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pierrot - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkWheres that desktop 860? Preferably something that will fit in an ITX case! Reply
koekkoe - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkIt's called 750 Ti. Reply
Anonymous Blowhard - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkIt also comes in low-profile for those really tight spaces. Reply
odell_wills - Thursday, October 09, 2014 - linkI love it! /Odell from http://www.consumertop.com/best-laptop-guide/ Reply
Samus - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI run a 750Ti in my Haswell i5 gaming PC. Pretty impressive for a card that runs completely off the PCIe bus power. It runs BF4 at 1900x1200 always above 60FPS at a mix of Medium and High.
I'd say its somewhere between a 560Ti and 660. Reply
Frenetic Pony - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThe problem with Maxwell and desktop in general is that Maxwell is to GPUs what Haswell was to CPUs, an almost entirely mobile/battery life concentrated update. Which means if you're plugging something in just buy whatever because Maxwell isn't going to do you much better. Reply
smorebuds - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkExcept for the mobile variants like the 860M, which is the entire point of the article you're commenting on. Just like with Haswell, for the same or better performance devices can be thinner, lighter, and last longer. Reply
smorebuds - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkAnd I realize you're not necessarily referring to mobile, but the analogy still applies to desktop. I think everyone would prefer a smaller, quieter, and less power-hungry box in their room. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, July 21, 2014 - linkWith gaming desktops I suspect more people would turn around and spend all the increased performance/watt on more performance instead of fewer watts. Reply
Antronman - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkWell actually, the new mobile maxwells have far better performance, because they were able to put more cores into the gpus and clock them slightly higher due to the much lower TDP.
Who's to say the same won't happen with desktop GPUs? Reply
CZroe - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkYou must not have noticed that heat and power limitations are seriously limiting GPU options for SFF PCs (most miniITX builds that are significantly smaller than a microATX build). Better-performing single-slot, half-height, or 17cm-length cards are what we are after. The Haswell difference is exactly what we need here to push better GPUs into this market space. Reply
damianrobertjones - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkWouldn't be awesome to have a picture of the internals after removing the bottom cover! Reply
BPM - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkYeah they normally include one in their reviews. Reply
romba - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkGoogle MSI GE60 msata. I found the images in a forum somewhere although I can't pinpoint it at the moment. It has 2 spare msata slots. Reply
EzioAs - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI'm a bit surprised to see there aren't any thermal numbers. Isn't it important to know the temperature of the GPU, CPU and chassis for a gaming notebook? Reply
Anonymous Blowhard - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThis right here. I'm in the market for a Maxwell laptop and I'd like to know which is the least likely to self-immolate on my desk while I'm in the middle of a game. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThey are all listed on the General Performance page at the bottom, including a gallery showing stress test results. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkUpdate: I moved the temperature discussion to a separate page now, page 5. Reply
ramj70 - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI have this laptop and it can get fairly warm when playing FPS games. I bought a laptop cooler and that helped out quite a bit. Reply
evilspoons - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkWhy do they insist on cramming numpads on 16" laptops? Who really uses them? I'd much rather have my keyboard and trackpad centred so I don't constantly have my wrists bent to the side or the screen off-centred. Bah. Reply
Flunk - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI totally agree with you. I'd rather have a better experience typing than extra number buttons I'm not going to use all that often. If this was a business PC for accounting, perhaps the number pad would make sense. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkFor everything work related except spreadsheeting, I'd rather have the arrows and navigation keys in the standard 104 key positions instead of smashed into the edge of the main area and scattered at random as fn-combos. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI use a 10-key enough that I'm happier with a full 104-key arrangement rather than 2-inch gaps on the right and left where keys could have been but aren't in the interest of centering the keyboard. YMMV. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIndeed. I use the 10-key a lot for work and some games. Reply
Antronman - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkIt's a gaming laptop, and some very popular games have mods or themselves take advantage of the numpad. Reply
Nagorak - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkI use my numpad all the time. If the GE60 did not have a numpad I definitely would have had a hard time justifying my purchase of it. Reply
Khenglish - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkHave you looked at the W230ss? 13.3" clevo with 860m and 3200x1800 screen option.
While it has a smaller screen, it's fatter than the MSI since clevo packed in the giant 12.7cfm fan that they use for GPU cooling on their bigger laptops. Reply
emarston - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI have the GE70 version... popped in 2 840 EVOs in raid (1TB drive as mass storage only) and it is quite nice. It can get warm, but being a bigger chassis and using a laptop cooler have totally removed any issues with that for me. With the SSD performance difference is dramatic. Reply
MooseMuffin - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI realize you need to use certain configurations so you have points of comparison with other machines you've reviewed, but framerates at the display's native resolution are the only ones that really matter. Reply
evilspoons - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkIt's weird, the lead-in for the page with gaming results talks about 1920x1080 (the panel's native res) but then I don't see any charts for that resolution. It's like they were left out by accident.
On the other hand, if you dive into the control panel for your video card and enable "aspect ratio scaling on GPU" instead of the default scaling on screen, the jaggies tend to be MUCH less horrible when operating below native resolution. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThe "Mainstream" results are high enough that bumping to 1080p isn't a problem at the settings we use, but then we wouldn't have anything to compare performance against as it's a non-standard setting. If we run one "non-standard" setting, it opens the door to all sorts of other possibilities. Maybe we should use the GFE recommended settings (or AMD's recommended settings) as another item to include?
In fact, I'll go ahead and run those and update the Gaming page in a bit with results (as well as details on the precise settings used by GFE). If nothing else, it will be an interesting experiment. :-) Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkPage three is updated with 1080p GFE results, if you're interested. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkThanks for the update, it's very enlightening. A review of GeForce Experience vs Gaming Evolved would be very cool. I know that up until v2.0 or 1.8, GFE automatically targeted 40-60fps with no option to prefer quality (30fps) or performance (60fps) like it does now.
Hopefully they update the applications for 120Hz or 144Hz users... or maybe have it target your monitor's refresh rate by default instead? Speaking of which, where are the variable refresh 4K 120Hz monitors? ;-) Reply
DanNeely - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkFirst we'd need gpus to implement displayport 1.3 to have the outbound bandwidth. Then until we get another generation of 2x as fast decoder/ldc panel controllers we'll be back to the looks like 2 monitors over MST setup we enjoyed with the first generation of 4k60 panels. Reply
xenol - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkIf I may make a suggestion, please add thermals to laptop reviews. Not just how hot the components get, but how hot each area gets. My primary concern with these thin gaming laptops is that not only would the run really hot inside, but they'll create pockets of hot spots where I don't want them.
For example, I had a Dell XPS 15z. Not quite a gaming laptop mind you, but if I fired up a game, the left side of the keyboard would get uncomfortably warm to the point where I had to get a 84-key keyboard so I could play something comfortably. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkMy digital thermometer stopped working properly a while back so I haven't been able to provide numbers. I can order a new one but considering we haven't included surface temperatures for years it didn't seem necessary. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI was able to use a kitchen thermometer from my wife to do some testing. :-) Page 5 has surface temps now if you're interested. Reply
LeapingGnome - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkThank you Jarred. I think surface temps are very important since it is a laptop that many people use in their laps. I appreciate you including them.
xenol - a good site is notebookcheck dot net, they do a lot of laptop reviews and always include surface temps from 18 areas of the laptop. Their temps for this MSI look to be 3-4 degrees higher than Jarred saw. Reply
shtldr - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI have the laptop. It has solid CPU, GPU and display. I actually thought the display was some exceptionally good TN.
I bought an SSD together with it to replace the HDD... only to find out that opening the laptop voids your warranty!!!
Coming from an Acer laptop which had no such c(r)ap, this was a huge letdown. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI've heard (but can't personally verify) that such stickers can't actually be enforced by law, but it's definitely annoying when they try to prevent end users from upgrading things like the RAM and storage. You could always email/call MSI and ask them for confirmation that you can upgrade the RAM/storage first and see what they say -- get it in writing, though! :-) Reply
thesavvymage - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkin writing is not even always necessary, depending on local laws :) in Washington state, a verbal contract is a VALID contract. No need to write it and sign. There does need to be a third party to verify it though Reply
ReedTFM - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkFor Americans, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act applies. Just modifying/servicing your product doesn't void a warranty guarantee, unless the producer can show the modification caused the defect. This came about because of car manufacturers were pulling crap like, "Oh look you added an aftermarket exhaust, you voided your warranty and we will not cover the windshield wipers failing."
With static discharges, however, it will be hard to refute user error, but still, it's always worth making the argument. Reply
ramj70 - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkI contacted MSI and they said that opening the laptop will to upgrade will not void the warranty. I also bought an SSD and replaced the HDD Reply
ruthan - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkWithout inbuild 3g modem.. so not for real life. Reply
Novaguy - Saturday, July 19, 2014 - linkThere are phone plans that come with data tethering or wifi hotspot options, and I find those work well. Reply
Tanclearas - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - linkNo DisplayPort and no G-Sync. This is exactly the class of machine that would benefit the most from it. Even if the claim is that it's too expensive to integrate into the laptop panel (though Nvidia themselves talked about how it's easier on laptops), DisplayPort would have at least allowed for the possibility of using an external G-Sync monitor. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkNo, G-Sync is actually a pain in the butt on laptops, for one reason: Optimus. To do G-Sync, you need to have the GPU and display communicate with each other, so the only way NVIDIA can do it is if they get rid of Optimus. But doing that means you just killed battery life as well. There are potentially ways around that I'm sure, but it's the reason there haven't been any G-Sync notebooks yet. I actually asked NVIDIA about it at CES and they basically said as much: "We're looking at ways to implement it, but right now we don't have anything we can talk about." Reply
Tanclearas - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkWow. Interesting. Nvidia's response to AMD's "free sync" demo implied that laptops were easier to implement.
"However, Petersen quickly pointed out an important detail about AMD's "free sync" demo: it was conducted on laptop systems. Laptops, he explained, have a different display architecture than desktops, with a more direct interface between the GPU and the LCD panel, generally based on standards like LVDS or eDP (embedded DisplayPort). Desktop monitors use other interfaces, like HDMI and DisplayPort, and typically have a scaler chip situated in the path between the GPU and the panel. As a result, a feature like variable refresh is nearly impossible to implement on a desktop monitor as things now stand."
All of this just raises more questions.
In AMD's demo, did they have to disable DSG for free sync to work? If not, how does an AMD GPU communicate with the display? If so, then what AMD showed was even more impressive if Nvidia is still "looking at ways to implement it".
Are there laptops with free sync (officially) coming?
I am not trying to take things off topic. I just want to reiterate that the reviewed laptop is exactly the class of machine that would benefit the most from G-Sync/free sync. If anything, it is more important for a laptop because you do not ever have the option of replacing the GPU once your framerates start dropping.
One final (two-part) question. Could a laptop not have the DP connected directly to the Nvidia GPU? Is it not safe to assume that a person connected to an external DP monitor would have access to external power (and therefore not need Optimus)? Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkSo basically on a laptop if you plug directly into the dGPU, yes, it's easier -- but I'm not sure how much easier we're really talking about. Obviously it can be done with desktop displays with enough effort, the main benefit of laptops being you have multiple inputs into desktop displays with scalers and such. An interesting corollary is that AMD might have an advantage with laptops using AMD APUs -- both the APU and dGPU would be AMD software, so there's no "Intel iGPU" in the way.
As to the question of when laptops with G/Free Sync are coming, I don't believe any have been announced yet, so your guess is as good as mine. I told NVIDIA that laptops would be great for this as getting >60 FPS on a laptop is rather difficult but ~40 FPS with G-SYNC would still be achievable. We might see this in the next year, or perhaps even earlier with non-Optimus solutions (e.g. ASUS has the G750 without Optimus, so it might be a target for G-SYNC in an update). Of course, the number of displays with G-Sync support is still very small (one or two ASUS are officially available, another ASUS display can be modded by the user; Acer and BenQ have displays coming but they're not out yet.)
As for the second question: sure, an external G-Sync display could easily be driven by a laptop. But that sort of defeats the purpose of a laptop in large measure. :-) Reply
Tanclearas - Saturday, July 19, 2014 - linkAt first it might appear that it defeats the point of a laptop, but there is (what I assume a growing) group of aging gamers that require a laptop for business/work, but still want to game at home. I have a Lenovo Y580 with 16GB of RAM, a 240GB mSATA SSD, and the Nvidia GTX 660m. It's great for work, and OK for games, but would be better with G-Sync or free sync. Reply
Khenglish - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkSLI class laptops already do not support optimus because nivida does not allow it with SLI, so these could do G-sync just fine.
As for strong single card laptops then yes the iGPU is in the way. Alienware laptops allow you to run in optimus/enduro mode or in dGPU only mode which connects the dGPU directly to the display, but ASUS, Clevo, and MSI do not. Alienware actually has every display output directly drivable by the dGPU, so I feel it would not be very difficult for other makers to at least route the internal display with a BIOS option for iGPU/dGPU mode, or dGPU only mode. Reply
yankeeDDL - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkThis is a good machine. I am looking for an upgrade and this looks fast and with a spacious HD, which is a plus.
That said, I wish start seeing laptops (especially in this size and price range), using an SSD paired with an HDD (less than 1TB means that you need to find some creative way to keep music, photos and videos with you, and 1TB SSD is still way too expensive).
Maybe some of the Kaveri parts can compromise on the CPU while provide similar GPU power, all combined for a much lower cost. Let's see: so far Kaveri has been MIA. Reply
Hrel - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkI picked up the GE60 i7 and GTX765M GPU for $800 off neweggflash a few months back. Couldn't be happier with it. Really amazing laptop, for that money I wouldn't expect a backlit keyboard, yet it has one. a 720p camera, stereo mic, Optimus, fantastic keyboard feel, though the layout could use some work. Some things are in odd places and there's some completely unused keys that could be replaced with nice keys, like a Windows key to the right of the spacebar. I'd also like the spacebar moved left some as it sits directly under my right palm. The Del key is also oddly far to the right, so that should be put back where it belongs.
Nit picky stuff though, it's an amazing laptop. Seems completely wasteful to get anything more expensive considering what is offered in the GE series. I guess if you need something .5" thinner, for some unkown reason, the GS series makes sense. But I cannot fathom a function for the GT series besides just wasting money. Reply
Taurus229 - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkMainstream at $1200.00. Who's kidding who ? Reply
grayson360 - Saturday, July 19, 2014 - linkThe Physx issue is because Metro Last Light installs an older version. If you install metro, then install the drivers, it runs beautifully. I had the same issue with my SLI'd 780's. The fps would plummet to single digits. After the fix, I had perfect smooth gameplay with zero slowdowns. Reply
GreenMeters - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - linkIs it possible to remove the tacky badge from the top cover? Reply
DaveLikesHardware - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - linkI prefer using a touchscreen to navigate Metro UI.
Are GTX-class mobile GPUs and touch screens mutually exclusive?
I was looking forward to the Y50 - thinking it'd be touch screen.
How about the GS60 Ghost or GS60 Stealth? Neither are, are they?
I'll keeping waiting...
Dave Reply
CommandoCATS - Monday, July 21, 2014 - linkI think there's a Lenovo Y50 Touch with a GTX 860M and touchscreen. Was that what you meant? Reply
DaveLikesHardware - Monday, July 21, 2014 - linkYes, Commando, it is. Thanks - I missed it and only saw the Y50 non-Touch.
That is the fastest GPU paired with Touch screen that I've seen so far.
Dave Reply
romba - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkOn storage, on the other hand, this is the only laptop at this price with 2 msata ports. My GE60 is equipped with 2 x 1TB Sams SSD and 2 x 1TB HDD (one in a caddy in the optical drive). So if you are willing to get your hands dirty and self upgrade, this baby is for you.
I dare you to find a laptop at this price that can house 4TB of storage.
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romba - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI messed up the imgur link. Here it is
http://imgur.com/AeBQRR3 Reply
romba - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAnd for battery I purchased a 9 cell battery and it keeps it running for 5-6 hours on office duty. Reply
petwho - Monday, August 11, 2014 - linkNot very lightweight though disk storage look promissing.
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CAMPAIGNERS are preparing to fight plans for dozens of new homes in Milverton – almost 40 years on since the battle began.
Notaro wants to build 70 homes and a children's play area at Creedwell Orchard, a project many residents feel is too large.
The developer, who has historic outline planning permission dating to 1975, last week submitted fresh plans to Taunton Deane Council.
Michael Reynolds, of Save Milverton Action Group (SMAG), says it will continue to try and protect the village's green space.
He said: "I do not believe it is in the best interests of Milverton and would change the character of the village.
"The plans do not address or assist the village's needs in terms of affordable housing or employment opportunities but is effectively creating a community that is going to go elsewhere."
The application is the latest twist in a long battle to build homes on the land. In 1981, work started to activate the existing permission and in 2007 planning bosses ruled this preparatory work was lawful, despite objections from campaigners.
As a result, the permission still stands and the latest proposals include a 14-space public car park and recycling centre near the site entrance.
Mr Reynolds added: "It is easy to say 'SMAG opposes everything' but this application does not pay a lot of attention to the guidelines put in place by national Government and Taunton Deane.
"The scale is not appropriate – it is as many houses that have been built in the village in the last 20 years."
Steve Rosier, project manager for Notaro, said: "It is important to recognise this land has planning permission to build 72 new homes.
"Notaro has also agreed terms with Taunton Deane to acquire a small area of land to provide access to the site.
"The proceeds will be used to provide 25 new affordable homes and the development will create a significant number of jobs during construction."
A public exhibition on the proposals will be held at the Methodist Chapel, Silver Street, from 2-8pm Friday (April 4) and 10am to 4pm on Saturday.


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Mid-market companies are less confident than they were in March, but confidence is significantly higher than it was 12 months ago, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey.
According to the bank's latest Future Business Index, which covers the six-month period to the end of September, confidence declined from 9.3 points to 4.3 points. But this figure is a significant improvement on 12 months ago when confidence was at -0.3.
The index measures the opinions of financial decision makers in companies with a turnover of between $10 million and $100 million. CBA says the sector makes up 38 per cent of GDP, generates $400 billion in revenue annually and comprises 27,000 companies.
The research shows mining companies who took part in the survey were particularly positive about the outlook for business conditions. There was a seven point increase in the confidence of this portion of the index since the last survey to 17.7 points.
There was a surprise turnaround in the outlook of retail businesses measured in the survey, with confidence of those surveyed jumping 11.2 points to 10.2 points.
Symon Brewis-Weston, the bank's general manager of corporate financial services, said the improvement in retail sector sentiment could be attributed to the effect of interest rate cuts and carbon tax offsets, which have reduced tax for low income earners.
CBA chief economist Michael Blythe said the survey results were encouraging.
"There's been a debate about whether monetary policy works. [This shows] if you put cash in the hands of consumers they will spend. Lower rates do have an impact even with something of a lag," he said.
Blythe also said the uptick in the retail sector had been reflected in the bank's credit card data, with consumers now increasing their credit card spending.
Sectors covered in the index that have experienced declining confidence include construction, with sentiment on -11.1 points, business services on -17.9 points and transport and logistics on -18.2 points.
On a state-by-state basis, all states with the exception of Tasmania showed declining business confidence. This played out most dramatically in South Australia, where confidence dropped by 17.4 points to -10.1 points.
The bank attributes this to BHP Billiton shelving its plans to expand its Olympic Dam mine. Western Australia also suffered a significant drop in confidence, down by 16.7 points to -2.0 points. New South Wales is the most confident state but even it suffered a drop in confidence of 3.6 points to 10.4 points.
Brewis-Weston said risk appetite among mid-market companies has fallen since the March survey, which may lead to a hiring slowdown.
Looking ahead, the survey showed mid-market enterprises expect further fluctuations in business conditions. "People have become used the volatility," he said, adding that businesses in the retail and mining sector were likely to be best prepared for further volatility in trading conditions.
Brewis-Weston said continuing volatility could be viewed in a positive light because "it helps keep businesses healthy".
"Half the companies surveyed are expecting revenue rises. Operating costs are also up because of an increase in energy and wholesale fuel prices," he said.
The top four domestic issues keeping company chiefs awake at night include rising energy costs, government policy decisions, the price on carbon emissions and rising fuel costs.
According to the survey, 44 per cent of respondents expect their businesses to be more profitable in the coming six months. Thirty-three per cent expect capital expenditure to increase and 30 per cent expect to take on more staff.
Blythe referred to a "potentially large pothole in growth" as a result of the slowdown in the mining sector. He said the Reserve Bank's decision to reduce interest rates was a tactic to generate an economic recovery on the back of consumer confidence.
"The transition of the non-mining part of the economy would be easier if the Australian dollar was lower," said Blythe.
Survey participants said over the next six months the top three activities they will focus on include investing in their business, expanding their business locally and merger and acquisition activity.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Griffin Reinhard recognizes that if investors rely on the crowd when it comes to crowdfunding, they're probably going to wind up all by their lonesome. "It's not like people with money get up and go to Kickstarter or Indiegogo at 8 o'clock in the morning and decide, 'Oh, I'm going to give money to this idea,'" Reinhard said to me on the phone. The man is as close to a crowdfunding pro as I could dig up: He's director of digital media at The Crowdfund Mafia, a thriving San Diego-based crowdfunding marketing company. "What really happens is backers hear about a campaign through their network," he said. "So you have to be out there promoting your service, or even the best idea has little chance." Just guess what turns out to be The Crowdfund's Mafia's secret high-tech weapon when it comes to getting the next, hip socially funded product "made"? You got it: old-school dialing and smiling. "We started in the business of helping new products with their videos, copy and project pitches for their campaigns," he said. But that turned out, he said, to not be the biggest bang for the buck. Instead, getting the message out to potential backers was the real challenge. "So now we offer direct, human outreach to journalists, bloggers and other influencers," he said. drive the buzz to such slick offerings as the TILT Stealth MacBook cooling pad, ChargerGenie charging tote bag and the iDoorCam Wi-Fi connected doorbell. "We do offer deals where we turn over the press releases and contacts lists to startups for about half that cost, so they can use their own manpower," he said. "But if you have like three Twitter followers and you wait until your campaign begins to get the word out, it's too late." New age fundraising grows up
What's fascinating about digging into the crowded realities of modern crowdfunding with Reinhard is how quickly raising money in this new age is becoming like raising money in the old age.


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MBFW: Jenny Packham Proves All That Glitters Is Gold
Jenny Packham's fall 2013 collection is fit for a Parisian noblewoman!
-Diana Denza
Inspired by the 17th century Parisian salonnières where scholarly women congregated, Jenny Packham's fall 2013 line exuded sheer elegance. Complete with breathtaking gowns that floated down the catwalk and glistening sequined numbers, the collection made it simple to see why style-savvy ladies like Kate Middleton, Taylor Swift, and Blake Lively favor the designer.
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Styles ranged from sweeping gowns in princess silhouettes to loose-fitting trousers. And there was no shortage of sparkling embellishments, delicate tulle overlays, and beaded floral patterns. Models glided down the runway donning neatly-gathered ponytails that complemented Packham's graceful pieces. Meanwhile, the lineup of lush shades featured midnight blue, sultry crimson, warm cinnamon, and aquatic teal.
Especially swoon-worthy was the assortment of perfect red dresses (forget your tired old LBD), which included beaded floor-length creations to flowing knee-length frocks. Gorgeous!
One thing's for certain: I'll be red with envy over the starlets who grace the carpets in Jenny Packham.
Diana Denza is BettyConfidential's contributing editor.


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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to create interesting lineages. New types of dragons are added regularly!
Glaucus Drakes have curious personalities. They spend more of their time sunbathing and idly floating in the water than exploring. Because they move very little as they float, Glaucus Drakes can ambush prey relatively easily. They can dive to surprisingly deep depths, and eat a variety of fish and marine plants. Most of them live in tight-knit family groups.
Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. Once they hit adolescence, hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only 2 years.
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The transforming power of cycling
Seeing the impact inclusive cycling has on those with disabilities even after just a few hours is a heart-warming experience at the best of times. This week, I helped out at an event at Alice Holt Forest and it is a day I will never forget.
As a monitoring and evaluation officer, I don't often get a chance to see the real impact of inclusive cycling in the flesh. I've visited a couple of wonderful sessions, but an event at the Cycling UK affiliated Alice Holt club, this week, really moved me and was very emotional for all involved.
I joined inclusive cycling officer, Tim Janes and session volunteer Peter Jeans at the Alice Holt Forest where we spent a good hour getting the cycles ready. I had a great time trying out the range of cycles available and even went on a mini tour of the Forest on the back of the tandem, with Tim in the driving seat.
Our riders finally arrived, and soon, everyone was cycling or waiting their turn for the bike of their choice. The side by side tandems were popular as the riders could cycle with their carers. Those in wheelchairs got a chance to cycle round the forest too!
The smiles and excitement I saw in their faces was apparent all day – even the girl who told me that she 'didn't like cycling, sorry' had the biggest grin on her face as she and her carer whooshed along the cycle track on the side by side tandem.
Speaking with the group afterwards it was evident that just these few hours had created a change in their thoughts to cycling. As an 18 year old in the group said "I think this is so special. To give disabled an equal chance". All of the carers were shocked and emotional as they saw the faces of the group light up when they realised they could have a go at cycling.
Many of those in the group had never had the chance to cycle before, believing that it was something that they couldn't do. The charity leader for the group said: "One 12 year old – who suffers from Cerebral Palsy - cried when getting off the bus to come to the cycling session 'why are we going to a park to ride bikes if I cannot ride one?' When she did get onto one of the bikes, she cried. She was so emotional. She just couldn't believe that she was riding a bike for the first time in her life. It brought tears to my eyes."
Despite the possibility of heavy rain, they kept cycling. At the end of the session the group sang and chanted 'We don't want to go' and 'this was the best day ever' and we were serenaded with hugs and thank yous."
Kay Lakin
Cycling UK Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
On that day, every one of them, regardless of their disability, age or previous cycling experience, was given the same chance; to get on a cycle and ride through the Forest and they loved it. Do I think they'll be back? Oh Yes!
Alice Holt is one of over 40 Cycling UK affiliated inclusive cycle clubs in England. The club forms part of the newly established National Inclusive Cycling Network which was set-up in partnership with Cycling Projects, and is funded through the BIG Lottery Fund.


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The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology offers a program of study leading to the Master of Science degree in biochemistry and molecular biology. The major purpose of the M.S. program is to provide the student with a strong biochemical background that can serve as a basis for further graduate or professional study. Graduate study with faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology leading to a Doctor of Philosophy degree is available through the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program.
Major research interests of the department are grouped into three interrelated areas: molecular structure and function, molecular genetics, and the application of magnetic resonance (MR) to biomedical research. Specific research projects deal with the structure and function of membranes, proteins and enzymes, nucleic acids, chromatin structure and function, molecular genetics, nucleotide metabolism, and the use of MR to study biochemical phenomena.
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- Biochemistry lecture sequence (BMB 7500 and 7520). A grade of B must be obtained in each semester of these courses. If a B is not obtained, the student may repeat the course (or courses) once. A repeat of BMB 7500 and/or 7520 must be completed within a year of the semester in which the deficiency occurs.
- Research Perspectives (BMB 7020).
- Research Ethics (BMB 7030).
- Graduate seminars: a total of 4 credit hours of graduate-level seminars in biochemistry (including BMB 8000 or BMB 9000) or other departments.
- Two additional 7000-level courses: these may include 7000-level courses from other departments.
- The student and his or her thesis advisor will have the responsibility for selecting advanced courses and seminars suited to each student's program needs and interests.
- The thesis must be based on hands-on research. BMB 8990 (or BMB 6990) must be taken each semester the student performs laboratory research. The thesis advisory committee must be made up of at least three faculty from the Department of Biochemistry. The student will orally defend the completed thesis and present a departmental seminar on his or her research.
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The BMB department participates in an innovative interdisciplinary approach to the biomedical sciences. The Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program recognizes the relatedness of the various traditional disciplines and seeks to educate scientists to take advantage of developments in diverse areas of research. Classroom and laboratory instruction stresses experiences that span a broad spectrum of knowledge.
The program provides an integrated background in physical, chemical, and biological disciplines and an in-depth experience in research in a chosen sub-field. Graduates are expected to be sufficiently flexible to participate in solving a broad range of complex biomedical problems.
Competitive stipends and health benefits are available to qualifying candidates.
From 2003 to 2013, the BMS program graduated 72 Ph.D. students. Of those, 15 were from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.


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MORE details can today be revealed about Worcestershire's major role in the Tour of Britain - with the full county route announced.
After starting in Worcester, which is hosting a stage start, contestants in the world-renowned cycle race will travel through Great Malvern, Upton, Pershore, Evesham and then Broadway.
Organisers from the Tour of Britain came to Worcestershire last week to spend hours looking at the county's landscape to put together the plan.
They say the towns and villages were selected because of how "picturesque" they are.
It means all six areas can expect a significant economic boost this September, as well as a jump in profile by being key parts of the famed contest.
Worcestershire's part of the event, known as stage four on Wednesday, September 10, has been welcomed across the county.
Peter Pawsey, executive chairman at Worcestershire's Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) said he was "thrilled".
The LEP has agreed to underwrite the costs and helped negotiate the deal with organisers.
Mr Pawsey said: "The route through the county will take in some of the most picturesque, undulating and historic parts of south Worcestershire, giving those who aren't familiar with the county an opportunity to glimpse what we have to offer.
"It'll offer a challenging but ultimately enjoyable ride for all the tour participants."
Councillor Bob Banks, who represents Evesham at the county council, said: "From an economic point of view, we see tourism as a very important part of the make-up for Evesham."
It can also be revealed today that the Worcester stage start will carry on to Gloucestershire before finishing in Bristol after 182 kilometres of racing.
Exact details of the routes are still being finalised and will be announced around June time.
Mick Bennett, race director, said: "We look forward to returning to Worcester and bringing the tour back to the county of Worcestershire.
"Stage four is sure to be one of the most popular of the 2014 race."
The whole event will start in Liverpool on Sunday, September 7 and finish eight days later in central London.
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You can watch an interview with Miliband here on Sky. Meanwhile here is his formal resignation statement:
Dear Alan,
For nine years South Shields and the South Shields Labour Party have given me great support. I look forward to that continuing for many years to come. The extraordinary efforts of party members – from Shields and across the country – during my leadership campaign made me feel very proud indeed of our shared values and shared vision. Read more


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More from Glen Sather's conference call tonight (again, please excuse any typos and the bold font):
"I have spoken to other people (about the coaching position) today, absolutely."
"No, the overtime loss (Sunday) wouldn't have changed my mind. … I've had it in teh back of my mind for a few days, but winning or losing that game (Sunday) night, as painful as it was to lose it, I had come to the conclusion during the game that today was probably going to be the day that I was going to do what I had to do."
"I'm gong to speak to John about it, absolutely. But Sean has not played very many games in Hartford. He's worked hard, his attitude has veen great, he's done with the coaching staff have asked him to do there. He's been a good contributor. The team has I think won three out of the four games. … Hes coming along and he's got a great attitude and we'll deal with that in the next week for sure."
"You can always second-guess any of the moves and trades we made. but when we made them I thought we were doing the right thing and I still think that we have a team that's played very well. we're into a time right now that the team has not played very well, but that doesnt mean we can't get back to laying like we played in the begining of the year. We were a fast, puck-possession hockey club that was determined and worked very hard and moved the puck very well and we've gotten away from that and that's why wemade the change in teh coaching personnel, to get where we are today. In moving forward, I'd like to think we made the right change to help this team move in that direction."
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Epsom and St Helier hospitals are to invest at least £2m more a year in new staff in a bid to meet all the new clinical standards developed for London hospitals.
Both hospitals failed to meet some of the standards developed by NHS England London, in conjunction with clinicians and patients - the London Quality Standards.
The standards were developed by NHS England London in 2012-13 to improve the quality and safety of emergency care, following concerns about heightened mortality risks at weekends and high maternal death rates in London compared to the rest of the UK.
Last month, NHS England London published self-assessments, conducted by all London hospitals, as to whether they are meeting the list of 200 standards across adult medicine, A&E, critical care, paediatric emergency services and maternity services.
Neither Epsom or St Helier met the standard requiring consultant involvement for patients considered 'high risk' within an hour in acute medicine on any day of the week.
Not all patients on acute medical and surgical units at St Helier were seen and reviewed by a consultant during twice daily ward rounds on any day of the week.
Neither hospital has a consultant on its labour ward 24/7 on any day of the week.
With regards to paediatric emergency and inpatients, St Helier met all bar one standard, while Epsom failed to hit a number - including not having a consultant paediatrician present and readily available during times of peak emergency attendance and activity on any day of the week.
Dr James Marsh, the trust's joint medical director, said the hospitals had made "some great progress" in improving their performance since last year, but more needs to be done.
He said: "We are performing better than some of the other London hospitals in some areas, and less well in others.
"The data shows the quality of care provided across south west London is relatively even.
"However, we recognise we need to put some changes in place to meet all of the standards and are confident that, in time, we will be able to do so.
"Although no trust in London met all the standards, we know it is possible, and will be working hard to achieve that."
He said each of Epsom and St Helier's clinical areas have identified the resources required to meet the standards over the next few years and are working with their clinical commissioning groups to achieve this.
Dr Marsh added: "As some of these standards require the recruitment of significant numbers of additional staff, particularly consultants, we are planning to invest at least £2m per year in the recruitment and staffing of certain areas."
He said that in some standards where it appears Epsom and St Helier have performed badly, particular criteria in these areas do not apply to the hospitals.
Dr Marsh said: "In critical care, it seems that Epsom does not meet some of the criteria. That's because in the appropriate circumstances, critical patients would go straight to St Helier for specialist treatment, rather than receive care at Epsom. It is therefore not assessed and is published as though it was not met."
He said the trust has already made a number of improvements to meet the standards.
These include access to 24-hour endoscopy services for emergency patients with a 24/7 consultant; trained and experienced doctors in emergency medicine 24/7; seven days-a-week access to and support from physiotherapy and occupational therapy teams; and all emergency admissions to critical care being seen and assessed by a consultant in intensive care within 12 hours of admission to the critical care unit.
Dr Andy Mitchell, medical director of NHS England London region, said: "We want patients to receive consistently high quality emergency care seven days-a-week, but we know that is not always happening at the moment.
"That is why London's clinicians are leading the way by developing standards to eradicate the 'weekend effect' which could be costing 500 lives a year.
"We are pleased that acute hospitals across London have taken part in the latest self-assessment and have been working hard to meet the standards, resulting in good progress over the last year.
"However, it is clear there is still some way to go.
"For all hospitals to meet all the standards we will need to change the way some services are provided at a local and at a network level.
"London's CCGs are working on five-year plans which will describe how every hospital will deliver all the standards."


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I've mentioned before that I really do love beachy scents, especially if they smell something like suntan lotion. I also love drinks that smell like suntan lotion, too, but that's a different post that I might write up later! My current summer scents are Bobbi Brown's Beach, Bond No. 9's Fire Island, and Monyette Paris. Love them all, and rotate them out every few days or so. As a quick sidenote, Fire Island seems to mix really well if you have to do a quick and/or unexpected self-tanner session. I don't know why, I just know it does. Okay, back to CB I Hate Perfume At the Beach 1966. The notes are listed as Coppertone (this makes me unreasonably happy), wet sand, seashell, driftwood and something called "boardwalk." These are blended with a new accord created just for this scent called "North Atlantic." This might be the very first scent I have ever purchased without actually smelling it.


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Yannick Bolasie has no intention of leaving Selhurst Park despite admitting to being "flattered" by interest from Europe.
The 24-year-old has been enjoying a run in the Eagles team, helping them climb out of the Premier League bottom three.
His pace and trickery has been attracting the attentions of clubs in Germany, Italy and France - as well as Premier League rivals - but the DR Congo international insists he is happy in south east London.
He said: "Obviously I was flattered by the interest but I'm a Palace player and I'm happy here. Now I want to try and help us stay in the Premier League.
"It's been a bit stop-start for me this season but now I'm coming into my stride and hopefully I can start scoring more goals and setting up more goals."


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So, in another attempt to meet her, I decided to make a human male and have a photo opportunity! And being the lovely elf that she is, she obliged, and as soon as I emerged from my cinematic, she was standing there, waiting for me.
I was immediately stunned by her statuesque beauty. How could anyone resist this beautiful creature? I was at a loss for words, but rapidly regained my manners. Effraeti's post about Dead Chivalry went through my head, and I was determined to get started on the right foot.
|A gentleman should bow to a great lady.
|Compliments and niceties were exchanged. A shame his punctuation isn't better.
|Beautiful AND well spoken and punctuated! What a rarity!
|She really was such a stunning creature.
|She was saucy enough to make even myself blush.
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Americans have been very poorly served by our educational system. This is evidenced by the fact that allegedly educated men and women in various levels of government seem convinced that the Second Amendment was designed to indulge their occasional pheasant hunt, or outfit their burly armed guards with firearms to keep away the riffraff.
This was not remotely what the Founders intended.
Tenche Cox, Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress, twice explained the purpose of the Second Amendment to his fellow citizens, first writing in The Pennsylvania Gazette, on Feb. 20, 1788.
The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American … the unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people
Coxe was explicit: the Founders held that the militia were the people, and that Congress had no power to disarm the people. Further he defined that the citizens of this Republic should have military arms, as checks and balances against over-reach by both state and local powers.
Almost a year and a half later, Coxe wrote again to more explicitly highlight why Americans should have military arms in their possession as protection against government.
He did so in "Remarks On The First Part Of The Amendments To The Federal Constitution," in the Philadelphia Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789.
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms.
A decade later in 1799, Coxe wrote again in the Philadelphia Aurora as tensions arose between Federalists and Republicans:
Do you wish to preserve your rights? Arm yourselves. Do you desire to secure your dwellings? Arm yourselves. Do you wish your wives and daughters protected? Arm yourselves. Do you wish to be defended against assassins or the Bully Rocks of faction? Arm yourselves. Do you desire to assemble in security to consult for your own good or the good of your country? Arm yourselves. To arms, to arms, and you may then sit down contented, each man under his own vine and his own fig-tree and have no one to make him afraid….If you are desirous to counteract a design pregnant with misery and ruin, then arm yourselves; for in a firm, imposing and dignified attitude, will consist your own security and that of your families. To arms, then to arms.
I must be relying on the words of just one of the Founding Fathers. Certainly the brilliant men who protected the freedom of speech and freedom to assemble didn't mean for Americans to be armed with military weapons.
Perhaps Thomas Jefferson had other ideas.
Jefferson's Commonplace Book, written between 1774-1776, quoted from criminologist Cesare Beccaria's 1764 On Crimes and Punishment about an armed citizenry:
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.
"But," you might argue, "that was Jefferson merely quoting someone else." Perhaps. What did he say in his own words?
Mr. Jefferson was strongly in favor of citizens being armed at all times, as noted in a letter to Peter Carr in 1785:
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.
In a letter to James Madison, on Dec. 20, 1787, Jefferson said:
What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.
That same year, in a letter to William S. Smith, Jefferson wrote of using these civilian owned arms or contemporary military utility against the government itself:
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms…. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"But these were just two of the Founding Fathers arguing that Americans should always be armed with military weapons to keep the state in check," you might argue. "Their's is a minority view."
It's possible. Let us have more.
What say you, General and President George Washington?
"A free people ought…to be armed…." (George Washington, speech of January 7, 1790 in the Boston Independent Chronicle, January 14, 1790)
What say you, Benjamin Franklin?
"The thoughtful reader may wonder, why wasn't Jefferson's proposal of 'No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms' adopted by the Virginia legislature? They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.)
And what of you, President John Adams?
"To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders of towns, countries or districts of a state, is to demolish every constitution, and lay the laws prostrate, so that liberty can be enjoyed by no man; it is a dissolution of the government. The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws." (John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of the United States, 475 [1787-1788])
"Resistance to sudden violence, for the preservation not only of my person, my limbs, and life, but of my property, is an indisputable right of nature which I have never surrendered to the public by the compact of society, and which perhaps, I could not surrender if I would." (John Adams, Boston Gazette, Sept. 5, 1763, reprinted in The Works of John Adams 438 [Charles F. Adams ed., 1851])
"Arms in the hands of individual citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self-defense." (John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America [1787-1788])
And Governor Sam Adams?
"The Constitution shall never be construed…to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." (Samuel Adams, 1780)
And you, Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin?
"The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals…. It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." (Albert Gallatin at the New York Historical Society, October 7, 1789)
And you, Vice President Elbridge Gerry?
"What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty…. Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins." (Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, spoken during floor debate over the Second Amendment [I Annals of Congress at 750, August 17, 1789])
Secretary Alexander Hamilton?
"…but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights…." (Alexander Hamilton speaking of standing armies in The Federalist. 29)
"What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen…The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States is as futile as it would be injurious if it were capable of being carried into execution… Little more can reasonably be aimed at with the respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed and equipped ; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year." (Alexander Hamilton The Federalist, No. 29)
"If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense…." Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers, No. 28)
"No more! you shout, "No more!"
Quite clearly, the Founding Fathers had a unified voice; the Second Amendment was written to codify a pre-existing right to one's defense, but it went further than that, and explicitly defined the citizenry as a militia that must be armed with arms equal to that of military powers they may encounter.
Nor was the citizenry was armed only against foreign invaders. The Founders were quite explicit that they feared the rise of despotic domestic usurpers of power in the state and federal governments, and they wanted the citizens armed to defeat any domestic army under the control of the tyrants that historically arose to challenge the republican form of government on which this nation is based.
That would seem to put the nation's first major gun control act on very unstable ground, which the BATFE itself seems to recognize:
While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the NFA had an underlying purpose unrelated to revenue collection. As the legislative history of the law discloses, its underlying purpose was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in NFA firearms. Congress found these firearms to pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, particularly the gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The $200 making and transfer taxes on most NFA firearms were considered quite severe and adequate to carry out Congress' purpose to discourage or eliminate transactions in these firearms. The $200 tax has not changed since 1934.
As structured in 1934, the NFA imposed a duty on persons transferring NFA firearms, as well as mere possessors of unregistered firearms, to register them with the Secretary of the Treasury. If the possessor of an unregistered firearm applied to register the firearm as required by the NFA, the Treasury Department could supply information to State authorities about the registrant's possession of the firearm. State authorities could then use the information to prosecute the person whose possession violated State laws. For these reasons, the Supreme Court in 1968 held in the Haynes case that a person prosecuted for possessing an unregistered NFA firearm had a valid defense to the prosecution — the registration requirement imposed on the possessor of an unregistered firearm violated the possessor's privilege from self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Haynes decision made the 1934 Act virtually unenforceable.
With NFA '34 "virtually unenforceable," the federal government then unwisely attempted to rush in more unconstitutional restrictions in Title II of the Gun Control Act of 1968:
Title II amended the NFA to cure the constitutional flaw pointed out in Haynes. First, the requirement for possessors of unregistered firearms to register was removed. Indeed, under the amended law, there is no mechanism for a possessor to register an unregistered NFA firearm already possessed by the person. Second, a provision was added to the law prohibiting the use of any information from an NFA application or registration as evidence against the person in a criminal proceeding with respect to a violation of law occurring prior to or concurrently with the filing of the application or registration. In 1971, the Supreme Court reexamined the NFA in the Freed case and found that the 1968 amendments cured the constitutional defect in the original NFA.
Of course, Freed obviously didn't remotely cure the "constitutional defects" of the National Firearms Act of 1934. It addressed one minor technical flaw, which utterly ignoring the plain meaning of the Second Amendment as written, explained, and defined by the Founders themselves.
Later gun control bills, from the dishonestly named Firearm Owner's Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 to the Clinton-era "assault weapons ban" of the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill, also seem to fall far short of the plain meeting and Founder's intent.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
We—all of us not disqualified for criminal acts—are the militia.
"Well-regulated" meant at the time and for a century afterward referred to something in proper working order and smoothly functioning. It did not, and could not, refer to laws or restriction as obtusely argued by some intellectually stilted souls today. They ignore, to their own error, the all important phrase that none of these laws may supersede, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
It is plainly written in clear English, supported robustly by contemporary accounts, that the Founders meant no free American should restricted the military arms of his kind.
Were they alive today, perhaps Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, etc., might reconsider that perhaps some arms should be restricted. The city-leveling power of bomber fleets and ballistic missiles armed with the power of the atom, capable of eradicating entire populations in a moment, would seem be something no individual or small group should have the power to own and use indiscriminately.
That stated, they would almost certainly agree that handguns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, hand grenades and grenade launchers, and artillery are precisely the kind of weapons they would want citizens to have.
How can we say this with such certainty?
The Founders themselves armed for war with muskets, which at four shots per minute, were the commonly issued assault rifles of their day. Contemporary flintlock rifles, while having more far range in the hands of elite marksman only fired one shot per minute, and some took far longer to load. Hand grenades had been in military use in the United Kingdom as early as the Battle of Holt Bridge in 1643, and had been in widespread use for 100 years. Artillery, from swivel guns to cannon, howitzers, and mortars, were in common use and owed by private citizens and communities.
Warships, the most powerful weapons of the day, were often privately owned; in fact, the eight frigates of the Continental Navy performed pitifully, and were all sunk by 1781. The only real naval success enjoyed by the rebellious Americans were from privateers, who made the best of the 1,697 letters of marque issued by Congress.
And so we can say to you without reservation, that yes, the Founding Fathers would have wanted the American people armed with the best contemporary handguns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, hand grenades and grenade launchers, and artillery that they could buy, and they would want us well-trained so that we were deadly accurate in their use.
It would seem that the various National Firearms Acts are clearly unconstitutional, as plain as can be an unquestioned violation of the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Does this make you uncomfortable?
Does this outrage you?
Would you like to see this horrible antiquated practice of the support of heavily arming Americans undone?
There is a mechanism for that, and shady backdoor interpretations and usurpations of the citizen's rights need not rear their ugly heads.
Only through a Constitutional Amendment can a Constitutional Amendment be struck down.
Until the day comes that the American people reject or revise the Second Amendment, "shall not be infringed" is the law of the land.
I want to purchase my suppressed machine guns over the counter at Walmart and Walgreens, and I want them, now.


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A Certified Development Company (CDC) is a nonprofit corporation set up to contribute to the economic development of its community. CDCs are located nationwide and operate primarily in their state of incorporation (Area of Operation). CDCs work with SBA and private-sector lenders to provide financing to small businesses through the CDC/504 Loan Program, which provides growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.
Typically, a 504 project includes:
A loan secured from a private sector lender with a senior lien covering up to 50 percent of the project cost;
A loan secured from a CDC (backed by a 100 percent SBA-guaranteed debenture) with a junior lien covering up to 40 percent of the total cost;
A contribution from the borrower of at least 10 percent equity.
The Role of CDCs
Market the 504 program; package and process 504 loan applications; close and service 504 loans in its Area of Operation; portfolio must be diversified by business sector.
Provide small businesses with financial and technical assistance, or help small businesses obtain assistance from other sources, including preparing, closing, and servicing loans under contract with lenders in SBA's 7(a) LoanProgram.
Loan amounts to the borrower equal to the value of all or part of the borrower's contribution to a project in the form of cash or land, including site improvements.
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Be a nonprofit corporation in good standing.
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Government organizations responsible for economic development in the Area of Operation and acceptable to SBA;
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Community organizations dedicated to economic development in the Area of Operation, such as chambers of commerce, foundations, trade associations, colleges, or universities;
Businesses in the Area of Operation.
Additional membership requirements are provided in 13 CFR 120.822.
Have a Board of Directors chosen from the membership, and representing at least three of the four membership groups. Additional Board of Directors requirements are provided in 13 CFR 120.823.
Have full-time professional management, including an Executive Director (or the equivalent) managing daily operations and a full-time professional staff qualified by training and experience to market the 504 Program; package and process loan applications; close loans; service, and, if authorized by SBA, liquidate the loan portfolio; and sustain a sufficient level of service and activity in the Area of Operation. CDCs may obtain, under written contract and with prior approval from SBA, marketing, packaging, processing, closing, servicing or liquidation services by qualified individuals and entities who live or do business in the CDC's Area of Operation.
Meet a minimum level of lending activity, providing at least two 504 loan approvals each full fiscal year. A CDC's portfolio must reflect an average of one job opportunity per $65,000 of 504 loan funding.
Application Requirements
Applications must include an operating budget approved by the applicant's Board of Directors, and a plan to meet CDC operating requirements (without specializing in a particular industry).
When its application has been accepted, the corporation must demonstrate that it satisfies the certification and operating criteria in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), specifically 13 CFR 120.820 through 120.829, and SOP 50 10 5 (A), Chapter 3.
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