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Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Employment and the Unemployment Rate, March, 2013
Each month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases data from the monthly "Household Survey" conducted by the Bureau of the Census, providing a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the U.S. population, classified by age, sex, race, and a variety of other characteristics.
The BLS also conducts the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, surveying about 150,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 390,000 individual work sites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.
The BLS compiles information from these sources and announces the monthly "Employment Situation," reporting the current U.S. employment and unemployment data estimates. The monthly announcement reports employment data from the previous full month.
This lesson focuses on the April 5, 2013, BLS announcement, "Employment Situation: March, 2013." The lesson will also look at the relationship of employment and unemployment data to other macroeconomic data, such as GDP and CPI, and business cycles.
In this lesson, you will:
- Review the most recently reported U.S. employment and unemployment data.
- Determine the changes in U.S. employment and unemployment from the past month and year.
- Determine the factors that have influenced the change in the U.S. unemployment rate.
- Explain the implications of the employment and unemployment data for individuals, population groups, and the U.S. economy.
In March, 2013, U.S. non-farm employment increased by just 88,000 jobs. Over the past six months, monthly employment growth had averaged 197,000 jobs. 268,000 U.S. jobs were created in February, 2013, alone. What happened in March ?
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 7.6 percent with a decrease in the number of unemployed by 290,000, but also a decrease in the size of the labor force of 496,000. In March, there were 290,000 fewer unemployed persons, but, according to the BLS Household Survey, there were also 206,000 fewer employed persons. How can that be?
Once again, the two surveys that determine the BLS "Employment Situation" announcement give us a mixed message about the health of the U.S. labor market. What do these labor market numbers really mean? Take a look at the April 5, 2013, BLS announcement.
The Employment Situation – March 2013
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Released April 5, 2013
"Nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment grew in professional and business services and in health care but declined in retail trade."
Note: Unless otherwise cited, all quoted materials in this lesson are from the April 5, 2013, BLS "Employment Situation - March 2013" news release.
Initially, the "headline" numbers seem like good news. There were 88,000 more jobs according to employers. The unemployment rate decreased to 7.6 percent according to the surveyed households.
March 2013 Employment and Unemployment Data Highlights
- The number of unemployed people in the U.S. decreased by 290,000 to 11,742,000.
- The number of employed persons in the U.S. decreased by 206,000 to 143,286,000.
- The national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percent in March to 7.6 percent.
- The unemployment rate has declined by 0.6 percentage point since March, 2012.
- The unemployment rates decreased for adult men, and all ethnic groups.
- The unemployment rate remained the same for adult women.
- The unemployment rate for teens (age 16-19) decreased 0.9 percent to 24.2 percent.
Figure 1, below, shows the basic U.S. labor force data for March, 2013. Take a good look at the March 2013 data. Do you see any data that impacts you or your family's current life or future?
Students: Are you clear about the components of the labor forcr data that are used to determone the unemployment rate? Understanding the various components puts the reported unemployment rate into perspective.
Figure 2, below, provides more unemployment data for the month of March, 2013, including unemployment rates by race or ethnicity and educational attainment. Do you see any interesting data?
Students: For more information about the unemployment rates for people with various levels of education, go to the BLS web page "Education Pays." Link: www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm . What is the relationship between edcuational attainment and the chance of being unemployed?
Critics of the BLS labor market data argue that the extent of unemployment is understated in the BLS announcements. To fully understand the current "employment situation," you have to look at the history.
- Many people who were once in the labor force are no longer seeking work. The BLS reported that the civilian labor force participation rate decreased from 63.5 percent to 63.3 percent, and the employment-population ratio decreased by 0.1 percent to 58.65 percent. Until the end of 2008, the labor force participation rate had consistently been over 66 percent for the previous 20 years. The employment-population ratio had been between 62 and 64 percent since 1993. Why do you think these rates of labor force participation remain so low?
- Part-time workers. The BLS also reported, "the number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) fell by 350,000 over the month to 7.6 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job."
- Some people have simply given-up looking for jobs. The BLS reported, "In March, 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey." If jobs were available, do you think these people would seek them and become counted as in the labor force?
A note about the marginally attached, workers: "Among the marginally attached, there were 803,000 discouraged workers in March, little changed from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.5 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in March had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities."
Should those who are not able to find full-time work be counted as unemployed?
Students: What about counting the marginally attached and discouraged workers as unemployed? Technically, if they did not seek employment, they are not "unemployed." In your opinion, what does this say about the "accuracy" of the reported unemployment rate?
Establishment Survey Data – Employment Data
The Establishment Survey measures, among other things, employment trends in various industry groups.
"Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000). Over the prior 12 months, employment growth had averaged 169,000 per month. In March, employment increased in professional and business services and in health care, while retail trade employment declined."
Since the recession low number of 153,320,000 employed in February, 2010, the economy has had a net gain of 5.875 million jobs, to date.
Industry Employment Change Highlights, March 2013
Take a look at the change in the employment levels for the major industry groups in March, 2013, in Figure 3, below.
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the 2008-2009 recession ended in June, 2009, but significant job growth did not begin until many months later. U.S. non-farm employment has increased by just over 9.1 million jobs in the past year (March 2012 to March 2013).
Business Cycles and Unemployment
Figure 4, below, shows the monthly U.S. unemployment rates from 1990 to the present. Note the "up and down" cycles of high and low unemployment over time period. These generally follow the "business cycles." Periods of very high unemployment are typically correlated with period of slowing or decreasing GDP growth.
Students: Are you clear abou the meaning of the "business cycle." The NBER web page defines busies cycles and the factors used by the Business Cycle Dating Committee to identify recessions. NBER Business Cycle URL: http://www.nber.org/cycles/main.html
Macroeconomic Data - Business Cycles, Employment, GDP and CPI
The economy moves in continuous periods of growth and decline called business cycles. The cycle primarily represents growth and decline of gross domestic product (GDP) and employment, and may also represent other measurements of the general health of the economy. When the economy is in a state of declining GDP and employment it may be in a recession. Let's take a look at how the three macroeconomic measurements in the "Focus on Economic Data" lesson series compare recently and over the last few years. Figure 5, below, illustrates a typical business cycle, from trough to a period of growth, to the peak, to a period of decline, and back to a trough.
Employment and Other Macroeconomic Data
Employment and Unemployment (Recap of this Month's Data)
"Nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent. Employment grew in professional and business services and in health care but declined in retail trade."
After losing over 2.2 million jobs in 2008 and almost 4.7 million jobs in 2009, the U.S. economy reversed the trend since early 2010. As previously stated in this lesson, the economy has gained over 1.6 million jobs since December, 2009. Although the number of U.S. non-farm jobs has been increasing, total non-farm employment is still well-below the high level of 146,595,000 U.S. jobs reported in November, 2007.
Real Gross Domestic Product (Real GDP)
"Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 3.1 percent." Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 2012 and annual 2012 (third estimate)," March 28, 2013.
The U.S. rate of GDP growth fell-off considerably in 2008, the beginning of the recession. 2008 saw decreases in real GDP in three of four quarters. The losses continued through the second quarter of 2009, when growth began again. In 2010, U.S. real GDP increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent. In 2011, the U.S. GDP growth rate slowed somewhat to 1.8 percent. In 2012, the annual real GDP growth rate was 2.2 percent, but had slowed to a 0.4 percent annualized growth rate in Q4.
Students: Can you explain how the rate of GDP growth and changes in employment might be related?
Consumer Price Index
"On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.7 percent in February after being unchanged in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in February after rising 0.3 percent in January."
Although many people fear future inflation as a result of the rising federal debt and continued problems in some financial markets, there has been little evidence of inflationary pressures in recent years. The most significant inflation pressure has been fro fluctuating energy prices.
Students" How do you think inflation affects people's consumer and saving decisions? Do people spend less if they think prices are rising? Or, might they spend more in the short-run?
Monetary Policy – Federal Funds Rate
Through its last meeting in March, 2013, the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has kept its target for the federal funds rate at 0 - 1/4 percent, the level established in December 16, 2008. The FOMC again stated in March that the rate will be kept low in the near future. The intent of the low interest rate policy is to stimulate the economy by making borrowing - for consumption and investment – cheaper.
Students: How does recent Federal Reserve monetary policy reflect the state of the economy?
Students: Is this employment report good news or bad news about the U.S. economy? Why?
Once again, the BLS reported that payroll employment increased by just 88,000 jobs in March, 2013. The drop in the employment rate was primarily a result of the change in the size of the labor force.
The pace of job growth seems to have slowed from the increases in the past few months. Even with a string of monthly job gains, over 11 million Americans remain unemployed and many more are underemployed or have given-up looking for jobs.
There is still some fear that this recovery will be "jobless," meaning that the increased output is from improved capital resources and productivity increases, not more employed workers.
Some people are questioning the traditional concept of the "natural rate of unemployment" and the level considered to be "full employment." Remember, full employment may include those who are frictionally unemployed (changing jobs) and some who are structurally unemployed and the jobs they seek no longer exist where they seek them. The "real" full employment level of unemployment may be those who are cyclically unemployed - not working because of inadequate demand for the products they produce.
Estimates of the full employment level of unemployment range from 2 to 7 percent. For the fifteen years prior to the 2008-2009 recession, the U.S. unemployment rate fluctuated between 4 and 6 percent, with one month below 4 percent, the 3.8 percent low level in April, 2000. There are still over 11 million unemployed people in the United States.
Is the "real" level of unemployment 6.7 percent? If we subtract, say, 5 percent for the frictionally and some structurally unemployed, is the "real" rate 1.7%. Are these the people we can expect to be re-employed as the economy reaches a peak in the current business cycle?
Then again, what if we add the marginally attached and part-time workers? Should the real unemployment rate be higher?
Students: Write a rationale for one of these as the "official" announced measurement of the unemployment rate:
1. The unemployment rate as the percentage of the labor force who are not employed by the current BLS definition.
2. The unemployment rate as the percentage of the labor force who unemployed plus those who are "discouraged" and have given up looking for work.
3. The unemployment rate as the unemployed, discouraged workers and those working part-time for economic reasons, as a percentage of the labor force.
How do other economic indicators compare to the recent changes in real GDP, unemployment rate, consumer price index, and the federal funds rate target? Take a look at some of the indicators listed below.
The Conference Board's Index of Leading Economic Indicators is published monthly. The ten components of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. include:
- Average weekly hours, manufacturing
- Average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance
- Manufacturers' new orders, consumer goods and materials
- Index of supplier deliveries – vendor performance
- Manufacturers' new orders, nondefense capital goods
- Building permits, new private housing units
- Stock prices, 500 common stocks
- Money supply, M2
- Interest rate spread, 10-year Treasury bonds less federal funds
- Index of consumer expectations
Access the Leading Indicators: www.conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1
- How does the indicator reflect the current economic problems?
- Is the recent history of the indicator similar or related to the GDP, unemployment, or CPI?
- How are people or businesses impacted by the economic data?


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Hi, This is my first post iv just joined the BT foum
Installing Ettercap
(Linux Backtrack 5R3 gnome)
I know there are a lot of install guides for this out there and a lot of this ground will have been covered in other posts, I would like to share how this worked for me. As you already know ettercap is installed ready to go when backtrack is used. I chose to dedicate and unused laptop to backtrack therefore installing this to the hard drive. From the beginning I have suffered from one of the bugs that many face. After scanning for hosts the session closes. Here is how I worked around this and the errors I encountered on the way. With backtrack being a clean new install I installed and configured a few things which I will document along the way. This may or may not have had something to do with the functionality in the end.
NIC Configuration
I started by configuring my NICs so I could disable the on board wireless card to prevent chances of conflict with my USB Alfa Networks AWUS036H.
(nano /etc/network/interfaces)
My on board wireless card was identified as Wlan0, I comment this out so this would no longer be seen by the system (# to comment out) Ctrl + X to save and Y to exit, I then run the following to restart the network (/etc/init.d/networking restart). Once the network had restart I used ifconfig to verify I could only see my loopback interface and Wlan1 (Alfa card)
SPM Install
After configuring the NIC I chose to Install Synaptic Packet Manager (apt-get install synaptic) which allowed me to completely uninstall Ettercap form the system. I removed all possible packages so this was no longer visible in the menu.
System Update
When the install of SPM was complete I updated the system running (sudo apt-get update) followed by (sudo apt-get dist upgrade) This can take a long time.
Libpango and libgtk
Next came the install of these two components. Instead of installing them both together I installed them one by one
(apt-get install libpango1.0-dev fix-missing)
I ran this with the fix missing extension as the first attempt was unable to fetch some archives. This gave me a successful install.
(apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev)
When installing this I was faced with the error
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
Libgtk2.0-dev: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (=2.20 1-0 0unbuntu2.1 is to be installed
Depends: libxi-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-4) but is not going to be installed
Broken packages
To resolve this I carried out the following.
I checked my repositories (cat /etc/apt/sources.list)
I had the standard backtrack repos
deb http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing
deb http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing
#deb http://source.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing
deb http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing
I added the following repositories by editing the source list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
Ctrl + X followed by Y to return to the terminal and save the repos.
(apt-get update) to update the packages
Finally (apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev)
Libent 126.96.36.199 & Ettercap
I downloaded Libnet from the following site http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownl...oad-10275.html and placed the libnet-184.108.40.206.tar.gz in the root folder
I then went on to extract the file to the directory (tar -zxvpf /root/libnet-18.104.22.168.tar.gz)
Then I went on to compile the install
(cd /root/libnet)
root@bt:~/libnet# ./configure
root@bt:~/libnet# make
root@bt:~/libnet# make install
I downloaded the latest ettercap from the ettercap website currently ettercap-0.7.5.3.tar.gz and saved this to my root directory.
Next I extracted ettercap (tar -zxvpf /root/ettercap-0.7.5.3.tar.gz)
Then went to compile the install advised by the latest version
(cd /root/ettercap-0.7.5.3)
root@bt:~/ettercap# mkdir build
root@bt:~/ettercap# cd build
root@bt:~/ettercap# apt-get install cmake
root@bt:~/ettercap# cmake ../
root@bt:~/ettercap# make
root@bt:~/ettercap# make install
Ettercap now works every time.
Hope this provides some use. I understand different people will experience different issues, I just thought Id share mine
Thanks mate. Nice text formatting too
Everyone has started from ZERO. I'm not an exception but I'm trying to hear more than speak too much.
Hi, Can i have help I'm blocked during Cmakefiles and...
No I am kidding (Complaining at the first post...), because you explain well how to install Ettercap. I had problem with ettercap 7.4 so I install ettercap 7.5.3, and
I found some trouble following your guide. But I've resolved it i have had some problem with : Gems who are according the AV a trojan ( answer disabled FireWall) and many problem with CmakeFiles :
1) Impossible to load files with Cmakefiles
Answer : I've made many manipulation; upgrade, update of Cmakefiles and libpango, libnet, python, : don't be afraid to update the packages
2)The CMakeFiles says after upgrade :
CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
linked by target "sslstrip" in directory /root/ettercap-0.7.5.3/plugins
So i look in this forum, and I've found osirium and chaps about the HAVE_PCRE :
Follow the lines and after download PCRE (address in the topic below), and change the following... Allelluia : ettercap don't crash. (after 4 hours of research)
GJ Bluesman and thank a lot

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A Nebraska lawmaker says he fears more lawsuits will be filed if the state tries to limit groundwater irrigation near the Republican River.
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Develop your Scholarship Game Plan
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Illegal Downloading
What's Wrong With Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing?
What is Copyrighted Content?
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- artwork
- plays
- photography
- music
- movies
- computer software
You can share the lecture notes you wrote in class with a friend, but sharing content that is not your own without the permission of the owner can get you into a lot of legal trouble.
The most commonly known copyright infringement practice is through peer-to-peer (P2P) software because these programs typically do not have authorization to be sharing copyrighted materials. They allow you to choose what files you are allowing others to download without requiring permission to share those files.
Sharing materials through these programs is a violation of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998-DMCA.
For answers to commonly asked questions about P2P software, see the "What You Can Do" section on Texas A&M University's Information Security page on Digital File Sharing.
How Bad Can It Be?
Not only will you be violating our Acceptable Use and Peer-to-Peer Sharing Software Use policies, you will be violating federal law. If you are sharing files or even appear to be sharing files, you could be facing:
- civil charges for actual damages or lost profits or,
for statutory damages, up to $150,000 for each of their copyrighted works
- civil penalties can run into many thousands of dollars in damages and legal fees.
The minimum penalty is $750 per song
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and up to five years imprisonment for the first offense
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More information can be found at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) "What is Online Piracy?".
How Do I Download Content Legally?
There are actually quite a lot of places where you can download content legally. A number of lists are updated periodically, including movies and TV shows and music.
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Tarleton actively supports awareness about copyright and cooperates with copyright holders who believe that illegal distribution is occurring on our university networks. Unfortunately, the university still receives notices from copyright holders such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) who actively search for illegal file sharing of music or other copyrighted material.
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Science and Art in Valencia City
Size65 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
Accommodation summary
House rulesDeposit in cash or credit card the day of entry of 300€.
It will be refundable, after review of the apartment the day of check out on the same system, cash or card.
No pets are allowed.
RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED ONLY OVER 18 YEARS or accompanied children. The apartment is ideal for families.
1. In this building families with children living
2. Avoid nuisance to neighbors
3. Is silent from 21:00
4. Remember not live alone
5. Use correctly the elevator
6. Violating the rules is cause for immediate dismissal without payment of your stay or bail.
At the exit must return all sets of keys that you were given.
The final day has to leave the apartment, at the latest, at the time of check-out described in the conditions of his apartment.
You have to respect the apartment, furniture and equipment.
It is not permitted to accommodate more people than stated in the booking contract.
The noise is prohibited after 21:00 pm, inside the apartment and also on the stairs. Please do not disturb others when opening or closing the entrance of the building and apartment. This is particularly important and not make concessions.
We do not accept stag groups celebrating or groups visiting the city to attend football matches European Championships.
No reservations are accepted from people who will carry out illegal activities or invite Ladies / company is during the stay in the apartment.
The owner or contact person reserves the right to request the signing of a contract on arrival at the apartment or to be paid the rent.
They scrupulously respect the rest of the neighbors, thus the silence will be maintained throughout the stay, especially at night, in the apartment and on the outside to come back at night under penalty of expulsion without refund of the deposit.
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The underground station is close by and it takes only 20 minutes to go to centre of Barcelona.
The kitchen equipment (pots and pans are really poor quality or damaged) but we reported that and expect that to be improved.
We had to wait for 1 hour at arrival to get the key (which was a bit of a pain) as they knew when we arrived.
The shuttle to and from the airport works fine and the check out from the apartment was also precise.
By mistake we didn't get the key to the pool area, one phone call and the key was delivered to the apartment during the day.
It is very recommendable.
We were 6 persons => 2 adults and 4 children (age 16,16,14 and 10) and we had a very nice vacation.
Only thing is that the area do not contain too many restaurants.
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Very nice appartment in a local area. The service was fine. Vi had a nice time.
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We, that is 4 adults, a third pair came for 2 days it had a great stay in Barcelona. This includes the home in Badalona has contributed. The apartment is great and equipped for 2 couples perfect. The third bedroom has "only" a bunk bed, but this is also not a huge obstacle, even very suitable for children. Otherwise, the apartment is great, because there is nothing to complain about. Only the crockery (cups, plates) and flatware) could something be added. The supermarket is only 3 minutes (out of the house out right, then left again around the corner) and the metro station "Gorg" is around 700 meters, which are comfortable to walk in 15 minutes. From there you have a great connection to the city. The only slight downside is the parking situation. It is free parking in front of the house, because if even a niche park is free, or in the wider environment where space is dependent on the roadside and there is no parking zone. For € 15 a day you can rent a space in the underground car park. Guests arriving by car should be of a higher quality, perhaps make use of this option, because if he wants to take no chances. The staff of the agency that manages this apartment was very friendly and knowledgeable. Check-in and check-out to be perfect and work on time. In the 10 days bed linen and towels were changed once. We felt very comfortable in the house and she would always rent again.
Wir, das sind 4 Erwachsene, ein drittes Paar kam für 2 Tage dazu, hatten einen tollen Aufenthalt in Barcelona. Dazu hat auch die Wohnung in Badalona beigetragen.
Die Wohnung ist toll ausgestattet und für 2 Paare perfekt geeignet. Das dritte Schlafzimmer verfügt "nur" über ein Etagenbett, dies ist aber auch kein Riesenhindernis, für Kinder sogar sehr geeignet. Sonst ist die Wohnung top, da gibt es nichts zu meckern. Lediglich das Geschirr (Tassen, Teller) und Besteck) könnten mal was ergänzt werden.
Zum Supermarkt sind es nur 3 Minuten (aus der Haustüre raus rechts, dann einmal links um die Ecke) und zur Metro-Station "Gorg" sind es rund 700 Meter, die bequem in 15 Minuten zu laufen sind. Von da aus hat man eine tolle Verbindung in die Stadt.
Einziger kleiner Wermutstropfen ist die Parkplatzsituation. Kostenlosen Parkplatz gibt es vor dem Haus, wenn denn mal eine Parknische frei ist, oder in der weiteren Umgebung, wo halt Platz am Straßenrand ist und kein Parkverbot herrscht. Für 15 € am Tag kann man einen Platz in der hauseigenen Tiefgarage mieten. Wer mit einem höherwertigen Fahrzeug anreist, sollte vielleicht von dieser Möglichkeit Gebrauch machen, wenn er denn kein Risiko eingehen will.
Das Personal der Agentur, die diese Wohnung verwaltet, war sehr freundlich und kompetent. Check-in und check-out haben perfekt und auf die Minute funktioniert. In den 10 Tagen wurden Bettwäsche und Handtücher einmal getauscht.
Wir haben uns in der Wohnung sehr wohl gefühlt und würden sie jederzeit wieder mieten.
We spent a wonderful week in the comfortable apartment. The apartment is modern and has everything you need on holiday. The pool in the plant formally invites you to swim. We spended a great week, in the confortable syled apartment. The pool in front of the apartment is nice. Thank you.
Wir haben eine wunderschöne Woche verbracht, in der komfortabel eingerichteten Wohnung. Die Wohnung ist modern und hat alles was man im Urlaub braucht. Das Pool in der Anlage lädt förmlich zum Baden ein.
We spended a great week, in the confortable syled appartement. The pool in front of the appartment is nice. Thank you.
We were not very happy with the accommodation. Blankets were dirty, had to be exchanged. Too far away from the metro. The beach one big construction site. Was far out of town.
Wir waren nicht ganz zufrieden mit der Unterkunft. Bettdecken waren schmutzig, mussten umgetauscht werden.
Zu weit von der Metro entfernt. Der Strand
eine einzige Baustelle.
War weit außerhalb der Stadt.
We had nothing but bad experiences here. When we arrived, the apartment had not been cleaned and we were told that it wouldn't be finished until 11 pm. We had problems with the parking, as our car was towed from being parked in the wrong spot (weren't told a specific place to park), etc. The location is on the metro in badalona, which is easy to get to the city but a bit far. The apartment itself was big and accommodated us well. Had issues with the airport shuttle being late and with communication at checkout. Probably just miscommunication, but would not recommend staying here.
We were a group of six people and we were very happy with the accommodation both apartment was clean, only the kitchen could sein.wer somewhat better equipped with crockery etc in Badalona should not familiar prior to arrival can send a map or else the Accommodation to find something bad. empfangen.Wir We were late on arrival despite very friendly would definitely rent this apartment again.
Wir waren eine Gruppe von sechs Leuten und wir waren sehr zufrieden mit der Unterkunft.Die Wohnung war sauber nur die Küche könnte etwas besser mit Geschirr usw ausgestattet sein.wer sich in Badalona nicht auskennt sollte sich vor der Anreise einen Stadtplan schicken lassen sonst ist die Unterkunft etwas schlecht zu finden .Wir wurden bei der Ankunft trotz Verspätung sehr freundlich empfangen.Wir würden diese Ferienwohnung auf jeden Fall wieder mieten.
Great Apartment. Ca.15min by car to the center of Barcelona Very close (5 min walk) to the sea and to the supermarket. We were sent to the apartment nice and there were tips for sightseeing,
Tolle Fewo, mit dem Auto ca.15min ins Zentrum von Barcelona. Sehr nah (5 min zu Fuß) am Meer und zum Supermarkt. Wir wurden nett in die Wohnung eingewiesen und es gab Tipps für die Stadtbesichtigung,
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'Flight' dramatizes story of first female aviators
The University of South Carolina department of theatre and dance and Pacific Performance Project/east will reprise the original play, "Flight," by professors Steven Pearson and Robyn Hunt, at Longstreet Theatre May 27-30.
Performance times are 8 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $10; discounted $7 tickets are available for students and seniors over 60. Tickets are available at the door.
Longstreet Theatre is located at 1300 Greene St. at the corner of Greene and Sumter streets.
USC professor Steven Pearson is directing the production, which was written by Hunt.
"Flight" is being produced through their performance company, Pacific Performance Project/east, with support from the USC Arts Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Pearson describes "Flight" as a "theatrical poem" that explores the thrill and daring of the first women aviators. The play's narrative follows two French actresses who are preparing to make a history-making flight from Paris to Moscow in 1913, a time when, for women, being an actress was considered improper and being an aviator was considered impossible.


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February 14, 2007
StoryCorps, in partnership with Families of September 11 and 9/11 Forward, invites you to make a StoryCorps recording (at no cost to you):
When: Thursday, March 22, 2007
Where: 9/11 Forward (formerly WTC Family Center)2277 Grand Avenue (new location)Baldwin, NY 11510
How: To make a reservation please call Margie Miller at 9/11 Forward: 516 678 2700
To learn more about StoryCorps please visit www.storycorps.netHere, you can listen to excerpts of StoryCorps interviews and find question lists to help you prepare for your recording.
StoryCorps is the national oral history project that instructs and inspires people to preserve one another's stories in sound. Through its September 11th Initiative, StoryCorps is recording:
• the life stories of those who were lost on September 11th. Family members, friends, relatives, and coworkers are all welcome to record memories of their loved ones to memorialize and celebrate the lives they lived.• the stories of survivors, firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, witnesses, volunteers, or anyone closely impacted by September 11th, in order to preserve their personal experiences for history.
At the end of the interview, you receive a CD copy of your 40-minute audio recording, which you can duplicate for family and friends. With your permission, the recording also becomes part of the StoryCorps archive at the Library of Congress and the permanent collection of the WTC Memorial Museum. You may make as many StoryCorps recordings as you wish.
From StoryCorps participant John Quinn:"I wanted to let you know that my recording went extremely well. The hour brought a lot of memories back to me about my dear friend Joyce Carpeneto, as well as some emotional moments, too. I've listened to the recording I made and I am very proud of the way it turned out…. It is so special for me to know that long after I have left this world, my words about Joyce will be preserved in the Library of Congress for future generations to hear. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."


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George Strait talks 'bittersweet' exit and gets a Garth tribute
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(Yahoo!) - George Strait was asked Monday night how he'd be spending his free time after his "Cowboy Rides Away" farewell tour wraps up in 2014. And, in his typical laconic fashion, he didn't sound like he'd given it an undue amount of thought.
"I'm still gonna do a few things. Maybe five or six things, I'm thinking, in the next few years—see what happens," he said, seemingly referring to possible live one-off events. "But I don't there'll be a 'Cowboy Rides Back In' tour or anything," he added, chuckling at the thought of a bait-and-switch comeback.
The notoriously press-shy Strait was having a very rare chat with the media backstage at the ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville, where he was being honored with the publishing rights organization's highest honor, the Founders Award. The invite-only event was capped by a tribute to Strait that featured Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Lee Ann Womacksinging a handful of his 60 No. 1 hits.
Strait is also up for Entertainer of the Year at Wednesday's CMA Awards, a category he hasn't carried since 1990 and even been nominated in since 2009. "I think everybody knows why" he made a comeback in the category, he said, alluding to the farewell tour. "It's such an honor. It's been a while. Any time you get nominated for Entertainer of the Year, which is the award of the night, it's very, very special. I'm excited about it and I'll be very nervous that night."
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Information from your City Offices | Public Announcements | Meetings/Events this Week | Things Happening Around our Community
City Wide Yard Sale
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 from 9 am to 2 pm in the MLK PARKING LOT
It's time to start planning ahead. Sign up for Sausalito's Community Yard Sale where your old goodies might be someone else's new treasures. Make some money selling what you no longer need. Please no craft vendors or food vendors allowed and only garage/rummage sale items to be sold. The City reserves the right to refuse any items it does not view as appropriate for sale at this event.
Chose your spaces size: 19' x 9' 14' x 14' 10' x 18'. Yellow Space is 16' x 9'
Cost to rent your space will be somewhere between $10 and $20, depending on location. Space choice will be given in order of registration. REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 4. Check out the SPACE MAP online: www.sausalitoyardsale.info
Haunted House Call for Volunteers
The Haunted House is planned, designed and operated all by volunteers. If you want to help out with this year's haunt, call Recreation Supervisor, Jeff Dybdal at 289.4140 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Designers, Tour Guides, Actors, & Construction Workers are all needed!
Haunted House Construction will take place Monday thru Friday (Oct. 22-26) from 4-8pm
Haunted House Hours of Operation will be Sunday, October 28 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm & Halloween Wednesday, October 31 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Haunted House Organizing Committee meets as needed to plan and prepare for the event.
Arias in the Afternoon
Arias in the Afternoon with the San Francisco Opera Singers returns. This two-hour free program is once again sponsored by the Arques Charitable Education Trust and produced by the Sausalito Parks & Recreation Department. Come enjoy the San Francisco Opera in the beautiful and picturesque setting of Gabrielson Park. Reserved V.I.P. tables will go on sale September 4. These pre-set tables will include a chilled bottle of champagne and fresh strawberries.
Event Date: October 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Place: Gabrielson Park
Cost: Residents: $75 Non Residents: $85.
Free and Discount Museum Passes
New from the Sausalito Public Library, Discover & Go provides access to free and discount museum passes that can be printed online. Click the link below to log into Discover & Go with your library card number and password. Museums available include the Bay Area Discovery Museum, the Asian Art Museum, the Exploratorium, and the Cartoon Art Museum. Additional museums will be available in the coming months. Email firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions about museum passes.
City Council to begin interviews for City boards and commissions
On Tuesday, October 9, the Sausalito City Council will interview applicants for the Trees and Views Committee. If you are interested in serving on this board, please contact the City Clerk's Office to schedule an interview. Applications are available on our website.
In addition, we are also accepting applications for many of the other Boards and Commissions such as the Historic Landmarks Board and Library Board of Trustees which have incurred recent resignations. A complete list of the City boards and commissions, along with the membership requirements can also be found on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the City Clerk at 415.289.4165.
Sausalito Village invites you to join them for their monthly featured talk.
Sausalito Village will feature a talk entitled "Family Legal Planning: Stretching Your Dollars to Pay for the Right Care at the Right Time." By elder law specialist Patricia Tobin at the Edgewater Room, Sausalito City Hall, 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, on Wednesday, October 10 at noon. Participants are advised to bring a brown bag lunch. This program is open to the community and free of charge.
Patricia Tobin specializes in Elder Law and legal planning for families. She is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust and a Certified Elder Law Attorney, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. From 2006-2012 she was selected as a "San Francisco Bay Area SuperLawyer".
The Bay Area Discovery Museum presents the 26th Annual Goblin Jamboree Fundraiser, October 13 and 14, 2012
WHAT: Celebrate the true Halloween spirit at the Annual Goblin Jamboree Fundraiser, the Bay Area's best Halloween festival for children and families. This year marks the 26th anniversary of this spooky-but-not-scary festival for the Bay Area's youngest children, ages 6 months to 8-years-old. Children and their families are invited to come in costume and explore the Bay Area Discovery Museum, transformed into a haunted wonderland complete with games, attractions, and live entertainment. Enroll in the witches' school, take a train or pony ride, visit the petting zoo and enjoy a full brew of games, activities and live entertainment. The Goblin Jamboree Fundraiser provides a safe and fun opportunity for children to partake in fabulous family fun!
The Goblin Jamboree Fundraiser is organized by the Discovery Council, an all-volunteer auxiliary. All proceeds benefit the Museum's educational programs, exhibits and community access initiatives. On Community Connections Day, Saturday October 13, 600 children and their families from Museum community partner organizations attend Goblin Jamboree with free transportation, admission, lunch, and a special goodie bag. Private donations help provide these families access to the Museum and a safe, fun and educational place to celebrate Halloween.
WHEN: Saturday, October 13 & Sunday, October 14, 2012
10 a.m. to - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker
TICKETS: Tickets are available online and at the door. All activities are included.
Members $13; General $15. Children under age 6 months are free.
SPONSOR BREAKFAST: Get a jump on the fun with a buffet breakfast including special entertainers and early access to the Museum and Goblin Jamboree on Sunday, October 14.
Ticket prices start at $200 for a family of four. Contact the Museum for tickets and more information.
CONTACT: For more information, please call (415) 339-3900 or visit www.baykidsmuseum.org/goblin
SAUSALITO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES NIGHT will be held Monday, October 15 from 7-9 PM in the Community Room of the Spinnaker Restaurant. The doors will open at 6:30 PM.
The event is moderated by the League of Women Voters and sponsored by the Sausalito Woman's Club. All candidates for the Sausalito City Council have been invited to participate.
The format for the evening includes a prepared statement from the candidates. They will also respond to two questions that reflect current issues. In addition, audience members are encouraged to submit written questions that will be posed to the candidates by the moderator.
Please join the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce, local businesses and residents at "Celebrate Sausalito" Awards Gala on Friday, October 26th at 6pm at The Spinnaker restaurant.
The theme this year is "Everyone's a Star" so we encourage you to come as your favorite Hollywood Celebrity, walk the red carpet and pose for the camera. Top billing includes 3 Course Dinner with Wine Music & Dancing with Jim Gabbert of TV 20 Fame, Academy Awards for Business Silent Auction (versus silent film!) MGM Grand Raffle.
Single Ticket Price - $135
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AMD Discontinues Monthly Driver Updates, Releases Catalyst 12.6 Betaby Ryan Smith on 6/1/2012 9:00 AM EST
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ShadeZeRO - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI gave up hope with AMD and their drivers a LONGGGGG time ago. Reply
dmk2000 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkGood for you.
I in fact, unlikw you, I like AMD drivers and cards, they come long way in few years. Newer had any issues in past few years I'm using AMD cards.
Now, this is a good news. Reply
aegisofrime - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI upgraded to a 7850 from a GTX 460 and regretted it. It brought two major issues:
- Flickering of the screen when playing Flash games; I googled it and it seems that it's caused by the GPU switching between clock speeds
- The GPU occasionally not waking up from sleep, leaving me with no recourse but to press the reset button on my casing
- This is likely apply to very little of you, but my 7850 does motion interpolation of videos slower than the GTX 460 for some reason. I won't blame AMD for this, it's probably the software not optimized. Still, the first two issues are enough to make me be wary of AMD in the future. Reply
cknobman - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkIt baffles me that people have these obscure problems like the ones you are describing as I have been a ATI/AMD user for over a decade and never anything like this.
And I have built platforms based on both Intel and AMD cpus and the only thing I have not tried is a crossfire configuration.
I have only ever built a single platform on an Nvidia graphics card and strangely enough the card died on me after 3 years (the only graphics card I have ever had die on me). Reply
aegisofrime - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThe second problem, the GPU not waking up is not that obscure. Google for "7850 not waking up" and you'll see a few others have experienced it. Reply
soloburrito - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThe sleep issue is fixed in 12.6 in addition to a couple of other long-standing 7-series issues.
I'm running a 7970 now and have zero problems. The 560 Ti I owned previously had a problem for about a month where the driver would randomly crash just sitting at the desktop or web browsing. Nvidia isn't immune from drive problems either. Reply
UpSpin - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI own a 560 TI and it worked fine when I bought it, but since two months or so, I have the mentioned bug. I watch a video and the card freezes. And I also exprienced some driver crashes since day one. I think both NVidia and AMD have issues, so none is really better. Reply
kkwst2 - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkIt is funny. I'm in the camp with multiple good nVidia experiences, except for some occasional driver issues. I've had one ATI and one AMD card and have had hadware issues with each one. One failed completely and the other had overheating issues that would cause a crash during gaming. I know it is probably just bad luck, but I really feel compelled to stick with nVidia now... Reply
gbTephlon - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkI'm in the same boat. I LOVED AMD as a processor company back when they were sticking it to Intel in the price/performance, but was sad to see them buy up ATI. I understand it may have been a smart business move, but I have historically loathed ATI's drivers and the cards I have had to support since their purchase didn't seem to be any better.
I'm sure it's all the luck of the draw, but I have had historically no issues with nvidia cards and drivers and plenty to speak of from AMD/ATI. And not just in the gaming space, the laptops and desktops I support at work with AMD cards seem to always have the craziest resolution/multimontior/monitor switching issues I never encounter with the nvidia variety. That said, I would agree that neither is perfect, but for me personally I still haven't found an ATI driver I liked. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkNo nVidia isn't immune entirely, but the difference is like the last 15 years nVidia Olympic Gold Medalists lined up against amd Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome halfway house soup kitchen goers.
Gold Medals vs AIDS.
hahhahaha oh yes. Reply
g101 - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkOh boy, the troll returns. EVERY SINGLE article that has anything to do with AMD, and this kid/***** cogburn shows up.
Apart from writing unintelligible rubbish, you have never actually said anything worthwhile.
Really, what the ****?. Do you have absolutely nothing to do?
Anyways, although I've found certain anadtech articles to be suffering from highly questionable testing procedures and data analysis, Ryan Smith actually knows what he's talking about. Reply
Granseth - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkFor me the solution was to uninstall Trixx or Afterburner (don't remember wich), and everything was OK again.
And I can understand peoples frustration wit AMD sometimes, and there might be more problems there than with nVidia, but I am not satisfied with any of them. But hopefully in the future sometime it will all be excellent :) Reply
setzer - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYes, that is an issue that has been a bane of dynamic voltage switching cards since the probably the 5xxx series, as up to that point the memory voltage was the same.
A solution for your problem, although not optimal is getting a bios (or altering your card bios) and disable memory voltage switching (use RBE if your card is supported), another solution is trying to return your card and switch for other brand.
And I should note that this is also a problem on NVIDIA cards.
My opinion is that there's poor quality control on the components being used by some manufacturers for some ranges of cards. Although it's also possible that your problem is originated on bad system ram or a bad psu (and yes I know it is a pain when people say that and you check and it's fine).
The cards themselves are great when you don't have any problems and a really sad problem is that for some reason (well I can think of a few reasons) publications or review sites are never plagued by these issues... Reply
taken0prisoners - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYour loss dude Reply
thunderising - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkactually yours. AMD driver updates do not cause insane screen flickering, or overheating and possible melting of my GPUs, like nVidia's
Ooops, I said it! Reply
silverblue - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkIsn't he replying to the OP? If so, you're actually in agreement with him. Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkImmature fanboy prick. Reply
Homeles - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkYou seem like you've got maturity issues as well. Reply
Assimilator87 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkEh, nVidia's no saint either. It took them six months to fix an issue with their cards being stuck at 2D clocks after running F@H and the silent stream bug on GF100 cards is a problem that has persisted for over a year with no fix in sight. Threw in a 6970 to replace my 470 and 465 and it works flawlessly with my receiver. Reply
Sufo - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkhaha, yeah I'm with you. As a long time owner of multiple ati and nvidia cards, I'll say that my experience has led me to believe that AMD drivers are consistently more problematic. I currently run 5850s in xfire and they have been an absolute nightmare. Doesn't help that my 2 biggest games over the past 3 years have been BC2 and BF3 - but these aren't the only ones where I've been scuppered by shitty drivers.
Fanboys who want to justify their purchases always charge into these discussions to the cries of "BUT THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY" and yes, they have, but they still suck. Fixes are too slow to come out. xfire profiles will be released with bugs time after time.
I realise that the current slew of nvidia cards have had troubles with drivers, but as far as I can tell they vast majority of these issues have been with multi-monitor displays. I lived off a 7950 gtx for the longest time, a time when I was gaming muuuch more than I am now and I never _once_ encountered a game specific driver bug. I'm now moving back to nvidia, despite having supposedly experienced AMD at its new "peak" and despite the worrying reports of issues with the 6xx series. I guess that says it all. Reply
Malih - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkregardless of manufacturers, based on my experience multi GPU setup has the most issues,
so you might want to consider that because your previous 7950GTX setup was a single GPU setup before deciding on AMD/nVidia,
check carefully which driver is better in the case of multi GPU. Reply
Spunjji - Friday, June 01, 2012 - link*yawn* Reply
Golgatha - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkMe too. I can almost guarantee they'll take 2-3 months for each release and they still won't be able to write a stable set of drivers to save their collective asses. Reply
hansmuff - Thursday, June 07, 2012 - linkI gave up on NVIDIA drivers after they messed up fan control and killed large swaths of cards, my 8800GTS512 included.
THAT was an example of real failure. If a game has problems for a month, I can live with that. But the fanbois like sweeping this particular one under the rug, and it killed cards. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkJust bought a laptop with a 2670QM and a Radeon 7670M. Terrible driver support. AMD won't recognize it and the only driver is from Acer and weighs in at 380MB. You also have to manually copy over several files in order to get 64-bit OpenGL support, otherwise all 64-bit OGL applications crash upon execution. Also, the switchable graphics is spotty at best.
NVIDIA from now on. Being able to use one driver package for all GPUs - and have it work - is worth paying more. Reply
ShieTar - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkNot really specifically an AMD topic. I had a laptop with a nVidia Go 440 a few years ago, which also was completely unsupported by nVidia drivers. Not much either nVidia or AMD can do if somebody decides to buy their chips and build them into a custom graphics card that is not supported by their drivers. Reply
prophet001 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkthis Reply
Dribble - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI think it is specifically an AMD problem.
As I understand it for mobile with AMD you have to get driver updates from the maker of your laptop (e.g. acer). This means that it can take for ever to get fixes.
With nvidia you just download the standard driver package from nvidia released at the same time as the desktop ones.
This is the reason I stick to nvidia in any laptop I buy. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkIt is not specifically an AMD problem, unfortunately. There are plenty of laptops that require vendor specific drivers on both sides.
Also remember that we have nVidia to thank for an entire generation of failing mobile GPUs resulting in a class-action lawsuit being required for any resolution to happen.
There have been plenty of missteps from both suppliers. No-one is immune. For the average user to say "ATI drivers suck" as a blanket statement ignores a lot of great products with no issues. It also ignores the issues nVidia has had, sometimes with drivers, sometimes with hardware, in their own products.
Not being an early adopter of either vendor's products is a wise move, but it's possible to get burned either way. Reply
Penti - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkThat is true for any gpu, Intel, AMD or nVidia. Blame the vendor. Updated drivers are vital, you won't even be able to upgrade/update Windows otherwise. Reply
thunderising - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkDownload AMD's Mobility Catalyst Driver from the website will you.
Do that before complaining. Reply
DigitalFreak - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI see we have a fanboi in-da-house! Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYup. Unfortunately, it sounds like NathanAndrews bought a laptop with AMD's switchable graphics. That explains the 380MB drivers (you get a package with both Intel's iGPU drivers and AMD's Radeon drivers rolled into one). NVIDIA addressed this problem with Optimus Technology, and other than brand new laptops that might miss a release or two, you can install their driver updates on any recent laptop. You can also install Intel's driver updates separately from NVIDIA's drivers. Until AMD fixes this issue, I have been warning people about the driver problem with AMD switchable graphics. Caveat emptor. Reply
Penti - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkThey can still require vendor specific Intel drivers I guess. They still have lots of problems with updating the graphics drivers too. But things should be improving. There is always issues buying notebooks in this regard. Nvidia reserves a mention I guess, but not praise here. Any switchable graphics is still a pain in GNU/Linux. Reply
A5 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThis has always been an issue with laptops. Nothing new or unique to AMD there. Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkWrong. See above. NVIDIA has not had this issue with Optimus laptops for two years now. This is only an AMD issue. NVIDIA also has support from all the major OEMs for their Verde drivers; Sony, HP, and possibly others do not always participate in AMD's driver program (e.g. even if you don't have switchable graphics). Reply
mangatron - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYou should have been paying attention to something interesting at the driver download page (http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Page...
"The following notebooks are not compatible with this tool:
Notebooks equipped with switchable graphics "
Whether or not they meant only the 3 manufacturers listed is something I am unsure of, but it is separated from them, and the fact is your laptop appears to be one with switchable graphics so your computer needs some extra work done. I am not sure, but I think you need to install the drivers for the IGP, turn it off, and then install the ATI ones. Look it up, and remember that manufacturers do lock down their hardware, as I have learned the hard way with a Sony Vaio. Reply
Makaveli - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkIf you weren't such a noob your post would be taken seriously.
Not of the mobile providers allow you to use stock drivers you have to get them from the vendor. This hasn't changed in forever, there are unofficial hacks and what not to load other drivers but they aren't supported by the vendor.
I have this same issue with my Sony Vaio Z sony only provides drivers from 2010. I however am not like you and have found a workaround to run newer drivers on my laptop.
O and my Vaio has Hybrid intel and NV gpu and I still had to do this workaround so I don't where you go going with this i'm gonna switch to nv and not deal with it on a laptop.
Do your research or shut up! Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkHow about you do YOUR research. Any laptop with manually switchable graphics needs drivers from the laptop vendor -- Sony in your case. If you have a discrete only GPU from AMD or NVIDIA, you can use their reference drivers. If you have a laptop with NVIDIA Optimus Technology (dynamically switchable graphics), you can also use NVIDIA's reference drivers.
For someone telling people to "Do your research or shut up!" you're unfortunately about two years behind the current standard:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2934/nvidia-optimus-... Reply
Makaveli - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkJarred that is what I said. He needs to use the drivers from the laptop vendor and not AMD or NV.
I'm aware of the optimus driver situation on the newer models that support it. Anything previous to that requires the vendor drivers.
JarredWalton - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThe problem is you also said, "Not of the mobile providers allow you to use stock drivers you have to get them from the vendor." Assuming that was "none" and not "not", there's misinformation there and that's what I'm trying to avoid spreading. :-p Reply
Makaveli - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYou are correct i should have used a difference choice of words.
my bad :) Reply
haplo602 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkSorry Jarred but you are wrong.
I had an HP laptop in the past (6510b or so) with only an Intel IGP. The Intel driver refused to install and I had to get an HP one.
That was a pure Intel computer, no switchable graphics discreet GPU.
ANY of t he graphics vendors web site will tell you to get mobile drivers from the computer manufacturer. Some may have drivers that work, but usually that's not the case. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThe issue remains - NVIDIA solved the issue of mobile drivers years ago by rolling all dekstop and mobile drivers into one release. AMD has not. I knew this going in, that I would need to use the manufacturer's driver, but I didn't expect the poor 64-bit OGL support and clunky switchable interface. Reply
Marburg U - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkFor what is my experience in recent times, in the Mobile world, there are only a few "secure" spots where to stand. Nvidia optimus, Amd APUs, and eventually intel HD graphics (in between 945 Express and HD 2000 things may get ugly....).
For all the rest, do it at your own risk. Reply
jabber - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkThats probably more to do with choices Acer made than AMD.
It's not a case of AMD wont recognise it, ACER modified it that way so they wouldn't.
Seen quite a few Nvidia laptop GPUs that wouldn't use the standard drivers either and would only take the 4 year old Acer/Asus/Dell/HP ones.
Remember MS/AMD/Nvidia make great hardware and software.
It's just ACER/ASUS/HP/DELL/Toshiba/Fujitsu etc. screw it all up with crazy decisions and crapware. Reply
bobsmith1492 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkSo, THAT's why AMD's driver updater has been so annoying. It seems like left and right the updater pops up "New update!" Then it's a massive download (for my DSL line anyway) and hogs the bandwidth and requires restarts and all that. In my opinion it's a dumb idea. Why release on a schedule? Release when needed. Reply
scaramoosh - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkGood news because their drivers has been what are holding them back the most.
I hope they turn it around and bring them up to Nvidia quality. Reply
AnnihilatorX - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkQUOTE: Importantly for non-technical users however this means that they maintain the date in the driver number, making it easy to tell whether a driver is recent or not.
Now I feel ashamed, with my friend two. We are technical users and we did not realise 12.4 meant 2012, Apr... Reply
AnnihilatorX - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkEDIT: two -> too* Reply
JarredWalton - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYou can also get information on the driver build date from AMD's drivers. For example, I have a desktop running Catalyst 12.1 drivers that reports a driver package of "8.93-111205a-132104C-ATI". The important part is the second set of numbers. 111205a is a package build from 2011, December 05 -- so basically it had a month of testing before officially releasing in Jan 2012.
For desktops running reference drivers, this isn't all that useful, but on laptops it certainly is. A Sony VAIO SE as another example doesn't report a Catalyst build but the driver package is "8.862.4.4-111222a-134541C-Sony". So that build is from 2011, December 22. At least, that's my understanding of the numbers. :-) Reply
jeremyshaw - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkYeah, even with the later updates (May 2012 got one for the S lineup), it's mostly just Sony product related bugfixes (i.e, the 3D screen filter addon), and the build date remains the same for the core AMD driver. Reply
dagamer34 - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkVideo card drivers are like hard drives, everyone claims to have been burned by one manufacturer and moved to someone else. Reply
bryanb - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThe actual driver is only a few megabytes. Over 150+ MB of the package is the extremely bloated .NET based Catalyst Control Center. Reply
Ryan Smith - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkBasic display drivers; 104MB
OpenCL Drivers: 25MB
Various video encode/decode packages: 10MB
Visual C++ Redistributable: 18MB
CCC: 62MB Reply
Penti - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkThe CCC size is crazy. That the actual drivers is pretty complex is a given now though. Lots of stuff there, multiple architectures and whatever. D3D9-11, DirectCompute, OpenGL, DXVA, gamefixes and more. I believe the OGL driver in AMD's drivers is about 18MB itself. Mobile devices are lucky to have less legacy to support. Reply
nubie - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkThe drivers don't need to be this big you know.
I don't want bundled physics and compute, not to mention the god-awful mess that is the driver control panel and 3 or 4!!! background apps running full time and crashing.
What happened to drivers that just freaking worked? Also if you can measure the time it takes to change a setting in the control panel with a sand timer there is something horribly wrong.
Not to mention that I can't even remove CCC because I switched back to the Intel HD, and then an nVidia card, but still get a damn failure message every time I had to use Regedit to remove.
Still don't understand how 30mb of driver and 140mb of crapware is necessary? Reply
ltcommanderdata - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkSince they've missed the Cat 12.5 release and Cat 12.5 was supposed to be the final monthly driver for the HD2000/3000/4000 series and the basis for future legacy drivers what does this mean? Is Cat 12.5 still coming? Reply
Ryan Smith - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI just got confirmation from AMD that 12.5 has been canceled entirely. It appears that 12.6 is what 12.5 would have been, but without support for legacy GPUs.
At this point I do not know what this means for legacy users. It seems unlikely that AMD will include support for legacy users with the WHQL version of 12.6. In which case it may be a few months until AMD releases an irregular Catalyst legacy driver. Reply
Wreckage - Friday, June 01, 2012 - linkI've been saying for a long time that their marketing driven driver release schedule has been detrimental to their quality.
Release drivers when they are done, not when your marketing dept says so. Reply
Spjut - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkI really hope AMD's DX10/10.1 GPUs will get support for DX11 multithreaded rendering, so they at least get the same features supported, that Nvidia's equivalents have
It's a shame when Nvidia's Geforce 8 cards(DX10) supports features that AMD's more
advanced HD4000 cards(DX10.1) don't
Regarding the ending of the monthly updates, I see where they are coming from Reply
ggathagan - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkIt doesn't work that way.
You can't add a DX11 feature that is not supported by DX10/10.1 hardware.
Moreover, as mentioned in this article, AMD is in the process of moving DX10 cards to legacy status.
Neither MS nor the GPU designers will be doing any further development for DX10.
That said, there are some features that both DX10 and 11 support that are not supported by DX9, e.g., Shader Model 4.
As such, if a game offers you a choice between DX9 settings and DX11 settings, the latter may still be preferable if you have a DX10/10.1 card. Reply
Spjut - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkAnandtech's own The power of DirectX 11 article mentions that multithreaded rendering is one of the features that can be carried over to DX10/10.1 GPUs
This is taken from that article
"The fact that Microsoft has planned multi-threading support for DX11 games running on DX10 hardware is a major bonus. The only caveat here is that AMD and NVIDIA will need to do a little driver work for their existing DX10 hardware to make this work to its fullest extent "
Nvidia already supports it as well, on both their DX10/10.1 and DX11 GPUs
It's because of AMD's DX10/10.1 cards moving to legacy that I whine about this, there is no reason to make them legacy and stop updating them with new features, when their DX10/10.1 cards still don't support all the features they can support...
Isn't it lame that Nvidia's first DX10 card supports multithreaded rendering, when AMD's latest/strongest DX10.1 card does not(nor their DX11 cards for that matter)? Reply
ET - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkDX11 has features which are the result of a new driver model and don't require newer hardware. Reply
ET - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkOn second thought, don't AMD DX10.1 drivers already use the new driver model? They've been in the same Catalyst package until now. The DX9 cards didn't get an upgrade, but DX10? Reply
Ryan Smith - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkUnder Windows 7 their DX10 and DX11 cards use WDDM 1.1 and will continue to do so. Under Windows 8 their DX11 cards will use WDDM 1.2. Reply
tiro_uspsss - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkI, for the longest time, was a big fan of ATi/AMD GPUs. Only ever had one driver issue (until recently) when using them over the better part of a decade.
A couple months back I had some issues that really pee'd me of.. so I changed sides to see what its like. WOW! I have a ANCIENT 7300LE which Nvidia actually still writes drivers for! :O in contrast: AMD now want to move DX10 cards to 'legacy'... WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?!?! seriously.. get a grip AMD! >:( Reply
ET - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkDoes NVIDIA really still updates the drivers for these cards? I know they're part of the driver bundle, but I'd be surprised if they get any driver TLC. Reply
Spjut - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkNvidia's Windows 8 driver claims to support even the Geforce 6 series, so they must do some work at least even on those old cards
As it is now for "legacy" AMD users, they won't even get a CCC in Windows 8 however... Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkAs always, nVidia is so much better, it is with disbelief that the truth is met. Reply
g101 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkWhat a ****ing idiot.
You should honestly of been banned months (or maybe years) ago. Those whining about 10.1 multi-threaded support: seriously? Are you that incredibly ignorant or just playing dumb?
The level of understanding from cogburn and his crew is incredibly insufficient. Angering, in fact. Reply
Spjut - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkIf you weren't incredibly ignorant(or just playing dumb), you would perhaps come to understand that some of us don't like it when our hardware is capable of something but doesn't get the support for it.
Is it fair that Nvidia's earliest DX10 cards have gotten multithreaded support, while AMD's more advanced DX10.1 cards never will? Of course some of us are pissed.
If you have an AMD DX11 card you might as well get pissed too, because they haven't gotten support for it either right now.
Add also to that that AMD's Windows 8 driver for these "legacy" will be the "In-the-box AMD Graphics driver". Since when has such a driver ever included the CCC?
Nvidia's Windows 8 driver however, says it's supported even on the Geforce 6 series! Reply
tecknurd - Saturday, June 02, 2012 - linkI have used ATI graphics in the past and their drivers and software is pathetic from a reputable company. The drivers crash the system when Windows runs. The software that they include for All-in-Wonder or VIVO models, have tons of reliability issues that I had to use third-party software to use the features of the cards. The MPEG-2 decoder has a reliability issue because it is related to the drivers. Then when I used the same ATI card in Linux, it just works with out any problems.
ATI gave me a lot of run-around to just update because it supposed to fix my problem. Now AMD is changing the company they bought, ATI, to wait until the driver versions are matured to be used in production system. This is a smart move for AMD graphics. I may buy AMD graphics to test their all talk is action. Though it better be all models not just enthusiast models. Reply
Sogekihei - Sunday, June 03, 2012 - linkIt's my understanding that generally the people working on a Linux port of a graphics driver also dabble in or are heavily involved in developing the various brandings of the OS, to a much greater extent than AMD could know about Windows' internal workings; likewise on Mac OSX systems the drivers are ported by people that know the inner workings of the OS. I think it's because they have access to the source and/or documentation for the OS' structural code that they can make the same driver (correct me if I'm wrong but I assume Apple and Linux devs don't code drivers from scratch) work much better than its Windows implementation.
I would advise against buying AMD products just because they changed the development schedule for their Windows graphics drivers. If you have other reasoning behind such a decision then go for it, but if you just have money to burn try something more productive like starting a business or aiding a charity. Reply
Glibous - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkChipset - I wonder how this is going to affect chipset driver releases. They were on a similar release schedule. Frequent chipset drivers weren't really needed anyways.
Graphics - Hopefully we won't see problems similar to the Skyrim tearing problem in Catalyst 12.3 (Even though it's rare to see that happen). Even though it was easy to work around the problem at the time (Disable AA in-game, enable in CCC), the average user/gamer would go into a panic and bring their system in for service (Good for business, bad for AMD's image).
Anyways I hope this new release method works out for AMD's coders. More Q/A never hurt. Reply
bhima - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - link12.4 was pretty bad... glad I didn't upgrade to it. Now AMD can focus on actually testing their drivers before launching them. Reply
WaauBau - Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - link1st. of all i would say that i love this site. Keep up the good work guys.
2nd. I don't understand people that say they have been burnt when buying an AMD or NVIDIA product !!!
They only deliver the chip's and drivers. All the other manufacturer's like ASUS, XFX, EVGA, BFG and so on. They design the actual hardware you buy.
I have built alot of custom made pc's and yes there are some of them that have issues, but drivers aren't the major issue, usually the problem starts when hardware, cooling or power consumption design is bad on these cards and after that it's air flow/Heat in enclosure.
No manufacturer has a 100% yield, so bad cards will always reach the customer.
Both AMD & NVIDIA have been ok in releasing drivers, always a little behind schedule of course :)
I love them both (NVIDIA & AMD) and i choose the GPU after what the system has to be used for.
In my systems almost everything gets custom made cooling. Standard = Failure, after extreem usage. :) Reply


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In Australia private homebirth remains unfunded and uninsured and publicly funded homebirth models are not widely available. Doulas are increasingly hired by women for support during childbirth and freebirth (birth intentionally unattended by a health professional) appears to be on the rise. The recently released Improving Maternity Services in Australia The Report of the Maternity Services Review (MSR) exclude homebirth from the funding and insurance reforms proposed. Drawing on recent research we argue that homebirth has become a casualty of a broken maternity system. The recent rise in the numbers of women employing doulas and choosing to birth at home unattended by any health professional we argue is in part a consequence of not adequately meeting the needs of women for continuity of midwifery care and non-medicalised birthing options. (click here to download the full article)Many women who seek me out as a midwife do so because of a horrible birth in the "maternity system". What reasons did you or would you choose a homebirth over a birth in hospital?


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