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The highway from Albuquerque, N.M., wound through a dusty desert landscape until the turnoff for Acoma Pueblo, about 80 kilometres west of the city, where we headed south for a short stretch. There was nothing that prepared us for what came next.
The road suddenly dropped into an immense valley that stretched nearly as wide as the eye could see, ringed all around by gigantic cliffs.
It seemed as if we were alone in this enormous, silent space. There was no traffic, no noise, no sign of human activity.
Then, up ahead, we saw a prominent mesa beckoning us in the golden light so typical of the U.S. Southwest.
The mesa is home to Sky City, as the Acoma people call it: a village that stands more than 100 metres above the valley floor and has been inhabited by Native Americans for more than 800 years, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the United States.
Acoma was the first stop on our itinerary -- a vacation designed to combine the spectacular scenery and sun-splashed weather in the U.S. Southwest with the opportunity to experience the region's rich Native American heritage.
There's a special quality about this part of the United States. It's not only the light that attracted such painters as Georgia O'Keeffe to New Mexico, it's the spiritual energy one gets when visiting these heritage sites.
At the well-equipped visitors' centre in Acoma, we paid our $20 entrance fee, which included a guided tour of the site and permission to take photographs (except in the historic church and cemetery).
The Acoma people, known to the Spanish as "the people of the white rock," used this commanding, naturally fortified location to repel the invasion attempts of neighbouring tribes. By the 16th century, as many as 6,000 lived here.
They were less successful at keeping the Spanish out. Our native guide described in gruesome detail how a 1599 Spanish raiding party succeeded in scaling the mesa, killing more than 800 and capturing hundreds more.
The male captives were sentenced to 20 years of penal servitude and each had his right foot cut off. No wonder resentment at the white man's ways still simmers.
Eventually, a pueblo revolt kicked out the Spanish, and today about 6,000 indigenous people live on the surrounding reservation, supported in part by earnings from a nearby casino.
As we toured the mesa and its old adobe dwellings, there was ample time to admire the traditional styles of pottery on sale in front of many homes. The Acoma school of painted pottery features intricate and delicate brushwork that immediately distinguishes it from other styles.
Moving on, we headed west on I-40 toward Arizona and our next destination: the magnificent Canyon de Chelly. It was first inhabited by puebloans who lived there between AD 300 and 1200. As an example of sacred native ground, there's not much that can top the grandeur of this canyon, which is 100 kilometres long and is ringed by 300-metre walls.
It's a centrepiece of the region known as the Four Corners -- the point where the borders of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado intersect. The area is home to the Navajo nation, who live on the largest reservation in the United States.
Their land extends for 70,000 square kilometres and includes a fast-growing population of 380,000 people, who get by on income from tourism, casinos and the sale of jewelry, art and crafts.
Not everybody lives comfortably. The base for visiting Canyon de Chelly is the town of Chinle, a dusty little outpost where signs of poverty can be seen amid the Navajo-owned motels that serve the tourists.
Our morning started with a drive along the canyon rim, where some fine photo opportunities awaited, followed by a hair-raising hike down the one trail open to the public.
It winds through sandstone rock to the canyon floor. The views are breathtaking and so is the elevation of around 1,800 metres, which can catch you short of breath if you're not careful.
The trail leads down to an ancient cliff dwelling known as the White House, built under the shelter of overhanging rock. There, you can snap more pictures from behind a fence, but visitors are kept away from the building itself.
Vendors selling beautiful and relatively inexpensive Navajo jewelry await you. Meanwhile, the sunlight plays off the canyon walls in dozens of shades and hues as the day wears on, casting the whole area in an enchanted glow.
The best way to visit Canyon de Chelly is on a private Jeep tour with a Navajo guide, and that's how we spent our afternoon. The three-hour excursion cost $150 for two but was well worth it, as we explored the canyon floor where streams flowed through land still farmed by a few Navajo families.
Our journey through Navajo Nation took us next to the Utah-Arizona border and one of the region's most renowned attractions: Monument Valley. Fans of John Wayne movies such as The Searchers will recognize the familiar landscape, where many westerns were shot. Towering sandstone formations thrust into view as we approached the park, commanding our attention. They included the two buttes known as The Mittens and others with mystical names such as Rain God Mesa and Totem Pole.
A visitors' centre and hotel complex offered panoramic views of the valley from an outdoor terrace. To get closer to the monuments, you can take a Jeep tour with a Navajo guide or drive a bumpy 27-kilometre loop yourself.
There's a bold, sweeping quality to these outcrops that makes Monument Valley not only the perfect setting for a western movie, but also holy ground for the Navajo, who see the place as a sacred dwelling.
From there, it was off to nearby Cortez, Colo., where we capped our tour of native heritage sites with a stop at Mesa Verde National Park. This is one of the oldest archeological sites in the U.S. and, like Canyon de Chelly, was settled by puebloans who built dwellings beneath the overhanging cliffs of a canyon.
They made this place their home for nearly 700 years, from AD 600 to around 1280, when they suddenly and mysteriously left, migrating south into New Mexico and Arizona.
There are many theories on why they departed -- perhaps the threat of an impending invasion by other tribes or an internal dispute forced them out -- but no solid clues. They did leave behind a rich set of artifacts, many of them plundered and sold by cowboys who discovered the spot in the late 19th century.
You can take a one-hour guided tour of Cliff Palace, the most impressive complex of cliff dwellings, with a ranger from the U.S. Park Service. You'll hear fascinating details of ancient tribal life: that water was collected and used to farm corn on the mesa tops, that the matriarchal native society was firmly ruled by women, that clans gathered in ceremonial religious structures called kivas that served to keep away outsiders.
As you stroll through Cliff Palace, you get intimate glimpses of these dwellings and can let your imagination take over -- a very personal way to experience one of the world's great heritage sites.
It was troubling to learn the site is under severe stress. The well-designed structures are beginning to crack and crumble because of climate change: forest fires along the mesa tops are destroying trees and allowing too much surface water to seep down into the cliff dwellings below.
But Mesa Verde, like much of the U.S. Southwest, remains a treasure and is well worth visiting for what the ancients can teach us.
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The business software maker reported Tuesday that total revenue for 2013 was €16.8 billion, up 4 percent from the previous year, with revenue from its HANA in-memory database up 69 percent at constant currencies to €664 million, from its 3,000 HANA customers.
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Snabe is planning to step down this year, leaving McDermott as SAP's sole CEO and the first American to hold such a position at the company.
SAP has built up its cloud business through major acquisitions of companies such as SuccessFactors and Ariba, versus pure organic growth. Oracle has pursued a similar strategy.
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Fall 2004 DVDR Roundup: Dual Layer and 16X DVD+Rby Anand Shimpi & Virginia Lee on 11/1/2004 12:05 AM EST
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kellvarsen - Friday, November 26, 2004 - linkI would like to congrtulate the Anandtech team for this DVD-RW roundup as they prooved once more that they are better and more thorough with the testing than Tomshardware.And by this i am reffering to the writing quality test mainly ,which in my opinion is the most important and eloquent of them all.Great HL2 review also!!! Reply
Tabajara - Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - linkI've heard several people say that the new Plextor 716A drives are defective, and are mostly burning DVD coasters, specially dual layer ones. Pioneer Europe isn't selling them yet, and this also point to some kind of manufacturing problem. I was waiting for this drive, but now I don't know if I will buy a NEC or a Pioneer one. I would buy the DVR-108 if a new firmware version enables the user the choose the booktype to be used. Reply
JaRb0y - Thursday, November 04, 2004 - linkCurious, did you get the NEC 3500AG to write Fujifilm 48X CDR media at 48X? It appears you did, but I heard NEC limited the speed on some types. My drive does 32X on the Fujifilm TY, am I missing something? Reply
DonB - Thursday, November 04, 2004 - link"ND-3500A is priced $10 lower than Pioneer's DVR-108D at $68" Prices are really coming down. I bought the same NEC 3500A just a few months ago for $95 + shipping (from NewEgg). Reply
eleewhm - Wednesday, November 03, 2004 - linkyou guys sure know how to review dvd writers???
looks like you are good at opening up the drives only
Since when does NEC 3500 overdrive MCC003?????? 6:72??...it only writes @8x speeds....
pls relook at the way you guys post the results...and understand nero numbers before publishing the article...
see how ppl are thrashing you guys here in singapore...we have a bunch of serious ppl here doing testing ...
Maverick215 - Wednesday, November 03, 2004 - link
>NEC follows a pattern for each firmware revision: 2.xy, where:
>X = Type (Retail, OEM, Rebadge)
>Y = Revision number
>Till today know patterns:
>X = 1 (Retail)
>X = 2 (I-O Data)
>X = 4 (Freecom)
>X = B (Ricoh)
>X = F (MadDog)
So what 2.26 really represents is the same generation of firmware with feature tweaks from an oem that rebadged the drive. The firmware wasn't released for the "retail" drive. We must distinguish OEM from rebadge now. OEM in the more "traditional" is a drive intended for resale, such as in a system(this is what you'll find at newegg and similar being sold as NEC). OEM rebadge would be a drive intended to be sold by another company with that company's logo etc if they desire, the insides of all these drives could very well be exactly the same, and often times are, since this saves the OEM a great deal of money. At most you'll get different revisions of the same line. (On the flip side you'll see companies such as HP that buy 16x drives from whoever is the cheapest, so Lite-On one month and BenQ the next)
NEC does have more support than just the "official" there are several "hacked" firmwares
that provide all kinds of features not in the official releases(bitsetting included), though I think they go beyond the scope of what you were trying to portray.
So, more fairly you would represent that the drive being OEM(system) might come with a 2.x7 firmware most likely 2.17(see above). An important distinction. Since this would seem to give this drive the same flaw as the pioneer (bitsetting only in DL) that disqualified itfrom winning..
But, I still don't need dvd-ram :)
Picking and chosing features from untested firmware and not doing the same from another drive has introduced a clear bias(bias in a scientific sense, which is information/data which skews the results of your study/review due to a sytematic error in your study/review design; I am NOT implying you have a bias to one product or another) in the selection of the winner.
as an aside, further confirmation that my assumption about the nutech drives is correct
email correspondence with Chris Geerlings,
Field Application Engineer from nutech I inquired to using any of the firmwares from the benq ftp. And he wrote back:
"I know the (G7)K9 works, the others I haven't tested yet." Reply
asteamerandy - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkIn you review:
"If LG had implemented bitsetting into their GSA-4160B, it would have helped their product climb the ladder ..."
"The booktype setting feature offered in this unit also makes this a great drive. The GSA-4160B is a bit on the steep side ..."
There are other instances if this abuigity. So which is it? Does the 4160B have the bit setting feature or not?
rcabor - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkWhy do you say "DVDR burn speeds are excellent, and the drive technically supports 4X DVD+DL burn speeds, even though it does not readily advertise such. You can see our original DL tests on the drive here." But then right below that you show an image of the box that Advertises 4x DVD+R dual layer? Reply
rcabor - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkReply
Maverick215 - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkStill not working, short story=NEC 2.26=2.16 with tweaks to rebadge specifications. they do not follow traditional revision codes 2.x6=are all same Reply
yourdeardaniel - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkthe PO graphs dont work for me. Reply
CrazeeHorse - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkYeah, Belzer is right. NEC have not allowed overspeeding of MCC003 anywhere, your read transfer speeds have been mis-mentioned as your write speeds. MCC003 stays at 8X! Reply
Belzer - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkWTF. The write speed tables for 8x MCC DVD±R show the read transfer graph not the write speed.
Here are the correct tables for some of the drives (pictures are missing for the LG and the rest are OEM versions so I don't bother to check them):
Time Speed Drive
6:33 10.44x BenQ
6:33 10.22x NEC
6:49 10.01x Pioneer
9:29 7.05x Lite-On
Time Speed Drive
6:26 10.47x BenQ
6:46 10.01x Pioneer
8:11 7.96x Lite-On
9:47 6.72x NEC
And it's the time not the average speed that is interesting so for MCC 004 (again pictures missing for several drives in the zips):
Time Speed Drive
5:50 11.38x BenQ
6:04 11.68x LG
6:50 10.00x Pioneer
Also the BenQ does not cost $90, it costs $67 for the OEM version at Newegg (and you're taking the price of the OEM versions for other drives). Now if you also had bothered to update the firmware to the latest the BenQ would have had the by far best media support too making it the clear winner imo especially as a 4x DVD+R DL firmware update is expected to be released later this month for free. Reply
Maverick215 - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkOk now I can do even less... will check back tomorrow to see if its working then Reply
Maverick215 - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - link>I find that comment inaccurate. Pioneer USA's website is generally *months* behind the Japanese or European versions.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say; and perhaps I wasn't clear since you don't seem to understand what I was saying. I am not familiar enough with pioneer's releases to really give you a certain answer. Though my experience with most of my personal hardware is that it is true one country will lag behind, but often times they end up posting the SAME exact firmware, unless there are language changes(do you really think pioneer USA is further certifying xyz firmware release or even recoding it from scratch? or did I miss you point all together?). Seems especially true for larger multinational corporations (left hand doesn't know what the right is doing) so you'll often see the earliest release on the "mother land" website. There will of course be a gradient of this effect since some companies are more tightly knit.
My point was that nutech seems to have used plain vanilla OEM/Bulk firmware in their drive. So updating it with a newer firmware from the same line (not "forked" or otherwise customized) made by the same people would be the same as updating any other OEM'd drive with G series firmware. and the same as updating a retail drive with with the H series firmware. Reply
Maverick215 - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linknot letting me post large comments breaking them up:
[ok I lied :)]
I thought as much on the 3 drives issue as soon as I posted, sorry I got on a roll :)
>>I think if it's official enough to be on the OEM's website that should be good enough to prove its quality. Reply
Maverick215 - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkOdd... Reply
Bozo Galora - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - linkWell< I got back from BestBuy and what do you know - they had them. Three on the shelf, I scooped them up and paid and out I went. The whole thing took less than 5 min.
Cool. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkMaverick215: You are correct, those dates are exactly the dates we worked on those images.
There are a lot of things in the editorial process that take some time to wade through, although we did the best we could.
>I must also wonder why you chose 3 of the same drive.
Some of those drives we did not expect to be the same when we received them. The NuTech we obviously thought was based on a Sanyo chipset (this was detailed in the review). We had no knowledge of the MSI's chipset before we asked for a review sample.
>I think if it's official enough to be on the OEM's website that should be good enough to prove its quality.
I find that comment inaccurate. Pioneer USA's website is generally *months* behind the Japanese or European versions.
>BTW how did you accomplish bitsetting with the 3500..
The official firmwares past 2.16 (our tested version) support DL bitsetting automatically, anything past 2.26 supports SL bitsetting as well. Since the drives are OEM, they almost always ship with the newest firmware available, and we thought the review should reflect that. Obviously though, we could only test on 2.16.
Maverick215 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - link
Thanks for the zips. I am obviously blind.
As I said I understand you can't TEST the latest and imediately post the review. But typing one or two sentances that outline updated firmware changes (esp if those changes occurred several weeks before your submission) wouldn't take much time (unless you type REAL slow) You obviously had to go back to look at the results of the drives that you already tested to do your final comparison. Wouldn't drastic differences warrant a little more investigation rather than to just say NEC/etc is more mature, end of story?
These dates are the apparent test dates (yes I know modified != created, but it's the best we have)
Pioneer 10.13-10.20
BenQ 9.17-9.28
LiteOn 10.13-10.20
Sony 10.5-10.12 (pics of drive 9.27)
Nutech 10.20-10.21
While I imagine you were busy with other things, that's quite a gap.
I must also wonder why you chose 3 of the same drive.
From the review it seems BenQ, MSI and Nutech are all using the same hardware, differing only by firmware.
BenQ B7J9 9.24.04 (beta, from what I can gather)
MSI M1.4 (can't find directly but others say it's 10.12.04; harder to change this firmware but can still be done, I won't go into it here since it's beyond the scope and likely MSI is more likely to be altering the oem firmware compared to nutech)
Nutech G7H9 8.25.04 (first release solely for 1620 series drives, from what I can gather)
http://www.nu-global.com/1_english/3_products/01_i... no new firmware apparently; though G7H9 would correspond to B7H9 (G is an indication of OEM/Bulk drive supposedly no difference among same revision they also seem to post to benq's european website within a day or so of each other.
(this ftp is what you are redirected to from the official website, the ftp houses the older revisions though)
b7h9.zip 8/25/2004
b7k9.zip 9/29/2004
b7l9.zip 10/13/2004
b7m9.zip 11/1/2004
g7k9.zip 9/30/2004
g7l9.zip 10/13/2004
g7m9.zip 11/1/2004
What the heck does all this rambling mean!?!?!??!
in short you could have easily upgraded your nutech to G7K9 (OEM released firmware) and tested it since you apparently didn't test it untill later in october, well after G7K9 was released, perhaps you might have even squeezed in G7L9.
Yes, you might say that it's not an "official firmware" it will void your nutech warranty!!
But when the manufacturer refuses to update their website, what choice does the consumer, who wants the most out of his/her hardware, have.
from nutech's website:
"This warranty is void if: (yatta yatta) If the unit is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification or alteration is expressly authorized in writing by NU.
(yatta yatta)"
I must say it is worth noting that none of the firmware downloads from NU's site that I looked at contained any such written authorization.
I think if it's official enough to be on the OEM's website that should be good enough to prove its quality.
On a side note, one might wonder "is such an upgrade a modification or alteration?" I'm inclined to call it a repair :)
BTW how did you accomplish bitsetting with the 3500.. To my knowledge NEC hasn't released a tool to do this (when I say NEC, I mean dl'able from nec.com, not mdmm.com(oem'd)) and if done in nero I was under the impression that there is a limit to the number of times this can be done (an enforced limit, ie it's coded in like RPC changes rather than the memory "wearing out") just wondering.
ok three very long posts that rehash the same thing.. unless there's something new I yield. Reply
gtanuel - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkJust want to add an info about BenQ DW1620 pricing. I bought DW1600 3 days ago at SG$ 98 (that's about US$54-58). After upgrading the BIOS, it's now on DW1620's firmware B7M9. If the physical is the same as DW1620, it's effectively the cheapest 16x among the rest. Reply
kernelgui - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkOn page 13 where you published the test results with Ritek G05 media the graph heading indicates DVD-R 8X write speeds, however the smaller print below that indicates DVD+R media. Can you perhaps clarify if this table is based on + or -
Fionavar - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkThanks for the great review! Just one note of possible mistake - you have the DL R speed of the ND 3500a @ 2.4 when I believe it should be 4x. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkMaverick215: Testing 8 DVD drives takes more than just a few days. Our roundup was submitted Mid October and posted Nov 1.
The zip files are at the bottom of each drive page. Look at the bottom of page 6 for the Benq.
Kristopher Reply
Maverick215 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkKristopherKubicki: Let me see if I got this.
You say that you tested the most recent firmware available on the Benq. Your previous review was posted September 29th, 2004. The next firmware released was B7K9, files in that zip are dated 9.27.04 and it was posted to benq's US site 9.29.04 (the same day the initial review was released) So if you "... tested with the newest firmware possible" then either http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/storage/16xosd...
is outdated or you tested the drive for 'this' roundup 'before' the previous review was released. I'm inclined to think the latter is true based on the features of B7K9. Similarly, "(your) second look at the DW1620 uses the same firmware, although (you) were able to get some better media." I assume you got this media prior to 9.29.04 as well...
Just trying to figure this out for myself here (btw I can't seem to find the .zip files you refer to). I have no vested interest in any of this, just like to see things clearly.
Back to the firmware issue. B7K9 introduced a great many write strategies changes.
I will pick out the media tested that seems to have changed since before B7K9
Mitsubishi (MCC 03 RG20) DVD-R is now 16x (should put speed about the same as NEC)
Mitsubishi (MCC 003) DVD+R is now 12x (should be about the same as the RITEK test on the BENQ)
Ritek (RITEK R04) DVD+R is a 16x supported media
Mitsubishi (MCC 004) possibly had a write strategy change (uncertain) to make it full 16x; same for (RITEK R03)
Don't get me wrong I understand you guys can't test the latested of the latest ultra alpha zeta laser tool chain master firmware (yes I made that up as I went) and compile a review/comparison instantly. But I would expect if you are using new material for a new review that you use the latest firmware/software etc that is available at the start of that review/comparison. At the VERY least you could mention that firmware revisions/updates/etc have been made (google is easy to use) and likely improve the results of XYZ. Further mentioning new features have been introduced, such as in B7M9 (released 10.27.04) where high speed (8x) disc quality testing with nero cd/dvd speed has been added (must use latest firmware, with latest software).
I may not expect to see such things on (insert company fanboy website here) but I certainly expect nothing less than what I suggest from "the leading IT source for hardware analysis and industry news" Reply
Bozo Galora - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkBTW CDfreaks says the 1.01 firmware is out. Reply
Bozo Galora - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkActually if you look at store pickup it shows in stock (for me) at several places. But no one at those friggin stores ever answers the phone.
Going out there right now to see, pick up 3 if they have them.
Thanks for heads up. Reply
Dennis Travis - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkThe Modesto, Calif Best Buy had 5-6 the night I got mine. I was shocked to see it there. I am glad I bought it. My friend has the 712 and never a coaster after at least 500-600 DVD's and hunderds of CDR's. And the DVD's play on anything in my house including a Sony DVD that hates all burned media.
Same with the 716a so far. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkWe will test a PX-716A as soon as we get a sample.
Kristopher Reply
Warder45 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkNm they are backordered till the 11th - 17th. I'll have to check my local BB's to see if any of them got it in. Reply
Warder45 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkI think some are forgeting that testing these things doesn't happen over night. Between other reviews, news, etc and normal working hours it could be quite easy to have a new firmware come out after you've already tested.
For the plextor drive it does seem like bestbuy's website has them in stock for $140 with a $30 MIR. So is the extra's of a plextor worth the extra $30 to $40? Reply
Mem - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkI notice with the Lite-On 1633 drive you was for the roundup still had the original firmware,there`s a new firmware "BSOK" update out dated 26th OCT that has "matched more media" support.
I happen to own the external version and can say it`s very quiet while burning and also in playback mode,the only noisy thing is the tray when ejecting IMHO,btw I think it`s a great burner very low P1/PO errors and no bad burns so far. Reply
Dennis Travis - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkWhat is interesting is I just bought a Plextor PX-716a at Best Buy this last week. It works GREAT so far. Will do more testing but so far it's fast and reliable. It is at UDMA 4 by the way. It flys.
It came with both a White and Black face and door. Reply
Bozo Galora - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linker, Nov 8 for PREORDER
apparently they are still working out bugs
I note in the specs that the drive will run in UltraUDMA mode 4 or 66MB/sec in addition to PIO
Interesting Reply
Bozo Galora - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkhttp://www.plextor.com/english/products/716A.htm
looks like Nov 8 for USA Reply
Bozo Galora - Monday, November 01, 2004 - link#25-
I have never seen a 16X Plextor review - care to link one?
Latest Plextools out today 2.18
http://www.plextools.com/download/download.asp Reply
Mookie13 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkCan anybody comment on the noise level of any of these drives (esp. the NEC, BenQ and Pioneer)? I'd like to throw one of these in a sff and use it as a htpc, so a loud drive spinning sound would really bother me. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkMaverick215: Feel free to download the .zip files with all of the disc quality q-tools and nero tests.
techfuzz: When we tested the drive 2.16 was the newest available.
As for the BenQ drive, we tested with the newest firmware possible.
Kristopher Reply
Aquila76 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkFrom page 9 (Sony Review) <<...dual layer burners are pseudonymous with 16X burners...>>
I think the word you're looking for is 'synonymous', not 'pseudonymous'. A pseudonym means 'a fake name', whereas a synonym means 'basically the same thing'. However, in Sony's case, pseudonym may be more accurate. Reply
Belzer - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkI find the average write speed of 11.88x for the NEC on 8x DVD±R MCC media very hard to believe. It would need to support them at max 16x speed to get this average speed and it does not, unless you've used a hacked firmware.
I also doubt that the Pioneer is faster than the BenQ @12x on 8x MCC DVD+R if you compare the actual write time. Other tests have shown the BenQ to be a good 30 seconds faster than the Pioneer at 12x thanks to PCAV write tech (vs. ZCLV). Reply
Sabresiberian - Monday, November 01, 2004 - link#15 DL is important to me because I know the price of media will drop and I want the drive I buy to be as useful as possible for the longest time possible. I might be buying it today but I will be using it tomorrow :) Overall you make some good points :)
I think this is a difficult time to do this kind of article, because other improved versions will be available before the end of the year. For example, the Plextor 716A will be released with SATA capabilities.
I think its wierd that you couldn't get the Plextor drive in time, as I know this product has been reviewed by others. Reply
southernpac - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkA recent (17 August) article in PC World advised extreme caution when buying an OEM (versus retail) DVD burner. It said that OEM units "carry no manufacturer's warranty, lack burning software and are ineligible for firmware upgrades" (therefore costing more in the long run). Many examples were given. I would appreciate advise as to whether this is percieved to be a real concern. If so, NEC has no retail outlet - how would you buy a non-OEM unit? Reply
southernpac - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkA recent (August 17th) PC World article advised extreme caution when buying OEM vs. retail DVD burners. It claimed that OEM versions carry no manufacturer's warranty, lack software and are ineligible for firmware upgrades (therefore actually costing more in the long run). Many examples were given. I would appreciate some advise as to whether this is percieved to be a real risk. If so, NEC has no retail outlet - how would you buy a non-OEM unit? Bill Reply
Gatak - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkHow about overburn tests? I have many times wanted to burn 50-100MB more than a standard single-layer disk but failed because my drive or software won't do it. Reply
Codyman - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkI'm kinda wondering if a PX716A couldn't get crammed into this test somehow. Been waiting for this review in hopes that it would've been in this test and I haven't been waiting the extra couple months for nothing. Reply
danidentity - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkI'd like to see a list of recommended media for different speed grades (4x, 8x, etc.) for different burners. Reply
techfuzz - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkWhy weren't the firmware on all the drives tested brought up to at the very least the most recent officially released version? For example, NEC's current official firmware is v2.17 where the v2.16 used in this roundup is the original firmware as-shipped from the factory?! Reply
Bozo Galora - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkfirmwares are on www.cdrinfo.com Reply
ecouser - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkDoesn't Samsung make a Dual Layer DVD burner? If so why isn't it in this roundup? Reply
MIDIman - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkYay! I'm a winner! I was waiting for this article, but couldn't wait long enough, and picked up the NEC two weeks ago. Couldn't be happier.
Here's hoping for better Ritek 8x/16x support... Reply
Maverick215 - Monday, November 01, 2004 - link1) where are the 8x disc quality tests, it seems you only did -r, 16x, and DL
2) who cares about DL at $10 a disc I have to quote you, "read/write capabilities are not really useful in applications for the common end user."
3) who cares about 16x
a)it's not readily available
b) will likely be more expensive when it is
c) no realized speed improvement (your review states 11.9x max for 16x and 11.88 max for 8x media @ 12x (again we don't know the burn quality of this 8x@12 burn but you gave the result)
given these I'd have to say "read/write capabilities are not really useful in applications for the common end user." again.
And to just take one drive here, the benq, you used a BETA firmware, it might be fair if you used a BETA of a upcoming release, but you used a BETA that is 3 public releases and atleast 5 weeks old. you consider NEC more mature, why not give Benq etc a chance to mature? At the very least you could say all burners were updated as of xyz date, at least we would have a reference point. And we could then understand that infact you started doing this comparison 5 weeks ago.
That minor point aside. If you really care what is applicable to the "common end user" then why not more 8x media with the price of said media and then that media's burn quality tests(16x has a use here in comparing burn quality). 8x is what's most readily available, 8x@12x is comparable burn speed to 16x.
Sorry but this review just leaves me with an empty feeling. Perhaps I am alone in my opinion, but I can live with that. Reply
Reflex - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkNice to know I made the right choice a month and a half ago when I grabbed the 3500A. It wasn't anything more than me looking for a bargain for a Media Center PC, so I just lucked into the best drive it appears.
BTW, where do you find the latest firmware for this stuff? And are there any good reccomendations on softare, seeing as OEM drives don't come with it usually... Reply
AkumaX - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkdon't really care about speed, but which burner has the best COMPATIBILITY and RELIABILITY in terms of burning? the 108D or the 3500A or something else? Reply
mkruer - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkSo I take it DVD+R/RW won the format wars. BTW that would be a good article in itself. Why IS there a difference between the two formats (that's -R vs +R) Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkMost of the drives we reviewed are the OEM versions - they pretty much all look identical (flat, beige/black, one button).
Kristopher Reply
PuravSanghani - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkOCedHrt: Errors have been fixed for your viewing pleasure :) Reply
Operandi - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkxsilver: If the drive is a re-badge then just say so in the artical, I don't think a picture is required.
My point is simply that if your going get pics of the drives you should be taking pics of the portion people will be looking at. Other pics are fine but not geing bezel shoots dosn't make any sense to me. Reply
OCedHrt - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkHmm dunno how to edit. The CD-R write speed for the Pioneer between the graph and the table at the end is also different. Reply
OCedHrt - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkThe description for the Ritek G05 read test doesn't match the graph at all. One of them is wrong. Reply
xsilver - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkI think the circuit pcb thing is a good idea -- some drives a just rebadges of other drives? (asus?) so to tell you look that the pcb / insides Reply
Operandi - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkFor future reference if you are going to bother taking pictures of the drives take a picture of somthing useful, the drive bezel. nobody cares what the circut board PCB looks like. Reply
xsilver - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkAlso is there somewhere where I can find tests on reading regular dvd-9 movies? my liton 16x reader goes completely ape when there is any scratches on the disc, the 106d is much slower but plugs through.
This is when using dvd decrypter
and who the hell uses cd's anymore? dvd's are so much cheaper per m/b to store data.... if someone doesn't have at least a dvd reader, I say quit trying to buy that l33t AMD64 / 6800 and get something useful! Reply
PuravSanghani - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkThe bitsetting feature on this model is very limited with the current firmware in that only DVD+R DL media will be autoset to the DVD-ROM booktype. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, November 01, 2004 - link>Also the 108d is the same price as the 3500a where I am.... would it be recommended then?
I would still recommend the NEC-3500A. The faster CD writing is worth it.
Kristopher Reply
xsilver - Monday, November 01, 2004 - linkCan the bitsetting option on the pioneer 108d be explained more? what will it auto set to?
I have a 106d I want to upgrade and have found the pioneer to be much better than something like a liteon....
Also the 108d is the same price as the 3500a where I am.... would it be recommended then? Reply


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Gonzalez, a first-round draft pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1997, marked his likely final game with a 10-yard touchdown reception that gave Atlanta a 24-14 lead in the dying seconds of the opening half.
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Gonzalez, the NFL record holder for receiving yards (14,268) and touchdowns (103) for a tight end, said he was pleased he would be able to leave on his own terms and not as a result of an injury.
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Falcons coach Mike Smith said Gonzalez had been a pleasure to have on his team.
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He might only be 25 years old and hail from Georgia (as in the neighbor to Russia, not the state of feuding Atlanta housewives), but David Koma is proving himself a pretty adept assimilator of references and influences to create something that is entirely of his own making. For fall, he was variously looking at: Leigh Bowery (the gigantic spots—the leitmotif of the season—strategically placed furry pom-poms, and enormous multicolored fur collar worn with the closing look are just the kinds of things Bowery would have worn without as much as a stitch else), Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (she too knows her way around a circle print), and, as always, the sculpted and honed silhouettes of Azzedine Alaia. Though it would seem Thierry Mugler might have also been pinned on his mental mood board, if those hourglass jackets with fox fur peplums and the manipulated dot print that followed the curves of the body were anything to go by. But—and this is what marks Koma as an interesting new talent, beyond the finish of his clothes, which was exquisite—he could then work in photographic images of Russian nuns that were taken by a friend of his, and make them look coolly beautiful, and not a kitsch joke. Given his inspirational sources, it would have all been too easy for the collection to have gone there, but it didn't. And he made a strong case for the stricter, sexier, more controlled silhouette that is slowly emerging as the counterpoint to all the looser, easier seventies vibe that has been at large, quite literally, in New York and London.


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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Vascular Surgery
Vein Removal after DVT
I had a DVT in my Rt lower calf 14 years ago. At the time, the physicians related it to birth control pills and an eight hour road trip with few stops to walk. I took six months of Coumadin. I am continuing to have pain and swelling in this leg. I wear pressure socks, exercise and have controlled HTN on an ACE inhibitor. I am developing prominent varicose veins in that leg and I am thouroughly sick of the pain and swelling. Is there a surgical procedure to remove these veins? The doctors have told me that a repeat DVT will mean a lifetime on Coumadin. This is something my mental state can not tolerate. Any suggestions from the vascular folks out there.
I would recommend an evaluation by a vascular surgeon with an interest in vein therapies. There are many options. You may find a vascular surgeon at the Society for Vascular Surgery. Good luck!
Jean E Starr, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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POLICE are still searching for a convicted robber, who is wanted for recall to prison.
Michael William Powell, 30, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for robbery in December, 2011 and was released in June 2014, but has displayed poor behaviour while on licence and is wanted for recall to prison.
Powell is described as white, 6ft tall, with a medium build and dark brown hair, and police said he lives in York, but is known to have links in the Northampton area.
Detective Inspector Graeme Wright, of York CID, said: "Michael, if you see or hear this appeal, I want you to know that we have not forgotten about you and we are making every effort to return you to custody. By delaying the inevitable, you are only making matters worse for yourself. I strongly advise you to hand yourself in straight away. I am also asking anyone who sees Powell to contact the police straight away.
"Officers have been making checks at addresses where Powell is believed to have links. These visits will continue until he has been arrested. If you are shielding him, you need to know that you are not helping Powell and you may even be committing offences yourself. If this is the case, you face the prospect of arrest and prosecution."
Anyone with information should contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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Russian Flashcards: English-Russian
For anyone learning Russian (like myself) flashcards are the best way to accompany your routine. Once you've got the alphabet down and can pronounce each letter -- of which there are TONS in the Russian alphabet -- flashcards make for a great entree to knowing what objects are in Russian. I know I want them!


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Idol Chatter
See the inspirations behind the cover.
For this year's Women in Music Issue, ELLE highlights today's brightest stars. Here, we check in with the crew who brought two of our cover subjects, Alicia Keys and Rita Ora, to life. Assistant Fashion Editor Sarah Schussheim: "We shot Alicia Keys on the rooftop of Siren Studios. She radiated cool New York glamour, relaxing and singing along to a Grace Jones album." Photographer Doug Inglish: "Alicia brought her two-year-old son, Egypt, and played with him constantly." Photographer Thomas Whiteside: "We flew to London to shoot Rita Ora. Fans kept asking for her autograph—she even stopped to dedicate a soccer ball to someone's dog." Schussheim: "Rita loved hairstylist Ken O'Rourke's whimsical headpieces. She kept Instagramming selfies." ELLE Creative Director Joe Zee: "Including one of her in Mickey Mouse gear! Not many people get so excited to have their picture taken in whiskers—Rita definitely has a special aura."
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If you are using CQ5 in Internet Explorer 8 or 9, you may notice phantom fields appearing after dismissing a dialog in the browser, and then scrolling the browser page.
1) Goto /content/geometrixx/en/toolbar/feedback.html
2) Open the dialog of one field (eg. Name)
3) Cancel the dialog
4) Scroll the browser window
=> Phantom form fields appear.
1) Goto /content/geometrixx-outdoors/en/men.html
2) Open the edit dialog of the "Navigation Products"-Component
3) Click on "Cancel"
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This issue is caused by a problem in the CSS which controls the layout of the page in author mode.
This issue will be fixed in CQ 5.6.1 and later versions.
To workaround this issue in CQ5.5 SP2.1 you can use the following overlay to fix the CSS: reset_css_overlay_44088-1.0.zip
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A POLICE officer has been ordered to do community work after arming himself with a knife and confronting a friend and putting the weapon to his throat on a drunken night out in Dorchester.
Peter Lawrence, who had previously been working as a detective constable with Dorset Police involved in undercover operations, will now face disciplinary proceedings at work over the late-night incident when he was off duty.
The judge in the case, who said he was prepared to treat it as a 'drunken prank which went wrong', said he would be very surprised if Lawrence is allowed to remain a policeman in view of his behaviour that night. He described Lawrence's behaviour as 'grossly irresponsible.'
Married father-of-two Lawrence, 42, who has been in Dorset Police for 17 years, has been suspended on full pay since the time of his arrest last March.
He was convicted of common assault following a trial at Gloucester Crown Court last month and was back there today to be sentenced. The jury had cleared him of assaulting Simon Slade causing actual bodily harm but found him guilty of the less serious offence.
Lawrence was given a community order with a requirement to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. He was ordered to pay Mr Slade £1,000 compensation, pay £1,000 court costs and a £60 surcharge.
During the trial, the court heard that Lawrence had gone out drinking with Mr Slade and other friends.
Mr Slade got 'very drunk' and when they returned to a flat belonging to Stuart Hole in Dorchester, he was making racist and anti-Semitic comments, it was alleged.
When he was leaving, Lawrence followed him out, grabbed him and pinned him against the wall with a knife to his throat.
He told him: 'Talk to me like that again and I will put this knife through your neck.' Frightened Mr Slade tried to fend him off and cut his hand in the process. He also suffered a slight facial injury.
Passing sentence, Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Lawrence: "Hideously drunk as you were you thought it would be funny to pull the leg of your victim by pushing him up against the wall and holding a knife to his throat and pretending to be very cross.
"It backfired spectacularly because he undoubtedly genuinely believed you were going to cut his throat and that's how he cut his hand.
"This was grossly irresponsible behaviour. I can only ascribe it to alcohol."
He added: "It is difficult to imagine how your career in the police force is going to continue. Fortunately you are talented and you have other skills you can use elsewhere.
"I suspect you are going to be punished far more severely than I can do."
'Well respected' officer
DEFENDING barrister in the case, Peter Onslow, gave the judge a sheaf of references for Lawrence.
The judge said they portrayed Lawrence as a courteous, polite and sensitive officer who was well respected in the force and by the public.
Mr Onslow said: "As far as his work is concerned nothing has been done yet. I have been told it is likely it will go to a gross misconduct hearing within the next three months.
"He is almost bound to lose his job in the current atmosphere where Dorset Police are seeking to cut their numbers so that any officer who commits an offence is most likely to lose their job."
After the case, a Dorset Police spokesman said: "Now criminal proceedings have been completed he will now be subject to internal disciplinary procedures."


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Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 205W. The 255W is identical to the 205W in nearly every way, except that the 255W features a text-to-speech function that reads street and points of interest (POI) names aloud and is preloaded with full map data instead of regional data. As a result, the 255W gets an extra point in the features rating category.
When most people think of a GPS device, the first name that pops into mind is Garmin Nuvi. Garmin's Nuvi 200 line of navigators was an excellent blend of ease of use and value. The new Nuvi 2x5 line of GPS navigation devices seeks to build on that reputation with a few new features, while still keeping the price relatively low. The Garmin Nuvi 205W is one of two entry-level models in the 2x5 line, and features only the most basic navigation features.
The standout feature in this new model is the "Where am I?" option that can come in handy during an emergency; but mostly the 205W represents a significant performance boost over the older Nuvis. Buyers who like what they see in the Nuvi 205W can choose to step down to the 205, which features a smaller screen, to save a few bucks, or up to the 255W, which adds text-to-speech to the feature set.
The Nuvi 205W's chassis will be immediately familiar to anyone who has ever used a Garmin PND. The unit measures 4.8 inches wide by 2.9 inches tall by 0.8 inch deep and features a color touch screen that takes up almost the entirety of the front panel. The screen measures 4.3 inches diagonally and displays full-color imagery at a WQVGA resolution of 480x272 pixels.
Along the top edge of the unit is the power/lock slider. Pushing this slider toward the power icon powers the unit on and off. Moving the slider toward the lock icon will lock the touch screen. The left edge of the unit houses an SD card slot, while the back panel is home to the speaker and mini-USB charging/connecting port.
The unit ships with a 12-volt power cable, a suction cup windshield mount and cradle, an adhesive disk for dashboard mounting, and a quick start manual. The cradle features a good amount of articulation from its ball-jointed neck and better adhesion than the TomTom EasyPort mount. However, the Garmin's mount is much bulkier than the TomTom's, and less portable.
After powering on the Garmin, the user is taken first to the Nuvi's main menu screen. Two large options are displayed for "Where to?" and "View map." Along the bottom edge are smaller icons for volume, tools, and--if a destination has been chosen--stop or detour route.
Choosing "Where to?" takes users to the destination entry screen where they are given the choice between entering an address, searching points of entry, or browsing stored favorites.
The Nuvi's interface is a bit more primary than the competition from TomTom, but at the same time, is slightly easier to navigate and understand.
The Nuvi 205W and its smaller sibling, the 205, are Garmin's entry-level models in the Nuvi 2x5 line, and predictably the units are not feature-packed powerhouses. However, the Nuvi 205W has a few tricks.
The unit comes preloaded with City Navigator NT map data for the contiguous United States, Canada, or one European region, depending on where the unit was purchased. (Our tester was loaded with maps for the lower 48 states, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.) For major roads and highways, the Garmin displays a speed limit icon as a warning for drivers approaching or exceeding the limit.


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AN ILLEGAL immigrant has been jailed for producing cann- abis in a 'sophisticated oper-ation' at a Blackburn house.
A court heard that every room in the property, in Shear Brow, was being used to grow the class B drug. It would have had a street value of £466,000.
Vietnamese national Tam Nguyen, 19, came into the UK illegally around two years earlier. After working in restaurants in the Mid-lands, he moved to Black-burn where he found himself with nowhere to live, Pres-ton Crown Court was told.
Mark Stuart, defending, said his client, of no fixed address, had been offered the house in Shear Brow, but was unaware he would have to be involved in grow-ing cannabis. But the judge heard that when officers raid- ed the house, after a tip off, they found Nguyen inside.
The electricity had been rerouted and there was a 'full-scale' cannabis produc- tion operation, with plants at three stages of growth.
Nguyen pleaded guilty to producing cannabis.
Paul Cummings, prosec-uting, said: "The crown conceeds that Nguyen is not the brains behind the oper-ation. He was clearly placed there for a purpose."
Judge Graham Knowles jailed Nguyen for 32 months, and warned him the Home Office would be in touch.
He told Nguyen: "The func- tion was a critical one. It served to keep the more ser-ious criminals in the back-ground, free from detection, and ready to start up again elsewhere with somebody else like you to do what you did."
"You are illegally in the UK. You found yourself with- out accommodation. You were in it, therefore, for the reward, albeit your own rew- ard was very much less than that planned by those who ran the operation."


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A £120 unemployment benefit bonus for more experienced workers who lose their jobs is being examined by Labour, shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves said.
Ms Reeves said the Opposition was "unequivocal" in seeking a return of the contributory principle to welfare - but only if it could be done without extra cost to the taxpayer.
She has asked a think tank to find cost-neutral ways to give those with four or five years of National Insurance contributions more Jobseeker's Allowance than others.
It could be worth around £20 for the first six weeks, she indicated.
As the political battle over benefits continued, she also warned jobless people lacking basic skills in English, maths and IT that they would be stripped of payouts if they refused to go on training courses.
Dismissing Tory claims she was copying their existing plans, she said Labour's policy - that would see around 300,000 people a year forced to sit literacy and numeracy tests within the first six weeks on the dole - was significantly tougher.
In her first major speech in the role since taking over from Liam Byrne in October, she reprised his call - backed by leader Ed Miliband - for a return to a "something for something" culture.
As the party seeks to find ways to respond to an increasingly hostile public opinion towards the cost of benefits, she said she had asked the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) to look at detailed options.
"This is unequivocal: we are moving in the direction of restoring the contributory element of our social security system," she told an audience at the IPPR.
"The direction I would like to go in is clear and what I would like to see is if someone has contributed for four or five years for example...they might get a bit more in those first six weeks."
That could be "perhaps in the order of £20", she suggested in reply to a question.
"That is why we have asked the IPPR to have a look at this to see what is affordable because before I make a firm commitment, we need to make sure the sums add up.
"Ed Balls has been very clear that any commitments have to be cross-neutral. We won't be spending any more on day-to-day spending."
Higher payments would be a "big help in cushioning the immediate financial impact of redundancy and give them a better chance of getting back into work and back on their feet sooner", she said in her speech.
"If this can be done in a cost neutral way by extending the period people need to be working and paying national insurance to qualify for contributory JSA it would be a very valuable step forward.
"And it would be a powerful way of restoring that understanding of collective insurance against unemployment that was such an important impulse behind Beveridge's original plan but which today has been all but lost from sight."
Setting out details of the proposed sanctions regime, Ms Reeves said a lack of basic skills meant many got trapped in "a vicious cycle between low-paid work and benefits.
"Our message is: i f you need extra training to help you get a job, then it's our responsibility to make sure the training is there b ut it is your responsibility to do the training you need to get off JobSeeker's Allowance and into work.
"If you don't, then there will be sanctions."
Under the plan, all new claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance would have to sit a basic skills test to measure their literacy, numeracy and IT ability within six weeks of signing on.
Those found to need improvement will be put on a programme of training aimed at getting them up to the standard required for steady employment.
The Tories pointed to plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne to pilot a scheme requiring young claimants without the equivalent of a good GCSE in English and maths to undergo training.
Under the plans from day one of a claim, those without level 2 qualifications in English and maths will be required to do up to 16 hours per week of training alongside their job search or risk losing their benefits.
A Conservative spokesman said: "Labour are copying a Conservative policy that already exists and that is superior to the one they are proposing.
"After 13 years of Labour running our education system, many young people looking for work do not have the English and maths skills they need to get a job."
Ms Reeves said: "This is for everybody, not just 18 to 21-year-olds - more than half of people claiming JSA are over 35 - and it's not a pilot, it would roll out nationally straight away."
Under Tory plans basic skills training would only be mandatory three years after people started a claim, she said, wasting valuable time when they could be learning them.
IPPR research director Graeme Cooke: "As part of IPPR's Condition of Britain programme, we are exploring how to marry social investment and the contributory principle to re-engineering of social policy and re-orientating public spending.
"One option is to expand the role of income-contingent loans, in providing much more substantial support to those who have contributed into the system if and when they face a drop in income due to job loss, on a temporary and repayable basis.
"Our proposal for national salary insurance is one variant on this idea.
"Another is to provide a higher rate of short-term benefit for those who lose their job after having paid into the system, funded by increasing the number of years of contribution required before this entitlement kicks in.
"This could be modelled on statutory maternity pay, which pays a much higher rate for the first six weeks - and is only available to those women who worked before having a child."
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said: "Labour left our welfare system in a complete mess, with 1.4 million people spending most of the last decade on out-of-work benefits.
"That's why, as part of David Cameron's long-term economic plan, we are fixing the welfare system, ending the something-for-nothing culture and making sure work pays.
"But Labour have opposed every single one of our changes, including capping benefits so no one can claim more than the average working family earns, capping housing benefit, and limiting benefit rises so they do not go up faster than workers' wages. And now they are proposing borrowing more to spend more on benefits.
"This is typical of Labour - they haven't changed - it's the same old welfare party."
The chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group, Alison Garnham, said: "Rachel Reeves is spot on in saying that you can't have a strong economy unless you have a system of social security that helps people into work, makes work pay and recognises contribution. Child poverty costs £29 billion every year, hitting families, the taxpayer and the wider economy.
"We should not forget that the vast majority of people receiving benefits have worked, are working or soon will work again."


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Bit of a Wordpress CSS conundrum!
So, I am not showing the child pages in the menu, however I would like to highlight the parent page in the nav bar when in the three child pages.
My understanding is that the CSS that is already in the stylesheet should do the trick, however it isn't! CSS below.
#nav >ul>li.hovered,
#nav >ul>li.current-menu-ancestor,
#nav >ul>li.current-menu-item { color:#e30613 !important;}
#nav >ul>li.hovered >a,
#nav >ul>li.current-menu-ancestor >a,
#nav >ul>li.current-menu-item >a { -moz-opacity:1; filter:alpha(opacity=100); opacity:1;color:#e30613 !important; }
Any help is greatly appreciated...
Hi to thestealthyfox. Welcome to the forums
Could you post a link to the site? We need to see the HTML that goes with this CSS to know if it's right or not. Normally this is really easy to do, but with WP in the mix, we CSSers may be up against more than we bargain for.
That would help wouldn't it!The dev area site address is http://www.eclipse-experience.com/subdirectory
I just can't work it out, to me the CSS is all there. I'm not sure if it's down to the fact I'm using a custom menu? But that's quite commonplace in WP these days isn't it...
Thanks Ralph
From what I can see, you've just targeted the wrong class name. On 'ancestor' pages, the menu class name is
.current-page-ancestor
rather than
.current-menu-ancestor
Hmmm, I've changed menu over to page, but still no joy? I did try that earlier too. This is why it's got me completely baffled!
The changes aren't online yet. Make sure to change the rule for the s:
#nav > ul > li.hovered > a, #nav > ul > li.current-page-ancestor > a, #nav > ul > li.current-menu-item > a {
color: #E30613 !important;
opacity: 1;
Perfect - all working! Thanks I have another query, but should I start another thread for that?
Actually, I've just realised - when I'm on a single post page, it doesn't highlight the news part on the menu. Any suggestions?
Weirdly, the menu in that section places a different class on the LIs. So you'd need to add this:
#nav > ul > li.hovered > a, #nav > ul > li.current-page-ancestor > a, #nav > ul > li.current_page_parent a, #nav > ul > li.current-menu-item > a {
color: #E30613 !important;
opacity: 1;
O, the joys of WordPress (not!).
Absolutely perfect - thanks you're a life saver
You're welcome. Glad it helped.


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Massachusetts features music for all tastes: classical, jazz, early music, even a rich history of rock and roll.
The cornerstone is one of the world's greatest orchestras, the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It performs in Symphony Hall, celebrated worldwide for its magnificent acoustics and historic location, conveniently just steps from the T.
For opera buffs, the Boston Lyric Opera features lavish productions. Of course, no Fourth of July would be complete without the Boston Pops concert at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade. Two popular venues for contemporary music: the dramatic Bank of America Pavilion on Boston Harbor and the Comcast Center, a 19,000-seat amphitheater in Mansfield.
Be sure to check out the MassJazz website for jazz venues and upcoming concerts.
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Entertaining Mr Sloane (Joe Orton) DVD £2.99 + Free Delivery/Quidco @ HMV
An attractive young charmer by the name of Mr. Sloane weasels his way into the lives of a middle-aged brother and sister, while trying to disguise the truth about his unpleasant past. This black comedy is based on a work by Joe Orton, the taboo-tweaking British playwright who delighted in loading his dialogue with satirical insights and racy double entendres. Indeed, sexual tension drives the plot from the very beginning, when the lonely Kath (Beryl Reid) spots Mr. Sloane (Peter McEnery) in a cemetery and invites him to become a boarder. Despite the age difference, Sloane coyly plays along with her flirtations for his own benefit. Their fun seems over when Kath's brother Ed (Harry Andrews) shows up, but the prim and proper gentleman also takes a shine to Sloane, hiring him as his chauffeur and taking particular interest in the young man's tight leather uniform. Kath and Ed's elderly father, however, develops a strong hatred of Sloane, and accuses to him of being involved in an old, unsolved murder. Though the translation to the screen is somewhat uneven, the controversial elements of Orton's text are mostly preserved, and his gleefully amoral tone survives intact.
Product details
Actors: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb
Directors: Douglas Hickox
Writers: Clive Exton, Joe Orton
Producers: Douglas Kentish
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Cinema Club
DVD Release Date: 20 Jun 2005
Run Time: 90 minutes


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