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Sunset blvd
Staying in a hotel for a few nights in the Thai town/little Armenia area called Americas best value inn.
Looking for a bit of info on the area really. I know it's not far from the metro station (10 min walk if I'm correct) which is ideal for getting to touristy destinations I plan to go. I'm not hiring a car so will be dependant on public transport and uber. Is there anything around the area I am that's worth checking out and in general is it a relatively safe place to be based for my trip?
Any and all info is greatly appreciated
Im going there next month to universal studios but we're staying for 3 more days so I would like to visit other -not very expensive- places. Any recommendation or tip is more than welcome :)
hollywood sign
How do i get to the hollywood sign?
Questions about a custom tour in Hollwood and LA
Hello all,
My wife and I are staying in Hollwood, CA for two nights and have one full day planned for sightseeing (it will be a Saturday) and doing the touristy things. We will be driving our rental car and having it at our hotel. Our questions are as follows:
How much time is stuck in traffic driving from place to place? We are planning out a schedule (not necessarily tight, but we have timelines of where we want to go, etc.) and trying to add time for driving.
Is it better to do a personalized tour so that we don't need to drive and park our car?
If you've done a custom tour, who do you recommend?
Is there one part of the city busier at certain times on a Saturday morning/afternoon/evening then others? If we know West Hollywood is slammed in the morning, then we would start on the other side of town.
Thanks for your valuable knowledge and incite!
Troubadour areas
Hi Everyone,
I would like your advice . I will stay for a week in West Hollywood - Near Santa Monica Boulevard, 5 mins walk to Troubadour... Is it an unsafe area to stay on my own over there?
Is it easy to take bus from there to get around?
I'm not planning to get a car as I'm not comfortable with it.
Then, I have to find another accommodation for the last 4 days - preference to be: nearer to Union street Hilton Hotel to get the San Fran bus...
Have you got any place to recommend without being too far from the Kodak Theater (as I would like to see the academy awards event)?
Many thanks for your help.
best extended stay motel
son is relocating, are there extended stay motels that are not too expensive
Forgot to mention one senior in our group. What do you suggest w/all the walking, etc.?
First time to Hollywood. Want to do all the typical tourist things & Universal, as well. Where should we stay that won't break the bank. Oh, and we will have a car.
Beverly Garlands Holiday Inn
Is anyone familiar with the above hotel please? We're in town for 2 nts only to see/visit 'the Strip'', Universal and WB Studios. All the hotels on the beaches seem to be very expensive. Is this an ok location?
Safe to stay in Hollywood/West Hollywood area?
We are four women in our 40s and early 50s who plan a trip to Los Angeles in the spring. We are hoping to secure Ellen Degeneres tickets to one of her tapings which is in Burbank. We would also like to see the usual....Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Universal Studio, etc. We are actually looking at renting either a condo or house in that area, rather than hotel rooms. It's a less expensive alternative but we have not yet booked it. What I need to know is - is this area, Hollywood/West Hollywood safe? I've heard that very little is walkable and that you either need a car or perhaps a car service to get you from point A to B. Is this correct? Is so, does anyone know of a reliable and affordable car service?
In doing my research and reading about Hollywood, it sounds like it may not be the best place to stay but I'm not sure where alternatively would be best for us considering some of the activities we'd like to do.
BTW - we will only be there from Sunday, leaving first thing Thursday.
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We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Walk of Fame in Los Angeles for 3 days. Just wondering if anyone can tell us how to get there from LAX using public transportation and how easy it is?
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I have been researching the best places to get a photo of the Hollywood sign, not just a zoom job from a distance but a location where I can take a pic of myself and wife in front of the sign so the sign stands out pretty clear in the picture.
I have been told about the Griffith Observatory, 3000 and 3116 Canyon Lake Drive, Hollywood and Highland Center, 3384 Deronda Dr. Los Angeles.
Because I won't be driving in Hollywood, would asking a taxi driver to take us to any of these places be the best thing to do? or would the taxi drivers know the perfect spots? I don't really know.
A while ago, I found a post where someone found the perfect close up spot to see the Hollywood Sign.
Unfortunately, I cannot find the post I am looking for.
I have been to Hollywood before and see the sign from Muholland Drive, but this time want to get closer.
What are your secret places for up close views of the sign? Thank you!
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Hi everyone
We want to stay in Hollywood Orchard Suite for a few nights and wondering what it is like around that area.
Some people say it is dangerous around that area, but I believe if we use common sense, we will be fine. I think there is a risk where ever you go, but I want hear it from someone who live there or who travel there frequently. Is there anything we need to be concern about?
Public Transportation from The Grafton on Sunset Boulvard to Century City
I recently booked a room at the Grafton and am attending a conference at the Hyatt in Century City. Is there an easy public transportation route to get me to and from the conference every day?
Which Hollywood station? Vine or Highland stop?
Hi! I will take the flyaway bus from LAX to my hotel - Holiday Inn Walk of Fame at 1921 N. Highland Ave. I just want to make sure that this location is nearest at Hollywood/ Highland stop and not at Hollywood/ Vine stop.
Thank you for your assistance!!
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Can you get a shuttle from the Hollywood Bowl back to orange court /highland BEFORE the concert event ends. May need to leave before end of venue. If no are there taxis available there? thanks
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How safe is the area around sunset and vine. What part of los angeles is the safest?
Hollywood Sign
I read somewhere that we can have a good view of Hollywood sign on Hollywood & Highland centre? Is this true?
Please let me know where to best catch this and have a picture that is clear (without background of crowd).
Accomodation in Hollywood
I am planning my trip to LA in March. Will need 3 day accomodation in Hollywood area. Does anyone have any suggestions?
- clean and decent budget accomodation less than USD 100 incl of tax
- free parking or minimal rate
- near to Metro as we plan to leave the car in the hotel while we explore Hollywood
We plan to rent a car (drive to San Diego and Disneyland later part of the trip), but in Hollywood, plan to take the Metro around instead. Please let me know if this is a good idea.
Touring Hollywood
Which is the best tour of Hollywood for star homes and famous locations?
Paramount Studio's open on sunday?
Hi Virtual tourist
Does anybody know if the Paramount Studios are open on sundays?? i cant seem to find it on their site...
where is the best place to get a close-up picture of the hollywood sign? as a family and free
hotels in hollywood?
hi there,
me and 3 friends are going on holiday to las vegas next week and am thinking of renting a car and driving to hollywood for a day or two. any suggestions for cheapish, well located hotels or bed and breakfasts will be great!! we will have the rental car, but dont want to spend a fortune on parking, if we can walk or use public transport to the major sites.
LAX to Hollywood
I have a 6 hour layover in L.A. and would like to visit Hollywood while I'm waiting for my next flight. Can I take the metro from LAX to Hollywood & Vine? Is that the best stop to see the most tourist attractions in a short amount of time?
West Hollywood to Malibu
Hi everybody
I will be staying in West Hollywood for about a week in the middle of August. I've heard that it is difficult to go around in LA without a car.Still I would really like to visit some of the beaches. Is there a way to go from West Hollywood to Malibu beach without a car?
Hollywood to Disneyland!
Does anyone happen to know the distance or approximate cab fare from hollywood to didneyland?
My girlfriend and I have been talking baout planning a trip out west. She has always wanted to go to Hollywood and do all the touristy things. How much would you say would be an adequate amount of money to take to spend in California. Keep in mind we want to eat out in resturaunts, stay in a nice hotel (not to ritzy tho), take tours, go shopping, etc. Thanks!
just visited la times webpage and veiwed the 400 photos and...
It lookes very dirty, lots of homeless people, and wondering about my upcoming stay in hollywood???? How safe will 2 girls be?
can a 17 yr old visit any of the clubs in hollywood
my daughter is 17 and we will be in hollywood one week just before she turns 18, this is her 18 birthday present, a trip to hollywood and my first time in california. arriving nov 20. I'm looking for any motley crue memorbilla. (cant spell) thanks... all i know is that there is a gutair in the hard rock from mick mars


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We thought we knew about the "Glee" Tuesday (Nov. 16) episode "The Substitute," but now we're not so sure.
In the episode, Gwyneth Paltrow comes in as substitute teacher Holly Holiday and by now we know she'll be singing a mashup of "Singin' in the Rain" and "Umbrella" (ella, ella).
The evidence:
But what's going on with this picture?
FOX provides the helpful caption: "In a hallucination, Will sees the members of the glee club as children." Oh, Mr. Schue, is this what drives you out temporarily so that Holly can come in?
We're loving the mini-Gleeks, and in case you can't figure out who's who, here are the grown versions:
Um, wait. Where's Quinn?
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I fall over in 30 feet of water and you can kiss me goodbye as soon as those thngs fill with water.
That's why you always wear some type of safety belt while in waders. Could be an ordinary snug fitting nylon belt or a snug fitting neoprene ammo belt/bandolier. It will minimize your waders from filling and sinking you to the bottom. I suppose in a boat you may never need or want waders though. But in that deep of water you really should be wearing some type of floatation device too.
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"Her shadow is very long," someone said on the Huw Edwards special which took over the afternoon schedules – and if you'd been watching the rolling news coverage since the announcement of Baroness Thatcher's death, you would have felt every inch of it.
This wasn't, like 9/11, one of those events that take news organisations completely unaware, and it showed. The instant reaction and off-the-cuff eulogies were held together with packages and profiles that had been sitting ready for this moment. But there was a sense that a significant chapter of British, even world history, was being closed, and that the schedules should buckle to acknowledge it.
Was it one of those moments that gets underlined in everyone's personal calendar? Well, Lady Thatcher's children may always remember where they were when they heard the news, but some of the children of Lady Thatcher's children – as Twitter demonstrated – were not entirely sure who it was that had brought normal service to a standstill. If this was an epochal moment, it was so only for a certain generation.
After the first extended bulletins, the coverage was largely confined to BBC News and Sky News, each of them taking it in turns to press the same commemorative quotes out of the same familiar faces. What you saw on screen was largely men standing in front of doors – the glossy black of 10 Downing Street which so often served as a backdrop for her own most famous soundbites; the door of her London house; the constituency office in Finchley; and the Grantham health food store which now occupies the site of her father's grocery shop.
"On a personal level, was there a lot of warmth for her in the City?" asked the BBC's Emily Maitliss, who had presumably been listening to something else while the reporter had cautiously explained that there wasn't. Outside the back of The Ritz hotel, a hapless BBC reporter appeared to be on "hearse watch" – though mercifully we never cut back for the "significant event" that he suggested was imminent.
Charles Moore pinned down the reason why this would be no ordinary political passing, pointing out that she was the only British Prime Minister who could have an "-ism" added to the end of her name. And though Ed Miliband cautiously said that "now is not the time for party politics", the truth is that nothing else was really possible. The Labour leader restricted himself, with an almost comical wariness, to statements of the obvious. She was "a unique figure" he said. She had won three elections. She had been the country's first female Prime Minister.
Lady Thatcher's former colleagues and current supporters, however, had no need to guard their speech. The conventional duty to speak well of the dead coincided with their own instinct to push an advantage home. "She rescued this country, in my view," said William Hague, bluntly echoing a refrain that sounded throughout the afternoon: that privatisation and the liberation of market forces had pulled Britain back from the brink.
Two sorts of people were conspicuous by their absence. The first was Labour politicians, who were either celebrating in a locked room somewhere, or simply turning down the undesirable invitation to bite their lips as Conservative opponents hymned a former enemy's virtues. In the BBC1 special, the studio guests were exclusively Conservative – dissenting opinion being restricted to a National Union of Mineworkers' man during an interview from a former Durham pit village. The result – despite the repeated nervous references to Lady Thatcher's divisiveness and the strong feelings many still harbour towards her – was an implicit consensus about the necessity of what she'd done back in the1970s. The thought that there might be a connection between the Big Bang she so eagerly ushered in and the banking crisis which currently besets us was never voiced.
The second kind of people who were missing were women. Lady Thatcher might have been the first female Prime Minister but, watching a virtually unbroken parade of elderly male politicians summing up her achievements, you could have been forgiven for thinking that her pioneering example had had no effect whatsoever on the complexion of British politics. Along with the footage of Orgreave and rubbish in the streets and boisterous city traders it gave the coverage a distinctly archaic feel.
The note inside the solitary bunch of flowers outside her house read, rather oddly: "You make Britain what it is" – as if its writer couldn't bear to acknowledge that she now belonged in the past tense.
It would be hard to deny that she did transform this country, for good or ill – and nobody who lived through that remaking could be indifferent to her passing. But the froth of instant reaction that governed the first hours of coverage was never likely to produce a decent analysis of exactly what her achievement was. "One of the defining figures of modern political life," said one commentator in a typical formula. We'll be fighting about what she defined for a long time yet.Reuse content


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Advertising Agent Services
Sealed tender, endorsed Tender: 06/15/16: Advertising Agent Services", must reach the
Municipal Manager, uMlalazi Municipality, by hand and placed in the tender box at the
Reception at the Municipal Buildings, Hutchinson Street, Eshowe, by no later than 12:00 on
Friday, 7 August 2015, where they will be opened in public in the uMlalazi Committee Room.
Prospective tenderers are requested to take note that the directives applicable in respect of
the B-BBEE as prescribed in the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2011 and the Council's
Preferential Procurement Policy will be applicable in the adjudication of this tender. This tender
will be evaluated on functionality as specified in the tender document and thereafter tenderers who
score the minimum required number of points will be further evaluated on the 80/20 point system.
Tender documents will be available at the Municipal Offices in Hutchinson Street, Eshowe from
Friday, 24 July 2015 at a cost of R600.00. Registration for the acquisition and purchase of tender
documents must be made prior to the briefing session and no tender documents will be sold on the
day of the briefing session. Only tenderers with tender documents will be allowed at the briefing
session. Registration can be made by contacting Reception at (035) 473-3474. Payments via EFT
must be made before 16:00 the day before the briefing session and proof thereof must be submitted
as confirmation of payment. Payment may be deposited to uMlalazi Municipality as per the following
banking details: First National Bank; Account Number: 52191090523; Branch Code: 220230.
A compulsory briefing session will be held on Wednesday, 29 July 2015 at 10:00 at the Council
Chamber, uMlalazi Municipality, Hutchinson Street, Eshowe. Prospective tenderers must
ensure that they are present at the briefing session at the stipulated time. Only 15 minutes
lenience will be permitted whereafter further participation will be prohibited.
For further information, contact the Corporate Services Office, Gina Govender, at
(035) 473-3307 during normal office hours.
Late tenders, telegraphic or facsimiled tenders will not be accepted. Canvassing in the gift of Council
is strictly prohibited and will lead to disqualification of the tender.
Thembinkosi Simon Mashabane - Municipal Manager Notice No: 07/15/16
|Closing Date:
|7 Aug 2015 - 12:00 PM
|Tender Document:
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CeBIT Open Source 2010: Call for Projects
To follow up on the big success of CeBIT Open Source 2009, the theme focus will get an especially attractive location at the trade show site in Hanover, Germany in 2010. The conference organization and Linux Pro Magazine are now calling for open source projects to apply for free exhibit space at CeBIT Open Source 2010.
The largest IT trade show on earth will take place from March 2 through 6 in Hannover, Germany. The Deutsche Messe organization that runs the trade show initiated Open Source as a theme focus for the first time in 2009, and the surge of visitors into a constantly packed hall exceeded all expectations. It's clear that Open Source will play a major role again at CeBIT in 2010. As an incentive, the theme will get a prominent new location in Hall 2, where exhibitors, the Open Source Forum and the Open Source Project Lounge will find a new home. As in 2009, commercial enterprises as well as free projects will have the opportunity to present their work to the general public.
Linux Pro Magazine together with Deutsche Messe are now looking for projects who want to present their work at CeBIT Open Source 2010. An international jury of open source experts will decide which projects get the free exhibit space. Any open source project can apply as of now. Noncommercial projects with possible software applications in the industry will get especially high consideration. Interested projects can find further details in the participation requirements and registration. The "Call for Projects" will run from now until latest November 20, 2009. The application forms are available on the Linux Pro Magazine webpage.
Aside from exhibit space, the winning projects will have the opportunity to present their work to a worldwide audience in Linux Pro Magazine. The award jury comprising international open source experts will decide on winners until the end of November, at which time the selected projects will be announced in Linux Pro Magazine.
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As the molecular components of organelles are understood in greater detail, there is a growing need for quantitative approaches to determine how changes in protein expression in cells affect organelle composition and function. The larger goal of this work is to develop sensitive single- molecule and nanofluidic techniques that allow quantification of organelle composition with increasing sensitivity and apply them to understanding synaptic vesicle recycling. In the last funding cycle, we developed a quantitative TIRF (total-internal-reflection fluorescence) microscopy technique to quantify the major membrane proteins of synaptic vesicles isolated from brain. A key feature of this approach is that it uses the entire distribution of calibration data, not just the average. A major finding of our work was that vesicle proteins fall into two classes, those that are generally monodispersed (vary little in protein number between vesicles) and those that are polydispersed (vary considerably between vesicles). This suggests that changes in the expression levels of monodispersed proteins are more likely to lead to pathological changes in vesicle functioning than changes in the expression of polydispersed proteins. The goal of the current proposal is to test this hypothesis. To do so we propose four aims: 1) Develop a high-throughput quantification system that utilizes a flow-through technique based on optical gradient flow focusing and single-molecule detection, 2) Develop an analytical scale vesicle purification process to enable analysis of synaptic vesicles from genetically manipulated neurons, 3) Test the effects of protein over expression on vesicle protein contents, and 4) Develop and utilize a quantitative fluorescence microscopy approach for quantification of protein number and variability at the level of the synapse. Completion of the above aims will result in both a new level of understanding of synaptic vesicle assembly and new powerful tools for manipulating and quantitating a wide range of sub-cellular organelles, protein complexes, and other biological nanoparticles.
Changes in synaptic vesicle protein expression are associated with both normal processes like learning and memory and with a number of pathologies ranging from schizophrenia to epilepsy. The goal of this work is to develop sensitive single-molecule and nanofluidic techniques that allow quantification of organelle composition with increasing sensitivity and apply them to understanding synaptic vesicle recycling. Gaining a better understanding of synaptic composition and function may provide the basis for the development of novel therapies for CNS dysfunction that act by modulating synaptic function;additionally, the tools we develop should find broad use in the analysis of other subcellular organelles.
|Sgro, Allyson E; Bajjalieh, Sandra M; Chiu, Daniel T (2013) Single-axonal organelle analysis method reveals new protein-motor associations. ACS Chem Neurosci 4:277-84
|Sun, Wei; Ye, Fangmao; Gallina, Maria E et al. (2013) Lyophilization of semiconducting polymer dot bioconjugates. Anal Chem 85:4316-20
|Zeigler, Maxwell B; Chiu, Daniel T (2013) Single-cell nanosurgery. Methods Mol Biol 991:139-48
|Sun, Wei; Yu, Jiangbo; Deng, Ruiping et al. (2013) Semiconducting polymer dots doped with europium complexes showing ultranarrow emission and long luminescence lifetime for time-gated cellular imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 52:11294-7
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When there are two sisters, one of them is bound to be not as pretty, not as interesting, not as popular, not as attractive....not as everything. When two sisters are put together and you're not the one that shines, what would happen?
One girl gets unexpectedly tangled in a messy war between three high school gangsters.
An overweight girl trying to confess her love for the Kingka of the school. Okay, we all know what's going to happen. Rejection, fat girl eats her feelings, gains even more weight. Great, she won't even have a chance now.
Bloodthirsty Vampires. Dangerous Powers. Forbidden Love.
What happen if you two live in one roof and started bickering because of getting involve in his silly business and found out that you two are slowly falling into each other? Will you two end up being real married couple or will it just stay fake marriage until the contract gets expired?
What happens when you got married with your teacher? Ha!
Once you said something it can't be taken already. Who knew that only 1 guy can cause all your problems in your normal high school life? A small fight happened when you met and now he's back again to make you more piss than ever. What will happen if that guy is actually a gangster and he's always like this at you because of a reason? "You're crazy!"
It's Senior Year and things just got more complicated!
Everything is over, no more uncle. no more nightmares. all your questions has been answered. You're happy now that your parents are happy wherever they are.
Two nerds from different high schools share a similar story. They both get bullied. They're both nerds.
Nam Woohyun. Namstar. The cute heart-throwing lead singer of Infinite. He's what a lot of girls dream for in a man, but is that really what he is? Because only if you read through a few pages of a certain diary, you'll find that he's
You're the school's sweet princess. He's Seoul's heartless gangster. But wait.... YOU'RE DATING?! You are the school's semi-popular and well-respected princess, but yet, your boyfriend is Seoul's popular and most cruel gangster from the gang, Infinite. That's right, he's none other than L! L is apparently not taken, but the school's "nerd", Kim Myungsoo, is taken... for good. Myungsoo is actually L! L must hide in your school as a nerd since his recent nemesis, Minjeon, is searching for him.
"What do you mean by boarding school?" "Stay in, and there's no getting out?" Times are hard for dreamers. Les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs. - Amélie.
UPDATED WITH FANFIC TRAILER Pretending to be a boy while living with 6 awesomely handsome roommates isn't all that easy.
An arranged engangement with the heir of one of the most wealthiest company. But not just any heir. This guy is one of the biggest playboys along with his friends of Seoul, having girls fall left and right. Rumors popping up every chance they get. Will this be a huge mistake on your parents part? Or will you beable to soften the heart of this guy and in any case possibly fall in love?
Everyone has had that dream: the dream where they'd marry their bias. You'd had that dream about Hero Jaejoong just, oh, about a million times. But what happens when you're forced to date INFINITE's L just for a popularity boost? What will happen to your feelings then? Will you still be faithful to Jaejoong? Or will you realize your infatuated feelin
Infinite got into an accident. Kim Sunggyu went into coma... But then.. What was he doing on your bed?


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This month, freshmen in the Class of 2019 will attend a series of events to kick-off their experience at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Smith student Philip Peker '18 writes about "The War for Talent" event on Sept. 1, 2015.
Smith Stories
Incoming freshmen at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business got a taste of what's looming in job and internship interviews during the second annual Critical Thinking Night, part of Smith's 'Welcome Week' programming. More than 400 students packed the Riggs Alumni Center for the Aug. 31, 2015 session.
This academic year, we welcomed approximately 450 new specialty masters students to the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Incoming students will catch the attention of employers as they delve deep into specialized programs for accounting, finance, information systems, marketing analytics, and supply chain management.
Ninety students joined the Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) program this year, kicking off the semester with an orientation to their new program.
More than 70 freshmen in the College Park Scholars' Business, Society & the Economy program (BSE) began their college life by completing a day of community service.
About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, specialty masters, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.


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Updated models with AMD graphics options expected in early 2017.
OS X 10.8.3 Beta Contains Drivers for AMD Radeon 7000-Series Graphics Cards
Testing has revealed that the low-end "Cape Verde" Radeon HD 7770 graphics cards will work under the first OS X 10.8.3 beta and that support is also likely for the high-end Tahiti cards, but forum user MacVidCards cautions that compatibility for certain cards has come and gone in the past, so users should wait until the public release of OS X 10.8.3 before getting their hopes up too much, and even then compatibility could disappear in the future.
This is not the first time that evidence of Tahiti support has shown up in OS X either, as other drivers surfaced nearly a year ago in OS X 10.7.3. Consequently, it is difficult to reach any conclusions regarding Apple's product plans based on the appearance of new drivers in OS X 10.8.3, but it certainly seems to be positive progress toward support of new hardware.
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Bit late, 8000-Series is looming.
As is the case with Apple. Always late to the party and normally the first to leave! :p
Sorry could not resist!
The AMD HD 7000 series came out in FEBRUARY. :rolleyes:
Apple is ALWAYS a day late and a dollar short with video card support. It's embarrassing.
Like antster94 pointed out, the 8000's are on the horizon. So.... one can reasonably assume it will take Apple at least 10 months to add support for those new cards. :rolleyes:
Oh...... and the icing on the cake should be when Apple offers an AMD Radeon HD 7970 for something outrageous like $599.00. :rolleyes:
Unfortunately, more and more Apple sells only appliances.
A professional machine like the Mac Pro should be updated much more often than Apple's dreary trod has allowed.
Any impacts to Safari?
But then you have the true professional. Someone who's editing raw 4k video clips, rendering out high resolution movie scenes, or modeling scientific data. Those people need all the processing power they can get, and is something the iMac can't provide. That's who the Pro is built for.
Don't you really mean, "That's who the Pro was built for."?
Mac Pros are so behind the times it's sad. No USB3? No Thunderbolt?! Think about it: Does "granny" need Thunderbolt? Nope. Granny don't need that kind of throughput!! It's an architecture aimed at Pros and it's altogether absent on the most "Pro" Mac. How does that work? But, you were talking about "processing power". Aren't the Xeons inside 2012 Mac Pros based on 2009 architecture? How is that "all the processing power they can get?" Sounds like "they" are somehow trapped in the past.
I think a critical goal for any "true professional" would be to keep the blinders off stay objective at all costs and always go with the absolute best tool(s) available. If the information you had handy lead you to buy a Mac Pro, as today's most powerful choice, then I'd encourage you to turn away from the 3-year old information!
Don't get me wrong. I love the Mac. But as time goes on, its hardware advantages are dying!! (Have died?) The Mac is devolving into nothing but a vessel for Os X. And now, even that's in the process of getting so glazed over it's silly. I mean, come on! Did "Save As" really need to get replaced by this "Duplicate" concept? We should ask Granny because I think it's a solution for a problem that didn't exist. Changes to Mac Os are growingly inspired by paranoia. Uh, do we need to have the Library folder hidden, by default? Pros need to get in there, Granny doesn't need inside that Application Support folder. So remind me... where's the focus? On Pros? Os X and iOs are merging. Swiftly! Facebook is built in to Mountain Lion. How cute! When I'm finally done pulling my keys for that Hobbit scene I can update my FB status to reflect it. Hooray!
The bottom line is I don't think high-end users should be gloating about how amazing our gear is, when realistically, it's blatantly out-of-date! Instead of throwing our arms up in undeserved victories we should be voicing our disdain with the long-standing Mac Pro neglect. Apple's hubris is getting the better of us! And we're complacently settling. We're all settling for underpowered / overpriced computers that are pretty...? We're being told, "Here's how it is!" And we're swallowing it with pleasure. FCPX was a the perfect example of Apple, again, telling an entire sector, "You're doing it wrong!" Editors weren't holding onto practices and paradigms solely because they were old; they were holding onto them because they worked! And still do. FCPX is coming around and slowly rebuilding features it should have had on release day. But it was obviously NOT built by people who edit complex projects day-in and day-out!! Period. There are some great "concepts" in there. But the devil's in the details.
It's like we're all celebrating this dead giant. Something whose time has come and gone and we don't get it yet... we're still waving the flag, blindly, vigorously. All the while, the smart kids are over there... over there with HP Z800s and Red Rocket cards. Over there shooting and posting high-resolution timelapses (https://twitter.com/DreamCorePics/status/272737588396322816). Over there working on the next Pixar (http://www.google.com/search?q=pixar+render+farm&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=u&rls=en&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9Om1UPrkPKeujAKphYGoAg&ved=0CD8QsAQ&biw=1020&bih=652) film. (Where's the Macs in those images? We are talking high-end right?) Come on, pitch me! If I were buying a complete DaVinci Resolve setup tomorrow, why would I center it around a new Mac Pro?
Just know that I don't mean any of this personally. I'm not trying to point fingers or call anyone out. But this viewpoint that Apple can do no wrong is tired. This whole thread is about some graphics card that a future Mac may, or may not, support. And there it is: we're holding up a magnifying glass to the entire problem. Graphics are the epitome of the Mac Pro's deficiencies! Go look at the CUDA card options for the PC. Now look at the "options" for the Mac. We're all clamoring over this supposed support over an already-old graphics card. Plain and simple: we shouldn't be (http://www.tuaw.com/2012/06/13/andy-hertzfeld-unhappy-with-mac-pro-update/?icid=tuaw_wwdc_art) applauding.
The development has naturally sparked speculation that Apple is starting to build in support for graphics cards to be used in the all-new Mac Pro (//www.macrumors.com/2012/06/12/apple-spokesperson-confirms-new-mac-pro-and-imac-designs-likely-coming-in-2013/) coming in 2013.
So ... the 2013 Mac Pro will get a video chipset from January 2012 ?
And... people are happy about this ?
Graphics are the epitome of the Mac Pro's deficiencies! Go look at the CUDA card options for the PC. Now look at the "options" for the Mac. We're all clamoring over this supposed support over an already-old graphics card. Plain and simple
The 7970 may be "already old" but it is still the top of the line AMD card.
Aside from which, I know some people like having Apple list things as "supported" on their site before they use them, but if you look at the top sticky in this sub-forum you will see that except for SLI, any current Nvidia card can be used for CUDA applications in ML 10.8.2 TODAY, with drivers available to the public.
I think Nvidia deserves more appreciation for the efforts they have made to bring & keep current drivers for most of their cards to OSX. The Nvidia Mac division has gone to great lengths to do what they can to keep real cards available. If it were up to Apple, the Quadro 4000 really would be top of the line CUDA card.
I think the 7970 support is a great thing. But part of why this is so exciting is that AMD driver support has been so poor for so long. The 6970 works in some OS versions of OSX, others it KPs in.
Nvidia has tried very hard to include drivers for every card they make. Their cards started "self initing" (no EFI needed once desktop reached) in 10.7.3. AMD has included support for SOME of their cards (less than half) and their drivers started "self-initing" in 10.6.6. (IIRC)
SO, there has been a private little GPU battle for the Mac market. For all the hand wringing about GPUs, you have MANY, MANY more options than just 2 years ago. This 7xxx support is great news, but it is only exceptional because Nvidia has been winning for so long.
It will be great if these drivers are needed in near future in a new Mac Pro. Probably won't happen, but it has to be a good sign that someone is at least still playing around and writing new drivers for cards that didn't work in a Mac before 2 days ago. I can tell you that many cards get developed for Mac Pros but never come out. I have a box of GTX285 cards with MDP, an 8800GTS 320 for Mac Pro, complete with bracket that fits perfectly into card support and even a 3870 "Silver Arrrow", a very odd thing indeed, but also with brackets just for Mac Pro.
Many cards get considered and tested and compared. So maybe they are just writing 7970 drivers to help decide between 7950 and GTX680? Or maybe AMD wanted to get back in the drivers game BEFORE they had to write 8xxx drivers. Or maybe .....??????? It can't be a bad thing in any case. Rejoice that the Mac Pro story is still being written.
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"If you want to make a difference in someone's life, you don't need to be gorgeous, rich, famous, brilliant, or perfect. You just have to care."
This summer, Camp Henry invites you to explore what it means to Go and Do. As you come to camp, our hope is for you to be encouraged to extend God's love and grace through your passions and individual gifts.
Much of our inspiration for this theme comes from the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). We are motivated by the acts of this ordinary Samaritan who went out of his way to care for a stranger in need. What really catches our attention are the two high rulers of the church who passed by this man on the side of the road before the Samaritan arrived.
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Not sure if this is the right forum...
I got the new Bionic, and my old phone was the Palm Pre Plus for Verizon. Since the Pre didn't have a memory card, Verizon needed something "bluetooth" to transfer my contacts and pictures, but ended up not having it at the store.
Does anyone know how I can transfer my contacts/pictures, anything else from my Palm Pre Plus to the Droid Bionic??
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When LeBron hit the game-winner against the Pacers in Game 1, I jumped around like a kid in a bouncy hut. I texted my die-hard NBA buddies, and stayed up for an extra hour overloading on all the media coverage. It was a phenomenal move and a great ending to a competitive game. What's funny is I have no skin in the game. I'm a college guy. No loyalties to any pro squad. Only watch the NBA for love of the game.
In the morning, still hyped from the game's rollercoaster ending, I began to ponder what happened the previous evening. Not so much the X's and O's, but more my reaction to the game. I genuinely love watching LBJ play and always root for him to do well. Is this acceptable behavior? In today's society are we allowed to openly like superstars?
It's difficult enough being a superstar. Only a handful of athletes each generation have the combined abilities and work ethic to reach that upper-echelon. Being a likeable superstar is even more arduous. For one, it's nearly impossible to gain public adoration. Secondly, it's even more difficult to hold onto the love, especially while in the prime of a career.
Our nation has become inherently skeptical. We are put off by the idea of notoriety. The most common example is with popular culture. Movies, television shows and, especially, bands gain cult followings during their upstart years. As they transition to the mainstream, these vessels lose indie cred. Diehard fans turn, hurling catcalls such as "sellout," "accessible," and "broad." The general populous' admiration is fleeting, and seemingly shallow. It has becomes uncool to like anything with broad appeal, regardless of substance.
Media chicken hawks like Star magazine and Perez Hilton have built empires on the ashes of celebrities they cover. They pump up people's careers, only to tear them down without even a side-glance. It's a cruel dualism of helping a person chase the American Dream, only to snatch it away once at the summit.
Gone are the days of Washington, Kennedy, and FDR. For nearly 200 years America loved its presidents. They were our equivalent to Britain's Royal Family. Then Richard Nixon and Watergate happened. We suddenly realized that our government lies to us, and may have too much power. Sure there was discontent building before Watergate, but Nixon was the watershed moment when America's views of the presidency changed. Clinton lied about sex; W. lied about WMDs; and John Edwards debuted as the world's most evil man. We're now a jaded society. It's impossible to take any public figure at their word.
The trickledown effect has now reached sports. No more DiMaggio or Staubach. We'll probably never see a campaign like "Be like Mike." Our generation is much too cynical.
Tiger Woods was America's darling. We watched him grow up, knew his family, followed every victory. Then we watched his personal—and the professional—life crumble. Our country's golden child was not the man we had collectively raised.
Brett Favre played every game like he was in a schoolyard. He drew plays in the mud. He was a throwback. We mourned his father, Big Irv, with Brett on national TV. Then he held the Packers organization hostage and fell in love with the spotlight. Next thing we know he's snapping pictures of his dong, leaving creepy voicemails, and straying from his cancer-surviving wife. What happened to the aw shucks man-child we all loved?
Michael Phelps set American and Olympic records. He was a model civilian. Then we saw him hit the bong. And he got a DUI. Sponsors and anti-drug activists gasped. America's newest icon was a law breaking, alcohol abusing stoner.
The disconnect between superstars and fans is threefold. One, we are an angry nation. Two, we have been defrauded by some of this generation's greatest athletes. Three, technology has narrowed the wall between celebrity and fan, allowing everyone to peek behind the veil.
Things aren't so hot in America right now. They haven't been for a while. The Great Recession, housing burst, staggering unemployment, and other factors breed discontent. It's only natural that this unease has permeated sports viewing.
It's difficult to watch kids out of high school sign lucrative endorsement deals, while you stare down foreclosure. It's tough swallowing city taxes that will fund a new stadium when your three jobs barely make for rent—forget covering your entry into said stadium. It is damn hard rooting for celebrities who have the world by the tail, knowing that they are only 1% of the nation. When you live in a dying middle class it's natural to feel towards the people who seemingly have been handed everything on a golden platter.
When you factor in free agency, it's even more infuriating. We no longer root for players as much as we root for cities. Rare is the Tim Duncan or Brian Urlacher that stays his entire career in one city. Players leaving for new locales are embarrassments to our city. If we have to grind away in blue-collar cities and evaporating small towns, why should they have the luxury of choosing a "hot market?" It's human nature to look at the next guy and question, "why not me?"
Internet sites like to make lists, brackets, and other compellations. Well, somebody should make an Asshole Hall of Fame. There have been way too many superstars who have tainted the sports we love. They've jaded our entire generation. Players once held in the highest regard destroyed the purity of their games. I'm not talking about personal affairs, scandals, or arrests. I'm talking about nefarious activity that has directly harmed the game itself; extracted purity from sports.
Baseball has too many to name, but Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, Sosa, and Alex Rodriguez first come to mind. All-time greats and they all cheated. Not only did they cheat, they broke the law to cheat to set more records to make more money. They ruined some of the most hallowed records of America's pastime. 20 years of baseball are tainted. Two decades under a cloud of suspicion. From now on, no player can ever have an otherworldly season without answering questions about steroids.
Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery were track superstars. Then they pissed on the sport. They cast shadows over legendary names like Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner Kersee, and the late Flo-Jo. It's easy to be impressed by Usain Bolt's cheetah-like magnificence. It's equally as easy to say, "I'll believe it when I see him pee in a cup."
Lance Armstong is probably the worst of the lot. America loves underdog stories and his was the finest around. After beating cancer, at a time when the big C was still considered a death sentence, he then dominated cycling's most prestigious events. Only he was just the best cheater of a sport full of cheaters. Beyond his cheating were the lies. Armstrong attacked journalists, masseuses, and teammates—really any whistleblowers. He ruined lives and destroyed credibility just to save his own neck. We loved this man. If Lance could do it, no hurdle was too big for us. Then he broke America's collective heart. His was the straw that broke the camel's back. If he, America's sweetheart, could be so deceitful, how could we trust again?
Impact of these hall of famers goes well beyond their sports. There is most definitely a blast radius. Their deceitfulness extends to every sport. It hits every athlete that goes on a hot streak. By no means are they the only cheaters, but they are the faces of fallen angels—the ones that killed credibility for all athletes.
Finally, we reach technology. Between 24-hour sports programing, Internet blogs, and Twitter, fans have more access to celebrities than ever. It's often said that Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan wouldn't make it in today's media climate. We know every foible and every misstep. We know all about the economics and have graduated beyond watching sports just for competition. There are very few secrets.
Such unprecedented access has turned sports into a realist exhibition. We no longer mythologize athletes or teams. We have too much information to naively watch games. We're privy to the private lives of Phelps, Woods and others, and then project our beliefs and insecurities. Technology has humanized our superstars.
Also, with the Internet, everyone has a voice—for good or ill. Anyone capable of typing can send opinions into the world. New media circumvents editors, therefore people on a whim can send thoughts/feelings/emotions out into the world without fully considering their impact. Mixed with the anger previously discussed, technology makes for a combustible partner.
Which brings me back to LeBron James. One of the reasons I'm so fond of LeBron is that he handles himself perfectly. He's grown up in the spotlight, performed up to—maybe above—expectations, and conducts his personal life in an exemplary manner.
In my eyes, LeBron has never had a misstep. The Decision was a miscalculation of audience perception, but by no means did the man do anything wrong. Hell, he raised money for charity. His Decision is the most angry charity donation in modern history. If anything, the jersey burnings, racial epithets, and overall vitriol that spewed from Cleveland served as an unwelcome reminder to how much importance we place on sports—the word fan, after all, is an abbreviation of fanatic. Fanaticism is rarely a healthy quality.
Compared to his peers, LeBron was never in a rape trial, never in a "stop snitching" video, has never gotten a DUI, never been on trial for murder, and hasn't had a sex scandal. He's surrounded himself with good advisors and followed their guidance.
For that, I have no problem rooting for the superstar. I love seeing athletes in their primes. Love seeing how far they can push their greatness. It's tougher each day to put down cynicism and respect the greatness of a select few pantheon players. Willed ignorance, I guess. But I'll keep rooting for those greats, hoping they can resurrect the purity once found in sports. Hopefully they don't let me down. After all, ignorance is bliss.


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The Dolma La or Tara Pass on Mount Kailash in Tibet is known as the Roof of the World. It is the highest peak one can reach on the sacred mountain. In 2012, ice and snow made for a treacherous descent from the Dolma La as pilgrims continued walking the 32-mile circuit -- or Kora -- of the mountain. The walk is said to speed up one's personal evolution. This mound of prayer flags was the epicenter of activity of Buddhists, Hindus, Bons and Jains, all there during the Saga Dawa in early June of 2012.