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Want advice on a new pc.
Have $600CAD free right now will have another 300$ in a few days, I have another 150$ I could squeeze in but would rather not.
I don't need to buy a moniter, keyboard, mouse, speakers or webcam.
The pc will be used mainly for gaming and web browsing and watching movies. So looking for good MB for i5 cpu and want a GOOD psu that wont crap out in the next couple years. This is for my wife and not to replace the pc I am using (see my siggy) I don't plan to xfire this machine either.
I want to use this case
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Are you looking to get the best $900 computer you can, or would you rather spend as little as possible? A $900 gaming computer will easily outperform yours.
Looking for best gaming pc I can build for 900$ max, Mine hasn't been upgraded since it was built about 3 years ago.
Pretty much need to use the case I have linked. Forgot to mention I don't really need to buy a video card right right now as the card she has works fine for what we play atm but I do plan to upgrade it at some point during the year probably when Neverwinter Online comes out or some such.
As for dvd drive I could always use the ones she has in her older pc. Oh and windows 7 please. I don't have plans to OC it either but would like to be able to easily upgrade it in 3 or 4 years though I know 4 years might be pushing it some lol.
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A you are on a budget.
B. that is an expensive case. Do you want to stare at your pretty case for hours or get decent performance?
A Rosewill Challenger 50$ case would do perfectly fine and 40$ less
Phenom II X6 from ebay ~100$
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 70$
970DE3/U3S3 AM3+ AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 70$
HIS IceQ Turbo H785QT2G2M Radeon HD 7850 2GB 200$
Subtotal 550$
Or for an intel build use
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz 220$
BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z77X 5.x LGA 1155 Intel Z77 150$
Subtotal 750$
Thoughts. The AMD Phenom X6 will last for many years since All next gen consoles will have like 8 core processors. This will let the 6 core processor really shine as long as 60/75 FPS is fine.
I would definately squeeze in the 7850 at a minimum, it is a very nice upgrade from anything lesser and will last.
Be carefull with the ASrock 970DE3/U3S3 it's a thin motherboard. But all the features are there and work. If you are gonna OC pick the ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 150$
But then you might as well spend another 120$ and get the Intel setup.
If it's going to be a few days, then how about if we wait until you have the money to pick parts? There's no sense in picking parts that are a great deal today, but not so good in three days because a sale ended.
So I been thinking of getting this
MB - MSI Z&& Mpower $218 Not sure about this might be overkill or might be something that will do the same job but cost less dunno.
PSU - SeaSonic SS-660XP 660W ATX12V $175, can get a $20 rebate.
storage - Crucial M4 128 gb ssd $110
case - CM Storm Enforcer $110 can get it at Best Direct for 66$ after mail in rebate, shipping is free
I have a 750gb HDD and 4g of ddr3 ram I can use, I want to get a 7870 later own or a 7970 card but will only need that in a few months.
845$ in all
What do you all think?
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Originally posted by Asm0deus
Originally posted by Asm0deus
That's nice hardware, but if you've got that kind of money, I'd sooner get a larger SSD and save some on the motherboard and/or power supply if you need to make room in the budget.
What's the deal with all the ECS pushing lately? The $218 MSI motherboard may be a bit much on that budget, but this is like the 4th or so post I've read this morning pushing an ECS motherboard.
Secondly - the OP is in Canada, US links to Newegg don't do a lot. That same motherboard does happen to be available on the .ca site, but the shipping is significantly more.
Thirdly - that's an H77 chipset, not a Z77. So why do you try to pair that with a K-edition CPU?
Fourthly - I couldn't find any reviews of a low-end ECS board. I found plenty from their higher-end boards that said "Bleh - not worth the money". It's not my money, but I've done my share of buying "Value" motherboards from no-name manufacturers and paid the price - sure, you save some money, but more often than not there is a lack of driver support, stability issues, and build quality issues. Sure, you may win that gamble, and ECS may turn out to be a great manufacturer, but until I see some more evidence of that (from reputable reviewers, not just stars on a ecommerce site), I'm steering clear and sticking with what I know works well enough.
Fifthly - who cares about sustained write speed. The only use I can think for it would be recording FRAPS. Other than a few niche uses, nearly everyone READS a helluva lot more than they write. And sustained speeds (read or write) are pretty pointless, because most files that get seeked are only a few kilobytes in size anyway, meaning the drive performance depends more on the sekk time/random I/O and cache controller than any sustained I/O transfer speed.
Originally posted by grndzroOriginally posted by Asm0deus
Hooray for cheap junk parts? You have no clue what you're talking about.
You're probably not going to get a stable 5 GHz overclock on a Core i5-3570K, no matter what motherboard you get, apart from sub-ambient cooling. The CPUs usually just don't overclock that far.
But you're definitely not going to get it on that motherboard. As I told you on another thread, that's an H77 motherboard. That means a locked multiplier, and therefore, no overclocking. Or rather, you could increase the base clock a bit, but you might not be able to hit 4 GHz that way, let alone 5 GHz.
A Seasonic Platinum is the best consumer power supply on the market. A Rosewill Green is, well, probably not an imminent danger to your system. That's a huge chasm in quality. I could understand going somewhat cheaper on the power supply and getting something nice around $100, but not dropping all the way down to a Rosewill Green.
And now you're going to advise paying a premium price for an off-brand version of a SandForce drive as compared to a Crucial M4 of the same capacity? Yes, the SandForce drive is better at sequential writes. But when will the sequential write speed of a Crucial M4 ever be a bottleneck? Synthetic benchmarks, perhaps, copying data from another SSD, and that's about it. The Crucial M4 is markedly better at random reads, which are the big bottleneck in storage performance, though to be fair, all SSDs except for Phison-based junk are good at random reads. The Crucial M4 is probably more reliable, too.
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You know what though. There's not a single game I can think of where you would new to overclock a 3570.
I mean I'm playing all sorts of games on max settings using a fx6350 which is roughly 2500k speed in Intel terms and I don't drop below 60fps in anything. Skyrim with all the hd mods, farcry 3, ps2, crysis warhead etc..
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I would not buy an ECS motherboard, nor would I pay a double for RAM with lower timings. The ECS mobo would just be a no buy period. The RAM maybe if he wasnt on a budget and just had money to burn. Lower may be better for timings but not worth double the cost. I am not understanding the push for a mobo brand that has not proven to be reliable and memory thats double the cost for minimal performance. And that Indonesian review of ECS?!? you posted on another thread. I mean really?? It almost seems you have some stake for pushing that off brand motherboard that has yet to prove reliability ( except on some obscure indonesian review). I honestly dont see the point. Why not buy something that has a proven track record for reliability. Plus you have listed H77 mobo with a " k " cpu several times. You cant OC it on that motherboard. The builds you listed are all over the place with quality and pricing. EDIT: WTF is wrong with the forum spacing?
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In my opinion, another option would be to only upgrade your RAM, HDD and GPU and depending on age the PSU. You have a i5-750 o'c to 4 ghz which is mighty fine for most situations/games. My current build is an i5-750 with a 6970 and I could only hit 3.6 ghz. It will not be significantly slower than even an o'c i5 3570 that you would notice a huge improvement. Will the 3570 be faster, yes but its not like your 750 is currently holding you back. Go up to 8 gigs of ram, a nice 240 gig speedy SSD drive with a very nice GPU (you could go with a 7970 ghz edition) and for safety, upgrade your PSU if you current one is more than 2 years old or if you go very high end on the GPU.
Originally posted by levin70
The pc in my siggy is my pc but the build I am asking about is a second pc for my wife.
Originally posted by Quizzical
The idea was that a 3570k will be ok for now without an OC but I would have the option to OC to something like 4.5ghz later on. Reason being I will air cool like my pc using a similiar if not the same air cooler.
The MB looks like it's built solid and can take some heat seeing as it seems the 3570k apperently give off more heat, when OCing, than the 2500k and that OC genie2 seems very interesting.
I was going to get a 256g ssd but the wife doesn't really use that much, she's currently using 140g out of her 750g hdd so my thought was save money there and get the 128g ssd put windows on that and maybe one game and use her hdd for xtra storage. I admit im uncertain if this is worth doing as my intial idea is just to get a 256g one.
For the mb I like the military class III, superpipe and oc genie features on the other hand I don't really care about the bluetooth and wi-fi features as it's not something I will use.
For the psu I like it becuase of efficiency and quality
You say save money on the MB or PSU, which one would you suggest that I go lower on and what would be good without losing too much quality?
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Motherboards - the difference is basically in one of two areas:
(*) Overclockability, mainly with how well the board can regulate voltages and stay cool while attempting to overclock. Every Z77 board out there will let you try to overclock, but the difference between a $125 and a $250 board is in the power circuitry and heat dissipation - the $250 will let you go farther with more stability. Now, how much farther, that's the key question. If you aren't going to play with voltages at all, and just go for a safe overclock, the cheaper board is likely well enough. If you plan to go to the limit, with the best cooling you can, and tweak voltages, then you should look at the beefier motherboard.
(*) Periperhal options. The other area being all the extra junk that gets packed into the board as well (that you may or may not need). RAID controllers are popular, extra LAN/ethernet controllers, premium sound, Thunderbolt ports, extra PCI slots, bluetooth, built-in WiFi, etc. You are going to pay for all these things if they come on the motherboard. Generally, I find it's a lot less expensive (and more flexible) to only get what you absolutely need, and plan on adding on (via PCI cards, USB parts, etc) what you need to after the fact.
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Also, if you're going to want to Overclock, you might want a case with excelent air flow.
I personally use this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103010
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Originally posted by Asm0deus
If you have a local Micro Center, you'll save yourself more money buying from there...
Originally posted by Asm0deus
Certainly, the motherboard and power supply will be able to get you quite an overclock. If you came in with a $2000 budget, I'd say to have at it. But is it really worth spending an extra $50 on the motherboard to maybe be able to squeeze an extra 100 MHz out of an overclock if the time comes? And is it really worth spending an extra $50 on a power supply to get the best on the market as opposed to merely rather high end? On a large enough budget, answering "yes" to both is perfectly reasonable. But I don't think that makes sense on your budget.
For a motherboard, they all seem rather spendy on New Egg Canada. Maybe that's a problem with shipping a big box across the Canadian border. For starters, you could get the same thing for cheaper from NCIX:
Or depending on how much you'd like to save on a motherboard:
For a power supply, this is pretty nice:
Or if you want a couple more options:
I think that last one is a rebranded Seasonic X-series, and if so, it's the best deal of the bunch. But I'm not entirely certain of it. Last I checked, all XFX power supplies were Seasonic something or other, and if that one is Seasonic and is gold certified, then the options only range from very good to excellent. But I'm not entirely certain of it.
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Originally posted by Asm0deus
You're kind of all over the place here. If it is solely for Gaming and Web browsing that CPU and MB are overkill.
AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz
its going to give you better stock speeds out of the box and it's all your going to need for your purposes. On top of that it's only $120 so close to half the price.
ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
With just those 2 changes you've cut out about $230 in your build.
SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W
so you are up to about $330 saved now which equals a faster stock system + a GPU :P
You don't need a lot for gaming.
US Newegg site, CA site is a bit different.
You'd get a FX4170 over a FX6300, even though it's $10 difference? Over a FX-4300, even though it's the same price?
Keep in mind the difference between Vishera and Zambezi cores...
Also... better stock speeds on any AMD over a 3570? Really? Clock speed =/= computational speed


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Alex Black (Jr. - G) - Second All-Tournament
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He may not have won the fight, but Jon Fitch's performance in the third round of his match against BJ Penn was still historic. Fitch attempted 181 total strikes, which ties the all-time record for most thrown in a five-minute round in UFC history. Fitch is now tied with Matt Riddle, who achieved the same distinction in the third round of his match against Steve Bruno at Fight Night 17.
Of those 181 total strikes, Fitch landed 149 of them. That is good for second place behind Riddle, who landed 168 of his total strikes against Bruno.
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Very good matchmaking....here we will see if Damian Maia can submit a guy that hasn't been submitted in the UFC before, and we see if Fitch can back himself up saying he can't be submitted. If anybody at Welterweight can submit Fitch its Damian Maia. I think Fitch takes this by leaning on Damian against the cage and tiring him out, then possibly finishing him in the 3rd round.
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We all know that Fitch lands a large volume of ground strikes when he gets there. MMA is not all about math, you know that Sakara. While that round was impressive by Fitch, it was far from one of the most dominating rounds in UFC history. What GSP did to Penn was domination. Fitch did not come close to finishing Penn.
I stated that there was hardly any damage from those strikes. Holding Penn down and neutralizing any offense is impressive. Nowhere near enough to be considered as a 10-8. I still think it was an inconsistent use of a 10-8 round. It is open for interpretation of course, but it still is a 10-9 by my standards.
It may be a pretty decent fight, or an extremely damn boring one, and I am afraid that it will be the 2nd option. But at least in paper this fight is pretty interesting.
Hopefully Maia can do to Fitch the same he did to Story.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
Im betting this winds up as a stand up fight. I dont see maia being able to sub fitch, and I dont see fitch being all that eager to take the fight to damians strongest area. The smart gameplan for Fitch here is to keep his distance and work on landing combinations.
Then Mai wins it. IMO his striking is better than Fitch's
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
we do need to look into how we weight rabbit punches. as dominant as fitch was in round 3, he never passed out of guard to a legitimately dominant position, and the damage-to-strikes landed ratio speaks for itself.
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Jadeveon Clowney with a few off-handed remarks at SEC Media Days caused a social media stir late today with criticism of two high-profile quarterbacks.
Asked about Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, Clowney said, "He's scared every time we play them. He knows he's scared."
Clowney, South Carolina's All-America defensive end, had 4.5 sacks last November in the Gamecocks' 27-17 victory at Clemson. Boyd is 0-2 against South Carolina as a starter.
"You can tell if a player is scared if he looks at me every time before the ball is snapped," Clowney said.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney responded almost immediately when told at a Clemson golf outing about Clowney's tweet.
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Swinney said Boyd is "not scared of anybody."
Clowney's poke at Boyd was inspired by a question from a Georgia Bulldogs beat writer working on a story in advance of the Clemson-Georgia season opener. Clowney also said Bulldogs senior quarterback Aaron Murray was "scared."
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iOS 7 wants: Ability to mute alerts when on a call
Since the early days of the iPhone, we've received a steady stream of complaints about how alerts are handled when you're on a call. Namely, you can have the phone to your ear, chatting away, when suddenly a text message comes in and the tone and/or vibrate goes off full blast into your ear and rattles through your skull. Since push notifications launched for 3rd party apps, especially the trumpeting horror that is Game Center, it's only gotten worse. If you're not used it to and expecting it, it can make you want to drop your phone and start stomping. That's only mild hyperbole, mind you, as that's exactly what several significant others have told us, with rage-filled eyes, after it happened to them for the first time.
While some people may want to make absolutely sure they don't miss an important alert while on a phone call, and are willing to pay the price in low-yield skull trauma, others would pay a significant amount of money for the option to turn it off.
So how could Apple cater to both types of users? The new Do Not Disturb Settings panel is tempting. But Do Not Disturb is model or timer based. A persistent settings wouldn't make sense there.
But there are already several similar, persistent switches in Settings > Sounds. You can already choose to turn off "Vibrate on Ring" and "Vibrate on Silence", but you may want those on at all times when you don't literally have your iPhone pressed to your ear. Adding an extra toggle, for "Mute All Alerts When on a Call" would be grand. "Notification sounds and vibrations will be temporarily muted when you're on a call". (See the mock up at the top of this post.)
Apple could implement it using the same proximity sensor that currently tells iOS to turn off and disable multitouch when you've got your iPhone to your face.
It seems small, but it's the small things -- the buzzing flies and water droplets -- that drive us crazy in the end, and this seems like a rather simple one to fix.
Sure, adding "just another setting" is never the best answer. Except when it is.
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OMG...I just posted a question about this in the forums! I've only been on iOS for 5 months & this is so annoying. I hope they fix it soon.
There's something wrong with the iPhone 5 forum. When you hit the link it takes you to the 4S forum.
It seems to work correctly on the iMore Forum app & Tapatalk, just not on the web.
"Sure, adding "just another setting" is never the best answer. Except when it is."
I love my iPhone 5 just as much as I loved every other iPhone I owned - so of course I love iOS. But honestly, you're more than right on this : without whining, I would say that "just adding another setting" could be the simplest answer to a couple of "nitpicks" and limits about iOS.
Use the iPhone as a phone? Seems far fetched but, ok, I'll give it a try.
This issue ticks me off SOOOO MUCH I can't even put it into words. Well I can. But they're all four letter swear words. I can't believe this has never been addressed. It's like Apple doesn't actually use their phones, or else this should have been fixed before the original iPhone ever went to market.
My Nitpic is you can no longer send a message when using the Find iPhone app. This came in very handy when someone stole my daughters iPhone at the pool this summer. I was able to send it a message that the Police had been notified and that they needed to return the phone to the pool. The bag with the phone and all was left on the sidewalk right where they saw the message. A ping alert is just not the same.
Never mind its called Locked Mode just not in the same place it use to be :)
Use the lock button and it will end your call.
I don't think I've ever hit the "END" button now that I think if it.
This isn't a nitpick - this is a big #{^$&* annoyance.
Definitely the sole thing I miss from my BlackBerry...the 1 beep.
Gazoobee!!!!!some of us have custom rings(Tone) on our phone that are longer than a simple tone boring tone like you have plus when i am on job call with my boss or client it really overrides the call and i have to tell other person to wait until my 30 sec tone is over so i can hear them.You can not fathom because you do think outside the box .It is not ridiculous to ask too improve something for the customer or express a concern they may have.
It sounds like your whining about how you think how peopled should go about expressing there concerns about a product they own.
There is an option to mute all notifications when on a call so why the whinning. Adding an option of vibrating when a notification pops on a call is just CONFUSING. How would you know if it is a notificatio or a waiting call !!!!! That iswhy apple didn't add this option.
In the GS3 itis really confusing. Try to reason your claim before CONDEMN.
Could someone please help me? I've only had my iPhone 5 (first iPhone) for a couple weeks and I can't seem find this option to mute all notifications when on a call.
there more i'm reading things like this, the more i'm baffled by the obvious lack of such no-brainer functions... coming from a blackberry this makes me wonder if i made the right choice in switching to a settings-wise inferior device.
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i can't confirm the issue since my phone has not yet been delivered. the guy above me says it's perfectly possible to mute all alert when on a call... hope this is the case. still, if you're accustomed to the freedom of being able to customise your device-settings to near-death, i'm certain an iphone will feel like a downgrade for me in that area.
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I 1,000,000% agree!!!!!!!!!! I was on the phone with an apple rep and asked him about this very thing with the "chiming in your ear" when on the phone. He actually laughed at me and said, "well you told your phone to give you push notifications". Cop out. As 1 user said before, this is 1 thing I miss from my blackberry.
This has been an issue that's drove me nuts ever since I got my first iPhone 2 years ago. It's so simple yet so annoying it's mind blowing Apple hasn't addressed it yet. Another thing that's annoying about it is the fact that you have to address each notification before you end your call too. How am I supposed to hang up on someone when I have to close 3 or 4 notifications first . . smh
This is a giant pain in the ear. You have to wait for all the noise to stop, then ask the person to repeat what they just said. I just don't get it. There is a freaking sensor ALREADY on the phone the makes the screen go dark when on a call, why can't it mute all the noise too??
Nice solution. But I would prefer some ability to level sounds when you have multiple applications competing at once. In the phone scenario I like your option....mute...but also would like to see notification sounds play at 50% or 30% volume. Better yet, user defined slider. This is really a major problem on all platforms. When listening to iTunes on Mac and an appointment is due the sound rattles you right out of your chair. Internet sites auto-playing audio/video that blasts through at Spinal Tap levels has me racing to kill the browser and never returning to the site.
iOS could be a nice platform to define and implement some audio leveling design that could later be applied to OSX. There has been a desperate need for smart leveling for years and yet nothing has appeared. It is not an easy problem to solve but it is quite solvable, which makes it a perfect task for Apple. This is one of the things that is anti-Apple in that it just doesn't work. Until then Rene's suggestion would be quite welcome.
or stay with 5.1.1, jailbreak it, and use RingerX VIP. That's the simplest solution.
I left my BB a month ago, but the pain of not having profiles is still with me. This far into the game and Apple still hasn't implemented this, or even the small ability to make something like Google Talk have a different tone. Geez Apple, come on!!!
I would have never switched to iPhone without RingerX VIP.
"Apple could implement it using the same proximity sensor that currently tells iOS to turn off and disable multitouch when you've got your iPhone to your face."
What?!? I think the iPhone can tell when it's making a call, it wouldn't need to use the proximity sensor- also what about the times you have a call on speaker?
Just like everyone else has said this is my NUMBER ONE gripe about the iPhone, especially that I have a number of custom text tones for my friends and said friends use group iMessage A LOT. There have been times I have been on a call and had to tell the person on the other end to wait to keep talking because I can't hear them over the chorus of alerts.
They could just make it happen, I always find myself saying WTF? When that sound and vibration goes off in my ear. It's annoying to say the least!
My solution is simple, as soon as I'm due an upgrade I'm ditching the iPhone and going back to something with a keypad so I don't constantly have to retype text messages because the wrong letters are pressed and I can enjoy a phone conversation without all this fanfare blasting in my ear in mid sentence!


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The weather forecast for Saturday is calling for warmer temperatures and a little bit of sunshine, which bodes well for Pacers and Polo attendees.
The third and final jewel of the Aiken Triple Crown was moved to Sunday in 2012 due to inclement weather, but it doesn't seem like that will be the case this year. With only a 20 percent chance of showers on Saturday and partly sunny skies, the temperatures are expected to reach near 70 degrees.
The weather has been unusually cooler in the CSRA with the highs only reaching the low 60s and temperatures dropping to or below 32 degrees at night.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Whitney Rushing said that temperatures have been an average of 10 degrees lower than what's typical in South Carolina in March.
"We had a cold front move in earlier this week, bringing in cooler temperatures, and high pressure is building into the area, keeping the skies clear," Rushing said. "This weekend, things are going to be warming up a little bit."
The latest date that the CSRA ever saw freezing temperatures was April 24 in 1986. Those records go back to 1874. Last year, the last freeze date was Feb. 21, Rushing said. The last couple of nights, a freeze warning has been in effect and a frost advisory was issued for this morning.
"We've been getting calls from people asking, 'When is it going to warm up, and where is spring,'" Rushing said.
Luckily, for polo enthusiasts, springlike weather will inch back into the area for the weekend as warm winds from the south move in.
The gates for Pacers & Polo open at 10:30 a.m. at the Powderhouse Polo Field on Powderhouse Road.
Five-year-old Laura Calkins came from Ashville, N.C. to visit her grama and grampa, Barbara, left, and Bill Calkins, not pictured. Sophie the Cockapoo came along to the Polo event, too.×
Nancy and Don Cerra, along with Don's son, Joe, walk the field as they look for a good place to sit to watch the games.×
Aiken Standard File Photo Emma L. Williams, Dr. Stacie L. Williams and Mengste T. El get excited for the games to begin, as a Polo player practices in the background.×
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Biomedical Interventions: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Longer-term Effects of Male Circumcision on HIV Incidence and Risk Behaviors during Post-trial Surveillance in Rakai, Uganda
In this study, the control group of a large randomized trial of male circumcision was offered the procedure after the original trial had closed, and four out of five accepted. The men were then followed up for over two years, and HIV incidence between the circumcised and uncircumcised participants was compared. In this group, HIV incidence was 0.53/100 person-years among the circumcised men and 1.65/100 person-years among those uncircumcised, which was almost identical to the outcome of the trial. Potential demographic confounders and sexual behavior traits such as condom use, number of partners, and alcohol use with sex were comparable in both the circumcised and uncircumcised controls, and any changes to sexual behavior during the course of the study were similar in both groups. Although both the circumcised and uncircumcised men reduced their use of condoms, the circumcised group did not do so more frequently.
Adult Male Circumcision as an Intervention Against HIV: An Operational Study of Uptake in a South African Community (ANRS 12126)
Adult male circumcision (AMC) holds promise as an effective HIV prevention strategy, but detailed communication strategies are required to ensure that communities have an accurate understanding of what it is and the extent of HIV prevention it can confer, according to this paper. The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey and genital examination of almost 1,200 men aged 15 to 49 from Orange Farm, South Africa. Clinical examination revealed that almost half of the men who self-reported being circumcised had intact foreskins. One in five of respondents mistakenly believed that AMC fully protects men against HIV. The incidence of HIV infection was considerably lower among circumcised men, the study found, and among the 860 men who self-reported being uncircumcised who were offered AMC, over 80 percent said they would have the procedure if it was free and performed by a doctor.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: An Introduction to the Cost, Impact, and Challenges of Accelerated Scaling Up
The cost of not scaling up efforts to implement voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) is now too high to ignore, according to this introduction to a series of articles on the costs and impact of VMMC as HIV prevention. If $1.5 billion is spent between 2011 and 2015 in 13 countries where VMMC is a priority in order to attain 80 percent coverage, future cost savings can reach $16.6 billion, by freeing up resources that would otherwise be used to provide antiretroviral treatment. Successful scale-up of VMMC relies on national-level factors such as strong political will and engagement of stakeholders, but it also requires community-level action in demand creation, mobilization, and deployment of human resources, the paper states.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Modeling the Impact and Cost of Expanding Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Eastern and Southern Africa
This study used the Male Circumcision: Decision Makers' Program Planning Tool to predict both the cost and impact of scaling up voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) in 13 countries in eastern and southern Africa where VMMC is considered a priority (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Nyanza province in Kenya). The calculations were based on epidemiologic and demographic data from each of the countries, and the cost of each procedure, which ranged from $65 to $95, was calculated according to World Health Organization supply-side models for optimal volume and efficiency. To attain 80 percent coverage in these countries requires over 20 million circumcisions between 2011 and 2015, and 8.4 million more in the subsequent decade to maintain coverage at that level. Modeling shows that if coverage at this level could be achieved, it would avert more than 3.3 million new HIV infections, with cost savings on care and treatment of $16.5 billion.
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Self-Report and Physical Examination Findings in Lesotho
Self-reported male circumcision (MC) may not be an accurate measure of actual circumcision rates, according to this paper. Of 312 men aged 18 to 25 who applied to join the Lesotho Defence Force, 241 agreed to complete a survey and undergo physical examination. Although 64 men reported being circumcised, physical examination showed that only half were completely circumcised, a quarter were partially circumcised, and a quarter were not circumcised at all. Men who reported being circumcised by traditional circumcisers during the process of initiation were seven times more likely to report MC that physical examination showed was not complete. The low accuracy of self-reported circumcision could explain why data from the Lesotho Demographic and Health Surveys appear to contradict the findings of three clinical trials in support of MC as a means of HIV prevention. The authors recommend that service delivery and cost estimates for MC programs should be guided by data from physical examinations, and medical MC campaigns must include education about what constitutes complete circumcision.
The Protective Effect of Adult Male Circumcision Against HIV Acquisition is Sustained for at Least 54 Months: Results from the Kisumu, Kenya Trial
This paper adds further support to the call for extensive scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) by showing that the protective effects of the procedure to prevent HIV transmission extend for at least 54 months. The study followed up on the randomized controlled trial of over 2,800 men aged 18 to 24 years from Kisumu, Kenya, who were either offered immediate or delayed VMMC. The trial showed VMMC conferred 60 percent protection against HIV transmission. After the trial was unblinded, all the participants were offered immediate circumcision. Among the controls, those who did and did not choose VMMC had similar profiles in terms of age and number of sexual partners at baseline. The number of seroconversions among circumcised and non-circumcised trial participants during the follow-up period confirmed the level of protective effect found in the original trial, allaying fears that the protection may reduce over time.
Will Circumcision Provide Even More Protection from HIV to Women and Men? New Estimates of the Population Impact of Circumcision Interventions.
This article is the first to note circumcision's protective effect in male-to-female transmission. Using data from various studies in eastern and southern Africa, the authors assert circumcision confers a 46 percent reduction in male-to-female HIV transmission. The authors go on to posit that the impact of circumcision on HIV prevention is greater than originally estimated. These projections show a significant increase in infections averted by male circumcision: overall infections averted increased by 40 percent, which includes a doubling of infections averted among women. The authors also note that the increased risk during wound healing does not have a statistically significant impact at a population level.
Male Circumcision and Risk of HIV Infection in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Because male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of HIV infection among heterosexual men, it also provides long-term, indirect protection to women. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the authors looked at 19 epidemiological studies covering 11 populations, including one randomized controlled trial and six longitudinal studies to see what direct effect on HIV risk in women MC may have. The latter seven studies indicated that there was little evidence of a direct protective effect of MC against women becoming infected with HIV. It would require a randomized controlled trial of 10,000 serodiscordant couples to generate more definitive data, a task that is not logistically practicable. The authors recommend that with the scale-up of MC in high-prevalence settings, the maximum benefits for both men and women would be gained by integrating MC with other prevention strategies, and they urge rigorous monitoring for potential adverse effects for women.
Effect of Male Circumcision on the Prevalence of High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR HPV) in Young Men: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Orange Farm, South Africa
Observational studies suggest that male circumcision (MC) may reduce transmission of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) strains, which can cause cervical cancer. This is the first randomized controlled trial to assess whether MC is protective against HR HPV. Over 1,200 men ages 18-24 in the Orange Farm township near Johannesburg provided urethral swab specimens 21 months after being randomized to the circumcision or control arm. HR HPV prevalence was 40% lower among men who had been circumcised, compared to those who had not been circumcised. Furthermore, HR HPV prevalence was significantly lower among the circumcised men. Study limitations include a lack of HR HPV testing prior to study inclusion (which can underestimate the true effect of MC), inability to blind the participants to the intervention (which can lead to changes in behavior), and urethral specimens (which are likely to miss HPV infection). Despite these limitations, this study provides additional evidence that MC can help reduce cervical cancer in developing countries.
The Effects of Male Circumcision on Female Partners' Genital Tract Symptoms and Vaginal Infections in a Randomized Trial in Rakai, Uganda
Using the female partners of men enrolled in a male circumcision (MC) study, researchers investigated whether MC has an effect on their rates of bacterial vaginosis (BV), trichomonas vaginalis, and symptomatic genital ulcer disease. This study only included women who were not infected with HIV, nor whose partners were infected with HIV. Participants in the intervention arm had husbands who were randomized to immediate circumcision, while those in the control arm had husbands with delayed circumcision. Data were collected via interviews, and self-collected vaginal swabs provided samples for testing for BV and trichomonas. Compared to baseline data, one year after enrollment in the trial, women in the intervention arm had lower rates of BV, trichomonas, and self-reported genital ulcer disease than those in the control arm. The reduction of such infections among the partners of circumcised men was 18%, 45%, and 22%, respectively. Despite higher rates of BV among controls and more reported sexual partners among controls, the researchers believe these results are valid. Since reproductive tract infections can heighten the risk of HIV acquisition, MC can help reduce both primary and secondary HIV transmission among women.
Risk Compensation is not Associated with Male Circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya: A Multi-Faceted Assessment of Men Enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Trial
This study assessed whether about 1,000 18-24 year-old men in Kisumu, Kenya in a male circumcision (MC) randomized, controlled trial adopted risky sexual behaviors after being circumcised. Participants were counseled that research about MC's protective effect against HIV was inconclusive. This study included a comprehensive, 18-point scale that was validated with serologic text results for sexually transmitted infections. Detailed sexual histories were collected at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months after randomization, with individualized HIV risk reduction counseling taking place at this time. The researchers found that sexual risk behaviors decreased one year after being randomized to either MC or to control. There was no difference between circumcised and uncircumcised men after one year of follow up in sexual risk propensity, or incidence of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. While this study indicates risk compensation may not be an issue with MC, study participants had risk reduction counseling and the support of a clinical trial—counseling and support that will be difficult to replicate when MC becomes widely available. Furthermore, changes in sexual behavior may take place more than one year after MC.
Acceptability of Male Circumcision for Prevention of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: A Review
As epidemiologic data mounted regarding the effectiveness of male circumcision (MC) in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission, acceptability of MC becomes a pressing question. As such, these researchers reviewed studies on the acceptability of MC among traditionally non-circumcising areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria, representing nine countries. While willingness of uncircumcised men to become circumcised varied considerably, at least half of men in the studies "appear to be receptive, if not eager, to become circumcised." Cost, fear of pain, and concern for safety were the three most consistent barriers to acceptability of MC. Furthermore, in every study Africans equated circumcision with improved hygiene. There is a widespread belief that circumcision leads to fewer sexually transmitted infections. Some studies indicated that circumcision was becoming an issue of personal choice rather than ethnic identity. The authors concluded that "acceptability of MC is likely to be high enough to have a significant impact on HIV prevalence in these communities." Because existing acceptability studies are consistent in support for MC, the authors recommend moving into pilot interventions for MC without the need for further acceptability studies.
Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Young Men in Kisumu, Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Researchers stopped this study prior to completing because the positive results among study participants in the intervention arm were clear during interim analyses: male circumcision (MC) was protective of HIV infection. Nearly 2,800 men aged 18-24 in Kisumu, Kenya were randomized to immediate circumcision or delayed circumcision at 24 months. Researchers provided HIV counseling and testing, genital examination, and asked participants about their sexual activity; collected blood and urine for sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, and used a comprehensive questionnaire about sexual function and HIV risk behaviors. Individual risk reduction counseling took place with every visit, free condoms were given to participants, those with STIs were treated and counseling, and those testing positive for HIV were referred to free HIV treatment and care along with a post-test counseling and support group. When the study was halted, MC had a protective effect of 53% compared to the control arm, which increased to 60% when the analysis was statistically adjusted. Men in both study arms reported a reduction in HIV sexual risk behaviors. Uncircumcised men reported decreasing rates of having two or more sex partners over the study period, while this percentage remained stable after month 6 for men who had been circumcised. Furthermore, men with MC were more likely to have unprotected sexual intercourse with any partner in the previous 6 months and less likely to use condoms consistently at 24 months of follow up. The researchers attribute this difference to "increases in safer sexual practices in the control group rather than to riskier behavior patterns in the circumcision group, indicating that risk compensation did not occur" during the study.
Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Men in Rakai, Uganda: A Randomized Trial
This study confirmed the results of the first randomized, controlled trial clearly indicating a protective effect of male circumcision (MC) on HIV acquisition among men. As with the other studies, this one was also stopped early when interim analysis showed a benefit in the intervention arm. Among nearly 5,000 men in Rakai, Uganda, who were enrolled in the study, men who had been circumcised were 51% to 60% less likely to become infected with HIV than the uncircumcised men. (The protective effect varies due to the type of analysis.) This study also shows high acceptability of MC, with 80% of the controls completing 24 months of follow up agreeing to MC. There was no difference in the sexual behavior of the two study arms, which may have been a result of the "intensive health education provided during the trial to minimize risk compensation." Moderate to severe adverse events were similar to those found in other studies, at about 4%. The authors conclude that while the epidemiological evidence shows a clear benefit of MC, studies that are stopped early could overestimate effectiveness of an intervention. They recommend that long-term surveillance take place to assess the effect of MC on HIV prevalence, and whether any risk compensation takes place.
Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial
This landmark study was the first randomized, controlled trial to confirm the results of observations studies: that male circumcision (MC) reduced the rate of heterosexual HIV transmission. In fact, this protection was evident partway through the trial, and this was stopped early. Among 3,274 HIV-negative men aged 18-24 in Orange Farm, South Africa, those who had been circumcised were 60% less likely to be infected with HIV than those who had not been circumcised over an 18-month period. This level of protection was evident when using statistical techniques to control for other factors, such as condom use and non-marital sexual partnerships. Because the trial was stopped early, the long-term protective effects of MC on HIV acquisition are unknown. Furthermore, the men who had been circumcised were more likely to have risky sexual behaviors than uncircumcised men, raising concerns about behavioral disinhibition among circumcised men.
Male Circumcision and Risk of HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This review focused specifically on research available through 1999 on male-to-female transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors included 28 observational studies from eight countries in their analysis, including studies among the general populations and high-risk populations. When the data were pooled, circumcision reduced the risk of HIV infection by about one-half compared to non-circumcised men. Those at high risk of HIV tended to experience a greater protective effect of the procedure, although men in the general population also experience a significant protective effect. Despite the limitations of observational studies, the authors concluded that compelling evidence exists for additional studies on "the, acceptability, feasibility, and safety of introducing male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in high prevalence areas where men are not traditionally circumcised."
Acceptability of Early Infant Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Intervention in Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Perspective
In this qualitative study, the authors say that early infant male circumcision (EIMC) is safer and more cost-effective than adult circumcision and find that barriers related to perceptions of safety and low levels of knowledge about male circumcision—rather than individual beliefs—are more likely to impede EIMC uptake. In a 2009 survey, 60 percent of Zimbabwean women and 58 percent of men reported a willingness to have their sons circumcised. The study found similar acceptability rates but low levels of knowledge about the procedure. The authors encourage the creation of community awareness and mobilization campaigns aimed at women as well as men to spread information on male circumcision beyond clinics. They also underscore the importance of understanding cultural and religious beliefs attached to male circumcision among certain groups and of involving religious and traditional leaders in EIMC campaigns. Finally, they stress that, although fathers often learn about EIMC from mothers (who themselves learn about the procedure at health centers), it's important to provide information directly to fathers in workplaces and beer halls. Concerns for the child's safety, such as the belief that a newborn's penis is "too fragile" to undergo circumcision, must also be addressed. The authors encourage the use of quality assurance methods to ensure a cosmetically acceptable result and to prevent adverse effects. They also encourage increased education for nurses and midwives to improve their ability to safely perform EIMC skills.
The Effectiveness of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention and Effects on Risk Behaviors in a Posttrial Follow-Up Study
Male circumcision (MC) can provide protection from HIV over an extended period, according to a follow-on study that examined long-term effectiveness data from a trial in Rakai, Uganda—one of the three completed randomized controlled trials that proved the efficacy of MC for HIV prevention in men. The Uganda trial, involving 4,996 HIV-negative uncircumcised men aged 15 to 49, was closed early on December 12, 2006, after it demonstrated the efficacy of MC. Subsequently, 4,145 HIV-negative men were enrolled in a post-trial surveillance study that ended December 15, 2010. According to the authors, there were no statistically significant differences in socio-demographic characteristics or sexual risk between men who accepted circumcision and those who remained uncircumcised. Moreover, the authors found no significant risk compensation or increased risk behavior following circumcision. Analysis of the findings of the follow-on trial showed that MC's high effectiveness (adjusted effectiveness of 73 percent) was maintained for slightly less than five years. These results are similar to those from a recent study in Kenya, which found efficacy rates of 64 percent over 4.5 years following the closure of a comparable MC trial. The results also mirror observational studies demonstrating reduced HIV incidence among adult men who had been circumcised during infancy or childhood.
Sex with Stitches: The Resumption of Sexual Activity During the Post-Circumcision Wound Healing Period in Zambia
Approximately 25 percent of men who have undergone medical male circumcision in Zambia reported resuming sex prior to full healing of their wounds. This observational study, focusing on early resumption of sexual behavior following circumcision, included 225 men aged 15 to 29. Men undergoing circumcision are generally counseled to avoid sexual activity until six weeks post-circumcision. Of the men in the study, most (82 percent) reported at least one unprotected sex act before the end of the six-week recovery period, and close to 40 percent reported having sex with multiple partners. Using a regression model, the authors calculated that of the 61,000 men circumcised in one year, early resumption of sex leads to 69 additional HIV infections (32 in men and 37 in women), while circumcision averts 230 HIV infections in one year, predominantly among men. The authors caution that an increase of only 5 percent in early resumption of sex (from 25 to 30 percent) may lead to more new HIV infections in women than HIV infections averted overall. They associate early resumption of sex after circumcision with reported risky sexual behavior just prior to circumcision and with a reported higher number of lifetime sexual partners. The authors recommend targeting counseling at men who are identified as engaging in sexual behavior that puts them at high risk of acquiring HIV infection as well as investigating the costs and impact of interventions to drive down sexual behavior in the wound-healing period, particularly interventions targeting women.


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I think the spiral is pretty obvious. Tight, but obvious. Those aren't extra movements, those are the same movements "practiced out." If you do laojia and concentrate on your spirals, on making sure that your limbs don't move unless your center does, you'll eventually end up with xinjia. A few new frame people will even say that there is no distinction between frames. The postures have the same names because they are the same thing. It's just that people practice differently.
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RSpirit however has a way to go yet.
I went to train with RS because of a lack of alive training in my taiji. It seems to be eternally just around the corner like some ghostly possibility that never quite arrives. My teacher has suggested I BaiShi which is nice but seems to be an invitation to more restriction as far as I can tell..so I have been looking around at other stuff and people to play with to see what i am missing so as to inform my decision.
Now RS as we know is an experienced fighter so I bore that in mind as he made me look silly for an hour..well I felt silly, he was a perfect gent about it.
As some here are aware RS practices the ChenTingHung line of Taiji ( see Cullions post above ) which is well known for its dynamic and some would say 'hard' approach to push hands etc.
Now while RS did seem quite 'hard' ( nowt wrong with that, he wasn't tense or lacking listening skill ) I could recognise the principles he was applying and the methodology taught to use them.
I shall be incorporating it into what I do and practicing it with my students.
If you have learnt decent enough Taiji you need not i.m.o change to 'Wudang' style to benefit from their push hands approach..
EDIT: The PH I do is not currently focused so much on unbalancing more on positioning for strikes, we don't limit the area of movement to a defined circle space. We have no mats and train on a hard floor. I have always felt this is a problem as unbalancing and throwing has to be done 'cooperatively' So not alive.
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Superior Court Judge James Cline has been appointed to the case following the retirement of Superior Court Judge Lee Parrott May 20, 2012. Burney and Richardson are charged with two counts of felony murder, armed robbery, false imprisonment, and burglary in the 2008 deaths of 75-year-old Thomas Stanford Griffis and 76-year-old Joseph Kitchens. Burney was 18 and Richardson 20 at the time of their arrests.
The state announced that it would be seeking the death penalty in the case Aug. 29, 2011.
District Attorney Fred Bright began the Feb. 21 hearing stating that his goal was to set the date for the death penalty trial. He said by law the defendants will be tried separately and Richardson will be the first.
Kitchens' murder will be the focus of the trial, and Griffis' murder will be used for the sentencing phase if the defendants are found guilty. Bright told the court that Kitchens' murder took place sometime between Oct. 11-17, 2008. The men were indicted for the Kitchens murder in February of 2009. That indictment was subsequently withdrawn, and Richardson and Burney were indicted Feb. 10, 2011, for Griffis' murder in addition to Kitchens.
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