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It's been several months since Gazillion Entertainment's Marvel Heroes burst onto the scene, hoping to give other action RPG juggernauts such Diablo 3, Path of Exile, and Torchlight 2 a run for their money. Continue reading
It's been several months since Gazillion Entertainment's Marvel Heroes burst onto the scene, hoping to give other action RPG juggernauts such Diablo 3, Path of Exile, and Torchlight 2 a run for their money. Continue reading
So Carol Danvers, one of Marvel's leading ladies, is getting a bit of a makeover this year.
As many know, Ms. Marvel's backstory prominently features Captain Marvel, a character that I never particularly cared much for. His design was way too cheesy looking and his costume just ruined any appeal I could have found in him. It's not uncommon to be turned away from a character because they look bad, and that was the case here.
Anyway, Carol Danvers always looked superb in her newer Ms. Marvel outfit. Aside from being a nice treat for male fans, it was always a very flashy and recognizable costume. There was no mistaking Ms. Marvel for anyone else. It defined her as much as Peter Parker's Spider-Man costume or Tony Stark's Iron Man armor.
Marvel has decided to follow a new story for Carol which will see her abandon her title of Ms. Marvel in favour of becoming the new Captain Marvel. This is where the makeover part comes in. Feast your eyes on her new look.
I'll be extremely blunt and say that I don't like it at all. She looks far less intimidating now as well as extremely generic. There are no parts to her new look that grabs you and holds onto you. The costume is as bland as they come and her new hairstyle just feels completely out of place after Carol sported long flowing hair for so long.
Seriously, why mess with a good thing? What was wrong with this (aside from ridiculously large breasts)?
Ah well, perhaps this will only be a temporary change. Only time will tell!
Capcom sure has taken a lot of crap from their fans in recent months. Hordes of angry consumers are upset that they have to buy Marvel vs Capcom 3 for a second time, but I'm not even going to get into that. This is after all my review for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, and Capcom has really proved their doubters wrong with this thorough upgrade to an already great fighting game.
Since I already wrote a review for the original release of Marvel vs Capcom 3, I won't really rehash anything I said about the gameplay systems and what not so if you haven't played Marvel vs Capcom 3 at all, read that review first for my thoughts on the overall structure and playability of the game. So what does Capcom bring to the table with the Ultimate update? Twelve new characters, ten new stages, a revamped main menu and UI, as well as extensive balancing and expanding of existing character move lists.
First, let's talk about the returning characters. A lot of characters have brand new moves which will force their long time fans to come up with new strategies and ways to integrate the new moves into their play styles. Wolverine is perhaps my favourite example of this as he has gained an attack called "Swiss Cheese" in which he slices his claws repeatedly in front of him. It's a lot like Super Skrull's "Tenderizer" attack and is easy to execute (perhaps too easy). Various other characters have a new trick or two up their sleeves while almost every character has been rebalanced or tweaked to some degree. Most of the changes are fortunately minor and won't really affect the gameplay any differently for regular players, though the hardcore tournament players will be obsessing over each and every small change due to even the slightest tweak being a potential game changer for specific characters on the tournament scene.
All characters now have six colours to choose from with most of them being new colour schemes that were not present in the original release. Captain America, Deadpool and Zero have some cool alternate colour schemes with Zero perhaps being the most interesting due to how his alternate colours pay homage to various characters in the Mega Man universe. In typical trollish Capcom fashion, Zero has received a brand new Mega Man X alternate colour scheme. This is sure to annoy some Mega Man fans, but they haven't seen anything yet. Just wait until DLC costumes!
In terms of new characters, there's a lot of really interesting variety. Twelve new faces have been added in total, six to each side. On Capcom's side we have Firebrand, Frank West, Nemesis, Phoenix Wright, Strider Hiryu, and Vergil. Firebrand is a winged red demon who can flutter around the screen shooting fireballs and doing various dive attacks. He's a little difficult to get used to, but he seems like a fairly pleasant surprise. It's pretty possible for Firebrand to be anywhere at once, and I anticipate he'll be the bane of a lot of inexperienced players online.
Frank West seems like a very enjoyable character. He appears to be very melee oriented due to starting off with his baseball bat and camera. The fun thing about Frank is that he can level himself up and gain new weapons. Each time Frank levels up, his melee weapon will change. What starts off as a mere baseball bat will eventually end up as much stronger combo weapons that we all know and love from Dead Rising.
Phoenix Wright is a real handful to use. His animations are confusing and it is difficult to determine what "moves" will hit your opponent. Phoenix Wright's moves include throwing papers, sneezing (or coughing?), and falling down on his butt. While I appreciate the fact that Capcom included Phoenix Wright in the game to please his fans, he is an obvious joke character – but not in the good way. In my opinion, he is a waste of space in this game.
As a long time Marvel vs Capcom fan, I've been putting a lot of time into Strider Hiryu and am loving how he plays in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. He is fantastic at both short and long range and his teleports can really help mix things up quite a bit.
Nemesis and Vergil also seem quite handy and I'm sure each of them will be devastating in the right hands. Nemesis sort of reminds me of Venom while Vergil is sure to get a lot of play from Devil May Cry fans as well as anyone who prefers sword-based characters.
On the Marvel side we have Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Nova, and Rocket Raccoon. I've really only taken to two Marvel characters and they are Ghost Rider and Nova. The rest, unfortunately, just don't mesh with my play style at all which is a real shame since I was really looking forward to Iron Fist before release.
Ghost Rider is a long range virtuoso. His chain attacks often stretch all the way across the screen which makes it pretty hard to run from Ghost Rider, and his "eat chain" line that he spits out with each attack sounds great. I feel like I probably like Ghost Rider's look and voice more than how he plays but, overall, he feels like a really well made fighter with his chain and fire attacks. Oh yeah, and we can't ignore his hyper where he jumps on his bike and mows down the opponent!
Nova took a lot of heat before release with many fans saying that he just looked like a rehashing of other characters. Essentially, they thought he was a bland and boring version of Taskmaster. I was always looking forward to Nova and I've grown to really enjoy using him now that the game is in my hands. He does have a lot of close range rushdown attacks as demonstrated in his trailer, but he also has quite a bit of long range possibilities as well and I can't wait to try him out against human opponents.
Now, the four characters I don't like too much on the Marvel side? Doctor Strange seems very well made, but I can't adapt to his floaty mechanics and, due to him hovering slightly above the ground, I haven't had much luck using Strange against the likes of Amaterasu, Arthur, or Rocket Raccoon.
Hawkeye isn't a bad character and his bows have excellent range and speed, but he feels seriously bland and uninspired to me. I like his theme music, but playing him is honestly a bore. The same applies to Iron Fist who I thought looked like a blast in his trailer, but after using him? He just felt hopelessly generic and is nothing but a Bruce Lee rip-off in this game. I understand that Iron Fist is an exceptionally talented martial artist, but the Bruce Lee vibes could have been taken down a few notches.
As for Rocket Racoon? I don't have any problems with him and his quirky design amuses me, but his small size makes him a little harder for me to play with. It feels like Yoda from Soulcalibur IV all over again. He has plenty of range and can even use traps (think Trish), but Rocket Raccoon is pretty pitiful in my hands and I don't want to comment on him very much because of this.
I suppose I could mention Galactus as a seventh Marvel character since we are able to play as him now. In Galactus Mode, you simply play as the planet devourer himself as you take down team after team of opponents. It's fun for one or two matches, but after that it becomes a bit dull. Playing as Galactus is interesting, but it usually feels like a lot of effort on my part to even make him do anything. Capcom does not include a move list for him, so figuring out how to use Galactus is all guess work.
There are ten new stages in total, but they are all just "remixed" versions of existing stages. For example, Kattelox Island is now covered in snow and the SHIELD heli-carrier stage is now set during the day. Fortunately the remixed stages add just enough variety to be interesting to play on, though Demon Village Redux (essentially a black and white version of the original Demon Village) feels like a bit of a lazy rush job.
There aren't too many other new features, though the ingame UI has been improved making it easier to tell which character is on point and how much life your teammates have left. You will also always know when you have X Factor available due to the electrified red X at the end of each player's life bars. Another small thing worth mentioning for those who don't play online much is that the computer AI has been made a little more difficult.
Overall, I feel like Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is a huge step in the right direction. All of the new characters (except Phoenix Wright) feel as if they belong in this game and all of them are probably pretty viable. While we're sure to see a frightening number of Vergils online, at least we're still going to see a little more diversity! If you were a fan of the original Marvel vs Capcom 3, then I would definitely suggest checking out the Ultimate upgrade. The game feels remarkably exciting and fresh again and the new characters add plenty of unpredictability to the fights.
Final Score
+ New characters and stages all look really great.
+ Old characters receiving new moves was a great idea.
+ The new characters add lots of new possibilities.
– Galactus fight is the same as ever.
– No new innovative game modes.
– Phoenix Wright. Capcom, what were you thinking?
Several months ago I skimmed through three major sites (Capcom Unity, GameFAQs, Shoryuken) when they were voting on characters they would like to see added as DLC for the original Marvel vs Capcom 3. I added up the tallies from all three sites and posted an article here showing which characters were in demand. Well I've done it again, but for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 this time.
While the three sites conducting DLC polls are still running them for another few weeks, this post is a good indication of where public demand seems to rest. I took the fifty most voted for characters and compiled this list so that folks can check out how voting is going without having to wait until the eventual DLC poll results. Since this is a mashing together of the results of all three sites, it gives a pretty good idea as to what the universal demands are for this game.
So, let's get to it! Here are the fifty most wanted characters at the moment.
August 8, 2011: Updated the top 50 to include NeoGAF's early results as well.
Edward Falcon (Powerstone) – 27 Votes
Blackheart (Daredevil) – 28 Votes
Jubilee (X-Men) – 28 Votes
The Punisher (The Punisher) – 29 Votes
Apocalypse (X-Men) – 30 Votes
Batsu (Rival Schools) – 32 Votes
Regina (Dino Crisis) – 32 Votes
Bishop (X-Men) – 33 Votes
Moon Knight (Moon Knight) – 35 Votes
Samanosuke (Onimusha) – 35 Votes
Mega Man.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) – 40 Votes
Cammy (Street Fighter) – 45 Votes
Tessa (Red Earth) – 45 Votes
B. B. Hood (Darkstalkers) – 47 Votes
Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four) – 50 Votes
Cable (X-Men) – 52 Votes
Nina (Breath of Fire) – 53 Votes
Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) – 56 Votes
Date Masamune (Sengoku Basara) – 59 Votes
Nightcrawler (X-Men) – 61 Votes
Daredevil (Daredevil) – 62 Votes
Songbird (Thunderbolts) – 62 Votes
Asura (Asura's Wrath) – 64 Votes
Squirrel Girl (New Avengers) – 65 Votes
Jedah (Darkstalkers) – 66 Votes
Roll (Mega Man) – 66 Votes
Jon Talbain (Darkstalkers) – 69 Votes
Rogue (X-Men) – 69 Votes
Juri (Street Fighter) – 74 Votes
Juggernaut (X-Men) – 75 Votes
Blade (Captain Britain and MI13) – 77 Votes
M. Bison (Street Fighter) – 84 Votes
Black Panther (Black Panther) – 91 Votes
Mega Man (Mega Man) – 91 Votes
Thanos (Iron Man) – 92 Votes
Emma Frost (X-Men) – 95 Votes
Sigma (Mega Man X) – 95 Votes
Ryu (Breath of Fire) – 97 Votes
Green Goblin (Spider-Man) – 103 Votes
Carnage (Spider-Man) – 111 Votes
Dr. Octopus (Spider-Man) – 116 Votes
Jin Saotome (Cyberbots) – 127 Votes
Captain Commando (Captain Commando) – 146 Votes
Cyclops (X-Men) – 185 Votes
Psylocke (X-Men) – 190 Votes
Ms. Marvel (New Avengers) – 274 Votes
Anti-Venom/Eddie Brock (Spider-Man) – 284 Votes
Gambit (X-Men) – 308 Votes
Gene (God Hand) – 372 Votes
Mega Man X (Mega Man X) – 432 Votes
I'm sure the white Eddie Brock symbiote as the fourth most requested character threw off a few readers. What I did was take all votes that were for Eddie Brock's Venom, as well as votes that didn't specify which Venom incarnation the voter was asking for, and simply threw them into the tally for Anti-Venom. So, the 248 votes for Venom are comprised of people who wrote the following in their requests:
A) Anti-Venom
B) Venom (Eddie Brock)
C) Venom
Why did I do this? Because you Venom fans are NEVER going to get Brock's Venom. The issue is more than just the character not being relevant anymore. Brock's Venom does not even exist anymore as a character. The symbiote was removed by Brock long ago and has taken on several different hosts since. Recently, Brock attained a new symbiote (remnants of the original Venom symbiote hidden in his white blood cells) which is essentially the same as Venom only, well, a lot more badass. Anti-Venom is the same ol' Eddie Brock, almost the same ol' Venom… Just with a new name, new look, and awesome new powers. All of you Brock Venom demanders should really stop wishing for the original to return. He won't. Ever. MvC3 is a marketing exercise for Marvel, and they would gain absolutely nothing from allowing an irrelevant character that no longer exists into the game. Anti-Venom, however, very much exists. Anti-Venom is what you all want, believe me.
The other Venoms?
I counted ten votes for Flash Thompson's Venom and three votes for Mac Gargan's Venom. Clearly they are not very popular.
Breath of Fire
The franchise that Capcom seems to desperately ignore these days managed to muster up about 150 votes at the time of my counting. Nina and Ryu amassed most of those votes, while Fou-Lu (BoF4) and Rei (BoF3) each hovered around the 10 vote mark. Momo, Scias, and Ursula all managed to snag one a few votes each.
Voting Tendencies
The majority of Sigma's votes came from Shoryuken. They have long had a confusing Sigma fetish and desperately want him included. I'm not exactly sure why, but I won't complain since I like Sigma myself.
GameFAQs voting was pretty much all over the place with no clear tendencies, proving that their votes are perhaps the most diverse of the three communities (at least in the early stages of voting).
NeoGAF definitely had it on for Emma Frost much more than the other communities. Close to a third of her votes came from NeoGAF. They also gave Roll a nice push and, without them, Ryu (mute dragon Ryu, not homeless fighting Ryu) would have been several places lower.
As for Capcom Unity, they were hot and heavy over Mega Man X (naturally) and, surprisingly, Ms. Marvel. The sole reason Ms. Marvel is so high is because of the Unity voters. If it hadn't been for them (they had her two votes away from breaking even with Gambit at one point) then Ms. Marvel could possibly have ended up with less votes than Psylocke.
It's worth noting that all four communities seemed to want Gene quite a bit. Capcom Unity, NeoGAF, and GameFAQs did not seem to favour Psylocke much this time around, with the majority of her votes coming from Shoryuken.
Don't like something you see? Have an opinion you want to share? Feel free to sound off below.
Final Note: I would not advise anyone to add up the data from all three sites by themselves, as it is very time consuming. It took me roughly seven hours to do in total, which I decided to do bits of while I was at work (yes, I have a very quiet job). Unless you have LOTS of time and are somehow restricted from doing anything productive, then don't even bother torturing yourself.
August 2, 2011: I'm too lazy to keep things like character changes updated. I'm only going to add major things now, such as character reveals and such.
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is now official, baby! I've collected pretty much everything that you need to know. The full roster, new stages, gameplay videos, and changes/tweaks to characters and gameplay! This page will be updated whenever I can attain new info so, if you like what you see here, add this page to your bookmarks/favourites! Enjoy.
If you have any info that I have not yet added, feel free to post a comment below or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com!
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be released in November 15th 2011 and will be on store shelves at a price of $39.99 without tax. There are twelve new characters (six Capcom, six Marvel) and eight new stages.
There will NOT be a downloadable version on the Live Marketplace or Playstation Store. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will only be available on disc from online and physical retailers.
There are twelve new characters. Six are from Capcom franchises and six are from the Marvel universe. Here they are.
Firebrand (Demon's Crest)
Frank West (Dead Rising)
Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
Strider Hiryu (Strider)
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
The Marvel characters aren't really from specific "series" and such, so only their names are listed. Here they are.
Dr. Strange
Ghost Rider
Iron Fist
Rocket Raccoon
Here is the character art for the twelve new characters. Click the thumbnails for larger images.
As far as stages go, there are eight being added to Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. They are, more or less, "remixed" versions of existing stages.
Asgard: Stage is now set during the night.
Kattelox Island: Is not covered in snow in a winter-themed setting.
Metro City: Destroyed by sentinels, features a "apprehended/slain" poster of past MvC characters.
SHIELD Carrier: Stage is now set during the day.
Training Stage: "Simulation" is off and now resembles the danger room shown at the game's main menu.
Tricell Laboratory: The background area is now in ruin.
Ultimate Marvelvs Capcom 3 will feature a few new game modes which should prove enjoyable for those who complained about the vanilla version not having enough to do.
Galactus Mode: A game mode where Galactus is playable by a character. What I can tell, it's just the standard Galactus fight at the end of arcade mode, but the big guy is now controlled by a player.
Heroes & Heralds Mode: A free post-launch DLC mode in which one side plays as heralds of Galactus using modified stats/techniques via combining cards that alter character performance (?).
As many people will be very interested in changes to their favourite characters from vanilla MvC3, this is a very important section! Please let me know if I have anything wrong, or if there are changes/tweaks that I haven't found/been notified of. Remember, since UMvC3 is still in development, some of the changes below may not be final and most of what's below has been gathered from third party sources and from watching streams/videos of UMvC3. Please let me know if any of this information is incorrect.
Expanded Online Features
It has been noted that a spectator mode has been added to the online component of the game. Players will no longer have to wait in a lobby for their turn and will now be able to watch other players in the lobby fight.
"Magic Pixel" Removed
In vanilla MvC3, it was possible for a character's life to be completely depleted (visually, at least) yet still be alive and fighting. This graphical issue has been fixed and is not present in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.
X-Factor Changes
New Character Select & VS Screens
The character select and versus screens have each been given a very nice and sleek makeover. The character select screen firmly divides the two sides from one another. Note that you now change the colour of your characters by pressing L1/R1 to alternate through them, rather than pressing X, circle, square, and triangle.
The HUD Redesign
Lifebars have been overhauled. Your active character (the one you are playing as) is now displayed in the center of your team's lifebars. Your active character's lifebar is also larger than the others. There is also a new X-Factor display on the inside of the lifebar HUD.
Super meters have been overhauled as well. They do not function differently and have simply been given a new appearance that seems to be more comic book inspired than the old meters.
New Win Screen
The win screen has received a new look. Your three characters are given equal treatment on the screen and the stage you fought on is displayed in the back rather than in it's own little window in the corner.
Character Voices
When two of your characters die and your third and final character leaps into the fight, they will shout out a line that many people have taken to calling the last man standing line. For example, if Hawkeye is your only character left, he will say "Looks like it's just me!" when he jumps into the fight.
There are also new lines that characters will say to each other before and after fights. For example, if the last character on the opposing team is Hawkeye and you defeat him with Taskmaster, he will say something similar to, "Ha! Thanks for the archery lesson, William Tell!"
Remixed Music Tracks
Various music tracks will be remixed. Currently it is known that the victory theme has been remixed as a new version of it can be heard at the end of the gameplay videos. Also, the character select theme has been remixed and is more "rockish" than before.
Doctor Strange
Frank West
Ghost Rider
Iron Fist
Phoenix Wright
Rocket Raccoon
Strider Hiryu
Gamespot Interviews Seth Killian (2011 San Diego Comic-Con)
Random 2011 SDCC Matches
Dr. Strange vs. Nemesis
Phoenix Wright vs. Nova
Ghost Rider vs. Firebrand
Hawkeye vs. Strider Hiryu
Iron Fist vs. Vergil
Rocket Raccoon vs. Frank West
New Box Art
Here is the box art for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Click to view the full-sized version.
Costume Packs
There are currently three new costume packs that are slated to be released in conjunction with Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.
You can acquire each costume pack by preordering from various retailers. Here are the retailers and which packs they offer with their preorders:
Amazon – New Age of Heroes Pack
Best Buy – Villains Pack
Gamestop – Femme Fatale Pack
Vanilla DLC Compatibility
Downloadable content purchased for the original Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be compatible with the Ultimate version. If you purchased Jill and Shuma-Gorath in the original version, you will still have them when you boot up Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. No DLC purchases will have to be repeated.
No Mega Man/Females
Twelve new characters and none of them are female. This is pretty weird by fighting game standards. Apparently a raccoon was deemed more important than a woman. There is also no sign of a Mega Man character. This is pretty shocking since he was the most demanded Capcom character by fans. It is pretty likely that, if we get DLC characters again, we can probably expect a Marvel girl and Mega Man X for Capcom to be released in the same manner as Jill and Shuma-Gorath. They may even be offered as special edition bonuses in much the same way as the vanilla DLC characters (assuming we even get a special edition this time).
Have any comments to share? Sound off in the box below!
More to come later, let's keep this brief and ENJOY!!!


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Communication changed dramatically lately and several people now use the internet as the central role within their contact with friends, family, work colleagues and services. It's now common for an individual to create new friends and engage in discussions with others they've never physically met and likely won't. This social side to the web (known as Web 2 . 0.0) has been successful and is also almost the expected way to do business. As a result internet based counselling provided by doing this might be highly beneficial since it is performed in the environment and using tools that an individual is utilized to.
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Wake: Up to Poetry
Poem of the Week: "Sleepwalking" by David Wheatley
Here's a flashback to the first volume of The Wake Forest Series of Irish Poetry published in 2005. In "Sleepwalking", David Wheatley navigates the surreal feeling of waking up in a time and place you should not. With oxymoronic adjectives and unexpected images, Wheatley paints a picture of the half-awake subconscious that makes us question whether we feel more familiar with our dreams or our realities.
I want to feel it again: what I felt
when I woke once standing in the kitchen
after walking downstairs in my sleep.
The school bags had all been lined up
and the lunches packed in clingfilm
by the fridge, gurgling to itself,
but this was hardly the kitchen
of the evening before, the unusual shape
in the corner that was a brush then
could hardly be the brush that we used
for sweeping the tiles, and the goldfish
rubbing its nose on the glass of its bowl,
were I to hazard a finger, could
hardly but have developed a taste
for flesh, or so I thought.
I moved with the new-found awkwardness
of a woken sleepwalker across the floor
and towards the stairs and the more familiar
strangeness of dreams, but looked back
once to see it again: the kitchen
like a charcoal drawing, the table
set for my absence, this new place
I had seen for the first time
stripping of meaning the place that I knew
without a word or a struggle, threatening
only that it might become habitable.
–David Wheatley, from The Wake Forest Series of Irish Poetry, Vol. I (2005)
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The person who is angry at the world is truly only angry with themselves; it's the conflict that rages inside their head that drives the anger but it's easier to be angry with the world than to stop and analyse their own thoughts and feelings. For some people, this battle lasts their entire life, for others it lasts until they get fed up with blaming the world for their own life and begin to work on the real problem, their own thoughts. This leads to a journey to find inner peace.
Inner peace is the ability to look at the world and the people who live on it without judgement, it's the ability to see perfection in imperfection. It's the belief that everything happens for a reason even if you don't understand the reason why things happen the way they do.
This journey will also last a lifetime but it's a more peaceful enjoyable journey than one spent fighting your own emotions.


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Archdiocese releases second draft for school closures
The Archdiocese of Omaha has made changes to the draft of a plan that involves the closure of some Catholic schools and the merger of some parishes.
Officials call it a strategic plan to create and sustain parishes and schools that are thriving and vital centers of ministry.
KETV NewsWatch 7 first reported on the first draft of the plan in January.
The original proposal called for closing six Catholic schools in the metro.
The updated plan now allows for Ss. Peter and Paul, Holy Name, All Saints and St. Joan of Arc schools to remain open. However, it suggests closing Assumption-Guadalupe School in addition to Holy Ghost and St. Stanislaus.
Holy Name, All Saints and St. Joan of Arc would have to submit five-year plans for enrollment and finance benchmarks.
The original plan also called for the closure of Holy Family Parish, but it would remain open under the latest proposal.
Thirteen other parishes in the community would merge into six parishes, with some sites retaining various ministries.
Meetings were scheduled for May 7 and 8 to answer questions about the newest plan.
Church leaders listened to concerns about the plan Monday night on the northeast side of Omaha.
"We'll throw it back to the people and ask, 'What do you think about this refinement?' And we'll probably make further adjustments," Deacon Tim McNeil said.
Some parents of children who attend Assumption Guadalupe said they did not know what they would do if the school shut down.
"We want our kids to go here, to this school," Teo Lopez said. "If they find more kids, they might stay open. There's a chance they might close it."
Archdiocese Chancellor Deacon Tim McNeil said there will be other options, like a proposed consortium of schools bound with a common purpose.
"Saint Peter and Paul we just reconfigured and said, rather than close it, it could receive other students because it has a pretty good facility. A strong facility. It could then receive some Hispanic students and offer special outreach and ministry to Hispanic students," McNeil said.
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But what gets me is the way people ignorantly express their wishes for you. Today at work I received the following email. This email came from a colleague of mine who sent this out to all employees in three different locations across the globe. This means, it would reach over 3,000 people! This person isn't upper management, just one of those annoying people that send out trillions of emails that have nothing to do with work!
"I would like to wish all of you a Blessed Holy Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with God's Grace and Mercy."
Each word was a different color and underlined where he felt it necessary. I haven't corrected anyone as of yet but I'm two second away from going OFF on this guy and letting him know that we, being a global company especially, have many people from many different walks of life and different beliefs. A "Happy Holidays and Happy New Year" would have sufficed but no…he took it to the next level and disrespected not only me but I'm sure other people who work here that are Jewish, Atheist, and whatever else!
For those of my close friends who I know celebrate Christmas in a religious manner, I make sure to say "Merry Christmas" and to everyone else, "Happy Holidays." Why is it so hard for people to get that? Stop pushing your religion on everyone else! I don't want a new year filled with "god's grace and mercy"!!!!
Sorry if I offended anyone but quite honestly, I've had it up to here!! (I'm gesturing above my head…lol) For years now, everyone talks about being politically correct especially around the holidays…I just wish people would crawl out of their holes and think a little bit before they speak! You never know who you may be offending!
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This is amazing! Oh my goodness!!! Please please please update again soon!!!!fdahfjdlaifhdauifjHe's just so cute!!!! <3333 I love Noten!!! <333
I just love the new approach your going with! And I absolutely love Noten! He's very handsome. I think Noten might be my favorite Reaper yet.
This is the best heir story yet Livve, its really intense. Just the tought of those poor sims locked in burning houses.... *shudder* I don't know why but when Teodor said a pyromanic was burning buildings in Midnight Hollow, I thought it was Falor. Good thing Demi is with him though, she'll keep him in line!
I'm...blown away. Absolutely blown away here! Here I thought I knew how to build drama and then you come up with this insanity. Poor Noten...I'd be just like him. Totally confused. I can't help but wonder if Noten's gonna marry that girl when she becomes a Young Adult. Unlike girls, guys can produce kids at any age after teenagerBecause I'm an English nut, just gonna go ahead and say it: it's spelled 'Martial' not 'Marshall'.
I can't...I'm like...UGH.That's pretty much all I can muster out of this. I'm an overly suspicious person and find it way to simple that her dad's gone now. This is is a trap or a test or something. I'm going to need more soon. Palmira's beautiful, btw, I don't know if you made her or not, but she's pretty. =D
Oh gosh, I just finished reading this and . . . wow! I love this story! Bookmarking and eagerly awaiting more! It's great to see more Tragic Clown genes; all the kids he and Agnes produced are so gorgeous. Raven, in particular, is striking. I loved Aurora's story, with her eventually finding happiness with a man who deserved her. Emrin and Glitch, though, might be my favorite of the heir's stories so far. They were just too, too sweet! Two broken people coming together to make awesome parents. And I'm so glad Falor got his Demi back. Just so much awesomeness all around.
So I just caught up . . . and I am so happy I came across the thread. I love all the Reapers and your story telling. You have me wanting to know more and read more. When Demi died I was so upset, and I'm so glad that she and Falor are now together. I love Noten's eyes! And I love the twist in Isla Paradisla, and how it's all dystopia-like and it's just awesome! And your writing is really good. And like Mizzilee said, Palmira is really pretty. And I'm thinking about what's going to happen and I can't wait til the next update!Sadie
But...but...but... the shells and... secrecy and cautions.... How could this happen!?!? Not Teodor! Not now! Poor Palmira! Avenge him Noten, in your tanned muscular way!
Oh no oh no . . . he can't die! But he did . . . Poor Palmira. There's so much going on and like . . . I just . . . More please? Noten is so sweet! Can I just say that? I'm going to say it again, he is so sweet. Edited to add more substance: I didn't mind the text. I felt like it was balanced between the two.
I just read this from star to finish. You are an excellent writer. Bookmarked
Aww! I can't explain quite why, but daughter as shell is just a great metaphor. Well, I'm sure Noten will take good care of her. Also, "Rhoxi of the Dojos": I love it! I think I need to edit my forum profile now!
I... I don't even... Its so dramatic... Oh, how I hate/love distopias! Keep up the good work Livve.
I'll gladly make this next update for you, hopefully you'll enjoy Noten even more afterwards. I'm very glad you don't mind the text. I've explained earlier that I have trouble with all-text stuff. I just can't focus, and I can't imagine I'm the only one so I try really hard to break up my larger-text-based areas. I just struggle with depicting the scenes of violence or of other things that Sims really just can't do so it's much easier to just describe that... as well as it's against forum rules I'm pretty sure so I've been doing my best to keep myself on the darker side of Noten's reality but not going too far.
*Squeal* Oh my gosh! That was so sweet! I definitely like Noten even more now. I can have trouble with blocks of text, and text heavy stuff too, but the way you format it makes it easier for me to understand. I think you're doing a great job depicting Noten's reality. It's a scary place, and we as readers can come to our own conclusion, but I think your writing shows us that without going too far. Congrats to the couple! I knew they were going to end up together! Well, at least I really, really hoped Great chapter! And I love the title.
Goodness, Palmira is just a knock-out! That hair looks great on her, too. They are gonna make some gorgeous nooboos, I bet. Always nice to see some light after all the darkness. Now to just overthrow that evil government!
Congratulations to Noten and Palmira for getting married!
Noten and Palmira are one of my favorite couples to play, actually. I got their inspiration from my own family - my brother and his wife, actually. My brother has been struggling in this economy. He's been looking for work and is working at a less-than-satisfactory job while his wife is still pushing through school. He's been unemployed off and on and struggles with contract work (as a biologist, I'm genuinely surprised at this, but it just shows how hard the economy is on everyone), but even with all the hardships and the cramped apartment for he, his wife and dog they are by far the happiest couple I know. They are just so giggly and happy, they enjoy every bit of time they get together and they just enjoy their lives and make the best of everything. It always makes me smile to think of how hard it must be to continue to push through as I struggle to find work, but they make it look so easy. They're just happy, and it's possibly the most contagious thing I've ever felt. I wanted to use that in my characters, and Palmira and Noten seemed like the perfect couple - they don't have anything except each other but that's more than enough for them.
Thank you for sharing that LivvieLove. I love hearing stories about couples like that, who have each other even if they don't have anything else, and they're still happy. You can just feel their love. Oh no . . . Palmira . . . While I am longing to see their adorable nooboo, I would never want Noten to lose Palmira. I know she's going to do everything she can for the baby, as is Noten. I love how you make your story realistic, and address factors that would come up in a world like that, without it going as far to be disturbing. If that makes sense. Again, I love your titles for the chapters! I always scroll back up to see what the title was after I finish, to find that it fits the chapter so well!
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear... Poor Palmira! That nooboo is really a mischeivious one, I hope the girl will pull through. Noten will be a great dad, if everything goes as planned. I'm so excited!
Boy, I missed a lot! So many emotions surging inside me right now. Poor Palmira on every front! First her dad, now this baby. But at least they'll be able to keep her healthy...right? Right? Unless you're going to just, you know, run a stake through my heart and let Palmira die in childbirth.This story is so in-depth and thorough. Even without the screencaps it was easy to follow and I was completely enthralled. I was paying more attention to it than my Native American History lecture (Bad I know). Can't wait for more, and I can't wait to see this nooboo! And hoping Noten doesn't have to care for it on his own.
Oh no!! Poor Palmira! First her dad dies, then she might die along with her baby. I really hope she gets through it alright.Well good thing she won't kill off main characters...right...hang on a minute...Demi...


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Beyond streaming Netflix through a pork roast, though, the team said it could have benefits for controlling medical devices inside our bodies.
Andrew Singer from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and colleagues demonstrated the approach using chunks of pork loin and beef liver.
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'Dragon Tattoo' Sequel Could Drop Daniel Craig — To Recast or Rewrite?
Daniel Craig has carved out for himself a comfortable niche as this generation's James Bond. Following a lackluster Quantum of Solace, the double agent regained our faith with a powerful, interesting, and enthusiastic Skyfall — powerful, interesting, and enthusiastic enough to gross $1.078 billion dollars worldwide (the eighth highest global intake in history).
And with a blockbuster like Skyfall comes a hike in demand for its central player. In addition to the more Bond movies for which Craig was signed on in anticipation of his 2012 picture's success, Craig has also earned a spot among the A+ cast of director George Clooney's The Monuments Men. The actor's double-0 glory is carrying him far… though, perhaps not as far as he might have anticipated.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Craig, as a result of his invigorated stardom, is asking for a pay raise from Sony Pictures Studios for the forthcoming film, The Girl Who Played with Fire (a sequel to 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in which Craig played the lead role). Reports add that in lieu of heeding Craig's request, Sony is considering a script rewrite that would remove his character, Mikael Blomkvist, from the developing movie.
Such would be looked at as a pretty extreme measure: not only is Blomkvist a substantial character in each volume of the film series' source material, Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy novel series, but screenwriter Steven Zaillian (who wrote Dragon Tattoo) has already completed the script for Played with Fire. A removal of Craig would require Zaillian (or another writer) to take a good deal of overhaul to the production-ready screenplay.
No mention has been made of the possibility of recasting Craig's role, a risky endeavor to say the least, but replacing the English actor might better rectify the dilemma. Recent experiments with franchise cast replacements have resulted in a variety of fan reactions. TwiHards bemoaned the ousting of Twilight cast members like Rachelle Lefevre when she was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard; Marvel junkies have taken quite nicely to Terrance Howard's replacement Don Cheadle as Iron Man sidekick Rhodey (who will really reach his true glory in the upcoming threequel). But replacing a lead character is always more daunting. The undertaking of such an act with Craig's role is likely to cause its share of vocalized animosity.
But is writing out Blomkvist completely really the preferable option? This would ordain the handing off of the entire story to ingenious, psychologically skewered computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara),which is not as big a fail safe as one might think. While Mara is indubitably one of the most skilled performers shaping herself in Hollywood today, the pressure a rewrite of this nature would put on her character, and her performance, is doubtlessly straining. So often do fan favorites exceed their welcome in sequels or spin-offs that showcase them more prominently — what makes the extremity of Salander work as well as it does in Dragon Tattoo is her balance with foil Blomkvist. The shared screen time of stars Craig and Mara is what cooks up an enjoyable story in David Fincher's 2011 thriller.
According to THR, both Craig and Sony are interested in avoiding a rewrite/recasting situation. Meanwhile, director Fincher's attachment to the picture is still somewhat tenuous (he's presently wrapped up in projects like his Netflix series House of Cards and a recently announced adaptation of the novel Gone Girl. So what will come of The Girl Who Played with Fire, or her bespectacled hero? We've got quite the mystery on our hands.
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PULTE HOMES at LUCERO
The newest village in the master-planned community will open with five homebuilders and seven distinct neighborhoods: Beazer Homes, D.R. Horton, Pulte Homes, Richmond American Homes, Gehan Homes and Taylor Morrison. The 617-acre village has been carefully designed with intimate neighborhoods that embody modern, desert living with panoramic views of the Sierra Estrella Mountains.
Homes in Lucero will range in size from approximately 1,600 to 2,800 square feet and models from each of the builders will be conveniently located together in model villages that are within walking distance of Casa Lucero, Estrella's new information center. An overview of the product being offered by each builder is below, and additional details including pricing and special features will be announced as they become available.
Beazer Homes will open its 11th neighborhood in Estrella with four plans and both single and two-story options. Homes will range in size from 1,761 to 2,751 square feet.
D.R. Horton is making its debut in Estrella with product details to be released soon.
Pulte Homes will bring four plans, ranging from 2,303 to more than 2,582 square feet and will offer both single and two-story options. This is the builder's first neighborhood in Estrella.
Richmond American Homes will open its newest neighborhood in the community with four single-story plans ranging in size from 2,390 to 2,830 square feet.
Taylor Morrison will add to its roster of homes in Estrella with three single-story floorplans ranging in size from 1,663 to 1,965 square feet.
"As the managing developer of Estrella, we strive to bring innovate design and high-quality homes into the community," said William Olson, Senior Vice President and Division Manager for Newland Communities. "We are proud to bring well-respected homebuilders into Lucero and provide potential residents with a variety of new home options to fit any lifestyle."
True to its name "bright star," the village has been designed to embody the art of hillside living and perfectly complement the beauty of its natural desert surroundings. Planned amenities include a café operated by Huyer Club Concepts, LLC – the operator of Lakeside Grill, a hike and bicycle shop operated by Trek Bicycle Store West Phoenix, and more than 10 miles additional of hiking and biking trails.


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by Office of Sustainability Staff Writer Suzy Mullins ('18)
The Green Team Network allows members of WFU faculty and staff to learn and collaborate across campus in efforts of integrating sustainability into the workplace. While the initiative provides Green Team captains with resources and leadership training, each captain implements their skills in ways which best support their department or office.
There are currently 61 Green Team captains, all of whom serve as peer leaders for their office or department. Today, the spotlight is on Hilary Floyd, the Divinity School's captain, and Michelle Ford, the captain for the Biology Department, who will share more about their Wake Forest Green Team experiences.
Is your office or department needing a Green Team representative? Email firstname.lastname@example.com to start the conversation.
Hilary Floyd, Wake Forest School of Divinity
Q: What kinds of work are you involved with at Wake Forest?
A: My job is to provide individual academic coaching for Divinity students, offer academic skills workshops, and to teach courses in research and writing. I also coordinate a leadership program for early career pastors as a part of our continuing education efforts. Additionally, I provide administrative and logistical support for our Food, Health, and Ecological Well-Being program.
Q: What drew you to joining the Green Team and becoming a captain?
A: Because of my work for the Food, Health, and Ecological Well-Being Program, joining the Green Team seemed like a natural fit. Much of what we hope to do through the FHEW program is to integrate an ecological and sustainable consciousness throughout the courses, activities, and community life of the Divinity School, so it is useful and relevant that we connect that work with the efforts of the Office of Sustainability and the Green Team.
Q: What does being on the Green Team mean to you?
A: I enjoy being on the Green Team because it gives me the opportunity to connect with others across campus and to learn from them about ways to effect positive change. The Green Team focuses on empowering each of us to do what we can where we are, and it has given me knowledge, tools, and encouragement to take small but meaningful steps in the Divinity School.
Q: What kinds of initiatives have you implemented through your Green Team work?
A: This past year, I met with several of our students who are interested in the intersection of faith, food, and ecology to discuss reviving our composting efforts. The students now set up a compost bin at our community lunches every Tuesday and Thursday, and they take the compost to the Campus Garden. I also have worked with the other Divinity staff members who order paper for faculty, staff, and student printers, and I encouraged them to consider ordering 100% recycled paper. Previously, they had been ordering paper with no recycled content, but after I shared with them what we had learned about recycled paper in one of our Green Team meetings, they were happy to make the change.
Michelle Ford, Wake Forest Biology Department
Q: What kinds of work are you involved with at Wake Forest?
A: I am an administrative assistant in the Biology Department, so I do a lot of different things to assist the biology faculty—from making copies to defrosting lab freezers, I tackle it all!
Q: What drew you to joining the Green Team and becoming a captain?
A: I inherited the responsibility from my predecessor, but it was actually a great fit for me because I held a similar position on a similar type of team at my previous employer! I enjoy trying to find ways to conduct department business in a manner that is practical, functional, and also earth-friendly.
Q: What does being on the Green Team mean to you?
A: To me, being on the Green Team means that while I am doing my normal work, I also try to view everything through a sustainability lens. I always ask myself, "Is there a way that we could do this and achieve the same goal, but have less of an environmental impact?" Maybe that involves printing less, using recycled paper, or buying supplies manufactured with recycled materials, but there is usually some way to improve our process to make it a little bit more "green."
Q: What kinds of initiatives have you implemented through your Green Team work?
A: In the Biology department, we have switched to 100% recycled paper for our printing needs, and have also implemented the use of compost bins at our departmental events. We are also planning to start a summer energy-saving initiative in which we raise the temperature of our ultra-low temperature freezers from -80° C to -70°C.


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Accepting Micro Shop Proposals
Thanks for your interest in West Wood's micro shop project!
Here's the background story –
Ray and I purchased West Wood in October 2016 when I wanted to change my career from design and take the plunge into health foods I was passionate about.
The last two and a half years have been a steep learning curve yet super exciting ride of entrepreneurship for us! We've come a long way from being a novice grocer crying over a case of over ripe bananas to being known for carrying the best local products. We have learned a lot about how food can be used as medicine, gut to brain connections, and I even went vegetarian for moral and environmental reasons.
To make a long story short,
we simply have too much space for what we need, and we feel that the neighbourhood needs something more EXCITING.
Then came an ahah moment, what if we bring in other passionate professionals who can share the space with us? We hope this idea generates a synergy and creates something more interesting than what we currently offer.
What type of businesses would be a good fit?
Our customers often ask for the following, and we think that one or more of these opportunities would be a good fit with our business mission:
- Zero waste refill shop
- Healthy grab-n-go sandwiches, salads, soups
- Glutenfree / Vegan / Keto baked goods and desserts
- Natural, cruelty-free personal care products and apparels
What's the neighbourhood like?
In comparison to Kits or Main street, Kerrisdale is more on the chill side. But there are 3-4 major schools in the area, all major banks and many offices. It appears to us that most of the workers in the area are looking for quick and easy meals to take out to their office or home.
More about the space & rent
As for the space, it is under C2 zoning. We can get a kitchen (non-grease) licence easily as we have a roughed-in kitchen space. There is also a walk-in cooler that can be shared. Our space also has large deck that is not currently used.
The areas that we want to rent out, hopefully before the summer comes, is storefront and part of the deck. Within the store itself, we can discuss to meet your business needs. Rentals for cooler and wall shelves are available too.
Rent will run anywhere between $500 – $3600/month + hydro. If you are a young entrepreneur who wants to test out retail, don't feel discouraged, come and talk to us.
If you can't afford full-time staff, we can discuss the potential of sharing our resources. We are open to discussing logistics
Our requirements are
- Must have a strong branding plan
- Must have strong marketing plan
- Must have positive vision about wellness and environment
If it interests you, please email us with
- Your business information
- Your experience
- Applicable licenses and credentials
- Your marketing & branding plan
- Your needs / how we can help
Email: team(at)westwoodorganics.ca
Thank you for checking it out!
Jin & Ray


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'All economic activities have a significant impact on population', says Sanjiv Bhasin
'All economic activities have a significant impact on population', says Sanjiv Bhasin
Sustainability is a real challenge for Mauritius, believes Sanjiv Bhasin, Chief Executive Officer of AfrAsia Bank. Recently, AfrAsia organized the first Bank Sustainability Summit gathering various stakeholders. In this interview, the CEO elaborates on what the Summit targeted and at the same time shed light on the concept of sustainability in Mauritius.
A Bank Sustainable Summit, it's a first for both AfrAsia and Mauritius. So, what was the target for this summit?
A key objective of this Summit was to focus on the joint efforts of local businesses, Government and international professionals to drive the impact in the field of sustainable development. At AfrAsia Bank, we believe that businesses, as much as the Government and civil society, have the responsibility to commit to sustainable development, especially since all economic activities have a significant impact on the population.
The goal of the AfrAsia Bank Sustainability Summit was to bring together relevant stakeholders to define a realistic and achievable roadmap to aspire towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this, we assembled several sustainable development experts to define what a sustainable business is, along with entrepreneurs and businessmen to share their experience and know-how. This summit, the first of its kind organised in Mauritius, will help to adopt initiatives to ensure that SDGs are introduced and developed.
Why has the Summit put much emphasis on the nine themes of the 17 SDGs?
The AfrAsia Bank Sustainability Summit should culminate in the elaboration of a roadmap for the implementation of measures that will enable businesses to fully integrate the 17 SDGs in their operations. This roadmap aims to set the standards and the methodology, which businesses should be adopting to ensure that implementing measures favouring the realisation of the 17 SDGs is feasible and non-disruptive.
The 17 SDGs have been designed to beneficially gather a joint effort towards sustainable development in every walk of life. It is essential that there is a complete understanding of this subject. This will generate a belief in the concept and possibly ensure that efforts in that direction start and pick up pace in an impactful manner.
As you see it, what are the key sustainability issues in Mauritius?
Firstly, at this summit, participants addressed one key element of the 17 SGD's, which is to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development. Through this, we can build our roadmap, which will facilitate the implementation of future projects and campaigns aimed at executing and acting on other SDG's. Touching major key points, namely eradicating poverty, improving quality education, industry, innovation and infrastructure, we truly believe that gaps will be filled and new ideas will be added to this road map to build a more sustainable home for our future generations.
Do you think sustainable development is a real challenge for our generation?
Yes. It is a challenge but through proper coordination and synergy, we are convinced that a lot can be done to push existing efforts, and of course new innovative ones, especially where Small Developing Island States are concerned. We must keep the objectives in focus always.
Many businesses believe that sustainability carries a risk. Do you share the same opinion?
The risk is associated with the lack of action. It is high time that we translate our words into action and we all must work together to see a return on our investment. By finding more sustainable ways to build, expand and move forward, we will come up with new models of implementation for our operations. Sustainable development has been identified as a key developing area of expertise and several corporates are building up on human resources, especially internally to integrate the goals in their strategy. Through such efforts, we are directly and indirectly contributing to adopting many of the SDGs.
What steps should businesses take to ensure that sustainability concerns, such as efficiency and environmental impact, are considered at an early stage in any project rather than waiting to be tackled at the end?
It is essential that all aspects of development are assessed prior to the execution of any project. Business strategies for sustainable development have become a key element when developing any business proposal and simultaneously a business model. Taking into consideration the elements of social, economic and environmental impacts, all regulatory bodies, with micro, macro and even global influence, have set guidelines to ensure that all impacts are assessed before the roll-out of projects
Looking at the pace that Mauritius is moving, are you optimistic about sustainability in years to come?
AfrAsia Bank is seeking to bring together relevant stakeholders to define a realistic and realisable roadmap for achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. By mobilizing companies and stakeholders, we have identified key partners and are still welcoming new active participants in the field of sustainable development to assist us towards creating an equitable and prosperous Mauritius. With the first ever and of its kind in Mauritius, the AfrAsia Bank Sustainability Summit, we are confident that this will pave the way towards more innovative ideas and participation of key partners on the local, regional and global platform.
Do new technology, such as blockchain, form part of the sustainability concept?
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Favorite Commentaries: General Epistles and the Revelation to John
1 & 2 Peter, Jude
The canonical order, of course, is for the 3 Epistles of John to be placed between 2 Peter and Jude. But Peter and Jude are obviously connected literarily and theologically in great detail and both are so brief they are almost always treated together.
Once more, a confession: These books have played only a small part in my theology and I have usually only read them when teaching NT survey courses. So, I have not read many commentaries on them and my "favorites" here should be given much less weight than in areas of Scripture (indicated in previous posts) where I have done far more study.
- Erland Waltner & J. Daryl Charles, 1-2 Peter, Jude (Believers Church Bible Commentary) (Herald Press, 1999). Shows the application of Jesus' command to love enemies to the churches in Asia Minor under persecution.
- J. Ramsey Michaels, I Peter (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 49) (Thomas Nelson, 1988).
- Michael Green, The Second Epistle of Peter and the Epistle of Jude: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) (Send the Light, 1987).
1, 2, 3 John
In pre-critical times, it was nearly universally believed that the Apostle John wrote the Gospel of John, all 3 Epistles ascribed to him, and the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation–the only one of these books to name an author. But literary and theological differences make it unlikely that all 5 books were written by one person, though they all seem to be related closely enough that scholars have posited a "Johannine School" or "Johannine tradition." I'm a cautious sort and believe that weight ought to be given to ancient tradition unless overwhelmed by contrary evidence. I think at least an early version of the Gospel was written by John the Apostle (the double endings suggest revision after the apostle died, but I wouldn't go with a stronger word than "suggest"), and that the same hand wrote the Epistles. Revelation is very different and, although it is possible to ascribe the differences to use of a different "amaneunsis" or secretary, it is likely that "John of Patmos" was an exiled elder from the Johannine churches with the same (common) name as the Apostle. But I don't think authorship opinions should take on creedal status or deeply affect the interpretation of the material. My 2 cents.
- Rudolf Bultmann, The Johannine Epistles (Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible) (Augsburg-Fortress, 1973). Bultmann sees Johannine Christianity as sectarian and proto-gnostic. I disagree, but everyone should wrestle with this classic commentary.
- Rudolf Schnackenburg, The Johannine Epistles (Herder & Herder, 1992). A contemporary critical Catholic perspective.
- D. Moody Smith, First, Second, and Third John (Interpretation: A Commentary for Teaching and Preaching) (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992).
- Marianne Meye Thompson, 1-3 John (IVP Commentaries) (IVP, 1992).
- David Rensberger, First, Second, and Third John (Abingdon New Testament Commentaries) (Abingdon Press, 1997).
The Apocalypse or Revelation to John
Growing up, I hated the Book of Revelation. It was the 1970s, and Hal Lindsey's Late, Great Planet Earth nonsense was all the rage. TV preachers used it as a reason to preach hate and war or for endless speculation on "the end times." I watched churches become obsessed and began to think that Reformers like John Calvin showed great wisdom in refusing to write commentaries on it. I believed (and still do) in the parousia or "Second Coming" of Jesus, but I had no desire to take sides in debates over premillenialism vs. postmillenialism vs. amillenialism.
Later, learning more about Revelation as a form of apocalyptic writing and designed as both reassurance and instruction for nonviolent resistance to the Roman empire, I came to love the Book of Revelation. It is very practical and helpful for the church today–even if constantly abused by Dispensationalists and "Christian Zionists."
- Ray Summers, Worthy is the Lamb: Interpreting the Book of Revelation in its Historical Background (Broadman & Holman, 1999). Originally published in 1951, this is a classic amillenialist exposition from a conservative Baptist scholar. Light on the political implications, but excellent in exposition.
- George Elden Ladd, A Commentary on the Revelation to John (Eerdmans, 1972). A classic commentary from a non-Dispensational (or "historic") Premillenialism.
- George R. Beasley-Murray, The Book of Revelation. (New Century Bible) (Greenwood Press, 1974). Another classic premillenial account.
- James L. Blevins, Revelation as Drama. (Broadman Press, 1984).
Commentaries that highlight the socio-political dimensions of Revelation:
- David E. Aune, Revelation 1-5 (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 52a) (Thomas Nelson, 1997); Revelation 6-16 (Word Biblical Commentary vol. 52b) (Thomas Nelson, 1998); Revelation 17-22 (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 52c) (Thomas Nelson, 1998). Excellent critical commentary that is almost too detailed.
- Brian K. Blount, Revelation: A Commentary (New Testament Library) (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2009). An excellent commentary by the President and Professor of NT of Union Seminary-Presbyterian School of Christian Education. He previously taught at Princeton Theological Seminary.
- Brian K. Blount, Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revelation through African American Culture (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2005).
- Allan A. Boesak, Comfort and Protest: The Apocalypse from a South African Context (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1987). The experience of oppression, as in apartheid-era South Africa, often leads to insights into Revelation since it grew out of similar context. It's in the hands of rich and powerful people that Revelation becomes a dangerous book.
- G. B. Caird, The Revelation of St. John the Divine (Black's New Testament Commentaries) (A & C Black Publishers, Ltd., 1966). In the U.S. this was published by Harper & Row as part of Harper's New Testament Commentaries, but I found mine in a used theological bookstore from the original British printing. Long out of print, I've found this older commentary to be very useful, especially in highlighting the nonviolent, peacemaking, aspects of the book. (I must also say that I miss "Theologue" the used bookstore in Louisville that specialized in buying and selling used books on religion and theology related topics. With 2 seminaries in town, it was a pearl of great price!)
- Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, The Book of Revelation: Justice and Judgment (Fortress Press, 1985) and Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Revelation: Vision of a Just World (Proclamation Commentaries) (Fortress Press, 1991, rev. ed., 1998). Two excellent commentaries by the pioneer of feminist New Testament studies. Even if you have many objections to her other writings, you should not miss Schüssler Fiorenza's excellent work on the Book of Revelation.
- Mitchell G. Reddish, Revelation (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentaries) (Smyth & Helwys Press, 2001) with CD Rom. Very well done. Counteracts much terrible writing and preaching on Revelation, tackles many tricky technical issues, but is accessible to the general reader.
- Pablo Richard, Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the Book of Revelation, trans. Philip Berryman (Orbis Books, 1995; Repr. Wipf and Stock, 2005). Brilliant commentary from a Latin American Liberation Theology perspective.
- Charles H. Talbert, The Apocalypse: A Reading of the Revelation to John (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994).
- John R. Yeatts, Revelation ( A Believers Church Bible Commentary) (Herald Press, 2003).
Additional studies (not commentaries) that are helpful:
- Mitchell G. Reddish, editor, Apocalyptic Literature: A Reader (Hendrickson Publishers, 1995). Training in how to read Revelation, by reading other works, canonical and non-canonical, of the same genre.
- Richard Bauckham, The Theology of the Book of Revelation (Cambridge University Press, 1993).
- Wes Howard-Brook and Anthony Gwyer, Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and Now (Orbis Books, 1999).
- J. Nelson Kraybill, Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the Book of Revelation (Brazos Press, 2010). I have this on order on the strength of Kraybill's previous work, The Upside-Down Kingdom, one of the best volumes for helping laity understand that Christian discipleship will put them radically at odds with their culture!
Final thought: If, you are a pastor or other minister responsible for regular preaching of the Word and you shy away from preaching on the Book of Revelation because of bad associations with the "Left Behind" crowd, you are NOT doing your people good. The only cure for bad theology is better theology. So, read up, and preach Revelation as the radical guide to nonviolent discipleship in a context of imperial persecution that it is and always has been!


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Harnessing the talents of seven designers from four leading design firms and 13 artists to create 39 uniquely designed rooms, The Collectionist Hotel will open its doors early May 2018 in the emerging inner-city precinct of Camperdown.
Sydney is set to welcome its first authentic custom design hotel – The Collectionist Hotel – where no room is the same and the choice of room is firmly in the hands of the guest. Described as a real-life "choose-your-own-adventure", the eclectically designed hotel is setting a new standard on individualised guest experiences.
Harnessing the talents of seven designers from four leading design firms and 13 artists to create 39 uniquely designed rooms, The Collectionist will open its doors early May 2018 in the emerging inner-city precinct of Camperdown. The non-descript former warehouse space has provided the perfect blank canvas for the designers to create a diverse range of rooms designed to appeal to varying tastes and preferences.
"I would be surprised, and a little disappointed to be honest, if there weren't some divided opinions on the rooms designs – we have purposely set about creating rooms that will challenge the 'norms' on hotel room design," says Daniel Symonds, CEO & Co-Founder of Collectic Hotels, who headed up the development.
Guests at The Collectionist will be welcomed with a drink at the bar which will serve as an informal check-in area, and invited to peruse available rooms to make their selection based on the style, colour, texture and design - just as they would a work of art. A revolutionary change to the traditional hotel check-in process where rooms are pre-allocated and room design is limited.
"It is frustrating to turn up to a hotel to find your room isn't ready, simply because the room you've been randomly allocated hasn't yet been cleaned. That scenario will be avoided at The Collectionist by allowing guests select their room of choice from those available at the time they check-in."
There are also no boring hotel room numbers at the Collectionist – rather, an eclectic selection of names that reflect the room design. Guests can choose to stay in the 'La Chamber Noir'; the 'Queenie Fah Fah'; the 'Cloud Runner' or the 'Kyoko' rooms, for example, each with their own unique story to tell.
Symonds and business partner, Toby Raphael, are also responsible for the pop-up accommodation concept, Freespaces - which utilises unused rooms on university campuses in peak periods. Freespaces was named in the AFR's Fast 100 List in 2017. They were also behind the rejuvenation of the old Newtown RSL building which has now been converted into The Urban Newtown hotel.
Click here to view The Collectionist Hotel website.
See also:
IHG to open Hotel Indigo Sydney Central in 2021
Hotel concept proposal for Sydney CBD's Bligh House


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More than the exact same period, the net fiscal contribution of native UK born was negative, amounting to almost £617bn. Matching this demand may possibly be hard due to difficult finance restricting expansion (Tulpule, 2012). Algorithms can now automatically generate news stories on the basis of statistical details and a set of stock phrases, without interference from human journalists. The Television viewer or news listener lacking such mental preparedness, to them, a news program is only a sort of rousing light show. I even don't forget seeing on the news that Olympic teams have been performing this route to practice.
Typically speaking, then, the national news attributes middle-class and upper middle class blacks who have 'overcome' racial, financial and specially political obstacles, with the less affluent black far more typically newsworthy as protesters, criminals and victims. There are quite a few fees of unemployment: Charges of unemployment to the unemployed, fees of unemployment to the economy, fiscal and social charges of unemployment. Chinese steel production will most likely peak by 2030, by which time Indian and Southeast Asia will turn into crucial sources of demand (Tulpule, 2012). I am not always sure what is sincere or not in the news but I do honor these woman.
Google's news web page utilizes a personal computer algorithm to choose headlines from thousands of news sites — producing a international news- stand, of sorts. Fox News Channel hires girls who show what they have on a every day basis… and I'm not talking about their reporting acumen. Below different situations, I'd completely agree that monetary policy ought to be loosened.
In a media planet exactly where consumers make a decision what news they want to get and how they want to get it, the future will belong to those who comprehend the public's altering behavior and can target content material and marketing to snugly fit the interests of every user. Auto components at your attain and economy automotive news articles some truly dismal numbers the unemployment numbers from friday morning had been just negative, even even though the spin doctors have been out in force of course we knew that since of census. At the moment I am watching RT ( ) which cover lots of things from the US and Europe that never ever attain the headlines on mainstream news.


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A new study found high biodiversity on traditional coffee farms.
Picture of laborers picking coffee cherries in Choche, Ethiopia
Ethiopian coffee farmer Awol Abagojam and his son Isaac harvest their product near the village of Choche, much the same way their ancestors did a thousand years ago.
Brian Clark Howard
National Geographic
Shady coffee plantations in Ethiopia, where coffee has been grown for at least a thousand years, hold more bird species than any other coffee farms in the world, new research shows.
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The research suggests that traditional cultivation practices there support better bird biodiversity than any other coffee farms in the world.
In Ethiopia, coffee is traditionally grown on plantations shaded by native trees. These farms boasted more than 2.5 times as many bird species as adjacent mountain forest, according to a study slated for publication February 11 in the journal Biological Conservation.
"That was a surprise," says study co-author Cagan H. Sekercioglu, a biologist at the University of Utah and a National Geographic Society grantee. Further, "all 19 understory bird species we sampled in the forest were present in the coffee farms too, and that just doesn't happen elsewhere."
Other studies have shown that shade coffee farms provide better bird habitat than full-sun plantations, but the effect may be more prominent in Ethiopia because farmers there tend to use native trees instead of the exotic species popular elsewhere.
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Coffee cherries, the fruit that contains the coffee beans, are seen up close on the plant in Ethiopia.
Why It Matters
The new study may be the first of bird biodiversity on Ethiopian coffee farms, because the country is relatively remote and poor. Ethiopian coffee farmers face pressure−as in many countries−to convert more coffee production to full-sun plantations.
Growing coffee in the sun can reduce the risk of fungal disease, cuts labor, and can yield more coffee beans, but at the costs of lower-quality coffee that fetches less per pound and degraded habitat for wildlife, says Sekercioglu.
The Big Picture
Scientists found all but one of nine species of migratory birds on the coffee farms, but not in adjacent forest. Sekercioglu suspects that the open structure of the farms was more inviting to the birds than the denser natural forest because it more closely resembles the habitat they are used to in the north.
Still, Sekercioglu cautions that "coffee farms cannot simply replace forest for habitat." Although all local bird species were found represented on the farms, their number of individuals was about 80 percent lower. (See how coffee changed America.)
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Birds such as the blue-breasted bee-eater can be found on Ethiopia's shade coffee farms.
What's Next
The team would like to measure how birds in the canopy above the coffee farms are faring, since they only measured birds caught in the understory, or the first ten feet above the ground.
Sekercioglu also suggests that the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center or the Rainforest Alliance, which certify bird-friendly coffee from other countries, should consider extending their programs to Ethiopia. Certification allows farmers to recoup a price premium, which can help deter the impulse to convert farms to full sun or otherwise develop their land.


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Ottawa long-track speed skater Weidemann flourishing on World Cup circuit, while skier Cook struggles
Ottawa long-track speed skater Isabelle Weidemann and alpine skier Dustin Cook of Ottawa travelled in opposite directions for the first half of their respective World Cup tours this season.
Weidemann, who experienced her inaugural Winter Olympics and won her first two World Cup medals in team pursuit in 2017-18, is going faster this season, winning individual race medals and is the World Cup leader in the endurance class.
Cook, who stunned the international alpine community with a world championship silver medal and a bronze and gold to end the 2014-15 World Cup season, can't keep up with the highly competitive pack of super-G skiers. And it's not much fun. He doesn't have a top-15 result after four super-G races and he left Europe after Christmas for a break.
After the 2014-15 season, Weidemann received the Rising Star of the Year Award winner from Speed Skating Canada. Today, she is simply the star of the national women's team.
Weidemann, 23, has competed in five different races (1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 metres, team pursuit and mass start) and won one gold, three silver and one bronze medal in the first four 2018-19 World Cup stops.
By capturing gold and silver medals along with a ninth-place finish from three 3,000-metre races and a silver in the 5,000 metres, the former Gloucester Concordes' skater is on top of the World Cup endurance standings.
She also has won silver and bronze medals with Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin and Keri Morrison of Burlington, Ont., in team pursuit, where Canada is ranked No. 3.
Disappointed by her results at the 2018 Winter Games – a sixth in the 5,000 metres and a seventh in the 3,000 metres – Weidemann used those numbers to fuel the start of her next Olympic quadrennial.
"I was very far off the podium and that kind of stung," she told The Canadian Press. "I was really motivated after the Olympics … to change the way I was approaching training.
"I got a sense I was close and nothing drives anybody more than being just off the podium or just being out of contention."
In her first four races this season, Weidemann has seen early signs of significant progress as her self confidence has grown with Remmelt Eldering, the new Canadian women's endurance training group coach.
"I worked very hard towards it this year and really made it my goal to jump to the next level. I'd been stuck at that fourth, fifth, sixth place for awhile now. I was really driven to make that jump," she said.
She won her first World Cup individual medal, a gold, in Tomakomai, Japan, taking the 3,000 metres in four minutes, 10.185 seconds on the outdoor oval.
At Heerenveen, The Netherlands, which is the sport's mecca, Weidemann skated a near-perfect race and narrowly missed cracking the four-minute barrier to finish second in the 3,000 metres in a two-second personal-best 4:00.129.
Weidemann showed amazing consistency around the electric Heerenveen oval. After recording her fastest 200-metre start of the season (20.5 seconds), she proceeded to skate each of the seven 400-metre laps in 31 seconds. The spread between her fastest and slowest lap was only four-tenths of a second (31.2 to 31.6).
Her phenomenal pacing allowed her to move up the race standing ever so gradually, starting in 13th and finishing second, and leaving her only 0.71 seconds behind The Netherlands' Antoinette de Jong.
"For me, ultimately the goal is building over these next four years so that I can go into the next Olympics as a legitimate contender and somebody who has a shot at medalling," Weidemann said.
At the end of December, Dustin Cook tweeted he was returning to North America "to reset and recharge after a difficult few weeks on tour."
The World Cup alpine ski tour started in North America for Cook and his results were in line with the 2017-18 season, but definitely not the previous two years, when he was a medal threat. Cook, 29, placed 16th at Lake Louise, Alta., and 21st at Beaver Creek, Colo., before heading to Europe.
After gaining World Cup points in two super-G races for finishing in the top 30, he dropped in the standings and didn't score points in two races in Italy – 56th in Val Gardena and 31st in Bormio.
Val Gardena has been an uplifting race venue for Cook, who was 14th and sixth respectively over the last two years. He was on course for another strong finish last month before a small error nearly caused a crash and he lost his speed.
Cook was scheduled to return to Europe on Tuesday to resume training and racing, after talking to his sports psychologist and the key people around him.
"This season has not gone the way I'd like it to. For three weeks in Europe, I had no points and no results. I wasn't happy a lot of the time. It wasn't fun," Cook said in a recent telephone interview from Vail, Colo.
"Skiing is so competitive now. Any little mistake … and you can be one second down. What used to be 10th is now 25th."
After four super-G races this season, Cook is ranked 27th in that World Cup discipline, which is his lowest placement since finishing the 2012-13 season in 50th. Cook was 17th overall last season, 21st in 2016-17 and fifth in 2014-15.
During the 2014-15 season, Cook scored World Cup points in all seven races, finishing with his first two medals – a bronze in Kvitfjell and a gold in Meribel.
He missed the entire 2015-16 season, when he crashed in training before the start of the season and needed reconstructive knee surgery.
He rebounded in 2016-17 with two top-15 results, including a sixth, in his first two races, but struggled the rest of the season. Last season, he had six finishes between 11th and 24th places.
Woods back in action Michael Woods of Ottawa returns to the six-day Santos Tour Down Under in and around Adelaide, South Australia, which runs Tuesday through Jan. 20, but this time the noted Canadian cyclist has been designated the leader of the pack for his EF Education First Pro Cycling team. In 2016, Woods earned two third-place stage finishes and finished fifth overall. Woods had a breathtaking season in 2018, winning the men's road race bronze medal at the world cycling championships and capturing his first WorldTour stage victory during the Vuelta a Espana. Those moments brought him four honours during Pedal magazine's 2018 cycling awards – best overall male or female cyclist, best overall senior/U23 cyclist, best road senior/U23 male or female cyclist, and best Canadian cycling moment/performance. Canadian Cyclist magazine named Woods its male athlete of the year for the second straight season.
St. Patrick's High School is off and running in its quest to kickstart its dormant senior high school football program for the 2019 National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association season. After five years without a football program, the Fighting Irish returned to the field last fall with no money, borrowed equipment and 42 players to compete in a seven-versus-seven junior league. St. Patrick's went undefeated and won the title. Rebooting the senior team won't be easy, but the first touchdown has already been scored with a $12,000 commitment from the annual Hill Charity Golf Classic. The money will be used to purchase helmets. The school is looking to raise another $30,000 for equipment and other expenses.
Three Ottawa rinks had the Canada Winter Games within their grasp last weekend in Sault Ste. Marie, but they'll have to be spectators instead of provincial representatives. Team Dominique Vivier of the Navan Curling Club had the best shot of travelling to Red Deer, Alta., next month. Under skip Paige Brown, the Vivier rink rallied from a 5-1 deficit after three ends, but lost 7-6 in the eighth and final end, when Bella Croisier of Sudbury's Idylwylde Golf and County Club scored the decisive single point. In the women's semifinals, Vivier defeated Rachel Steele of the Port Perry Curling Club 10-3, while Team Emily Deschenes of the Manotick Curling Centre surrendered five points in the final two ends for a 7-3 loss. Team Chris Inglis of RCMP played only five ends in his men's semifinals before conceding a 9-1 defeat to Daniel Del Conte of the Hamilton Victoria Curling Club.
The host City View Curling Club rink of skip Jim Armstrong, third Collinda Joseph, second Jon Thurston and lead Reid Mulligan won four consecutive games to capture the Ontario wheelchair curling championship and advance to the nationals in April. Armstrong defeated Chris Rees of Toronto 6-3 in the final. The provincial title was the fourth for Joseph (2016, 2013 and 2009) and third for Thurston (2016 and 2013).
Simon Fournier has had a taste of alpine skiing on the World Cup circuit this season, but the Gatineau racer is in contention for an opportunity to do it full time in 2019-20. The Mont Tremblant Ski Club racer and University of Denver freshman could do that if he wins the overall 2018-19 Nor-Am Cup title. He's off to a great start on the international racing series, having posted first- and second-place results in men's slalom recently at Camp Fortune as well as a fourth in slalom and ninth in giant slalom at Mont Ste. Marie. Earlier at Panorama, Fournier had a slalom and giant slalom win plus a third in slalom.


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Re: Help with Mathematica 7.0
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- Subject: [mg96660] Re: Help with Mathematica 7.0
- From: Pillsy <pillsbury at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:35:01 -0500 (EST)
- References: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
On Feb 18, 4:22 am, Tim Brophy <timbro... at mac.com> wrote: > In versions 6 and 7 the Table command does not produce all the files I = > need for the animated gifs. How can I do the same? As of version 6 (no 7 here yet), you don't need (and shouldn't use) Graphics` anymore. Arrow is a part of the kernel now. Also, its syntax has changed, so you should now be writing Arrow[{{.53, .71}, {.53, .16}}] instead of Arrow[{.53, .71}, {.53, .16}] Also, you have the wrong variable in strip--it's written in terms of s, and your Table is iterating t! Also, I think just doing Export ["circuit.gif", circuit] will do what you want there. Cheers, Pillsy


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