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Storage / Hard Drives News (474)
HighPoint Adds to RocketStor 6300 LineupCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: September 1, 2014 11:48AM
Author: Nick Harezga
HighPoint has announced the addition of some new products to the RocketStor 6300 line of Thunderbolt 2 storage solutions. The RocketStor 6328AS is an 8-bay RAID solution that gives users a choice between RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and JBOD configurations. An easy to use web interface simplifies configuration and also allows for e-mail notifications and remote access. The 6328AS has an MSRP of $1,299. The 6324LS and 6328LS provide JBOD storage through the Thunderbolt 2 interface with capacity for four and eight drives, respectively. These solutions were designed to "host mid-scale backup applications, digital libraries and archives for digital assets." The 6328LS has an MSRP of $999 and the 6324LS costs $649.
Source: Press Release
Seagate Now Offering 8TB Hard DrivesCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: August 26, 2014 04:00PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Seagate has announced that it has begun shipping the worlds first 8TB mechanical hard drives. The extremely large capacity drives will benefit consumers of large amounts of data such as data centers and enterprise servers. As more storage will be able to fit into a smaller space, power and cooling requirements can be lowered. VP of Marketing Scott Horn described some of the motivations behind the move, "As our world becomes more mobile, the number of devices we use to create and consume data is driving an explosive growth in unstructured data." In addition to the massive amount of offered storage the drives also offer "enterprise-class reliability and support for archive workloads" with "multi-drive RV tolerance for consistent enterprise-class performance in high density environments."
Source: Seagate
Diablo Upgrades Memory Channel Storage TechnologyCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: August 20, 2014 03:52PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Diablo announced its Memory Channel Storage (MCS) technology last year, a technology that uses memory slots on a motherboard rather than PCIe connections to attach solid state drives. The result was a "massive reduction in latencies, 3 to 5 microseconds compared to 25 to 28 microseconds for PCIe SSDs." The company has worked with SanDisk to integrate this technology into the ULLtraDIMM SSD line and with IBM as the eXFlash option for X series enterprise servers. The original Carbon 1 technology used the DDR3 interface while the new Carbon 2 will take advantage of DDR4 and also adds NanoCommit software which "further blurs the line between high-speed server memory and the company's flash-based MCS modules."
Source: Infostor
ASUSTOR Extends Product Warranty PeriodCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: August 20, 2014 12:13PM
Author: Brentt Moore
ASUSTOR, a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has announced that it has extended the warranty period for all ASUSTOR NAS products from two years to three years. The new three-year warranty includes all 6, 3, and 2 series devices that are purchased new, as well as ASUSTOR products that are already owned by customers, with the extended warranty period applied to their product from the original date of purchase. The Sales Director at ASUSTOR, Allen Yen, stated that "Providing first-class service to our customers has always been a top priority for us here at ASUSTOR." By implementing the additional warranty period, ASUSTOR is ensuring that its mission of delivering and supporting high-quality products continues.
Source: Press Release
HighPoint Announces Thunderbolt 2 Storage SolutionCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: August 13, 2014 04:16PM
Author: Nick Harezga
The RocketStor 6300 Series Adapters are the latest devices from HighPoint that use the Thunderbolt 2 interface. The devices provide an innovative take on Thunderbolt by integrating PCIe expansion directly into the product, eliminating the need for an additional component. The RocketStor 6328 offers a hardware Thunderbolt RAID adapter with support for up to eight SAS/SATA drives, up to twenty drives with a SATA port multiplier, and up to 128 wit a SAS port multiplier. It supports all common configurations of RAID and JBOD and versions of Mac OSX later than 10.9. The 6328L and 6324L offer quick solutions for upgrading existing Thunderbolt 2 solutions. These adapters are designed to support JBOD configurations and transfer speeds up to 20Gb/s. The 6328 has an MSRP of $699 while the 6328L and 6324L have prices of $399 and $299, respectively.
Source: Press Release
Super Talent Announces M.2 Form Factor SSDCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: August 12, 2014 04:06PM
Author: Nick Harezga
The latest additions to the Super Talent next generation form factor (NGFF) solid state drives use the M.2 connector. The drives are targeted at embedded and mobile applications that require "internally mounted high performance" storage. The NGFF DX1 is capable of read and write speeds up to 480MB/s and 400MB/s, respectively. VP of Engineering Shimon Chen described the drives saying, "Super Talent's NGFF SSDs are used extensively in today's rapidly expanding ultra-lightweight computing sector. The small form factor and high performance speeds make them a highly sought after storage solution for mobile computing."
Source: Press Release
AMD Planning to Enter Solid State Drive MarketCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: August 7, 2014 09:03PM
Author: bp9801
AMD is putting all it can into its Radeon line, as a new entry will join the video card and memory lines: solid state drives. These SSDs will carry the Radeon R7 branding, and come in 120, 240, and 480GB capacities on the SATA 6Gbps interface. Performance numbers are only known via leaks so far, yet it looks like read and write speeds on the 120GB drive are around 550MB/s and 470MB/s, respectively. The write speeds increase a little at higher capacities, up to 530MB/s, while read speeds remain the same. Max random read IOPS range from 85,000 to 100,000, while max random write IOPS are at 90,000 for all three drives. Each drive is evidently based on the OCZ Indilinx Barefoot 3 processor and runs Toshiba 19nm MLC NAND flash chips.
It looks like AMD is trying to do all it can to enter the SSD market properly, and if the price is right, things could be looking up for the company. A formal introduction of the Radeon R7 SSDs is supposedly planned for August 13, so keep it tuned here for the full scoop.
Source: TechPowerUp via WCCFTech
ASUSTOR Announces Compatibility for 5 New WD Hard DrivesCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 31, 2014 05:53PM
Author: Brentt Moore
ASUSTOR, a leading provider of network attached storage solutions, has just announced compatibility for five new Western Digital hard drives. The new drives that ASUSTOR NAS devices support include three Western Digital Red Pro drives and two high capacity Western Digital Red drives. More specifically, the Red Pro models that are now supported include the WD4001FFSX, WD3001FFSX, and WD2001FFSX, while the Red models that are verified as being compatible are the WD60EFRX and WD50EFRX. ASUSTOR NAS owners have an even larger selection of hard drives to choose from thanks to this announcement.
All ASUSTOR NAS devices, which feature Intel Atom dual-core processors and the ASUSTOR Data Master operating system, support the five latest Western Digital hard drives.
Source: Press Release
Kingston Announces 1TB Solid State DriveCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 21, 2014 11:23AM
Author: Nick Harezga
Kingston will be adding its largest capacity solid state drive to date to the SSDNow V300 series with the V310, a 1TB drive. The drive is powered by a Phison 3108 controller capable of read and write speeds up to 450MB/s. The Kingston Value series is a great SSD for users looking to migrate from traditional drives without breaking the bank, and the large 1TB capacity provides a drive large enough for most users. SSD Business Manager Ariel Perez said, "Since 2009, our V 'Value' series solid-state drives have delivered the best price to performance ratio as possible to enable consumers on a budget or entry-level users to experience the benefits of SSD technology. Our new V310 continues that along with providing the biggest capacity ever in a Kingston SSD."
Source: Press Release
Corsair Announces Fastest USB Flash DrivesCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 16, 2014 03:40PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Corsair has announced the availability of the Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 flash drives, the fastest to date from the company. The new drive is available in capacities of 128GB and 256GB with read and write speeds up to 450MB/s and 350MB/s, respectively. The Voyager GTX has the internals of a SSD with USB Attached SCSI, S.M.A.R.T monitoring, and TRIM support. It is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and works out of the box with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. The 128GB model will retail for $119.99 and the 256GB model has an MSRP of $239.99.
Source: Press Release
HighPoint Adds Tape Support to Rocket ProductsCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 15, 2014 04:20PM
Author: Nick Harezga
HighPoint has announced the addition of support for LTO 5 and 6 Tape drives to its RocketStor 6328 Thunderbolt 2 RAID adapters and RocketRAID Series HBAs. Tape drive support adds to a multitude of features provided by the devices including hardware RAID, SAS expansion, and SATA port multiplication. The RocketStor 6328 is the first Thunderbolt 2 hardware RAID adapter and is compatible with OSX 10.8.6 and later. The RocketRAID 4500 series was designed with high performance digital media in mind, including applications in 3D and 4K resolutions.
Source: Press Release
Synology Launches DS415play Storage StationCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 14, 2014 02:32PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Synology has released a follow up to the DS214play Network Attached Storage device, the DS415play. Building on the two-bay design of the DS214play the DS415play adds an additional two bays and continues to support hardware video transcoding to deliver 1080p video to media streaming devices. The NAS can stream to a wide array of devices including Apple TV, Roku players, computers, and mobile devices powered by Android, iOS, and Windows. Powered by the DiskStation Manager 5.0 OS, the device has multimedia capabilities encompassing audio, video, and photos. The DS415play can hold up to 20TB of disk space with read and write performance up to 110MB/s and 100MB/s, respectively. The DS415play is now available and carries an MSRP of $539.99.
Source: Press Release
Kingston Announces Two New Memory CardsCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 8, 2014 02:50PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Kingston has announced a pair of new flash memory products with the DataTraveler microDuo 3.0 and Class 10 UHS-I 90R/45W microSDHC/SDXC card. The microDuo was designed with the needs of Android users in mind, allowing for an increase in storage capacity up to 64GB. It offers a USB 3.0 and microUSB dual interface to ensure compatibility with a wide range of devices including those that support USB On-The-Go. The new Class 10 device will be available in capacities of 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB with read and write speeds up to 90MB/s and 45MB/s, respectively.
Source: Press Release
ASUSTOR Releases ADM 2.2Category: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 1, 2014 05:23PM
Author: Brentt Moore
ASUSTOR has just released ASUTOR Data Manager 2.2, just over four months after it released version 2.1. The latest version adds in various new features and optimizations, much of which were included thanks to user input and feedback, according to Product Manager at ASUSTOR, Steve Huang. ADM 2.2 contains several new core features, including Night Mode scheduling, hard disk hibernation indicators, multilingual username support, more advanced UPS functionality, and support for external CD, DVD, and Blu-ray drives. New applications are also available in ADM 2.2 and include Photo Gallery, MiniDLNA, Google Drive, HiDrive, and Mail Server. Another feature that is included with ADM 2.2 is a Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox add-on known as Download Helper, which provides one-click downloading of online streaming video.
ADM 2.2 is available for all ASUSTOR NAS devices and can be downloaded now.
Source: Press Release
Samsung 850 Solid State Drive Now AvailableCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: July 1, 2014 03:59PM
Author: Nick Harezga
The Samsung 850 Pro is the latest solid state drive from the company and it is the first to use the new 3D vertical NAND flash memory technology. The new technology "features a proprietary vertical cell structure that overcomes the density limit currently facing planar NAND architecture." The 850 Pro is capable of read and write speeds up to 550MB/s and 520MB/s, respectively, and also boasts 100,000 read IOPS and 90,000 IOPS. It will be available in capacities of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.
Source: Maximum PC
Transcend Launches SSD370Category: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 27, 2014 08:30AM
Author: Brentt Moore
Transcend has just introduced the SSD370, a solid state drive that is aimed at performance driven consumers. The solid state drive utilizes high-quality MLC NAND Flash chips, makes use of the SATA III 6Gb/s interface, and incorporates a powerful Transcend TS6500 controller. All of these components ensure that the SSD370 can provide users with read speeds up to 570MB/s and write speeds up to 470MB/s. Transcend has engineered the SSD370 to save power, as it supports SATA Device Sleep Mode, or DevSleep. This technology allows a computer to fully power off the SATA interface while still maintaining a response time of less than 20ms. The SSD370 also comes with features such as Advanced Power Shield mechanism, Intelligent Block Management, S.M.A.R.T. commands support, Wear Leveling, and NCQ/TRIM.
The Transcend SSD370 comes with a three-year warranty and is available in 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacities and costs $49, $59, $99, $169, $319, and $679, respectively.
Source: Press Release
Google Announces Google Drive for WorkCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 26, 2014 12:53PM
Author: Brentt Moore
Google Drive for Work has been officially announced during Google I/O, the search engine company's annual conference that is geared towards developers. Google Drive for Work is a new, premium offering that is tailored to businesses and includes unlimited storage, new security controls, and advanced audit reporting. The latest Google Drive offering gives administrators more control than ever, and includes Google Apps Vault, which covers all content stored in Drive and is used for search and discovery for compliance needs. Users can store files up to 5TB in size with Google Drive for Work, which is larger than any desktop or laptop hard drive currently on the market. Security is a priority for Google Drive for Work as well, with all files being encrypted not only when stored on Google servers, but also when in transit between Google servers and while being transferred from devices to Google data centers. Google Chrome and Android users can even open Microsoft Office documents in their native format, as Quickoffice has been built directly into Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
Google Drive for Work is available immediately and costs $10 per user, per month. Current Apps customers can upgrade to Google Drive for Work from the administrator console, while potential subscribers can either contact Google or view the Google Drive for Work website for more information about getting started.
Source: Official Google Enterprise Blog
Corsair Announces Larger Force Series LX SSDCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 24, 2014 08:12AM
Author: Brentt Moore
Corsair has just announced that a larger capacity Force Series LX SSD is now available for purchase. While the 128GB and 256GB models have been available to consumers for roughly the last month, a new 512GB model has been incorporated within the Force Series LX lineup. Besides the obvious increase in available storage space, hardware specifications for the drive remain the same as smaller versions, featuring a Silicon Motion controller, a SATA 3 interface, and file transfer speeds of up to 560MB/sec read and 450MB/sec write. The new Corsair Force Series LX 512GB SSD comes with a three year warranty and is available from authorized retailers for $259.99 MSRP.
Source: Press Release
ADATA Announces CFast 2.0 Memory CardCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 23, 2014 04:23PM
Author: Nick Harezga
ADATA has announced a new memory card that pairs the form factor of a Compact Flash card with a SATA interface. The ISC3E CFast card is compatible with the CFast 2.0 and SATA 3.1 specifications and offers read and write speeds up to 435MB/s and 120MB/s, respectively. ADATA believes the new memory card will be an excellent choice for industrial applications as it "is highly shock and vibration resistant, withstand extreme temperatures from -40 ºC to +85 ºC, and the MTBF is up to 2 million hours." It will be available in capacities ranging from 4GB to 128GB.
Source: Press Release
ADATA Launches HV611 External Hard DriveCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 17, 2014 04:32PM
Author: Brentt Moore
ADATA, a leading manufacturer of DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, has just launched its latest external storage offering, the HV611 USB 3.0 2.5" external hard drive. Available in four colors, including cool black, starry white, shining blue, and hot pink, the ADATA HV611 is aimed at showing style with vivid colors. An interlocking puzzle design that incorporates glossy and matte pieces covers the external hard drive, while a blue indicator light shows connectivity status. The new hard drive, available in 500GB and 1TB configurations, also features excellent efficiency in data transfer thanks to the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface.
The ADATA HV611 external hard drive comes with a three year warranty and will be available for purchase through Amazon.com and Newegg, featuring an MSRP of $64.99 for the 500GB version and $89.99 for the 1TB version.
Source: Press Release
ADATA Launches Three New Solid State DrivesCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 12, 2014 04:35PM
Author: Nick Harezga
ADATA has announced that a trio of new SSDs are being added to its product line. The Premier Pro SP900 M.2 2242 and 2280 are designed for Ultrabooks and desktop PCs compatible with the Intel M.2 standard. The smaller form factor doesn't limit the drives to a smaller amount of storage as they are available in capacities of 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. The drives are powered by an LSI SF-2281 controller capable of read and write speeds of 550MB/s and 530MB/s, respectively. The Premier Pro SP910 uses the Marvell 88SS9187 controller and has capacities of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. The SP910 can reach read and write speeds up to 560MB/s and 460MB/s, respectively, and can execute 91,000 read and 77,000 write IOPS. These characteristics make the SP910 a smart choice for users that do a lot of multitasking.
Source: Press Release
Kingston Digital Launches M.2 SATA SSDsCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 5, 2014 07:39PM
Author: Guest_Jim_*
For those times when you need small storage drives, Kingston Digital has released its new M.2 2280 SATA SSD. At only 22 mm x 80 mm, this tiny drive is perfect for small and thin devices, like ultrabooks, embedded systems, and motherboards, like those based on Intel's recently released Z97 chipset. The drives include multiple features to ensure longevity including TRIM support, wear leveling, and advanced garbage collection, as well as firmware-based solutions to protect data integrity from sudden power loss. For improved power management and battery life, the drives also use SATA DevSleep.
The 120 GB version of these standalone drives is available now with the 240 GB and 480 GB versions coming later in Q3. All of them have a three-year warranty and a life expectancy of one million hours MTBF.
Source: Kingston Technology
SanDisk Announces Gamer and Professional Focused SSDCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 4, 2014 03:47PM
Author: Guest_Jim_*
For those looking to squeeze more performance out of an older machine, or making a new build as fast as possible, we know to look to SSDs. The higher speeds of a solid state drive can make a difference in many applications, and in others reduce annoying load times. Giving us another option to choose from, SanDisk has announced the Extreme PRO SSD, which can achieve 550 MB/s sequential read speed and 520 MB/s write speed.
Helping achieve those speeds is SanDisk's nCache Pro Technology, which leverages a two-tiered caching system to optimize speed and endurance. The company is so confident in the drive's endurance that it has an industry-leading 10-year limited warranty. When it is made available for sale this month, the MSRP for the 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB versions will be $189, $369, and $599 respectively.
Source: SanDisk
Corsair Introduces the Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 Flash Drive and Voyager Air 2 Wireless DriveCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: June 2, 2014 08:59PM
Author: bp9801
If you are in need of storage, Corsair has a couple new solutions that may be perfect for you. One of them is the Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 flash drive, and the other is the Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive. The Flash Voyager GTX comes in 128 and 256GB capacities, with read speeds of 450MB/s and write speeds of 350MB/s, which effectively gives you a portable solid state drive. That speed and capacity aren't the only SSD-like elements, as each Flash Voyager GTX boasts USB Attached SCSI and S.M.A.R.T. monitoring to ensure error-free transfers of files. It also has TRIM support to help keep degradation away during long and heavy usage.
Flash drives are one thing, but for those needing a lot more storage, that's where the Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive comes into play. This palm-sized, wireless hard drive features a 1TB capacity that can work with Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS devices. Wirelessly connectivity is covered by 802.11b/g/n at ranges up to 90 feet, but it can also be plugged in via USB 3.0. You can even use the Voyager Air 2 as a WiFi hotspot. Corsair includes each Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive with its new Voyager Air 2.0 software, which allows for easier media browsing, Dropbox and Google Drive cloud sync, and Airplay streaming for Apple TV. Users can browse their TV shows by name, season, or episode; and music by artist, album, genre, or song title. Each drive can also be connected wirelessly to home networks and stream to DLNA-enabled devices like smart TVs, Blu-ray players, and game consoles.
The Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 flash drive launches this July, with the 128GB priced at $119.99 and the 256GB at $199.99. Corsair's Voyager Air 2 Wireless Drive arrives this month and will set you back $179.99.
Source: Press Releases
ASUSTOR Launches AS-204RS NAS ServerCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: May 27, 2014 04:11PM
Author: Brentt Moore
ASUSTOR, a leading provider of network attached storage solutions, has just announced the launch of its economical rack mount AS-204RS NAS server. The new offering by ASUSTOR comes with hardware that matches its target market of value oriented consumers. The AS-204RS NAS server features an Intel Atom 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of DDR3 RAM, four USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ports, and one HDMI 1.4a port. The rack mountable server is also VMware, Citrix, and Hyper-V ready, supports hard disk capacities of up to 24TB spread across all four bays, hard disk hot-swapping, and volume types such as single disk, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10. ASUSTOR is also providing its ADM 2.1 operating system for its AS-204RS NAS server, which features technologies such as VPN connections, cross-platform file sharing, and AES-256 bit encryption for shared folders.
Source: Press Release
Corsair Announces Force Series LX SSDCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: May 27, 2014 03:41PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Corsair has announced the release of the Force Series LX solid state drives, available at a lower price point to target budget conscious users. The 128GB model will cost $74.99 and the 256GB version will cost $129.99. The drives are powered by a Silicon Motion controller and offer read and write speeds up to 560MB/s and 300MB/s, respectively. The drive is enclosed in a 7mm thick aluminum housing and is compatible with all systems that can accept 2.5" drives. The drives are available immediately from authorized retailers.
Source: Press Release
ADATA Announces Premier SP610 SSDCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: May 21, 2014 03:42PM
Author: Nick Harezga
The Premier SP610 is the latest solid state drive offering from ADATA, and is powered by an SMI controller. The drive has built-in BCH ECC to provide for improved reliability when transferring and consumes just 80mW of power. The drive can reach read and write speeds up to 560 MB/s and 450 MB/s, respectively, while maxing out at 73,000 Input/Output Operations per Second. The Premier SP610 is available in capacities of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB at prices of $69.99 for the 128GB and $119.99 for the 256GB. Prices for the 512GB and 1TB were unavailable at this time.
Source: Press Release
HighPoint Announces USB 3.0 Storage DockCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: May 20, 2014 02:15PM
Author: Nick Harezga
HighPoint has announced its latest entry into the storage dock market with the RocketStor 5411A, a single bay USB 3.0 unit. The 5411A works with all drives from SATA 1 to 3 in 3.5" or 2.5" form factors at capacities up to 6TB. The dock is plug and play with no software required and is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.0. The RocketStor 5411A is available immediately.
Source: Press Release
Thecus Solutions Work With Latest Seagate Hard DriveCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: May 20, 2014 02:06PM
Author: Nick Harezga
Thecus has announced that its enterprise solutions are now compatible with the latest hard drive from Seagate, the 6TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4. The new drive from Seagate is the fastest available 6TB drive and boasts "industry-leading performance and enterprise-level reliability." The increased capacity will allow companies to expand their storage capacity without sacrificing speed or requiring new network storage equipment. Thecus Chairperson Florence Shih said, "Seagate has consistently been at the heart of drive innovation, and their recent entry into the 6TB market is further proof of just that. By taking proven technology and pushing it beyond traditional expectations, Thecus is also taking data professionals to new realms of capacity and performance."
Source: Press Release
ADATA Announces New Flash Memory CardsCategory: Storage / Hard Drives
Posted: May 12, 2014 04:17PM
Author: Nick Harezga
ADATA has announced the XPG and Premier Pro series SDXC UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) memory cards. The most noticeable improvement in the cards will be seen in speed when compared to the UHS-I U1 with write speeds increased by 750% and 500%, respectively. This translates to read and write speeds of 95MB/s and 85MB/s for the XPG and 95MB/s and 60MB/s for the Premier Pro. The continued expansion in media resolution has also resulted in increases in file sizes, leading to an increased desire for higher speeds to cut down on transfer times. The new cards are targeted at the ultra-high definition market where 4K and 2K resolutions are the norm. The XPG will be available in 64GB capacity and the Premier Pro will be available in 64GB and 128GB capacities.
Source: Press Release


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LOS ANGELES — The team that began this season with championship expectations is gone.
In its place, at least in yesterday's first game without Derrick Rose and the continued absence of Jimmy Butler, is a defenseless team that allowed the Clippers to shoot 58.5 percent and romp to a 121-82 blowout in a matinee at the Staples Center.
It marked the largest margin of victory in the not-very proud history of the Clippers' franchise. And it meant a three-game skid for the Bulls on their season-high, six-game trip.
"The whole game we were just terrible defensively," Luol Deng said.
The Clippers led 65-52 at halftime and dropped a 7-0 run on the Bulls in the first 97 seconds of the third quarter for a 20-point lead that once grew to 42 points. The Clippers, led by Jared Dudley's 21 points and 16 points and 17 assists from Chris Paul, fell just seven points shy of matching the most points allowed in the Tom Thibodeau era.
And Deng, who scored a game-high 22 points, didn't mince words when addressing how the emotional fallout of losing Rose affected the Bulls on a somber Sunday.
"When something bad happens to your little brother or family, you put everything else aside," Deng said. "As much as I love playing with him and how much better we are as a team with him, just hearing that he got hurt took the wind out of everyone. I'm not making excuses for this game. But as a human being, you just feel bad. That's why everyone's head is down.
"It's not so much the fact we don't believe in each other or aren't going to fight. It's just that that's a good kid and he worked so hard. We've seen him be the first one at practice every day and the last to leave and encouraging everybody, coming back and making everyone believe we have the chance to do something special. When we take a hit like that, it's hard."

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Unit Testing Fundamentals
This article describes the principles of unit testing, rather than the technical details. It's aimed at beginners. Experienced unit-testers will get little from it, except perhaps the pleasure of pointing out mistakes.
(Edit: a few sentences redrafted as a result of the mistakes that were pointed out. ;-)
What is a unit test?
A unit test is a test that tests a single unit of functionality, in isolation from all others, for a single set of conditions, and has a binary pass/fail result. For object-oriented languages, that means testing a single method on a single class with a single set of parameters. It is written by the developer, at approximately the same time as the code, for its purpose is satisfy the developer that said code behaves as she believes it should. (I believe there are huge advantages to writing the unit test immediately before the code it tests, but that isn't the subject of this article.)
In reality, it is difficult or impractical to test the code of a class in total isolation from all other classes. Even the simplest method uses classes from the Java standard library, not to mention classes from other libraries and classes from the application under development. With each of these dependencies, we have at best two options. We can use it as is, or where possible we can isolate the dependency by replacing it with a placeholder object, known as a stub, or mock, or fake, or double, or spy (the differences between these terms are subtle, and often ignored. I'll elaborate shortly).
If a placeholder is used, it needs to be created for the purpose, and often told how to behave. This needs to be done within the test code, before calling the method under test. After calling the method under test, you may also need to interrogate your placeholder to find out whether it was called as you expected.
Is it a mock or a stub?
A short terminological digression: Whether your placeholder is strictly speaking a mock, stub, or spy depends on whether you tell the placeholder how to behave, or ask it how it was treated. The following taxonomy comes from a short post on Martin Fowler's bliki, but note that most people abuse most of these terms liberally.
- If you simply tell it how to behave in certain circumstances (e.g. "always return 3 from countFoos()"), it's a stub.
- If you don't much mind how it behaves, but interrogate it afterwards to find out whether certain methods were called on it, and with what parameters, it's a spy. (But Mockito uses the term "spy" with another meaning - see the comments below.)
- If you do both, and especially if you construct the object such that it will explode if it is not called according to your expectations, then it's a mock.
- "Double" is a catch-all term for placeholder objects.
- As for "fake" and "dummy", I'm not convinced anyone really uses those terms as precisely as defined in the link.
Off-the-shelf packages
Occasionally you find off-the-shelf packages of mock objects or stubs provided to assist testing of commonly-used classes (such as network or UI packages). Be wary of them: such a static mock framework is rather a heavyweight dependency to add to your project, and nothing guarantees that it will be maintained as assiduously as the product it mocks. You might easily find yourself trapped in an obsolete version of the product, because the mock framework is no longer maintained and you can't afford to rewrite all the test code that uses it. Furthermore, modern on-the-fly mock generators have reduced the amount of work that static mock frameworks can save you.
Mock object generators
I recommend, then, that you generate mocks using a mock-object generator, and for Java the generator I recommend is Mockito. That is the only recommendation for a specific technology you'll find in this article, and I'm making it because (as described in this presentation), Mockito's approach where you specify only those behaviours you need, and afterwards verify only those interactions you need, encourages less brittle and easier-to-read tests, as compared to an older mock generator like EasyMock. EasyMock requires you to verify interactions up-front, i.e. before calling the method under test, and by default performs strict verification, i.e. fails if the mocks are not called exactly as expected.
Of course, you can also write your placeholders entirely by hand. But the tedium of it will just drive you to write your own mock-object framework. Don't do this (unless, that is, the framework you write is so good that you release it and it supplants all the existing ones).
Dependency isolation requires dependency injection
Since we want to keep test and production code separate, we can only(*) replace a dependency by a mock or stub during testing if that dependency is injected into the object under test. We cannot replace those that the tested object instantiates or retrieves explicitly by itself.
Thus, isolating dependencies involves extra effort: design effort in the tested class, to ensure that its dependencies are injectable, and coding effort in the test code, to prepare the mocked dependencies. When, then, should we do it, and when should we content ourselves with the real object? We can find the answer by looking at what we aim to achieve with a unit test.
The utility of unit tests
Each unit test tells us whether a particular method call with particular parameters behaved as expected, or not. One use of this is to detect bugs. But integration and acceptance tests will also detect bugs. The particular value of a unit test is that:
- It helps us find the cause of a bug, since whenever a test fails, the incorrect code must necessarily be in the tested method - insofar as we have taken the trouble to isolate the tested method.
- It finds bugs as soon as they are written, insofar as we launch them very frequently during coding (to encourage which, they need to be quick of execution).
Which dependencies to isolate?
To optimise our effort, we should therefore aim to eliminate those dependencies that might:
- make the test fail when the tested class is correct (or make it pass when the tested class is faulty), thus reducing the value of the information that a test failure gives us
- Uncertain behaviour: classes that we don't trust to be bug-free (typically the ones we've written ourselves), or whose behaviour we don't fully understand (this sometimes happens when getting to grips with complex UI or persistence frameworks)
- Indeterminate behaviour: most often, classes whose behaviour is time-sensitive, such that a particular behaviour cannot predictably be reproduced with the original dependency.
- States that are difficult to trigger: for example, we might want to test how our class behaves when a write to the filesystem throws an IOException.
- slow down the test, thus reducing the incentive to launch tests often
- Accesses to underlying resources: database, remote webservices, the filesystem...
Armed with these criteria, we can decide, for each dependency in a class, whether to mock. In practice, we don't even need to think about it in many cases:
- Should not be mocked: objects from most library classes, especially those in java.lang and java.util, apart from the exceptions below; any objects with no real behaviour, such as parameter objects, data transfer objects and other bean-type objects.
- Should be mocked: persistence classes; objects that provide user input; objects backed by network resources; timers; anything not trusted to be totally bug free (i.e. outside of a well-used library class); anything whose behaviour may change, such as a service returning real-world data whose content varies from one day to another
- Grey area: anything that is merely more difficult to obtain or set up than the equivalent mock/stub, but not less reliable or significantly slower to run. The maintenance burden of creating mocks for a test needs to be balanced against the difficulty of using the real object. Further, using the real object makes it more likely that the dependency will behave under test as it does in production.
Integration tests: when it's impossible to isolate dependencies
There is one further limitation to isolating dependencies. In some cases it is technically impossible(*) either to dependency-inject or to mock:
- you can only use DI with an object whose instantiation you control. Any framework that creates objects itself, even if the class of the created object is one you've written, does not give you an opportunity to inject dependencies.
- you can only create mocks of non-final classes (which is another reason no-one mocks java.lang.String, aside from the pointlessness of such an act).
In these cases, your only option is to do an integration test. Integration tests are any tests written by developers, as unit tests are, that produce an pass/fail result, as unit tests do, but that cover more than one significant class in the system or its libraries. If you test a data access object with a real underlying database, that is an integration test, since you are simultaneously testing your DAO code (sometimes minimal or auto-generated), your ORM mapping and your database schema. And - not the least important - you're testing their coherence with respect to each other.
Good integration testing practice
A word or two more about integration tests, even though they aren't the subject of this article. Iintegration tests aren't only useful as a fallback when unit tests are inappropriate or impossible: you should be doing them anyway. Good practice for integration tests is to have a the minimal set necessary to make sure that different elements like ORM mapping and database schema are coherent.
You need at least this much, because integration tests will catch things that unit tests never can: incompatibility between elements (a property added in a persistence entity bean and the ORM mapping, but missing from the database...) and configuration errors. You don't want any more than that, because integration tests tend to require more work to set up and maintain -- and take more time to run.
* A commenter corrected this assertion, pointing out that there is one mocking framework, JMockit, that allows you to mock even objects instantiated via the new operator by the method you are testing. It does this via instrumentation, rather than dynamic proxies and CGLib as used by the other frameworks I mentioned. I haven't tried it out, so I'd be interested in any feedback from readers.
(Originally posted at www.andrewspencer.net.)
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Rogerio Liesenfeld replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 6:36am
1. The third paragraph starts out saying that it's "impossible to test the code of a class in total isolation from all other classes", but later says that "we can isolate the dependency by replacing it". This is contradictory. (And in actual fact it *is* possible to test a class in total isolation.)
2. The definition given for "spy" is correct, but the article fails to mention that a Mockito spy is something else (a stub where the real methods get executed through the spy instance, unless the method was stubbed in the test).
3. EasyMock does *not* "require you to specify all behaviours and expected interactions up-front". This is simply not the case, for *any* mocking tool (EasyMock, jMock, Mockito, etc.)
4. The entire section entitled "Dependency isolation requires dependency injection" is wrong. What actually happens is that *some* specific mocking tools require it. Others do not: JMockit (my own tool) and PowerMock (which is a complement to the EasyMock and Mockito APIs). With these latter tools, we *can* replace dependencies that "the tested object instantiates or retrieves explicitly by itself" (and quite easily, by the way). No extra effort required, at all.
5. The section on integration tests repeats previous mistakes. Strictly speaking, there are no cases in which it is "technically impossible to mock"; there are only limitations in certain mocking tools. One such limitation is the inability of some mocking tools to mock final classes and methods. The java.lang.String class, for example, can be easily mocked with JMockit (and there *are* cases where doing so makes sense).
Nicolas Frankel replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 6:59am
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for this interesting article. I'd like to raise two points, though:
- IMHO, off-the-shelf Mock frameworks are a good thing when applied to "standard" API. I don't want to code for the umpfteenth time the behaviour I want from a mock HttpServletRequest. In this case, I'm much more productive running to Spring's mocks API or MockRunner
- Also, the title of your last paragraph may be misleading "Integration tests: when it's impossible to isolate dependencies". Integration tests are much more than unit tests that cannot run in isolation due to bad (or legacy) code design. So, I must disagree with your definition :-)
Rogerio Liesenfeld replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 7:19am in response to: Nicolas Frankel
All mocking tools support the reuse of mocking code (recorded expectations, typically), so it's debatable whether canned fake implementations such as those provided by Spring are really more convenient to use. For a complete example test suite where several mocking APIs plus Spring Mock were used to test the same code, see http://code.google.com/p/jmockit/source/browse/trunk#trunk%2Fsamples%2Ftourdemock
Héctor Hugo Bar... replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 8:07am
Andrew Spencer replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 9:38am in response to: Rogerio Liesenfeld
Andrew Spencer replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 9:41am in response to: Nicolas Frankel
Andrew Spencer replied on Tue, 2011/02/08 - 9:58am in response to: Héctor Hugo Barriuso Mata
Héctor, thanks for the link. That article chiefly describes a style of TDD where mock objects are used to drive the design of the system's classes. The authors state that mocks are useful for isolating code from external dependencies (3rd party libraries), as I described, but they see that as only a secondary use.
What they describe is a way of working, that goes beyond what I've written. I like their approach and it is complementary to my suggestions above. However, not everyone will choose to work that way, whereas I've tried to outline principles that will be valid for anyone doing unit testing.


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4.5/5 rDev -0.7%
01-28-2014 22:16:40 | More by HipHopsHooray
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Thanks to ricke! 375 mL corked bottle poured into my favorite lambic glass (11 oz pilsner). 2009 vintage. Careful, it's a countertop stainer and a foamer!
Blueberry bits are all over this beer, and all over the cork. Inside of the cork is lavender and slimy looking, but remains intact and isn't actually rotten (thankfully). Pours with a big blueberry head, complete with small pieces of blueberry (invoking a homebrew of some sort).
Wild smell. Notes of blueberries are dominant, also sulphur compounds, old stale urine, gueuze, lots of pediococcus, wild yeast with off notes that would be a drainpour with a regular beer but it's beautiful here. I wouldn't enjoy it if I hadn't had wild ales before though...
Flavors are of tart blueberries. Wild lambic flavors are abound; this is the tamest Cantillon I've had, yet it's still probably a bit too weird for anyone who's unfamiliar with what to expect. Some mild oak notes. I've changed my score up from a 4.0 because I'm getting to like it more and more as it warms. Finishes sweet and tart with a medicinal blueberry fume.
A vigorous pour resulted in a mildly carbonated beer with a huge stable head. It's sticky and sweet but that doesn't bring the mouthfeel down one bit.
The more it warms the more I can't help gulp it down. I didn't quite like it when I first poured it but it came alive after about 10 minutes. Great stuff!
09-10-2009 02:00:10 | More by rayjay
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01-12-2012 11:28:34 | More by Imstillthegman
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09-26-2012 13:27:01 | More by yeahnatenelson
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01-09-2013 10:45:22 | More by RyanBeer13
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375ml bottle split three ways on 7.24.12 between myself, Greg, and Jake. Thanks for sharing this Jake.
A - Pours a dark pink-burgundy with a white to light pink head that fades down, but never fully disappears.
S - Funky, some slight sweetness, that comes out more as it warms. The berries are more present as it warms also.
T - Super funky, then some sweetness from the berries, then a shift to a tart berry finish. Very complex. Again more sweet as it warms.
D - Funky, with a dry finish. Nice carbonation.
O - A very complex and multi-layered drink. I am so thankful to have had the chance to try this treat.
07-27-2012 04:11:11 | More by HuskyinPDX
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02-20-2013 06:07:12 | More by Azrael
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10-19-2012 05:36:05 | More by MrFootstones
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I actually got this myself! I didn't just sit on my ass and trade for it. I actually went out and acquired it in Copenhagen. Boy, imagine that.
The July 2011 release 33cl bottle (with a classic metal pressure cap over top an embedded cork) was poured into a Westvleteren goblet in Stockholm Sweden, on July 14th, 2011. Served at a mildly cold temperature from the refrigerator. Reviewed live.
A: Half a finger of purple (not blue!), creamy head with wonderful thickness and poor retention (especially for the ABV). Retention is maybe forty seconds. Colour is a unique solid purple-black. Nontransparent. I expected a transparent moderately dark blue, but this surprised me. Extremely appealing and unique.
Sm: Blueberry (all in my head because I know it's blueberry?), raspberry, cherry, and strawberry. I expected only blueberry, and may be projecting my expectations. I try not to, but I do legitimately get blueberry from the scent - it's just not as strong as expected. Certainly souring hops are present - typical for the lambic style. I'd describe the strength of the scent as mild to moderate overall. It certainly isn't overpowering, but it is pleasant without a doubt. I'm excited to try it.
T: Sour blueberry body. Slight underlying cream. Very full and expressive. Excellent for the style. It's very complex, even for the style. It's rather deep and inspired. It's not quite bold, but it's refreshing. It's evocative and inspired. Certainly brewed with care. It has a clear refreshing yet sour blueberry focus, though the blueberry taste may not be as distinct and focused as you'd expect. It incorporates other fruit ester hops to fill out the body and enhance the climax. The finish is a wonderful blueberry re-surge. I suspect that the high quality of the blueberries may alone account for the presence of other fruit esters; often high quality fruit is so full and evocative that other novel flavours are introduced. This may be the case here. In any case, the balance is near perfect; the souring yeasts/bacteria are a bit too dominant in my opinion.
Mf: Smooth, full, wet, refreshing, and featuring ever-so-slight cream deep in the foundation that's quite nice. Complements the body very well, but not perfectly. (I had this the same night I had the Kaggen! Stormaksporter and the Westvleteren 6 so I'm well acquainted with perfect mouthfeels).
Dr: It's not quite perfect, but it's the best lambic I've had, and will probably be the best I'll ever have. I don't know that it's worth the price - even aged - but I'm glad to have tried it. It's certainly worthy of special occasions, but better beers can be had at a lower price and for far less effort. However, it does live up the hype if that's what matters to you. For what it's worth, I'll compare all other lambics I have in the future to this one. It's incredibly drinkable and probably one of the most refreshing "dark" fruit beers I've ever had. Certainly a treat.
07-13-2011 23:52:24 | More by kojevergas
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Thanks to Foofaa for breaking out a bottle of this rare treat! This is a review of a 2009 vintage bottle.
A-Brilliant, lustrous, deep sapphire blue accented by subtle purple highlights. A thin, pinkish purple head caps the jewel like liquid and leaves spotty lace behind.
S-Gauze pad, tart blueberries and mustiness. Certainly interesting but not the most aggressively aromatic Cantillon beers I have had the pleasure of inhaling.
T-Super crisp tart blueberries with a dryness so pronounced it feels like you are trying to drink the Sahara. Tannic/oak astringency adds depth and additional palate dessication.
M-Light bodied, super dry and extremely crisp. One of the most astringent beers I have had the pleasure of drinking.
D-Whilst it is VERY dry it is easily one of the most drinkable Cantillon beers I have had. Super dry and crisp with just enough fruit sourness to help balance things out. An utterly delightful beer to enjoy slowly and savor each and every sip.
03-26-2011 21:43:34 | More by Deuane
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Review #500. Wow! When I started reviewing a little more than a year back, I never thought I'd get to try many of the beers that I have. This is one of them and thanks are due to Brad for hooking me up. 2007 release, batch 1 (375ml bottle, black foil)
A: As with some Cantillon beers, there's gunk under the cap. Halfway through uncorking it, the carbonation forces it out. Not bad. In my Duvel tulip, Blåbær sits a pinkish shade of crimson with a light pink head that starts off pretty big and settles to a surprisingly thick disk. Plenty of visible carbonation. No blueberry skins, though :-(
S: Strong funk with barnyard, wet hay and lemon, upon which sits the most delicate of blueberry aromas. The fruit aroma is pretty intoxicating - it's soft, beautiful and reminds me of unsweetened blueberry syrup. No sugar-based sweetness is present, just a pure fruit aroma.
T: Opens up rather bracingly sour with a ton of lemon-like sourness and acidity that really stimulates the palate. Once the funk washes away, the blueberry comes in. Soft, like on the nose, the berry character comes through with the fruitiness being expressed beautifully, while the sourness continues where the funk left off. Finishes dry, tart and long with a little bit of fruit
M: Light and spritzy on the palate with perfect carbonation, this one is pretty awesome. Acidity is a little high (think along the lines of their Kriek) but fits in well in the overall scheme of things. Great finish
D: I'm definitely enjoying this a lot, it's pretty darned easy to drink
Notes: I had a chance to try the second release from 2007 (75cl bottles, gold foil) and that batch is far superior. The funk is more restrained, the brightness of the blueberries is incredible and the palate is quite to die for. I'd give that version scores of 4/5/5/5/5 but since I got only 2oz of that (thanks, Carl!), I'm not going to review that
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12-29-2013 21:49:17 | More by klipper
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12-25-2011 21:54:46 | More by kkipple
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03-16-2013 12:19:44 | More by BeRanger
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Thanks to Nick for this sample!
750ml. Bottle. 2007 vintage. Pours a purple/red color with a pinkish head that quickly dissipates.
The aroma is subtle on the blueberries with more barnyard funk, wood, and citrus.
Flavors of blueberries, raspberries, funky sour cherry in there as well.
Nice balance between the sweet and sour. A well made beer.
04-08-2008 05:49:44 | More by HumuloneRed
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South Carolina
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07-01-2012 05:20:45 | More by beeruser
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06-09-2013 13:00:27 | More by thewimperoo
New York
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11-13-2013 05:28:51 | More by metalgdog
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08-05-2013 05:19:28 | More by BARFLYB
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01-04-2012 16:16:22 | More by youbrewidrink
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Thanks to to brewdan for this one. 750ml. 2009 vintage I beleive it was batch 1. Poured a dark purplish-blue with a pinkish head. Very subtle blueberry aroma with amazing Cantillon funk. A little more musty basement smell then the normal barnyard from Cantillon. On the palate it was dry and light. It seemed to be more tart than sour. Mostly berry flavors with a little blueberry coming through. Extremely easy drinking for a Cantillon beer. Looking forward to having this one again.
05-11-2011 16:02:14 | More by alampear
Cantillon Blåbær Lambik from Brasserie Cantillon
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"Living to Die or Dying to Live?"
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Sandpoint United Methodist Church
September 1, 2013
Stan Norman
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones
Don't you hear the Word of the Lord?
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk around
Now hear the Word of the Lord!
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna dance around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna dance around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna dance around
Now sing the Word of the Lord!
I can't remember when or where I first heard that song. I know I was young and I know that it had something to do with church. You will seldom, if ever, hear that song in children's church today. You're more likely to hear the other verses used in teaching anatomy:
The foot bone's connected to the ankle bone
The ankle bone's connected to the shin bone
The shin bone's connected to the thigh bone
And, so on…all the way to the head bone.
This is our final week with the Prophet Ezekiel as we explore what it means to be a people, and a church, in exile, living apart from the God who created and sustains us. There's a very linear flow to the way God speaks through Ezekiel to the Israelites in exile.
First, the Israelites are made aware of why this is happening to them. God had not abandoned them, they had abandoned God. Second, the Israelites are told that their suffering has meaning and purpose. God will use this exile as a time to clear away all the other gods that have taken up residence in their lives. Third, God will provide fresh new leadership to lead them out of exile and help restore their relationship with God. Finally, God tells the Israelites that no matter how dark the future looks, there is hope for people of faith; because, God is the God of the living and the dead. For God, death is not the end of life, it's an opportunity for new life.
Please pray with me. God, through your Holy Spirit, help us to hear the prophet speak your Word to us today. Give us the faith to die to our old lives and live into the new life you offer. In Christ, whom you raised from death and who lives for our sake, we pray. Amen.
When I studied Ezekiel five years ago as part of a Disciple Bible study, one of the things that I learned was that this seldom referred to story of Ezekiel and the valley of the dry bones, is the very first time that resurrection from the dead is mentioned in the Bible. I had thought that the idea of resurrection from the dead came from Daniel 12:2, where Daniel was visualizing what it will be like at the end of the world when God comes to claim victory over Satan and sin, and restore creation to way it was before we humans screwed it up. But I was wrong! Can you imagine that!
Ezekiel and Daniel were contemporaries. They both prophesied to the exiled Israelites who had been carried off to Babylon in 586 BC, after the Babylonians destroyed the Temple built by King Solomon and, in fact, leveled all of Jerusalem. But based on Daniel's visions regarding empires that came after the Babylonian empire: the Persian Empire and the Greek empire of Alexander the Great; most scholars agree that Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones came first.
As I began to dig deeper, I discovered a string of connections that led me through the Old Testament to the Gospel accounts of Jesus Christ. Then, in one of those moments of clarity, as I was preparing for a special friend's memorial service, the Holy Spirit connected a few more dots for me, and I realized that Ezekiel and Daniel and Jesus, were all talking about the same thing: hope. Hope in the midst of sorrow. Hope in the midst of crisis. Hope for tomorrow and hope for the future. Hope based on God's remarkable ability to bring life out of death.
You may have noticed that each of our sermons based on Ezekiel have ended with the words, "Be the hope." The mission that God gave to the Israelites so many years ago was to be "God's light to the world," to be "the hope of the world." Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God chose us, adopted us: Christ's followers, as God's children. As God's children we become heirs; heirs not just of eternal life, but heirs of God's mission. The mission of Christ's Church is to be God's light to the world, to be the hope of the world . . . to share the gift; nothing more, and as Pastor Gerri says, "Jesus will never ask for less."
Let me set the stage for Ezekiel's vision. Things could not get much worse for the Israelites. Five hundred years earlier the Assyrians had conquered the Northern Kingdom and dispersed its inhabitants throughout the sprawling Assyrian Empire. The inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom included ten of the twelve tribes of Israel. Remember, only King David and his son, King Solomon, had been able to draw all the tribes together and rule over a combined Kingdom of Israel.
The Southern Kingdom of Judea, which included the capital city of Jerusalem, managed to hang on as a tiny city state for several centuries. Then the mighty Babylonian army rolled over Judea in 586 BC, destroyed Jerusalem, and took most of the members of the remaining two tribes of Israel into exile, including Ezekiel and Daniel.
When we study the Old Testament it is hard not to become discouraged because the history of God's Chosen People and their covenant with God to become a light to the nations is a story of one failure after another. Several times I've heard, "Thank God for the New Testament!" The pattern seemed to always be the same, though the names changed. The people would prosper when they put their hope in Yahweh, and they would suffer when they put their hope in other gods . . . or in themselves.
Another phrase I hear a lot during Old Testament Bible studies is, "Gee, that sounds just like us." That phrase always brings joy to my heart, because I know that we are starting to experience God's Word, not just read it!
The exiles in Babylon weren't slaves like their ancestors had been in Egypt, but in many ways they were just as miserable. Even though they were able to marry, and farm, and become traders, and accumulate wealth, they were home sick. They were in spiritual pain.
Rev. Ed Markquart says that all human beings have four parts: 1) We all have a physical body. 2) We all have a brain or mind. 3) We all have emotions or feelings, and 4) we all have a soul or spirit.[1] Jesus said essentially the same thing. He urged us to worship God with all our heart (our emotions), with all our soul (our inner spirit), with all of our mind (God gave us brains for a reason), and with all our strength (our physical strength). The Jewish exiles in Babylon couldn't worship because their souls were home sick for Jerusalem and the Temple, God's temple. Listen to this heart-breaking lament from Psalm 137, and imagine what it was like in exile:
By the rivers of Babylon –
there we sat down and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.
On the willows there
we hung our harps.
For there our captors
asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
How could we sing the LORD's song
in a foreign land?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither!
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.
If you love Christ and Christ's Church as we do, it won't be hard to imagine. Christ's Church in Europe and North America is in decline, not because God has abandoned us, but because we have abandoned God. We are in exile.
The exiles were doing okay physically and rationally, but they were in spiritual pain. Rev. Craig Barnes says that:
Like the exiles in Babylon, we try to numb the spiritual pain by making life more comfortable. We work hard. We collect a lot of things. We buy houses, plant our roots, live quietly and try to make Babylon as nice as we can. But however nicely we decorate it, Babylon is still not our home. And the day we deaden our longing for God is the day we spiritually die. Then the rest of us begins to slowly die, from the inside out.[2]
I think I just saw a few "light bulbs" go on! Okay, repeat after me, "Gee, that sounds just like us." Maybe Sandpoint is the new Babylon! Maybe the United States is the new Babylon! Maybe, just maybe, the new Babylon is the same place as the old Babylon. Maybe, just maybe, Babylon is any place where we have been exiled from God, by others, or by ourselves. St. Augustine said that we are restless until we find our rest in God. Maybe home is not where the heart is. Maybe home is where God is.
God tells Ezekiel that the "whole house of Israel" has cried out to him, "Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely." But God says, "Not so! I will breath my Spirit into them and they will live again. I will bring life from death. It's what I do."
The Apostle Paul describes for the Christians in Rome how God's resurrection power is revealed in their lives as individuals and as Christ's Church:
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Whether God is breathing his Spirit into us or pouring his Spirit into us, the result is the same. Our hope is fulfilled and God once again brings life out of death.
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna dance around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna dance around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna dance around
Now sing the Word of the Lord!
Be the hope! Amen.
I'm going to use a little "preacher's license" here to add a song to our worship service so that we can dance and sing the Word of the Lord. Please stand, turn in your red hymnals to page 261, and dance with Jesus.


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I've been reading a lot about Blackstrap Molasses on this website. And I hear about how it is rich in Copper, Magnesium and Iron in addition to Vit B. However so far all the brands of BSM that I've researched do not list copper or vit B in their nutrition label. And so far I've looked at Wholesome organic BSM, Plantation, House of Herbs, Brer Rabbit and the list goes on.
Can you please provide some information as to which brand contains at least the copper? Thanks
Please name a few stores in the US where I can find organic unsulphered blackstarp molasses. I am frantically searching for it in stores like Walgreens and Vitamin Shoppe, but not able to get it. Need it urgently
Posted by Liz
Boston, Massachusetts
08/15/2011I get mine at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Also, if your local grocery stores have an organic or 'natural' section (which all of them do here on the East coast), you could probably find it there as well.Posted by Shar
02/07/2014Check in wholefoods or amazonPosted by Elizabeth
Northern Virginia
03/18/2014Have you tried Trader Joes? I found it at Walmart in next to maple syrup. Also, try Whole Foods, if you haven't already found it.Posted by Dave
Fountain Inn, Sc
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Re: Source for Blackstrap Molasses
For Blackstrap Molasses that gets you the most punch as a "super food" notice that there are different kinds of BSM. The "thick" kind that has the most nutrients is what I'm after for medicinal purposes. What I normally find at the health food stores over the years is called "Plantation" and I'm sure other good brands are available. But don't confuse that type of BSM with the lighter more refined kind that you'd typically use for deserts.Posted by Kt
328 PostsI am on the east coast and get mine from a local franchise who orders it from FL. The toll free number on the bottle is 1-800-223-2910. I don't know if this is just for the distributor, but I'm sure if you call they can advise you. GOOD LUCK!Posted by Jaz (Richmond, Va) on 10/07/2010
I've had House of Herbs Black Strsp Molasses in my cabinet and have used it sparringly for cooking... Had no idea of its true health benefits. I have not found where it can be purchased in VA, but it can be ordered from their website: primechoicefoods.net. So many others have said that this has helped them w their anemia and fibroids... I am praying it helps me too. Blessings to everyonePosted by Karla Joy (Vancouver, WA) on 02/03/2009
Thanks for posting the information about Molasses Cures.
1st, an alert: "Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Molasses," used in the 1/31/09 post comparing it to Blackstrap Molasses, is actually blackstrap! It doesn't say that on the front label, but on the side, in small print, it says "Ingredients: Blackstrap Molasses." That's why it's composition is so similar to the Blackstrap shown.
By comparison, the composition of Grandma's Molasses given in an earlier post makes a good example of regular molasses, a 1st boiling.
At the suggestion of an acupuncturist, I've been taking a tablespoon each day for leg cramps. I'd tried taking extra calcium and magnesium, but was still having leg cramps. He said, perhaps I needed more iron. The beauty of the blackstrap is it has all three plus potassium. Thank you for providing this website :-)Posted by G (Buffalo, NY) on 12/05/2007
...Also, to the woman that is asking where to find blackstrap molasses, someone said near the honey in the grocery store. At the grocery store where I shop, it is on the shelf right next to the regular molasses and karo syrup.Posted by Dottie (Cooper City, Florida) on 10/23/2007
I don't have anything amazing to share yet. I just bought today and took one tbls. However my information is for the people that wanted to know where you can buy it. I bought mine in the Nutrition S'Mart for $4.99 and it was Organic, I hope that I was able to help someone. I hope next time I have something amazing to share with you all. I cannot wait. Good luck to everyone.Posted by Filbert the gorgeous (Waynesville, NC) on 09/28/2007
This is just a minor comment. I believe that if a food tastes better, it's better for the body, excluding poisonous over-refined foods & MSG... I've tried the Fair-trade BS Molasses & it tastes awful. Grandma's, & "OLD" Plantation molasses, as well as all the other Black Strap Molasses brand's that I've tried do not taste good. I can see why people think they have to take their molasses w/ warm milk to make it taste good. The one brand that consistantly tastes wonderful, for me, is "Plantation" molasses, NOT "old Plantation". Plantation Molasses, to me, is perfect. I drink it straight from the bottle, along with some tahini. In fact, the combination of tahini and Plantation molasses is out of this world! I love it & drink it everyday. It's really one of my main staples. I put tahini in just about all of the veggies I eat, along w/ other spices like turmeric, soy-sauce(only organic-no gmo soy), sea salt, stevia... Try it, & you'll see. At the health food store it's like $5.50/bottle, but I'm certain it's cheaper online. Enjoy!Posted by Elke (New York, NY/USA) on 09/26/2007
Blackstrap molasses is available in NYC on the Upper East Side at the Food For Health Natural Food Supermarket, 1653 Third Ave. (92nd/93rd Sts.), NY 10128, Tel. 212-369-9202, www.foodforhealthny.com. I bought PLANTATION Blackstrap Unsulphured Molasses, NET 31 FL OZ. (915 ml) for $5.79 (tax incl.) BTW: On ebaY someone tries to sell a 16 FL OZ. bottle (that is approximately half the quantity) of the same stuff for $8.55 plus $7.13 shipping, which is really expensive if you consider that it is a by-product from the processing of (sugarcane or sugar beet into) sugar and it is being used in the manufacture of cattle feed, and for other industrial uses. So keep asking at your local shop if they do not want to start selling it...
EC: Whole Foods also sells this brand of blackstrap, about the same price...Posted by Renee
New York, NY
06/02/2008If there is a Stop & Shop Supermarket in your town, they sell the Plantation BSM-Unsulphered for $3.99.Posted by Mark (Springfield, Ohio) on 03/20/2007
I recently came across Groeb Farms Blackstrap Molasses and was wondering if anyone has heard anything about it and if its a good source blackstrap> it's found at Gordens Food Service (GFS) stores and is much cheaper, you can get a gallon of it for $7.49, a much cheaper way to get your blackstrap if its a good source.Posted by Rhonda (Indianapolis, IN) on 03/03/2007
HELLO, I HAVE BEEN READING COMMENTS ABOUT BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES AND HOW IT HAS TREMENDOUSLY HELPED MANY PEOPLE. BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES CAN BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE. I WANT TO INFORM OTHERS THAT THEY CAN NOW PURCHASE BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES IN TABLET FORM AT WWW.SWANSONVITAMINS.COM. ONE BOTTLE CONTAINS 180 TABLET FOR LESS THAN $5.00 AND ONE TABLET CONTAINS 29MG OF IRON, WHICH THE DAILY REQUIREMENT TO BUILD IRON.I HOPE THIS INFO WILL HELP MANY OF YOU. AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.Posted by Barbara (Niles, IL) on 01/21/2007
I'm planning on trying this natural remedy as quickly as possible! I just ordered 'Organic Blackstrap Molasses' from www.wildernessfamilynaturals.com ($5.76 for a 32 oz. bottle). Please visit this site as well --> www.energeticnutrition.com/vitalzym/mystory.html {I ordered special natural nutrients to also help regulate hormones naturaly and reduce/eliminate fibroids without drugs or surgery. See 'Fibroid Starter Kit with Myomin' (Myomin helps reduce the size of myoma (fibroid tissue). Good Luck and Lots of Health to All!Posted by Peyote (Richland, MO) on 12/21/2006
For the folks who have a problem finding black strap molasses. Here is a source Swanson vitamins has tablet form 250 count 29Mg. Iron for a price of $4.79 Order #sw182 Shipping by mail. Phone #1-800-437-4148 You all keep up the good work. PeyotePosted by Beth (Lansing, MI) on 12/18/2006
Blackstrap molasses is available at Meijer's in the syrup section for $2.29Posted by Steffie
Nashville, Tn
08/09/2011A good buy for Organic Black Strap Molasses... Not all molasses is blackstrap. This site is good also for supplements in general. Good prices with only $4.99 shipping no matter how much you order. I'm very pleased with them.
http://www.vitacost.com/Wholesome-Sweeteners-Fair-Trade-Organic-Blackstrap-Molasses#IngredientFactsPosted by Heather (California) on 10/27/2006
I'm hoping molasses will cure my with my anemia. I just wanted to let people know that you can order the House of Herbs Blackstrap Molasses from Ralphs.com - Click onto their Special Order page and request it to be available on the site - they will email you and then you can order it. The products UP# 073600210. I really appreciate your websites info.Posted by Gina (Elton, FL) on 08/05/2006