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Vidalia is 55 years old. She is married and has been a merchant for 22 years. Vidalia has a locale in the city market where she sells clothing for babies, women's underwear, children's clothing, casual wear, blankets, etc. Vidalia also sells ONMILIFE products (natural medicine) which she supplies to her customers when they visit her business. The members of this duo met in the workshops that the organization offers salespeople. They say that they learned a lot and are motivated to perservere in their work, although they need capital to meet their goals as small businesswomen.
LA señora Vidalia de 55 años de edad casada, y comerciante desde hace 22 años, doña Vidalia cuenta con un local en el mercado municipal, donde vende ropa para bebe, ropa interior de dama, ropa para niños, ropa casual, colchas etc. Doña Vidalia también es vendedora de los productos ONMILIFE (medecina natural)el cual ella proporciona a sus clientes que la visitan en su negocio, ambas se conocieron en los talleres que esta empres brinda a sus vendedores en donde ellas manifiesta ha aprendido bastante y la motiva a perseverar a seguir trabajando aunque para ello ella necesitan de capital para lograr sus objetivos como pequeñas comerciante.
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About FAPEFAPE, the Foundation for the Assistance of Small Businesses, is a nonprofit, socially-minded institution that provides loans to micro-entrepreneurs across Guatemala.
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I am in the woods and I have gone crazy.
My bike is my transportation as well, I happen to only have one bike as well. I do pretty much everything myself. I personally can't afford a second bike quite yet. Once I finish off my current ride (which I must say I am very very close, just have to build up my new wheels throw on my new cranks and chainring and get a new front brake and I'm done! wooo) I'll put some money into a secondary bike, or primary bike, we'll see. Actually I think I'll build up that aluminum GT track frame Velo Pasadena has hanging up.
Anyway my point is I've been one of those MUST RIDE people but that's usualyl because my LBS has been making me wait for WAY too long. For instance they happened to have misplaced my hubs that I left there for them to build up a while back. So now I can't order spokes because I don't have my hub measurements, I'm tempted to walk in with my rims and demand they be done by Friday. Its hard to wait when you've dropped several hundred dollars into something you want it NOW! I really don't want to wait another week before I get to ride on my new wheels.
"Riding bikes on the street is the fuggin jam!" Juvi-Kyle
See, you are not a real "Gotta Ride" guy or you would have stood there and whined and badgered until they built your wheels for you on the spot (I have actually done this, xt disk hub on a Mavic tubeless disc rim) In a case like yours, it would take maybe two days to get the wheels back. I usually take them home to build in peace anyway, so maybe next day.
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I am in the woods and I have gone crazy.
I think a lot of us feel for you, reverend... I don't understand how someone who loves to ride, who's "just got to ride" can only have one bike. And like others say, a backup bike doesn't have to be pretty or expensive. Quality 'vintage' bikes are usually under a hundred bucks everywhere you look.
can someone tell me where I would find info for police auctions? I might hit one up. I live in knoxville, TN
If I bring my one and only MTB into the shop (I've already invested upwards of $5k in the thing so I'm not sure my wife will allow me to have another one any time soon) I always assume it's going to take a couple of days to get something done so I mount the roadie when I "Just gotta ride." Now, there have been cases (twice in the 5+ years that I've been riding) where the shop just took an exorbitantly long time to fix my bike. While I was understanding I was also upset and did use the "I'm a loyal customer, blah, blah, blah..." line but, in my defense, it was wholly appropriate since A) I've purchase every one of my bikes from this local chain, B) I'm on a first name basis with most of the guys from the shop closest to my house and C) I proabably spend 75% of my cycling dollars at this one local chain so I think I'm wholly justified in tossing that line out there when the situation demands it.
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Albert Einstein
It seems that these people live here too, Rev. Chuck. One of the nearby towns has a huge 4th of July parade. All the cyclists go down a bike path past my friends bike shop. Literally 20 feet away. Every customer gets a very nice patient explanation that in the winter there is not much work. So bring your bike in the winter and you can have it back very quickly. Of course you know what I'm going to say.
They all drag the old bikes out of the basement that have not been touched for a year and show up the Afternoon of the 3rd of July. The line sometimes literally goes out the door. I just help out once in a while, so I can escape the stress anytime. I do understand exactly how you feel though. This seems to happen on Saturday in the summer too.
You have to be one of the most patient people on the planet earth to deal with this all the time. I hope some people start to learn. I hope you have a good way to keep your stress level down.
Good luck with those "I have to ride" people Rev. Chuck.
I wonder if they really have to ride or just don't know how to wait their turn?
I also seriously wonder if the endorphin addiction is driving this sometimes? Not kidding.
Gotta Ride = Gotta have endorphins , that may explain addictive behavior, or not being able to live without my bike. Or having 2manybikes.....oops...!
Maybe you can convince someone to start a bike rental across the street?
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That would be me, only one bike, I guess I never taught about getting another as in having two, I always taught that if I got another it would be to replace my current one. I think another reason for me has been that I like the feel of my bike very well and it would take time to get adjusted to another, but I see what you guys are saying, and if I had the money I would get another one now.
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In Portland, the biggest annual bike event is 'Bridge Pedal'. They close eight bridges, including two freeway bridges, once a year for this ride; the event draws 15,000+ cyclists.Originally Posted by 2manybikes
Two years ago I volunteered as an on-ride mechanic, to fix flats, etc. during the ride. You would not believe the condition of many of the bikes I ended up working on. My guess was that they hadn't been ridden since the previous year's event. People showed up with bikes with flat tires, completely rusted chains, seats and derailleurs so far out of adjustment that their bike was practically unrideable...I was dumbfounded.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist or have deep mechanical aptitude skills to perform basic maintenance on a modern bike like keeping air in the tires and the chain lubed, but most of these folks seemed completely helpless....
I know what you mean! Been there! Many rides like that give away tubes etc. to riders. Some people come to the ride unprepared, knowing full well that they will get free parts and service.Originally Posted by randya
I did the same thing at the "Bike New York" even in New York City. It amazes me the type of junkers people bring just to be a participant in the event. They don't care if the bike is unsafe or poorly maintained.Originally Posted by randya
I happen to think there are LOADS of used bikes out there selling for less than $100.00 UDS. Ebay is loaded with used bikes so there really is no excuse to not have one. What's costly is the maintenance of the second bike but then again, it doesn't have to be in tip top condition.
at my shop, if we run into one of those "JUST GOTTA RIDE!!!!!" folks and if we need to order a part for them, we'll give them a used bike as a loaner. we also rent our used bikes.
if it's not too busy, we'll usually just ask them if they want to wait for it. most folks are understanding and they'll let us get to it when we get to it. i get more annoyed at the flat fixes that interrupt the repair on the fancy bikes than anything else...and the people who walk in and have no clue what's wrong with their bike, so i spend 15 minutes trying to figure it out, another 15 minutes explaining why they need to have it fixed, only to have them say "IT COSTS HOW MUCH!?!?! WHY!??" and walk out. or the people who come in sans bike and say things like "how much for a brake job?" and then go on to explain that the thing that attaches to the other thing is missing and they need brake pads...they usually point at the part on another bike, so i give them a rough estimate and when they bring the bike in it's something completely different, and winds up taking longer than expected because A) the bike is so dirty i can't even SEE the bolts, and B) the springs in their cantilever brakes are shot and i have to sift through the bin to find the exact springs, or the "thing" that was missing turns out to be the cable anchor bolt, which just so happens to also be missing from all 50 pairs of used cantis in our used cantis bin...same goes for all the road calipers in our used road calipers bin...or they're missing the top plate from their SST Oryg (how this person got it separated in the first place is beyond me).
then there's the guy who wants a refund for the lock he bought because he can't figure out how to get it out of the bracket without hurting himself.
ARRRGH! thanks chuck, for opening this can of worms for me....
but honestly, for every idiot, pain in the ass customer, there are at least .3 customers who are a true joy to help and chat with...and those are the customers who make it all worth it.
Uh I hope the guy I talk to at the local LBS isn't secretly thinking that about me when I walk in with a whackload of newb questions.
there's a difference between newbies and the terminally stupid. newbies generally pay attention when you're explaining something, or show some interest in gaining knowledge, and applying it in the future.
one more "terminally stupid" incident from today. guy has really nice italian road bike with old, old campy record on it, and a grand sport rear derailleur, even. OLD stuff, CLASSIC stuff. guy reads on internet about how he should put motor oil into his hubs, instead of actual bike grease. guy then wonders why, after a week of riding, his hubs now feel "rough", and his forks/seatstays, hubs and spokes are now covered in 2mm of dirt and crap...then refuses to acknowledge that he was wrong, and insists that it's his bike, so it's his decision...he wound up "letting us" clean, overhaul, and repack his hubs for $40 + parts. and after having to do all the work, i honestly would've charged him $60, because i flushed those hubs with degreaser 3 times and they were still oozing crap.
those are the customers who i dislike. the willfully stupid.
Newbies also get bonus points for being up front and saying they are newbies, just as you did. It gets everyone off on the right foot. It helps everyone see the other persons point of view. Better and easier communications.
The good customer is the rule. Every rule has an exception.
Didn't I see this in the mechanics forum a while back???Originally Posted by OneTinSloth
I currently have 2 bikes but one is a Wal-Mart beater. Still, I do ride it when; the Lemond is in the shop, the weather is just nasty, I want to ride somewhere I need to leave the bike out of sight, or when I go camping. As I do some upgrades on the Lemond I figure I'll take the pieces I pull off and build another B bike.
I wanna ride!
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that's not cheap, you know. There's cost in that idea. To be charged to YOU the customer. It's cheaper to be patient to wait until your bike is done. Do some walking meantime. Or borrow a bike from someone, if no backup from Yourself. if no car/motorcycle.Originally Posted by Rowan
about OneTinSloth in Berkely: that's nothing new; I've seen that many times down here in soCal. They enjoy wasting the time. Those bike owners want to ask what the problems with their bikes are via using up all the possible time that they can get. ALL THE FREE ADVICE THAT BE POSSIBLE. SO THAT THEY BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT: (a) themselves (b) in their own way. By having the problem verified by the first source; then that bike owner knows the xact problem --- before bringing it to his favorite mechanic/dealer.
they could offer it @ a charge....


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Which artists should the Obamas add to the White House walls? Artinfo.com asked 21 artists, curators, dealers and bloggers–including Agnes Gund, Shepard Fairey, Andres Serrano (who suggests his own work, natch), Emilio Steinberger (of Haunch of Venison gallery) Edward Winkleman and Paddy Johnson to make suggestions. Their proposals, and the reasoning behind them, are fascinating to consider.
(Via Culture Monster).
OK, so I've been reading this list of rules for bloggers that Kathryn pointed to recently. (I guess they're actually supposed to be ethical guidelines, but given my Catholic/Jewish background I tend to think of such things as straight-up RULES Thou Shalt Not Break). One particular ethical guideline/Rule says that bloggers should link to other sites to provide a proper frame of reference for their own work. Another one says that if a blogger covers a story or issue they are supposed to continue pursuing it rather than just letting it go.
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The Wedding at Cana: Peter Greenaway's Vision
Although it sounds like I won't be missing much by not attending the Venice Bienale this year (oh hell, who am I kidding? or any year except one, when someone else was paying for it), based on some of the write-ups I've read, there are two events taking place there that I truly regret not being able to see for myself.
The first is Swoon's Huck Finn-style floating barge, which I blogged about a few weeks ago and which has received in-depth coverage in New York magazine. More than I want to see the thing itself, though, I think what I really want is to be friends with Swoon and her deck mates.
The second is Peter Greenaway's multimedia installation based on the Italian Mannerist Paolo Veronese's gigantic painting, The Wedding Feast at Cana. Now, Greenaway isn't someone I'd necessarily want to be buds with (I don't think I could keep up), but he's long been one of my favorite filmmakers (though I admit it seems a bit strange to talk about work like Greenaway's in terms of 'favorites,' like it's an ice cream flavor or something.) His early films, like The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), A Zed and Two Naughts (1985), The Belly of an Architect (1987) Drowning by Numbers (1988) and his most mainstream "commercial" success, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) are the films I know best; his later forays into installation and site-specific projects I'm less familiar with due to sheer lack of access to them.
Greenaway's take on Wedding at Cana is part of an ambitious multi-part project in which the filmmaker/artist plans to bring nine classic art historical paintings to life in a modern context. Greenaway has already created installations revisiting Rembrandt's The Nightwatch at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (via Greenaway's film and an accompanying installation Nightwatching, made in 2006) and Leonardo's The Last Supper in Milan (in a 2008 installation titled The Last Supper).
Greenaway's "vision" of the Wedding takes place at the Palladian Refectory, the site where Veronese's painting was first situated. Now, however, a facsimile of the work, commissioned by the Giorgio Cini Foundation, exists where the original once stood. Greenaway's website describes the installation thusly:
"The Wedding at Cana facsimile, set in the original architectural context for which it had been conceived – the Palladian Refectory – offers Peter Greenaway the opportunity for an innovative and original interpretation via a state-of-the-art interplay of images, lighting, music, voices and sounds that will seem to emerge directly from the painting and the walls of the Refectory. The performance – a true multimedia event lasting about 50 minutes – makes spectators relive the episode of the marriage feast at Cana where Christ accomplished his first miracle, as narrated in the Gospel of John. Greenaway points out to the public the painting's scores of characters, from the servants preparing dishes, to the banquet guests, to the guests of honor – Jesus Christ and his mother Mary – seated at the center of the painting's architectural composition, in an on-going crescendo culminating in the narration's crucial moment: the miracle of water turning into wine."
Here's a small image of the Paolo Veronese painting that's under Greenaway's scrutiny:
(click on the picture to be taken directly to the Wikipedia site containing a much larger file, which also gives you the ability to zoom in close on different parts of the painting).
There is an unofficial and no doubt surreptitiously shot video of the piece online to be found here; the quality is not great of course, but it gave me a little sense of what Greenaway is trying to accomplish. Better still, Roberta Smith has written a lengthy article on Greenaway's Venice installation for the NYT today; it contains a great full-color installation shot which I'm too chicken to lift and post here. And Wired U.K. posted a brief, tech-oriented interview with Greenaway about the project last week.
I'd like to make a special request to any of you out there who went or are planning to go to Venice, saw this installation, and would care to comment on it, good or bad. Make me jealous: tell me all about the piece. What was it like? Did you think it worked? Was it smart or silly, and/or did you enjoy it?
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Sure, this might be true. But, now we can measure the year in radians. I suggest a holiday on pi, pi/2, and 3pi/2
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Look how creative my title is >.<
So I have no idea where this came from. I suppose I just felt like drawing something with a different tone than usual... plus I wanted to try my hand at rain
Also my poor Milo doesn't get nearly enough love from me XD. To be honest none of my characters do...
Speaking of which, ref sheets will be flooding my page soon with any hope .
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Aw Milo ^^
I love your ran, especially the drops sliding down his face
I love your ran, especially the drops sliding down his face
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I have a 2002 hyundai accent. I just replaced the battery yesturday because it went completly dead. my battery light and parking brake light is on and wont go away. THis morning my brand new battery is almost dead again. i just repaced the starter and alternator less then 3 months ago but it seems the battery isnt getting charged back up. Can some please help. Thank you Jennifer
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My DS Andrew (born 12/31/2007) was born almost 10 lbs and hypoglycemic, had to stay in NICU for 9 days due to his low blood sugar.
Starting at 18 months, we started to have evaluations as he was late to crawl, walk and was pretty non-verbal. (hypotonia and apraxia started to appear)
We did not qualify for Early Interventions so we got Andrew started in private speech therapy and occasional OT at 22 months.
At 3 (1/1/2010), we had him evaluated with both the top Child Neurologist in St Louis whose speciality field is autism. ĀLuckily, Andrew did not qualify on the spectrum.
We then had him evaluated through Special School for an IEP and which both Speech, OT and PT was recommended. ĀHe is currently attending an early childhood center that combines regular track children with children like Andrew. ĀHe receives all of his therapies during his school program.
Currently, Andrew's main issues are: possible dyspraxia, verbal apraxia (which accounts for the speech delays), Sensory Processing Disorder issues and hypotonia.
My question is now Special School wants to bring an ABA evaluator to access Andrew as he is having issues with transitioning from activities and maintaining focus on said activities (tends to throw tantrums leaving one task to the other). ĀCan ABA be effective for children who are not within the ASD spectrum? ĀI wondering if I should also make an appointment for his neurologist to discuss ABA methods? ĀI just do not want him to be mislabed or being provided a method that would not work with his type of issues.
He is the sweetest little guy on Earth and it pains me that he is acting out in school. ĀI think some of his frustration lies in that he is so desperately trying to talk more and more and he finds that he is not always understood. Ā
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I gave up my beloved "sweets" for Lent. I am not one that eats alot of junk but I absolutely appreciate a sweet treat every now and then (brownies being my favorite). The first couple of days before Lent, I thought about what woul dbe hard for me to give up for the next 40 days. I had a list going of semi bad habits and such. (i.e... Alcohol (not really a big drinker so that made the bottom of the list), chocolate, desserts, soda (again, not a problem anymore)..so i took the 2 hardest things for me which are chocolate and desserts and decided i woul d give up both!
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So the first day (Ash Wednesday)- the company i work for is celebrating their 26 year anniversary with Cupcakes from Torrance bakery so they have these gigantic boxes of delicious cupcakes sitting on the table in the lunch room and cupcakes arranged on plates in the lobby-so every where you turn -CUPCAKES!
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A few days later, a coworker brings in Brownies (my absolute favorite- and self proclaimed Kryptonite)with a sign that says "Crunchy on the outside, Chewy on the indside"- talk about rubbing it in... that one was hard..but you know what I survived it! I surprised myself..lol
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Last October 2009, Mattapoisett business owner Bill Patel went to visit his parents in his hometown of Ahmedabad, India, which is close to "Gandhi Ashram", the place where M. K. Gandhi led a non-violent quest for India's freedom. Mr. Patel had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take a picture holding a copy of The Wanderer. The 2005 issue he is holding has a cover photo that Mr. Patel took himself. Photo courtesy of Bill Patel.
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Mattapoisett resident John DeAnna enjoyed a recent trip to St. Petersburg, Russia with his wife Linda, and brought a copy of the Wanderer with him. Other stops on his trip included England, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Berlin. Photo courtesy of John DeAnna.
Santa's Village
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Above: Alex and Madeline Wright visited Santa's Village in New Hampshire this past August 2010, and brought a copy of the Wanderer with them. Photo courtesy of Lisa Wright.
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Sophie & Sascha Polonsky of Marion read The Wanderer whenever they visit Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont!
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Wandering Devyn Southern of Marion vacationing in California with his grandmother Susan Parker made a stop at the famous Casa De Fruta which is a very famous destination for tourists to visit for any kind of produce you can imagine.
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Teresa and Mark Dall explored the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska this summer and brought The Wanderer along with them.
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Rob Price and Rochester Library Director Gail Roberts remembered to bring The Wanderer with them on their recent trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo by Michael Swanwick.
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Mattapoisett sixth-grader Noah Tavares poses with The Wanderer at the Easton JOAD Nationals in Des Moines, IA. Mr. Tavares competed in the 2010 JOAD Outdoor Nationals in Des Moines, IA from June 24 – 27, ranking eighth overall, with a third-place finish in the team event. Photo courtesy of Kevin Tavares.
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The Mattapoisett Touring Club recently visited Greece, where they took a photograph in front of the Arch Gateway to the Olympic Stadium, the site of the first Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece. Photo courtesy of Kay Levine.
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These Wandering Wanderers enjoyed a recent trip to the southernmost point of Key West, Florida. Mattapoisett resident Michelle Randall holds a copy of the Wanderer with her parents Bob and Angie Randall by her side. Photo courtesy of Angie Randall.
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Hayley Bentz and Ian MacGregor of Rochester recently took a trip to Long Island, New York. They took a moment to pose with a copy of The Wanderer in front of the Big Duck in Flanders, NY. The Big Duck, built to be a store by Martin Maurer in 1931, is a famous landmark in Long Island, and is on the national registry of historic places. Photo courtesy of Hayley Bentz.
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then is totally useless, if you start a game and you can't finish it you should not play it at all, useless fix.
then is totally useless, if you start a game and you can't finish it you should not play it at all, useless fix.
I know, a Demo EBoot never real fixed a game!
There have been a lot of rumors flying around indicating you can play this game using the Demo which happens to be 3.55 firmware on CFW.
A french site has shared some information on how to apparently play this game on 3.55 CFW. (NOTE: If this fix turns out to be a "hoax" this thread will still remain open in case anyone wants to share any more rumors of fixes and it will serve as a discussion thread regarding this game working on 3.55 CFW.)
To roughly tranlate: A fix has just appeared for Red Faction Armageddon.
Some bugs were present during the career mode but other than that it all worked fine.
What you need:
Download the demo of the game:
The "BLUS30585" version of the game. (Download from below):
Download and unzip the 3.55 fix the game:
1. Copy the files from the 3.55 fix to the full game folder (BLUS30585) and replace the files when you're prompted to.
2. Install the demo .PKG file via "install_package_file "
3. Put the fixed BLUS30585 folder of the game on your external hard drive formatted as FAT32 in a folder named "GAMEZ" and connect it to the PS3.
4. Go to your favorite manager (preferably multiMAN) and load the game and it will bring you back to the XMB, run the game from the icon "App_Home_PS3_Game" (not the icon for the demo above).
Nope, didn't work for me. Without the demo installed it error-ed but with the demo installed it just black screens but it doesn't lock up the console and you can exit to XMB.
If you put in a disc it comes up as "Unsupported Data" so it wont work. FAKE.
Thanks for confirming man, +Rep. A user named Henry at mega-ps3.com said the game will work probably if you move the contents in the cache folder (PS3_GAME\USRDIR\build\PS3\cache) to the USRDIR (PS3_GAME\USRDIR) folder. Worth a try I guess.
Here is what Hissatsu has to say about the 3.55 fix, to quote:
Ellow, It also "worked" according to that Arabian (King4News) site when they "instructed" the same thing a month or two ago.
And than they found out, yea the game starts, and you play from 6th chapter (where you start in a cave) and cant finish, because the lift isn't there (and since its using a demo EBOOT.BIN, you wont be able to save)...
Yep, all that about the demo was done months ago as I did it back then and it only did level 6 with no save and no way to play any other levels so it was called fake as it was useless.
This is even worse as this doesn't even load. this is just classed as fake as all it does is change the eboot and param.sfo to redirect to the demo folder so all its going to do is play the demo and thats IF it played in the first place.
So far there is no way to play this game and I doubt there will until someone gets around dongles or the 3.6x keys.
When a new dev thats NOT a prick comes along and helps the scene I think I will stick to the xbox360 as EVERYTHING works as the 360 scene is awesome with awesome devs (well 1 dev, c4eva)
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There are many reasons why the United States protects its dictator friends in the Middle East and ventures out of its way to make sure they stay in power. The biggest fear of the West is an uprising against dictators and elites that are western placeholders in the Middle East. The people's revolutions in Palestine, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia, if successful, will forever alter the status quo that has limited Arab nations in reaching their true potential to attain success. Western intervention in these legitimate revolutions is never humanitarian as claimed by the UN and its most powerful members, but rather are tools to prevent true freedom and justice in the regions.
Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria have all recently witnessed the expected and long-in-processing rise of the people against oppressive and unjust governments. Governments which, by the way, were strong allies of the United States. So what is the world's biggest supporter of 70 and 80 year old Arab dictators who have been in power for decades in order to secure U.S interests to do now? Debase and remove the true impact of the revolutions, of course. History tends to repeat itself fairly often with the United States and its pursuit to hijack democratic uprisings in the Middle East and other parts of the world. The country continues to display duality in responding to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa:
If the US Appointed or Likes the Dictator…
Bahrain: Scores of civilians are being killed by Bahraini government forces and that of other Gulf countries. Saudi Arabia invades Bahrain and begins attacking even hospitals and civilian areas, in complete violation of the Geneva Convention. The US response: Not a single word, condemnation or attempt to diffuse the situation. On the flipside, and to the surprise of absolutely no one, the White House states Saudi tanks and heavily armed soldiers entering and attacking the citizens of another nation is not an "invasion."
Yemen: 32 years. That's how long Ali Abdullah Saleh has been president of Yemen. After all, which democracy doesn't elect the same president for more than 3 decades? Yemeni forces continue to massacre protestors by the hundreds and the government has suspended the effectiveness of the constitution, implementing instead rigid emergency laws in an effort to curb the protests which have been gradually building for several years. Saudi Arabia has also in the past – and will potentially in the future – enter Yemen to suppress any uprisings in fear that they may encourage its own people to fight for a real, legitimate government rather than being ruled by the current US-Israel placeholders spread across the Middle East. The US Response: A call for "maximal restraint" on the part of the Yemeni government. Ironic, considering the US sells billions of dollars worth of weapons to Yemen so that it can suppress such uprisings.
If the Revolution is Bad for Oil Corporations…
Libya: Why is the United States and its NATO allies intervening in Libya and not in the Congo where millions have been killed by the genocide? Ask BP. The United States has tolerated Libyan president Gadhaffi for several decades, despite bombing the country in 1986. When the recent revolt began to spread in the country, the government responded by attacking the protestors. Initially, the United States responded with calls for restraint and dialogue. This tune changed when the United Nations, which has been reduced to a waste of office space in New York, decided to vote on and implement a "no-fly zone" in Libya – very helpful for the Libyan people considering the government also has forces on the ground attacking civilians. Is it then a coincidence that Libya has the largest proven oil reserves on the African continent and billions of dollars in agreements with BP? The launch of airstrikes by the coalition of "concerned" western countries, including the United States and France, has only added to the civilian death toll.
The US involvement in Libya is quickly eroding the legitimacy of the people's uprising against an unjust government and taking away from their ability to own their revolution. It is also important to realize that the United States and its allies will attempt to control the future leadership of the country, as it has done so for years, in order to preserve the strategic and financial significance of the country.
If the Revolution is Bad for Zionism…
Egypt: Few dictators are as loyal as former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was to the United States and Israel. He has even helped Israel commit additional war crimes against the people of Palestine and blocked off the entrance to Egypt from Gaza so that the Palestinians are left to slowly and painfully suffer. Forty years of service to the colonialist and corporate interests has earned Mubarak enough status with the US that they forgot to mention he has turned Egypt into a large prison, torturing anyone who merely looked like they might utter the words "freedom", "democracy", "jobs", "money" or "equal distribution of wealth."
For years, the people of Egypt have attempted to change the state of their government yet have been suppressed violently. When the most recent wave of protests hit, few expected it to lead to Mubarak's removal. Considering the strategic location and billions of US dollars invested in Egypt in addition to the loss of Israel's biggest doormat should Mubarak exit the picture, the United States intervened. By all measurements, Mubarak's resignation was not due to the return of decency and morality to a sell-out who has destroyed his nation for Western interests, but a forced exit by the United States. The Egyptian Army did not back Mubarak for fear it would end up on the losing side of the revolution.
Egypt's new "interim" leadership is headed by military generals who backed and supported the regime of Mubarak. If you're thinking not much has actually changed, you're right. The new Egyptian government has just approved a law that criminalizes strikes and protest marches in the country. Activists who led the revolution have also been arrested by the army commanders in Egypt.
Suffocating the Revolution
The United States and its allies continue a long standing tradition of destroying any legitimate revolution in the Middle East. What is the point of Western intervention in the Arab and Muslim world other than to quell any awakening that may be Arab nationalistic in nature, or, even more frightening to the west: an Islamic Awakening? Either of these movements would free the nations of the Middle East and North Africa from imperialistic influence.
There are many reasons why the United States protects its dictator friends in the Middle East and ventures out of its way to make sure they stay in power. The biggest fear of the West is an uprising against dictators and elites that are western placeholders in the Middle East. The people's revolutions in Palestine, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia, if successful, will forever alter the status quo that has limited Arab nations in reaching their true potential to attain success. Western intervention in these legitimate revolutions is never humanitarian as claimed by the UN and its most powerful members, but rather are tools to prevent true freedom and justice in the regions.
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What's happening in Syria now as well?
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University of Michigan professor Juan Cole disagrees with the assumption that the Wast is interfering with Qaddafi's attempt to commit mass slaughter against Libyan people solely for Libya's oil:

"The US declined to do oil business with Libya in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, when it could have, because it had placed the country under boycott. It didn't want access to that oil market, which was repeatedly proffered to Washington by Qaddafi then. After Qaddafi came back in from the cold in the late 1990s (for the European Union) and after 2003 (for the US), sanctions were lifted and Western oil companies flocked into the country. US companies were well represented, along with BP and the Italian firm ENI. BP signed an expensive exploration contract with Qaddafi and cannot possibly have wanted its validity put into doubt by a revolution. There is no advantage to the oil sector of removing Qaddafi. Indeed, a new government may be more difficult to deal with and may not honor Qaddafi's commitments. There is no prospect of Western companies being allowed to own Libyan petroleum fields, which were nationalized long ago. Finally, it is not always in the interests of Big Oil to have more petroleum on the market, since that reduces the price and, potentially, company profits. A war on Libya to get more and better contracts so as to lower the world price of petroleum makes no sense in a world where the bids were already being freely let, and where high prices were producing record profits."

I support the no-fly zone, but with an attitude of cautious expectancy. I want the media to cover the events there so that we can see what our countries are doing there, and so that our countries cease and desist as soon as we are no longer needed.
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I've been reading Juan Cole's blog for years....some of it seems reasonable and useful. My problem with him though, is that he has no Quranic compass to reference. Might I suggest that you listen to this khutbah that deals directly with the issue of NATO's "no fly zone" over Libya? It has very clear references to the Quranic arguments against NATO's involvement in the Libya.

http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/apps/podcast/podcast/65736
Juan Cole is also a supporter of the Green party in Iran..so how credible is he?
I disagree with the opinion on Lybia. The airstrikes ARE doing something and the rebel forces ARE pushing back and even stepped into offensive due to the NATO air cover. As for revolution I think it should also spread to 3 countries (at least) more: China, North Korea and Iran...
Muslim_Hijabi: Avoid such ad hominem arguments, they tend to dent your own credibility...unless you can refute a point he makes in the paragraph provided by 'PinkMuslimah'? I think he puts an interesting case on the table, especially once it's noted that this an intervention by the international community, not just the US and is not comparable, by any measure, to Iraq.
Here you go: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MC30Ak01.html
You left out the one regime which has done the most atrocious crimes amongst all, I give you a hint, it's ruled by a Shia minority in a Sunni dominant country.

If the shelling of civilians and the death of more than 1000 humans in Syria is not even worth mentioning, that says something about the humanity of the writer of this article, and this website.
Um...did you read the date on the article? It was clearly written a long time before the protests started up in Syria.. Please refrain from making nonsensical accusations, and don't turn this into a sectarian issue.
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PULLMAN, Wash. - Cougar Erica Perkins has been honored as the 1998 United States Tennis Association (USTA) Pacific Northwest Women's Player of the Year.
During the summer, the sophomore from Seattle, Wash. won five tournaments on the Pacific Northwest circuit receiving her first No. 1 ranking in the division. Perkins captured singles titles at the Nike Oregon State Championships and Stanley Park Open. She also claimed doubles victories at the Umpana Valley, Pacific Western, Stanley Park, Oregon State, and Pacific Northwest Opens.
"Erica has worked hard all summer," WSU coach Cari Groce said. "Being from the Northwest, it is a real honor for her to be named the region's Player of the Year. Next summer, I expect her to move on to bigger tournaments on the ITA circuit."
Perkins was also honored as one of 12 Washington State University student-athletes by Eagle Hardware & Garden this year for athletic achievement, academic excellence, outstanding leadership, and exemplary community service.