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HOT TOYS 1/6 Scale ED-209 ( 2014 ) ReviewWritten by Uryaen
It has been a while since I published on uryaen.com. I wanted to take a moment to explain. I didn't die, retire, or otherwise drop out of the game, but I'm only ONE person, and I operate in several industries simultaneously.
Over the last year, I designed and launched the Kickstarter for a full scale CCG game: Nightmare™ - The Trading Card Game, which was 100% designed and ready to go, and filmed and launched two videos for it. That project commanded several months of dedication. The game didn't fund, but I'll be revisiting it next year after some further PR building.
I have written and planned a short film: MONITOR, which has yet to be shot, but is seeking support.
I am in the process of a new project even BIGGER than Nightmare™, but that's a secret for now.
So you can see, I've been rather busy.
So when I was contacted by Omni Consumer Products recently to look at their new law enforcement platform, how could I NOT drop everything and take a look.
You would too.
Shadowrun Returns First LookWritten by Uryaen
Shadowrun Returns
I only had two days to look at Shadowrun Returns, and thus, this isn't a "full review" in the same scope as something like my Pandaria or Dishonored reviews. I'll call it a "First Look" because even with a comparatively modest included "main quest", the fact that this game is built from the ground up to encourage user content to the degree that one can launch the editor from IN game and that said editor is every bit as intuitive and easy to use as the game tells me that we're in for more content ( of varying quality of course ) than any 10 other games.
Shadowrun Returns
I am a longtime Shadowrunner. I had the original RPG ( up to third edition I believe ), the SNES game, the Genesis game, which I didn't care for, the novels, you name it. Yeah guys, I caught the novel references from Charrette's books ( No, I won't spoil it beyond that! ).
OCZ RevoDrive3 X2 480GB ReviewWritten by Uryaen
OCZ RevoDrive3 X2 480GB Review
Anyone who's been reading this site since the early days will remember my scathing review of the OCZ RevoDrive 80GB. That thing gave me so many issues, that I literally had nothing good to say about it, and combined with an unfortunate run of additional failed OCZ products, I couldn't recommend anything they made for a long time, but a LOT has happened since then, it's all ancient history, and I then had a string of successes starting with the Vertex 3 through the Vertex 4, the Synapse, and now the RevoDrive 3. There was one snag in this process that gave me some pause, and I decided to let it ride for a few extra months of 24/7 uptime and now I feel like this piece is solid enough to render the final verdict.
You will also remember how immensely long some of my reviews used to be. I'm standardizing on a more "to the point" format that assumes some pre-knowledge on the part of the reader, and most of the tech reviews will be 1200-1500 words, and most game reviews will stay at around 2500-2800. I'll let you know when I need to deviate from this.
So what of this new gen Revo?
RevoDrive 3 X2 480GB
The RevoDrive 3 X2 is a PCI-E x4 class SSD meant for workstation class systems, and while it has quirks, it's amazingly fast, lightweight, runs cool, and will make your HDDs obsolete.
It looks like this. Pretty hot stuff.
Game Dev Tycoon ReviewWritten by Uryaen
Game Dev Tycoon Review
For those of you wondering, I haven't died, I'm developing a game. When I saw this gem though, I had to review it.
You might have seen the controversy around the fact that Greenheart uploaded a "special" version of the game to torrent sites and let the pirates complain about how their game studios were failing due to piracy. This was too juicy to ignore, and Uryaen loves meta stuff, so I figured I'd buy it and throw down a quick review.
The game isn't very long, and is an indie casual game, which I have not reviewed here on uryaen.com but we'll take a quick look.
Game Dev Tycoon
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Review ( 5.1 )Written by Uryaen
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Review ( 5.1 )
8 years and four expansions in the making, the World of Warcraft of today is quite a different place than it was at release. It's still the biggest, most immersive MMO ever, and even though it's "fashionable" to trash it, it's still the King.
Pandaria at first glance might feel like a letdown after the events of Cataclysm, but after spending the last two and a half months exploring it, it's hard NOT to call this the BIGGEST expansion yet to the biggest MMO yet.
This review will come in stages, unlike previous reviews, and will NOT serve as an introduction to my book. The book will have all unique content, and is not a "review book".
Today we're going to look at the expansion up to patch 5.1 even though 5.2 is set to drop in a matter of days.
Pandaria brings a new continent, named Pandaria ( so that we don't forget what this is all about ), and a new race, the first playable demon race, the . . . of course not, it's Pandas.
LONG rumored as an eventual player race, and even once the subject of a Blizzard April Fools joke, the Pandaren are finally here, for better or worse. Some have complained that their campy appearance and lore was further dumbing down the already a little shy of "edgy" game world, but the whole thing is handled with more depth than you expect, especially since the Pandaren come with a dark, terrible secret called Sha.
HOT TOYS 1/6 Scale DX06 Jack Sparrow ReviewWritten by Uryaen
HOT TOYS Jack Sparrow
If you're reading this, you are most likely here because you already know HOT TOYS. If not, they are a vendor of ultra-high end collectible figures based in Hong Kong. They are distributed in the USA by Sideshow Collectibles, and the figures are available either direct from Sideshow, or from a variety of online resellers.
Thus begins my second feature for this group, and it's a very special one.
When I published the first review from this pair, I wasn't hugely on Sideshow's radar, but if recent traffic is any indication, they're going to be watching this one closely. Let's start with an awesome image:
Dishonored ReviewWritten by Uryaen
Dishonored Review
Dishonored didn't have a huge marketing campaign, certainly not comparatively. It was quietly worked on in the background while other games took the spotlight this year. It arrived fairly quietly, as if to encourage the style of play it holds most dear, and that's just the way I like it. Some people absorb every last spoiler and detail they can about a media product, and that defeats a lot of the purpose of that product, and the experience you get with it.
In the interest of that very thing, I will keep this review fairly spoiler free. I'll show you the pretty pictures, and give my impressions of mechanics, but I won't do much discussion about the specific story. I'm going to be shortening my intial reviews of games which have DLC set to drop shortly after release, as this will give the developers time to iron out the game, and give me a chance to explore it in more than one way.
I'm so over the "Silent Protagonist" thing. It's been done, it severely limits story telling and to me accomplishes the opposite of what is intended. They do it to draw the player into the character, so that the player feels that they ARE the character, but then they give that character a finite gender, name, and force them to do a lot of things that the player might not do. Just let the character speak already! The Wikipedia Entry was even written with this slant in mind.
Razer Naga Epic MMORPG Wireless Mouse ReviewWritten by Uryaen
Razer Naga Epic MMORPG Wireless Mouse Review
Today we finally bring Razer to uryaen.com. I've been through quite a bit to get them here so behave yourselves. I bought the first Naga mouse myself, and it lived for almost three years of daily use. I have some feedback on the support of Razer product but we'll get more into that as time goes on. For now, I'm taking a look at the wireless version, the Naga Epic.
STATS of review
Item acquired direct from Razer for this review.
Video Review
I'm posting a complete standalone video review as well, but make sure you look at both the article and video, as they have separate content. As the video covers most of what you need to know, I won't repeat all of it here, so this article will be a bit shorter than it would be otherwise.
See the video for the unboxing. All Razer products come in very premium packaging worthy of storing or displaying the item itself. Razer seems to be taking it's cue from high end collector markets ( I just released a review of such a product ) in that they feature "collector friendly" packaging. The definition of collector friendly is that the package can be opened without destroying it. This preserves the integrity of the presentation, and it works beautifully here.
ENTERBAY Bruce Lee 1/6 scale Black Label WORLD EXCLUSIVE FIRST FULL REVIEW!Written by Uryaen
ENTERBAY Bruce Lee
As far as I can tell, this is the WORLD EXCLUSIVE FIRST FULL REVIEW of this figure, so enjoy!
Video Review coming soon.
1/6 scale Figure reviews are heating up on uryaen.com! First up was HOT TOYS Babydoll, then ENTERBAY Che Guevara. Today we're going to see the WORLD FIRST REVIEW of ENTERBAY Bruce Lee 1/6 Black Label.
Figure acquired Direct from ENTERBAY for this review.
Bruce Lee
Many of you know this, but I have a martial arts background myself. I was a very well respected full contact fighter, trained in Muay Thai and Ninjutsu. I didn't follow Lee as obsessively as many in the community, and I didn't model my fighting style after his. I modeled it more after what he TAUGHT us to do, which was to take what works, improve it, master it, and use it exclusively.
20 years ago this year, I was near fatally injured, suffering a spinal injury that forever forced me into retirement, and I suffer every moment of every day for it. Seeing something like this is partially a reminder of that life, and what could have been, and also a chance to reflect on Lee himself, and what we as a world lost so tragically.
I'm also closely related to Robert Wall on my mom's side ( any long time Lee fan will know who that is ), and if you're out there, shoot me an email, and we'll catch up.
OCZ Vertex 4 ReviewWritten by Uryaen
OCZ Vertex 4 Review
OCZ is really on a roll lately, putting out quality and reliable product like crazy, and improving upon it with regular firmware updates.
I wasn't in on the initial batch of V4 reviews. Sometimes I am, and sometimes I'm not, so I don't have in house numbers on pre-1.5 firmware. If you read some of the initial reviews, this particular SSD evidently had some issues with living up to performance expectations, but that's all settled now, and I can look at the current form.
The Vertex 4 is more than a numbered evolution of the Vertex 3. Of course the form factor and most properties are the same, but the controller this time is the Indilinx, showing fruits of OCZ acquiring Indilinx back in 2011. News sources elsewhere report that there is some confusion over who made the controller itself, but the firmware is in fact OCZ. I'm not going to get into all that, I'm going to focus on performance, and some of my suggested uses for such a product.
Unlike the previous review, I was only sent one V4. This means I had to go back and do some fresh benches of various configurations of Vertex drives. This one is a 256GB drive however, and due to the increase in space, I have a few suggestions of what you might do with a drive like this, rather than simply screw it into a desktop to be a boot drive. This also gave me a chance to phase out some older benchmarks, and phase in AS-SSD, and Windows 8.
ENTERBAY 1/6 Scale Che Guevara ReviewWritten by Uryaen
ENTERBAY Che Guevara
UPDATE: As Enterbay has so kindly linked to this review on their Facebook page, I have decided to expand my coverage of Che. Look for exclusive images to come either during or after Comic Con. I promise they'll be amazing!
See the new video review embedded at the bottom.
1/6 scale Figure reviews are new to uryaen.com but are a staple of content moving forward. First I released Babydoll last week, and now ENTERBAY weighs in with Che Guevara.
Figure acquired Direct from ENTERBAY for this review.
HOT TOYS 1/6 Scale Sucker Punch Babydoll ReviewWritten by Uryaen
HOT TOYS Babydoll
UPDATE: See the exclusive Facebook images here.
If you're reading this, you are most likely here because you already know HOT TOYS. If not, they are a vendor of ultra-high end collectible figures based in Hong Kong. They are distributed in the USA by Sideshow Collectibles, and the figures are available either direct from Sideshow, or from a variety of online resellers.
I'll say it up front. I'm a big fan of Sucker Punch. I see the movie as one of those intelligent movies that intelligent people love. If you love Fight Club, Memento, and Inception, it's highly likely you're going to love this tragic tale.
I could go on to write an entire treatise on the movie and its thematic elements, but I don't want to spoil it in case you haven't seen it. Just check it out. The movie centers on, but does not necessarily revolve around a girl who tragically lost her mind a little. We only know her as "Babydoll". Her world is a "dream within a dream" and her only allies are four other girls who all are in an impossible situation facing impossible odds.
Hot Toys has only produced two of the five girls. Sadly this is a bad habit with 1/6 scale makers. They'll do 14 different Iron Mans, but never complete a collection from a different movie. One can argue that this stems from demand, but it's still something that has been going on the entire time. We're still waiting for the rest of the LOTR Fellowship. If they ever release the other three girls, I'll be all over that.
I'm planning a full scale Sucker Punch cosplay shoot. Some of that will involve the figures that they have released, and most of it is just for fun. Be sure to check out the FB page for that shoot here.
OCZ Synapse 128GB ReviewWritten by Uryaen
OCZ Synapse 128GB Review
Today we're launching the first full review in the post "uryaen.com 3.0" era. Another speedy bit of SSD storage from OCZ.
This time instead of your average SSD drive, we're looking at what they call an SSD cache drive. What does this mean? To put it simply; imagine that the 64MB or so of cache that your HDD has could be extended all the way out to 128GB ( or more accurately 64GB but we'll get to that ). By using an optimized drive and special software, OCZ can turn your full 2TB drive into a 2TB SSD. The idea being that not every last bit and byte on your HDD requires being loaded ultra quickly. Lots of system files, your media files, even your games really do not benefit from being on the SSD. Stuff like boot files, applications, personal or work files you use often, that stuff does. So instead of having to choose where to place everything, the included Dataplex software analyzes your storage habits and moves things around for you. The end result being that the files and folders you use most are loaded with all the speed that an SSD can muster, and the stuff you don't use as often stays on the HDD.
Easy, right?
There are some tricky caveats involved of course, but by and large, it could not be easier to speed up your computer than to toss this blue bullet in there.
Sandy Bridge vs. Ivy Bridge Benchmark Comparison and Review of Intel 3770KWritten by Uryaen
NOTE to Readers: The Intel Architecture artcles and videos are by far my most popular content, but in order to keep presenting my unique take on this subject, I would appreciate if you would all take a moment to "like" this page, or "share" it with your social circles. Also look at other content I've produced, including the feature articles listed at the top, and this will encourage more people to visit. I'm making preperations to relaunch this site with new branding and an entirely new take on tech review, and building some momentum will encourage that development as well. Don't be afraid to leave me a comment or suggestion, but bear in mind that I do regulate all public comments on this site and on the YouTube Channel. Thank you for helping to grow uryaen.com.
Sandy Bridge vs. Ivy Bridge Benchmark Comparison and Review of Intel 3770K
It's hard to believe that yet another year has come and gone. Intel has come a long way as well. Today's CPUs are more capable than anything we could have imagined ten years ago. The Intel i7 "Ivy Bridge" CPU even includes the new Intel HD 4000 Graphics, which we'll be taking a look at in both benches and real world games.
Can it play Skyrim? We'll find out.
CPUs aquired - Direct from Intel. CPUs are "prerelease" material. My CPUs from Intel always are, but I have no reason to believe that they perform any different from a retail release.
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS ReviewWritten by Uryaen
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Review
What a long, windy road THIS has been. After a disastrous start, OCZ is back on uryaen.com and this time, we have something I can say truly nothing negative about.
Instead of dwelling on the past, let's just dive into what we have here:
Today we have a twin pair of OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPSs for evaluation. These are ultra light, ultra fast SSDs to replace your HDDS with. This review is going to be comparatively brief, and keep focus on the video content.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Comprehensive ReviewWritten by Uryaen
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Comprehensive Review
The following is my comprehensive look at a game which really needs no introduction. Bethesda not only makes rocking RPG's, they do PR RIGHT!!! Anyway, today Skyrim is under the microscope, and while you might argue that any further review of such a game, which everyone is going to buy anyway, is moot, we're going to see if we can add something to the world of Skyrim review. My evaluations tend to focus on what can be improved in a game, and that's what we're going to really explore.
Skryim – Comprehensive Evaluation
The following review format is based on the review for FNV. I will look at a large number of relevant game aspects, and when appropriate, list the positive commentary on each and then look at where that area could use improvement. I did greatly enjoy the game, and wish to see its sequels and patches greatly improved, and less reliant on hobbled console conventions. I have put more than 300 hours into this game so far, and anticipate many more.
So that there is no confusion: I do like this game, and because I have to, in order to be listed on meta review sites, I will give it a numerical score at the bottom, but as has been my philosophy for more than a year and a half ( certain other review sites JUST NOW coming to the same conclusion ) I don't believe in numerical scores, as they are highly misleading, and reading the review will garner the reader much more value. That said:
Fallout New Vegas PC with All DLC: Comprehensive Review Updated 10.15.11!Written by Uryaen
Fallout New Vegas PC with All DLC: Comprehensive Review Updated 10.15.11!
The following is my comprehensive look at a massive game and even then I have a hard time NOT saying more, as I could go on for many more pages. In addition to the following, I have over 60 hours of full HD video recorded, and almost 20,000 Screen shots, so you just know there will be some awesome stuff. Big thank you to Bethesda for providing the materials for these reviews, as well as RAGE and SKYRIM, which will be coming soon as well. Bethesda not only makes rocking RPG's, they do PR RIGHT!!! Everyone else in the soft side of the industry should take notice, and be embarrassed for doing it so poorly in comparison.
Gulftown vs. Sandy Bridge - Benchmark ComparisonWritten by Uryaen
Gulftown vs. Sandy Bridge - Benchmark Comparison
It's here: Sandy Bridge vs. Ivy Bridge!
Instead of the usual "review" style article, today we're going to look at "Gulftown vs. Sandy Bridge" from one particular perspective, and one that I think isn't properly represented on most sites, and that's "multi-tasking".
Thus, this article will encompass the complete "reviews" of both the Intel Core i7 970, and the Intel Core i5 2500K. The 970 will be tested at 4.2GHz, and the 2500K at stock clocks? Why? A - Because I can, but more importantly B - because it shows that NO amount of overclocking the six core will create an advantage where there would not otherwise be one due to having more cores. That's important.


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Nearly 100 drivers will be competing in six different racing classes at the inaugural Speed-O-Rama will be held this weekend at San Antonio Speedway.
The event will feature professional stock car racing in the Grand Stock, Charger, Street Stock, Truck, Modified and Pro Late Model classes.
The action begins today at 7 p.m. with qualifying and heat races. The Modified and Pro Late Models will compete in two-lap qualifying time trials while the Tator Plumbing Charger, Grand Stock, Street Stock and Truck classes will compete in 10-lap heat races.
Saturday's race card begins at 7 p.m. and will include feature races in the Grand Stock (20 laps), Tator Plumbing Charger (25 laps), 1st Choice House Leveling Street Stock (40 laps), Truck (50 lap), Modified (50 lap) and Pro Late Model (100 lap) classes.
Admission for today is $15 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12 and kids under five are free. Tickets prices on Saturday are $20 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12 and kids under five are free. Pit passes are $30 each day or $50 for two-day passes. Two-day grandstand passes are $30.
This weekend's racing event at SAS will mark the second this season at the half-mile paved oval. San Antonio Speedway opened the 2013 season on April 19-20 with the running of the North Park Toyota Fiesta on Asphalt.
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I've started a new blog called the Tower Perilous about my writing, both fiction and non-fiction.
My writing time has been devoted to books now, and I don't know how much, if any, I will be updating this blog. For now, I'm considering it an archive.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Monday, December 24, 2007
Denying Ourselves
What does it mean to deny ourselves? Must we suppress the ugly thoughts and feelings and lusts and angers that well up from the old nature within us? No, for we have no power to suppress them, as scripture says:
"For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do." (Romans 7:18-19)
Paul speaks here of one who wants to do good and not evil, but fails. There is no power in the flesh to suppress evil, even after salvation, for no good thing ever dwells in the flesh. How then must we deny ourselves? After commanding us to deny ourselves, Jesus further instructs us to take up our cross daily and follow Him. To take up our cross daily is to die daily. What does it mean, then, to die daily? The answer can be seen through closer examination of the explanation Jesus gave for why it is necessary for us to do all those things: "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it." (Luke 9 :24). The Greek word translated life in Luke 9:24 is psuche, which is more often translated soul in the New Testament, and our English word psyche is derived from that Greek word. Therefore the passage in Luke might be phrased thusly:
"And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his psyche shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his psyche for my sake, the same shall save it."
We therefore are instructed to lose our psyche for His sake. That is the daily death of the cross to which Jesus was referring; that is what it means to deny ourselves. How do we go about losing our psyche for the sake of Jesus? The first step is recognizing the utter bankruptcy and loathsomeness of our psyche; its intrinsic nature is worthy of damnation from God for ever. We must recognize that our psyche cannot be reformed; it must be crucified. If we will not confess that, then we will not give up our psyche for His sake. If we lose our psyche for His sake, however, we will find our psyche. Yet it is not the old psyche but a new psyche that we will find; we are given the Divine psyche, the Divine nature.
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20) "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:" (Romans 6:6-8)
Therefore we lose one psyche on the cross, that we might gain a better. We lose our old life, that we might gain a new. We lose our old, rotten nature, that we might gain the Divine nature of Jesus Christ. We must daily do all of this in the faith (given by God) that we are "dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:11) Denying ourselves is denying that our old psyche is what we are. As it is written:
"Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (II Corinthians 5:17)
Therefore, when thoughts and lusts and feelings arise from the old nature, claiming to represent our heart, we must deny them in the faith of the Son of God, knowing that we are the new nature and not the old, always remembering that we have been purged from our old sins. Our new nature, as described in I Corinthians 13, "Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." (I Corinthians 13:5-7)
Our chief task every day is simply to be the new nature, for "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." (Galations 5:24-25) To be the new nature is to be one with God, which is why He created us. Thus, we must also remember that the battle is the Lord's and that He wants to fight it together with us, teaching us how to use His armor to overcome the deadly wiles of our old psyche.
"(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;" (II Corinthians 10:4-5)
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Saturday, May 5, 2007
Enduring Temptation
How do we endure temptation, the lusts of the old nature? For as James continues, we cannot be tempted by God:
"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren." (James 1:13-16)
Lust brings forth sin; and, though it seems to be life, sin brings forth death. But we are promised a way of escape from temptation:
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it]. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry." (I Corinthians 10:13-14)
What is this way of escape? How do we obey the word in James, "Do not err, my beloved brethren", and the similar word written by Paul, "Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry" ?
The answer is described in detail in Romans 6:
"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:3-4)
Through salvation, we are made partakers of Christ's death, that we also might be made partakers of His life. That is already accomplished and finished through Jesus, so that our old nature and all of its lusts are reckoned by God as crucified and dead:
"For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." (Romans 6:5:6)
Thus through death, we are freed from sin:
"For he that is dead is freed from sin." (Romans 6:7)
We ought therefore to believe that we are no longer the old dead sin nature, nor under its dominion. For in believing in Christ, we have been made partakers of His death, and thus of His life:
"Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:8-11)
In that faith to reckon ourselves dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord, we will thus find the way of escape promised unto us:
"Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." (Romans 6:12)
That specific faith is how we can and must flee from sin; it is the only way to truly defeat sin. Therefore we must give the greatest diligence, day by day, to remember and believe that we are dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through the cross of Christ.
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:" (Colossians 3:1-5)
The Lord Jesus is our example; and through death He overcame all sin, and overcame death itself. Thus we must follow Him daily through the death of the cross, unto the life beyond.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Making History
Through the cross, Jesus asks us to give up our own lives, in exchange for His. That includes giving up our own power to make a name for ourselves, to live a life worth remembering. That even includes giving up trying to live our own life for God, which is perhaps the most subtle and deadly way of holding on to our own life. But our own life must be lost, as Jesus said:
"...he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." (Matthew 10:38-39)
Yet losing ourselves as Jesus asks does not mean we lose our personality or individuality; it is not a form of nihilism or cosmic absorption. Rather, losing ourselves means losing the dead life and dead personality which pretend to be what we are. Our old human nature pretends to be us; yet in our own sight, the old nature is all that we can see of ourselves. It seems to be what we are; but it can never be more than the palest imitation of what we truly are. It is nothing pretending to be something; and in losing our old nature, we only lose the vanity and nothing that it was.
"For he that is dead is freed from sin." (Romans 6:7)
What do we find, then, when we lose what seems to be ourselves and die, every day, for the sake of Jesus? When we in faith give up our own life, and our own story, and our own name, we will find through faith that Jesus has given us His life, and His story, and His name- to be our own. God does not want us to live our old lives for Him; He wants us to live His new life with Him. He gave us Himself; and in so doing He gave each of us a great and wonderful story- a testimony of Him- to be our own.
Thus we are made One with Him, and thus we will find a place in His story.
"Remember me, O my God, for good." (Nehemiah 13:31b)
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Showing Ourselves Friendly
What is involved in showing ourselves friendly? How did Jesus define that?
"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." (John 15:15)
In the above passage, Jesus reveals that one requirement for friendship with Him is that He make known unto us all that He has heard of the Father; therefore, that must also be one necessary element of Jesus showing Himself friendly.
That quality of friendliness can be seen here, by God toward Abraham- who was called the Friend of God:
"And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?" (Genesis 18:16-18)
Jesus spoke with Abraham there, as a man speaks with his friend; and He is looking for others whom He can call His friends. For He desires greatly to reveal all He has heard of the Father to us!
"He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him." (Daniel 2:22) "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." (II Corinthians 2:9-10)
Now, Jesus- the Friend who sticks closer than a brother- commanded us to show ourselves friendly, as He shows Himself friendly:
"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." (John 15:12-14)
Our part in being God's friends is to obey that commandment to love one another as Jesus has loved us. Therefore, if Jesus showing us what He has heard of the Father is necessary for Him to call us His friends, and is part of His loving us, then we also ought to show one another the things we have heard of the Father.
Speaking of the things of God one with another must thus be a necessary measurement of true friendship. If we are afraid to begin to speak of the things of God to someone we call a friend, how much of a friendship do we truly have with them? No matter how many personal things we may be able to discuss, if we cannot talk of God, then we are not truly showing ourselves friendly.
True friends will speak of the things of God one with another. Anything called friendship, that does not involve that, is an imitation. And if we will not be faithful to lay down our lives in the little things of speaking one to another that which we have heard of God, as Jesus did, how then will we be faithful to love one another in the greater things?
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The Living Word
In the scriptures, the things of the kingdom of God are often compared to things in the plant or animal kingdoms. That is more than allegory; or perhaps more accurately, the plants and animals are themselves the allegories.
In that light, consider how plants and animals are made. What constructs them? Underlying all the growth of living things in the natural world is something we call DNA. Now DNA is, of course, the genetic code; and one way of describing the amazingly intricate information contained in that code is to say that it is made up of words. Yet those words are not dead things, graven in stone; they are alive. The genetic code is truly made up of living words- yet not in the spiritual, but in the natural.
Living words, therefore, are the foundation of every living thing; without those words, there could be no life. It should be no surprise to find that so, for all living things were in the beginning made by the word of God.
"And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. (Genesis 1:11)
Even though the whole Creation has been corrupted by sin, and groans and travails in pain together until now, yet all around us still are living words, crying out that God spoke them. They can be heard from the quiet beauty of trees, from the exquisite artwork of flowers, from the joyful songs of birds- indeed, from every living thing; and all is God's poetry, written in living words. The world is full of living words declaring the glory of the LORD.
"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind." (Job 12:7-10)
These things are, therefore, an allegory of the Living Word of God, ministered by the Spirit, from which the new creatures that we are in Christ are constructed, as it is written:
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." (I Peter 1:23-25)
Peter continues, to show what ought to be done with that knowledge:
"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious." (I Peter 2:1-3)
Seeing that we are compassed about in the Creation with so great and many witnesses of the power and wonder of living words, we ought therefore, in the faith that we are a new creature born of incorruptible seed, desire the Living Word of God- which is far more beautiful, and far deeper, than the allegory God gave of it in natural things.
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
Athenians and New Things
In the Book of Acts, an account is given of Paul's journey through Athens; and two keen observations are made of the Athenian's way of life:
"Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." (Acts 17:16) "(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)" (Acts 17:21)
Those two observations of Athenian life are inseparably related. Athens was wholly given to idolatry, and the Athenians (including even the strangers there) spent their time in nothing else but either speaking or hearing something new. They therefore worshiped new things- the news, so to speak. They chased after newness- new things; and thus they were fleeing boredom.
That behavior is idolatry; for there is nothing new under the sun, as it is written. "The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun."(Ecclesiastes 1:9)
However, while there is no new thing under the sun, the Almighty God, Who created the sun and all that is under it, has promised to make all things new. "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful." (Revelation 21:5)
True newness- new things, news, adventure- can only be found in God Himself. The Athenians were seeking newness apart from God, but there is nothing new to be found there. God's mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23), and He has provided the Way for us to become new creatures in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17), and so walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4), in the newness of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter (Romans 7:6).
Boredom, therefore, is a certain sign of walking apart from God; and it is an ill that only walking in the presence of God can cure. The search for the adventure of new things under the sun will take away the heart; but the newness that God freely gives to those who will receive it is the great adventure, springing up into everlasting life. God always has something new to show us and to give us of His treasures- both now, and forever.
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Stress melts away when you give it to God!
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Through the 12-Step program of OA, I learned that I had a disease, and that will-power and self-esteem did not help me stop eating compulsively. Through working this program and defining my own meal plan, I have lost weight, but more important regained my emotional and spiritual balance.
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text: On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:42:00AM +0900, email@example.com wrote: > a bit off topic: was it decided to introduce PAM? I don't like PAM, > and I prefer BSD auth. (i remember soda-san didn't like BSD auth > for additional setuid binaries, but i think the benefit overweighs > the addition of setuid binaries) I don't think any decision has been made about this yet. There are some problems with both PAM and BSD Auth. -- -- Jason R. Thorpe <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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Let's all take a sonic vacation on Friday night, a little auditory trip to a dimly lit basement lounge — with some vague one-word name like Boulevard or Paper — in a city much more cosmopolitan than our own.
The men will be in skinny ties, the ladies in heels that cost more than my mattress, and everyone will sip vodka distilled from recycled diamond tiaras.
It will be so much cooler — so utterly sexy and sophisticated than you are — that you might feel a bit out of place if you weren't having such a killer time.
New Orleans DJ and producer Lady Fingers creates that kind of music — effortless electronic cool filled with nods to disco, funk, lounge and even Zydeco. Her sound is so rich, sexy and deep, I'm a little worried about falling down that rabbit hole on Friday night — please, no one give me glow sticks.
I interviewed Lady Fingers 20 questions-style via Facebook chat — because, you know, the future — about everything from disco to dubstep to yacht bounce, a NoLa-born genre that melds smooth '80s "yacht" rock (think Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins) with high-energy New Orleans bounce.
Q Lady Fingers — Is that your DJ name because you really like pastries, or because you have particularly dainty digits?
A I am certainly not opposed to pastries, and I wouldn't call my digits dainty. My DJing style is very hands-on — buttons, faders and knobs with the attention very focused on what they are doing during my performances, so the name seemed like a good fit. And the "lady" part, I think, is obvious.
Q Use one sentence to describe your style, musically.
A My style is very sexy and deep, usually house but also some heavy bass thrown in.
Q Use one sentence to describe your style, sartorially.
A T-shirts and jeans and some accessories to make up for the fact that I wear T-shirts and jeans.
Q Yacht bounce: Yea or nay?
A Yea. I love yacht rock, and yacht bounce — how could one not love it? I need Hall and Oates every day of my life.
Q Who's the most under-rated DJ in American electronic music right now?
A Jim-E Stack, who is from New Orleans — he mixes tracks that one would never think to put together. I will for sure be playing one of his remixes in my Beaumont set.
Q The most overrated?
A I don't like answering questions like that because I respect the fact that this particular person obviously is doing something right to have as many fans as he does but — ahem — David Guetta.
Q Most aggravating thing about being a female performer in a male-dominated industry?
A I honestly do not know that I have a say on that because there is as much intrigue as sexism, I think. I don't recall facing any opposition thus far, though, as a female.
Q If you had to eat only one thing for the rest of your life, and that one thing had to be a popular New Orleans food item, what would you pick?
A Boiled crawfish. I am not proud of that fact.
Q Mardi Gras: beautiful cultural celebration or pain-in-the-tail week of traffic and tourists throwing up outside of Walgreens?
A Oh please, dear God, let someone rent out my apartment. I will be back in time for Saint Anne's Parade, though.
Q Favorite venue to play in New Orleans?
A Cafe Istanbul — I host a party there called the Rhythm Method where I DJ with live percussionists … the room really becomes alive. It's a gorgeous space.
Q Favorite venue to play in Texas?
A Quite sure the answer to that is going to be Tequila Rok.
Q Your drink of choice while in the DJ booth?
A Abita root beer — I learned long ago that a stiff one will have me playing ACDC's 'Thunderstruck' at the end of my set … and I am not talking a remix.
Q Best/worst pick-up line you've heard at a gig?
A "We loved your set, can you do a pro-bono fundraiser for us next weekend?"
Q Dubstep: yea or nay?
A I've tried, but I just can't hack it. It is so noisy — please just give me some soul.
Q Favorite era to sample from?
A Late '70s, early '80s disco era. I want to get my hands on the Buck Rogers DVD set — those lunar discotheques had it going on.
Q Biggest mistake young, up-and-coming DJs make?
A That is the easiest question yet: They do not believe in themselves. There is so much hidden talent that the world will never know.
Q Biggest mistake you've made in your time as a performing musician?
A Forgetting the right cables — lesson learned.
Q Favorite artist you've opened for?
A Michelle Shocked, a punk artist gone folk/bluegrass/gospel.
Q An artist you'd kill to open for?
A It's a tie — Pezzner or Paolo Rocco, both sexy house producers.
Q Are we in danger of bearing witness to the day disco dies?
A Definitely not. Disco — like house — will live forever.
Lady Fingers live with B-Genius and DJ SK8
When: 11 p.m. Friday
Where: Tequila Rok, 260 Crockett St., Beaumont
Cost: $3
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Man Utd fan dials 999 to speak to Ferguson
A drunken Manchester United supporter dialled 999 to "report a crime" and demanded to speak to Alex Ferguson moments after his team's shock defeat in the League Cup.
Police received the call at 10.30pm on Wednesday, just after the final whistle when United were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Sunderland, who won 2-1 on penalties after extra time.
In an audio clip released by the force, the supporter can be heard asking to speak to the former boss to discuss the "total and utter rubbish" result. When told it would not be possible to speak to Ferguson, he said he was calling 999 to report the crime of his team being "completely knackered".
Greater Manchester Police released a statement, which read: "Obviously, it can be a sad and depressing moment when your football team loses a game; however, can we all please remember that 999 is to be used for emergencies only.
"If you would like to speak to Sir Alex about recent football results, we here at GMP Manchester North can only suggest you try ringing Manchester United FC directly as you will probably (not definitely) have a much better chance of getting through to him there rather than ringing the police."
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Interview: Craig Thompson Pt 2 (of 2)
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Like most great artists, Craig Thompson is almost certainly his harshest critic. Where most of would be, at least somewhat self-congratulatory in the wake of what was, by just about every conceivable account, the massive success of his 540-page autobiographical sophomore effort, Blankets, Thompson has put his nose back to the drawing board, in and begun work once again on his nearly Sisyphean quest to create the perfect graphic novel—nearly, because the post-book boulder seems to roll a little less far down the mountain, each time.
In the time after Blankets, Thompson has battled mental exhaustion and physical health problems, but has managed to launch himself fully into his next massive undertaking, the 600-page Habibi, due out in 2009—that is, the artist says, if he works on it every day. With Thompson's drive—if his health holds up—that shouldn't be a problem, and while we know we ought to suggest he take it easy, with skill like Thompson's so few and far between, even the earliest possible release date seems too far off.
Read: Part One.
When you finished Blankets, did you want to wash your hands of autobiography?
I did, so [Habibi] is not autobiographical, but it has as personal, if not more personal stuff in it than anything I've ever done.
What drove you away from autobiography? Specific people's reactions to the book?
Yeah, that was it, but I don't really want to go into it…
Was there an initial hesitation on your part beforehand? Did it occur to you that that might become a problem?
No, not really, because I didn't think that anyone would see the book. I thought it would be like doing my first book, Chunky Rice, which was fairly successful for an alternative comic, something like a couple thousand copies floating around out there. I thought very few people would see it.
Chunky Rice is about a mouse and a turtle on its face, but the book feels very autobiographical.
Yeah, it is. It was about my experiences of leaving my home state, and making the first big move of my life on my own. It was definitely fueled by my emotional experiences at that time, moving away from friends.
Where the animal characters there to veil the personalization of the book?
Initially, I was working on a mini-comic, in which I did all of these autobiographical shorts that were like individual letters back home to a friend, and they would just be about me and that friend. Interesperced between those stories was a cute little adventure story of a turtle. When I moved to Portland, Brett Warnock, who eventually became my publisher, said, "those auotbiographical strips are just for you and your friends, and aren't publishable, per se, but if you ever want to do a book about this turtle character, I'll gladly publish it." I guess it was that prompting that inspired me to do a full book about Chunky Rice. And I guess at that time, I was much more comfortable drawing little goofy cartoony critters.
What occurred between the end of Chunky Rice and the beginning of Blankets that inspired you to do full autobiography and draw humans?
Probably the same thing I'm experiencing now, which is discontent with my work, and a frustration with my drawing style, and just wanting to do something different. I was drawing with a quick, clear brushline, drawing little animals. So, in between, I tried to teach myself something new, and I don't think it's until after the first hundred pages of Blankets that I really get it. That was part of the motivation, too: I can only get better, if I sit and draw 500 pages of something. I got that from Lewis Trondheim, who did that with his book, Lapinot [et les carottes de Patagonie]—that's 500 pages, too. When he started, he didn't know how to draw at all—or that's what he claims—and he drew a 500 page book, and learned how to draw over the course of that.
Were you putting pressure on yourself, right after Blankets to do something bigger and better than that book?
Yeah, yeah.
Are you still on Top Shelf, at all? Have you completely moved to Pantheon?
I'm doing my next book with Pantheon, and Chunky Rice just went over there, but the rest of my back catalog is with Top Shelf.
Was it tough to make that jump to a more mainstream publisher?
Yeah, it was tough. I've got some friends in music who've struggled with the same thing. I just had a lot of different views on things than Top Shelf. I did have to start taking care of myself. I'd basically done [Blankets] for free, and had to find a way to sit down start a new book—it's another story I don't feel like talking about…
But now you're completely supporting yourself with your books.
Yeah, for the first time in my life.
What were you doing before that?
Thankfully, throughout Blankets, I was doing stuff for Nickelodeon Magazine. My editor was Chris Duffy. That was a really great gig to have. They pay alternative cartoonists really well. It's such a great forum for that. At this point, there's such a backlog of material, but they found other work for me, like laying out Jimmy Neutron strips. It wasn't as good as doing my original material, but it supported me.
You worked at McDonald's at one point, right?
Yeah—there's been a lot of different jobs. That wasn't one of the best.
Cartooning is such a ridiculously difficult field to break into. Was there ever a point in which you were considering going into something else?
No, I don't think. I worked these really bad jobs, like working at the grocery store or the department store, out here—I'd get up at five in the morning, and stock hardware store shelves. On the walk there, the buses weren't working yet, so I just kept saying to myself, "I'm a cartoonist, I'm a cartoonist." That's what I did through every job, even as I got closer—when I was doing illustration. I was working as a graphic designer—I wasn't quite working in comics, but I'd tell myself I was. It was never about necessarily making a career of it. It was just about doing it, in spite of everything else.
Having spent some time as a full-time freelancer, I find that it's almost easier to get free-lance work done, while working a full-time day job. Is it harder to work on comics, when you have all day to do them?
It might be, actually. That might be true—I wouldn't want to go back, though.
What's your daily regiment?
I get up around 5 in the morning, and get to work around 7:30—it's very routine. I work five or six days a week. I used to work seven days a week, but my health burned out. I can't do that anymore.
How much longer do you foresee the book taking?
At my current schedule, I'll finish it by the end of next year. I really, really want it out by 2009. That would require me working, pretty much every day.
Does 2009 seem incredibly far away?
No, I'm sure that it will come sooner than later. I just have to make sure that I'm a happy person, until then.
Do you think you might do some smaller project, in the interim?
Good question. I don't know. I'm hoping I can do other projects, at the same time, but I don't know. Every day I'm not working on the book, I'm another day away from finishing it. It might take my full attention.
You've done some smaller projects. You did the Menomena album cover.
Yeah, that just recently came out. It was more than just an album cover, though. I spent two months of solid work on it. I did that about nine months ago. I took a break from this project, because I was trying to find a place to live—I didn't have a stable living situation.
Do you know the guys in the band?
Yeah, they're buddies of mine.
Is it something you'd do in the future?
No, never again. I turned down lots of offers before. This one is totally an exception, for friends. It was far more time consuming that I would have ever guessed.
So, you don't have any aspirations as a graphic artist?
I had to do that for several years, so, no. I just want to make stories.
Specifically comics?
What of the Hollywood version of Blankets?
That's not the case, now. I think dealing with that is part of what burned me out. It wasn't even something that I wanted, but I was being pressured into it, from different directions.
I can't image the Hollywood adaptation being good.
Exactly. I definitely don't do my books with the intent of their being translated into movies.
Blankets worked so well, because it was so specific to the medium.
Yeah. Good, I'm glad you feel that way. And also, the other thing is, no other medium could get away with telling this kind of an intimate story, especially this emotional.
It was very conscious that it was a comic book.
Yeah. More of that in the next book!
Do you see yourself telling a story in any format other than the graphic novel?
Well, definitely through drawing. I'm still trying to figure out what a graphic novel should be. I still think of my work, and most other comics work as being graphically ugly. I'm working on that. I definitely love illustrated books, and I'm not just speaking about children's books, either. When my travelogue came out, which was actually a very easy book to do—I actually spent three months on it, and then it was in print. It was very instantaneous. One reviewer said that it wasn't even a comic book. It couldn't be defined as a comic book. I thought that was strange. The definition of comics has to be little boxes on a page.
Does your frustration with the medium carry over to your reading habits? Have you stopped picking up other artists' books?
No. I know I've read some good stuff recently…that book, Aya. And there are a lot of really amazing French books. But it's still frustrating to go to a comics store.
Is it seeing all of the superhero books?
Yeah, that is part of it. I just want art to be more graceful and poetic—I still feel really clumsy, with everything I do.
Even with all of the crap, I feel like, if it's a good enough store, I can always go in, and find a new amazing book that I've never seen before.
Yeah, but if a regular bystander, off the street walked in, would they be able to find that book?
Blankets has landed in the hands of a lot on non-comic fans.
Yeah, a few books end up like that.
What about it appealed to non-comic fans?
I don't know. I didn't think it was a univeral story. I'm actually surprised that so many people related to it.
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09-21-2010 #1Drakhen Guest
Hard drive overhaul help
Ok so I figured out the black cat, however I have a limeted edition PS3 that came with only a 40 gb hard drive, I have been working on swapping the 40gb out for a Seagate 2.5 SATA with 8 mb cache and 5400 rpm
Now I have read numerous of tutorial's watched hundreds of you tube video's as to how to go about doing this and none of it works for me.... here is what is going on:
I first formated the internal (40gb) drive and then back up to usb mem stick I then pulled that drive out put other in hit the start and select to search for update and it would run until 43% and stop. it then gave me this message:
No applicable update data was found connect storge media that contains update data of version 3.41 or later and then press start and select at the same time,
Now I have seen that at least 20 times... I have also tried using the same memory stick that I used to originally update to 3.41 and that gives me the same issue.. the pup file is in a folder named PS3 with another folder in it named UPDATE
09-21-2010 #2EiKii Guest
that's wierd, have you tried running recovery menu? there are some options there to rebuild filesystem and you can install update from there?
09-21-2010 #3FireSokar Guest
backup your old gamesaves, sync trophys. Then clone the old HDD to the new HDD using a pc. Once done insert into ps3, format and copy over gamesaves.
09-21-2010 #4Drakhen Guest
run recovery on original hard drive? if I try the new drive in the system imediatly when I turn it on I get this message: Connect the controller using a usb cable, and then press the ps button
so I hit the ps button and I get this: the system software cannot be run correctly press the ps button to try to restart the system. if the system cannot be restarted, you must reinstall the system software. connect storage media that contains update data of version 3.41 or later and press start and select at same time...
other then that I have no sort of on screen menu's or anything of the sort, the system will not boot into xmb with the newer drive in place.
09-21-2010 #5pip1 Guest
did you reformat the memory stick? it might not be fat32 or just corrupt enough to not work
09-21-2010 #6EiKii Guest
no new drive, search for ps3 recovery menu , and you will understand!
09-21-2010 #7Drakhen Guest
Well this time it took, it was wierd I had to keep powering off system turning it back on and trying it, eventually it took and now I am sporting a newer bigger drive, thanks once again for all who took the time to help out.


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Tony Deimler felt like he had something to prove.
During the regular season, the Warwick senior wasn't exactly happy with himself after suffering a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Cedar Crest's Colin Muraika at number one singles in a Section One boys tennis match.
Deimler got a chance for redemption on Tuesday and didn't waste it.
With the bronze medal at stake in the L-L League Flight One Triple-A Singles Tournament, the fourth-seeded Deimler turned the tables and pulled out a 6-4, 6-4 decision at Conestoga Valley High School.
"(The earlier loss to Muraika) gave me a lot of motivation," Deimler said. "I really let myself down in that match. I knew I was capable of more and I wanted to prove it today."
Besides improving his record to 11-4 on the season, Deimler also punched his first-ever ticket to the District Three Triple-A Singles Tournament, which get underway this Saturday, May 4.
"I'm more than ecstatic," Deimler said of qualifying. "This is my first time making it. I'm going to take every match at a time when I get there because there are a lot of players there who I've never played against before."
Muraika, the number three seed in L-L Flight One Singles, was one player that Deimler was familiar with. But Deimler took the first set 6-4 and then found himself tied 4-4 with the Falcons' sophomore in the second. But the Warriors' number one player ended it with back-to-back wins.
"My serve was definitely a factor and there were times where I got a little inconsistent on my ground strokes," Deimler said, "but I bounced right back on the next game, so it kept me in it and kept my momentum going."
Asked how he felt about taking 3rd, he said, "It was excellent. There's no shame in that. I was very proud about how I played today."
Last Thursday, Deimler was battling sickness, but dug deep to dispatch of Manheim Township's Bobby Belser in the first round, 6-2, 6-3 and then he showed some grit while coming away with a hard-fought 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) decision over Manheim Central's Kaiser in the Flight One Triple-A quarter-finals.
After getting Friday to try and recover, Deimler then set his sights on upsetting top-seeded Derek Hagino of Hempfield in the semi-finals on Saturday, forcing the first set to a tiebreaker. Hagino, though, held on for a 7-6 (7-4) win and then punched his ticket to the finals with a clinching 6-1 win.
"I got off the court (Thursday) and I was sweating, but I was shaking cold-wise," he said. "I stayed home from school Friday trying to get better and on Saturday I felt better and gave it my all that first set and then I just ran out of gas the second set. But there's no need to make excuses – Derek played excellent."
In other action, Warwick's fourth-seeded Luke Newberry overcame an early deficit against Lancaster Catholic's Tommy Slotcavage in the Flight Two quarter-finals, rallying from a first-set 6-1 loss to win the next two, 6-4, 10-8. His run, though, ended in the semi-finals, dropping a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Hempfield's top-seeded Tommy Athey.
Caleb Setlock represented Warwick in the Flight Four singles brackets, but he got a tough draw in the opening round and dropped a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Conestoga Valley's top-seeded Nathan Amspacher.
Meanwhile, Deimler and Newberry weren't only making some noise in their singles matches for the Warriors. Those two paired up in Flight One Triple-A double as the fifth-seeded team, and they got a win under their belt by defeating Penn Manor's Mitch Haag and Alex Davis, 6-2, 6-0. But CV's duo of Mast and Esch ousted them with a 6-3, 6-4 win in the quarterfinals.
Ethan Quinn and Brian Dieterle competed in Flight Two doubles, where they suffered a 8-1 loss to Lancaster Mennonite's Derstine and Sauder.
Setlock and Chase Henry gave Conestoga Valley's Finger and Comeaux all they could handle in Flight Three doubles, but came up barely short in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (8-6).
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What does ariel mean?
Definitions for arielˈɛər i əl
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word ariel.
A name for the city of Jerusalem.
, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
, used mainly since the 1980s.
Name of the twelfth and brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
type of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia
Origin: From Biblical , meaning "lion of God".
Webster Dictionary
alt. of Ariel gazelle
Origin: [Heb. aril, perh. confused with E. arial.]
Ariel is the fourth-largest of the 27 known moons of Uranus. Ariel orbits and rotates in the equatorial plane of Uranus, which is almost perpendicular to the orbit of Uranus, and so has an extreme seasonal cycle. It was discovered in October 1851 by William Lassell, and named for a character in two different pieces of literature. As of 2012, much of the detailed knowledge of Ariel derives from a single flyby of Uranus performed by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986, which managed to image around 35% of the moon's surface. There are no active plans at present to return to study the moon in more detail, although various concepts such as Uranus orbiter and probe are proposed from time to time. After Miranda, Ariel is the second-smallest of Uranus' five major rounded satellites, and the second-closest to its planet. Among the smallest of the Solar System's 19 known spherical moons, it is believed to be composed of roughly equal parts ice and rocky material. Like all of Uranus' moons, Ariel probably formed from an accretion disc that surrounded the planet shortly after its formation, and, like other large moons, it is likely differentiated, with an inner core of rock surrounded by a mantle of ice. Ariel has a complex surface consisting of extensive cratered terrain cross-cut by a system of scarps, canyons and ridges. The surface shows signs of more recent geological activity than other Uranian moons, most likely due to tidal heating.
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ā′ri-el, n. a man's name in the Old Testament, variously explained as 'lion of God,' 'hearth of God:' in later demonology, a water-spirit: an angel: a spirit of the air. [Heb. ariēl.]
ā′ri-el, n. a species of gazelle in Western Asia. [Ar. aryil.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
an idol of the Moabites, an outcast angel.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ariel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ariel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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This is the most right-wing government in Israeli history, much further to the right than the Menachem Begin or Ariel Sharon governments.
I can't even really put it into words about how amazing it feels to really feel right. ariel Winter started to hurt so bad that I couldn't take the pain.
It's the girls, Ariel, on our show, and Sarah and Sofia, he told FOX411. It's rough, and people are really super mean, and they're cowards on social media.
Oh, she does great work on' Modern Family.' ariel Winter's something that I did to better my life and better my health, and I think that that can benefit a lot of young girls.
It was not easy parting with the coin, after all, it is not every day one discovers such an amazing object, but I hope I will see it displayed in a museum in the near future. Related : Archaeologists discover ancient Anglo-Saxon island in UK countryside It was quickly determined this was not just any coin. It dates to 107 AD and was part of a series of nostalgic coins that Emperor Trajan minted and dedicated to the Roman emperors that ruled before Emperor Trajan. The only other coin of this kind is believed to be the one held by the British Museum. Two other gold coins of this emperor have been registered in the State Treasures, one from Giv ' at Shaul near Jerusalem, and the other from the Qiryat Gat region, Donald T. Ariel, head curator of the coin department at the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement. But the details on both are different to those that appear on the coin found by Rimon.
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All-Star Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is out for about another 6-10 weeks after thumb surgery, but he was apparently with his team tonight for their home game against his brother Jose and the Tampa Bay Rays. Peanut butter crackers (which were sent out with emissary Jose Oquendo, the Cardinals' third base coach) must be a snack that runs in their family. Delicious, portable, and comparatively filling, they were a good choice.
Important update: The Rays catcher held onto the gift:
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Vandalism in Youngstown's parks is at a 20-year high, which is costing the city money and keeping people from enjoying public property.
In a previous report, WKBN First News introduced viewers to Michelle Wade. She lives near the city park by the old Borts Pool on Belle Vista Avenue.
The problem was simple: No trash can. Wade had to clean up the mess before her 6-year-old daughter could play.
"It is pretty filthy. Every time I go, there is broken glass and trash," Wade said last week. "She shouldn't have to deal with that in a playground setting. It should be about having fun, not falling on glass."
WKBN First News took her complaints to Youngstown Parks and Recreation Director Bob Burke, and he sent a crew to the park to install a new trash can that same day. But Burke said the missing trash can is part of a bigger problem.
"It is an ongoing problem even though they chain them to fences or stake them in the ground. People steal them for scrap or make grills out of them," Burke said.
Burke said dozens of trash cans are stolen every year.
Youngstown City Maintenance Supervisor Jerry Gordon has worked in the parks department for 20 years. He said things have gotten a lot worse since he came on the job.
His crews spend every Monday and Friday dealing with vandalism. Gordon said change comes when residents take pride in their neighborhoods, and work together to report crime and vandalism.
"Look out for one another and just speak up," said Gordon.
Reports of vandalism can be called in to the Youngstown Police Department at (330) 742-8900.


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My Style: Casual Chic, Edgy, My own
Reviews: 2
Average Rating: 5.0
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Posted June 07, 2012
This bag is very well made, the pictures are very true to life in terms of color. The bag is actually quite heavy, but the studs seem quite secure and I like how they are not just one tone of metal, some are silver and some gold. The draw-string is quite stiff at the moment but I expect that as it is new and I hope will ease up over time with lots of use. I really like this bag and may look for a darker color for winter.
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
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Posted August 20, 2011
Love them!
I am so pleased with these boots. They appear just slightly darker than in the picture which for me is better. I haven't figured out how to keep the upper strap in place yet which is slightly bothersome but apart from that they fit perfectly and are very comfortable. The distressed look on the toe is very well done in my opinion. I can't wait for it to get a bit cooler so I can wear them out!
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I was wondering if there are any NY #investors renting SFR's to section 8 in NY.
I have a client looking to rent a 4 br in New York with section 8. Six kids 1 adult. If no utilities the Max is $2,100.00
If anyone has a house for rent let contact me.
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JP Morgan bankers raised concerns about Bernard Madoff 10 years before the fraudster was arrested over a $65bn Ponzi scheme.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the revelation came as JP Morgan agreed to pay $2.6bn to resolve US claims that it ignored signs of Madoff's crime.
'JPMorgan had an inadquate and ineffective anti-money laundering program,' Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said. 'The bank connected the dots when it came to its own profits, but not when it came to its own legal obligations'.
MarketWatch reports that one senior bank executive joked via email that they should visit Madoff's accountant's office to make sure it wasn't a car wash.
Employees then yanked out most of the bank's own money invested with Madoff-related funds and congratulated themselves after his arrest on the money they'd saved the bank.
JPMorgan raised concerns over Bernard Madoff 10 years before he was arrested
J.P. Morgan banker joked that Madoff's accounting firm might be a car wash
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