pulled into CS5) while running Xcode, Safari, Mail, and popping in and out of other dev tools, Aperture, etc., and tossing in running Windows in a VM on and off, it turns out the CPUs and RAM are pretty key, a decent video card doesn't hurt either, and it's nice being able to slap drives right in the machine as well. I'm not sure how well that will fit in a Mini Pro.
The other issue is that the majority of the price of the Pro tower isn't coming from having expansion slots and some drive bays - it's the Xeon server CPUs that Intel is able to totally price-gouge on given AMD's lack of competitiveness in that space. The 2006 Pro tower was extremely competitive on price in general, and the later ones keep drifting higher - and the only component going up is the Xeon.
It might help Apple's sales to do a 'normal' tower with a high end non-Xeon CPU as well, but the additional cores are a huge help on my work, and going iMac isn't an option. The upgrade cycle currently is very long since Intel hasn't done that much recently to make an upgrade worth it - and Apple not having an upgrade doesn't help those who would pull the trigger. Sort of a catch-22 there... complain that sales aren't high enough while not updating the product because the sales keep dropping.
I'd really HATE to end up on friggin' Windows again just because Apple can't see their way to produce an actual high-end machine. Sadly, they may not care since they're making more on consumer products, but some of the very apps that help sell their consumer products are created on Pro towers today. Pretty sad if they get to where you have to use Windows to make Mac & iOS apps. :/
Gadgets so easy to use, even a cave man can do it.
So far, that has been the most successful strategy Apple has ever had. They never made it as a computer company. The big bucks started to flow when they started down the path to being a gadget company. That is clearly their direction now.
Even a taller Mac Mini with a graphics card slot and drive bay would appease a lot of people.
Apple has fared a lot better at selling computers than Compaq, Packard Bell, Gateway, e-Machines, IBM and the rest of the long list Wintel companies.
Gadgets so easy to use, even a cave man can do it.
So far, that has been the most successful strategy Apple has ever had. They never made it as a computer company. The big bucks started to flow when they started down the path to being a gadget company. That is clearly their direction now.
I completely agree with you. The Mac Pros back in 2006 weren't quite so overpriced as they are now, the latest ones are utterly extortionate. It's no wonder people aren't buying them. I have a 2006 Mac Pro that's still going great, albeit with a slightly dodgy PSU. Buying an initially more expensive machine that's upgradeable really makes sense to me. My MP cost about £2500 in 2006, but if it wasn't for upgradeable graphics, I would have been forced to sell on the otherwise perfect machine long ago. The CPUs in this machine are plenty fast enough, it's always the GPU that's the bottleneck for me.
If I'd bought an iMac in 2006 instead, by 2008 the original ATI 1900XT would have started to show its age, and I would have needed to upgrade. With an iMac, the only option is a new machine. Then again in 2010, the 8800 in the second iMac would either be bust (making the machine pretty much worthless) or too slow, so I would have needed another new machine. If the 8800 in a Mac Pro died, no sweat, just replace it for £150, or less for a second hand card.
Let's tot up the totals for the ownership costs of a Mac Pro vs an iMac since 2006:
Initial Mac Pro price: £2500
Initial iMac price: £1600
First Mac Pro Graphics card upgrade: £200
Sale of old iMac (presumed working): £600
New iMac: £1600
Second Mac Pro graphics card upgrade: £200
Sale of second old iMac (presumed working): £600
New iMac: £1600
Total for Mac Pro: £2900
Total for iMac: £3600
Obviously these prices are estimates, but from my reckoning they're pretty accurate. You can see how much more expensive it is to keep getting new machines, and the longer you keep upgrading the same machine, the more you benefit.
Software that's primarily CPU based doesn't seem to have bloated quite so much over recent years, making CPU improvements less important. Software running on GPUs advances in leaps and bounds, especially games, making it much more important to upgrade. Also, if the logic board or GPU dies on an iMac, then you're pretty much stuffed, and may as well fork out for a new machine. With the Mac Pro, you can replace it for much less due to less soldered on parts (like the GPU).
If Apple had just one PCI-E slot inside the iMac so you could replace the graphics card, I'd be sold. There's actually quite a bit of room inside iMacs, especially in the 27" model. Plenty to fit a standard graphics card. Either that, or a Mini Mac Pro as some have suggested. That'd be great, two HDD slots, two PCI-E and 4 RAM slots. Perfect!
I think you are using the wrong metric to prove your point
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The vast majority of people just don't need them. The pro laptops and upper end iMacs have more power than all but the most demanding video editors might need. They run basically any video game well too. Still, there's no question the Mac Pro provides power that high end prosumers and professionals can't get elsewhere on the Mac platform.
True, but the Mac Pro isn't supposed to get the vast majority of the sales, either. And the iMac has mobility graphics. Some people need what's in the Mac Pro, and for them, the iMac simply doesn't cut it. The Mac Pro is for them, so they don't *have* to defect to Windows.
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Short answer: It is not approved by Apple and they are capable of preventing it if they choose to.
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What would be unfortunate for Apple if they discontinue the Mac Pros is that almost all the software I use at this point (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema4D, and several plugins) is platform agnostic. Shops that need the power and are due for an upgrade will switch to Windows systems. This could then lead to a reverse Apple halo effect where people (like me) who have been invested in Macs for so long can realize that Windows & PC workstations are in fact a usable alternative and resemble little of the WindowsXP experience they probably migrated from. Then when it's time to upgrade at home, they might more seriously consider a Windows box. Then what about that iPhone? Then they start talking to their family & friends about how much better Windows has gotten (Keep in mind, that was all hypothetical.)
While iOS has been a huge boon to Apple, they seem to have forgotten that there were a good number of people who migrated to Macs based on recommendations from pros (family & friends) who were working with them, the "cool" factor of seeing high-profile films & other jobs completed with them, or a combination of the two. However, in a post PC world, perhaps the Mac overall will be less & less relevant to Apple. Time will tell and few outside of Cupertino know the answers.
It's certainly possible. I moved to the Mac because it was more stable and let me get work done, and I consequently became an advocate for the platform. If Apple can't keep the machines on the leading edge and turns them into half-iOS devices, I'm not sure I'd be so happy. I guess one thing in Apple's favor there is that Windows 8 in its current state looks like it could drive more users to Apple regardless of where Apple is heading.
And besides, they killed the Xserve too, are they expecting people to run business servers on a Mini?
I have to believe that they could make this even thinner that the current iMac and provide better cooling at the same time. I would buy one in a heartbeat!
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Expansion for example is critical for a video editor even if you have a top end video card you're going to need a slot for your "BOB" of choice wether its for FCP or avid, another slot for fiber channel or Dual channel SATA and most likely another slot for something else down the road and that's if you aren;t using a card that needs two slots and many of them do.
The i7 is nice as some have said, but it's just not the workhorse a xeon is. no "portable" class chip will ever be.
Thunderbolt is great, but I don't see it servicing the needs of high end pros any time soon.
Too bad for the pro's. I wonder who will continue to service our needs and even if they do we'll have to switch to Windows. Bummer. My crew and myself hate the platform with a passion.
There has been allot of discussion lately (pertaining to google specifically as I have seen) about companies using the strategy of gaining popularity with respected and influential professionals to garner popularity for their platform with the masses. Once the numbers for the pros are outweighed by the masses the pro features/ platforms/ software(s) are discontinued and relegated to the status of "legacy" or DOA because it "costs the developer too much" to continue servicing the "niche" they created. Funny how video editing was a huge part of what saved Apple a few years ago and yet we aren't worth the consideration these days. How times have changed.
It seems like we will be returning to the days of proprietary systems ALA SGI and Sun MS's before too long. I doubt that MSFT and Windows will really be able to service our needs. (Not that Avid for example doesn't run well on Windows, just the OS is indisputably a dog). Further many of the hardware manufacturers will have to revamp their product line to work with whatever comes down the road and that will take a long time if they ever decide to go down that road since it seems clear what Apple's directions is.
My personal two cents. Apple is starting to really suck in it's treatment of pro's to put it simply. I'm not that annoyed because there will be options and it's just a computer platform, but they did alienate those of us who helped in large part to keep them and make them relevant when no one else cared to use their machines. BAD on them for that. Great consumer company, but they obviously don't want or need to be anything else. I hope it doesn't bite them in the ass years down the road when they need a loyal fan base to prop them up should the consumer market (a fickle on in that) decide that Apple is yesterdays pink Cadillac.
IMO They really should spin off the pro division (They'll never license OSX out no sense barking up that tree) and stop worrying so much about profits of X vs profits of Y. Profit is profit and sometimes goodwill with influential people is better than being the most popular.
The vast majority of people just don't need them. The pro laptops and upper end iMacs have more power than all but the most demanding video editors might need. They run basically any video game well too. Still, there's no question the Mac Pro provides power that high end prosumers and professionals can't get elsewhere on the Mac platform.
it's not just the power though, it's the storage as well.
Almost every program I use on the MacPro can't take advantage of multiple CPU's and no Mac program can use more than 4 Gigs of RAM anyway. For those reasons, while the "power" of the Mac pro is welcome it's over-rated and not much different from an iMac in practice.
What I really NEED is the storage. I use all four hard drives and each is 2TB's. I then back those up to a network storage device.
You can add some external drives to an iMac but it's cumbersome, stupid and expensive. If you have a lot of data and need it available at all times you need the extra storage provided by the Mac Pro. I can't see how anyone could have much of an iTunes library without one unless they buy into the whole iTunes in the iCloud stuff.
This is just the latest step in Apple's long term plans to morph itself into a consumer electronics and entertainment company. OS X has been dumbed down and iOS-ized, the Xserves are gone, they removed features from OS X Lion server, Final Cut X is a joke among video pros, their only current monitor doesn't even work with the Mac Pro or Macbooks older than six months. The last two years have been a disaster for pros who depend on Macs to do their work. At my company we're looking at Windows 7 and Linux PCs to replace our Macs because Apple seems determined to abandon the professional power user.
I think its more accurate to say that Apple doesn't know how to make money doing what you want them to do.
Apple never got anywhere competing against beige boxes. They've always had to try and go somewhere else.
They reach so many more people and are so much more relevant selling consumers $500 ultraportable computers. They sell tons of those. It has the features and pricing people want.
You could say the pro is useful for the apps that get made for iOS, but I bet if you profiled iOS developers the vast majority get their apps made on macbooks and imacs, which are more than powerful enough.
I would argue that the beige box future simply doesn't exist. Does anyone have a great business making tower PC's? Isn't everyone who depends on making computers in this line struggling to some extent? Margins are way down, quality is down, its a difficult and fairly profitless business. Yes Dell sells lots of boxes, but they make almost no money doing it. Lots of businesses buy and lease these boxes for their users, but its just a big lumbering slow business with slow upgrade cycles and cautious purchasing habits.
It's time to phase out this line. It's a distraction for Apple and takes their attention off of the more profitable and useful product lines. They probably even have some brilliant engineers and designers on the Pro line now who would be alot more useful to us elsewhere.
The iMacs do have a PCIe bus, it's just not available in a form that uses a standard port. Apple could easily add the port to the logic board if they so wanted.
Thunderbolt isn't as fast as the latest PCIe either, so you won't find a GPU in a box attached to your Mac via Thunderbolt any time soon. No doubt Thunderbolt will get faster, but so will PCIe. By your admission, more work is being done on the GPU, so surely that should be more reason to have it accessible in some kind of standard PCIe slot inside iMacs?
you are certainly not alone in this opinion. I have never seen a PC workstation case that measures up in terms of usability, style, and craftsmanship. I will probably try to retrofit the case when the Mac pro gets retired. It's just solid.
I still believe that the 27" iMac is the best value in computing today. They just need to make the next iteration more modular. Ditch the optical drive and the 3.5" HDD and provide two user accessible SSD (2.5") bays. One would be enough for the smaller iMac, but the 27" is a Pro machine and it deserves two. Keep the Thunderbolt ports and add a couple USB 3.0 ports for external storage.
I have to believe that they could make this even thinner that the current iMac and provide better cooling at the same time. I would buy one in a heartbeat!
You clearly have no idea about why there is a pro market or what it is. iMacs are great, but they aren't equivalent in any way to the Mac pro.
Do they? Your opinion says yes. But the facts may say no.
I work for a studio level FX/Annie house and last year we replaced 20 aging Pro based workstations with iMacs and have had no issues. We are replacing the other 30 with iMacs over the next six months. We have a mac mini server running our email. We also have four workstations running a Linux based rendering system. If we could get Mac minis that could handle that load we would.
How did you guys deal with the glossy mirrors? Super low lighting? Black out all the windows? I know of a few large design studios in Vancouver that decided to drop the Mac because of these issues. At one, productivity was dropping because of headaches and eye strain - and they didn't want to black out the windows on their sweet studio space. They are using ugly anti glare sheets on the iMacs they still have and had to move color critical rendering into "the cave".
When my Mac Pros die, looks like my 30 year love affair with Apple will come to an end. I heard windows 7 isn't so bad. Maybe Apple will figure out how to manufacture a functional display by then like ALL the other manufacturers have done.
But this is the point, with thunderbolt you can expand your Mac's storage & PCI-X capabilities thus elevating the need for a big empty tower you can expand into. As laptops become more powerful most people are going this route simply because they need the expandability of a tower more than the raw power.
The Mac Mini could easily take the place of the Pro with the right thunderbolt accessories, if Apple invests in a few key devices such as a PCI-X card housing and a storage housing then I think we could see the Mini become the new desktop. Might still be nice to have a souped up mini with more cores & such, that might be worthwhile.
I have a 2007 Mac Pro 1,1 with 3880 graphics, 6TB drive storage space and 16GB memory. I bought it when the first Aluminum iMacs appeared but were short on stock, and I had a major book project coming up that was too much for my aging Powerbook. I wanted the iMac, but couldn't wait six weeks for them to ship. My wife told me to just get the Mac Pro, that it would probably last much longer. Boy was she right.
It's still a current, modern machine, and workhorse, a beast, what have you. It runs Lion without a hitch. Photoshop, InDesign, Aperture and Final Cut like a champ. My wife, meanwhile, is limping along with an Aluminum iMac, which beach balls constantly just running Photoshop on Lion. It wasn't so happy with 10.6 either. My Mac Pro will easily last another three years before showing its age. And I've still only half filled its memory slots and could go to 18GB internal storage. It can run three huge displays and dance circles around my friends' brand new MacbookPros.
So tell me, was it overpriced? Is it a dinosaur or boat anchor? I think not. No other configuration will allow that kind of storage, graphics, PCI and memory expansion and look so good doing it. If anything, Apple is under pricing them (provided you don't BTO the RAM, heh heh). If they raise the price, I'll still buy one when I need to replace mine. And if they do discontinue one, I'll sell mine for 1500 bucks and buy a new one as soon as they announce the end of the line. Then I'll still have another 6 years to figure out what's next.
A ramped up Mini? No way the graphics will be good enough. Sure external thunderbolt is ok, and an sad system disk will do internally. But unless they can pack 32GB of memory in there, it'll never run what pros need.
An iMac? ok, as long as I can get to the internals quickly, and without any assistance. My wife's iMac, while expandable, needs complete disassembly of the housing and display just to swap hard drives or upgrade the video card. And the glossy screen is a definite show stopper.
Maybe the Pros will have to pay more to work, while the consumer lines continue to get Apple's love, but if that's what it takes, so be it. I'll just have to charge my clients a few dollars more.
oh, and as for its 8 year old case, it's still the most beautiful tower out there. Have you seen the competition? nasty.
Instead of Xeon processors which are an overkill for most people, Apple should offer Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme processors. This will bring the price of the Mac Pro down and allow more people to buy one.
The Xeon processors are an overkill and I really don't understand the advantage the offer over desktop Core i7 processors.
Their prices did go up significantly. Apple should offer the cheaper Core i7 processors, maybe even Core i5 for those who need expandability but don't the overkill Xeon processors. They should sell it with no GPU as an option for those who want to install their own GPU later.
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Almost every program I use on the MacPro can't take advantage of multiple CPU's and no Mac program can use more than 4 Gigs of RAM anyway. For those reasons, while the "power" of the Mac pro is welcome it's over-rated and not much different from an iMac in practice.
Most Mac apps do use multiple CPUs, all the iApps do for a start. Also, any 64-bit app can use over 4GB of RAM.
If the power of the Mac Pro is disputed, why is it my 2006 MP is still comparable to new iMacs today? An iMac from 2006 with a C2D has no chance of competing, but the Xeons are so well designed that they seem to have the power that the cheap consumer chips can't quite get. They effectively stay faster, for longer.
I just upgraded my G5 Tower to the 8-core Mac Pro. Bought the base version and built it out. Added 2nd video card (running 23" 30" & 23" non-glare Apple monitors), bumped the Ram to 20GB, put the new original 1TB HD in storage (without even starting it up) and put in three 2 TB drives, and transferred a 1.5 TB from the old Mac as the 4th internal drive, giving me 7.5 TBs. Added a Firewire 400 PCI card, and a USB hub. Running 2 printers (one is a large format) 6 TB of external drives, and 2 scanners (flatbed & dedicated slide scanner). Would have put in a USB pci card, but the video graphic card covered to slots so I went with a USB hub instead. Also running a 400 watt THX certified sound system. I also put a Blu-Ray burner in the second optical slot.
I will always need a pro system for my work. And, I spend too many hours working to use glossy monitors so the iMacs won't work for me. Very happy with 3 monitors now instead of just 2 because it really does make working easier. Used my old one with its dual IBM processors for almost 7 years. Hope to get another 7 out of this one.
They need something more powerful than the Mac Mini but screen-less unlike the iMac. However, the Mac Pro is and has been a boat anchor. I mean seriously, that thing is unwieldy. No need for a huge hunk of aluminum like that in this day & age. I cringe whenever I have to deploy or service one.
Why can't they utilize their expertise in ventilation and produce a fast thin octo-core unit that can stand upright if needed, and be turned on its side for rack mounting to replace the XServe? This rumor has been going around for a while and made so much sense that I am shocked to learn it might now not be happening.
I agree. An octo "short stack" should be eminently possible to make (think something like a mini-tower, about as big as the old Mac Cube.
Replacing the Xserve requires more than just a rackmount form factor. The Xserve also had:
Dual hot swap power supplies.
Hot swappable hard drives.
Hardware monitoring and sensors: You could check status of the Xserve's fans, power supply, and system temperatures from Apple's Server Manager application.
Lights out management: You can remotely power up or hard shutdown the Xserve even if the Mac OS is not working-- you dont' need to drive to the server room just to hold down the power button.
Excellent point about what the Xserve servers had.
A lot of people think that servers are about raw power and speed...
But what you really need is the "abundancy of redundancy" and LOM(Lights Out Management) to be a true server grade box. To my knowledge the Mac Pro had neither.
Most of the servers I work with are completely headless, as in no video, zip, none nada, and are strictly managed through the LOM ports or SSH shells or VNC. With a LOM port a server can be powered up/down, reimaged, etc. from a maintenance console somewhere else.
While the Mac Mini can be managed pretty good remotely it is still doesn't rise to the level of having real LOM support. Plus it doesn't have redundant power supplies. And installing a new OS remotely would be completely out of the question. The environmental and performance monitoring is not too bad though. And the harddrives could support redundancy through external hardware.
But neither the Mac Pro or the Mac Mini will seriously compete with the Sun or IBM server equipment without LOM. Does Apple even use them for their own server farms? I seriously doubt it.
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To get a seat in Joe's Shanghai, you have to grab a ticket from the hostess and patiently wait for your number to be called as you stand outside on the colorful streets of Chinatown. The streets are lit with glowing signs from other competing chinese restaurants, and even a Boba cafe next door for small snacks. Don't spoil your appetite though, because Joe's famous Soup Dumplings aren't the only delicious cantonese items that you'll want to savor every last piece of. As for me, I was excited about so many of the appetizers on the first page, I didn't even get to take a solid glance at any of the other pages on the menu. Another reason why I'll have to revisit Joe's next time I'm in the Big Apple.
[ Joe's Shanghai Entrance | Chinese Fried Scallion Pancake | The Famous Soup Dumplings | 'Lions Head' (Stewed Pork Balls) ]
The Chinese Scallion Pancake, the Lion's Head, and several of the other items on the menu at Joe's Shanghai (such as Pork Fried Dumplings and Clams in Black Bean Sauce) are just a few of the unforgettable staples of the typical cantonese child's diet. I ate endless triangles of scallion pancakes as if they were a bowl of doritos at a super bowl party, and saw 'Lion's Head' (which is a giant meatball of stewed pork) at just about every single Sunday dinner table. We ate these dishes so many times, that they became normal to our diet, and eventually – other cuisines became more interesting and exciting; which is why revisiting Joe's Shanghai after years of hiatus from Chinese food was such a pleasant experience for me.
Scallion Pancakes: As if Chinese Scallion Pancakes weren't already delicious from what I remembered, Joe's thick slices of fried dough and chopped scallions were so much better than my memory of the 'Chinese Pancake'. These thick triangles of dough were crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside with flakes of dough and scallion that you could dip in sweet soy sauce that were provided with the dish, making this the perfectly sweet and savory appetizer before the main course.
Pork Soup Dumplings: I don't remember the last time I've had a good Soup Dumpling, only messes of soggy dumpling skin that were too soft and leaked soup all over the steaming pot, or dumplings that were so sticky that their entire bottoms stuck to the pans, making them impossible to pick up; which is why I instantly knew I came to the right place when I picked up a soup dumpling that did not stick to the pan, survived an accidental drop to the table, and even continued to seal in all of the soup inside with its' thick skin that held the meat and soup in place after impact. When you first take a bite into the dumpling, a burst of pork fat and broth fills your mouth (use a soup spoon, and be careful – the soup is really hot!) before you get to the small pork meat ball at the center. Or, you could put the entire dumpling into your mouth and enjoy the burst of soup and meat without the messiness of taking small bites. Either way, this is a dish that every carnivore has to experience once in their life. There's absolutely nothing like a perfectly crafted and steamed soup dumpling, and Joe's Shanghai clearly has the secret formula to making the best ones in Chinatown, New York.
Lion's Head: who's name derives from the large size of the minced pork meatball (not from an actual lion), is a traditional chinese dish that originates from Huaiyang cuisine. There are two ways that the chinese cook 'Lion's Head': the first is the way I've had it since I was younger; the 'white' or 'plain' way, where the large minced pork balls (ranging from 7-10cm wide) are stewed or steamed in clear broth and vegetables. Joe's Shanghai cooks the 'red' version, where the soy-braised pork balls are stewed with thick brown sauce and cabbage. The minced meat comes from fatty pork, making the meatballs soft and savory with each bite, which goes perfectly with a bowl of rice.
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Speaking of Lions and Childhood, I was fortunate enough to have the chance to watch The Lion King on Broadway; one of the most popular musicals that has been described to be like "being in a dream, awake" (The New Yorker). We waited and crossed our fingers in the cancellation line, and it all turned out to be absolutely worth it. Let's just say it'll be hard for me to ever want to watch any other broadway musical after having experienced the spectacle of the Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre. The music, the puppetry, the scenery, and every other work of art involved in this outrageously creative spectacle brings you back to childhood, no matter how old you are, or how long ago you've last seen the Lion King on TV. In the first 10 minutes of the musical, dozens of large, colorful life-sized puppets of animals and flying birds twirl and crawl from all sides of the theatre, first and lower floor, flooding the velvet walkways with all kinds of creatures from the animal kingdom to fill the stage and set the tone for one of the most breath taking shows you'll ever experience on broadway (which will also be touring to cities such as Las Vegas, Chicago, London, and even Singapore). This is a must see if you're ever in New York City, and whether it be slurping soup dumplings or enjoying the Lion King on stage – you won't regret experiencing either of these in New York City at least once in your life.
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There's something magical about the future. What is it? I can access the entire history of the world, and all of the the knowledge gained from it, with a few taps of my fingers. All of this stuff is without visible, tangible connections to wires: the wireless internet. However, one thing that could easily become wireless that hasn't yet been popularized? Headphones. What if you want to start your music on your computer, and then walk away? rSpeakers solves this problem.
With rSpeakers, you just start the server, start the Android app, and connect. You'll instantly start streaming your computer's audio to your phone. It's that simple! On your phone, you can choose your datastream frequency and type, allowing you to stream audio in whatever quality you want. Keep in mind that the two highest frequencies require an in-app purchase, and that the more data you send the further off your phone's audio will be.
While rSpeakers wouldn't work for anyone trying to, say, watch a YouTube video, it's great if you want to start a music playlist from your computer and walk around with your headphones on.
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The Windows clipboard manager is terrible. It has no history function whatsoever, and you have no way of viewing what's on the clipboard without pasting it. Shapeshifter brings both of those two things, with a simple and easy to use interface.
To pull up your clipboard history, just press and hold Ctrl+V. You can then select an item with your mouse, or the arrow keys. When you've selected, just release Ctrl+V, and your item will be pasted. It's that simple!
Shapeshifter is a free, beta app, and it certainly shows. The settings menu is literally non-existent, and I had some issues getting the window to go away. However, it's a very nice clipboard manager, even as it is now, and is worth a try for those who like to try out software.
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If I gave you five seconds to find the time in some obscure country in the world, how would you spend it? I'd spend it creating a new Time Zone Master clock. This app lets you add as many clocks as you could possibly want to your desktop, allowing you to see the time across the globe.
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Overall, Time Zone Master is nice, but fairly useless. There are webapps that are much better than Time Zone Master and don't suck up system resources sitting in the background. However, if you insist on having an installable time zone calculator, TZM is one choice for you.
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For Time Zone Master, the graphics depend on the capabilities of your graphics card. Run on a system with a more recent compatible card, the graphics are superb. Also, its the only windows program that uses the Olson tz database used on unix/linux machines, making it aware of time zone rule changes as they become known. But thanks for the review.
I really can't imagine there aren't a set of bluetooth headsets out there somewhere. Aside from that I wanted to say rSpeakers sounds like a neat idea but then I realized my phone already has the ability to stream media from not just my house but from anywhere I have cel signal. Not to mention internet radio….
Shapeshifter seemingly is incompatible with Windows XP–it just malfunctions.
Wireless headphones? What will they think of next!
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This info may be of use to some of you.
For about $10 to $20 you can get wireless Headphones.
They plug into any 3.5 mm socket, and have a wireless sender (base unit).
The headphones are wireless, so you just wander around the house.
I have a flat above me with no carpets, and a wooden floor, so too much noise starts a war.
I intended to have my TV on, and be able to hear it anywhere in my flat.
The good news is it works.
The bad news is they insist on having FM radio capability, which I never want to use.
And anytime the signal to the base unit gets weak, it decides to go to the FM radio instead. That infuriates the hades out of me, and cannot be disabled.
I have tried 4 different brands of wireless headphones, and they all have that failing.If anyone knows of a brand that does not have flippin radio built in, could they let me know.


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This hotel is located 2 km from the city centre in a run down part of town and so it fits in well with it's surrounds. The hotel would be best described as 'work in progress'. On entering our room we were met by an overpowering noxious smell which even with the window open for 2 hours failed to disappear... More
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