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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has urged Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim to take notice of the planned distribution of 27,500 plots on the state property by the Sindh government allegedly to win loyalties of voters for PPP candidates in the coming elections.
In a letter sent to the CEC and other members of the Election Commission of Pakistan, PTI secretary general Arif Alvi referred to an advertisement published in a section of the press by the Sindh government on Sunday according to which 27,500 plots would be distributed to the 'poorest of the poor'.
"I had received this information in December that the PPP intends to distribute 50,000 plots to its Jayalas in the last month before elections and had spoken on the same issue and also released a press statement, but as there was no evidence I could not pursue the matter. But now that the same unscrupulous scheme is being advertised, it is important that your office takes immediate action," said the letter.
Mr Alvi said the entire project was political in nature for which huge loans had been taken from international financial institutions that would have to be repaid off in future.
He alleged that the money was being used for pre-poll rigging to benefit PPP candidates.
"On behalf of the party I request the Election Commission of Pakistan to stop this activity and that the project should be left for the next government to be carried out with much more transparency," the PTI leader said.


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I'm exhausted.
As I'm writing this, I just completed my third week of camps and trips for the summer. One mission trip, a high school camp, and a middle school camp later, and I feel like I'm running on low fumes. Who's ready to get out and push?
Don't get me wrong — I love my students and find value and importance in the work I do. But even the strongest, most extroverted types would most likely begin to fade after a summer of travel and working with youth.
The more I work with people, I begin to see more of the differences in how others interact and re-energize. Full-time ministry led me to realize I'm more introverted than extroverted (introvert with extroverted tendencies is my new label). I love people, but tend to find the most rest and re-energize by myself. Towards the end of a full week around people, traveling, activities, and mental and emotional exertion, I usually begin to crave solitude.
I understand that not all of us have an abundance of time on our hands for relaxation. But I don't believe relaxation is the issue for many of us — but rest. Physical rest, mental rest, emotional rest, and genuine care for our souls.
One of my favorite reads recently was Wayne Cordeiro's, "Leading on Empty." In the book, Cordeiro speaks early and often not just about the concept of self-care, but the necessity of it. In his personal account of burnout, Cordeiro reveals thoughts and findings from his own journey to regain not just his physical and mental strength, but to revive his soul. His book did wonders in my own quest to find rest, but mostly helped me understand the difference between consistent self care and just taking a week off every year.
The difference? Consider the regular maintenance that goes into your car. Oil changes, tire rotations, and filling up your gas tank are all regular (and wise) practices of owning a vehicle. Wait too long, and you may find yourself calling AAA on the side of the road. Or, what about your teeth? Hopefully you've made a personal choice (for the rest of our sake) to brush and floss daily instead of waiting for your next dental appointment to clean them.
Much like our cars or hygiene, regular (and consistent) maintenance and care for your mind, body, and soul is a must if we want to be live healthfully and within our boundaries. We all have different limits, but that doesn't require us to always push those limits or cross those lines in order to gain permission to refill our tank. In other words: YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO FIND REST REGULARLY. A good dose of self-awareness combined with a plan to recharge regularly will lead to preventative maintenance rather than expensive repairs (burnout, depression, isolation, etc).
Cordeiro suggests that we identify our "fills" and "drains," the things that either energize us or deplete our tanks. We all have activities, hobbies, jobs, responsibilities, and relationships that do one or the other. For me, my "fills" are usually casual time with friends, praying, reading, golf, and TV or movies. But for you, working with your hands or cleaning the house may be what refills your tank.
What "fills" your tank? What tends to "drain" you? My advice to you this week: identify your "fills" and "drains." Then, make time in your daily schedule to find rest, and refill.
Thank you, Lord, for vacation time.
• Colin Noonan serves as the director of youth ministries at Mountain View Lutheran Church. Keep the conversation going with him at email@example.com, or on Twitter (@cnoonan3).

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Sonic: Lost World is out next Friday, 18th October and we're giving away 3 Nintendo goody bags, including a Bag, Hoody and Mug! To be in with a chance of being one of our lucky winners, Just follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook and keep your eyes out this weekend for more information! We'll be picking the 3 lucky winners on Monday!
Sonic Lost World is available on Nintendo Wii U and 3DS - Pre-order the Wii U version and get upgraded to the 'Deadly Six Edition'! "Sonic Lost World: Deady Six Edition will include a download code for the NiGHTMARE DLC pack, which contains an extra level with Nightmaren enemies inspired by the Sega Saturn classic NiGHTS into Dreams.
When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic's new moves and power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it's too late!
In his latest plot to defeat Sonic and rule the world, Dr. Eggman has harnessed the power of six menacing creatures known as the Deadly Six. However, when the Deadly Six rise up against their new master, Sonic must unite with his arch nemesis Eggman and explore the mystical Lost Hex in order to take them on head-to-head. Use Sonic's amazing new moves and incredible Color Powers to speed across a variety of unique terrains, racing inside, outside and upside down in every level."
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Organic Fish Chews For Dogs
We are pleased to announce a new release of product that we think will be a huge hit! We had a lot of folks ask for fish products for their dogs so here they are! We have two different types of chews for this which are both unique and long lasting.
Our first new product is a ray tail. Sting Ray is a common fish species that occurs all over the world. These ray tails have been dried and come in 6 and 12 inch sizes for your pooches. The great thing about these tails is that that are rich in vitamins and minerals like chondroitin. The ray tails also have keratin beads on the outside of them which add texture to the product and make the product last even longer. These ray tails or fish sticks should last 2-3 times longer than a comparably sized bully stick. This is also a great way to add some variety in your dogs treat and chew regimen. These are completely organic, fully digestible, and will help to keep teeth and gums clean!
The second new product is shark cartilage or spine of wild sharks. These are great because they have anti-inflammatory properties, are rich in chondroitin sulfate, and also last for a while. As an added benefit these are under research for their anti-cancer properties for dogs. The shark spine and cartilage is used for its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties in the far east. These also come in 6 and 12 inch sizes and we are sure that they will also be well received.
Both products are organic fish products and will have a slightly fishy smell!


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A 55-year-old woman and her 3-year-old grandson were killed after a three-alarm fire broke out in East Orange, N.J., Sunday night, officials said.
The fire started shortly before 9:30 p.m. on the seventh floor of 50 South Munn Ave., a 10-story residential high-rise building built before World War II, officials said. The fire was contained to the seventh floor. Other units in the building sustained smoke and water damage.
City spokesman Daryl Jeffries said the woman, Willie Neal Springfield, was found dead in his seventh-floor apartment. Several other residents were rushed to area hospitals, including Springfield's grandson, Shaquan Brown, who later died at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey Hospital in Newark.
The two other injured residents were taken to East Orange General Hospital, according to Jeffries.
In addition to East Orange, fire departments from Orange, Irvington and South Orange also responded to the scene.
The community center of a nearby building at 55-57 South Munn Ave. was set up as a temporary shelter for those displaced by the fire.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire. Officials said it did not appear to be suspicious.
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Cape Town - The Cape Flats, expected to be one of country's hotly-contested
areas before the elections, proved to be one of the most laid-back on
Even the potential flash point of Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain, where police
and land invaders recently clashed, was quiet after polls opened.
There were no signs of protesters as police officers kept a watch on the
By lunch, the Portland High School polling station had recorded the largest
number of votes in the Mitchells Plain area, according to IEC officials.
The area was expected to be a tight contest between the Democratic Alliance
and the ANC. Polling station queues averaged about 200 people and voters came
and went in a steady flow.
At a mobile polling station in the Harare area only a handful of voters
stood in the queue. At the station in New Way, about 100 people waited to vote.
Sicelo Jack, who lives near this polling station, said he would go vote
"I will wait until most of the voters have passed through and then I
will go and vote at my leisure," he said, adding this would be around 4pm.
Voting in New Way was accompanied by a carnival atmosphere with music
blaring and party organisers calling voters with loud hailers. A young woman
standing nearby however warned that criminals frequented the area.
"Don't stand here, the guys will rob you," she said.
"Don't stand here, the guys will rob you." Gotta love the South Africa!!


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Kaysen, Brown Applaud Roundabout
Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen and City Councilman Jim Brown may not always see eye to eye on issues facing the city.
But they do agree on one thing–the Converse/Pershing/19th Street Roundabout is a big success.
At a ceremony Friday celebrating the completion of the $4.5 million project, Kaysen said that while he was at first skeptical of the roundabout, it's turned out to be a great addition to the community. Kaysen says he's hearing more and more positive comments about the project as people get used to it.
Brown said that seeing the roundaboutt completed gives him a lot of pride in the city, adding he feels the project has turned out so well that he would support future roundabouts "in a heartbeat". He adds several people who were originally against the project are now telling him it's turned out better than they expected.
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Introduction and Specifications
It has been a while since we took a look at some hard drives here at PC Perspective. While seemingly everyone is pushing hard into Solid State Storage, those spinning platters have gotten the computer industry by for several decades, and they won't be going away any time soon so long as magnetic domains can store bits for cheaper than electrons can. SSDs have been eating away at the market for OS and single drive mobile needs, but when it comes to bulk storage, nothing beats a great hard drive for the money. Since many users would rather avoid maintaining a large array of drives, getting the capacity of each 3.5" unit higher is still a need, especially for storage hungry consumers. Enterprise units have been pushing into 8TB territory lately, but the consumer sweet spot currently remains at 6TB. Western Digital entered this area in July of last year, pushing their popular Green and Red lines up to 6TB. While the capacity was great, those two lines are mean to be power saving, slower spinning drives. When platter speeds are low, the laws of physics (and of rotational latency) kick in and dictate that they could never perform as well as their 7200 RPM counterparts.
...and now they have filled that gap, with their Black and Red Pro models now made available in up to 6TB capacities. To clarify the product lines here, the Green and Black products are intended for usage as a single drive, while the Red and Red Pro are meant for operating in NAS devices and use in a RAID. The two drives in this review are the faster spinning models, so we should see better performance all around. Spinning those platters faster means more power drawn and more heat generated by air friction across the platters, as we can look into below:
Western Digital Red Pro 6TB:
- Model: WD6001FFWX
- Max Sequential Read: 214 MB/s
- Form Factor: 3.5"
- Interface Type: SATA 6.0 Gb/s (SATA 3)
- UBER: <1 in 1015
- Power (active/idle/standby): 10.6W/7.4W/1.6W
- Warranty: 5 years
Western Digital Black 6TB:
- Model: WD6001FZWX
- Max Sequential: 218 MB/s
- Form Factor: 3.5"
- Interface Type: SATA 6.0 Gb/s (SATA 3)
- UBER: <1 in 1014
- Power (active/idle/standby): 10.6W/7.6W/1.6W
- Warranty: 5 years
For comparison, the slower spinning 6TB Red and Green models run at 5.3W/3.4W/0.4W. Lesson learned - moving from ~5400 RPM to 7200 RPM roughly doubles the power draw of a high capacity 3.5" HDD. Other manufacturers are doing things like hermetically sealing their drives and filling them with Helium, but that is a prohibitively expensive proposition for consumer / small business drives, which is what the Black and Red Pro lines are meant to satisfy. It has also been proven that Helium filled drives are not the best if their track geometry is not optimized as well as it could be.
Western Digital Releases My Book Pro - up to 12TB of Thunderbolt Connected Storage
Subject: Storage | September 8, 2015 - 03:43 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, thunderbolt, My Book Pro
Western Digital has launched a new Thunderbolt RAID-capable external drive called the My Book Pro:
The My Book Pro connects a pair of 3, 4, 5, or 6TB HDD's to a host system via either 20 Gbps Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 (at 5 Gbps). The unit comes preconfigured as a RAID-0 to give full capacities of 6, 8, 10, or 12 TB, but can be switched to RAID-1 or JBOD mode upon connection to a host system. Note that RAID-1 (mirroring) will cut the usable capacity in half - limiting to the capacity of a single drive. As seen above, there are also a pair of USB 3.0 ports at the front of the unit for connecting additional devices to the host via the My Book Pro.
Looking at the rear, we see a pair of Thunderbolt ports (daisy chaining of up to six My Book Pros is supported), as well as a USB 3.0 port.
We are not sure which drives come pre-installed, but the press release clearly states 7200 RPM and since WD just launched a higher capacities of the Red Pro, we'd guess that was their choice here.
Western Digital Launches 5TB and 6TB Black and Red Pro
Subject: Storage | August 18, 2015 - 08:00 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, Red Pro, hdd, Black, 6tb
It's been a while since Western Digital updated their Black series of HDDs, with their 4TB release taking place over two years ago. I'm happy to say that for those looking for a massive HDD suited for holding that enormous games folder too large to fit on your SSD, your wait is finally over, as today WD has updated the Black line to include 5TB and 6TB capacity units.
The Black series introduced that nifty dual stage actuator technology nearly five years ago, and has added a few more bells and whistles along the way. These new models include a 128MB cache and run on dual-core processors.
Along with that news also comes an update to their Red Pro series, which was also limited to 4TB in capacity when they launched last year. Red Pro models will now also include 5TB and 6TB units, so those wanting the most performance and lowest response time from their NAS can now also enjoy that performance at a 50% gain in capacity.
The new 6TB Red Pro also includes a 128MB cache and can peak at 214MB/sec (at the start of the disk). Also included in these is WD's NASware 3.0 firmware, which is specifically tuned to enable packs of these operating in packs while minimizing the effects of vibration on performance.
The 5TB Black comes in at $264 while the 6TB comes in at $294. The Red Pro's come at only an additional $5 over the Black, respectively (small price to pay for better compatibility with larger arrays). Both the Red Pro and Black carry a 5-year warranty.
Press blasts for the 5/6TB Black and Red Pro appear after the break.
Western Digital Launches Re+ Datacenter HDD, Bests HGST He6 in Power Consumption
Subject: Storage | March 10, 2015 - 03:44 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, Re+, hdd, 6tb, 5TB
Western Digital has just launched a new entry in their Datacenter Capacity HDD lineup:
The Re+ is based on the Re series of enterprise 3.5" HDDs (first revision reviewed here), but this one reduces the spin speed down from 7200 RPM to 5760 RPM. The HGST Ultrastar He6 is a great power efficient and Helium filled drive, but while that unit spins at 7200 RPM, it's max data rate is only 177 MB/sec. The 6TB WD RE spins at the same speed with a much higher rate of 225 MB/sec, but also draws more power than an He6. By reducing the platter speed, WD was able to bring power consumption into the 4.6-6.2W range with peak transfer rates of 175 MB/sec. The competing He6 draws 5.0-7.0W.
While dialing back the RPM was a simple way to achieve this very low power consumption, the He6 would still have the advantage in seek times (a faster spinning disk means less time waiting for the data to come around to the read head). The seek time argument may be moot given the purpose of these HDDs leans towards cold/warm/archival data storage that is very infrequently and sporadically accessed. Still, it is an interesting point that WD's platter density was so much higher that they could simply slow the RPM and yet maintain throughputs competitive with a faster spinning unit.
In combination with this announcement is the fact that the Re and Se lines (formerly limited to 4TB) are now available in 5TB and 6TB capacities. With the Se moving up to 6TB, we may see a Red Pro in the same capacity in the near future (depending on demand).
More to follow on these at a future date. Full press blast after the break.
Introduction and Test System Setup
A while ago, in our review of the WD Red 6TB HDD, we noted an issue with the performance of queued commands. This could potentially impact the performance of those drives in multithreaded usage scenarios. While Western Digital acted quickly to get updated drives into the supply chain, some of the first orders might have been shipped unpatched drives. To be clear, an unpatched 5TB or 6TB Red still performs well, just not as well as it *could* perform with the corrected firmware installed.
We received updated samples from WD, as well as applying a firmware update to the samples used in our original review. We were able to confirm that the update does in fact work, and brings a WD60EFRX-68MYMN0 to the identical and improved performance characteristics of a WD60EFRX-68MYMN1 (note the last digit). In this article we will briefly clarify those performance differences, now that we have data more consistent with the vast majority of 5 and 6TB Reds that are out in the wild.
Test System Setup
We currently employ a pair of testbeds. A newer ASUS P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt and an ASUS Z87-PRO. Storage performance variance between both boards has been deemed negligible.
PC Perspective would like to thank ASUS, Corsair, and Kingston for supplying some of the components of our test rigs.
|Hard Drive Test System Setup
|Intel Core i7-4770K
|ASUS P8Z77-V Pro/TB / ASUS Z87-PRO
|Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3-2133 CL9
|Hard Drive
|G.Skill 32GB SLC SSD
|Sound Card
|Video Card
|Intel® HD Graphics 4600
|Video Drivers
|Power Supply
|Corsair CMPSU-650TX
|Operating System
|Windows 8.1 X64 (Update 1)
- PCMark Vantage and 7
- Yapt
- IOMeter
- HDTach *omitted due to incompatibility with >2TB devices*
- HDTune
- PCPer File Copy Test
Read on for the updated performance figures of the WD 6TB Red.
IDF 2014: Western Digital announces new Ae HDD series for archival / cold storage
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | September 9, 2014 - 04:51 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: WDC< Western Digital, WD, idf 2014, idf, hdd, Cold, Archival, Ae
We talked about helium filled, shingled HDD's from HGST earlier today. Helium may give you reduced power demands, but at the added expensive of hermetically sealed enclosures over conventional HDD's. Shingling may give added capacity, but at the expense of being forced into specific writing methods. Now we know Western Digital's angle into archival / cold storage:
..so instead of going with higher cost newer technologies, WD is taking their consumer products and making them more robust. They are also getting rid of the conventional thinking of capacity increments and are moving to 100GB increments. The idea is that once a large company or distributor has qualified a specific HDD model on their hardware, that model will stick around for a while, but be continued at an increased capacity as platter density yields increase over time. WD has also told me that capacities may even be mixed an matched within a 20-box of drives, so long as the average capacity matches the box label. This works in the field of archival / cold storage for a few reasons:
- Archival storage systems generally do not use conventional RAID (where an entire array of matching capacity disks are spinning simultaneously). Drives are spun up and written to individually, or spun up individually to service the occasional read request. This saves power overall, and it also means the individual drives can vary in capacity with no ill effects.
- Allowing for variable capacity binning helps WD ship more usable platters/drives overall (i.e. not rejecting drives that can't meet 6TB). This should drive overall costs down.
- Increasing capacity by only a few hundred GB per drive turns into *huge* differences in cost when you scale that difference up to the number of drives you would need to handle a very large total capacity (i.e. Exabytes).
So the idea here is that WD is choosing to stick with what they do best, which they can potentially do for even cheaper than their consumer products. That said, this is really meant for enterprise use and not as a way for a home power user to save a few bucks on a half-dozen drives for their home NAS. You really need an infrastructure in place that can handle variable capacity drives seamlessly. While these drives do not employ SMR to get greater capacity, that may work out as a bonus, as writes can be performed in a way that all systems are currently compatible with (even though I suspect they will be tuned more for sequential write workloads).
Here's an illustration of this difference:
The 'old' method meant that drives on the left half of the above bell curve would have to be sold as 5TB units.
With the 'new' method, drives can be sold based on a spec closer to their actual capacity yield. For a given model, shipping capacities would increase as time goes on (top to bottom of the above graphic).
To further clarify what is meant by the term 'cold storage' - the data itself is cold, as in rarely if ever accessed:
Examples of this would be Facebook posts / images from months or years ago. That data may be rarely touched, but it needs to be accessible enough to be browsed to via the internet. The few second archival HDD spinup can handle this sort of thing, while a tape system would take far too long and would likely timeout that data request.
Podcast #310 - NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet, WD 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro HDDs and more!
Subject: General Tech | July 24, 2014 - 12:58 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, nvidia, shield, shield tablet, tegra, tegra k1, WD, red, 6tb red, 4tb red pro, A88X-G45 Gaming, xiaomi, maxwell, amd, Intel
PC Perspective Podcast #310 - 07/24/2014
Join us this week as we discuss the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet, WD 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro HDDs and more!
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Introduction and Specs
In the preparation for this review, we noted abnormal behavior with the 6TB Red. After coordination with Western Digital, they replicated our results and will be issuing a firmware to correct the issue. We are publishing this piece as-is, with caveats added as appropriate. We will revisit this piece with an additional update once we have retested the 6TB Red on the updated firmware / configuration. More information / detail is available in our related news post on this matter.
** Update ** WD corrected early shipments of these drives and we have a full retest of the corrected units posted here.
Last year we covered the benefits of TLER enabled drives, and the potential for drive errors in a RAID can lead to the potential loss of entire arrays. Western Digital solved this problem by their introduction of the WD Red series. That series was since incrementally updated to include a 4TB capacity, and other Western Digital lines were also scaled up to 4TB capacities.
This week the Red line was updated to include both 5TB and 6TB models, sporting 1.2TB per platter. Performance is expected to be slightly improved over the older / smaller capacities of the Red. The upgraded line will use an improved 'NASware 3.0' firmware, which makes improvements to Western Digital's software based vibration compensation. These improvements mean WD can now support up to 8 Reds in a single chassis (up from 5 with NASware 2.0).
Also announced was the new Red Pro line, available in capacities up to 4TB. The Red Pro is just as it sounds - a 'Pro' version of the Red. This model borrows more features from WD's enterprise line, making it very similar to an SE series HDD. Imagine a Red, but at 7200RPM and more aggressive seek times. The Red Pro also borrows the enterprise-grade 5-year warranty and is supported in chassis up to 16 bays, thanks to built-in hardware vibration compensation. When all is said and done, the Red Pro is basically a WD SE with firmware tweaked for NAS workloads.
As a recap of what can potentially happen if you have a large RAID with 'normal' consumer grade HDD's (and by consumer grade I mean those without any form of Time Limited Error Recovery, or TLER for short):
- Array starts off operating as normal, but drive 3 has a bad sector that cropped up a few months back. This has gone unnoticed because the bad sector was part of a rarely accessed file.
- During operation, drive 1 encounters a new bad sector.
- Since drive 1 is a consumer drive it goes into a retry loop, repeatedly attempting to read and correct the bad sector.
- The RAID controller exceeds its timeout threshold waiting on drive 1 and marks it offline.
- Array is now in degraded status with drive 1 marked as failed.
- User replaces drive 1. RAID controller initiates rebuild using parity data from the other drives.
- During rebuild, RAID controller encounters the bad sector on drive 3.
- Since drive 3 is a consumer drive it goes into a retry loop, repeatedly attempting to read and correct the bad sector.
- The RAID controller exceeds its timeout threshold waiting on drive 3 and marks it offline.
- Rebuild fails.
- Blamo, your data is now (mostly) inaccessible.
I went into much further detail on this back in the intro to the WD 3TB Red piece, but the short of it is that you absolutely should use a HDD intended for RAID when building one.
Continue reading our review of the new WD 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro!!
Western Digital launches 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro - with a configuration issue
Subject: Storage | July 23, 2014 - 06:21 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, Red Pro, red, 6tb, 4TB
Western Digital has extended its Red line with 5 and 6TB models, sporting 1.2TB per platter. Performance is expected to be slightly improved over the older / smaller capacities of the Red. The upgraded line will use an improved 'NASware 3.0' firmware, which makes improvements to Western Digital's software based vibration compensation. These improvements mean WD can now support up to 8 Reds in a single chassis (up from 5 with NASware 2.0).
Also announced was the new Red Pro line, available in capacities up to 4TB. The Red Pro is just as it sounds - a 'Pro' version of the Red. This model borrows more features from WD's enterprise line, making it very similar to an SE series HDD. Imagine a Red, but at 7200RPM and more aggressive seek times. The Red Pro also borrows the enterprise-grade 5-year warranty and is supported in chassis up to 16 bays, thanks to built-in hardware vibration compensation. When all is said and done, the Red Pro is basically a WD SE with firmware tweaked for NAS workloads.
We typically have our WD reviews post right at the NDA. On this piece, we opted to hold back as we've been working with Western Digital on some abnormal performance results we saw with the 6TB Red. Below are the results seen in Iometer. Note that the 6TB Red failed to demonstrate the expected 'ramp up' seen with other drives. HDDs normally show increased performance as Queue Depth increases. This is because the HDD controller is able to see multiple pending requests and optimize its access pattern. The more commands in the queue (higher QD), the more the HDD can optimize the pattern, and therefore the higher resulting IOPS seen.
As you can see above, the 6TB Red appears to behave as if NCQ is disabled. Some might argue (in reviews that have already published) that the drive still performs well, but the plain truth of the matter is that a HDD effectively operating without NCQ removes the drives ability to scale when multiple commands are issued. Any test issuing more than one command simultaneously will see a lesser result as compared to a properly configured drive, so things like streaming multiple videos or several users actively simultaneously accessing a NAS will see a negative impact on performance.
The 4TB Red Pro did not demonstrate the issues noted above, and Western Digital has just issued this statement in response to our feedback. Here it is:
WD has learned that initial production units of WD Red 5* and 6 TB drives perform below our expectations in random-read benchmark tests when measured with specific testing software. We have found a configuration setting to be causing these particular test results, for which we are developing a firmware update to correct the configuration setting. In the intended application -- multi-drive NAS systems -- the drives have performed to our high expectations in WD's labs and by our system partners; users will experience normal WD Red performance.
WD is committed to providing optimally performing storage products, designed for intended applications, and we will have a firmware update available through the WD Red Product Customer Service support line as it becomes available.
*Limited quantities of 5 TB have shipped with the earlier configuration setting.
We have decided to publish the full article covering both new drives, including the 6TB Red in its (currently shipping) misconfigured form. It will go live once I add the necessary verbiage explaining the misconfiguration seen on the 5TB and 6TB Red.
Stay tuned for that piece later tonight (**EDIT** our review is now live **EDIT**), as well as a follow-on piece to be published as soon as we have the updated firmware from Western Digital.
Full press blast on the 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro appears after the break.
Computex 2014: WD Shows SATA Express-based PCIe HDD
Subject: General Tech, Storage, Shows and Expos | June 3, 2014 - 03:37 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: computex, computex 2014, WD, ssd, pcie, SATA Express, hdd
SATA Express is an interface to either connect a hard drive to PCIe lanes, or up to two drives via SATA. Obviously, PCIe bandwidth over a cable connection is the real draw. To use the full speed, however, the drive needs to be able to communicate over PCIe. Currently, the standard uses two PCI Express 2.0 lanes (1 GB/s).
Now that Z97 and H97 have launched, WD is set to show off the technology at Computex. The above image is apparently of a dual-drive product, containing 4TB of rotating media and 128GB of SSD memory. I am immediately reminded of the Western Digital Black2 dual drive which Allyn reviewed last November. That product crammed a 120GB SSD into a 2.5" 1TB HDD, which appeared to the system as two separate drives. The drive has "Technology Demonstration" written in red font right on it, but it could be a good representation of what the company is thinking about.
WD also asserts that their prototype uses standard AHCI drivers, for OS compatibility.
If you want to see this product in action, then -- well -- you kind-of need to be at Computex. At some point, you might be able to see it in your own PC. When? How much? No pricing and availability, again, because it is a tech demo.
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The company, China's answer to Google, has agreed to buy out 91 Wireless, which is the country's most popular third-party seller of applications for smartphones.
The deal marks an aggressive investment in mobile from Baidu in what is now the world's largest smartphone market by volume sales. The Nasdaq-listed company dominates web searches in China but is seen as needing to branch out into mobile to continue to grow, as users increasingly access the internet from their smartphones.
The price paid is unprecedented for an internet company in China, underlining the strength of the country's rapidly growing technology scene. Chinese consumers bought 213m smartphones last year, and 78m were shipped in the first quarter of 2013 alone - a 117pc increase - according to research company IDC.
91 Wireless is majority owned by NetDragon Websoft, the Hong Kong listed firm. NetDragon Websoft said it had accepted a $1.09bn bid for its 57pc stake. Baidu has offered the same terms to 91 Wireless's other shareholders.
Unlike in the UK, hundreds of millions of smartphones in China are not connected to official application stores, leaving other providers to plug the gap. More than 10bn apps have been downloaded from 91 Wireless's stores, Baidu said.
In 2007, Baidu became the first Chinese company to float on New York's Nasdaq index, which is populated by technology firms. Its shares rose by more than 4.5pc in early trading today, valuing the firm at more than $37bn.
The company has cashed in on Google's partial withdrawal from China in 2010, when the web giant clashed with authorities over censorship. However, the company is seeing competition hot up, with internet rivals such as Alibaba and Tencent also investing heavily.


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A face familiar to the Rio Tinto Stadium crowd will be part of the US national team Tuesday against Honduras.
U.S. Soccer announced on Friday that national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman to the roster ahead of the latest World Cup qualifier.
READ: Besler, Gonzalez eager for chance to enjoy Rio Tinto support for once
Beckerman has 25 caps with the USMNT, and although he wasn't previously part of the latest round of friendlies and qualifiers, he has been a regular member of Klinsmann's squads. He served as captain in January in a friendly against Canada, and started the team's historic 1-0 win over Mexico at the Estadio Azteca last August.
With the team already in Salt Lake City ahead of the match, Beckerman won't have to travel to join his national teammates. He will also join another Real Salt Lake teammate on the squad, goalkeeper Nick Rimando.
Beckerman's addition comes on the heels of injuries to central midfielders Jermaine Jones and Danny Williams. Jones, who is a regular starter, suffered a concussion in the US' 2-1 win over Jamaica last week and is questionable for the Honduras game. Williams is still struggling to fully recover from an injury suffered with club team Hoffenheim back in March, and was released from US camp earlier this week.


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In response to the barrage of rockets, mortar shells, and missiles fired at Israel, the IAF attacked a number of targets throughout the Gaza Strip today, February 4th, 2009. Over 30 rockets have been fired at Israel since the ceasefire began, the latest one being only this morning.
The targets struck by the IAF included five smuggling tunnels, a rocket launching site, and a Hamas outpost.
As the sole authority in the Gaza Strip, Hamas bears full responsibility for all terror originating within its area of control.


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Macedonia is one of the few success stories emerging from the chaos that enveloped the Balkans during the 1990s. Now, however, the country's political situation is becoming dangerously tense.
The political class has been embroiled in a wire-tapping scandal. The main opposition party, led by Zoran Zaev, is exploiting the situation for political gain. At the same time, a refugee crisis is straining the country's resources.
After weeks of protest last year, Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov made a number of concessions to the opposition. First, he agreed to early elections this year, even though the international community had declared the 2014 elections free and fair.
Then, in January, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stepped down. Mr. Ivanov replaced two government ministers, including in the key Interior Ministry, with members of the opposition party and gave three more deputy ministers from the opposition oversight and veto powers in three other ministries.
But Mr. Ivanov made an even more controversial move: He granted amnesty to 58 senior officials who had been under a seemingly endless and politically motivated investigation into the wiretapping accusations. It has been claimed that the special prosecutor running the investigation had overtly sided with the opposition party even though she was meant to be neutral.
Mr. Ivanov probably went the amnesty route to help reconcile the country, thinking that it would relax the political environment in the walk-up to the elections. The opposition cries "cover-up." And Ivanov allies say the amnesty gives the false impression that they have something to hide.
On top of these purely domestic political problems, Macedonia now faces a major challenge from outside its borders. The country has become a heavily-traveled transit route for migrants and refugees leaving the Middle East for northern Europe. Already more than 1 million refugees have passed through Macedonia — a country of only 2.1 million people. Proportionately, this would be like letting 150 million refugees transit the U.S. from Mexico to Canada. Unthinkable.
What happens in Macedonia matters to the U.S. After all, it has been a steadfast ally for years, deploying troops to assist in the war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It met all criteria to join NATO back in 2008, and has been refused membership only because of a bilateral dispute with Greece over Macedonia's constitutional name. Macedonia is one of America's best allies in the region, and it is shameful that the White House has not pressured Greece on the name issue.
Greece's childish veto has not stopped Macedonia from excelling. It is the regional leader by a long shot in the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom. It ranks 12th in the world and sixth in Europe in The World Bank's Doing Business report and is expected to have the highest GDP growth in Europe this year. This is in complete contrast to its southern neighbor Greece.
No government is perfect. Without a doubt, some in the country have legitimate political grievances against the incumbent government — but show me a country in the world where this is not the case.
Parliamentary democracies thrive when there is a robust and loyal opposition. But right now, the "loyal" part of the equation seems to be lacking in Macedonia. Opposition protesters have burned the public office of President Ivanov and attacked the Ministry of Justice. This isn't democracy, this is darkness.
In a democracy there is no greater judge and jury for a government than the ballot box. Peaceful protests are a sign of a healthy civil society. But if political change is to take place in Skopje, it should be through the ballot box and the parliament — not on the streets.
Macedonia's next elections, set for June 5, were agreed by the government, the opposition and the international community. That's when — and how — Macedonians should determine who will lead their country.
- Luke Coffey is director of the Heritage Foundation's Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies.
This piece originally appeared in The Washington Times


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About El Gaucho - Tacoma
Named as "the definitive steakhouse in the country," El Gaucho's award-winning menu features 28-Day Dry-Aged Niman Ranch All-Natural Certified Angus Beef® Brand Prime steaks and custom aged Certified Angus Beef® brand tenderloin filets, ribs, pork, poultry and the freshest seafood, all prepared to perfection over an open bed of glowing coals in an exhibition-style kitchen. Our extensive wine list is award-winning, and happy hour menu is widely recognized as one of Tacoma's best. Live music is offered nightly.
El Gaucho is the Northwest's steakhouse legacy focused on old-school, tableside service. We revel in helping guests create a night to remember.
Tacoma, WA 98402
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Monday-Thursday: Lounge 4–10pm; Dinner Service begins at 5pm. Friday: Lounge 4–12am; Dinner Service begins at 5pm. Saturday: 4pm–12am. Sunday: 4pm–10pm.
Happy Hour:
Sunday-Monday 4:00pm-10:00pm (open to close)
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Live piano music seven days a week.
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Private dining at El Gaucho Tacoma is a special occasion. Our beautiful and incomparable dining rooms are available seven days a week. We also provide buyouts of our entire restaurant. Please contact Merica Ocsan at 253.272.4424 or email@example.com if you are interested in reservations in our private dining rooms or request an online form.
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Private Dining at El Gaucho is a memorable occasion. Our beautiful and unique private dining rooms in Tacoma include five private dining rooms to fit the most intimate affair to swanky receptions for up to 150 guests.
El Gaucho - Tacoma Ratings and Reviews
Most of the food was good, but nothing was great and one steak was bad and should have been sent back (embarrassment kept that from happening). Everything was ridiculously overpriced. The place was far noisier than I remember it being. The entry area at the top of the stairs was dirty, with scraps of paper on the floor.
Gaucho is like the old school steak places in New York, but with a little-nuance to the service. The tableside cooking is lots of fun. We had the Flaming Sword Brochette of Tenderloin. Next time we will also do the Ceasar Salad (prepared tableside). Food is excellent. Attentive wait staff. Killer martinis. Impressive wine list. And the live piano helped us feel like we were back home.
Was disappointed at the service the night. Everyone was there either before or after the Garth Brooks concert so no surprise that it would be busy. Service was slow, food came out cold (was replaced immediately once server came by), but overall felt was understaffed for the price of the meal and I have had better times there in the past and didnt mind paying the price of the meal.
I was looking for a special place to eat dinner with my husband and a good friend (whom we were treating to dinner and the Garth Brooks concert). Made a reservation at El Gaucho based on reviews and it did not disappoint! Dinner was fabulous and the service was wonderful - friendly and unpretentious. We made reservations for 4:30, but arrived early and were seated at 4:00. The timing was perfect - we were seated a half hour before the pre-concert dinner rush which started at 4:30 or so, and we and were able to have a leisurely and enjoyable dinner and then walk to the concert in plenty of time for the 7:30 start.
We went to celebrate my husbands birthday during restaurant week. The food, service and atmosphere were just right! I wondered if it would be a different experience b/c we went for a value priced meal but we were treated very, very well. We will definitely go back.
We enjoyed a delicious dinner and our server was very attentive. Our table was the first booth on the north side of the building and we thought the can light over the table was a bit on the bright side. Not a biggie but it definitely changed the ambience of our particular location.
Bring your out-of-town friends here and go for what is hard to find anywhere else...
- DUNGENESS CRAB CAKES - excellent appetizer.
- CAESAR SALAD - prep'd tableside by a nice person in a fancy jacket.
- PRIME GRADE MEATS - some come to you FLAMING on a Samurai's sword!
- BIG OL' BAKED POTATO - Who doesn't like a baked potato the size of the state
where it came from (Idaho)?... and with all the goodies to put on top too.
- BANANAS FOSTER (or cherries jubilee if you prefer)... both prep'd tableside for your
As always... lots of "FLASH" for your CASH at El Goucho!
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The 8th Edition of TechDays, the largest Swiss Microsoft technology event, takes place on October 20-21, 2011, at the Kursaal Bern. The new time frame of TechDays in fall enables us to provide you with the most up-to-date information. TechDays 11 Bern will present the highlights of BUILD Windows, the first world-wide Windows 8 techie conference, which will take place on September 13-16, 2011, in USA.
Participation in TechDays 11 Bern really pays off. Thanks to the new event concept, there will be a separate full-day program for each audience, enabling us to better optimize the sessions, and allowing you to optimize your investment of time and money. Moreover, for the first time, we are providing sessions on both days in German, French and English.
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Besides the traditional topics of Web, Phone and Cloud, Windows 8 is at the spotlight as a development platform. The day's program will cover all the novelties from the BUILD Windows conference.
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text: I'm named after the Cowboys, not the city. Really. If it had been up to my Dad, my middle name would've been Cowboys. Thanks Mom. Despite that, and Jerry Jones, I love the Dallas Cowboys. Always have, always will. I also love the fightin Texas A&M Aggies! WHOOP!!! I'm married, and live in central Texas with my 3 kids, and our 2 dogs -- all of whom probably know more about football than most of the writers on Bleacher Report.


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Second baseman Ryan Adams saw two pitches in his first major league at-bat, getting ahead 1-0 before bouncing to third base on an 88 mph fastball from Nationals starter Jason Marquis.
Adams was hitting .303 with 10 doubles, two triples, two home runs and eight RBIs for Triple-A Norfolk, but the Orioles are paying closer attention to his defense. He committed four errors with the Tides, and the reports apparently have been encouraging.
"I think it's as much for Ryan selling himself to the importance of it," manager Buck Showalter said. "He's always been a quality hitting prospect. Everybody had good reports on his attention to it."
Adams won't play every night while he's here, but the Orioles will work him into the lineup.
"He has a chance to give you some quality at-bats," Showalter said. "He's making the biggest jump in professional sports, though, from the Triple-A level to the major league level. College football to NFL, NBA to high school, this is the biggest jump in sports. That's one reason why you stress defense so much, because most guys are going to go through some struggles at times offensively when they come up and the thing that allows you to continue to play them is their ability to defend. That's a cleaned up version of the conversation that we had with him before we left."
Adams has been a fairly patient hitter at Norfolk.
"At that level, he has been. He's had a lot of quality at-bats," Showalter said. "We'll see if it plays up here."
Meanwhile, Jake Arrieta just had a 10-pitch inning while retiring the side in order in the third. And Zach Britton's brother, Buck, is starting at third base tonight for Double-A Bowie after playing second base for Single-A Frederick. He'll also be used in left field.
The Orioles like to move around some of their minor league players to increase their value.
Update: Matt Wieters' two-run double with two outs in the third cut Washington's lead to 3-2, and Luke Scott tied the game with a single to center field.
Marquis got the first two outs before Nick Markakis and Vladimir Guerrero singled. Guerrero has tied a career high with six straight multi-hit games (he also did it Sept. 29, 1999 to April 4, 2000.)
Nationals center fielder Roger Bernadina should have caught Wieters' fly ball. He was backpedaling on the warning track, began to stumble and the ball popped out of his glove. Wieters was given a double. Bernadina apparently was given a pair of roller skates instead of spikes.
Update II: So much for the tie. Arrieta hit a batter with one out and allowed a go-ahead triple to Danny Espinosa, who only needs a single and double for the cycle. Espinosa scored on Jerry Hairston Jr.'s single.
Arrieta had allowed three runs or fewer in eight of his nine starts before tonight.


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The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) slammed a draft of a new Veterans Health Administration (VHA) nursing handbook that calls for advance practice nurse anesthetists within the system to attain independent status and function without the support, oversight, or supervision of a physician.
"This document effectively eliminates the gold standard, physician-led, team-based coordinated care in anesthesiology," said Jane C.K. Fitch, MD, of the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, and president-elect of the ASA, in a teleconference.
"The VHA intends this to be the policy for all its hospitals, superseding state law, where currently more than half of states require physician supervision of nurse anesthetists," she said.
The document also would prohibit local facilities from having policies that contradict the federal policy. "So local chiefs of anesthesiology will no longer have the authority to set policies they deem best for the patients they serve," she said.
If the changes are implemented, advance practice nurses who choose not to pursue the training to attain independent status will no longer be permitted to work in a VHA facility.
The policies outlined in the draft document "raise significant safety concerns in our sickest population," Fitch said.
She pointed out that patients in the VHA system are 15 times more likely to have poor health status than their peers, and 14 times more likely to have five or more medical conditions.
She also noted that she herself initially trained as a nurse and as a nurse anesthetist and then went on to receive a medical degree as an anesthesiologist.
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IT was a good old-fashioned Leichhardt Oval ambush.
Wests Tigers produced a frenzied opening half to stun Manly, who uncharacteristically crumbled under the home side's power and intensity.
The Sea Eagles were expected to win on Sunday but nothing goes to plan when you play at Leichhardt Oval.
Wests Tigers came out and smashed Manly. They played fast, powerful and intimidating rugby league.
From the kick-off you sensed Wests Tigers were ready to shock Manly. It was 26-0 after 32 minutes.
A crowd of 16,311 sat and stood in driving rain. Nothing was going to stop them enjoying a win over the team they love to hate, Manly.
The famous Leichhardt hill looked wonderful. Rugby league needed to feel good about itself once again.
Crowd numbers have been criticised this season but no-one could question the Leichhardt faithful's commitment.
And it seems they might have more to cheer about this season.
Wests Tigers looked strong yesterday. Prop Aaron Woods was a powerhouse while Robbie Farah was at his creative best. The Tigers bench offers strength and fire.
The crowd was loud and hostile and Manly looked shellshocked from the oustet.
Manly failed to find touch from a penalty, kicked out on the full from a goal-line drop-out, missed some simple tackles and looked off the pace. It was most un-Manly-like.
Wests Tigers have now beaten hot-shots Souths and Manly this year. Bright times loom at Concord.
"We love playing here," said Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah. "There is a quiet confidence in the squad. The crowd turned out and stood in the rain. I'm glad we repaid their efforts.
"(The win) was right up there. Manly is a great side.
"We blew them away in the first half and it was going to be hard to come back in those conditions.
"But we aren't getting ahead of ourselves. We haven't achieved anything yet."
The game had its controversy, including:
* Manly halfback Daly Cherry-Evans being placed on report for an alleged knee on Tigers forward Liam Fulton.
* Sea Eagles skipper Jamie Lyon scoring a try on half-time with Wests Tigers players claiming the clock had wound down to zero but the siren hadn't sounded.
* A streaker wearing only underpants ran across the field, kicking the ball off a kicking tee on halfway before being apprehended.
* Manly making 75 more tackles than Wests Tigers in the first half.
* Tempers fraying twice in two separate flare-ups.
* Wests Tigers fullback James Tedesco injuring his ankle and having an MRI scan last night with results to be known today.
* Referees Ashley Klein and Adam Gee blowing no less than 20 penalties.
Farah was dirty after the game at the stuff-up regarding the halftime siren.
"It's just not good enough," Farah said.
The question for Manly fans has to be asked. Is the Glenn Stewart contract saga affecting the team's performance?
"I don't talk about individual contracts," said Manly coach Geoff Toovey.
No-one at Leichhardt could quite believe what they were witnessing in those early exchanges.
With unstoppable momentum, Wests Tigers scored four first half tries.
"They out-enthused us," Toovey conceded.
"With that momentum and that roll-on, it was hard to stop.
"I thought we were very flat. Our training has been good, our build up was good but we just weren't there today, especially defensively."
Asked did his side sustain any injuries, Toovey said: "Just their pride."
Lyon added: "Our tackling wasn't good enough and we didn't control the ruck like we have been."
WESTS TIGERS 34 (D Nofoaluma 2 R Farah C Lawrence A Woods tries P Richards 7 goals) bt MANLY 18 (S Matai 2 J Lyon tries J Lyon 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval. Referee: Ashley Klein, Adam Gee. Crowd: 16,311
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A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets of water. The scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, told the group that they have submitted their findings to the journal Nature for publication in May, and their paper currently is being peer reviewed. However, according to the NASA's statement, news reports on February 16, 2005, that NASA scientists from Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have found evidence that life may exist on Mars are incorrect.
NASA does not have any observational data from any current Mars missions that supports this claim. The work by the scientists mentioned in the reports cannot be used to directly infer anything about life on Mars, but may help formulate the strategy for how to search for martian life. Their research concerns extreme environments on Earth as analogs of possible environments on Mars.
No research paper has been submitted by them to any scientific journal asserting martian life.
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By Randy Boswell
A stunning archeological discovery in Britain has experts rethinking humanity's estimated time of arrival in prehistoric Europe.
A piece of jawbone with three teeth, excavated nearly 85 years ago from a cave in southwest England, has been painstakingly dated by a team of international researchers — including a Canadian scientist — to between 41,000 and 44,000 years ago, setting the clock back by hundreds or even thousands of years on the migration of early humans to Europe.
The new finding also places the earliest European humans squarely within the timeframe when Neanderthals are known to have inhabited the continent, increasingly the likelihood that the two species interacted or interbred, the researchers conclude in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"The new date and identification of this bone from Kent's Cavern is very important, as we now have direct evidence that modern humans were in northwest Europe about 42,500 years ago," Oxford University researcher Tom Higham said in a summary of the study.
"(It) tells us a great deal about the dispersal speed of our species across Europe during the last Ice Age. It also means that early humans coexisted with Neanderthals in this part of the world, something that a number of researchers have doubted."
The bone specimen — which was found buried more than three metres deep in a corner of the cave encased in stalagmite deposits — had first been tested by Oxford scientists two decades ago. But the finding at that time that the upper jaw, or maxilla, was 35,000 years old was deemed suspect by contamination because the specimen had been preserved with glue after its discovery in 1927.
The new study combined high-resolution tests on the toothy bone with similar tests on animal remains found nearby — wolf, deer, cave bear and woolly rhinoceros — to more precisely pinpoint the age of the jaw.
The latest analysis included tests conducted by Canadian scientist Charles Fitzgerald at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., along with research by 12 other colleagues in Britain and the United States.
The older date found for the jawbone also forced the research team to carry out additional tests to confirm that the specimen came from an early modern human rather than a Neanderthal individual.
"If the jawbone is, in fact, 44,000 to 41,000 years old, that means it was from a time when Neanderthals were still present in Europe, so we first had to confirm that the bone was from an anatomically modern human," Penn State University biologist Beth Shapiro stated in the research summary.
While attempts to extract ancient DNA from the teeth were unsuccessful, an alternative analysis showed that 13 out of 16 dental characteristics were distinctively human.
The "ambiguous" results for three of the 16 points may reflect "shared primitive features between early modern humans and Neanderthals, or even interbreeding between the two species," the researchers stated.
Pushing the age of the jawbone to as early as 44,000 years could also resolve an "apparent discrepancy" scientists have noted in previous studies of human remains and tools from elsewhere in Europe at so-called Aurignacian archeological sites. In some cases, the only bones unearthed with associated tool deposits were found to be several hundred years younger than the implements, which have been dated to as early as the 44,000-year mark.
The older date for the jawbone in England suggests that early humans whose bones haven't yet been found could nevertheless have been present at those oldest Aurignacian sites.
"It confirms the presence of modern humans at the time of the earliest Aurignacian culture," said Higham.
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Company recalls Frijj milkshakes
Chilled foods company Dairy Crest has recalled a batch of milkshakes because of a health scare.
The firm advised shoppers who bought 500ml bottles of its strawberry Frijj milkshake with a use by date of April 5 to contact it for a refund.
The drinks may contain "a low level of listeria monocytogenes" - bacteria which cause listeriosis.
Symptoms can include fever, muscle aches and vomiting.
Toby Brinsmead, managing director of Dairy Crest's liquids business, said: "We are very sorry to inconvenience Frijj drinkers who have bought this product."
For further information contact Dairy Crest on 0800 328 5344.