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Small-business owners who are anxiously waiting for regulators to finalize rules that will define the three-year-old Affordable Care Act remain uneasy. Their anxiety is justified since they are waiting for rules that will be enacted next year and no one knows what growing pains lie ahead.
But they shouldn't necessarily view the ACA as a bad thing for business.
"Beginning in 2014, purchasing insurance coverage should become simpler and more streamlined," said Jon Pettibone, managing partner of Quarles & Brady in Phoenix. "When a small business purchases a new insurance policy, insurance rates will vary only due to the following limited factors: family size, age, geography, and tobacco use. Insurers will no longer be able to base insurance rates on pre-existing conditions, claims history, gender, size of employer, and/or occupation of employees. In addition, insurers cannot deny a small business's application for insurance if the business fails to meet the plan's minimum participation or minimum contribution requirements as long as the small business applies for coverage between November 15 and December 15. Although coverage may not become cheaper, increases from year- to-year will be based on a significantly larger risk pool and so may become somewhat more predictable."
According to Scott B. Carpenter, an attorney with Carpenter, Hazlewood, Delgado & Bolen, the ACA will require all business with 50 or more employees to provide affordable, minimum essential coverage or face a penalty of $2,000 per employee, excluding the first 30 employees.
"An employer with 60 employees, for example, that does not provide coverage, will pay a penalty of $60,000," Carpenter said. "If a small business owner decides to pay the penalty, the amount of the penalty is not a deductible business expense."
So what happens if an employer realizes that a $60,000 non-deductible penalty is still less than what she would pay in health insurance?
"That decision will force those employees into the individual market or 'exchange,' where there is no guarantee that the subsidies and premium tax credits will make the insurance affordable for that employee based on the wages they receive," Carpenter said. "In other words, employees who do not receive coverage through their employer may seek employers who do provide coverage. This is one of the biggest unknowns – the behavior of employees who do not receive coverage through their employer."
Pettibone said a small business owner should analyze the "shared responsibility" payment it might owe if it makes no changes to its health insurance program.
"In some cases, a small business owner might discover that it could have a small — or even zero — shared responsibility payment," Pettibone said. "In that case, the business owner may decide to make little change to its health insurance program. In other cases, the small business owner might discover that it could have a very large shared responsibility payment and thus needs to develop a strategy to minimize the amount of the payment. Developing a plan now will help avoid an unwelcome surprise later."
Carpenter also suggested that small business owners need to make sure that they are outsourcing non-critical functions — including payroll processing, IT support, etc. — to reduce headcount, if possible.
"From there, an attorney can be utilized to make sure that employee and independent contractor policies are ironclad and that possible business restructuring options are pursued," Carpenter said. " There is no question that today there is an incentive, until the Affordable Care Act and the various markets it will create — both good and bad — become more mature, to stay under 50 employees. Companies under 50 employees will have maximum flexibility."
While the potential impact of the ACA remains anything but clear for small-business owners, there is one major misunderstanding that needs to be cleared up, even for companies with fewer than 50 employees.
"The biggest misconception out there," said Rich Boals, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ), "is that health insurance is going to be free. That's not going to happen."
The cost of health insurance has been a growing concern for small businesses, said Jeff Stelnik, senior vice president of strategy sales and marketing for BCBSAZ. Overall, about 71 percent of firms with 10 to 24 employees offered health insurance in 2011, compared with 77 percent in 2001, according to a 2011 Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Of firms with three to nine workers, 48 percent offered insurance in 2011, compared with 58 pecent in 2001.
"While the Affordable Care Act gives more people access to health insurance coverage, it doesn't address the affordability issue," Stelnik said. "In the coming year, small businesses will see higher premiums that are the result of the ACA provisions including essential health benefits, guaranteed issue, ratings and taxes/fees. These increased premiums are a weight that could have a significant impact on the bottom line of small businesses."
Another misconception is that many small business owners don't think there are not many requirements if they stay under the 50 full-time employee or 50 full-time employee equivalent threshold, but experts said that is not the case.
"Small employers still need to be educated on their compliance responsibilities," said Shay Bierly, director of client services for MJ Insurance's employee benefits department. "Those compliance responsibilities include maximum waiting periods, how to distribute medical loss ratio rebates, SBC (Summary of Benefits and Coverage) disclosure rules and reporting requirements, to name a few."
Bierly said that all business owners — no matter the size of the business — need to educate themselves and prepare a strategic plan with a professional consultant or advisor so that they don't fall prey to the many misonceptions that are floating around regarding the ACA.
"The law is here and is not going away before the big implementation date of January 1, 2014," Bierly said. "Business owners need to understand the expectations, possible financial impact and prepare themselves and their employees."
Bierly said the ACA provides an opportunity for employers to assist their employees in becoming educated consumers.
"With the possibility of moving to a consumer driven health plan, employees will have more skin in the game and, by necessity, find the need to understand the cost and quality of services they need," she said. "It is all about working smart and staying in the know. Employers must be engaged in what the market demands from a recruiting and retention standpoint while creating a responsible, healthy workforce."
To make sure they are ready for the arrival of the ACA, Stelnik said business owners should do these things:
* Understand if your business has a grandfathered health plan.
* Know how your business is classified under the ACA. For example, businesses with 51 or more full-time employees will have to pay a penalty if they do not offer employees health insurance. Small businesses with fewer than 25 full-time employees may be eligible for tax credits to assist with cost of insurance.
* Balance the decision to offer health insurance by weighing corporate finances, culture and the best interests of your employees.
* Begin looking into unique, new offerings specific to small businesses. Companies like BCBSAZ is tailoring plans to meet the needs of small businesses.
"For some businesses, a number of employees may be eligible for subsidies through the ACA, lessening the employer's responsibility to offer health insurance," Stelnik said. "Employers might also see improved employee satisfaction and quality of life as a result of the increased access to healthcare."
Ultimately, experts said the ACA may drive small businesses in Arizona to new levels of success and innovation.
"Currently, many people who would like to start businesses do not do so because they cannot obtain affordable insurance in the private market and must rely on employer-provided coverage," Pettibone said. "If those budding entrepreneurs can obtain subsidized coverage on the individual insurance marketplace, they might be more likely to take career risks and start new businesses. It's thus possible that the Affordable Care Act will enable more people to pursue entrepreneurial activity and create more small businesses."
On average, small businesses pay about 18 percent more than large firms for the same health insurance policy because they lack the purchasing power that larger employers have. The Affordable Care Act provides tax credits and gives small businesses the ability to shop for insurance in the new Health Insurance Marketplace, which should help close the cost gap.
1. If you have up to 25 employees, pay average annual wages below $50,000, and provide health insurance, you may qualify for a small business tax credit of up to 35 percent (up to 25 percent for nonprofits) to offset the cost of your insurance.
2. Under the health care law, employer-based plans that provide health insurance to retirees ages 55-64 can now get financial help through the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. This program is designed to lower the cost of premiums for all employees and reduce employer health costs.
3. Starting in 2014, the small business tax credit goes up to 50 percent (up to 35 percent for nonprofits) for qualifying businesses.
4. In 2014, small businesses with generally fewer than 100 employees can shop in the Health Insurance Marketplace, which gives you power similar to what large businesses have to get better choices and lower prices. Open enrollment begins on October 1, 2013.
5. Employers with fewer than 50 employees are exempt from new employer responsibility policies. They don't have to pay an assessment if their employees get tax credits through an Exchange.


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DETROIT - Tameria Greene's mother, 26-year-old Semeria Greene, is charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse in her daughter's death.
The girl's mother is expected to be arraigned Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, The Michigan Department of Human Services director says the department had petitioned the court to remove an 8-year-old Detroit girl, who was found stabbed to death Sunday, and her siblings from her mother's care about a month before her death.
DHS Director Maura Corrigan says the department had unsuccessfully asked the court to remove Tameria from her mother's care and a court-ordered in-home visit had occurred just two days before the girl's death.
"DHS acted on the concerns reported by Tameria's family, friends and neighbors, including petitioning the court for removal of the children from the home dating back to 2010," said Corrigan in a statement released Wednesday. "Most recently, DHS petitioned the court on Nov. 28, unsuccessfully, to remove Tameria and her siblings from their mother's care. DHS continued to provide court-ordered counseling services to the family as well as conducting in-home visits, the last of which occurred only two days before Tameria's death. We share the grief felt by her loved ones and her community."
Read more: Detroit mother charged with murder in death of 8-year-old
"Following the tragic death of Tameria Greene, I ordered an expedited, comprehensive review of this case from the Office of Family Advocate, a centralized unit within the Department for reviewing complaints about the handling of child welfare cases," said Corrigan.
Former Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca says a full investigation needs to be launched in order to determine who dropped the ball.
"I would go back and look at each petition that was filed, whether it was authorized and why it wasn't authorized," he said.
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GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers are trying to figure out why more than 100 dead dolphins have washed up on shore on the Texas coast.
"Basically, we've been seeing higher than average numbers of bottle-nosed dolphins washing ashore," said Heidi Whitehead, Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network state operations coordinator.
Around 123 dolphins stranded on the Texas coast, most of them in Galveston, washed up onshore dead from November 2011 to March 2012.
"These animals washing ashore are important to us," said Whitehead. "They tell us about our ocean health and what we may be dealing with in the future."
Researchers are now investigating why this happened. They are performing necropsies, which are autopsies on animals. Hopefully, when those results come back next month, they'll know what killed the dolphins and what that could mean for you and your family.
Researchers think the deaths could have been caused by high levels of algae, red tide or even from the BP oil spill.
"As far as the BP oil spill, we won't know the affects for years to come," said Whitehead. "We're not ruling anything out, whether it's human-induced or naturally occurring."
Anyone who comes across a dolphin washed ashore, dead or alive, is asked to contact the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network immediately at 1-800-9MAMMAL.
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There will be plenty of folks of extremely varied paces. I'll be trending towards the slower side myself.
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I've only done 2 marathons...and in both of them I asked myself what the hell I was doing. Hopefully I'll be "well" enough to enjoy the beer afterwards. To me the best part of running is when I stop and drink cold beer.
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Hi Tanya! I just read your blog about your bet with JK - congrats on the win! Both of you are ridiculously fast...is there ANY slow people running the Flying Monkey? (besides me)
Buy my wife's sea catchers
I've not done any to date. I'm already asking myself what the hell I'm doing.
Looking forward to meeting up!
My sister had 3 kids - but the first 2 were twins. She said after the twins, having just one seemed easier. Maybe doing the Flying Monkey as your first one will make all the other ones easier. You may be doing this the right way.
I was hoping for 3:30 marathon pace on a less challenging course this year, but right now, I'm hoping to be back to 4 hour marathon shape by Monkey... Monkey may be a painful 4 1/2 hours for me.
Ok...I think maybe I should stop asking. I don't know if I can handle the truth.
My goal for my first marathon...and my second marathon...was to break 4 hours. I did CMM in 4:24, then the Marine Corps Marathon in 4:15. For this one I'd like to not be last...and to be able to drink beer when I finish.
Have you ran the Monkey before?
You just never run the races that I run. You run the weird random races. Are you running the Classic?
Oh and...how is your finger?
You don't look familiar - is your avatar a recent picture? I've met Candice, House, and Trent briefly on training runs. I live in Manchester, so you probably don't know me.
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
England is a long drive. Do you car pool?
Isn't there a Striders this weekend? Will you be there? Will we have tea and crumpets?
For this one I'd like to not be last.
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
Oh Mighty Wing
no worries, mate. i plan to be the last monkeythonner on the course, and i shall let no one take this honour from me. at least - not without a fight.
In your pic - is that an electronic musical device you're wearing? I started a "virtual" riot on the Striders board before I did my first marathon (back in 2007) by simply asking if ipods were allowed. It's not a big deal to me, but some people are extremely emotional about it.
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"Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Germany fully aligns itself with the statement made by the European Union. In addition, I would like to add the following points in my national capacity:
Our world continues to face numerous interrelated global challenges. We must meet them by working on the eradication of poverty and the achievement of sustainable development in all its three dimensions: economic, environmental and social. A global political commitment and a true co-operation between all stakeholders are indispensable prerequisites in order to achieve this goal.
Germany remains committed to work with its partners towards a post-2015 development agenda which has poverty eradication and sustainable development at its core. An agenda that aims at satisfying the fundamental needs of all people. An agenda that is composed of one set of coherent and consistent goals. We welcome the fact that we have finally developed important elements for a road map to achieve
one single, universal framework and one set of goals by the end of 2015. This is a complex task and there are many issues to which we will need to devote appropriate consideration
One key aspect is that all stakeholders must be able to participate in the development of our new development agenda. During the 67th session of the General Assembly we have made much progress on this aspect. National thematic consultations have taken place all over the world. The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda has presented its landmark report
as did the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
The recent first meeting of the new High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development has provided a further impulse by demonstrating strong involvement at the highest political level for our future development agenda. Germany expects that, in particular the meetings of the Forum held under the umbrella of the General Assembly at the level of Heads of State and Government will contribute to mainstreaming sustainable development into all policy areas by providing political leadership and guidance. We have full reason to believe that sustainability will be truly embedded in policies both in the North and in the South and that the three dimensions of sustainable development will be addressed in a balanced manner.
In a few weeks both the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing will reconvene. Germany expects these processes to deliver substantial input for our negotiations on the new post-2015 development agenda.
Germany welcomes the fact that another outcome of the Rio+20 Conference has been successfully implemented last year with the Governing Council of UNEP deciding on its universal membership. We are looking forward to the first meeting of the new United Nations Environment Assembly next summer. In all these processes Germany has been actively involved and it will remain a committed, reliable partner.
Mr. Chairman,
as we are all in the final preparations for the Warsaw Climate Change Conference, we have to look ahead to the decisive year 2015. In Paris we must succeed in agreeing on a new global climate agreement which is legally binding and applicable to all. This is our common responsibility. Germany remains committed to support the UNFCCC process as well as complementary initiatives, such as promoting the transition to low-carbon economies. We will continue with the Energy Transition (Energiewende) in Germany.
We welcome the holding of the 3rd UN conference on Small Island Developing States next year and hope for a concrete, action-oriented outcome addressing the needs of the SIDS in an effective manner.
Germany also continues to work on a follow up of the Hyogo Framework for Action with the aim of strengthening disaster risk reduction.
Mr. Chairman,
let me conclude by highlighting another issue of growing significance. The recent dramatic increase of poaching and illicit wildlife trafficking represents a serious threat to sustainable development, biodiversity and for peace and security, especially in Africa. Germany is of the opinion that these phenomena should be of concern to the whole international community and therefore be adequately addressed here at the United Nations.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, let me reassure you that the deliberations of the Second Committee under the agenda item Sustainable Development are of high importance to Germany, and that my country remains fully committed to contribute constructively towards the successful work of this Committee.
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My question only comes up if Turner is taken with the first pick. Do I take Moss who probably has only a few more years left in him or do I reach a bit and take Ryan Mathews and have my starter at RB and WR set for the foreseeable future?
San Diego as much as we hate them have a great GM who can find talent. They are not going to dump LT2 if they did not feel they could replace him with Mathews. He is their best option and will be the starter for a great offense.
Then again teaming Megatron and Moss will solidify my WR group.


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Usually this is due to insufficient ram, but given that you are running commands and causing the system to lock I suspect you have the wrong drivers loaded for your network cards, and this is causing a kernel panic.
first of all i must say i am a german linux noob
first of all i've got wlan to work fine
but if i try injection with
aireplay-ng -1 0 -a ...[bssid]... -h ...[mac]... -e [essid] wlan0
i got the message
waiting for beacon frame (BSSID: ....) on channel 11
and the system freezes
so my question is what is wrong there?
i also tried this
h t t p ://trac.aircrack-ng.org/ticket/558
but still the same problem
any ideas?
ok... update...
notebook: asus x56t
Network controller: Atheros AR928X (rev 01)
the errormessage after launching aireplay
any ideas how to fix this?Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
screenshot can be found here
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Usually this is due to insufficient ram, but given that you are running commands and causing the system to lock I suspect you have the wrong drivers loaded for your network cards, and this is causing a kernel panic.
So the problem is just the version of ath9k in the kernel. you can download the newest version from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download and you'll be good to go. But as far as the panic, I don't know...until I got the new ath9k my system would just freeze as you described initially.
BT4 always locks up when I try aireplay-ng's injection test, and I'm using a card with an Atheros 802.11n chipset and the ath9k driver. The driver seems otherwise perfectly stable, however.
Are there patches I haven't heard about? I thought the ath9k driver wasn't injecting yet.
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ok, i updated the driver but with the interface wlan0 the injection was still impossible (without freezing, it just didnt work)
the with the mon0 interface, which airmon creats the injection works
so i think updating the driver fixed the problem for me
Good point, you must use the mon0 interface. (jb64, are you testing after airmon-ng start? and then on mon0?)
As for updates to ath9k, there is a very active (maybe small, but active) development effort, you can signup for email updates here: https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
most of it is way over my head, but I'm sure some people here will be able to appreciate more of it.
so i am using the 1000he and going off of xploitz wep cracking guide video, and i still freeze. what commands should i replace mon0 from wlan0 to stop freezing?
i was wondering why when i went into monitor mode with my aspire one d250, my network connection on wlan0 dropped and apparently wouldn't support a concurrent connection while mon0+ were active. i'd also get a kernel panic when i had multiple monitor interfaces gathering packets and injecting.
after the update with the linux wireless drivers, my ath9k works GREAT and doesn't drop connection with wlan0 while mon0+ are active AND injects great too.
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Hello Everyone! Hoping some can share their experiences with LTD. My husband, Russ, has LTD through his employer. He has been on what I'm thinking they are calling "sick leave" since his final diagnosis April 6th, 2009. He will continue with this for six months. Then I am assuming he will need to apply for the LTD with his employer. I know he will remain on his current health insurance through the initial six months. If/when he apply's for LTD through his employer, will his health insurance continue? I"m wondering if he should apply for FMLA after the initial 6 months to secure his health insurance remains in affect for as long as possible. I'm also wondering if I should go ahead and place him on my insurance at this time through my employer. I know I should be asking his employer these questions but have little time as I work full time myself. I would appreciate any experiences that you may have had with LTD. I've read most of your insurance notations on the board. Seems like at least our social security system alleviates some of the pitfalls of this horrible disease/experience by processing claims in a timely manner. These are not questions I thought I would ever be asking. I feel uneasy having to think about these things. It's all so unreal.
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The Audubon city attorney resigns amid a controversial replacement of the longtime city clerk
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A newly elected Audubon city councilman's move this month to replace the town's longtime city clerk violated two state laws - one that requires at least 24 hours of public notice before a council vote and one that requires 10 days of notice so that military veterans can apply for an available municipal job.
Councilman Jason Hocker made the motion to replace City Clerk Lora Hansen, who has had the job for 26 years, with another woman, Janet Nelson, who he said "has a good background in managing people in the past and enthusiasm."
Hocker said Hansen's job performance was not the reason he sought a different city clerk.
"From my perspective, I'm a new council member, and I thought it would be good to have a fresh look," he told the Daily Times Herald on Thursday.
City clerks assemble meeting agendas and minutes, so Hocker asked Hansen to add an agenda item that was titled "reappoint city clerk" to the Jan. 13 council agenda the morning of the day of the meeting, less than 24 hours before the vote. The original agenda had been posted three days prior.
City councils are not allowed by state law to vote on issues with less than 24 hours' public notice unless it is an emergency in which there is a danger to life, property or health, said Alan Kemp, executive director of the Iowa League of Cities, which is an organization that advocates for city governments and helps them abide by state law.
Audubon's city code allows for a new appointment of city clerk after an election, but "the key to doing this is doing it properly," Kemp said.
Further, Iowa law dictates that military veterans are "entitled to preference in appointment" to available municipal jobs, and that cities must give 10 days' notice of an opening.
"Essentially (they need to) start again," Kemp said of Audubon's city clerk appointment. "Now that you know some of the steps, you need to go back and do this again."
He said one of the league's attorneys has coached Audubon city officials since the Jan. 13 vote about the laws that guide the appointments.
The issue is expected to be discussed at the next council meeting on Monday. Councilman Hocker acknowledged Thursday that the appointment vote will "probably have to be redone, depending on what the city attorney tells us."
But City Attorney Lance Levis - who said this week that he was absent from the Jan. 13 meeting because he was on vacation - abruptly resigned on Thursday, Hansen confirmed. In an interview with the Times Herald the day before, Levis said Hocker had not consulted with him about the city clerk appointment before the vote and declined to say what legal advice he would give the council at the next meeting.
Levis could not be reached this morning to comment about his resignation, and the Times Herald was unable this morning to obtain a copy of the letter Levis sent to the city council and mayor.
Former two-term Councilman Andy Griffith, who did not seek re-election last year but attended the Jan. 13 meeting, alleged that the appointment vote was meant to settle a spat between City Clerk Hansen and a current councilman, John Whetzal.
Whetzal seconded the motion to replace Hansen, and the resolution passed by a 4-1 vote. Councilman Bob Jacobsen cast the lone 'nay' vote.
"He's kinda like a bully," Griffith said of Whetzal. "He has (the new council members) doing the dirty work for him."
Griffith said Hansen was slow to adopt a so-called "paperless" approach to city government - in which city council documents are distributed electronically - that Whetzal, a first-term councilman, pushed after he was elected.
"He pushed it down everybody's throats," Griffith said. "He got all-new laptops for us plus in the city clerk's office and never once went in there and asked them what they needed.
"He just said, 'You gotta do this, you gotta do that.' "
Whetzal did not return a telephone message left on Thursday to comment for this article.
Mayor Sam Kauffman said Thursday that he had not decided whether he would sign the resolution to appoint a new city clerk. Such resolutions are effective when mayors sign them or after 14 days pass without a mayor's signature.
Kauffman could also veto the measure, but the four votes that affirmed it would also override his veto, he said.
"I've never had a problem like this since I've been on the council," he said. "I think it'll be a hell of a crowd" at Monday's meeting.
Hansen, the city clerk, said she is about two years from earning full benefits from the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System, but added she didn't plan to retire in the near future.
She declined to comment further on the situation.
Hocker said Hansen's retirement benefits were not a factor in his decision to replace her.
"It's a politically appointed position," he said. "That's the risk that one takes in one of those jobs."
Griffith, the former councilman, said there is little he can do to block Hansen's replacement, but that he plans to speak at Monday's meeting because "I want them to answer some questions and become responsible for the decisions they made."
"How shady these people are," Griffith said. "We're little Audubon, Iowa. If you got a problem with someone, go talk to them about it."
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Sounds to me like someone who wrote this article is quite biased. Seems more like the complaintant who most likely has other issues with this Whetzal guy found a hookup with someone who works at the paper and it was published with minimal facts on his side as well. Doesn't the council need to send the notice by email to the clerk...how funny the clerk didn't receive the notice sent when it regarded her losing her position...quite interesting in calling Whetzal a bully because he "got everyone new laptops", rough, paperless is not only environmentally friendly but also a way to make sure everything is documented, time stamped and dated, it is admirable of him to try to bring that ghost town back to up and running but seems his intentions are not well received by the town jokers who like to get stuff for nothing and go around the rules/laws to benefit themselves but use those same rules and laws to keep their city from ever improving itself. Sad, at least the "new council members doing the dirty (or in my eyes necessary) work for him" have some sense. They obviously have not been made to do this, they are grown adults and maybe just maybe they actually agree with this guy!
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Kermit Ruffins - Have Crazy Cool Christmas
This Christmas Music totally makes me get up and dance! Get it for your holiday party and I guarantee that this CD will make all your guests smile, dance, laugh and have a great time with fun memories - just from playing this record! Any fan of New Orleans, Mardi Gras music, the likes of Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis or just the festive spirit of the Holiday Season will love this record! The brass is fantastic as are the vocals. Look at the what others had to say about this album: "Kermit plays some sweet, sweet vocals." - Newsweek.com "A savory celebration of the New Orleans Jazz Entertainment Continuum." - Cadence Magazine "A musical good time tour of the Crescent City" - Larry Applebaum Jazz Times


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Podcast Special - RIP Alexander Shulgin
Hosts Jake Kettle and James Kent talk about the death of Alexander Shulgin, the Shulgin Research Foundation, and James' recent visit to the Shulgin farm. To support the Shulgin family please visit ShulginResearch.org
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The Psychedelic Revelation Ep. 1: Pilot
Welcome to the Psychedelic Revelation! Introducing your hosts Brett Greene and Ryan LeCompte, discussing subjects ranging from Psychedelic Mysticism to the Revelations of both the inner and outer minds.
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DoseNation Ep. 49 Lily Kay Ross
Hosts Jake Kettle and Brian Normand are joined by Lily Kay Ross from Harvard Divinity School to discus the issues of sexual abuse in the amazon, the victimization of those who are being healed, the position of the Shaman and his roles, and more! For more information on Lily Kay Ross, visit her website at http://www.lilykayross.com .
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DoseNation Ep. 48 - Alexandre Tannous
Ethnomusicologist Alexandre Tannous returns to DoseNation with hosts Jake Kettle and Brian Normand to discuss sound meditation, the magic behind music, electronic dance music, overtones, Corsican and Georgian Chant, and more. Alexandre will also be a Psymposium 2014 speaking about and conducting Sound Meditation.
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DoseNation Ep. 47: Dr. Rick Doblin
Hosts Jake Kettle and Brian Normand sit down for a conversation with Rick Doblin Ph.D of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and Ryan LeCompte of Veterans for Entheogenic Therapy (VET).
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Soundscapes & Psychedelics - James W. Jesso
James W. Jesso, author of Decomposing the Shadow, is releasing his new book Soundscapes and Psychedelics. This new book explores the relationship between Psychedelics, Sounds, and the high energy Electronic Dance Music scene that is popular across the globe. To get your copy of Soundscapes and Psychedelics, Pre-Order (if you are in Canada) the book on www.soundscapesbook.com or you can purchase it on Bicycle Day, April 19th, 2014. Check out the video below for more information!
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What Is LSA?
What is LSA? LSA (Lysergic Acid Amide) is a naturally occurring psychedelic found in many plants and seeds. It has some similarities in effect to LSD, but is generally considered much less stimulating and can be sedating in larger doses {In many people's opinion it provides the emotional component of an LSD experience without LSD's visual effects---"start low and go slow" is a common piece of advice with LSA, and all psychedelics } .The most common plants in which it is found are Morning Glory (Ipomoea violacea), and Hawaiian Baby Woodrose (Argyreia nervosa) seeds. As with many psychoactives, these plants have a history of spiritual and religious use among indigenous tribal peoples, South America in this case, but have entered the Western world first as a somewhat obscure psychoactive. All seeds containing LSA are legal to possess (In Canada at least) and easily obtained by anyone. Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds, each equivalent to about 1/15 of a "full experience", are said to be the most effective form of LSA delivery. Little Baby Woodrose
Down on his luck Crying out the auction
Lots to make a buck Little Baby Woodrose
Journeys all alone Never never landing
Never going home Big brother Ellis Dean
Steals the show Laughing in the poppies
Row on row Little Baby Woodrose
Catching in the Rye Standing on the cliffs
Where the children die No one ever hears him
After the fall Little Baby Woodrose
Cries for us all.
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DoseNation 46: Dennis McKenna
Host Jake Kettle introduces Brian Normand, the new co-host of the DoseNation podcast. Dennis McKenna joins Jake and Brian to discuss the history of ethnobotany (Part 1) from 1850-1980, the rise of alchemical practices in the West, plant medicine, Psymposium coming up in April, and Psymposia. You can find Dennis McKenna's book, the Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss on Amazon or at http://brotherhoodofthescreamingabyss.com
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DoseNation 45: News Roundup
DoseNation hosts Jake Kettle and James Kent discuss the relationship between the Anti-Gay Movement in the United States, and the Anti Gay movement in Russia, the current situation in Europe, long term survival of small countries, MDMA for Criminals, Psychological Addiction, a news roundup and more!
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PsypressUK 2014 now available
The fourth edition of the PsypressUK magazine is NOW AVAILABLE! Showcasing the best in current psychedelic drug writers from across a range of backgrounds and disiplines, this latest edition is the most jam-packed we've done - all topped of with a wonderful cover illustration by the incredibly talented Jeremy Beswick (Cornwall, UK). CONTRIBUTORS (in no particular order): Ross Heaven - Salvia Divinorum and the Illusion of our Existence
Neal M. Goldsmith - Neurotransmitters and the Integral Approach to Reality
Justin Panneck - The Ritual Use of Ayahuasca
Thomas Hatsis - The Dogmatist's Debacle
Peter Sjöstedt-H - Myco-Metaphysics
Chris Salway - Potential Risks of MDMA Use
Dale Bewan - Psychedelics as a Tool for Directed Self-Discovery
Robert Tindall - Is Alcohol a Spirit?
Psychedelic Frontier - Fireworks
Sam Gandy - Who's Tripping Who?
Duncan Thomson - The Rise of Cannabis in Modern Medicine
Judith Sudholter - An Interview with Luke Brown
James W. Jesso - Reigniting Awe
Ivo Aleixo - Drug Laws in Portugal
» more at: www.psychedelicpress.co.uk
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The first major product of sweeping changes to how the government handles its internal IT systems and public-facing websites is to be unveiled on Wednesday, as a new unified website for online public services goes live for testing.
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A police officer accused of unlawfully Tasering a naked man who threw a pair of underpants at him during a strip search denied he had acted out "revenge, anger or retribution".
PC Lee Birch, 30, discharged his weapon into the bare chest of Daniel Dove in a cell at Melksham police station in hours after a disturbance outside a nightclub.
Birch had arrested Mr Dove earlier that morning, on December 23, 2012, outside Moo Moo in Trowbridge, Bristol Crown Court heard.
Mr Dove was charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Birch and a second officer, though the case against him was later dropped.
Birch was then charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and misconduct in a public office, which he denies.
Stephen Mooney, representing Birch, asked his client: "This man has been violent, aggressive and abusive and you were one of those affected by it.
"Did you at any stage regard him as someone you wanted to attack out of revenge or anger or any form of retribution?"
Birch replied: "No, absolutely not."
Giving evidence, Birch said he and a colleague were driving around Trowbridge town centre in a patrol car shortly after 2am when they were approached by doormen for help.
The Wiltshire officer said Mr Dove tried to punch him with a "classic haymaker" before repeatedly kneeing PC Read in the groin.
"I ran up behind the male and it was clear he was the aggressor and from behind I put my right arm over his chest and brought him back towards the car to prevent him from assaulting any of the door staff," Birch told the jury.
"He appeared to be drunk.
"I had taken hold of his left arm which was behind his back and I had firm control of him and he said 'I want to go home'.
"I was in the process of telling him that he was not going home and that I was going to arrest him.
"At that point I believe he knew he was going to be arrested.
"I didn't have a very good grasp over him and he tried to break away and go down the street.
"I lost grip of his arm but still had a grip of his collar and he was unable to get away from that.
"With one full movement he swung his body around and threw a classic haymaker punch towards me.
"I saw it at the very last second and managed to move my head to the right and the fist hit me in the ear.
"(If I had not moved) it would have hit my face."
Birch said the threat posed by Mr Dove was "extremely high".
"My initial thought was that he was clearly very angry and if he was prepared to hit a police officer he could hit anybody," he said.
"Mr Dove was now in handcuffs and we picked him up of the floor and PC Read was stood in front of him and as PC Read took hold of one of his arms I saw Mr Dove bring his head up and knee PC Read three times in very quick succession in the groin.
"Pc Read hunched over and was grimacing."
Mr Dove denies assaulting either officer, the court was told.
Birch said that Mr Dove was then placed in a police van and taken to Melksham police station.
During that journey, Mr Dove was arrested and cautioned by Birch on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly and two allegations of assaulting a police officer.
"I do not believe he listened to the caution and he said something like 'You think you're a big man? Wait until these f****** cuffs come off'," Birch said.
Jurors were told that Birch joined Wiltshire Police in 2003 as a civilian control operator before becoming a constable in 2007.
In 2010 he was selected by the force to train to use the Taser electronic stun weapon.
The court heard that when Mr Dove arrived at the police station a strip search was authorised and began in a police cell.
Birch - who had taken the Taser from his holster and placed it behind his back - and two other officers were in attendance.
It is said that Mr Dove took off his boxer shorts and flicked them at the officers, striking Birch to the side of the face.
Birch is then accused of Tasering Mr Dove.
CCTV footage of the incident shows Birch ripping the boxers from Mr Dove and throwing them against the wall of the police cell.
The officer is then heard to shout: "You have assaulted me for the second time."
Mr Dove was left "prostrate on the ground" while Birch removed the prongs of the Taser from his chest.
The prosecution allege the use of the Taser did not amount to "reasonable force", as Birch was accompanied by two officers, with others yards away in the custody suite.
Birch described his demeanour at the police station as "very calm" and said while Mr Dove was being booked in with the custody officer he was "paying close attention to his behaviour".
"It wasn't annoying me. I was just really concerned for my own safety," Birch said.
CCTV was played to the court which showed Birch standing behind Mr Dove holding the bridge of the handcuffs behind his back and Mr Dove wriggling as he speaks to the custody officer.
Asked what Mr Dove is doing, Birch replied: "Again he is deliberately shifting his weight and again he is flicking his feet so I am looking down and constantly watching his body language."
The court then watched CCTV of Mr Dove inside the cell taking off his clothes and Birch removes his Taser and holds it behind his back out of sight.
"I didn't want to display the Taser to Mr Dove, partly because of his prolonged aggression, his use of violence and his failure to follow simple instructions," Birch said.
"Previously I had drawn a Taser in a confined space where I have presented the Taser to a violent individual and they have made an attempt to grab the Taser and remove it from me.
"I was uncomfortable with giving him the option of taking it off me. I didn't think he would react positively if shown the Taser."
Birch said that he did not think using an extendable baton or pava spray was appropriate in the circumstances.
"I didn't believe doing nothing was an option," he said.
Asked to explain why he fired the Taser, Birch said: "Obviously when he pulled his underpants down my colleague, who was wearing gloves, was examining another item, I reluctantly put my hand out to take the item from him because I didn't have gloves on and they were soaking wet.
"It was unexpected... he obviously looked up and whipped me across the face. I am not saying what he did was particularly life-threatening but it was an indication that he was still intent on carrying out assaults.
"This was the third type of assault I had witnessed. I wanted to prevent him carrying out any further assaults.
"I felt he would continue to assault either myself or one of my colleagues if I didn't use that device upon him.
"He was now naked and was soaking wet and I would not wish to restrain a naked man. There was nothing to grab hold off - there's no clothing to grab.
"He was clearly not bothered that he is naked and nothing has stopped him or calmed him down.
"For the safety of myself and the others I drew my Taser."
After the incident Mr Dove became "very withdrawn and very subdued", Birch said.
The trial was adjourned until tomorrow.


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The left-armer will be sidelined for up to three weeks after pulling up while bowling on the first day and our Director of Cricket Mick Newell admitted he would be missed.
Newell said: "Ryan has been in terrific form for us all season and it?s very disappointing to see him injured.
"He would have had a big role to play in Twenty20. The only consolation is that we have a wider choice of replacements for him in this competition than in the Championship."The 27-year-old is our leading wicket-taker this season, with 30 first-class wickets at an average of 22.


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Did you know?
The isiXhosa language is spoken by many distinct clans including the Thembu, Bomvana, Mpondo, and others.
The Xhosa people of South Africa believe that when a person dies, umkhapho rituals should be performed in order to facilitate the movement of the deceased to the realm of the ancestors. Such a movement is considered necessary so that they can be free to return and advise the living later.
Ritual slaughter is required for the umkhapho ritual. The nature of the animal slaughtered depends on the social status of the person being buried. Oxen may be slaughtered for a very important person, while a goat may be slaughtered for others.
Before a Xhosa umkhapho slaughter takes place, the officiator calls on the ancestors of the clan by name. After the ritual throat slitting, blood is collected in a dish and a small strip of meat, known as the intsonyama, is cut from the inside muscle of the right foreleg and roasted. No salt should be used on the meat.
Male kin, followed by the female kin, in order of seniority, each eat a small portion of the meat. The general feasting will only take place after the intsonyama has been consumed. This is a very sombre occasion and no fermented sorghum beer is consumed.
After a variable period of mourning, the umbuyiso ritual is performed. Umbuyiso literally means to bring the spirit of the ancestor back home. The umbuyiso ritual is often prompted by dreams in which the deceased person appears to a member of the family and says that they are hungry. An ox is slaughtered and the intsonyama is again cut and consumed.
Unlike the umkhapho, the umbuyiso is a very festive event involving the brewing of fermented sorghum beer, some of which is offered to the ancestors, with the living drinking the rest.
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The Eastern Cape is the centre of Xhosa culture. Both Port Elizabeth and East London airports are serviced by SAA and BA/Comair. Mthatha Airport can be used to access the Wild Coast.
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Xhosa umkhapho rituals aren't open to the general public. You'd need the services of a specialist tour operator, and the permission of the village chief to attend such a ceremony.
The coastal areas of the Eastern Cape are at their best between January and May.
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The Wild Coast is known for its stunning beaches, unspoiled landscapes, fishing, swimming, and surfing. Take care, as the seas here can be rough.
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Numerous hikes and horse trails are available along the Eastern Cape Coast.
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Self-drive, or the services of a tour operator are recommended when visiting the Wild Coast. Alternatively use the hop-on and hop-off backpacker Baz Bus.
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The Eastern Cape can be extremely hot in summer. Sun protection and insect repellent are necessary.
Where to stay
If invited to attend an umkhapho ritual, you'd mostly likely overnight as a guest in the village, perhaps for a small fee.
Other accommodation options along the Wild Coast include family-run hotels, community-owned campsites, eco-backpacker lodges, and self-catering cottages.
What to eat
Eastern Cape seafood is hard to beat. Try traditional delicacies such as umpoqhoko (maize and sour milk) and umngqushu (a maize and bean melange).
Best buys
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Within the last few weeks SuperBBQ-man (he is good too) grilled a Fresh Ham. Oh mercy did it look good. I attempted to wriet down all the items for it but as usual, my mouth watered so much I can't read all my writing.
He talked about garlic, salt, oregano, cuman I think (i wrote down human:), sage and you pound it together and into 2 tblspns of oil (this is 20lb fresh ham but I'm doing a 5 lb'r), orange juice and lime juice.
How much orange juice and lime juice in the merinaide?
Also, for a 20 lb fresh ham, they did 325degrees for 6 - 8 hours .... how long for a 5 lb fresh ham ; on the 20 lb'r it was 195 degree's .... that was (this is a question) that was at 195 degree's for 6 ot 8 hours or get to that temp in 6 ot 8 hours?


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Time restrictions are needed for on-street parking in Ilkley, says a councillor, amid calls for charges to be dropped in the town's central car park.
Councillor Anne Hawkesworth (Ind, Ilkley) says that a parking disc system similar to that used in Harrogate, restricting on-street parking to a maximum of four hours, should be investigated.
And she called for a 'park and ride' scheme between Addingham and Ilkley station.
But she disagrees with free parking in the Bradford Council-run central South Hawksworth Street car park.
Coun Hawkesworth said: "The perennial problem is raising its head. We have some calling for free parking in the main car park. We have residents complaining about parking on residential streets. Why free parking in the car park?
"Who would gain by it? Certainly not the shops. It would stop the quick flow of parking needed in shopping areas.
"Most of the district has pay and display on-street parking. We don't because it has been resisted by local politicians, the argument being South Hawksworth Street makes up the difference."


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With Charles Ives' vivid memories of his youth, Oliver Knussen's "reflections of an unwilling grownup", and works by two of history's greatest child prodigies, Chameleon Arts Ensemble celebrates the freedom of childhood and the limitless possibilities of unfettered imagination. The program features Mendelssohn's Viola Sonata and Camille Saint-Saens' Piano Quartet, Op. 41 alongside Knussen's Hums & Songs of Winnie the Pooh for soprano & chamber ensemble, Ives' Violin Sonata No. 4, subtitled "Children's Day at the Camp Meeting," and Victoria Bond's Hot Air for woodwind quintet, a musical rendering of Jonathan Swift's classic tale Gulliver's Travels.
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Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 Review – Are PowIRStages Needed with Trinity?by Ian Cutress on 12/14/2012 12:00 PM EST
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SodaAnt - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkI've never been sure why motheboard manufacturers continue to insist on skinning their main windows software instead of just using the default interface options, which in my opinion would go a long way to making their software not look like it was released for windows XP. Reply
Flunk - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkI always figured that they did that so the software looked like a 6th grade computer project. That way you know that they have to be good at hardware, otherwise who would buy it with such ugly software? Reply
arthur449 - Monday, December 17, 2012 - linkThat's the best rationale I've heard yet. Reply
DanNeely - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkShould 6 SATA cables really be counted as a plus? With the exception of first time builders doesn't everyone already have a huge number of excess cables from older stuffed into their parts box? Reply
JonnyDough - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkAgreed. It might be a bit of a PITA to order cables, especially for first time builders but it would be great not creating more garbage. I think we're disposing of enough already, don't you? Just consider that you can't go anywhere on earth without finding trash on the shore. Reply
arthur449 - Monday, December 17, 2012 - linkEither way, we don't have as many as we do power cables. Reply
klmccaughey - Sunday, December 30, 2012 - linkI think the Sata ports make it a very interesting buy. With onboard sound/video that makes it an interesting option for a server / media server.
I bet there are a lot of people (especially Anand readers) that have a second computer they user as server / bittorrent downloader / backup station all in one. I have one right next to me and had this board been around when I built it I would have been sold on it.
I use this 'server' as a 4TB Raid5 backup station, it's plugged into one of my monitors so I can use it as a media station to watch stuff while I, um, work ;)
I have been buying Gigabyte motherboards exclusively for about 8 years now. The reason for that is they are generally really reliable and overclock well. I build quite a lot of systems and they have not once let me down.
Another use it for your HTPC or media PC.
Their BIOS though is a bit annoying, but any time I contact their support they know what they are talking about and actually get back to you. ASRock would be my next choice. Reply
PA Systems1 - Friday, July 05, 2013 - linkAs I now understand SATA, it requires an SATA 3 cable to get SATA 3 functionality. It is a good thing this mobo has 6 of those cables as I'm going from a build of SATA II to SATA III. Being so way behind the curve I don't have ANY of those updated cables. 6 cables is very generous and I'd thank Gigabyte for that should I choose this board. It's still a tossup between this one, MSI, Asrock or the higher priced ASUS V-Pro boards. I'm reading all these reviews very closely. There isn't any other board I've seen so far that offers 6 SATA cables. Anandtech is as comparable or better than Toms Hardware in providing in depth reviews and helpful information. Reply
jameserlay - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkLast paragraph, wouldn't it make more sense if it said "peace of mind" instead of "piece of mind"??? Reply
PA Systems1 - Friday, July 05, 2013 - linkSo we must give the writer/editor a piece of our mind. I've seen worse mistakes. Reply
ssj3gohan - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkIt's funny that you should ask, because you're totally right: inside is a miniscule bit of silicon with a - by modern standards - very old-fashioned package. But the reason it's so small is simply legacy and second (and third, and fourth) suppliers. Many companies make these (and have tens of millions in stock laying around, the date code on the SIO chip on one of my july '12 boards reads second week of 2010!) and they are mostly interchangeable between mfgrs. If one runs out of stock or asks a fraction of a cent more, they can shop around at the next corner for a better deal without having to respin the board.
And also: on any motherboard there is a ridiculous amount of space. ATX boards rarely have better than 40% fill factor, you can fit at least twice as much stuff on there. There is no need to use smaller chips.
The reason not to ditch these chips at all is because it allows for any sort of high-voltage power/interface stage to be delegated to this cheap external chip. It's a huge pain to build 3.3 or even 5V buffers into a mostly 1.05V chip (i.e. chipsets), especially if they also need to have proper ESD protection circuitry. That's stuff that takes up a lot of expensive silicon area. Just having one chip that interfaces everything high voltage hugely simplifies the design of a motherboard. Note that it's not just legacy parallel/serial port connections, but also LEDs, fan control, measuring voltages and even power conversion interfacing that these chips can do. Reply
klmccaughey - Sunday, December 30, 2012 - linkYup, exactly. They probably have a lot of that silicon not standard transistors / circuitry, but more for voltage and power regulation. It's a bit like a 1/4 inch bolt - industry standard and no need to change it. Reply
ssj3gohan - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkHaha, I see you responded to the complaints of a couple of people on power consumption (among which I have also had my say in the comments of one of your earlier reviews), but your response is not entirely satisfactory IMO.
You say that it's the relationship between the numbers that we should look at to get an idea of which is more efficient than the other, but the relationship is not linear and not indicative of what a consumer will get! I build extremely efficient computers (5.4-15W idle, typically) and these absolute differences in power consumption still carry over to low power computers as well: employing a 10W more power hungry motherboard in a 15W computer means my efficiency goes down the drain, whereas on a 150W idle dual-graphics monster PC it doesn't matter one bit. What people need to know is the individual power draw (or losses) of components, not a number that is obfuscated by many, many other uncharacterized components with little or no links to information on their share of the power consumption pie - or influence on power consumption on this particular part!
Second, I know from my experience with these boards that these power consumption numbers mean not a damned thing without the context of which BIOS/EFI settings you used, as well as how well you installed current drivers and such things. Or even what services are running at the time of measurement. One faulty setting can absolutely ruin power consumption, it's a sad fact of life.
We, as readers, have absolutely no way of comparing your findings to anyone else, probably not even to your own other reviews. The only way to have robust power consumption figures is to have DC measurements of isolated system components, with known settings (e.g. 'stock bios F1, no modifications, running windows 8 fully idle, no active background services') and verified use states (i.e. 'system running in ACPI C2'). It's a lot to ask all at once, but waving away the extreme nonorthogonality of your measurements is not the direction I want to see the increasingly important segment of power consumption to go. Reply
Parhel - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkHow is power consumption becoming "increasingly important" for ATX desktop motherboards? I'm not seeing it. Reply
klmccaughey - Sunday, December 30, 2012 - linkIt is important for always on devices. If you are anything like me you have a lot of computer equipment about the house. I had the guy come round to do an Electricity provider switch-over and he did a few measurements and calculation for me. The computer power added up to a hell of a lot more than I expected.
Energy prices are rising world-wide and there is a big push on in many sectors to get power consumption down and stop wasting so much. Initially I was a bit sceptical, but the more oil/gas goes up each year the more I am taking it seriously.
If this is to be used as an always on media server or Raid board, I would actually be checking to make sure it isn't a power hog. Reply
ggathagan - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkAs you clearly understand, it IS a lot to ask all at once.
The granularity you desire in this particular area of motherboard testing is well outside of the scope of these reviews, especially when factoring in all of the variables that you mention.
There are time limitations, both on the part of the reviewer, as well as the part of the manufacturer.
If you feel this particular arena of testing is so important, might I suggest starting your own site and performing reviews that focus on the details of power consumption you consider to be important?
Or perhaps you could ask an existing review site if they would be interested in beginning a partnership that would allow you to produce a review addendum that covers these details on the boards that they've reviewed.
I would think that power efficiency would be of particular interest to sites that focus on HTPC systems or sites that focus on low noise systems.
Just as Anandtech has branched out over the years with regard to the areas of technology it covers, I can also see reviewing various products with this sort of focus in mind.
This is especially true as the desire to reduce the size of systems tends to run into limitations due to power consumption and, by extension, heat production. Reply
ssj3gohan - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkI kind of do already have a site on these subjects, although I don't do reviews, rather I push on the extremes of PC power consumption: http://bit.ly/Of2jrH
On the face of it, I don't actually ask for that much extra testing, I mostly ask for reviewers (in general) to publish materials that show that they understand power consumption completely and have done the things that need to be done to get consistent, comparable results. This basically means understanding power states, measuring power consumption at true steady-state and verifying that all power saving methods are operating as they should. Only then can you get truly comparable power consumption results.
The bit that is really hard to do is to completely isolate motherboard DC power consumption and losses. I don't expect this to happen anytime soon, but at least the DC power measurement can be done. That alone would be a big, big improvement.
Even for ATX boards, power consumption is an issue for enough people and is something that has a place in a proper in-depth review. But these power consumption measurements should really mean something, and what I am seeing right now is measurements that can probably go either way depending on what the reviewer did - which is a black box to me. Reply
Tech-Curious - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkFascinating blog -- and amazing work on those custom builds of yours.
That said, I think you're more concerned about power efficiency than ... uh, anyone else in the world. And you're probably more knowledgeable about computer power consumption than most anyone who visits this site, including the people who write reviews for it.
None of which is to say that Anandtech (and similar hardware-review sites) couldn't or shouldn't try to improve their power measurements, but we must acknowledge that the audience for Anand's reviews isn't primarily concerned with power measurements. Power consumption matters, but it isn't the meat and potatoes of the meal here; it's more like a side salad. Reply
klmccaughey - Sunday, December 30, 2012 - linkPwned ;) Reply
popej - Friday, December 14, 2012 - linkYour results for THD+N look bad. Most probably are limited by input quality. Audio input on motherboard usually isn't used for anything more demanding then simple microphone, so its quality isn't important for manufacturer. Would be more interesting to measure output only, using good reference audio card or USB adapter.
Result dependency on frequency isn't right either. Probably something is wrong in configuration, maybe drivers do poor resampling of audio signal. Reply
Beenthere - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkThis mobo looks pretty nice IMO. The sad reality is that what one person finds a mobo necessity other folks may find unnecessary be it 4+ fan headers, dual locking RAM, an IDE port, (28) or more USB and SATA ports, dual BIOS chips, etc. While some of these features are useful they all add to the price.
The same applies to the BIOS. UEFI is basically for people who don't know how to use a standard BIOS. You're not going to find either BIOS design that makes everyone happy. Mobo makers deliver what they believe most consumers will like, particularly on the high priced mobo models.
As far as the VRM circuit is concerned, Gigabyte does need to upgrade this on all of their AM3+ mobos so that consumers can run an overclocked FX-8000 series CPU without overheating the VRM circuit and having it throttle the CPU frequency. This VRM issue has been documented and reported to Gigabyte. Reply
Gothmoth - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkhas this gigabyte board AHCI as default or IDE?
most gigabyte boards are still defaulted to IDE.. stupid for todays HDD´s and SSD´s. Reply
geforcefly - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkOn the overclocking page I noticed how high the voltages were pushed on the Trinity part. I remember 1.75v being a nominal voltage for a 180nm CPU... If the AMD CPUs didn't need so much voltage (which has been the same 1.4v for standard voltage since the 90nm Athlon 64) maybe they would use much less power for the same level of performance. Reply
Beenthere - Sunday, December 16, 2012 - linkTrinity laptop does not require a lot of voltage and performs fine.
Trinity desktop is capable of using higher voltage for overclocking but in normal use it does not run hot nor draw a lot of power as it's only a 100W APU and that's the TDP for both the CPU and GPU segments under maximum load. This lower total power consumption of an APU is the reason why in the future most people will be using APUs instead of a discrete CPU/GPU as is currently the norm for enthusiast or performance oriented desktop PCs.
You will be able to have as good or better performance with an APU - with lower power consumption and heat, compared to a highend discrete CPU/GPU package and the APU will cost much less than the discrete package. Reply
just4U - Monday, December 17, 2012 - linkI am pleased (overall) with this board although the price was a bit of a kicker. (we only had 4 choices at the time for trinity and all of them were a little pricey)
Anyway... onto the problem...
My Girlfriend plays a few mmo's and while waiting for a replacement videocard I setup the onboard video for her to use. Framerates were aceptable if you turned down the resolution and details. they would have been very playable if she didn't keep on disconnecting. I couldn't figure it out... still can't.. and it only happens when the onboard video is enabled. I keep hoping that Gigabyte will release a new bios so I can see if that solves what ever is going on but so far no luck. Not sure if this is a problem with the board, the onboard video.. or what. I've ruled out everything else. Reply


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Can anyone help please.
I am trying to only have bee friendly plants and flowers in my garden and am currently re-designing my small garden.
I have just bought 2 Rudbeckia goldsturm which say they attract bees but i haven't seen one bee on them! Lots of hoverflies but no bees. I also want to get an Echinacea but am worried they won't attract bees like the Rudbeckia too.
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I've definitely seen this too - in general I think you'll get bees on purple/blue/red flowers and hoverflies on yellow - I guess the different colours just appeal to different species.
Our Echinacea, which is a regular pink one, had loads of bees all summer, so I wouldn't worry on that score, although I have noticed that the fancier varieties attract less - as with many plants, they've been bred for colour or whatever which may well deplete the nectar stores but the breeders aren't worry about it.
Thanks for your reply Malcolm. I never thought of the colour being a factor, so thanks.
I will go ahead with buying the Echinacea then from your recommendation. Cheers
Hi Alibumble,
I am glad you asked this question as I have been wondering the same thing, all bees are completely ignoring the rudbeckia in my garden too but as Malcolm says the hoverflies are enjoying them. There definiately seems to be a constantly changing order of preference depending on what is available.
I have also noticed that unlike all the other bees, the common carder bees are ignoring the sedums in my garden, much prefering the wild knapweed so wondered if the favored plants also depends on the types of bee visiting.
best regards, Carol
I do know that different bees have different length of proboscis, which affects the type of flower that they can access the nectar on - might be causing the difference that you're seeing.
That's interesting Malcolm, as with most things. there is obviously more to this subject than first meets the eye.
Thanks Carol and Malcolm for your replies. It certainly is food for thought.
Hi alibumble
Both rudbeckia and cosmos as good food plants for bees and other pollinators, but each plant can probably feed different species. I believe that rudbeckia has quite a shallow flower, and is most appealing to those species with short tongues (and hoverflies!). Cosmos flowers have small florets that are deeper and wider, and easier for those species with long tongues to feed from. I would keep both plants in, just because they can then feed a greater diversity of bees.
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