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REVIEW - Sennheiser CX500, CX300, Sony MDR-EX35, V-Moda Bass Freq, Creative EP830
UPDATED! - RHA MA350s
So for the review scroll to the bottom, the rest are other IEM's I've used.
Just to note, i've been using all pairs with a Sony E-series Walkman as well as with my computer.
Sennheiser CX300 - £17.99 Amazon
When i first got these buds i was pleasantly surprised at their sleek design and discreteness. The buds them selves are comfortable yet sturdy, which is nice compared to some other very flimsy buds. The buds come in the three sizes and i'm sure will fit anybody's ear. These earphones have the right bud longer than the left, to go around the neck, i personally like this merely due to the fact that when i wrap the wires around my player, the longer one goes round another time holding it all in place
I do have to note a couple gripes however, the one longer side does mean all the weight of the 'phones (the little that there is) is supported upon the left wire, which means especially when walking, the left side gets dragged down.
One other thing, mine stopped working! The left side lost nearly all volume compared to the right and wouldn't work with any device, so reliability doesn't seem too strong.
Anyway, sound....
I have to say, after reading reviews on these with people raving about the bass, i was slightly disappointed. Even if the seal of the buds is just right, there isn't a huge amount of bass, however, with a little fix with the players EQ, you can get some reasonable bass levels, and the bass that is there is very tight and not 'muddy' at all. One thing i have to say is that in a car or train, the bass totally disappears, something to note if thats what you'll need the 'phones for.
On a brighter note, the mids and highs are fantastic, especially with some tweaks in the EQ, you can get good clarity, and the highs really bring out things like cymbals and voice well, but can be a bit harsh.
I'd say these 'phones can prove for a very pleasurable listening experience if in a quite environment, especially for the price.
Pro's - Nice build quality, design and size
- Very nice mids
- Bass is tight
Con's - Not as much bass as some would like
- Bass is not audible in trains/cars
- Sometimes harsh
- Reliability issues
V-Moda bass freq - £19.99 Amazon
When opening the package for these i was also pleasantly surprised at their size, seeing as they looked much bulkier in the picture. However in terms of design i'm not too sure about the silvery bits as they make them look a bit cheap.
The buds them selves are very similar to the CX-300's, comfortable yet sturdy and come in 3 sizes. Another nice feature is that the jack is gold so it will provide a better connection, although i'd much prefer a right angled jack as they tend to last longer. The wires on these don't seem as well made as the CX-300's, but no problems yet. With the moda's, both buds have the same length wires, but its up to you if thats a good thing or not. These also come with the 'modawrap', which is apparently for wrapping up the wires so they don't get tangled, but it doesn't seem much use to me really, as wrapping them round my player works just as well.
Well, 'It does what it says on the tin' in essence, there is much more bass with these than the CX'300's, but again the bass is quite tight. The bass survives better than the 'heisers in the car or train, i think due to the fact that there is simply more of it, and that the seal of the silicon buds is slightly more effective at noise reduction. So overall, a very pleasing bass experience.
However, where i was a bit disappointed was where the CX-300's were best, the mids and highs aren't so great. On flat EQ the highs and high-mids just aren't clear enough and don't bring out voice and cymbals nicely like the CX-300's do. With some EQ tweaks you can improve this, but the highs need boosting quite a lot. With the Moda's, the different parts of the audio seems to jumble up together unlike the CX-300's which is a shame, but saying that, its not bad at delivering the highs, i just wish it was as good as the Sennheisers, because with that coupled with its amazing bass, these would really be excellent all round earphones. It seems as though V-Moda just got all over excited about their bass and forgot about the rest!
Pros - Great bass
- Small and light
- Works well in noisy environments
Cons - Highs and high-mids could do with refining
- Build and design seems a bit cheap
Skullcandy Smokin Buds - £16.99 - Amazon.co.uk
First impression:
The neat little package arrived this morning and i was pleasantly suprised at the ease of opening it was, compared to other plastic packaging (just a note to people who may want to return the product in-tact).
The phones come with 3 sizes of rubber buds like the other two. I have to say however i feel these are LESS comfortable than the CX300's and the V-moda's, the rubber them selves have embossed logo's on which make it slightly uncomfortable, and the plastic housing of the bud itself is slightly too intrusive. However, still comfortable, and they sit in the ear pretty well too.
The wire's on these are longer than the V-moda's or CX300's, about half a foot longer, and both leads are the same length. What is good about them however is there is virtually no noise from the wires hitting your clothes which is great, and was a big draw back of especially the CX300's.
The jack is gold and plastics seem of good quality. The general feel of these buds are sleek and stylish, and a bit more discrete than the V-moda's. Overall, Skullcandy did well with the deisgn of this.
Now, onto more important matters, SOUND.
I've been trying to use these buds to test with many types of audio scenarios. I've tested with big bass hip-hop, electronica, alternative/rock, bassy metal, thrashy metal, classical, male vocals, female vocals and acoustic guitar.
Bass was pretty good with these, although there isnt a whole amount of bass with these (compared with the very bass heavy V-moda's) the bass is well defined and stays solid, (big amounts of bass can be found from using bass boost if your player has it) I tested this by listening to Metallica's black album to see how the bass drum cut through the mix.
The mids and highs however seem to 'smush' together a bit though, therefore the clarity and presense suffers. Vocals and hi-hats just dont seem to seem so alive or present through these 'phones, certainly not as well as the CX300's. Due to the lack of highs and mid/high definition, there seems some quality lacking on that front.
Male vocals sound pretty good though, but female vocals just dont sound as crisp as they could.
Overall i feel the sound leaves an impression that the dynamic and frequency range seems a little narrow, and doesnt give the feel of true high quality sound. However despite this, the sound is by no means bad, it's certainly plenty good enough to enjoy any type of music on and does most songs justice, especially the more complex bass in songs.
- Decent, well defined bass
- Good design and quality
- Sits in ears well and no cable noise
- Lack of highmids/highs cuts presence and overall audio quality
- Life span, these only lasted me a few months, disappointing.
Creative EP-830 - £15.50 - Amazon.co.uk
I'll start out by saying i wasn't expecting much from these buds, not sure why, but seeing as I've got a creative player, and these are creative, i think i felt as though these were stock type buds, i ventured on anyway to see how they performed.
The box and packaging was a good start, no need to cut open anything or break any seals, worth a mention in-case you would want to return them!
First impressions where that the wires feel nice. Unlike the plastic used on the Vmodas and Skull's, these have the same rubbery and high quality feel as the Senn's. However, i wasn't so impressed with the physical design of the buds themselves, they are pretty plastic'y and don't feel high quality at all. They have equal length leads, which i think is best, and the gold plated jack is straight, which is best for me too. I'd say these are the least discrete of the 4, they are quite large and sit in your ear in such a way that they stick out quite a bit. Despite this the rubber buds feel comfortable, and they sit in the ear very well, i'd say these provide the best noise isolation of the 4. These perform very well in wind i found, the Skull's were almost impossible to hear when walking in a breeze, these are fine though. The wires don't make much noise as they touch your clothes either, which is a problem the Senn's suffered from.
Overall, very comfortable and good noise canceling, good for walking/running. Some work on the aesthetics would be good though.
Okay, sound. I had read that the creatives didn't have a lot of bass, but i have to say, especially with some EQ tweaks, there is quite a bit of it (especially with bass'y EQ), and its good! I'd say there's a similar amount of bass to the Vmoda's, but i find it quite a bit tighter, listening to songs with powerful drums and fast double bass drumming for example show how defined the bass on these is. I was impressed.
However, the first thing i noticed was a big mid-cut, and this makes some music sound quite 'closed-in', i guess i mean they don't sound very open. Thankfully, some tweaks with your EQ will greatly improve this, a slight boost of mids really brings everything out, and the sound spectrum feels more open.
High's are good with these, less high-boost is required with these than with the Skullz or Vmoda's, female voice and cymbals sound crisp but not harsh.
Overall, i have to say i was pleasantly surprised with how these sound, they don't really suffer in any area. Strangely, i'm pretty sure that these are louder than the other pair's, by quite a bit, i have to listen to music at 15 when walking with the other pairs, but on these level 9 was plenty, not sure why. All in all they give a very 'pleasant' sound, and they give a good balance, just good quality sound.
OVERALL i really like these, great value.
They are almost the most comfortable along with Sony, best at noise isolation, feel good quality and i'm pretty sure they sound the best overall.
I'd recommend these over the Skullcandy's any day, and i'd be happy to recommend these over the more expensive CX300's and Vmoda's without hesitation. Overall probably not quite as good as the Sony's, due to their size/comfort.
- Comfortable and good noise cancellation
- Overall capable of great sound
- Not very discrete and a bit chunky.
- Out of the box not enough mid's.
Sony MDREx35Lpb - £12.17 Amazon.co.uk
Name quite a mouthful... but I was quite keen to try these out, as I've always liked Sony's products. So got a good price off amazon.
Arrived in a easy to open box, with three bud sizes as normal. What nice is they are colour coded making pairing/spotting them easy.
First thing I noticed is they are very compact, much smaller than the creatives, and hardly protrude out the ear at all. They seem relatively solid, although their small size makes them feel a bit delicate.
The cable (both same length) is similar to the Vmoda plastic, not the nice rubbery kind you find on the Senn's or Creatives.
The buds fit in the ear very well indeed, I'd say these are the most comfortable and noticeable yet, I have these In about 6 hours every day and never get any ache or itch.
Low cable and wind noise which is good for walking in. However, buyers must remember these AREN'T noise canceling, and aren't supposed to be. So you hear quite a lot of outside noise compared to the rest of the NC buds I've reviewed, up to you whether you like it. Saying that they are quiet enough to enjoy your music at a safe volume.
I was kinda expecting nothing special from these due to their price, but they do sound very good.
The Sony's are probably best where all the others lack, which is the high-end definition and clarity. You'll hear a lot more detailed sound from these, with well balanced highs without being harsh, which provide a nice HQ sound that is pleasant.
Not a whole lot of bass with these, similar to the Senn's I guess, but as with most earphones some EQ fixing can help. These were the only pair I've had where I felt activating the Bassboost on my ZEN was required. But saying that, with it on they do sound very nice indeed, not muddy at all.
I actually have it set to disco with bass boost on funnily enough!
An area where these earphones are great is gaming, the clear and defined sound means sound on games like Call Of Duty, where all sorts of different sounds are going off simultaneously, it all stays intact and sounds great. An explosion going off, with guns firing, you can still hear that bullet swipe past your head.. and you just don't get that clarity when listening on standard TV/Computer speakers.
Bass does drop quite a bit in noisy environments unfortunately, which I guess is due to the less comprehensive sealing. However you still have the nice clarity in all environments, so I can't complain.
Overall the sound is great for earphones this price, I tried a more expensive pair from Sony, and I much prefer these, more clarity and MUCH more comfortable. I'm trying to decide If I prefer these over the creatives in terms of sound, but I'd probably say creative have the edge.
Roundup... I really like these, mainly because of their size and comfort, they stay in the ear very well with no side-affects. Sound is very good, a well balanced range, and makes listen for long periods of time (like me, I often listen to many albums one after the other non stop) painless and enjoyable.
Are they better than my previous favorites the creatives? Tricky question, they probably don't sound quite as full, but their much slimmer size, and better ability to sit in the ear might just push them ahead, making them my favorite.
If I don't find something that takes my eye, I'll buy these again, and I rarely do that.
Very comfortable
Very small
Great overall sound
Slightly cheap quality
Not noise canceling
Not much bass
Sennheiser CX-500 - Amazon, £10!
So seeing as these buds are a great price now I picked some up from Amazon.
First impressions; The buds come in typical Sennheiser impossible-to-open packaging, but was pleased to find inside a nice pouch for the earphones, a little clip and LOADS of extra ear-pieces.
The build quality seems decent. The wires feel nice and are quite thick, they have a proper separator for the L/R wires and a very discrete volume control. The buds themselves are really small and are very comfortable, although a bit more difficult to get in. Wires are equal length, and there's a right-angle jack with a plastic reinforcement to (hopefully) help the cables last longer.
The noice-cancelling on these are quite good, about right i'd say. Enough so you can listen to your music comfortably at low volume but not so much you feel totally isolated. Overall, I like the design, it comes with plenty of accessories and features and they're comfy!
Sound; Within the first few seconds of hearing these through my Walkman my first thought was 'wow those Sony buds were really good!'. On flat EQ these CX500's are nowhere near as detailed and clear as the Sony's. There is a distinct lack of high-end leaving all types of music sounding quite muddy and undefined. To prevent me from being frustrated when listening to music I had to be rather aggressive with the EQ on my player, boosting highs considerably and reducing the low-end. Obviously this isn't what I want to do as I'm disrupting the mix that was carefully mastered.
With the tweaks in EQ the CX500's do sound rather nice, especially as I have no qualms with the low-end. The bass is tight and there's plenty of it (maybe too much?), however you'll never be in a situation where you're wanting more, for example on a bus/train.
However the awkward thing about having to EQ earphones is that when I want to use them on my computer they go back to sounding muddy. I don't want to re-EQ my media-player as my speakers sound great as they are, so I'm left with an irritating situation where I keep having to adjust the EQ of my mediaplayers to suit these buds!
Overall I'm left with mixed feelings on the CX500's, for £10 the build quality and features are excellent, much better than the other (more expensive) buds I've tried. They're comfy the the noise cancelling is a perfect amount for everyday use.
However the fact that they are naturally muddy sounding makes using these buds awkward. Also it's hard for me to say they sound 'bad', because on my Walkman they actually sound pretty darn good now, a nice rich sound.
But due to the fact that they are supposed to be better than the Sony's and Creatives, I can't rate these as high. I put then below the 300's because I expect more from them compared to the 300's.
Would I recommend you to buy them? No, but only because you should get the EP830's or MDRE35's instead.
-Build quality and features
-Powerful Bass
-Muddy out of the box
-Cable noise
RHA MA-350 - £29 at Amazon.co.uk
So my CX500s packed up and I bought these RHAs as a compact alternative to my AKG cans.
They looked good on paper and was intrigued to sample the goods from my neighbouring city, Glasgow;UK, where these are designed!
First Impressions
Inside the nicely styled packaging are a pair of very nicely designed/built earphones. They're great design for £100 let alone £30.
The buds are relatively compact and made out of a high quality aluminium shell, no plastic here! The cables, although not thick, are made of a tactile fabric lining that feel substantial. The jack is a stiff right-angled one with gold connection. They come with the usual 3 sets of buds, also nicely made. So overall for designed, RHA have done very well!
Put the earphones in and however and a couple issues arise. Firstly, the noise isolation is very effective on the MA-350s, so are great if you want to be totally cut off/are travelling. However the isolation is so effective when using the correct sized buds, there is some level of discomfort caused likely due to the pressure difference caused inside the ear canal. The tight seal means each thud of bass feels as though the earphones are trying to suck your brain out your ears! This may be unique to me, but I thought it is to be mindful of with isolating earphones.
The second, more serious issue, is that of cable noise. Annoyingly the nice fabric cables do pick up every slight touch and quite loudly too. The noise can be distracting even whilst sat still, so I wouldn't recommend these for running/sport.
If you can ignore the cable noise and listen the sound from the RHAs, you'll have good reason to forgive them.
The sound out of the box is clear, full and well balanced. There's no alarming bias in the frequency range, apart from perhaps a slight excess of scooped mids. However the bass is strong and doesn't disturb the rest of the mix. The highs, although not especially pronounced or sparkly are smooth and clear.
The RHAs aren't remarkably detailed, but are probably some of the most balanced and pleasant sounding buds I've tried. I can't really think of type of music they wouldn't be good for, and hold together well in noisy environments.
Overall, the RHA MA-350s stand up very well to the crowded competition, and I think £30 is rather good value for earphones of this quality. I'd happily recommend these for the non-sporty type. Compared with the other earphones i've reviewed, despite impressive sound and build quality, the comfort/noise issues prevent these from being #1.
1) Sony MDREx35lpb
3) Creative EP830
4) Sennheiser CX300
5) Sennheiser CX500
6) V-Moda Bass Freq
7) Skullcandy Smokin' Buds
Hope this helps you decide your next purchase, If you have any questions post it here, I'll try answer ASAP.
Thanks for reading, Ben
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Day 1 Kathmandu
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Enjoy a guided tour of Swayambunath, Bodhinath Temple, and Durbar Square. Visit the Sisterhood of Survivors Project and enjoy an authentic Nepalese style lunch.
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Day 5 Lama Hotel/Lāngtāng
Enjoy a full day of hiking from Lama Hotel to Langtang Village (3420m/11,220.5 ft). There are gradual ascents on the trek today, through varied forests.
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Day 6 Lāngtāng/Kyanjing Gompa
Enjoy a full day hiking to Kyanjing Gompa (3,780m/12,401.6 ft). Hike through yak pastures and the small villages of Muumdu and Sindum en route. After entering a wide valley, descend to Kyanjing Gompa.
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Day 7 Kyanjing Gompa/Lama Hotel
It's another full day hiking. Return to Lama Hotel, following the route to Langtang village and downwards from there.
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Langtang Trekking Day 4
Day 8 Lama Hotel/Syābru
Strap your boots on, there's more uphill hiking today. Head to the village of Thula Syabru (2,250m/7,382 ft), home to the Tamang community. Stop in the village to learn about some of the local traditions and culture.
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Langtang Trekking Day 5
Day 9 Syābru/Chandanbari
Full day hiking to Chandan Bari (3,330m/10,925 ft). Climb further upwards today, with spectacular Himalayan views on all sides.
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Langtang Trekking Day 6
Day 10 Chandanbari/Gosāin Kund
It's a full day of hiking to Gosainkunda (4,380m/14,370 ft). Reach one of the highlights of the trek today, hiking to Gosainkunda Lake. An important religious site, Gosainkunda is considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva and Goddess Gauri in Hindu mythology.
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Langtang Trekking Day 7
Day 11 Gosāin Kund/Thāre Pāti
Lace up your boots for another full day of hiking. Trek over the Gosainkunda Pass (4,610m/15,124.7 ft), the highest point on the journey. Continue downwards to the lodges of Tharepati (3,690m/12,106.3 ft).
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Langtang Trekking Day 8
Day 12 Thāre Pāti/Kutumsang
After several full days hiking, today is a free day to rest and enjoy some of the spectacular scenery around the Himalayas. In the afternoon, transfer to Kutumsang (2,470m/8,104 ft).
Private Vehicle (1.00-2.00 hours)
Day 13 Kutumsang/Chisopani
Continue to Chisopani today (2,265m/7,431 ft), where there are excellent views across the Himalayas, including a chance to get a glimpse of magnificent Mt Everest.
Included Activities:
Langtang Trekking Day 9
Day 14 Chisopani/Kathmandu
It's a shorter day's hike today, leaving Chisopani for Sundarijal, with the last chance to soak up the mountain views. Transfer to Kathmandu in the afternoon.
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Langtang Trekking Day 10
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. Happy new year. Today marks the first day that millions of Americans will be covered by insurance under the Affordable Care Act. In a moment, we'll get the latest on the debate around one requirement of the law that most employers provide contraceptive coverage.
But first, some big change went into effect today. To run through them, here's reporter Sarah Varney.
SARAH VARNEY, BYLINE: It's a crisp sunny day outside the entrance to the emergency department at Alta Bates Medical Center in Oakland California. A few visitors carry flowers through the sliding glass doors, but otherwise the E.R. is remarkably quiet. The stillness belies the profound changes the U.S. healthcare system underwent as revelers rang in 2014.
Starting today, there are new rules for insurance companies. They can't deny coverage based on a person's medical history and they can't charge women more than men. The companies can't set a limit in medical expenses and they must cover basic services. Also starting today, the federal government will subsidize private insurance for millions of low and middle income Americans and open up Medicaid in the 26 states that chose to do so to all poor residents.
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text: Dr. King wrote this sermon for the Youth Sunday Services of the Women's Convention Auxiliary National Baptist Convention in Chicago on September 14, 1958. The sermon builds off of a biblical passage from Luke in which a friend visits a neighbor at midnight for three loaves of bread. Correlating the story to the modern world, Dr. King compares the social, psychological and moral condition of man to "midnight." He asserts that while the world looks to the church to satisfy its spiritual needs, "Hundreds and thousands of men and women in the quest for the bread of social justice (go) to the church only to be disappointed." Dr. King would later augment this sermon for publication in his book "Strength to Love."


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In this fourth-installment gallery from Agritechnica, we keep working to bring you interesting products and solutions being developed "across the pond." Not all will see the light of day in the U.S., but they give you an idea of the resources engineers and designers use here to get the job done. And we didn't leave out some big equipment too.
As we moved through Building 17 - known for its ideas and innovations - Willie Vogt, editorial director, and Mark Moore, photographer, saw plenty of displays and monitoring equipment. And sometimes there are things that just catch your eye and you have to ask "what the heck is that," which we did a few times at the show and have shared those products with you.
This time is no different. Peruse this gallery to see new sensor approaches, ways to manage crop protection product exposure and even a couple big new machines from a familiar name.
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Bone-idle writes "E3 has finally kicked off and first out of the blocks is Microsoft with its first surprise, that after a year of promoting the "Project Natal" they have decided to change its name to "KINECT". Rolled out with an elaborate production from the Cirque du Soleil and a huge mechanical elephant, people got a look at some new games for the hands free controller"
All Sony need to do is to show the Move with a proper game and they will steal the show. Fingers crossed Microsoft have some decent games to show us tomorrow but i won't hold my breath.
thats strange other people says it is the second coming of christ.
Not what people expected, and it was moreso the event that they pulled on Sunday that turned most off on the idea.
Star Wars still has a shot, but the video that they showed for it did more harm than good. Because they were working with pre-recorded stuff, they made it all seem so laggy and unresponsive... and, in some cases, ahead of your actions before you even begin them.
i wasn't going to buy into it before and i definitely won't buy into it now. i'm a little over motion control as it is but as long as sony comes through with some "real" games instead of casual hacks, then perhaps i'll give that whirl. i felt uncomfortable just watching the clips so far, god knows how i will feel if i tried the real thing. at this point, only god will.


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BOSTON — The onslaught of campaign ads makes most voters dizzy — especially when they appear a full year before an election. With you the voter focusing on your job, your family and your holidays, are Massachusetts Senate candidates wasting their time and money advertising this early?
Tobe Berkovitz, a professor at Boston University whose specialty is political advertising, explained the strategy. "You want to use the advertising to try to start manipulating public opinion and moving it in your direction and also moving it against your opponent," he said.
So let's look at two of these early ads.
Scott Brown and big oil
Have you seen this ad? It features a Scott Brown lookalike complete with barn jacket and truck, fumes spewing from his tailpipe and oil oozing from his palms.
Berkovitz's take:
"This is probably going after the independents who voted for Scott Brown, thought that Scott Brown was a good guy, and now what they're trying to do is show those independents — who are, again, mostly Democrats underneath who don't want to admit that they're Democrats — showing them: See? You thought Scott Brown was one thing. And that's your nice neighbor in the barn coat with the truck. But in fact he's something else, a tool of the oil interests and big money out of Washington."
Elizabeth Warren and the Occupy movement
A woman's voice intones, "Fourteen millions of Americans out of work. But instead of focusing on jobs, Elizabeth Warren sides with extreme-left protests." The camera focuses on an Occupy protester's Che Guevara sign.
Berkovitz said this ad is geared to undecided voters who don't follow the news that much:
"What this is trying to do is sort of speak to the great unwashed out there, people who aren't paying that much attention to politics and they're sort of sitting in their living room watching 'Wheel of Fortune' and all of a sudden this comes on and says, 'Oh, this is a scary lady.'"
Warren… and the wandering womb?
That scary lady image, and other images of female candidates looking out of control, are a staple of negative ads, said "Slate" contributor Libby Copeland.
"Elizabeth Warren in this ad is being painted as almost deranged," Copeland said. She thought the message hearkened back to historical uneasiness "about women at the helm in executive positions and the assumptions of their hysterical nature."
With that kind of cultural baggage, Copeland said, "When you call a woman nutty, it can be a little more effective, I believe, then if you're throwing those accusations at a man."
The strategy behind the early start
But the timing begs the question: Why go after independents and undecided voters this early? Don't they wait until the closing weeks of a race before making up their minds?
"What you're trying to do now is get all this buzz going and then start moving the polls," Berkovitz explained. "Then what you can do is say 'See, Elizabeth Warren is on the rise,' or 'See, Scott Brown is holding his own.'"
The ads also target a second group: the media.
"The media is almost always the first target for these ads because what will happen is the media is obsessed with them. It's like crack to an addict," Berkovitz said.
Moreover, ads are an easy way for the media to start covering a campaign. Policies are complex and can make people's eyes glaze over, Berkovitz pointed out. "But a political ad? Nothing subtle there!"
Air early and often
The frequency of these ads is also part of the strategy.
The ad linking Warren with Occupy Boston was paid for by Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS. The group said it spent $596,00 on the ad and that the average resident saw it 10 times.
The Scott-Brown–drenched-in-oil ad was paid for by the League of Conservation Voters, which is spending $1.85 million, or enough to make sure the average TV viewer saw the ad 25 times.
But the real circulation is much higher. The ads are usually excerpted on the news… like we're doing here… and repeated on radio, quoted in newspapers, posted on blogs, before going viral across social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. The result: Your exposure to the ad increases tenfold.
The $1.85 million question
Campaigns are trying to shape the narrative of the candidate, move the polls and build momentum. But does it work? Can you really sway voters this early in an election — especially with ads that seem like one giant cliché?
Berkovitz said it's hard to tell. Campaigns conduct internal polling and focus groups to see if their ads are resonating with voters but they won't release that information.
One thing's for sure: We'll be seeing a lot more of these ads before Election Day 2012 is done.
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The N-Body Problem in physics refers to our inability to analytically solve sets of differential equations modelling gravitational attraction between more than two bodies. In the comic, they describe a physicist's difficulty having a threesome due to his inability to find a closed-form solution. The title text suggests they should settle for a numerical solution since a closed form solution is unavailable; however, the physicist apparently refused to do so during the previous night when Megan suggested him to.
- Megan: We had a threesome last night.
- Cueball: How was it?
- Megan: Awkward - it was with a physicist.
- Cueball: Why's that awkward?
- Megan: They can't solve the three-body problem.
- Cueball: Ah, yes.
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Any specific solution to Megan, the phycisist, and the lucky third,s problem would result in chaotic motion and no apearent repetitions. Which sounds like fun, i don,t see what Megan,s problem was. 220.127.116.11 16:05, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
I don't think this really explains the comic. The three body problem wasn't explained anywhere near enough. Leafy Greens (talk) 17:21, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
- Added some more explanations and interpretations.--220.127.116.11 22:47, 18 February 2016 (UTC)


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This Week In Island History
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Feb. 7, 1913
The call for a special town meeting to be held Feb. 18 includes only two questions to be acted upon – the matter of street lighting by electricity and that of changing the annual town meeting from the third Wednesday in June to the first Wednesday in April.
No more scarlet fever cases having developed in any but the families under quarantine. The schools reopen Monday.
The members of the P.H. Society were entertained at Dutch whist Thursday evening.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 2, 1938
The Jamestown Townies defeated Hanley's from Newport, 58-40, Tuesday evening at the Holy Ghost Hall in Jamestown.
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 5, 1938
There will be a stereopticon lecture on "The Life of David Livingston" at the Central Baptist Church Sunday evening.
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 8, 1938
The board of governors of the Beavertail Golf and Country Club in Jamestown has accepted with regret the resignation of Allen P. Chase, manager of the club. Mr. Chase, a graduate of Rhode Island State College, came to Jamestown 11 years ago to supervise the building of the golf course at Beavertail Country Club. As the club expanded and added a new clubhouse and tennis courts, Mr. Chase was appointed manager, secretary and treasurer, and a member of the board of governors. He has served four years as a member of the Town Council and has been appointed by Gov. Quinn as a member of one his commissions.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News,
Feb. 2, 1963
Duplicate bills were introduced in the House and Senate yesterday to appropriate funds to give employees of the Jamestown Ferry a pay increase of 10 percent, with an additional 10 cents for those employed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The Jamestown Bridge Commission last night at a special session unanimously and "whole heartedly" endorsed the Jamestown Town Council's letter to Gov. Chafee opposing the plan of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority to use tolls from both the Mount Hope Bridge and the Jamestown Bridge to help finance the proposed Newport Bay Bridge.
From the Newport Daily News,
Feb. 7, 1963
Arnold-Zweir Post, American Legion, of Jamestown, voted in the recreation center last night to purchase a "welcome to Jamestown" sign and a "drive carefully" sign for Eldred Avenue.
The Jamestown School Committee last night supported the proposal that a vocational education facility be established at Rogers High School.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News,
Feb. 2, 1988
Money to expand the police station will be included in Jamestown's next town budget. It will add about $300,000 to the 1988-89 budget proposal.
(Photo caption) Carpenters work Monday on Jamestown's new Bay View Condominium project at Conanicus and Narragansett avenues.
Only about 30 residents braved the weather Tuesday night to learn more about a proposed $3.25 million addition to the Jamestown School. The $3.25 million bond issue will be on the ballot at the Financial Town Meeting March 7.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Feb. 5, 1998
Everybody at Monday's informational workshop on establishing a land bank, funded by a real estate transfer tax, to purchase and preserve open space agreed on one thing: open space, farmland, natural habitat and water sheds should be protected from development. What people disagreed about was how to raise the money needed to buy that land.
Coming on the heels of the recent elimination of tolls on the Mount Hope Bridge, the local legislators are proposing toll relief for commuters on the Newport Bridge as well. A roll of commuter tokens would be reduced from $10 to $8.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Feb. 6, 2003
In an effort to get some control over sharply rising high school tuition costs – an increase of some $333,000 in next year's budget – the School Committee last month asked Superintendent Katherine Sipala to make inquiries of other public high schools in the area to see if any of them would be interested in educating Jamestown's approximately 200 students. It was reported that both Narragansett and Middletown responded favorably.
The state Coastal Resources Management Council last week voted 7-2 that Jamestown's High Street is a public right-of-way to the water. The decision has been more than five years in the making.


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President Obama said in his second inaugural address that if America is to solve its problems, Americans must act collectively - the right message for Stockton as well.
President Obama said in his second inaugural address that if America is to solve its problems, Americans must act collectively - the right message for Stockton as well.
"For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias," the president said.
That's actually a clever rhetorical swipe at the NRA and Second Amendment crazies. Hey, when you win re-election, you can do that while loftily calling for unity.
Seriously, America faces globalization, income inequality, debt, soaring health care costs, crumbling infrastructure, a changing Mideast, a war in Afghanistan, a rising China. And these challenges cannot be mastered by a country divided.
"Preserving our individual freedoms," Obama said, "ultimately requires collective action."
So much in Obama's address sounded like it was written for Stockton.
The city faces bankruptcy, foreclosures, unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, austerity, soaring crime, fraying infrastructure and a far-from-assured change in its public employee culture from a self-enrichment society to public service.
Many of these issues have been woefully divisive. The city is like Washington in this regard.
The city's spending spree during the boom created a segment of resentful citizens who felt redevelopment ignored them with its elitist priorities (see: Wall Street).
The crime crisis deepened this disconnect, as many came to believe City Hall was indifferent to their real, immediate neighborhood dangers.
The city's fiscal meltdown divided city management and public employee unions into warring camps.
The compensation enjoyed by public employees divided them from a general public compelled to make sacrifices.
Crime frightened many into withdrawing into safe zones while residents of dangerous neighborhoods were left to hit the floor when bullets flew.
Many of Stockton's schools fail to make students proficient in mathematics and language, thus perpetuating an underclass that returns to haunt the city.
Obama said America doesn't need to agree in every particular. It needs to act, collectively, to tackle its problems.
He made it clear, though, that a precondition is "a basic measure of security and dignity" for all Americans.
Surely this goes for Stockton. A city can't straighten out its flawed institutions if a large part of the citizenry is afraid to enter its front rooms for fear of stray bullets.
It can't realize its potential - and Stockton, for all its Gandalf-level wizardry at generating bad publicity, boasts great potential - if Johnny can't read.
It can't soldier through bankruptcy and emerge fiscally solid and with good government if public employees hold a grudge or refuse to accept the new normal.
Or flourish if natives begrudge immigrants opportunity.
Or if knee-jerk neighborhood activists blame police for everything.
Or if educated citizens turn away from civic initiatives, like the soon-to-be unveiled Marshall Plan to fight crime, out of disaffection with City Hall or because they feel safe behind gates.
Ultimately it's in everybody's interests to act collectively - because that's the only way big problems are solved. But neither a society nor a community can act collectively if the preordained outcome is to leave many behind.
Obama made it clear that conservatism is a core asset to America. "Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character."
But it alone is not enough. "We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time," Obama said. "So we must harness new ideas (and) remake our government ..."
In Stockton that means remembering our history as a city of diverse, risk-taking rowdies willing to forge a new community based on daring dreams and shared aspirations for a better life.
A better life for all, not some.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: A 'bit irked' that report has car facts wrongBY JOSEPH W. McQUAID
October 20. 2013 6:22PM
I have been looking for a new car, so I have been paying close attention to the automobile ads in a certain statewide New Hampshire newspaper. (And with our annual new car and truck review coming out next Sunday, I know what I will be doing come Sunday afternoon.)
Middle grandson Mike might be related to Henry Ford. I asked Mike what color car I should get. Mike said, "black."
Mike is a black-and-white kind of kid, given to solid, simple replies to questions. "No," being his favorite answer. "Yes" ranks a distant second.
Mike probably wouldn't be a car salesman. My car search has reminded me of the persistence of the car salesman, a hearty breed genetically wired never to take "no" for an answer. (Or, as a Realtor friend likes to remind me, a "No" is a definite "maybe.")
I don't mind persistence. But I was a bit irked the other day when a sales guy, having taken down copious information about my needs and my current conveyance, sat down next to me, leaned in, and said, "So, Mr. McQuaid, tell me about your car."
He sounded like a CIA guy trying to get the wonderful James Spader to spill the beans on the new "Blacklist" show on NBC.
It seemed an odd request, because I had already told him about my car, which I bought new, have had for 10 years, and which has low mileage and a pleasant attitude.
Which is what I repeated to the man, looking to see if his next move was to hook me to a lie detector or a waterboard.
He paused and then, looking like Perry Mason before a jury, pounced.
"What about it being totally demolished?" he asked.
"What? Who? Me? My car?"
"Yes!" he said. "According to our records, your car was totaled in December of 2007."
Now, I will admit I am getting a bit hazy with my recollections on certain matters, like golf scores or what I had for lunch, or whether I spoke last week to the Turks, the Hooksett Kiwanis, or the Ancient Order of Hibernians. (In fact, it was all three.)
But I am pretty sure I would remember demolishing my beautiful little five-speed, manual shift Lexus with the sports suspension and the Bob Dylan disc in the CD player.
But there it was, duly noted by something called "Carfax," which apparently has access to more information on car data than Edward Snowden took from the NSA.
Carfax, clearly, gets things wrong.
Much to my relief, I have been told that the whole thing can be resolved and corrected. All I need is to get the U.S. House, Senate, and the President to agree to it. Piece of cake.
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I always did my best to have my votes sent in within 24-48 hours by the time Code's PM reached me, and did succeed in all rounds bar round 2 (I was quite busy and actually away in the weekend). I managed to get in the votes within the 72 hours mark anyway that round. So I can personally say I've been quite timely, even with the comments in the last 2 rounds. In the first 2 rounds I skipped on thorough comments on everything because I wouldn't have managed to send votes soon enough by my own standards, so I just wrote short comments on videos which I thought needed explanation on votes (mostly videos which I rated somewhat poorly on theme, but I really wanted to let my reaction to "It Started With A Bang" known ).


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Asparagus from Aranjuez
Which area of Spain is it typical?
- Autonomous region: Madrid Region
Asparagus from Aranjuez is a traditional farm crop, characterised by its tenderness and persistent taste.
It is characterised by its green colour and the closed, fleshy, triangular scale covered bud at the end. The turions themselves are erect, smooth and measure between 25 and 30 cm. It is a very fresh and tender product, high in fibre, quite diuretic and easily digestible, although not very nutritious. Its culinary applications are very diverse: in soups, omelettes, as garnishing, in salads, stews, hot or warm (never too cold) and accompanied by vinaigrette, mayonnaise, hollandaise or any other sauce. They are also eaten alone as appetisers.
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- Type of product: Vegetables
- Season: In spring, and especially in April and May.
- Origin: The production area comprises the towns of Aranjuez, San Martín de la Vega, Ciempozuelos and Tiltulcia, in the south-east part of the Autonomous Region of Madrid.
- To drink with it: Young white wines.
Nutritional information
- Energy: Low
- Cholesterol: 0
- Comments: Rich in iron, vitamin C and fibre.


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The Good and the Bad of this past week.
It's Friday. We close out the Week That Was with our latest volume of Cheers and Jeers.
We start this week with a humble cheers to the local boys who won the Cup and brought it home this past weekend.
CHEERS to Milan Lucic, Cam Neely and Mark Recchi for celebrating their day with the Stanley Cup in BC. All three are incredibly deserving winners. My particular favourite is Cam Neely because he celebrated his Cup victory in his hometown, which also happens to be MY hometown, in the rink named in his honour. Take a look here at the video from Dan Rosen from NHL.com who has been following the Cup on its celebration journey with the Boston Bruins.
JEERS to the New York Islanders for their plans to host a viewing party for the re-broadcast of the Islanders/Penguins brawlfest game from earlier this year (Feb 11, 2011). It is infantile to be celebrating the behaviour and activities that occured that night, all which led to suspensions and other discipline. That said, it appears now as though the Islanders have thoughtfully buckled to outside pressure and MSG Network will now show a DIFFERENT game during the same scheduled viewing party, at the request of the Islanders (all this according to ESPN New York). I am not going to relinquish my aforementioned JEERS to the Islanders, because it was a ridiculously stupid idea to host a viewing party showing this game in the first place. In case you aren't aware of what happened in the game, go see the Recap at NHL.com.
JEERS to ESPN Boston for repurposing a translation from your favourite Canucks blog (that would be Canucks Army in case you forget who you were reading) on an article about Luongo's contrition about his comments on Tim Thomas during the Stanley Cup Final. ESPN Boston ran the story with our translation (courtesy of Stuart St-Amant) without crediting Canucks Army for the translated post, or Stuart for his translation. They only mentioned the original French language article from Radio-Canada.ca but didn't even link to the interview. When called out on it publicly, James Murphy sputtered Toronto Sun quality excuses before DMing my colleague to say it's "ESPN Protocol" not to link to outside sources. All around a poor demonstration of integrity by ESPN Boston and their lead writer.
CHEERS to both Yahoo's Puck Daddy and NESN among others for posting articles on the exact same story but CORRECTLY ATTRIBUTING the translation of the French article to Canucks Army. NESN gets a special cheers and sticktap for calling us a "popular Canucks blog" and also following CanucksArmy on Twitter.
JEERS to the Toronto Star for the shameless reporting debacle following the sudden death of former Canucks forward Rick Rypien. The Star erroneously quoted Mike Gillis as calling the late Rypien as "crazy". How, you ask, did they erroneously quote Gillis in such a tactless way? THEY TOOK INFORMATION FROM RYPIEN'S WIKIPEDIA PAGE. How on Earth does a "legitimate" newspaper like the Toronto Sun let that happen? First of all, they used Wikipedia as a news source. That's awful in and of itself. But didn't they check the quote? Are they stupid? Or just lazy? Either answer is correct and reaks of infantile reporting. The Star issued an apology to Gillis and the Canucks, but there's just no apologizing for that level of irresponsibility.
And finally, a melancholy CHEERS to all the Rick Rypien fans out there. The memorial at Rogers Arena shows how much you really cared for #37 and how much his on-ice passion and willingness to put his body on the line for his teammates really meant to you. Despite his troubled life, the last few days have shown how many people loved the guy. It's just a shame that we wasn't able to see this outpouring of emotion in his honour before he passed away.
Much like Luc Bourdon just three short years ago, Rick Rypien may be gone, but he will not be forgotten.
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UP to 70 jobs could be created in Thame if a major development is approved.
Haberdashery distributor Groves, and print and production house The Windles Group, have applied for a total of 149,000 sq ft of new premises at Cotmorewells Farm on Howland Road.
The firms, based Buckinghamshire, employ 170 people and the development is expected to generate the jobs over the next five years.
Andrew Groves, managing director at Groves, said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to remain in the Thame area and avoid the disruption of a move to larger facilities out of the locality."
Windles Group managing director Bruce Podmore added: "The proposed development will enable us to stay in the local area, ensuring employment opportunities are secured for local people."
Established in 1966, Groves has grown from a small family business to one of Europe's major independent distributors of sewing accessories and needlecrafts to retailers including Dunelm Group, Hobbycraft and John Lewis.
The proposed facility will provide Groves with a state-of-the-art distribution centre to improve efficiency and enable continued growth.
The Windles Group specialises in print production in the commercial and retail sectors. The firm is looking to increase its capacity by 40 per cent with the move.
The development forms part of the Thame Neighbourhood Plan, the first of its kind in the UK to allocate sites for development.
Planning for a 10-acre site was initially outlined by developer Stoford last year.
Dan Gallagher, joint managing director at Stoford, said, "Groves and The Windles Group are both successful, growing businesses and their expansion plans are great news for the economy.'' A public exhibition of the plans will take place at Thame Town Hall on March 28 from 10am–6.30pm.


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By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of Rio's most-wanted armed criminals, Humberto dos Santos, better known as Beto Playboy, has been arrested by police in the Morro do Adeus area, part of the Complexo do Alemão in Rio's Zona Norte (North Zone). The 53-year-old had six arrest warrants issued against him, including for armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful deprivation of liberty.
Santos reportedly gave himself up when police descended on his address. It is thought he could face more than forty years in prison, according to the police department responsible for his arrest.
Officer Luís Antônio Ferreira said one of Rio's most prolific thieves had been taken off the city's streets: "[Santos] worked mainly around Ramos, Penha and Bonsucesso, carrying out robberies on armored cars [used to transfer money], banks and jewelry stores."
Santos was first spotted by a police officer about ten days ago around the Morro do Adeus, and subsequent investigations finally led to his long-awaited arrest on Friday.
Police had been looking for the criminal since 2009 after he was granted the right to serve the remainder of a prison sentence in a semi-open prison. Yet he subsequently failed to return to prison, and a hotline was set up offering a R$1,000 reward (around US$500) for his capture.
The Adeus area of the Complexo do Alemão, where Santos was arrested, now has a Police Pacification Unit (UPP) after police drove many criminal connected to arms and drugs trafficking out of the favela neighborhood.
Read more (in Portuguese).
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The goal was to create an02 TransAm WS6 LS1 normally aspirated motor capable of running 10 sec in the quarter mile in full street trim.
That means closed exhaust, street tires, full tank of gas, while shifting in a conservative manner, be streetable and have vintage cubic inches with a modern LS1 motor.
With a resleeved, bored and stroked LS1, we met our goal, and was featured in GM High Tech Performance magazine. Pics and details.
This car was built as a guaranteed 10 sec street performer.
This car was at the track only once on Nov 25, 06 Atco, NJ. Ran 10.92, 1.55 60' @ 127mph with street tires, closed exhaust, full tank of gas and granny shifting.
Car was completed in Nov 06, 2006. There are only 800 miles on the engine and drivetrain, 17k miles on body/chassis.
Car was on Dyno Dynamics dyno on June 8th, 07. 536 RWHP, 520 FtLb torque. Torque curve was almost straight up hitting 500 FtLb by 3400 rpm.
Engine Specifications – ALL parts for this build are new. There were NO used parts used in this build, ALL parts for were new.
• 455 cu.in LS1
• Original VIN # LS1 aluminum block, 4.200 wet sleeves by Race Engineering Developement,for more info on the resleeving of this block. You may call Steve at 760-630-0450 or email Steve at: email@example.com
• Lunati forged 4.125" crankshaft
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Christopher Thompson's Closing the Deal: Health-care changes affecting NH businessesCHRISTOPHER THOMPSON
November 30. 2013 1:08AM
Unless you live under a rock or completely refrain from watching the news, there's a good chance you've heard all of the grumblings related to changes in health care that were driven by the Obama administration.
This is a sensitive topic. Everyone has an opinion, and people on both sides are very passionate about the situation. While I try to steer clear of political related points in my columns, the topic of health care is personal and affects everyone. This is less about the political side of things and more about how changes in health care have impacted businesses and individuals.
The official name for Obamacare is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and was signed into law March 23, 2010. It was challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2012. On Oct. 1, the health insurance marketplace opened for business. Oct. 1 was also the deadline for businesses who offer their employees insurance to notify them of the new marketplace and the options available to them. In addition to the notice, open enrollment for individuals and businesses began.
But one aspect of this change that was overlooked was the impact ACA had on insurance brokers. For those unfamiliar with brokers, they are businesses that act as a liaison between their customers and the insurance companies. They provide critical services to businesses of all sizes and help them navigate the complicated maze of providing insurance solutions to their employees.
Brokers help educate businesses and their employees on insurance benefit options, help process all of the paperwork required to enroll their employees, create and implement wellness programs that help reduce insurance costs and most importantly, they advise and guide businesses through important business decisions that impact the wellbeing of their employees.
The role of a broker is critical to every business. You can think of their role as similar to the role your certified public accountant plays between you and the IRS. You don't deal directly with the IRS, your CPA compiles all of the information and acts on your behalf to represent you in the best possible way. And that's exactly what insurance brokers do.
Unfortunately, as of Oct. 1, due to the changes imposed by our government, brokers lost access to the information, systems and resources needed to effectively support their customers. They don't have access to client information online like they did prior to Oct. 1, and they are being forced to deal with the red tape and broken systems and processes enacted by the creators of the ACA. With most New Hampshire businesses working with a broker, the impact is very pronounced. It's a disappointing and challenging situation.
If you're a business looking for a broker who can help you through the recent changes, you can visit nahu.org, the website of the National Association of Health Underwriters, which is an organization representing more than 100,000 licensed health insurance agents and brokers. Click on "Find an Agent" and enter your zip code.
Speaking of websites, did you hear about the three twentysomethings that built a fully functioning website similar to the epic failure, healthcare.gov? Yes, it's true. They worked part-time for three days and built a website similar to healthcare.gov that actually works. It's almost comical.
Christopher Thompson (email@example.com) writes Closing the Deal weekly for the Sunday News.