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What are the chances of a downloadable MvC3 demo being released?
Svensson: Sorry, but zero percent. As with Street Fighter IV, there will be no demo for Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
How much is the MvC3 special edition content worth, for example the DLC characters?
Svensson: We're not talking about DLC pricing yet... but it's an OUTSTANDING value.
For reference, the Marvel digital comics sub alone is worth $10.
I don't care about the other SE stuff, I just want to know how much Jill Valentine and Shuma-Gorath will cost.
Svensson: I'm not sure when we'll be revealing the DLC pricing. If all you care about is the DLC, pack and there's a $20 differential as a promotion somewhere, I can safely say that two characters sold individually will absolutely not cost $20.
I don't agree with the decision to include DLC fighters in MvC3. This is just wrong.
Svensson: Suffice to say, there are differing views on DLC. Everyone needs to decide whether there's value in the offering or not and make your purchasing decisions accordingly. That's true not just of MvC3, but of all games.
As I've stated in prior interviews, DLC is part of the business model these days given the massive costs of production and can be the difference between a profitable product and an unprofitable product.
Since MvC3 is finished, can we know the total amount of characters?
Svensson: All in good time...
What's up with the cover art for MvC3? How come the unannounced characters aren't on there, does this mean the other people left to announce are too low profile to include on the front of the package?
Svensson: The fact that there are still unrevealed characters has no bearing on the contents of the cover. We couldn't possibly put every character on the cover... there's just too many.
Will Best Buy have MvC3 Special Edition in the U.S.?
Svensson: I suspect so. They usually do carry special/collectors editions. I won't know for certain for a couple more weeks though.
Do you know every location MvC3 Special Edition is being shipped to, including mom and pop stores?
Svensson: I won't know every location, I'll know if the accounts we're direct with have ordered (the big six retailers that are 60-70% of the business). We will have some units allocated to our distributors who in turn will be able to sell to smaller retailers, but I suspect most of the volume will be allocated to the major accounts.
As I've said before, I'm expecting the overwhelming majority of these units to be allocated to the retailers who are supporting pre-orders for them.
Are these images proof that Frank West is in MvC3?
Source: Unity Boards. Images from Deva-Princess, Shadeofgood and Orion_Sky.
Get rid of Granov's version of the artwork for the NA version and give us the Japanese version instead. NA Capcom game covers NEVER look as good as the Japanese versions. Grrr...!
Also, while we're at it..
NOW there's room on the cover for my boy - Juggernaut!
(Stfu if you don't like him. He was my main on MVC2. Lol)
Huh..how about that. The pics I posted on Capcom-Unity (the Frank West (Exact Pose) and MvC Japanese Cover Art) got posted on here along with the Thread I started there (Can we know the full roster amount) made their way here..and I got credited..thats pretty cool.
Hopefully we won't see a ridiculous amount of DLC. I wouldn't mind paying if the characters are worth playing. I'm still hoping I can get at least 3 characters from MvC2 (Venom, Strider and CapCom). I'm guessing Zero is filling in for X which sucks but at least one cool character is repping the MM series. Tron is just GARBAGE.
And no Storm or Sentinel...they are popular because they are broken, not because of some alledged cave troll fanbase.
Speaking of "must pay" DLC chars at this state is just mocking (well this is the polite version) people.
We're not talking of Add-ons here, we're talking of kit game.
And what for tomorrow ? We'll buy 70 euros the engine of the game and then 5 euros each character or stage ?
Dude that art makes our art looks even more rubbish than what it was, why the hell do we in UK have to be lumped with that crappy US art work, couldn't we have not just got this art?
they will absolutely not cost $20. That's much too cheap
LOL! previous comment!
Ummm... I don't like what Svennson said bout Frank. 'do not assume." = Big Worry for me.
I really want my zombie killing dream team! (Jill Valentine, Frank West, and Albert Wesker)
mvc1 had like all the characters on the cover including assists and it came out real nice.
Mega Man X for DLC and I'll pay $20 for even that single character. Mr. Svenson, like you said, DLC nowadays makes difference between profits, then put in X for DLC and he's definitely gonna pump it way up for Capcom and fans both.
there was so much complains about super street fighter 4 but this is exactly why i was more than happy with it, i prefer super editions, dlc is not my thing really.
the only character that i really want right now (since is pretty obvious that juri will not be in the game) is hsien ko, i bought darkstalkers for the psp just to try the characters and she is so awesome, it would be a great adition
well that and stan lee, he would be the ultimate character
I see it now, Stan Lee tells the characters he helped create them then they question their own reality and become depressed. That would work but Deadpool already knows this stuff.
This game is not for the fans at all. If it was they would listen to us more. This is about money now and that DLC crap needs to stop its not cool. Capcom if you keep treating your fans like this. You will end up like midway. you guys are getting way to greedy now.
@ MrPavy
Capcom does have a huge unbalance of females already so replacing her with Donovan so him and Morrigan can be in a game together, wouldnt be bad at all but alas it's too late!
Plus Japan has that whole Cat Lady Fetish...
DLC for the characters is kinda of fishy seeing as how MvC2 had 50+ Char. and we did not need to pay any extra for it.
To make games for the fans they need money. To make high quality games they need MORE money. Also they're a big company so it's bound to happen, all companies become like this one way or the other, think they call it capitalism in America.
yeah but many onf the characters on mvc2 where reused skins of other games, its not the same here, there is much more work involved per characters, not to mention the balancing that seems to be a lot better now (at least i hope so)
im not sure how i feel about dlc charaters, the roster is still small for what i expect but we have to see what the final roster of the game will be before saying stuff like "capcom is selling us half a game"
if the roster has a good number of characters i have no problem paying extra for more because i will feel i will be getting my money's worth with whats on the disc, in the other hand if the roster is slim i will be pissed because that would be cheap cashing on capcom's part
@ dantebluewolf17
You gotta be kidding... they can't just "listen to the fans" it's not NEARLY that simple. You have a very short sited view. Take this for example. Some people are pissed that characters like Wolverine, Ryu, and Spider-Man are retaining their moves from past games rather then the devs giving them an all new set of moves. Some are even calling the devs lazy.
You can bet that if those characters had different or revamped move sets, there would be just as many fans throwing hissy fits over the fact the devs were changing the characters.
For one fan that wants THIS there's always a fan who wants THAT instead.
As far as DLC goes, it can be a good thing as easily as a bad. SFIV costumes are way to over priced, but the idea of new characters for MvC3 down the line make me very happy. At the end of the day you never NEED to buy DLC.
Who's that girl in front of Frank?
Wait is that just Chun Li? lol
as usual the Japanese cover art is way more better than the NA/UK ones!
as a matter of fact when a Japanese game goes import, the US/NA versions dumped the anime visual art and change it to CG visual art, not just the cover art but also the in-game visual style, i can name a tons of game back from the PS1 era till' the current consoles now (a good example right now will be... Star Ocean: Last Hope)
and as for the special edition, i guess the extra $10 is worth it (2 DLC chars, steelbookcase w/ art, etc.)
Posted by Kurow on November 23, 2010 at 6:38 a.m. #26
So America one more time get the ***tty cover.. first SSF4 and now we get the "American Mega Man version" cover style for Marvel vs Capcom 3...
Interesting... You say "first" like it's began there. lol
If you wanna see some of the first examples of crappy NA-versions of Capcom game cover artwork, just look at EVERY fighting game they've made that came out in the U.S.
On the SFC/SNES, Sega MD/Genesis, 3DO, PS1, PS2, SS, DC, and PS3/XB360 you have SF2, SF2T, SSF2, SSF2T, Rival Schools 1&2, SFZ/SFA parts 1, 2, and 3, and EVERY game in between. The covers suck. MvC2 had Psylocke and Guile on the DC cover and it didn't make sense. In the Zero/Alpha and Versus series, Nash had more of the limelight than Guile.
-And for SFZ3/SFA3 and MvC2, Guile was more like an "extra" character - Why pick him for the cover instead of Nash? No reason. Capcom's just retarded when it comes to game covers.
capcom side all the way. the marvel side is just full of the cast of marvel super heroes its ridiculous.
"there are differing views on DLC. Everyone needs to decide whether there's value in the offering or not and make your purchasing decisions accordingly. That's true not just of MvC3, but of all games."
Agreed, which is why I won't buy it. Not the DLC, but the game. Otherwise you're stuck playing against characters you havent paid extra money to unlock, and thats as stupid as all those 'freemium' games where its free to play but until you pay for unlocked content, all you're doing is being cannon fodder for those that do pay.
Except this is worse, since you're paying for the game too.
Theres no way this game will stay balanced either, if you pay $5 for a character and your character isnt top top tier, you're not going to be happy.
Here's my take on the situation.
So you paid 60$ for Street Fighter IV which had a great engine and a halfway decent amount of characters... with no chance for extra characters or stages... and everyone was happy with it because everyone was hyped.
BUT some people were upset their favorite character wasn't in it. THEN Capcom created SSF4 SPECIFICALLY for the fans (US fans on top of that because you know Jap fans would have prefered an Arcade Machine version FIRST). Everyone was happy paying 40$ for that game and it was a steal for everybody involved...EXCEPT those that wanted more characters and more features yada yada.
Now MVC3 could be a 70-80$ game when all is said and done ( I think the DLC Chars will be 5-10$ each.... hopefully 5)
And it has WAY more characters and WAY more combinations and better stages(by far) than SF4 did way back when ... but now we're all sad that we have to pay MORE to get a LARGER, HIGHER QUALITY PRODUCT... when we asked for it in the first place!! WAKE UP.
IM THANKFUL Capcom is making DLC instead of making everyone pay 80-90$ for the game because no one would buy it and our beloved company would be screwed. They're seperating the hardcore gamers from the people who just want to have some fun with marvel and capcom characters (there are casual players out there, some of you forget).
Does anyone remember the neo geo ? Yeah it died because the same games were being ported to terrible quality ( in comparison ) to the Genesis, NES, and SNES, but those consoles lived because CASUAL gamers control at least half the market.
"waahhh I want MVC3 with 100 characters for 50$ waaaaah".
You have to understand MVC2 came out on the dreamcast( only system it was worth playing on) WAY after the arcade release, it was a PORT. PORTS COST LESS.
The DLC is kind of a necessary evil as well as a buff to the game that would not be there.
This game already has a very large roster (and before you compare it to MvC2, consider all those sprites and move lists were preexisting to the games creation, as well require a lot less work). With such a huge roster it takes a lot to balance, much less model and animate the characters. Naturally this means every cool character cant make it by release date...so DLC gives them the ability to add more on later. Notice Jill and Shuma have no proof they will even be finished by the time the game releases, proven by the 1 month lock. Very likely they're not on the disk.
Games that get frequent updates...need more money. Updates require fees and checks before being implemented and even more so require manpower to create. Making a new character is a lot of work and time, so it's expected future content should cost something. It's not greed, it's needed. (How TF2 team pulls it off for free tho, I have no idea)
Also...majorly unfair with the box art. Jap cover sh*ts all over US one...but thankfully im getting the SE version.
"(How TF2 team pulls it off for free tho, I have no idea)"
TF2 started charging for some items, so I guess they didn't pull it off, but their method was to just place some value on customer relations and customer satisfaction. Instead of trying to get every possible penny, they wanted all of their fans to be happy so that we'd buy more games.
Now that every company is doing this, theres less reason to be the one company who doesn't, cause where are your users going to go? Everyones conditioned to accept it.
How do u know there's way more stages ? how do you know there's way more charcaters ?
Because the engine to develop SSF4 was new they had to charge a certain amt for the game to cover the costs of creating the MT framework engine. (ie $50)
The engine is being reused for mvc3. Therefore it shouldn't cost so much to make the exact same number of characters and stages. It should cost less even if there are bit more characters and stages. Even including paying royalties to Marvel.
Thanks for carrying about Capcom's profits though
Ok the DLC has got to end. I'm not a fan but if there are Characters that I like being available as DLC, I will buy.
The no demo for MVC3 is disappointing though.
oops I was going to say "DLC debate". these discussions need some type of edit. lol
Again either buy or don't buy there is still going to be DLC.
I was highly anticipating this, but I will not support paid DLC characters.
I don't care for SF4's DLC costumes, but they in no way, shape, or form affect gameplay options.
Also, this points to the reason for the lack-luster core roster. Akuma, Ken, Magneto, Cable, etc. are worth so much more as paid DLC vs adding them to the core roster. Instead their spots are filled by X-23 and She-Hulk; characters that wouldn't sell well as DLC.
I miss the days where I could unlock characters and costumes through single player, or collective game time. But it doesn't appear those days are coming back anytime soon.
SF4>MvC IMO
You do realize that Magneto IS in the core roster, right?
ono is amazing man ..... such a troll http://p.twipple.jp/data/W/v/b/u/4.jpg you can see ken is ryu's new teammate in SF X T please mark me as a contributor catalyst <3 never been one
also added to my post i notice they now have the HUD somewhat finished and they now have a special meter for EX attacks now in oppose to the older troll shot ono leaked
I hear what you're saying and I am not trying to argue.
But we didn't unlock characters free of charge in MvC2. We dropped $50 to do so. And the folks who choose to drop $60 for MvC3 will not have the same option.
As a consumer, I can hope to change the ideals of paid DLC, opposed to embracing it.
I feel Capcom has overstepped their boundaries with this latest DLC effort. And yes, Capcom's boundaries are set by we, the consumers.
We couldn't possibly put every character on the cover... there's just too many.
too many??? COMPLETE B.S.!!
If they are going to charge for DLC characters and stages, at least give me decent cover art for the N.A. version. The Japanese artwork is far superior and matches the in-game art. What the N.A. folks got was a bunch of crap. Even Golden Age comic book art is way better.
over 30 characters on one image starts to get alittle hectic, just saying
anyway Whens the last time any of you storm/sent/cable MORE OVER PSYLOCKE fans/watched read anything with any of them in it?
Storm's not that popular in or out of comics anymore
same thing with sent that's why they've been sidelined majorly.
Cable's fan base is hardcore and still ever presence,which is why he took Hope into the future and they featured a whole series around his relationship with her.
-Psylocke isn't really popping up all that often, hell last time I heard about her was in X-23's comic(unlike everyone else on this beside Cable,X-23 actually has her own ON GOING comic) when one of the female members of the New X-men said she saw Cellulite on Psy's thighs(remember psy practically wears a one piece bathing suit) and had gone on a diet to avoid that happening to her.
people only want storm,sentiniel, and cable in because there broken.people only want psylocke in so she can be used only as a assist again.the cover art isnt going to matter months after the game is out,you will be too busy playing the game to care about the cover then.
with the demo,people might play the demo and get a taste of it then be cheap and not buy the game and just play the demo the whole time.finally, like it or not,dlc is a good thing,people want characters,well now your getting them,through dlc,all the characters cant fit on a single disk,mainly because of ps3 being a bluray and xbox 360 still using dvd's.
1.)Not more stages, better looking stages. Remember we're comparing it to SF4.
2.)I know there'll be way more characters because its MvC. Thats a given. Anyone who thinks there'll be less characters in MVC3 than the original SF4, please tell me so I can shut up.
3.)If that is in fact the same engine, it is extremely HEAVILY modified, for not only speed, but polygons, textures, and many other things. I mean there can be 4 of those characters on screen at once with a ton of special effects on screen, with no slow down. Even in SSF4, notice if Ken's Ultra 1 Lands Full as a KO, the game CRAWLS. There is definitely technology costs you are not counting.
4.) Of course I care about Capcom's profits. I don't know if this occurred to you or not... but if Capcom doesn't make profits, we don't get good games to play, it's as simple as that, or worse, great games cost way more.
SO yeah if your landlord can't pay the bills you don't get to live there anymore in a manner of speaking.
'It will not cost $20...it will, however, cost you your soul and the souls of those around you, all of your material possessions, one or two of your limbs, a freezer full of beer, and a shiny quarter. Now is that too much to ask?'
Actually it's not a given because if you look at at Original MVC only had 22 total PLAYABLE characters in home version(Including Shadowlady, Gold WM, Red Venom and Orange Hulk).
while Alpha 3 had 28 playable characters in the Arcade version and over 32 characters in the Home version.
So no not every version of MVC has had a bigger roster than the current street fighter it came out against.
So yes it is possible that MVC3 could have had a smaller cast than SF4(home version) or SSF4
Once again, the Japanese cover art kicks the North American cover art's rear end.
Don't like DLC me getting it is difficult and/or expensive. And they could of fit it into the CD they just made it DLC so that they can profit. I don't have any problems with companies making profits but they could of found a better way of doing it instead of like this.
I mean what if i go to a tournament and get trashed by these to characters because i couldn't afford them and get to know how they play.
True Facts about the original MVC, which I was totally thinking someone will peg me on, and you did. Alpha 3 MAX was what I was thinking about too, which had I think 8 or so more characters ... So you could be right about the number...
Come to think of it especially considering TvC was pretty skimpy compared to a SF game I think ... I think Super has it beat... So another good point against that.
So I'll shut up about the number of playable characters... because it is an unknown, but I still feel the game has more to it than SF, which has a very bare-bones quality to it. Whether it is as balanced is yet to remain which will be the real question at hand... and the real point of worth for me. SSF4 is way too excellently balanced. It's clean. The barebones quality can be enhanced by the costumes but then you get back to the 70$ price tag!
That being said. I've all ready preordered my 70$ version... I can't wait till my big TV is filled with the beautiful shenanigans of that game.
I just feel that SSF4 is still worth 40$ and that MVC3 is inherently worth a lot more, due to content and quality of the content, save balance.
I'd also like to add that I believe ( someone correct me ) licensing Marvel characters, and doing the correspondence with that team who makes those calls costs quite a bit of money. The accuracy of the character's portrayals is called into question where as a franchise's mainstay characters can be molded how that franchise sees fit.
A lot has gone into this game, and as a software developer, I think we are selling the company short by complaining about the price.
Well psylocke is still pretty popular and not that many people want her for her assist. Most people already know that the tiers won't apply to this game and just want her.
ANother thing is the people acting like ass holes about not buying the game, are just like the one's that didn't want to buy sf4 at first but ended up buying it anyway. The game will still sell 2 million units, people just want to be a holes to make themselves look good.
Well considering how many hundreds of hours ill probably log into MvC3 ive got no problem paying for characters.
Capcom Fighters = More bang for my buck than pretty much any other games. A little extra for some characters or costumes is pretty trivial considering the overall value.
No demo is absolutely stupid! February is too far away!
I pre-ordered the special edition because it will probably be just as good as the older games. Even if it's a total sausage fest on Marvel's side (just 2 females?)
@ awadekar
Everyone always says this but.....SF4 series is NOT extremely well balanced. Ryu, Ken, Sagat, Chun Li (my fave), + all the grapple characters are the only ones worth playing if you want to win against anyone who's decent-great at street fighter. In the many hours I've spent playing online with people of wide skill ranges most don't use 80% of the cast. Because 80% of the cast is useless. Largely thanks to the arbitrary absence of air-blocking and the fact that command grabs have priority over almost everything does not = balance. I've saw a total of 5 C.viper players....just 5.
lol Now that I got that outta my system for once.....I want Rogue in MVC3! Even though it probably won't happen I just wanna steal powers like in XvsSF again......
where did you hear that? because you seem to be assuming alot of sh!t right now especially when you consider that the DLC characters won't be ready for another month(Telling you that they need more time to meet deadline than launch). You notice how they don't have anything but the offical art for Shuma and Jill? It's not like we know there full moveset seen them 100% fully in game and know who they work great with but they just happen to be DLC. So saying "Capcom is doing it for profit" without someone at CAPCOM saying it.
And how is it difficult? go to game stop buy a 20 dollar PSN XBL card(they're at gamestop,target,walmart and best buy) you just have to redeem on the console and type in the numbers.
The thing is Shuma shouldn't change that much at most he'll get buffs and get a new move here or there that he didn't have in MVC2. Which I've gotten some pretty funny wins (since Shuma has a Rainbow ball like move that he crosses up)
Jill is the biggest enigma since we know she's not going to have her zombies(due to the graphic nature and the fact they're shooting for a T rating). However I'm not expecting anything gamebreaking.
Also if you're not trying to play casuals before the actual competition starts, I'm sorry but you're doing it wrong....
She did more than that she naturally fly and was very strong(due to stealing Ms.Marvel's powers)
However she'd be sorta like a seth if I could design her in that she has a few of her own normals but alot of her other moves take from other characters on the cast
Easy buddy lol, i'm not bitching i could careless. You and i don't know how anyone would be in the game.And to me that doesn't even matter , i like o play with everyone in the game, i don't want to have to pay an extra amount of money to play with 2 character i may not even like.
And Eventhubs is not a place where only Americans come as well, there are no bestbuys walmarts and other things here. I live in Trinidad in the Caribbean. For me to buy thing off psn i have to do all sorts of bull crap because the don't accept credit cards which are not addressed in the USA. So its either i go buy an over priced PSN card which cost about twice as much as they should down here to buy thing offline or i do through some long a** process to get a credit card addressed in the USA.
And it is for profit why else would they do it??
I got no beef with that its a company they do things to make profit. And i think somewhere in the notes on top said that as well *don't hold me to that im not sure*.
I would much rather 1 of a couple things.
1. Release new characters and balance changes as either a downloadable or disc bought expansion pack.
2. Don't add any new characters at all.
3. Make the overall price of the game more so that it can cover the cost of the extra characters.
4. At least make it so that you can set it so that the extra characters cannot be played when you are playing online or even offline as well.
All in all i probably would eventually get the game when the price goes down *would of gotten it immediately if it was not for the DLC* and hopefully get the DLC shared from my friend on PSN.
I am the one who made the original post and I did not say "I don't agree with the decision to include DLC fighters in MvC3. This is just wrong."
The point we were trying to make is that
1. We want to know how they're going to deal with the have/have nots balancing issue with DLC chars.
2. Upset that DLC chars were announced so early and I have a hunch that the chars are finished, but being held back to milk the consumer for more money. I believe them announcing "content complete" recently to be a smokescreen to try and act like this isn't so.
I hope your not serious...
and this is why i said it is about profit
"As I've stated in prior interviews, DLC is part of the business model these days given the massive costs of production and can be the difference between a profitable product and an unprofitable product."
They should of just made the game with less characters instead imo...


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Complete Life Cycle of the Elasmobranch Cestode, Lacistorhynchus dollfusi Beveridge and Sakanari, 1987 (Trypanorhyncha)
Judy A. Sakanari and Mike Moser
The Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 75, No. 5 (Oct., 1989), pp. 806-808
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We describe the complete life cycle of the cestode Lacistorhynchus dollfusi Beveridge and Sakanari, 1987 (Trypanorhyncha). Gravid proglottids of L. dollfusi from the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata, were placed in sea water and released eggs. Coracidia hatched out of the eggs and were fed to the copepod, Tigriopus californicus, which were fed to the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Leopard sharks born in captivity were fed plerocerci from the mosquitofish. Gravid proglottids were obtained 21 mo postinfection (PI). To complete the life cycle, gravid proglottids were removed from a laboratory-infected shark and placed in sea water. Eggs hatched and the coracidia were fed to T. californicus. Mosquitofish feeding on these copepods developed plerocerci. We also have elucidated the life cycle of Lacistorhynchus tenuis. Following the protocol described above, leopard sharks were infected with L. tenuis that originated from the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis. Adult worms were recovered 18 mo PI.
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By John Revill
BERN (Reuters) - Switzerland's central bank should adjust its policy to favor negative interest rates rather than currency interventions as it seeks to weaken the Swiss franc's appeal, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
The Swiss National Bank's twin policy of negative rates and intervention has helped reduce deflationary pressures in the country and to weather last year's surge in the franc, the IMF said in its annual assessment of the Swiss economy.
But the central bank should consider deeper negative rates or cutting the existing threshold for deposits now exempt from negative interest in order to make the franc even less attractive as a safe haven currency, said Rachel van Elkan, IMF Mission Chief.
"There's room to go down further," van Elkan told a press conference in Bern. "If there are sustained small-scale inflows, that is better addressed by interest rates than foreign exchange interventions."
The SNB currently charges a rate of -0.75 percent on deposits it holds for commercial banks. The policy has been criticized by Swiss politicians and bankers and has also made life tough for pension funds and insurers by reducing returns on their investments.
Van Elkan said focusing on negative interest rates or trimming the exemption threshold would help reduce the risks for the SNB's interventions, which had increased its foreign currency investments to 640 billion francs by the end of July.
"There is not an upper limit (to the balance sheet) per se, but growing the balance sheet has rising costs," she said.
Van Elkan said her comments were limited to subtle refinements of the SNB's current policy. When asked if the rates should down to -1 percent or -1.25 percent, she said her suggestions amounted to "nothing of that scale".
The IMF later clarified that she meant she did not think the policy interest rate should go down by a further 1 percentage point or more.
Thomas Moser, an alternate member of the SNB's governing board, said negative interest rates and interventions were blunt instruments, but the bank was satisfied with its policy.
"Currently we are fine with the balance of the two instruments but of course if there should be a change of the situation, we would reconsider," Moser said.
Earlier the IMF gave its forecasts for the Swiss economy, saying it expected growth of 1.5 percent in 2016 before stabilization at around 1.75 percent in the medium term.
The IMF, a 189-country group that seeks to boost monetary cooperation, said Switzerland had weathered "relatively well" the sharp appreciation in the franc when the SNB scrapped its minimum exchange rate versus the euro in January 2015.
(Reporting by John Revill; Editing by Michael Shields and Mark Trevelyan)


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Homemade Foie Gras
|Calf liver/Beef / lamb liver / a mixture of two
|500 Gram
|Ground pork
|250 Gram
|Dehydrated onion soup mix
|1 Ounce
|Table cream
|375 Milliliter
|5 Milliliter
|10 Milliliter
|250 Milliliter
|Bay leaves
|Bacon slices
Chop the liver and the pork very fine, using a meat grinder or processing it for 40 seconds in a food processor.
Add the remaining ingredients, except the bacon slices.
Mix well until creamy.
Line the bottom of a Py-rex bread pan with 2 slices of bacon.
Fill with the liver mixture.
Top with 2 more slices of bacon.
If you have a combination microwave-convection oven, preheat the convection oven at 350°F (180°C).
Place the pan on the low rack.
Cook 1 hour and 20 minutes or until the top is well browned.
Cool, cover and refrigerate 24 hours before serving.
Recipe Summary
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Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3269 Calories from Fat 1469
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 159 g245.1%
Saturated Fat 69.5 g347.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 2515.2 mg838.4%
Sodium 7149 mg297.9%
Total Carbohydrates 246 g81.9%
Dietary Fiber 10.1 g40.4%
Sugars 3.5 g
Protein 201 g402.1%
Vitamin A 3928.1% Vitamin C 13.4%
Calcium 57% Iron 278.1%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Weld inspection before you weld
Using procedure qualification testing to standardize welding processes
Although it takes effort and time, procedure qualification testing can help you standardize your welding procedures and know what to expect when it comes to the quality of your manufactured parts.
|A welder conducts a GMAW fillet weld test.
While patrolling a shop floor playing "parameter police," a welding inspector may commonly hear questions like "Why can't I run my machine above XXX wire feed speed?" or "XX volts?"
Welding parameters aren't guidelines merely plucked out of thin air; they are developed and determined after much trial and error. By standardizing the welding procedures you use to manufacture your products, you'll have a model that everyone can turn to for quality assurance.
Procedure Qualification Options
Procedure qualification can be performed in one of three main ways:
- Prequalified Joint Procedures. As the name suggests, prequalified procedures have been tested in advance. Although they're convenient to follow, requirements still must be met. For example, one requirement that often is overlooked or misunderstood is that the procedure must be written. Just pointing to the "good book" isn't nearly enough. Written requirements are laid out
clearly in the applicable code or specification.
For this type of procedure qualification, the American Welding Society (AWS) has determined that, within a given set of circumstances, additional testing is not required.
- Prototype Testing. Although initially economical, prototype testing can be limiting because only those conditions that are tested can be qualified. Any changes require additional testing, which can change the economics of prototype testing significantly.
For example, off-road, agriculture, and construction equipment manufacturers often qualify a process through "push" testing—building a structure, documenting the entire fabrication process (joint by joint), and submitting the structure to several destructive tests. When the structure survives the test requirements, the procedure is qualified. As the component goes into production, all conditions used in the initial test must be maintained during fabrication. Significant changes in production can require additional testing.
- Procedure Qualification Testing. Procedure qualification testing initially can be costly and time-consuming, but it can be used to develop standard weld procedures that cover all joints, consumables, and positions (conditions) used in production.
Procedure qualification testing is a test or series of tests that are performed, documented on a procedure qualification report (PQR), and then turned into a weld procedure specification (WPS) or a series of them.
Procedure Qualification Testing: The Basics
In procedure qualification testing, you may find it helpful to try to complete all testing using readily available resources. Completing testing on one groove weld typically qualifies all groove types and fillets.
Changes in essential variables, however, often require additional testing. For example, in the off-road, agriculture, and construction equipment manufacturing industry, customers often require fillet welds to obtain penetration beyond the root, typically 1.5 millimeters. Many codes and standards require penetration to the root, "... but not necessarily beyond ... ." These same books also may say something like "... joint penetration ... beyond the root ... determined from a significant number of cross-sectioned samples ... ." With an additional customer requirement such as this, you may need to complete both groove and fillet weld testing when creating a standard WPS.
Standard weld procedure testing requires the following samples:
- One test plate for each position
- One test plate for each process
- One test plate per wire type and diameter
But if your customer requires additional fillet weld testing, you must complete the following:
- One test plate per position (as per standard weld procedure)
- Two test plates per fillet size (one single pass, one multipass)
More Customer Requirements: An Example
Crenlo LLC, a cab and canopy manufacturer based in Rochester, Minn., supplies to off-road, agriculture, and construction equipment manufacturers. The company welds grooves in the flat (1G) and horizontal (2G) positions, and fillets in the flat (1F), horizontal (2F), and overhead (4F) positions. The shop runs on a bulk 90 percent argon/10 percent CO2 mixture and typically uses a 0.035-inch-diameter ER70S-6 filler metal. After consulting a wire manufacturer and other industry professionals, Crenlo engineers determined that a 550-in.-per-minute (IPM) wire feed speed (WFS) and 27 volts should yield the best results.
Let's say you want to develop a weld procedure for gas metal arc welding (GMAW) high-strength, low-alloy (HSLA) carbon steel. You need to develop this procedure for both groove and fillet welds.
First you should know what a test sample will look like and how many samples you're going to need.
|Figure 1
For the groove welds, use one test sample for the flat (1G) position and one for the horizontal (2G) position (see Figure 1).
|Figure 2
For fillet welds, you'll need samples in the flat (1F), horizontal (2F), and overhead (4F) positions. You'll also need a sample for each weld size, and on that sample you'll weld a single-pass fillet on one side and a multipass fillet (if applicable) on the other. In this case, you'll want to qualify 5- through 13-mm fillets (see Figure 2).
So that's a total of two grooves and 24 fillets—26 tests. What if you want to qualify a higher WFS? According to most codes and standards, 550 IPM qualifies in the range between 495 and 605 IPM. If you want to run a WFS at 650 IPM or more, you'll need to do another 26 test samples. The same applies if you want to use a 0.045-in.-dia. wire, a cored wire, or change another variable
Standard weld procedures are fairly labor-intensive, but the finished WPS will be out of the way and ready to be applied across the board whenever you encounter similar essential variables.
|Figure 3
A T joint is used for fillet welding.
Performing Qualifications
In procedure qualification testing, you'll encounter two main types of qualifications: fillet weld and groove weld.
Fillet Weld Qualification. Fillet weld qualification is pretty straightforward (see Figure 3). For each weld size, make a single-pass fillet weld on one side of the test plate and a multi-pass fillet on the opposite side (see lead photo).
Then simply cut and etch the sample as required in your code or standard and document the results with a digital camera. Use caution when dealing with etching solutions. Strictly follow the instructions and safety requirements laid out by your code or standard.
Groove Weld Qualification. As previously mentioned, it may be beneficial to use materials readily available in your shop for your testing. For example, if your shop uses a lot of tubing, you can use sections of 4-in. by 4-in. by 3/8-in. tubing for your groove testing (see Figure 4). The tubes, laid side by side, can create a good flare V groove, and you won't need to bevel the plates or fabricate separate backing (see Figure 5).
|Figure 4
This 4-in. by 4-in. by 3/8-in. tubing is used to weld a flare V-groove test plate in the overhead (4G) position.
If you use tubing, watch where you place the tubing's welded seam. You don't want it to be located in such a way that it will influence your bend and pull tests. If you place the seams face-to-face, you'll be sure of their location and know that you'll cut them out later.
After you've tacked your samples together, always, always, always mark each coupon with a steel stamp. For example, you can use a two-digit number for the sample and 1 through 6 for the individual coupon, increasing in number in the direction of the weld (23-1, 23-2, 23-3, and so on) (see Figure 6). These will be cut from the finished weld later.
Next collect and log all required data per pass, by sample: preheat and interpass temperatures, WFS, voltage, travel speed, electrode stick-out, everything. This system will help you if you're left with a pile of bent and broken coupons and have to figure out what went wrong. That's no time to wonder if you have the right coupon.
|Figure 5
This 4-in. by 4-in. by 3/8-in. tubing is used to weld a flare V-groove test plate in the overhead (4G) position.
Once you finish welding, perform the first required test: visual examination. All test samples must meet visual acceptance criteria first. If any test sample (fillet or groove) is not visually acceptable, you must discard it. Figure out why it wasn't visually acceptable, correct your process, and make another test sample. Never continue testing on a sample that isn't considered visually acceptable.
Your code or standard may require radiographic evaluation. If so, perform this next. Remove all portions of the tube that don't make up the test sample, clean them up, and ship them off (see Figure 7). If you use tubing, this can require a lot of whittling — hopefully you're good with an oxyfuel torch. As with visual evaluation, if your test samples don't pass radiographic evaluation, don't take additional action on the test sample. Figure out what went wrong and make a new test plate.
|Figure 6
Mark each test sample's coupons with a steel stamp so you can trace each coupon back to its corresponding test.
|Figure 7
This test sample has been removed from the tubing and is ready to be cut with a saw.
After you successfully complete these tests, you'll need to start cutting your individual coupons. Your code or specification will dictate exact coupon size and location. Typically, you'll need four coupons for bending and two for tensile testing. Next, move on to etch testing.
Bend and tensile testing comes next. Bend testing equipment is fairly inexpensive and often can be fabricated in-house; documentation is on the market for the equipment's dimensional requirements. Tensile testing equipment isn't as economical, but many companies can perform this type of testing.
Finally, collect and document all test data on a procedure qualification report (PQR) and develop your WPS per your code or standard. Educate your inspectors, supervisors, and welders about the allowed parameters and the need to stay within them.
Although many steps are necessary to complete procedure qualification testing, this process will help ensure that your WPS meets the requirements of the codes and standards you create product to and will serve your company and customers for years to come.
Paul Cameron is a weld engineer, a certified welding inspector, a certified welding educator, certified to ASNT/VT Level II, and member of Practical Welding Today's editorial review committee. He can be reached at 4403 5th St. N.W., Rochester, MN 55901, 507-269-7142, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.pwcameron.com.
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Garlic Mushrooms
|18 Large
|Cheddar cheese
|1 Cup (16 tbs), grated (old)
|Soft butter
|1 Tablespoon
|1 Clove (5 gm), crushed
Wash mushrooms well.
Remove stems (save them for a casserole dish) and trim under edges of mushroom caps so they will hold plenty of filling.
Combine cheese, butter and garlic.
Set mushroom caps (top side down) on broiler pan or shallow baking pan and spoon cheese mixture into them.
Put low under broiler (middle of oven) and broil until cheese browns lightly and is bubbling well, about 3 minutes.
Serve hot.
Note: Mushrooms can be stuffed ahead of time, covered and stored in.
refrigerator until time to broil.
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Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 791 Calories from Fat 541
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 62 g94.9%
Saturated Fat 38.5 g192.3%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 184.5 mg61.5%
Sodium 923.8 mg38.5%
Total Carbohydrates 17 g5.7%
Dietary Fiber 4.2 g17%
Sugars 7.6 g
Protein 49 g98.7%
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They were dropping out left and right: Delegate Robb Bell (R-58, Albermarle), Richmond lawyer and 2005 GOP nomination contestant Steve Baril and Senator Mark Obenshain (R-26, Harrisonburg) all within the last week or so have declined to seek the 2009 nomination for attorney general, with former Delegate Paul Harris reportedly still undecided. It all pointed to an already-taking-off-campaign by Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37, Fairfax) scaring off potential rivals. It was looking as if the GOP would have a completely unified ticket 18 months before the election since a credible campaign needs the time to organize, especially for people not well known across the entire Commonwealth. All this while the Democrats still don't have any candidates for AG or LG.
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Our 2016 Summer Interns
The Family Foundation's summer internship program has grown over the years and attracts some incredibly talented college students. This year, our 2016 intern class is bright, fun-loving, creative, driven, and faithful. With dozens of students applying for a limited number of spots, the caliber of interns continues to improve. This summer, our interns are learning about each area of the organization, from policy research to social media outreach to grassroots activism and community organizing.
One aspect of our summer internship program that continues to evolve is in Biblical worldview training and discussion. Each Friday, our interns spend several hours hearing from various experts on different issues and participate in in-depth discussions of these topics. Our goal is to continue to expand this program in future years, and I look forward to announcing more about these plans in the coming months!
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Abbey Jessee (Development Intern; Radford University)
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Grace Saunders (Social Media Intern; University of South Carolina)
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Richard Wiley (Policy Intern; Liberty University)
Born in Jacksonville, Florida and presently living in Goochland, Virginia, Richard was drawn to The Family Foundation because of his interest in the interaction of church and state in local politics, particularly those in the Old Dominion. He was homeschooled for much of his primary education and studied with Liberty's dual enrollment program to complete high school with an associate's degree. Richard graduated with a bachelor's degree in pre-law from Liberty this spring after spending time on the University's policy debate team, moot court team, and SGA legal team.
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Cameron Dominy (Elections and Grassroots Intern; Charleston Southern University)
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Introducing Abbey Jessee
Introducing Abbey Jessee
Abbey Jessee is the Development Intern at TFF this year. This is her second summer interning and she is very excited to be back again. She attended Radford University and graduated in May with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Sports Administration. One of Abbey's favorite times in college was when she had the opportunity to intern with the Radford Athletic Department as a Sports Marketing Intern. During this internship she worked with multiple sports teams doing advertising and promoting sporting events on and off campus as well promotions and student involvement during game time.
After, she graduated college she decided that while still looking for a job it would be beneficial to have another internship under her belt in order to gain a little more experience. Coming back to The Family Foundation she was excited to learn more about fundraising and all of the efforts that go into garnering donors. After this internship she would like to get a job doing event planning for corporations.
Her favorite thing to do is go to Virginia Tech football games with her family. This has been a tradition that has been going on even before she was born and she attended her first football game at 4 months old and has only missed a couple home games. Her favorite game that she has been to so far was when Virginia Tech played Ohio State at OSU and Virginia Tech won the game! The atmosphere was by far the craziest she has ever seen it and OSU was one of her favorite stadiums that she has been to. Her favorite movie is Sweet Home Alabama, but Frozen does come in as a close second. A fun fact about Abbey is that she has broken her arms 5 times and her foot once. Although it has been a little over a year since she's been clumsy and broken anything and her family is hoping that the streak continues!
Abbey is excited to see what God's plan is for her after the internship!
Introducing Cameron Dominy
Introducing Cameron Dominy
This is Cameron Dominy's second consecutive summer interning for The Family Foundation. He returns as a Grassroots intern this time around, after spending the previous year working in Elections.
A Connecticut native, Cameron's family currently resides in the Blacksburg area. For the majority of the year, he studies Political Science and History at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina. At his college, Cameron leads the on Campus College Republicans Chapter, and serves as the President pro tempore of the Student Government Association. Last year, he was elected to be the Governor of the South Carolina Student Legislature, a student run and perpetuated organization with thirteen college delegations and over one hundred representatives. He will continue to serve in that capacity until the upcoming spring semester. Following graduation from college, Cameron plans on pursuing a graduate degree in Political Science at either George Mason or William and Mary.
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Ever feel like you're on a treadmill and you can't get off?
Do you wish you could have time for yourself but don't know how to get it?
Do you feel over whelmed and stressed and you just want your mind to give you a break?
Inside you long for a chance to have a space where there is nothing else you have to organize or micro manage for others .
A space to take a breath, slow down, check in with what you would love to do for yourself . Yes …that's right I said a space for you to create something for You, no-one else. A chance to enjoy the good things when they happen in your life and that includes the creative ideas that come to you briefly while you are tackling the other 101 things you have to do today. Sometimes we get so busy we don't even get time to do that. But doing that is really important . If you can hold onto them long enough for your brain to encode and store them in your memory that new programming can begin to change your body chemistry, your mood and what you believe possible in your life . So the challenge is how to make time to remember them once you realize the difference this inner shift in you can make .
For myself most of the time I write my creative ideas down quickly in a notebook but fail to go back to reread them and begin to make them happen in my life. It frustrates the hell out of me. They feel so alive when they come into my head I just could not understand how I could forget them so completely.
Until recently that is, until when I read Rick Hanson's new book Hardwiring Happiness. (see this month's book review in my newsletter)
In it he describes how our brains are hardwired to spend more time focusing on remembering negative dangerous experiences (like how to avoid being caught and eaten by predators in our caveman days ) than focusing on remembering positive experiences that bring us feelings of happiness and wellbeing . In fact current research shows it takes the brain less than a second to encode and remember negative experiences but up to 15 seconds ! to remember and encode positive experiences of wellbeing and happiness! Rick has developed a process of dealing with this and programming your mind to stay focused on the happy feelings you have when good things happen to give them time to encode in your memory . He calls this "Taking In the Good" and describes how to do it in his book Hardwiring Happiness.
All this was a real eye opener for me and I realized if I wanted to remember my early morning creative inspirations I needed to give my brain time to encode them. And that meant going back over them re reading and reviewing them and taking action to create them and visualize what it would feel like when they did become real in my life.
This month my newsletter is about just that and i also share with you an exciting new book by Rick Hanson that helps you do just that. Its called Hardwiring Happiness and my newsletter has links to where you can buy it as an ebook or paperback.
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Nothingness As far as the eye can see Pulling upward Hands clenched tightly Almost there Finally I see Parched lips become smooth as glass Elixir of life Flowing through me Your loving kiss
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Henry is a journalist who has always lived in Stonegate. Stonegate is a small peaceful little town where everything is hoped up to be except for the pitch dark clouds moving into the town which won't leave and there are much more happenings in the town than usual like the mist and the bloody rain, and also the possesed animals which want flesh to feed on. As Henry and the other charecters are stuck in a CVS they will stay there for a while as the insane carnage releases throughout the rest of Connecticut and Stonegate but Henry will fight back so as the rest of the charecters because they will not back down to the Void Of Darkness.
Alexander Feliciano-
The author of "THE OTHER ROOM" and now the new author of the new chronicle of the mysterious town of "STONEGATE".
© Copyright 2017 Alexander Feliciano. All rights reserved.
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Genre: Horror
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Lady Gaga's failure to attain a concert permit from Indonesia made news this week, but Mother Monster is hardly the first artist to get an earful from an entire country. As the Born This Way Ball soldiers on, we've rounded up nine other incidents that left popular musicians on the wrong side of the customs gate.
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