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Holy Smokes! We're back! Did ya'll miss us? We sure missed you all! Welcome one and all to our 150th Spotlight episode! 150! Wow, can you believe it? This episode will wow and amaze you just as it did us. By the time I got down to the end of the levels I was laying in the fetal position in the corner because my mind had been blown so many times! A giant THANK YOU to all the creators who continue to provide hours and hours of entertainment. YOU are the reason we do this. So let's get right to it! James Cameron himself couldn't have written a better episode. Enjoy.
Link to Hubbie and the LBPC Spotlight hubs for LBP2 & LBP 3
The Clock Repairer
by Intangir85
Oh no! The old cuckoo clock is broken! Fortunately a tiny imp, the Clock Repairer, is ready to fix it! Travel into an imaginative cuckoo clock and try to repair it in this funny Point&Click-Platformer! -----ONE PLAYER ONLY! This level is dedicated to my friends that supported me and all my lovely beta testers!
Let me just get this out of the way real quick. Whoa!™ Wow, it is so good to be back! Man, after my PS3 bit the dust and then the site going down, I didn't know if I'd EVER be back. But then a miracle occurred, I got a PS4 AND the site came back. So that brings us to this quite ingenious level here. First off, it's gorgeous. I love the whole look of this level. Everywhere you look is a touch of elegance that can't be ignored. Second is the gameplay. Simply fascinating. It's a puzzle platformer at its finest and one that you MUST check out.
This must be one of the last levels I played in LBP2 and what an awesome note to finish on. It's a beautifully put together level which will test both your grey cells and your agility. There are some very clever puzzles and neat bits of platforming here, all beautifully presented too. I loved the clock interior with its golden cogs and small mischievous but charming imp whose job it is to repair the broken workings. The point and click mechanics work really well and you can tell the thought that's gone into making this, down to the really lovely animation for the "magic" you do. I'm not sure if this level works in LBP3 but if not, then it's definitely worth putting in your LBP2 disc back in and checking it out.
Realm of Shadows
by ElektroDJ
You are lost in a mysterious dark world full of danger. Luckily a light spirit is willing to help and lend your some superpowers. Find a way back to your world. 1 P only ----- Music from buddydestruction
A dark silhouette platformer that will satisfy you with bright colorful designs and amazing skills as a ninja like character with a light spirit as a sidekick guiding you through the adventure of trying go back into your world. You will be given superpowers such as double jumping and danger will await you until you meet the end.
You guys realize LittleBigPlanet 2 still exist right? It ain't dead yet and this LBP2 level proves just that. That there are still plenty of great levels being produced. Realm of Shadows is a great example of a silhouette level done right. Not only is it pleasing to look at but there is a great story to it as well. Realm of Shadows also offers very solid gameplay that mixes it up in a variety of ways. Step into this fantastic story with a rich atmosphere where you're sure to have an excellent adventure.
The M-Scanner (1 Player Mini-Game) (Update V.6)
by metlgearsolid200
Use the M-Scanner to scan the button boards. There appears to be a bug in the system and buttons are missing from them, the M-Scanner will report these problems to the workers and they will fix them. If you get a score of 100, you'll get 50 bonus points and a prize. I'd like to thank my girlfriend
At first, I thought this was going to be a 3D like level since in the beginning you are walking around exploring places with 3D movement, but then i noticed it was just the menu! A really creative menu where you find and select the options such as stepping up to the main terminal to play a survival like game using the M-Scanner. The rules are simple as you have to select the missing button on each panel that comes toward you in order to score. Round after round it will get harder and the highscores will be very addictive when you seek to achieve them right after your first playthrough.
Now, in the beginning, this level may trick you a little bit. You'll be thinking, "oh, ok, cool, a level in the mines." Ha ha, think again sackypants. You'll jump into a computer station where you will be playing a brutal mini-game. The idea is so very simple yet done masterfully. All you got to do guide the bomb through the correct hole. Square, X, triangle and circle. Level one is easy peasy and you'll be lulled into a false sense of, "I got this!" Dream on because Level 2 ramps up the speed and you'll be a button pushing maniac trying to keep up! Make to level 3 and your thumb will be a complete blur as your try to avoid blowing up the boards. Good luck, you're going to need it.
Elemental: Fire
by Shawneboi
Join Oddsock as he races through the flaming ruins of Elemental:Fire!
A fast paced platformer is always Oddsock's style of gameplay, am i right? Lava is fuming everywhere and stones floating above waiting for the agile sock to touch base and sprint through grabbing score bubbles along the way and walling sliding and bouncing across layers through the dangerous element of fire. Racing through the ruins is alot of fun and is a face-paced experienced that is fair and well executed, as I had the same amount of fun playing it for the second time around.
Holy Crap! Can I say that? Anyway, this level...man, it's so good. I fell in love with this theme when it was introduced back in the LBP2 DC comics level kit and enjoy just about every level that uses it. And boy does this level use it well, extremely well. I really love the extra playable levels in LBP3 and they're put to good use here. I dig looking in the background at all those score bubbles and going, yep, I'm about to be right over there! This is a score fest if ever there was one so try and keep that combo going for as long as possible as you run, slide and jump here and there with the ever lovable Oddsock.
Biosock: Intro (DEMO)
by Nick930930
After crash landing in the middle of the Ocean, you discover a mysterious lighthouse.. (If you get lag, respawn!)
As a fan of the series, this creator should be proud because he nailed the underwater area just like in the real game. The lighthouse is there and is waiting for you to hop in and take a deep breath as you go in the depths of the sea not knowing what to expect (unless you already played this game of course) and in a matter of second floating past what is like an under water city you land and acquire different power ups that make the experience even more frantically fun.
Wow, er, I mean, Whoa!™ Nick has captured the very essence of Bioshock right here. Oh man is this every gorgeous. From the very beginning this level took me back to the first time I started up Bioshock and I didn't stop grinning until the very end, where I frowned because it was over. Not only are the visuals drool inducing but the gameplay is superb as well. There's a nice variety in play so that you don't feel like you're doing the same thing over and over again. I can't believe this is only a Demo! Imagine what the full level will be! I can't, it makes my head explode.
Feather Thruster
by KomodoBrothers
Use boost boots, wall jumps, and velociporters in this bird sanctuary. Now you're boosting with the big birds. Music sequencer was musically sequenced by
The design, I recognized it to be Komodo's right away and I was really excited to see what was ahead of me and I was not disappointed one big. Such big sets of design and really intricate color palate mixed with gameplay ideas fixed for the boost boots felt like it was a story level of its own. Get ready to be wall jumping and whooping in what seems like a bird sanctuary under the perfect music track for the experience of flying like a feather.
Gah! I'm so jealous of you people! How do you create such wonderful masterpieces such as this while I'm over there in the corner trying to figure out how to glue two pieces of blocks together. I really admire creators like the KomodoBrothers who can take a simple gameplay mechanic, the boost boots, and almost entirely re-imagine it. There are so many ideas being used here where I went, "Holy cow, I didn't even know you could do that with those!" I love this level for many different reasons and the main one being, it's fun as heck.
(JVCOM) Volcanic Beauty
by alain251
Level made for the contest organized by "JeuxVideo.com" , an important French website about video-games ----- Special Thanks : Velvet--audio and Festerd-Jester for the music.
Intense actions and moment will await you when your climbing skills will be tested in the sake of falling into volcano danger. Maybe with the danger being your top priority, its still worthy to note that mountain of flames is quite an eye stagger to behold. Jumping through velociporters and dodging flaming balls require timing and momentum which are your two key components on making it to the end of this flowing beauty.
The word "beauty" is an understatement here. Breathtaking would be more like it though I guess Volcanic Breathtaking just doesn't have the same ring to it. And that's why I don't name Alain's levels. He has taken a normally dangerous place and one mainly associated with fire and brimstone, death and destruction and turned it into this world of beauty. And of course this being an Alain level, the gameplay is on point. Try not to play like I did though. I would be staring at the scenery and not even notice that a fireball was shooting straight at my head! Jump in, have fun, you'll enjoy it.
The Hourglass of the Infinite
by shookie_monster
[1 Player Recommended] Explore the ancient crypt in search of the Hourglass of the Infinite. Use your boost boots and helmet to platform through the crypt.
This is the first level i played where i was actually encouraged to switch between two power up, we were even assigned a button on the controller to do so in a blink of the eye! Mixing the hook hat and the boost boots together brought standalone game play for each and a great hybrid of obstacles making you use both to move along this ancient crypt. Not sure how much time the Hourglass of Infinite can wait, because the design feels huge and vibrant like any level Shookie has created and your may need extra time to soak it all in.
You know those levels where you just stand and marvel at the beauty the surrounds you? This is one such level. Shookie has a real knack for creating these environments that sort of includes the player in the game, if that makes sense. What I mean is this. I feel like I'm actually in there, you know? As I'm standing there staring at the walls and the bendy rails and all the deco in the nooks and crannies, I can almost feel and smell the air around me. Then I start playing and the gameplay is so smooth how it flows from one area to the next that I get lost in this little world and don't want to leave it.
Actio's Agility Abbey (1P)
by actio1_618
You're now travelling at the speed of church!!!1!!11 Music by
Geez, I don't know how much more I can take! So many awesome levels! You guys are doing a great job of feeding my addiction but I must have MOAR! Oh boy do I love how this one looks. I don't know exactly what it is. If it's the architecture of the landscape or the color scheme I like more. It's like the cartoon world and the real world collided and created this wonderful landscape in which to play around in. Speaking of playing, whoa, here's some unique gameplay here. You use the boost boots and the hook hat but what's different here is being able to interchange them on the fly. Now this creates some unique opportunities as you can imagine. Very fun gameplay that is both challenging and super fun. Enjoy.
A platformer that is as rich in atmosphere as it is in gameplay ideas. You will need to be agile indeed as you weave your way through the level equipped with a hook hat and boost boots. Split second timing is required as you switch between the two, flying from rail to rail and boosting across gaps. It's brilliantly put together, the obstacles are testing but the switching using L1 is very smooth and I can only blame my slow reactions for my ultimate failure to get through to the very end…that last obstacle with the angled bounce pad just proved too much for me. I'm sure you'll all fare much better than I did and anyway you'll have enormous fun pitting yourself against this challenge. Actio is well known for his superb skills with the paint tool and so it's no surprise that this level looks as good as it does. Rich, dark materials, ecclesiastical touches and some well-chosen music give the whole thing a gorgeous, sultry feel. Anyway, enough sermonising from me, just play the level!
Joker's return
by The-RraptOrr
Oh god! Joker is on lbp 3 too! And he make a second factory, you need to use your new gadget to travel it! Be careful this factory is a little bit difficult that the first.
If anyone is going to be doing a remixed version of the DC Comics level pack in LittleBigPlanet 3, it should be this creator. Not once did i say to myself" oh wait you can improve this bit here and there", because it felt so professionally well made I can easily mistake the proper design and gameplay to be from the official LBP team. The joker may be mischievous in his all new factory, but i got to give it to him, there are pretty snazzy uses of bits and bobs that laugh in our faces while springs pop by and gifts full of surprises that we should know by now we should not open if its from yours truly.
Holy bright colors Batman, where are we? Quiet Boy Wonder and take a look around! Notice the evil mechanisms that surround you? There's only one villainous villain who is crazy enough to build this factory. The Joker! This level is three shades of fun! I love it! Once again, the vile Joker has created a beastly feat of engineering and there's only one being capable enough to defeat him. Batman? Hahaha, no way. I'm talking about Sackboy! Jump into this level and you'll be using just about all the new power-ups in all kinds of cool ways to thwart the evil plans of the Joker. Just a fantastic level that is a ton of fun to play.
Over the Clouds [Adventure]
by Five-Ate-Five
Your favorite city is in danger! You need to help Marlien Monoroe to save the city, kinda! Music by Idgowans. Enjoy! v2
Wait a minute. Doth mine eyes deceive me? I could have sworn I had loaded up a community adventure and not a story adventure. That's what you're going to say to yourself when you see this work of art for the first time. There are four levels in this adventure and they're all in that classic Five-Ate-Five style. Great visuals and superb gameplay. Now, with any adventure, there are easy segments and uh, no so easy segments. Nothing to rage quit over mind you, just some areas with good old fashioned challenging gameplay. I love the story and the humor in this and I know you will too. Queue it up.
Another level from Five-ate-Five which positively fizzes with ideas and style. His by now almost trademark cartoon-like visuals make a colourful backdrop for some fun gameplay. Marielyn Monoreo presents you with a (huge!) magnet to help you in your quest to save the city and you'll have a blast dragging and swinging stuff around, including bombs…what could possibly go wrong xD You even get to use the magnet to whizz along rails (and get repeatedly fried too by the electrified obstacles if you're me) and defeat various bosses with it. It's a grand adventure, challenging, ambitious and full of colour and flair. I'm glad I saved my first heart for an adventure level for this one by Five. Great job.
Venice Venture [Platformer]
by se-mi92
A Venice themed Platformer... Medium-Hard, I hope you enjoy! 1 Player for best performance, might be laggy with more players. Music by Missi_Cat and Breezy-the-pro
I have never been to Italy before, but i do know one thing. They don't have designs that can pull off such jaw-dropping 3D illusions that fit the theme of Venice so fantastic and makes it feel really refreshing. Climb away and run across roof tops, or even better yet grab yourself an umbrella and start floating in the grasp of the wind right in front of tricky sections to get yourself high enough in the air to float down to the next section of the level. The length is perfect for this kind of adventure as it may not be an average lengthed level, but it goes far as to stretch it out a bit more to introduce even more game play ideas while travelling across Venice!
There's just too much to list here. My goodness! It's hard to find a level with soooo many different types of gameplay all packed into one area. And it's not like it's typical gameplay mechanics either. It's all, "Holy Heck, how'd he do that!?" type of stuff. I mean, there's one section, well several actually, that just had me scratching my head. Very fun level with some challenging sections that will trip you up if you're not paying attention. A great level with tons of details that you really must go see now.
Asylum: The Wandering Shadows
by Psyclownpath
One player only. During the late 70's after the condemnation of Project Infusion, a radical team of scientists weren't ready to abandon their unethical practices. Taking refuge in a hospital for the mentally deranged, they found themselves new and unwilling test subjects.
I wouldn't enter this place after i heard the backstory, or even yet peeking through the front door just tells me "Nope" and head back to where i feel safe. However if you find yourself to uncover more on what lies within this abandoned asylum, you are greeted in a top-down horror like experience where its silence and exploration with your handy dandy flashlight. As you creek through doors be on the lookout for files which reveal more about the journey, as well as the scares that awaits..
I'm not normally a fan of horror levels but I'm certainly going to have to make an exception for this one. It's very well written and has a nicely (!?) scary atmosphere with some great lighting and sound effects..those creaky doors xD. With the help of a chance found flashlight you explore a seemingly deserted asylum with disturbingly empty padded cells (where are the occupants now…?). There are file notes scattered around to help you puzzle out what on earth has happened and a few jump scares thrown in to keep you on your toes. It also has some of the scariest looking pot plants I have ever seen :P Are you brave enough to probe the secrets of the asylum and find out exactly what is lurking in those shadows???
Mahjong (MiniGame)
by Hanfi1311
Single player (tile matching) rules... The object of the game is to remove every tile by matching pairs of identical tiles... You can only match "free" tiles (highlighted in green)... A tile is "free" when no other tile is lying above and no other tile is lying to the left or to the right of it... HAVE FUN...
I never played Mahjong before, but have seen very small glimpses of it.I thought it was going to be some confusing game at first since i did not know what to expect and all, but i gave this a go and this version of the classic game was straightforward with a design that made it simple and easy to learn. Its a matching game basically except you can only match tiles that are not being blocked or surrounded by other tiles. After learning the concept i kind of want to play it in real life since this version did a good job of creating the game I was a bit nervous but curious to play.
I love the game of Mahjong. I have several versions of it on both my laptop and my PC and now, thanks to Hanfi, I've got one on my PS4! This level is simply amazing. The very sleek menu, the cool as ice backgrounds and of course, the game itself. We're given several different board layouts to play, I went with the classic style myself, and each one is just stunning in detail. There's also several different music tracks to soothe you as you work to match up the tiles. Trust me guys, you've got to see this one for yourself.
Kitchen Runner 2
by FabFio71
Sackie is back. Get ready for a new little big adventure in the kitchen and collect all 16 prices for use in your own level...play, create, share. Have fun :)
Feeling so small has never felt so big before, i guess that's what StandSmall is all about. Kitchen appliances and counter-tops are everywhere with different kinds of food at every corner you jump on a bouncepad or whoop though a velociporter all the way to the back or very front layer. Collecting blue and yellow score bubbles make it more enjoyable as it will get you pumped for collecting prizes in your kitchen adventure as well.
This is definitely one of those levels where you spend half your time going "Oh wow, look at that!" as you spot yet another brilliant detail. You'll have a permanent grin your face as you bounce on chillies (or mouth-watering bacon sandwiches!), knock glasses off shelves and generally fly around this wonderfully realised kitchen. The extra layers and new objects from LBP3 take the visual polish to a new level. The gameplay is seamless but what you take away from this level are all those visual star moments. Awesome job again from Fabfio.
Firefly Ruins
by R-V-2-0-1-3
(1 Player Recommended) - Look, I made a thing!.. Frolic along the ruins with the fireflies. _____________ ~ Music Created By ~
Yes, you did make a thing! No wait I can top that by saying you made a masterpiece! Wow action in every corner didn't stop me from saying wow almost all of the time noticing all of the tiny detail as well that you put into the platforming gameplay in the ruins. I never got lost while climbing on rotating wheels or zooping with a hook hat or not trying to get squished by ascending spikes. I can tell this creator put alot of time to polish this level because its so presenatable that even the fireflies are proud to shine bright upon your creation.
Oh. My. Goodness. RV hit this one out of the park, down the road and landed in someone's backyard! Holy cow this one is gorgeous. So very pretty. Another one of those levels where I had to stand still for a few minutes to soak it all in. You have tons of little details in here to miss if you move too fast, so best to slow down and take your time so you can see it all. As pretty as it is, the gameplay is where this one is at. The craftmanship that has gone into every obstacle, every platforming mechanic is very apparent here. I can't say anything more about it, you just have to go in and see this beaut for yourself.
(LBP3 3D) River Riding Challenge
by retrogamer7
Do you have what it takes to complete the River Challenge? Jump into the Rubber Ring and ride the waves. Can you set the highest score? 7 Stages await you, so put your skills to the test & see if you can achieve a 5 Star rating? (1 Player only) Left & Right to move. Avoid the whirlpools & Rocks, go through the Gates for points and look out for bonuses along the way. Prizes awarded for achieving the highest Ranking. HAPPY GAMING :) & Enjoy. This was made on the PS4. Sorry if PS3 version doesn't run properly
I can't swim! I can't swim! Oh wait, there is a lifsaver with litte toggle on it. Aww, how cute! Aside from the cuteness comes a 3D like survival where beach balls come by your way that you can hit for points as well as avoiding whirlpools, rocks and going through gates and claiming balloons and stars for bonus points, its just so much that could happen the content seems like it is never ending! These are 7 stages of purse fun in the water and will make time fly by as you are having fun racking up a great score.
Ok, how in the world are you guys doing this stuff! My mind has been blown this episode. This is just craziness! Take this level here. Retro created this fun level where it actually feels like I'm floating down this rapidly moving river! It's not just a leisurely float either, oh no, there are big points to be had here. There are a multitude of ways to earn points. You've got the boxes to avoid, the gates to maneuver through, the balloons to burst and more! Man, what an amazing level. Put on your swim suits and go check this one out!
Treasure Hunter [Top-down Co-op Action RPG, 1-3 players] (v1.04)
by Felkroth
Become a Treasure Hunter and embark on a grand adventure to find fantastic treasures in this adventure for 1-3 players! (One player recommended on your first play, you may experience slowdowns on PS3, report any bugs and issues in comments) ----- Features: Fast-paced top-down combat with 4 different character classes to choose from, over 25 quests to discover, hours of gameplay! Buy upgrades and level up to grow stronger!
So.. where are the Sackies Awards coming again? The RPG master themselves has returned to LittleBigPlanet with a Top-down RPG with a bunch of quests and mosters to fight! Can you believe this all started because the main character had rent to pay? Anything could have happen when you stopped by the Treasure Hunter guild, it could change the renter's life and it does! Play with 4 different classes, male or female, and level up against fighting monsters and completing tasks in this fast paced action adventure with superior logic when it comes to the top-down concept. It will take you around two hours or so to complete this, but your progress does save so fret not! This will be something you will want to play again and continue where you left off!
I bet it warms the very cockles of the hearts of the devs at Sumo to see a creator take their tools and create something like this. I'm sure this is what they were dreaming of when they created adventure levels and quest tools for people to play with and Felkroth has done them proud in every possible way. It has all the elements you'd expect from a true RPG: 4 classes to choose from, each with its own special (and brilliantly animated) abilities, a cool story, oodles of quests and baddies to fight. You name it and it's got it. I played with a friend and we kept excitedly spotting little things we recognised from Diablo and/or Dragon Age (like the awesome leaping shot style backflip by the rogue or the spinning shields animation for the warrior). We had a blast starting out on this adventure. We have only scraped the surface so far but I'm sure we'll be back for more. There's so much depth and quality here that it would be a crime not to. If you're still not convinced of the true potential there is in LBP3, then just play this level and you'll be instantly won over.
by ricksnun75
" PLAYER VS PLAYER " Ever wanted to play a real battleship game with your friends? Wait no more, jump in a drag that friend of yours that you always wanted to beat in a proper battleship challenge, with some nice effects and fantastic gameplay, pls review as it's important for future improvement. Thank you for playing
A classic boardgame that keeps people (who play fair of course)on their toes guessing and plotting for total victory. Battleships makes its way with a remake in LittleBigPlanet 3 where you and another player can face each other by placing your war ships anywhere on your according grid with the choice of rotating the pieces. After placing your warships on certain points on your grid then you and the other player take turns guessing coordinates on where you each placed your ships and if guessed right then the ship thats on the called coordinate will get hit. Drown all ships on your opponents side to win, and its a game that will have you play again and again and still have a great time with your captain hat on.
I know this is going to date me horribly but when I was a kid we played Battleship using a pencil and paper, laboriously drawing out the grid and our ship locations by hand. We never dreamed that one day a version as slick and awesome as this would exist. The rules are the same, of course, but this game is from another planet in terms of the visuals and functionality. I still suck of course but it was a whole lot of fun to play and brought back a lot of memories of fierce battles with my brother (who was not above trying to get a sneaky look at my sheet to see where my ships were grr!). Another level which proves the awesome potential of LBP3 in the right hands.
Also from the Showcase...
Played everything in the Spotlight and still looking for more?
These levels stand out from the crowd for a variety of reasons, so be sure to check them out!
- [LBP2] Platforming in this dark environment can only give you the hunch there is deep secrets to find while lurking in the Obscure Shack (Dark Platforming) by SakuraLBPDragonX
- [LBP2] Usually a multiplayer focused level is set to bring joy and teamwork among the two players, but this one in particular may intentionally do the opposite while playing Two Heads are Better Than One! [2 players only!] by BillyCrash100
- [LBP2] 31 levels of pure re-creation of the PS1 hit Final Fanasty 7 made in Littlebigplanet, start of the tale with the Final Fantasy VII Opening / Mako Reactor 1 - Sector 7 by BRRPPPPPPPPPPPPP
- [LBP3] Start of a wonderful beginning in a priview of a bigger project playing with sackthing while Sackboy Goes 2 Town PREVIEW "Sackboy Gets a Grip" by poorjack
- [LBP3] Up on the tops of buildings where life may life upon below and hear the racket caused by your reactions towards new LittleBigPlanet 3 gameplay tools used in this high-felt platformer in Rooftop Railings by DawnBreaker_23
- [LBP3] With a short create time comes an awesome design as the craft-like themed platformer shows a little world in a big way with Hey Little World! (PS Experience) by GentlemanTom
- [LBP3] Something is falling from the sky! Is it a bird, plane, chicken? Oh just cubes trying to squish you in the survival of Cube Frenzy (Survival Challenge) by Treas
- [LBP3] Ever tried to take down a beastly Colossus with your might sword and limited stamina? Prepare for so in thisPlayStation Experience: Shadow of the Colossus by bagheadinc
- [LBP3] Quicky draw the right spells to fight back those foes taking part in a soon-to-be epic story Wynter King - The Demon King's rize: First day in the Guard by Grimmcrypt
- [LBP3] Jumping on bubbles and fans and dodging crabs on a harbor is definitely not sea sickness during your Seaside Adventure by SnakeOwl
- [LBP3] If the farmer don't see, then you won't get in trouble. Then again getting points doesn't seem like that kind of mischief when To break a few eggs... by ForgottenEnigma
- [LBP3] What's special about the house is that it's not a barn, but a place where animals are free to be themselves. Have a meet up with what awaits in the House of Animals by SnakeOwl
- [LBP3] Platform in a mineral-fested cave, where the slightesy hunch of wanting to escape can be condemned with your might blink ball skills in theCave of Wonders... and Miners by VeryCoolMe
- [LBP3] The trailer that premiered LittleBigPlanet for the first time is now playable thans to the nostalgic remake of LittleBigPlanet GDC (Game Trailer) Level by Five-Ate-Five
- [LBP3]Who knew something so small can store so much inside, enter this one level and you'll be entering the challenge of Level One by DreJ1212
- [LBP3] Top-Down RPGs stand out in LittleBigPlanet 3, especially ones with incredibly designed monsters like in RPG TOP DOWN LBP3 Sackboys quest home by BestNameEva
- [LBP3] Even after graduating from Popit Academy, show DaVinci and Victoria what you learned by performing in the Popit Cursor (Platformer) by Pan_Ziemniak
- [LBP3] Arkle is about jumping and dashing around in this action-packed platfomer AROUND THE UNIVERSE (ATU) - 1-1: Arkle by cakito123
- [LBP3]A dark tone Top Down that will give you the scares taking part in the Ghost Adventures: Sackboy Edition by LavoroInPelle
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Community Spotlight Episode 150
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The Legend of Zelda: Survival Forest
by Loudriver77
Defeat as many enemies as you can to earn the high score. Collect rupees to earn new and more powerful weapons. (This level is heavy on logic, so don't be surprised if you encounter a bug or some slowdown)
I leave with a grin on my face knowing there is another fantastic Zelda tribute created in the LittleBigPlanet Community. This tribute is a survival where as link you are taksed to defend yourself from various enemies collecting rupees along the way to unlock new skills. As suspenful as it sounds I couldn't stop laughing at one wave because i did not seeing it coming, and the fighting that round was very wild and crazy. I won't spoil that part for you, but i am sure you will get a good laugh of out of it as well as a satisfactory feeling from this Zelda survival overall.
This little gem just about floored me. Really! I was sitting at my desk and I loaded this level and first comes the menu screen and I'm like, "What!? What. Wow." And I haven't even seen the main game yet! I hit the start button and ba bam! I'm greeted with this perfectly created Zelda forest, and I mean down to the last pixel. The premise is simple really. Mayhem and destruction. Take out as many enemies as you can whilst collecting rupees along the way. Use the rupees unlock power-ups such bows and arrows and what not. This thing is amazing so go play it now!
by Adel22
Play as a doodle boy in fun and creative world of papers. One player only! because amount of animations in this level and to avoid lag you may need to restart LBP before playing!
One step higher to raise the bar, never fails to impress. Everytime you see a doodle level that s professionally made by Adele it will leave you in a sketchy (pun intended) mood right? Well sometimes the doodling concept can get boring, but its awesome to acknowledge that even the creator of the series realizes that and fixes it everytime time with a new spin to make the series fresh. Real life photos from the vita camera, real drawings of known cartoons and funny narrative sand point told though notes which also acts out as a professional tutorial. You will be facing doodles and even human counterparts in this adventure and it made it seems alive, much more than a doodle this time around. Get ready for a fresh spin in the doodle platforming concept because Adele nails it yet another time!
Adel brings his awesome doodle talents over to the handheld in this brilliantly created level. Just like in his LBP2 levels, you'll take control of a little doodle Sackboy and go on a cool adventure. What I love about this is Adel could have just done a one off recreation of his LBP2 level but instead, added new elements of gameplay and animation. Doodle Sackboy is as cute as ever here but don't let that fool you, there is plenty of danger just around the corner, or rather, just across the page.
Also from the Showcase...
Played everything in the Spotlight and still looking for more?
These levels stand out from the crowd for a variety of reasons, so be sure to check them out!
- [LBPV] A reindeer is found hurt and two elves you meet at the scene engulf you in a platforming adventure in [VCC2] Day 3 - Fight for Fireball, for Family by xxMATEOSxx
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by panda_bear_party
Fight your opponents for that 1st class ticket to Hati! In this arena destroy one another whils avoiding the busy traffic of the runway! Can you find the hidden 747 gun?
You never get to see the back of an airport when you are going to take a flight to another location. Maybe you see what it looks like behind your window seat but being there with a kart and full on craziness just makes it even more interesting! Planes, work trucks, runways and working going on at the same time will make the battle for your prized first class ticket one deemed for.. unless you get caught by security, that is!
Bayou Boardwalk
by Brennski
Race through an industrial looking boardwalk environment.
Upon a green mist and a swamp like area, the boardwalk seems a bit spooky like you are racing through an industrial factory, but the set design makes you feel like close to the sea. Moving trucks will pass by a massive floating ship while at a glance you can see many building the green-ish atmosphere. My favorite was a custom power-up in which you shoot a truck to chase down one of your opponents making the experience even more wild.
Crazy City
by Tibco
Indulge in a crazy city race.
At what point in time will a city turn out to be crazy? Could it just be the fact that Spring fever is among us or there a day where everyone takes a day off to go loco? Well, this is one crazy city where you will be racing all over the place from the ground all the upon bouncing across rooftops and reaching wild places make this suspenseful tour of a city one to remember.
Castle Arena
by Tibco
Castle Arena by Tibco.
It was a challenge enough to get through the boundaries of a secured fort and to be let in the courtyard right? Now that you are in, the action doesn't stop as the courtyard turns into a massive battle where you'll be zooming across the fountain and entering many sections of the castle such as the king's throne or even go in meets end on the tip of the drawbridge. You will be bouncing everywhere just trying to make sure that your actions will not have the castle implode on itself.
by valious2corvus
A remake of an old classic. A game of skill. Tilt the table, follow the path, reach the goal. Use the 'Left/Right' toggles, or switch to 6-axis. The choice is yours.
A non karting level that is pure fun and sometimes aggregating which makes it even more fun! A classic game that is physics heavy and a slight touch on the stick could impact the outcome of this challenge. You have a tray that you can tilt up, down, left and right moving a ball from the start point all the way to the finish point. As fun as it may sound, the mazes make it more complicated along with red holes that will make you consider every move you make because if the ball falls through them you have to start over.
Woodland Run: 4 Pine Gang
by panda_bear_party
Time to face off the 4 Pine Gang.
The beginning had me hooked as the introduction of this level has made me hate these four racers known as the 4 Pine Gang. They are evil put in dialogue and even in gameplay! A task that is not so easy proving to them that your kart is not a mere "pebble" and you just want to win to show them who is boss. On a 4 lap race, they launch themselves ahead even before the timer says "GO!". What cheaters! In the end there is the winner's lounge which unfortunately in my play i did not win and they got to go there. Please avenge and win this race by using the shortcuts which are mighty useful and unlock the outcome that will prove justice!
Knight's Day
by scorpio1357
Race ON HORSES around the castle. The Knight's Day Festival has just begun but they're ready to stop YOUR fun. Runaway carts might slow you & the swinging weapons will too. Avoid burning arrows from the archers bows, but enjoy the jousting & sword shows!
Noble steed! I hereby call you in the aid of the Knight's Day festival. There are knights shooting with fire crossbows and action in every corner. Right your horse in this massive race as you will explore the in an out of the area. There will be hay carts swinging about where stacks of hay will trouble your path as well as weapon coming in as swooshed right before your very eyes. Happy knights day!
Sacksby Studios
by scorpio1357
Custom karts galore! Race through the movie backlot and become part of the scenery from well known films. Pls vote in reviews which area you would like to see made into a full track/battle arena. YOU MUST FINISH 1ST TO WIN THE STAR WARS 'WALKER' KART
A wonderful mix of nostaliga and variety as you enter what seems to be a hollywood like scene paying tribute to our favorite media and characters that make our history in the entertainment property. As you enter the curtains, each studio is decorated to a familiar film such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter. You will hear bits of their theme song as you enter their spots as well as witnessing kart transformations paying tribute as you race through old memories and classics that made up their time.
Also from the Showcase...
Played everything in the Spotlight and still looking for more?
These levels stand out from the crowd for a variety of reasons, so be sure to check them out!
- [LBPK] A section of a city where an all excess route to race on can get a bit crazier in by Brennski
- [LBPK] Prove yourself worthy to the king and queen by winning the race in The Gardens: Royal Track by panda_bear_party
- [LBPK] You have proved your track skills, now take the opportunity to fave the Princess in Royal Track: Princess Race by panda_bear_party
- [LBPK] Yummy treats turn evil as they become an obstacle in sweet revenge on the CandyLand Kingdom Battle by xX_Its_Me_Yo_Xx
- [LBPK] Hop on your ski mobiles and show the white fluff who is boss in Snow Drift by scorpio1357
- [LBPK] Simple but fun, in the night time racing through Phyllax City by maestro26801
- [LBPK] Race across the water in the fogy mist and an evil sea creature named Murphy Riptide Rush by StJimmysAdiction
- [LBPK] A puzzling challenge in a first person view will blow your mind in SPAAAACE upon the Solar Cube Space Base by scorpio1357
- [LBPK] Lava bursts everywhere as you race across an Oasis of flames named VolcanOasis by R_Nytveit
- [LBPK] At first I was confused why it said "Mad" but wow once it began its turned into an animal house of a Mad Tea Party by WhiteRaveN24
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03-01-2015 #4
Wow that is a ton of levels! Congrats to everyone on this massive list! Thanks to the crew too and I am glad you guys are back at it again!New psn: http://lbp.me/u/shookie_monster
03-01-2015 #5
A fine selection of levels. Played a few of those myself and have them lined-up to show on Rocket Cheetah. Will have to check the others out too!
Congraulations on your 150th spotlight! I don't always think to comment but I must have read pretty-much all of them and enjoyed 100s of hours of LBP levels thanks to you these showcases. Thanks!
Edit: More congratulations!
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- jwwPhotos
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Congrats to all the Spotlighted creators as well as those getting a nod. Tons of hard work represented here and so cool for you all to achieve these honors!
To the Spotlight crew. My special thanks for all the amazing effort bringing us these gems time after time. Hitting the 150 mark is indeed a testament to you all and this site. We really wouldn't be such a special place without this feature and we are all grateful for all you do here.
..and to all the members, thanks for being here and especially being so patient during our downtime and finally returning home. It isn't LBPC without it's members and you all are the reason we do all this.
Bless you all!!
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Space Escape (spotlighted!) // Space Escape II (spotlighted!)
Survival Line (spotlighted!) // Space Escape Pinball (spotlighted! Mm Picked!)
Trapped (spotlighted! vita)
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Member of the LBPC Spotlight CrewMember of the LBN Picks TeamMain Co-ordinator for the LittleBigPlanet MashupCo-ordinator for Creation Marathon 3: Re-CreatedCo-host of the LittleBigPlanet Playstation Home MeetsCo-oridnator of the Christmas Card and Wishlist ProjectsParticipant in the first LittleBigPlanet Hunger GamesJudge for many LBPC Fan-made Community Contests
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150 is most definitely something to be proud of. Major congrats on this giant milestone, Spotlight members of now and in the past.
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- Hanfi1311
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So many great levels, all queued, Spotlight Crew did a good job
And of course thanks for the spotlight...
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- jester946
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- katoregama
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Congrats to all those spotlighted! A few really great choices here.
Awww, Bad House Survival wasn't good enough? Oh well. Maybe someday I'll make something you guys will like. I'm not giving up yet!
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- xxMATEOSxx
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Conglaturation on reaching 150 spotlights. Congrats also to the creators.
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holy moly that is one heck of a spotlight!!!
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- yugnar
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This spotlight was just brilliant, what a wonderful effort from you guys to bring LBPC back to normal so fast and in such a glorious way Not only that but Vita and Karting got some love too (which makes me happy , btw kudos to Hyper for a huge effort on pulling it together)!
Honestly LBPC being down for so long got my attention to LBP in general diminish a little but now that it is back up and running I hope to return to normal for the next episode (sorry I couldn't help out in this amazing milestone ). Once again thanks to everyone, behind the curtain it was not just a normal episode, everyone was kinda dizzy for the long nap, and then BOOM make new hub for LBP3, new designs, banners, suggestions, a TON of levels to play and all of that in a painfully small amount of time. What a great work you made here guys, we all appreciate it. After all, these spotlights are such an important part of the community for highlighting these masterpieces: we thank you specially for not giving up and returning to duty so very fast.
03-05-2015 #17
- scorpio1357
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A double karting Spotlight.....and two honourable mentions. WOW!
Thanks guys, really makes all the creation time worth it. Time to quadruple my efforts for the next levels!
Congrats to all the other hardworking creators out there in Sack Land!
And congrats to the LBPC crew for bringing back our fave forums!Scorpio
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- JustinArt
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Alright, lots of spotlighted levels to check out. Congrats to them.
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- WhiteRaveN24
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Thanks for the mention. I'm also glad to have just posted karting's 300th level in the showcase thread. I hope to see many more.Try my newest creation Mad Tea Party https://karting.lbp.me/v/y5xx
Race through Halloween Town in Nightmare B4 Christmas https://karting.lbp.me/v/xb3z -Spotlighted
Or try Once https://karting.lbp.me/v/t2iy -Spotlighted


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Nourish Skincare brand was founded by Dr Pauline Hili who was a Technical Director at Neal's Yard Remedies for 20 years and is a one of the UK's top organic skincare experts in general.
I personally like that there is nothing complicated about this brand, it's simple yet effective. There are four skincare ranges: for oily and combination, dry, sensitive and dull skin types.
I have a Replenishing Peptide Serum For Dry Skin (£16.95) which I have been using during the holiday season…
This is a 80% organic product with Orange and Mandarin Oils, Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid. As I've said I have been using this serum during the holiday season ( I think I have used about half of it by this time), both evening and morning and loved the effect.
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Chiefs player's mother talks after murder-suicide
The mother of Kansas City linebacker Jovan Belcher, who fatally shot his 22-year-old girlfriend before killing himself at Arrowhead Stadium, says the days since the shooting have been very difficult but that she loves her son and the slain girlfriend.
Cheryl Shepherd told The Associated Press Wednesday that she had a "beautiful relationship" with Kasandra Perkins, whom Belcher shot Saturday at the home they shared in Kansas City with their 3-month-old daughter Zoey. Shepherd had been staying with the couple to help with the baby and made the emergency call when Perkins was shot.
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OK, I'll give you 2:qbicdesign wrote:Hehe, finally someone asked the most important question...alfreddo wrote:How do I change the workgroup in Mint from 'WORKGROUP' to MSHOME' ?
Don't want to get into GUI vs CLI arguments, but IMO the workgroup name should be able to be changed in networking GUI, after all it is a networking feature.
(1) This one requires a little work at first to be completely GUI.
Open Terminal
Type shares-admin
Select Unlock > General Properties > Workgroup
You can create a menu entry for it since although the package is installed by default in Mint7 it does not have a menu entry.
(2) Install system-config-samba
Once installed select: Menu > Administration > Samba > Preferences > Server Setting > Workgroup
You need to be very careful about how you use the rest of the functions of these two utilities and it's probably why they are not in the menu by default. Both of these are utilities to configure "Classic Samba". Mint / Ubuntu by default do not use "Classic Samba" - they use Usershares ( i.e., Nautilus-Shares ). You could really mess things up if you try to use both and aren't very careful about what you're doing.
To me using these utilities to change the workgroup name is like installing OpenOffice just to edit a config file - but that's just me.


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Disagreement over pension cuts had stalled an agreement among Greek leaders on austerity reforms demanded by the troika of the European Union (EU), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank (ECB). With several missed deadlines for that agreement behind him, Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos set off for Brussels on Thursday without it. However, a phone call after his arrival signaled an end to the standoff.
Bloomberg reported that, before the deal was struck, EU spokesman Amadeu Altafaj said he could not confirm reports of an additional 15 days granted to Athens to resolve its differences. "No one seems to be aware of such an extension," he was quoted saying in advance of an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers. Six days of talks had resulted in a narrowing of differences, but no resolution.
A statement from Prime Minister Lucas Papademos's office said that he and the leaders of the three political parties that support the government "agreed on all the points of the program with the exception of one which requires further elaboration and discussion" with the troika. "This discussion will occur immediately so that it can be completed in light of the meeting of euro area finance ministers" today.
At issue were cuts to pensions totaling 300 million euros ($397.515 million). All three party leaders have proposed alternative proposals to avoid pension cuts, agreeing to by cut defense spending and other expenditures.
Panos Beglitis, a spokesman for the Pasok socialist party, said in the report that his party did not support pension cuts, although all other issues have been agreed upon. Reuters reported Antonis Samaras of the New Democracy party saying, "In these difficult hours we have to look after the ordinary people, the pensioners. I haven't got the right to not negotiate hard and I don't care what other people think about that. We have to make sure that people will suffer less." George Karatzaferis of the Laos party is insisting on assurance that austerity measures are legal, and may hold up the agreement even if consensus is reached on the pension cuts.
ECB President Mario Draghi announced news of the agreement, saying in the report, "A few minutes ago, I got a call from the Prime Minister of Greece saying that an agreement had been reached and has been endorsed by the major parties."
However, not everyone is satisfied that the agreement is the best deal that could have been made. Greece's two major labor unions called a 48-hour strike for Friday and Saturday to protest the austerity conditions, and Ilias Iliopoulos, secretary general of the ADEDY union, said in the report, "The painful measures that create misery for the youth, the unemployed and pensioners do not leave us much room. We won't accept them. There will be a social uprising."


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Special "2013 MTV EMA" U.S. Telecast to Take Viewers from New York City to Amsterdam and Feature Appearances by
Fall Out Boy, Jason Derulo, Austin Mahone and More
NEW YORK - November 5, 2013 - MTV today announced it will world premiere the highly-anticipated new music video "Real & True" from rapper Future featuring Miley Cyrus immediately before the start of its "2013 MTV EMA" telecast on Sunday, November 10 at 6:55 p.m. ET/PT.
The track is the third official single from Future's upcoming second studio album "Honest," scheduled for release in early 2014 via Freebandz, A1, Epic Records.
At the conclusion of the video premiere, viewers in the U.S. will get a first-time, front row seat to an expanded "2013 MTV EMA" broadcast that will kick-off live from MTV's headquarters in New York City on Sunday, November 10 beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.
U.S. hosts Darren Criss from "Glee," British rapper and model Cher Lloyd and Andrew Schulz from MTV's "Guy Code" and "The Hook Up" will be joined by rockers Fall Out Boy, Pop star Jason Derulo, teen singing sensation Austin Mahone in his first appearance following his recent illness, The Wanted and EMA backstage host Ariana Grande. Leading up to the "2013 MTV EMA" premiere, Chriss, Schulz and Lloyd will provide live updates every hour from the EMA Red Carpet and live show in Amsterdam beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The "2013 MTV EMA" U.S. telecast will then jump overseas to Amsterdam where announced performers Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Snoop Dogg, Imagine Dragons, Afrojack and The Killers will light up the biggest party in the world. Also set to appear is the evening's MC Redfoo of LMFAO, backstage host Ariana Grande and presenters Ron Burgundy of Anchorman 2 (Will Ferrell), recording artist and model Iggy Azalea, singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding, singer/actress Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones) and actor Colton Haynes (Arrow, Teen Wolf). Additional performers and presenters will be announced at a later date.
Future (born Nayvadius Wilburn, November 20, 1985) is a Haitian-American rapper from Kirkwood, Atlanta, Georgia signed to Epic Records. His name came about after members of The Dungeon Family called him "The Future." His cousin, producer Rico Wade of The Dungeon Family, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills and pursue a career as a rapper.
In 2012, Future released his debut album PLUTO, which landed in the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and was slated in the top album lists of 2012 by the likes of the New York Times, Washington Post, and SPIN. Bursting on to the music scene with his rattling lead single off PLUTO "Tony Montana" in late 2011, Future's debut album continued to rise throughout 2012 with the second single "Turn On The Lights," which is RIAA certified Gold. Throughout 2012 and 2013, Future has continued his prominence on the airwaves with appearances on top charting tracks that have made him a mainstay at urban radio. Tracks written by and featuring Future such as "Bugatti" with Ace Hood and Rick Ross, "Love Me" with Drake and Lil Wayne and "Loveeeeeee Song" with Rihanna have all reached the top ten of the Urban charts.
Currently, Future is on the nationwide "Would You Like A Tour?" arena tour with Drake and Miguel. Earlier this year, Future released the first two singles off his forthcoming album "Honest," including the title track "Honest" and club favorite "SH!T."
The "2013 MTV EMA" will air across MTV's global network of more than 60 channels reaching nearly 700 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming and content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV's more than 200 digital media properties around the world. Bruce Gillmer and Richard Godfrey are Executive Producers for the "2013 MTV EMA." For MTV EMA news and announcements, check out EMA on Facebook or follow us @mtvema. For MTV EMA press materials, please visit press.mtvema.com or follow us @VIMN_PR.
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Tokyo Marui HOWA Type 89 Rifle
-Very good finish
-Metal receiver included
-3 rds mechanical burst
-Efficient and reliable hop-up
-Compatible with M4/M16 magazines
-Standard Type 89 mags feed all the BBs
-Inconvenient battery compartment
-Right side selector requires practice or an extra part
-Higher price range than other TM AEG models
-New gearbox type (limited parts availability)
With its look and new features coupled with a good performance, it's hard not to be tempted by this new Type-89. The main drawback being the limited use "ingame" due to the limited availability of JSDF Items, it may not be seen a lot on the field for some time, except in the hands of lucky collectors, curious shooters and Type-89 thin look addicts.
In any case, with the incoming parts being available soon on the market and its stock performance, any user will most likely be very pleased with this new AEG, showing the best available in Tokyo Marui's manufacturing and design quality, that remain a beacon in the Airsoft market today.
The Type 89 Rifle has been developed by HOWA Machinery Co.(Japan) for Japanese self defense forces. Type 89 is a select-fire, gas operated, rotating bolt assault rifle, close in design to the AR-18 rifle (USA) previously manufactured under license by Howa Machinery under Armalite Licence.
The rifle features a stamped steel receiver, and the handguard, pistol grip and solid stock are built in composite plastic. It also features a peep-hole flip-up rear sight and a quick detach bipod. The Type 89 is able to fire STANAG standard 22mm fin-stabilized rifle grenades.
More information and data about the real thing here.
One Marui replica that sounds different, metal body, mechanical burst-fire, new Version gearbox (although V7 has just been developed before), and some other details.
All these things made this AEG very expected, emphasized by the fact it has been developed, announced and distributed in a very short amount of time (compared to the M-14). It is also a Japanese design based replica, which has nothing to do with any other kind of their own products and even other brands.
Tokyo Marui seems to have found an easy and efficient answer to the transportation & delivery issue until the well-know M-14 Rifle: to avoid any flying polystryrene, Marui uses a poly box covered with a camouflage fabric, inside the two-cardboard boxes design, that's a good point for the look and the shipping safety.
Now, what can we say about handling this Marui T89, the pistol-grip's shape is close to the LR-300 pistol-grip lines, not designed for ambidextrous use but easier to handle than SEF Trigger-Group grips. The handguard is slightly enlarged from the body to it's middle for an easier use, and has horizontal grooves; in the end you can easily hold this replica tight with mid-sized hands without blocking your line of sight. Both handguard bodies (left and right) are designed with internal slides for an easier reassembly and a stronger design.
Shouldering this AEG gives a comfortable feel and an instinctive rise of the sights, with a good handling length available for the weaker arm, close enough to the gravity center. No pyramidal grooves grid on the parts in contact with the hands, be a little careful when shooting in dirty environment.
The big innovation in Tokyo Marui's replicas: this Type-89 AEG comes with a metal Receiver. A better weight, an improved feel and a cold contact on the Die Cast metal body, all this denotes with the grey-matte surface finish close to the Marui Sig-552 body. But no parasite plastic noise, and with the metal edges that will reveal after a sustained use, the user will not forget what he is carrying in its hands.
The pistol grip is made of good black-matte plastic, like the buttstock and the back of the handguard. The rear sight, side receiver buttons, selector switch, charging handle and all the front sight and the barrel parts receive the same color, but are made of metal. Tokyo Marui used a rubberized material for the buttstock pad for a better adherence. Esthetically, this overall grey metal construction with black plastic parts is giving a nice serious feel.
Howa designed the Type-89 rifle with M-14 type iron sights, with a rear peep sight, foldable adjustable for windage and elevation, and a front blade under tunnel with an elevation adjustment key. That's a specificity of the rear peep sight to fold and lock inside the sight's base, while changing the elevation setting it will progressively rise up with 8 elevation increments. Once raised, the windage setting can be modified with 3 increments in each direction. The light of sight available is 440mm long.
Tokyo Marui's Type-89 features a trigger and electrical safety on the selector switch. Unlocking the magazine is done using the lateral Mag-catch (AR15 type but smaller) above the trigger, right receiver side. The magazine locks inside using a lateral cut like the Colt M4/M16 Series mags (compatible).
Type 89 Standard magazines has a particularity to be fitted with a oversized Pellets pushing rod that allows all the pellets to be fired without loosing 4 BB's unlike other standard magazines (except PSG1 genuine ones) All Type 89 magazines features side-drilled shells with fake cartridges visible for a more realistic look. Very close in size to the usual M4/M16 ones but slightly longer, the Standard and Highcap magazines carries respectively 60 and 420 rounds. M4/M16 Mags are compatibles to use with the Type-89, but the opposite isn't true.
Turning the selector switch fitted on the right side of the receiver sets your firing mode. This configuration is unusual but can be mastered fairly fast and has some good aspects:
The selector markings can be understood this way, for quoting my Web-board colleague BooYah:
1- "A" - ANZEN - Safety
2- "RE" - RENTPATSU - Full Auto
3- "3" - SAN - 3-Burst
4- "TA" - TANPATSU - Semi Auto
(Katakana Japanese alphabet)
Each user can adjust his Hop-up setting by maintaining the bolt opened and turning the good-sized tangent dial around the barrel. Similar to the G36/G3/Thompson system, it provides an easier use than other constructions and keeps the setting a lot better than the M4/M16 design. Tokyo Marui made the possibility to loose the setting even less prone to happen by building a very tight adjusting dial; you almost need a tool to change the setting.
The handguard carries the 8.4v Stick-type battery in the upper area above the barrel. You can access the battery compartment by pushing the front handguard pin under the front Sight (you don't have to take it off completely). It allows removing the left half of the handguard by sliding it upward. The right half can be removed by the same manner, but it doesn't have to be done for the battery change to maintain a battery support while plugging it.
Once opened, you have to place the battery with the wirings on the bottom like shown in the Manual, plug and place the Tamiya connector in the indicated area. An interesting detail, the buttstock can carry a spare Stick Battery (8.4v too) by pulling the spring-loaded Stockpad and rotating it around his center to access the compartment.
Another interesting detail, the appropriate Type-89 Quick Detach bipod is sold with the AEG. It can be installed very simply and easily, deploy the legs, rotate the locking lug on the top of the bipod to open the Bipod-clamp, lock it on the barrel, and lock it. Once folded under the handguard, the bipod legs are locked into the bottom handguard venting holes.
You can attach a sling by using the sling points on the buttstock and on the Front-set located on the Gas block left side. The buttstock sling swivel is similar to the AK74/AK100 Series but larger and can fit all types of sling and hooks. The Front-set sling point is smaller and close to the Sig-550 Series one.
The Outer Barrel is threaded in 14mm(-) CCW under the flash-hider. Delivered with an orange plastic flash-hider, the original Type-89 Flash-Hider is included in the pellet box.
For once, shooting with a Tokyo Marui stock AEG gives the shooter a slightly different feel. About the performance, you can fully appreciate the quality and manufacturing accuracy from Tokyo Marui, with a 290fps average speed, good range, a efficient Hop-up system and a very good consistency.
The trigger pull gives the user the feel to have a 2 step pull. Fire is reactive and reliable, on the top of that you have now the 3 Rounds Burst available, which performs like it should, reliable and efficient. The 3 Rds Burst is provided by a new Gearbox VERSION 8 with a mechanical burst system.
About the shooting noise, there is a light difference with previous AEG's, the Type-89 is slightly noisier (it's pretty hard to notice) although it's not a disturbing noise like a bad motor tension setting and so it's nothing to worry about. AEG's with metal receivers tend to have a distinct sound to them.
The user actually has a limited amount of current available due to the Stick battery that doesn't allow at this time high power modifications over 1.5J or high ROF tune-up. The Stick battery allows a decent volume of BB's to fire with the development of enlarged capacity Mini-cells (600, 800, 1100, 1400) and can be changed pretty fast with a little practice.
The Type 89 worked flawlessly throughout the test period. No malfunctions occurred at all.
- By Gabriel (France)


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Disabled Services
Acceptance of Blind Students in Faculties of (Arts - Al-Alsun)
1- Faculty of Arts
They are admitted on the basis of the decision of the Supreme Council of Universities, which is issued every year, and provided that obtain a secondary school this year and a total of at least 50% with residency within the geographical area of the university and are accepted after the medical examination by a medical committee.
The Electronic Vision Center is located at the Faculty to help blind students enrolled in learning using computer technology to improve the academic and scientific level of these students by alleviating the suffering they face due to unequal opportunities with other sighted students where they face the difficulty of pursuing the curriculum and the examination as well as participation in various student activities such as preparing research papers and others. Therefore, the Center provides blind students with the opportunity to learn using the computer through the screen reader, which helps him to face all these difficulties.
This center is equipped with electronic devices and programs that serve the objectives of the center [70 computers with a screen reader system - 2 computers working as a server - a computer with a reader system for the work of books system (OCR) - two devices Advanced scanner to be used in the process of withdrawing textbooks - Network to connect devices to each other - 2 laser printers to print the paper and used in the exam - 3 Braille printers to print the courses for blind students and then the courses were converted from paper format To the electronic image audited by the automated bitumen system.
The Center offers training courses for blind students such as a screen reader course (visual system) of all kinds (Arabic - English - Internet) for 30 hours training - educational strengthening courses for students stumbling in the curriculum in the departments (Arabic - History - Philosophy - Sociology) - student training Blind people use the Internet to visit scientific and cultural sites ... in order to develop their personal skills such as self-confidence, effective communication and how to solve problems.
It has established a cultural library that includes 1814 books in various disciplines, in addition to opening channels of communication with NGOs and civil society organizations and interested parties for the blind to open the door for donations that will maintain the continuity and development of the center and the services provided therein.
The Center has expanded the scope of its services to all students in the faculties of law and tongues by organizing training courses for them on the screen reader program.
Recreational trips are organized for these students with the aim of reinforcing the links with the center and the continuity of its interest as an entertainment field in addition to being an area of study and education.
A special family for the blind has been established, affiliated to the Youth Welfare College and the Electronic Vision Center.
The Center commits blind students to training in the English language vision program and ICDL programs to upgrade its scientific and professional level.
The books were converted to mp3 for (20) books for the sociology department and (15) books for the history department - (5) books for the Arabic language department.
2 - Faculty of Al-Alsun
They are accepted according to the decision of the Supreme Council of Universities, which is issued every year and provided that they get the secondary school this year and a total of at least 50% + the total of the three languages applied in the faculty in the year of enrollment with the residence within the university and are accepted after performing the medical examination by the Medical Committee.
Acceptance of these students to the Faculty of Al-Alsun is required to master the blind student dealing with the computer (computer) because the student examines his courses through the computer.
The Faculty has nearly one hundred blind students in the bachelor and postgraduate levels distributed in Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian, German and Turkish departments, in addition to studying some languages as a second language such as French and Farsi.
They also received their lectures at Rafik Al-Darb library at the faculty and the library has its own e-mail through which to receive the electronic copy of scientific materials sent by faculty members and the associate body and sent to students.
In recent years, the College has purchased two modern printers for this purpose, in addition to the presence of two older printers in the library. It is estimated that the library prints in each semester between 15 to 20,000 braille papers.
The library also prints students' research papers to be presented to the faculty members through the photocopying printer.
The library also has more than one scanner through which the transfer of scientific materials, which does not have an electronic copy on the computer to be reviewed by faculty and auxiliary staff or some families in the faculty, such as hands.
Throughout the academic year, the Library prints Braille and postgraduate exams for bachelor and postgraduate students in Braille, ranging from 100 to 120 exams throughout the semester.
In addition, the library communicates with students through its group on the social networking site Facebook to announce anything related to blind students, whether trips, social activities or any alerts related to the study.
Admission of disabled students
Disabled students are admitted to the faculties of (Arts - Law - Commerce), provided that they obtain a high school diploma this year, with a total score of at least 50%, while meeting the geographical distribution requirement in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Council of Universities in this regard.
For students with disabilities who are blind and in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Council of Universities may be transferred or admission upon the exhaustion of repetition times as an exception to the total requirement in accordance with disability cases.
Other services
- Provide all student assistance through the central and sub-takaful fund in the faculties to help students with special needs from paying tuition fees, university city fees and treatment for their patients.
- Provide the necessary facilities and facilities to facilitate the involvement of students with special needs in the activities conducted at the university to give them the opportunity to have a positive role in the community and to exploit their potential in the best possible way.
- Exclude them from the conditions of admission to university cities, and cover their expenses in full from the Takaful Fund.
- Spending the financial grant allocated to them and provided by social affairs.
- Participation of these students in training courses specially prepared for them at the Public Service Center and the vision center, in the same period of half-year leave and the first two weeks of the second semester at the expense of the Central Social Solidarity Fund.
- Preparation of courses for the special groups of them to teach wood works (art education) and music through the Faculty of Specific Education.
- Strive continuously to improve the level of educational service provided for blind students and prepare textbooks to suit their situation in order to enable them to have the ability to achieve educational and follow-up scientific courses and the development of an effective mechanism to deal with the blind students just like dealing with their peers.
- Preparation of special committees for exams for students with special needs (handicapped - visually impaired) through the provision of a note to write to the student, and in the case of language materials, the competent section to provide a teacher or one of the specialists to ensure the conduct of the exam for the student.... As for the blind student is exam through specialized computers according to Braille.
- A unified entity was established to serve the students with special needs at the university under the name of "Will Knights Club" and it is headquartered in the Sports Activity Department at the General Administration of Youth Welfare.


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Series 3800
Application area
Transporting and accumulating unit handling, such as cardboards or containers. Also suitable for implementing buffer sections.
Modular construction
The friction heads are interchangeable and can also be exchanged with fixed friction heads. A permanently pressed bearing housing allows inserting a variety of drive heads. The friction heads made of polyamide are secured against dropping out.
The use of polyamide or polyoxymethylene drive heads results in very quiet running.
Numerous drive types
Numerous drive types are available. Depending on the requirement profile, the rollers can be driven with flat, PolyVee or toothed belts as well as chains with a pitch of 1/2" or 3/8".
Conveyance as well as accumulation pressure depend on the weight of the materials.


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This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Non-commercial movements of pet animals
Non-commercial movements of pet animals
Non-commercial movements of pet animals
This summary has been archived and will not be updated. See 'Non-commercial movements of pet animals' for an updated information about the subject.
Non-commercial movements of pet animals
This Regulation lays down the animal health requirements and controls applicable to cross-border movements of pet animals not intended for sale. This Regulation also strengthens the standards applicable to animals from third countries and thus prevents the spread of diseases such as rabies.
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC [See amending act(s)].
This Regulation harmonises the health requirements applicable to pet animals which are moved within the European Union (EU) for non-commercial reasons. It also reinforces the standards applicable to animals coming in from third countries.
This Regulation aims to guarantee a high level of protection for human and animal health while facilitating movements of pet animals accompanied by their owners.
Animals concerned
This Regulation deals with:
However, the health requirements applicable to these animals are not harmonised. The national rules prevail.
This Regulation applies without prejudice to the provisions on species of wild fauna and flora.
Identification of animals
Cats, dogs and ferrets must be identified by means of an electronic chip (transponder) or a clearly readable tattoo. As from 3 July 2011, transponders will be the only accepted means of identification.
The transponder is already recognised as the only valid means of identification in Ireland, Malta and United Kingdom.
Movements of pet animals between Member States
Animals travelling, accompanied by their owner, within the European Union must be accompanied by a passport issued by a veterinarian authorised by the competent authority in their Member State of origin.
The passport of the animals (cats, dogs and ferrets) must certify that the animal complies with the health requirements detailed below and, in the case of Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom, with the additional national rules required by these countries.
Entry of pet animals (cats, dogs and ferrets) into the territory of a Member State is subject to compliance with the following three conditions:
For a transitory period up until 31 December 2011, entry of pet animals (dogs or cats) into the territory of Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom is subject to compliance with the following additional conditions:
In addition, Member States may authorise entry to young animals under three months old and unvaccinated under certain conditions.
Movements of pet animals from third countries
The health rules applicable to intra-Community movements of pet animals also apply to the following countries: Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and the Vatican. They also apply to the third countries listed in Annex II, Part C.
Stricter health rules apply to animals (cats, dogs and ferrets) coming from a third country not listed in Part C of Annex II. If they enter Member States other than Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom, these animals must be vaccinated and have undergone a neutralising antibody titration (for Finland treatment against tapeworm echinococcosis is also required until 31 December 2011). The titration must be carried out in a laboratory approved by the European Commission on a blood sample taken at least one month after the vaccination and three months before the movement of the animal.
If they enter Ireland, Malta, Sweden or the United Kingdom, placing in quarantine is foreseen in accordance with the protocol in force in those Member States.
Animals coming from third countries must be accompanied by a certificate issued by an official veterinarian or a passport in the case of reintroduction, certifying that the health rules of this Regulation have been complied with.
Where checks, particularly those performed at EU entry points, reveal that an animal does not satisfy the requirements of this Regulation, the authority responsible may decide to return the animal to its country of origin, to isolate it under official supervision for the time necessary to bring it into line with health requirements or, as a last resort, to put the animal down where its return or isolation in quarantine cannot be envisaged.
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is repealed by Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 with effect from 28.12.2014.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003
Decision 2004/557/EC [Official Journal L 249, 23.7.2004].
This derogation applies to the transit of pet dogs and cats between the island of Bornholm and other parts of the territory of Denmark via Swedish territory.
Amending act(s)
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Decision 2004/650/EC
Regulation (EC) No 454/2008
OJ L 145 of 4.6.2008
Regulation (EC) No 219/2009
OJ L 87 of 31.3.2009
Regulation (EU) No 438/2010
OJ L 132 of 29.5.2010
The successive amendments and corrections to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 have been incorporated into the basic text. This consolidated version is for information only.
Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 [Official Journal L 178, 28/06/2013].
Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2014 repealing Decisions 2004/301/EC, 2004/539/EC and Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 [Official Journal L 10 of 15.01.2014].
Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia [Official Journal [L I58 of 10.6.2013].
Council Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 of 6 May 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the maximum number of pet animals of certain species that may be the subject of non-commercial movement [Official Journal L 114 of 7.5.2010].
Commission Decision 2007/25/EC of 22 December 2006 as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community [Official Journal L 8, 13.1.2007]. See consolidated version.
Commission Decision 2005/91/EC of 2 February 2005 establishing the period after which the anti-rabies vaccination is considered as valid [Official Journal L 31, 4.2.2005].
Commission Decision 2004/839/EC of 3 December 2004 establishing conditions for non-commercial movements of young dogs and cats from third countries into the Community [Official Journal L 361, 8.12.2004].
Commission Decision 2004/824/EC of 1 December 2004 establishing a model health certificate for non-commercial movements of dogs, cats and ferrets from third countries into the Community [Official Journal L 358, 3.12.2004].
Commission Decision 2003/803/EC of 26 November 2003 establishing a model passport for the intra-Community movements of dogs, cats and ferrets [Official Journal L 312 of 27.11.2003].
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in connection with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals [COM(2007) 578 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
This report concerns the measures to be taken at the end of the transitional period during which Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom have maintained anti-rabies measures as a specific condition of entry. With a view to achieving full harmonisation of the rules in force in the EU, the Commission is assessing the options available for revising the current arrangements. This assessment is based on the scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority. The options available include continuing on a permanent basis, extending, lifting or adjusting the conditions of entry for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Finland and Sweden. However, since the discussions on amending the Regulation will last for longer than the time provided for by the Regulation, the Commission will initially opt for an extension of the period of application of those rules.
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In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
In proclaiming the faith and in administering the sacraments every priest speaks on behalf of Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ.
"If you believe what you like in the Gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."
Homosexuality is incompatible with the priestly vocation. Otherwise, celibacy itself would lose its meaning as a renunciation.
One can readily admit that the Magisterium's manner of expression does not seem very easy to understand at times. It needs to be translated by preachers and catechists into a language which relates to people and to their respective cultural environments. The essential content of the Church's teaching, however, must be upheld in this process. It must not be watered down on allegedly pastoral grounds, because it communicates the revealed truth.
Yes, I know: I have been atrociously bad at doing my weekly reviews. I wish I could guarantee an improvement, but I so dislike making empty promises that I can't bring myself to even attempting an assurance of that. In any case, I had been considering going away from weekly reviews towards shorter more pointed articles but since I had started on this 'weekly' review at the end of January, I thought I woudl extend it. First it was for a month towards the end of February, but as fortune would have it, it ended up covering several months and now covers the end of June.
My site was hacked in the meantime, which set me back a while. Most things are back to normal but the update has messed up my tagging system so I am limited to about a 5th of the tags I used to have and I haven't found a way around it. At the same time the browser I use (Firefox) seems to have experienced a problem on the operating system I use (Ubuntu Linux) and so I have not been able to use the content editor. Fortunately I realised that the content editor might work on other browsers, and I am now writing this article on Brave - a browser I can recommend to anyone. Not everything works though - hyperlinking to links doesn't, for instance - so I can't link to anything from within the article and I have to rely on the links at the bottom of the article instead. That is more than likely problem with my CMS (Drupal) than with my web browser.
I don't mean to bore you with all this nonsense, but to point out that I can come up with excuses like the best of them. In other words, it is not out of a lack of excuse-making that I refuse to jump on the "it-can-be-read-in-an-orthodox-way" bandwagon so popular among Bergoglio's enablers and defenders. Yes, I could come up with about 500 reasons why I haven't done my weekly reviews, and some of them might even be valid, but there is really only one which counts: I have simply not taken the time to do it. It has certainly not been due to a lack of material. However, since this piece covers such a long period, I shall only be able to hit the highlights, or lowdarks, as it were, in both the secular and ecclesiastical world.
The best news is that it's been 5 months, which means I am 5 months older, which means Bergoglio is 5 months older, which means we are 5 months closer to the end of this horrific pontificate, or pseudo-pontificate, or whatever-you-wanna-call-it.
Right off the top of my head I can list any number of offences against the faith, and that's even without going back on my links. There's the appointment of McCarrick's closest friend as camerlengo, to take over when he retires. Then there is the Cardinal Wuerl replacement for Washington DC, who is really Cardinal Wuerl, with all his vices and then some, except a darker shade. While it is always exciting to see a black bishop in the U.S. considering that so few black people in the U.S. are Catholics, the man chosen to replace Wuerl is a disappointment in any measure, save for one which places perversion as a positive, which of course, is the scale Bergoglio seems to like most. Then there is Bergoglio choosing not to meet Matteo Salvini on account of Salvini not having the same fetish for kissing Muslim feet as he does, although Bergoglio put it in another way, obviously. We must also not forget the Abu Dhabi document, which I believe was signed during these past 5 months, and if ti wasn't doubtless there was a similar assault on the faith.
What we have not been treated to is another monsignor been arrested an account of a drug-fueled party at the Vatican, or a bishop openly converting to Talmudism, or wicca or some such. So I suppose it could have been worse, although I wonder if it would not be better for many of these NOChurch bishops to openly declare the religion to which they adhere because much of the time it is obvious that it is not Catholicism or even any of its heretical offshoots.
Bergoglioism is not a one-man religion though and on the face of it sometimes it seems like the world's fastest-growing religion - among ecclesiastics anyway. We have, of course, been treated to the horrendous Instrumentum Laboris of the Amazon synod, in which the authors seem to be declaring in all but name the official abandonment of the Catholic religion by NOChurch. Gone at least is the discussion of having the Eucharist in other matter than wheat - the only valid one. However, in are all manner of things, both pagan and protestant. Apparently instead of converting the Amazonian tribes, we are not supposed to learn from them how to be better in harmony with the world., and of course there is the issue of ending clerical celibacy which seems to be the whole point if this sham synod.
You know what I can't understand? These people - Bergoglio and his minions - spend half their time talking about how we mustn't be dogmatic, how protestantism - in any of its 100,000 sub-domains - is equally good to Catholicism, how atheists go to Heaven, how everything is going to Heaven actually according to Bergoglio in one if his 'magisterial documents' (which one eludes me and frankly my brain cells are better not wasted on that). However, when it comes to the Amazon synod, then we are all of a sudden treated to the realisation that the Eucharist is important, that priests are important, and in fact so important that it is worth giving up all our doctrines and dogmas in order to provide priests for the Amazonians, without whom they might not your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine. The document does...
A very akaCatholic-heavy entry today, but I have not been able to figure out where they keep their RSS-feed which means that I only get to visit the site occasionally, at which point there are many new interesting articles to read.
Needless to say, their love for Bergoglio has not grown with time.
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Is Manny Ramirez Coming Out of Retirement and Returning to Baseball?
Well, that was fast.
After retiring this spring rather than serve a 100-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drog policy, Manny Ramirez says now that he wants to return to the game and face his punishment. He plans to seek a formal reinstatement.
"I would comply with my pending sanction and I would be available for any major league team," he told ESPNdeportes.com. "I already informed [agent] Scott Boras of my decision to return and begin the process."
Ramirez's change of heart about retirement came after after the slugger learned he was ineligible to play in the Dominican Republic's Winter League, since it is run by MLB and under the league's jurisdiction, too.
At 39, it's a longshot anyone would sign Ramirez, who was charged with domestic battery earlier this month after allegedly hitting his wife. He says he'd potentially play in Japan or elsewhere if no MLB teams bite.
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Elephant dung is so hot right now: press releases for the upcoming DVD release of Horton Hears A Who! are all printed on paper made from recycled elephant poop. (The paper is meant to impart economic value to Sri Lankan elephants, which are often killed because they compete with local farmers for space.) But it's not just press releases: the dung is also selling like hot cakes in India, where it is used as a cheap mosquito repellent. If only we could find a way to turn the shit slung by the modern GOP into a force for good. [Outside Blog, Hindustan Times]
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