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Tag: Portal: Still Alive
ThirdUnchartedJourney: PortalFlowerKart
I've got a life-long friend who loves getting his game on, but is somewhat stymied by his work and family duties; four kids will, I guess, devour a chunk of (what I'd consider to be) prime gaming time. But every so often he gets a day-pass from the family, and we get to sit and eat junk food and play video games – on the couch, making a nice social day of it.
But I struggled with inspiration for stuff to show him this visit. Eventually I kicked things off with a bit of Uncharted 3, pushing through some couch co-op… which was great, until the game failed to present a checkpoint that we had, by all accounts, earned. Then came Portal – he'd heard of it, but never played it, so I just let him play and kept quiet until help was needed. The same went for Journey – whilst he laughed and joked early on in his experience, when that moment occurred the room went quiet.
"That's… fucked up," he quietly offered. It was great to be able to see him get that affected by the game; I think it surprised him.
We wrapped things up with Mario Kart Wii – and really, is there any better competitive game when two people are in the same room? In all, it turned out to be a fantastically fun day, and a real mixed bag of experiences for him.
But, in terms of solo play, it's been a real tale of three consoles this week, with my gaming time split pretty evenly across all three of the major platforms. And, despite the odd niggle, it's almost all been universally great.
The 360 got a look-in when I finished off the second (of seven) playthroughs of Saints Row: The Third. The protagonist dialogue – the real reason for the multiple runs – actually started diverging quite significantly towards the end of the game… but the subtitles did not, which was interesting. I toyed with the purchase of Fez, but decided against it… for the time being.
The Wii's drawcard was, of course, Mario Kart Wii, which provided oodles of fun and swearing – even on the slower speeds. A brief look at the harder levels indicated that it's going to provide the madcap bedlam that I'd expect, with items zipping across the courses and my kart spending more time in the air than on the road. Fantastic, sweary stuff.
But the central focus of the week was most certainly Ico. A lazy first (PS3) playthrough reminded me of how remarkably emotive the game is, with the second (back-to-back) run an absolute delight that I celebrated with Yorda, eating watermelon on the beach. It really is a beautifully constructed experience, though some of the "high-def" work left a lot to be desired: the clean definition of Yorda's face during the bridge cut-scene took away from the ethereal white glowing beauty that I experienced on the PS2.
There's just one speed-run required to wrap Ico up, and this week saw the final Trophies for Flower and Journey claimed. But the most significant effort – in terms of weight of expectation – was that I finally started putting some serious effort into the Uncharted 2 multiplayer trophies.
By boosting, of course.
After looking around to see if any communities like TrueAchievements exists in the PS3 world, I discovered a real mixed bag; there's two sites that are somewhat obviously named, ps3trophies.org and ps3trophies.com (there's also the much newer PSNProfiles, which looks like it could approach the glory that is TA, but doesn't quite have the weight of people behind it yet). Both offer Trophy lists, guides, and forums, but they both seem to be populated by a mix of people that actively sneer at boosting (horror stories abound) and those who just want their Trophies any way they can get them. I eventually found a dishevelled boosting thread on .com (as the kool kids call it), with one bloke recently posting that he's about to start working on the game; "I'll be in that," I offer, and hesitantly we organise and plan.
I start my Hard playthrough of Uncharted 2 as re-familiarisation exercise: Ico's use of Triangle to jump makes things quite laughable for a few minutes. Then my old 360 boosting buddy Mitchell joins in, and we start tackling the co-op missions… and are mercilessly slaughtered.
The boosting session starts, and it becomes immediately apparent that we've had it incredibly easy on the 360 – comms via text chat is painful (must set up a keyboard!) and the party system buggy. Eventually we get going, though, and things go relatively smoothly; after a couple of hours, we've all claimed the trophies widely regarded as the trickiest in the game. The Americans eventually drift off, leaving Mitchell and I to attempt more co-op… and we're joined, quite unexpectedly, by another player.
And they were bloody brilliant.
In an experience not unlike that of Journey, they guided us through the co-op levels – picking us up when we fell, guiding us through the tricky bits. They were headset-less, so there was no communication with them… but that didn't stop Mitchell and I from profusely offering thanks every time they dug us out of our own shit.
Of course, we must have sounded like those pricks you always mute in games, and my subsequent friend request has been sadly denied… but that certainly was a fun couple of hours.
But as I leave my solo Uncharted 2 to write this post, I'm cowering behind cover as Chloe picks off my opposition for me. "I've lost him," calls one enemy soldier as he exchanges shots with her; apparently, her gunfire is of little threat to him. Clever writing, eh? Using an undercurrent of patriarchal dismissal to encourage you to hate the baddies even more?
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.
But the crux of this missive is that I reckon I'm enjoying Uncharted 2 now, far more so than in my earlier efforts. Whether that's because of the boosting factor (and the socialising that it provides), or whether it's another case where (as with the original Uncharted) familiarity breeds contempt respect, I cannot quite figure out yet; regardless, I'm quite looking forward to hopping back into it again soon.
Like, right now.
Posted on April 29, 2012 Categories _GeneralTags Flower, Journey, Mario Kart Wii, Portal: Still Alive, Saints Row: The Third, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception2 Comments on ThirdUnchartedJourney: PortalFlowerKart
So, with 2010 drawing to a close, and after enduring my last New Year's Eve as a thirty-something, I take heart in the old adage: another year older, another year wiser, right?
Erm… not quite.
2010 turned out to be an odd year, rife with emotional turmoil and great steps forward in responsibility, mixed (paradoxically) with chunks of silly self-indugence; and that personal stuff impacted on my beloved hobby somewhat. This year marked the first time in years that I'd failed to complete a game in a calendar month… not once, but twice, with December being barren as well. But I don't feel as unhappy about that as I thought I would: massive inroads into long-standing bugbears were made in December; the foundation of an assault on The List in the year ahead.
But enough yakking; it's time for my light-hearted, piss-weak, ridiculously-limited-and-skewed look back on 2010!
The Where-Have-You-Been-All-My-Life Award: Why hello, Miss Fifty-Two Inch Telly with HDMI Inputs; I do love you so very much, and can't possibly imagine what life would be like without you now… Side-by-side, or Picture-in-picture, is the most wonderful thing to have happened to my Gaming World in aeons. Miss Portal was a worthy runner-up, but so far back in the field it didn't matter.
Blast From The Past Award: So… Chrono Trigger, eh? 70 hours in, and only one of the thirteen endings unlocked. Bloody nice game too. RPG-grinding goodness just made for those long plane flights I suffer for my work.
Proudest Achievement of the Year: After hours and hours of shit-yourself scaredy-cat timid play, I finally beat Halo: Reach on Legendary… solo. A Monument to All Your Sins was mine.
The "Go Fuck Yourself" Dismissal: Introduced last year, this Award allows me to vent at a game that annoys me. This year's winner? Astropop. May I never play – or mention – it again.
Disappointment of the Year: Not much of a contest for this one; No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle takes the gong for taking a big steaming shit over everything that was wonderful about the original game (my Game of the Year for 2008).
WTF Gaming Moment of the Year: Pretty much all of Bayonetta. Wackiness from beginning to end.
Surprise Discovery of the Year: Back in 2006 I bought Gears of War and, after completing all the campaign elements, I tried out the online multiplayer… and was disgusted by the nature of the people who habited that world. Arrogant, gobby fucks, the lot of them. So imagine my surprise when, returning to Gears for the first time in three years to do a bit of Achievement boosting, I discovered that the vast majority of people still playing the game were kind, fun-loving, and considerate… a delight to play with. Massive props to Lita, narv, beets, Bolch, Raven, Slash, Danger, and others who I've just offended by failing to explicitly mention… you guys (and gal) are awesome :)
The "I am the King of the World" Throw-Your-Arms-In-The-Air Trophy: I like the name of this one, and it goes to Braid – or, more specifically, the whittling down of my speed runs until the final Achievement popped, and all the Hidden Stars were collected. An utterly wonderful game, and a totally doable – and immensely rewarding – Achievement.
The Shrugging "Huh?" (for Most Notable Lack of Comprehension for Critical Acclaim): Uncharted. Why, exactly, do people rave about this game, with its sloppy controls? Or am I only going to figure it out on my fourth painful playthrough?
Multiplayer Moment of the Year: Boosting in Gears when three people popped their "Seriously" Achievement in one session was pretty impressive; but Crackdown 2 takes this award for the Battle Bus adventures I experienced with a bunch of people online.
The More-Of-The-Same… And-We-Like-It-That-Way Appreciation Award: Super Mario Galaxy 2 takes this one easily, after Crackdown 2 sadly failed to challenge it. Galaxy 1.5 it may be, but that's just fine by me; the gameplay is as solid as a rock, and just as rewarding as the original.
The Easy-Peasy… Oh Shit! Discovery Award: This is a new award intended to honour the game that looked like an easy one to beat, but reveals itself to be a List-haunter. After Burner Climax was a doddle to get all 200 GS in, but obtaining all the medals in Score Attack mode? Insane, and about as doable for me as Wave 100 in Robotron. Whoops… a great example of an impulse buy gone bad.
The "I Love You… Honest" Missive of the Year: Get ready for a surprise… because the PS3 console hardware takes the gong. I love my Slim, it's a beautiful box of electronic goodness – quiet, cool(-ish), and powerful. If only the DualShock controller, XMB software, and PSN were up to the same high standard…
Under-Appreciated Game of the Year: Why oh why aren't more people raving about Costume Quest? It was the perfect example of a bite-sized, joyous, downloadable nugget of a game, with a wonderful sense of humour and awareness.
AAA-HypeTitle I Missed Award: CODBLOPs. Gran Turismo 5. Red Dead Redemption. Heavy Rain. Mass Effect 2. Assassin's Creed. I missed 'em all.
Boomshanka – that's 2010 over and done with. And, for the first time in ages, I don't have a post ready-to-go about my game of the year… because I like to have crossed stuff off The List before assembling the final article. I like to have experienced all the game has to offer before I clumsily rant about how great it is. And the two real contenders for my Game of the Year are both still firmly on The List.
Halo: Reach coupled a fantastic campaign (which encouraged you to empathise with characters you knew were going to die) with stunningly flexible multiplayer; rich stats tracking wreaks havoc with my OCD, meaning I'll never be truly satisfied until I hit that Inheritor rank… in another 19.4 million cRedits' time. Until then, I'll be ducking in for my Daily Challenges, popping grunts in the head, and belting through the campaign again… and loving every second of it.
But Reach misses out.
Because my 2010 Game of the Year is Bayonetta.
From the moment I first saw Bayonetta in her first teaser trailer – a few brief glimpses and half a lingering calf – I was smitten. A strong female lead in a game of gunplay? Oh, yes please. But when the first gameplay videos came out, I became conflicted; it looked like a hack-and-slash button masher, a style of play with which I'm completely cack-handed. But when I got my copy (well, two copies, really… with playing cards and Scarborough Fair replica pistols) in my hands, all concerns were erased; Bayonetta plays amazingly well, allowing even the clumsiest player to bludgeon their way through to the utterly gobsmacking ending. The combat also has incredible depth; there's oodles of different combos and attack options, always something new to learn, but endless options should one route prove too difficult.
And the storyline… words can't describe it. I cannot imagine a crazier progression; sure, I've engaged in battles on the wings of flying aircraft before, but I haven't laid the smack down on a many-cocked god-like creature with my hair-fists before. I've not had the opportunity to unleash my hirsute hair suit (see that! clever!) as a demonic monster that bites the heads off enemies while I look on, comfortable in my statuesque nudeness. I've not ridden a motorbike along the body of a space-bound rocket, punched a space-statue in the eye, battled a massive deity, then flung her through space, guiding her into the sun.
I mean, seriously… Bayonetta won the WTF Gaming Moment of the Year for good reason. But it's winning my 2010 Game of the Year for a thousand better reasons.
Posted on January 1, 2011 January 1, 2011 Categories _GeneralTags After Burner Climax, Astropop, Bayonetta, Braid, Chrono Trigger, Costume Quest, Crackdown 2, Gears Of War, Halo: Reach, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Portal: Still Alive, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Uncharted: Drake's FortuneLeave a comment on 2010: The Year in Review
Tapering Off…
I should be winding down at the moment; tapering off my gaming a little, in preparation for my regular assault on the Adelaide Fringe (and, since this is an even year, the Adelaide Festival of the Arts). I set myself the task of writing a little something about every show I see and, since I tend to be a little… ummm… greedy with what I choose to see, that equates to a lot of blogging. Which means I often get bogged down and tend to put things off a little. For example, I only finished writing about the last show of 2009 – from 22 March – last weekend.
But that's something for my other blog – this one's reserved for gaming. And, as I opened, I should be winding down.
Should be.
Instead, this week a little Achievement-hunting gremlin crawled inside my skull and started wreaking havoc. Not content with wrapping up the remaining goals from Portal, I started hunting for other easy points; Shadow Complex obliged with a couple of easy Achievements, leaving a little bit of grinding for the one remaining cheevo (and an awful lot of practise for the Master Challenges). One of my old gaming chums helped out with a bit of Texas Hold'em whoring (and he still owes me a million dollars or so – right, Spencer? ;)
Another friend was keen to wrap up a few games, so I returned to Burnout Paradise for a quick run around Big Surf Island, and a little bit of cops & robbers. We followed that with a blast through Jetpac Refuelled, followed by some Brütal Legend multiplayer hijinks. All up, he snaffled 270 points – not bad for a couple of hours' work.
A return to ODST's Firefight mode with the old crew yielded a ton of fun… well, fun and panic and swearing, anyway. And no Achievements. But it was a timely reminder that there is much fun left in that title, which seems to have fallen off the radar markedly, what with all the Mass Effects and Modern Warfare 2s and Bayonettas of the world. A bit of a shame, that.
So, as demonstrated above, my "winding down" has proved to be one of the most varied and frenetic weeks in a year or two… and I've just got an e-mail from Play-Asia to say that my copy of No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle is on its way. Oh, and I managed to find a copy of the out-of-print Bayonetta Witch of Vigrid coffee-table book (lovely, but overpriced) and the Climax Bible (which, despite the fact that I can't read a single glyph of anything Japanese, is wonderful – lovely glossy presentation & chock-full of information). And I also pre-ordered Bayonetta and Jeanne figures. Because hey, my mortgage payments are going to be dented by the Fringe anyway, right?
And so I bid you (all four regular readers, anyway) adieu for a month or so. The Festivals wrap on March 14, so expect some sleep-deprived ramblings about the joys of Shinobu and Travis' return sometime thereafter. Game on!
Posted on February 7, 2010 Categories _GeneralTags Brütal Legend, Burnout Paradise, Halo 3: ODST, Jetpac Refuelled, Portal: Still Alive, Shadow Complex, Texas Hold'em2 Comments on Tapering Off…
Bayonetta's ShadowPortal
This week began as the previous couple did: with the glorious Bayonetta. I'm still utterly smitten with both the lady and her game, and managed to polish off not only a run through the Non-Stop Infinite Climax difficulty, but all the Alfheim Portals as well – leading to all the Achievements associated with the game being unlocked, and my overall GamerScore just sneaking above 92% (23,867 of a possible 25,940). Hurrah!
But that's not the end of Bayonetta, oh no – there's a small matter of unlocking the additional characters, and performing complete runs with those, too… and a little obstacle called Angel Slayer, a bonus level unlocked once all the Alfheim levels were completed. To say that Angel Slayer is tricky is an understatement; there's fifty-one individual "rooms" in the level, and I've successfully managed to beat twelve of them.
So there's a bit of work left to do there, then ;)
After a friend pointed out that Portal: Still Alive was the XBLA deal of the week, I decided to buy it and see what I'd been missing. You see, I've played precious little of this much-lauded game: a few quick levels when the demo was first released on XBLA had been my entire experience, even though I knew full well that the game didn't really get going until the late-teen levels.
So – time to rectify this (supposed) gaping hole in my gaming experience.
…blimey, that last level is pretty special, isn't it?
To be fair, my experience with Portal is probably a little compromised because of all the hype that preceded it; there was no way it could possibly have matched the frothing exaltations and Game-of-the-Year nominations. Yes, it's a wonderfully unique experience, but it's more of an amusé than a banquet, a fact that it seems to accept and revel in. And really, there's only five levels of content there – but, as I alluded to before, that last level is certainly worth experiencing.
Finally this week was a return to Shadow Complex to complete a 100% items run. It was pretty easy on Hardcore and, when the going got tough in some select boss battles, I simply dropped the difficulty down momentarily – a feature which I hope many more games take advantage of. Dunno how I'm going to manage that ChAIRness internal Achievement, though.
Of course, it's rapidly approaching that games-free time of year for me – there's less than a fortnight before the start of the Adelaide Fringe. And I've only just finished writing up last year's events!
Posted on January 31, 2010 Categories _GeneralTags Bayonetta, Portal: Still Alive, Shadow ComplexLeave a comment on Bayonetta's ShadowPortal


Kick-off event in the outdoor athletic complex that will include inflatables and a visit by Coop, the Cardinal mascot. Sunday, August 20th beginning at 3:00 pm at the outdoor athletic complex of SVSU. Membership drive from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm and boys and girls can join the SVSU football team from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm for a free football clinic in Wickes Stadium on in the field house in the event of inclement weather.
There were also two Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin' Certificates given to Cardinal Kids Club Members Ryan Young and Stella Conner.
***Winners for this weekends prizes!
"Passport Event #2" Cardinal Kids Club Day at SVSU Volleyball match with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club Members and parents. First serve at 7:00p.m.
Walk out with team, introductions, halftime on-court promotions and $1.00 pop and popcorn for members only.
"Passport Event #3" Cardinal Kids Club Day at SVSU Women's Soccer match v. Purdue Northwest, kick-off at Noon with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club Members and parents.
Walk out with team, introductions, halftime on-field promotions and $1.00 pop and popcorn for members only.
We had 13 Kids Club Members join us at the Women's Soccer match on Sunday, October 8. They got to join the team for introductions and the National Anthem as well as practice their shooting skills during half-time! They also had the opportunity to get autographs from the women's team after their match!
"Passport Event #4" Cardinal Kids Club Day at Men's Soccer v. Northern Michigan match, kick-off at 2:30p.m. with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club Members and parents.
We had 13 Kids Club Members join us at the Men's Soccer match on Sunday, October 8. They got to join the team for introductions and the National Anthem as well as practice their kicking skills during half-time! Jason Kernstock, Jr. was the winner of a Buffalo Wilds Wings gift certificate for kicking the ball the farthest! They also had the opportunity to get autographs from the men's team after their match!
"Passport Event #5" Swimming party, pizza and fun with SVSU student-athletes.
Cardinal Kids Club Day at Men's basketball game with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club Members and parents.
"Passport Event #6" Fast-track registration at the Tennis & Golf Community Youth Day 2:30–3:30pm. Men's and Women's basketball games vs. Ferris State at 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club members and parents.
Fast-track registration at the Volleyball Community Youth Day 11:30 – 12:30 pm. Men's and Women's basketball games vs. Tiffin at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club members and parents.
"Passport Event #7" Cardinal Kids Club Day at Women's basketball game with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club Members and parents.
Fast-track registration at the Soccer Community Youth Day 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. Men's and Women's basketball games vs. Northern Michigan at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club members and parents.
At our last Community Youth Day of the year, we hosted 100 kids at a free soccer clinic with the men's and women's SVSU Soccer teams. This is all made possible by Catholic Federal Credit Union. The St. Mary's of Michigan Field Neuroscience Institute also donated free bicycle helmets to all children who attended.
Cardinal Kids Club Day at softball game with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club members and parents. Walk out with team, introductions, halftime on-field promotions and $1.00 pop and popcorn for members only.
Cardinal Kids Club Day at baseball game with free admission for Cardinal Kids Club members and parents. Walk out with team, introductions, halftime on-field promotions and $1.00 pop and popcorn for members only.


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Pulmonary fibrosis requires cell-autonomous mesenchymal fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling
Robert D. Guzy, Ling Li, Craig Smith, Samuel J. Dorry, Hyun Young Koo, Lin Chen, David M. Ornitz
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive pulmonary scarring, decline in lung function, and often results in death within 3–5 five years after diagnosis. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IPF; however, the mechanism through which FGF signaling contributes to pulmonary fibrosis remains unclear. We hypothesized that FGF receptor (FGFR) signaling in fibroblasts is required for the fibrotic response to bleomycin. To test this, mice with mesenchyme-specific tamoxifen-inducible inactivation of FGF receptors 1, 2, and 3 (Col12-CreER; TCKO mice) were lineage labeled and administered intratracheal bleomycin. Lungs were collected for histologic analysis, whole lung RNA and protein, and dissociated for flow cytometry and FACS. Bleo-mycin-treated Col12-CreER; TCKO mice have decreased pulmonary fibrosis, collagen production, and fewer -smooth muscle actin-positive (SMA) myofibroblasts compared with controls. Freshly isolated Col12-CreER; TCKO mesenchymal cells from bleomycin-treated mice have decreased collagen expression compared with wild type mesenchymal cells. Furthermore, lineage labeled FGFR-deficient fibroblasts have decreased enrichment in fibrotic areas and decreased proliferation. These data identify a cell autonomous requirement for mesenchymal FGFR signaling in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and for the enrichment of the Col12-CreER-positive (Col12) mesenchymal lineage in fibrotic tissue following bleomycin exposure. We conclude that mesenchymal FGF signaling is required for the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and that therapeutic strategies aimed directly at mesenchymal FGF signaling could be beneficial in the treatment of IPF.
https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M117.791764
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Guzy, R. D., Li, L., Smith, C., Dorry, S. J., Koo, H. Y., Chen, L., & Ornitz, D. M. (2017). Pulmonary fibrosis requires cell-autonomous mesenchymal fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(25), 10364-10378. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M117.791764
Guzy, Robert D. ; Li, Ling ; Smith, Craig et al. / Pulmonary fibrosis requires cell-autonomous mesenchymal fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2017 ; Vol. 292, No. 25. pp. 10364-10378.
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N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
N2 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive pulmonary scarring, decline in lung function, and often results in death within 3–5 five years after diagnosis. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IPF; however, the mechanism through which FGF signaling contributes to pulmonary fibrosis remains unclear. We hypothesized that FGF receptor (FGFR) signaling in fibroblasts is required for the fibrotic response to bleomycin. To test this, mice with mesenchyme-specific tamoxifen-inducible inactivation of FGF receptors 1, 2, and 3 (Col12-CreER; TCKO mice) were lineage labeled and administered intratracheal bleomycin. Lungs were collected for histologic analysis, whole lung RNA and protein, and dissociated for flow cytometry and FACS. Bleo-mycin-treated Col12-CreER; TCKO mice have decreased pulmonary fibrosis, collagen production, and fewer -smooth muscle actin-positive (SMA) myofibroblasts compared with controls. Freshly isolated Col12-CreER; TCKO mesenchymal cells from bleomycin-treated mice have decreased collagen expression compared with wild type mesenchymal cells. Furthermore, lineage labeled FGFR-deficient fibroblasts have decreased enrichment in fibrotic areas and decreased proliferation. These data identify a cell autonomous requirement for mesenchymal FGFR signaling in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and for the enrichment of the Col12-CreER-positive (Col12) mesenchymal lineage in fibrotic tissue following bleomycin exposure. We conclude that mesenchymal FGF signaling is required for the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and that therapeutic strategies aimed directly at mesenchymal FGF signaling could be beneficial in the treatment of IPF.
AB - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive pulmonary scarring, decline in lung function, and often results in death within 3–5 five years after diagnosis. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IPF; however, the mechanism through which FGF signaling contributes to pulmonary fibrosis remains unclear. We hypothesized that FGF receptor (FGFR) signaling in fibroblasts is required for the fibrotic response to bleomycin. To test this, mice with mesenchyme-specific tamoxifen-inducible inactivation of FGF receptors 1, 2, and 3 (Col12-CreER; TCKO mice) were lineage labeled and administered intratracheal bleomycin. Lungs were collected for histologic analysis, whole lung RNA and protein, and dissociated for flow cytometry and FACS. Bleo-mycin-treated Col12-CreER; TCKO mice have decreased pulmonary fibrosis, collagen production, and fewer -smooth muscle actin-positive (SMA) myofibroblasts compared with controls. Freshly isolated Col12-CreER; TCKO mesenchymal cells from bleomycin-treated mice have decreased collagen expression compared with wild type mesenchymal cells. Furthermore, lineage labeled FGFR-deficient fibroblasts have decreased enrichment in fibrotic areas and decreased proliferation. These data identify a cell autonomous requirement for mesenchymal FGFR signaling in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and for the enrichment of the Col12-CreER-positive (Col12) mesenchymal lineage in fibrotic tissue following bleomycin exposure. We conclude that mesenchymal FGF signaling is required for the development of pulmonary fibrosis, and that therapeutic strategies aimed directly at mesenchymal FGF signaling could be beneficial in the treatment of IPF.
U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M117.791764
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M117.791764
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
Guzy RD, Li L, Smith C, Dorry SJ, Koo HY, Chen L et al. Pulmonary fibrosis requires cell-autonomous mesenchymal fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2017 Jun 23;292(25):10364-10378. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.791764

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These Hedge Funds Snapped Up AVX Corporation (AVX) Before Q4 Rally
Published on December 13, 2019 at 10:27 am by Nina Todic in Hedge Funds,News
We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged through the end of November. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 54% and 51% respectively. Hedge funds' top 3 stock picks returned 41.7% this year and beat the S&P 500 ETFs by 14 percentage points. Investing in index funds guarantees you average returns, not superior returns. We are looking to generate superior returns for our readers. That's why we believe it isn't a waste of time to check out hedge fund sentiment before you invest in a stock like AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX).
Is AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) a bargain? Money managers are betting on the stock. The number of long hedge fund bets increased by 2 recently. Our calculations also showed that AVX isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video below for Q2 rankings). AVX was in 13 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. There were 11 hedge funds in our database with AVX positions at the end of the previous quarter.
Why do we pay any attention at all to hedge fund sentiment? Our research has shown that hedge funds' large-cap stock picks indeed failed to beat the market between 1999 and 2016. However, we were able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the Russell 2000 ETFs by 40 percentage points since May 2014 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that'll significantly underperform the market. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 and they lost 27.8% through November 21, 2019. That's why we believe hedge fund sentiment is an extremely useful indicator that investors should pay attention to.
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We leave no stone unturned when looking for the next great investment idea. For example Europe is set to become the world's largest cannabis market, so we check out this European marijuana stock pitch. One of the most bullish analysts in America just put his money where his mouth is. He says, "I'm investing more today than I did back in early 2009." So we check out his pitch. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. We also rely on the best performing hedge funds' buy/sell signals. Let's review the recent hedge fund action regarding AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX).
What have hedge funds been doing with AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX)?
At Q3's end, a total of 13 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 18% from one quarter earlier. By comparison, 16 hedge funds held shares or bullish call options in AVX a year ago. With the smart money's positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an "upper tier" of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were upping their holdings considerably (or already accumulated large positions).
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Royce & Associates, managed by Chuck Royce, holds the biggest position in AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX). Royce & Associates has a $54.7 million position in the stock, comprising 0.5% of its 13F portfolio. The second most bullish fund manager is Citadel Investment Group, led by Ken Griffin, holding a $3.3 million position; the fund has less than 0.1%% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other professional money managers that are bullish contain Renaissance Technologies, Paul Marshall and Ian Wace's Marshall Wace and Ernest Chow and Jonathan Howe's Sensato Capital Management. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Zebra Capital Management allocated the biggest weight to AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX), around 1.66% of its 13F portfolio. Sensato Capital Management is also relatively very bullish on the stock, dishing out 0.6 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to AVX.
Now, specific money managers were breaking ground themselves. Winton Capital Management, managed by David Harding, assembled the largest position in AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX). Winton Capital Management had $1 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Donald Sussman's Paloma Partners also initiated a $0.2 million position during the quarter. The only other fund with a brand new AVX position is Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management.
Let's check out hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX). These stocks are South State Corporation (NASDAQ:SSB), Wingstop Inc (NASDAQ:WING), Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPB), and California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT). This group of stocks' market caps resemble AVX's market cap.
SSB 17 30763 3
WING 23 301040 -1
SPB 34 784958 10
CWT 15 52003 3
Average 22.25 292191 3.75
As you can see these stocks had an average of 22.25 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $292 million. That figure was $69 million in AVX's case. Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPB) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) is the least popular one with only 15 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) is even less popular than CWT. Hedge funds clearly dropped the ball on AVX as the stock delivered strong returns, though hedge funds' consensus picks still generated respectable returns. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 37.4% in 2019 through the end of November and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 9.9 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on AVX as the stock returned 34.9% during the fourth quarter (through the end of November) and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.
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Each cabin at Fort Wilderness comes with a separate bedroom that contains a double bed and a twin bunk bed along with a large bathroom and a living area that includes a kitchen with full-size appliances, a banquette with a small table and accompanying chairs and a full-size Murphy bed. Technically, the cabins sleep six, but keep in mind some folks may not consider double and Murphy beds to be comfortable. Additionally, the vanity is located inside the bathroom, unlike some Deluxe Disney resorts that have separate sink and shower areas. If you are traveling with guys, it's probably not an issue. But if six girls are sharing one bathroom, again, it might not be considered "comfortable." What allows you to feel like you have more space, however, is the ample decking outside of the cabin, providing what many consider an outdoor "room" in which to gather.
As with all resorts you can request that multiple cabins be near each other. Although Disney doesn't guarantee it, this is one resort where I have never experienced being separated from another party I've requested to be near, either at the campsites or cabins. The staff seems to bend over backward to accommodate proximity.


True debit card processing can save you a lot of money in the long run. You will lower your fees for any transaction if your customers use a debit card and enter their 4 digit pin number when doing their purchase, compared to using a credit card. All the providers listed below can set up this solution for you.
According to new research from ACG, people under the age of 35 does not prefer credit cards. As much as 44% of the younger consumers prefers Debit cards or Cash as their choice of payment!
Debit cards work with the same ease as credit cards and allow customers to deduct funds for purchases from their bank account (usually their checking account). True debit cards require a PIN number to be entered before a purchase can be completed. Many people refer to the Visa/MasterCard Check Cards as Debit cards since they do the same as actual Debit cards, except for the fact these check cards do not require a PIN number to make purchases. You can easily identify check cards as they will have the familiar Visa or MasterCard logos on them.
The process works just like accepting credit cards except when you enter in the customers debit card information the amount to cover the purchase is deducted from the customers' bank account.
Do you operate a retail establishment?
You can save bundles on processing costs by accepting debit cards with the addition of a PIN Pad. Unless the swipe terminal you're using includes an internal PIN pad, you will need to invest in an external one.
Processing debit/check cards as a regular credit card transaction can mean paying twice the amount for processing. By using a PIN pad for debit transactions you only pay a per transaction fee (between $0.35 and $0.55), sometimes no discount rate of any kind. Also, it should be noted that in order to ONLY incur a per transaction fee (if your processor is able to do this) the customer MUST input their 4-digit PIN number into the PIN pad or your processing terminal (if the unit has an internal PIN pad). If the customer doesn't enter their PIN number, the typical per transaction and discount rate will be charged to those using debit cards with Visa or MasterCard logos on them (also called check cards).
True debit cards like Star, MAC, Honor, NYCE, Pulse, Interlink, and Maestro will only incur a per transaction fee because the customer must input their PIN number in order to use the card — it's optional for Check Card customers, but it will save you money so encourage them to enter their PIN number if they know it.
This is ONLY available for retail establishments.
If you're an Internet merchant, you will still incur the same charges for debit card processing as you do with credit card processing. There is currently no special Debit card acceptance system in place that only incurs a per transaction fee for Internet businesses. You can save money by using an electronic checks (eChecks) service for your website.
Here's an example case study we completed to show you the savings by using a PIN Pad.
Think how much you can save in processing costs every month!
When it comes to choosing an internal or external PIN pad for your retail establishment you will want to weigh in the pros and cons.
If you're someone who want an all-in-one unit then this may be the route you want to go. These processing terminals have a smaller footprint (since the PIN pad is internal) which doesn't take up much space.
If you don't mind having two pieces of processing equipment, (terminal for credit cards and external, usually handheld unit for Debit transactions) then you may want to opt for an external PIN pad. IVI Checkmate, a manufacturer of payment processing equipment, completed a survey and found a few reasons why choosing an external PIN pad might be in your best interest.
Who Needs to Accept Debit Cards?
Debit card processing is another good additional processing solution to credit cards. It is also the fastest growing way to pay for orders, topping credit cards. Any business no matter what industry they may be in can benefit from accepting debit cards. The convenience of not having to write out a check is something that can undoubtedly draw people to use their debit card to make purchases. Retail merchants can certainly save themselves a lot of money each month by investing in a low cost PIN pad to connect to their swipe terminal. Again, online merchants can save money by looking into an eCheck acceptance service.
Any Merchant Account Provider will be able to set you up to accept debit cards if you are interested. Contact your provider now for details or search the list of providers at the top of this page.


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FMM urges govt to expedite set up of TVET Commission
May 5, 2019 TVET & Vocational Training - Malaysian NewsNational Blueprint for TVET, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), TVET Commissionadmin
Vocational trainees at Gamuda IBS Banting learn and practise skills relevant to an increasingly modernising construction sector that is adopting Industry 4.0 way of doing business. NSTP photo by SADDAM YUSOFFBy Ooi Tee Ching – May 4, 2019 @ 12:28pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) president Datuk Soh Thian Lai urges the government to expedite the set up of the special commission to address fragmentation of TVET implementation, which currently cuts across seven ministries.
In a recent statement, Soh said many in the industry including FMM has been asking the government, for many years, to set up a single enforcement body to coordinate the implement Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country.
The TVET Empowerment Committee's recommendation to set up a TVET Commission is a long awaited decision and has received positive feedback from stakeholders in the series of Town Hall sessions held nationwide.
With this TVET Commission, Soh said the National Blueprint for TVET can be implemented effectively to support industrial transformation of Malaysia's economy towards a developed nation.
If the proposed TVET Commission has joint oversight by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Human Resources, Soh said it would facilitate seamless transition of support programmes and policies from schools to working adults.
There is an urgent need to standardise training and qualifications, quality assurance, qualification portability, recognition of prior learning, and greater cost effectiveness in the use of resources.
"The funding of TVET institutions must be based on performance and aligned to market demand to mandate collaboration with the industry," added the FMM president, who is also TVET Empowerment Committee chairman.
More than 60 per cent of jobs that will be created during the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016 to 2020) and the incoming 12th Malaysia Plan (2021 to 2025) is projected to require more TVET-related skills.
Therefore, it is necessary to upskill and reskill the current workforce, and reinforce lifelong learning to continually acquire new and emerging skills required by new technologies such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Soh stressed TVET success requires strengthening of public-private partnership between the skills training institutes and industry, at every step of the value chain, to ensure employability of the TVET graduates.
Back in December 2018, Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar announced she will table a private member's bill to establish a commission that will streamline and oversee all TVET institutes nationwide.
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Home seven-facts "On My Block" Actor Jason Genao is Shorter Than You Might Think! His Height, Role in "Logan", and 7 Other Interesting Facts About Him
"On My Block" Actor Jason Genao is Shorter Than You Might Think! His Height, Role in "Logan", and 7 Other Interesting Facts About Him
Shrijan Published On Thu May 07 2020 Modified On Thu May 07 2020
Jason Genao is an American actor. Despite only making his on-screen debut in 2015 and having a handful of movie and TV credits to his name, Genao is one of the fastest-rising stars in the industry, courtesy of his stellar performances in TV shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, God Friended Me, and The Get Down.
Genao also had a role in the blockbuster superhero movie, Logan, starring Hugh Jackman.
He is one of the stars of the Netflix original teen comedy series, On My Block.
These are seven facts about Jason Genao:
7. Jason Genao Age, Height, Ethnicity
Jason Genao was born on July 3, 1996, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The 23-year-old is of Dominican descent.
He is also relatively short and stands at 5 feet 1.5 inches (1.56m).
Genao attended William L. Dickinson High School in New Jersey.
6. Plays Ruby Martinez in Netflix Teen Comedy Series, On My Block
Genao stars in the Netflix coming-of-age teen comedy-drama series, On My Block. He plays Ruben "Ruby" Martinez Jr., a maths whiz and one of the teenagers in a South Los Angeles high school around whose lives the series is based.
Jason Genao (middle) as Ruby Martinez in On My Block
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The series also stars Sierra Capri as Monsé Finnie, Brett Gray as Jamal Turner, Diego Tinoco as Cesar Diaz, Jessica Marie Garcia as Jasmine Flores, Julio Macias as Oscar "Spooky" Diaz, and Jahking Guillory as Latrelle.
On My Block premiered on Netflix on March 16, 2018, with its most recent third season that premiered on March 11, 2020.
5. He has a Huge Following on Instagram
Genao is a prominent influencer on Instagram. As of May 2020, he has amasses a following of over 1.6 million.
Despite only having a handful of posts to date, he is one of the most popular Instagram figures amongst his co-stars.
4. Played Napoleon in Netflix Musical Drama, The Get Down
Prior to his stint in the Netflix comedy series On My Block, Genao was a part of another Netflix original series, The Get Down. The musical drama series is set in the Bronx, New York, in the '70s, and follows the rise of hip-hop and R&B music through the eyes of a group of teenagers.
The series ran for two seasons from August 12, 2016, to April 7, 2017, and featured an ensemble cast of Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, and Herizen F. Guardiola, with recurring appearances from such actors as Jaden Smith and Giancarlo Esposito.
3. Played the Mutant "Rictor" in Logan
Genao's biggest blockbuster role came in 2017 when he landed the part of the mutant "Rictor" in the superhero movie, Logan. The movie is the tenth movie in the X-Men film franchise, and the third in the spin-off Wolverine movie trilogy.
The movie marked actor Hugh Jackman's last outing as Logan/Wolverine, and Sir Patrick Stewart's last outing as Charles Xavier/Professor X.
Jason Genao as Rictor in Logan
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The movie also starred newcomer Dafne Keen, who had a breakthrough performance as Logan's daughter, Laura.
The movie was an overwhelming critical and commercial success, grossing $619 million worldwide, and ranks near the top -- if not at the top -- of critics' list of the greatest superhero movies of all time.
2. Guest Appearances in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and God Friended Me
Genao is a relative newcomer to the industry. He made his on-screen debut in 2015 and only has a handful of movie and TV appearances under his belt.
That doesn't discount his stellar appearances in television shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where he played Reeves in a 2016 episode titled "Forty-One Witnesses".
Genao also played Isaac in an episode titled "Heavenly Taco Truck" of the short-lived comedy series, God Friended Me, in 2018.
1. Estimated Net Worth of $150-200 Thousand
Jason Genao's net worth is estimated to be somewhere between $150-200 thousand. At first glance, his net worth might seem surprising considering he has only been an actor for half a decade and in that time, only has had a handful of on-screen appearances.
But considering his prominent roles in TV shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, God Friended Me, and The Get Down, and his starring role in the Netflix original comedy series, On My Block, as well as his role in the blockbuster superhero movie, Logan, his net worth is justified.
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Robert Delaunay, född 12 april 1885 i Paris, Frankrike, död 25 oktober 1941 i Montpellier, var en fransk målare och skulptör. Han var gift med den ryska konstnären Sonia Delaunay-Terk.

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Från att under åren omkring 1910 ha arbetat i en personlig kubistisk stil övergick han 1912 till ett rent abstrakt måleri och blev Frankrikes förste nonfigurative målare och fadder till den riktning som kallas orfism eller simultanism.

Delaunay har således gjort sig känd för att ha grundat orfismen, som förenar fauvismens starka färger och kubismens betoning av geometriska figurer. Delaunay är representerad vid bland annat Göteborgs konstmuseum, Moderna museet och Skissernas museum.

Målningen St. Severin Nr. 3 (1909–10) beslagtogs som Entartete Kunst av det tyska Propagandaministeriet 1937, tillsammans med tre grafiska blad på museer i Mannheim och Düsseldorf.

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 Freie Universität Berlin (FUB): Beschlagnahmeinventar Entartete Kunst. (emuseum.campus.fu-berlin.de)

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Rehabilitation nurses help patients with disabilities or chronic illness to achieve maximum function of their body. They collaborate with other specialists and physicians to determine a plan of care and treatment for the patient. Rehabilitation nurses educate patients and their families on their condition or disability in addition to setting goals to gain maximum independence and maintain wellness. Rehabilitation nurses also help restore the mobility and spirit of patients suffering, even after they return home. Rehabilitation nurses help clients adapt to their altered lifestyle, whether it is temporary or permanent, and design treatment strategies that will enhance their physical, psychological and spiritual health.
Prospective rehabilitation nurses have to be registered nurses (RNs) first. In order to do so, you will need to complete a nursing diploma program or an associate or bachelor's degree in nursing. Once you've completed the necessary nursing education, you will qualify to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam and apply for a registered nursing license. In addition, rehabilitation nurses will need to have at least two years of experience in rehabilitation nursing to establish competency within the specialty. After all of these steps have been met, nurses will be eligible to earn a rehabilitation nursing certification and be distinguished as a Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN).
Rehabilitation nurses should continue to have positive career and salary opportunities due to the growing need for professional rehabilitation services. According to PayScale, certified rehabilitation registered nurses (CRRN) made a median salary of $66,129 in 2009. These nurses may also experience future job growth, thanks to the growing advancements in rehabilitation treatments and technologies. In addition, more rehabilitation nurses will be needed to meet the needs of an aging population and increased amount of potential injuries and ailments. Those who are trained in the latest technologies and nursing care techniques will experience the best job opportunities in rehabilitation nursing.


I've studied sociology, anthropology and psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. I worked as researcher and lecturer on globalization, public opinion, collective memory, statistics and media change. In 2006 I received a PhD for my dissertation on cosmopolitan lifestyles and communities.
I also wrote as a freelance journalist for leading German magazines and newspapers such as Spex, Telepolis, test card, taz and Süddeutsche Zeitung and played with the first German Britpop band "Splendid" several hundred concerts in Europe and Asia. I also worked as a consultant for Internet companies like Webmiles. In 2008 I founded the Social Media Association, the first trade association for social media in Germany.
In 2009, I joined ethority in Hamburg as head of research and strategy. Currently I am ethority's Chief Operating Officer responsible for all operative business in Germany and abroad which includes strategy consultancy, market research and communication strategies for clients such as Telefonica O2, Hansgrohe or ARAG.
In January 2010, I wrote the "Slow Media Manifesto" for sustainable media production together with Sabria David and Jörg Blumtritt. Right now our manifesto has sparked a worldwide movement and has been translated in 15 languages (cf. this essay on the Slow Media movement by Jennifer Rauch).
I also wrote statistical analysis tools for various Social Media platforms such as the German brand dashboard Brandtweet and the Twitter statistics tool Brandtweet Statistics (formerly known as TwitterFriends), which has been featured in many publications on Social Media marketing.
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Hjon Hui (* 4. října 1976 Songnam, Jižní Korea) je bývalá korejská sportovní šermířka, která se specializovala na šerm kordem. Jižní Koreu reprezentovala v prvním desetiletí jednadvacátého století. V roce 2002 získala titul mistryně světa v soutěži jednotlivkyň.

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Q: How can I use substring-before in Xpath to remove a suffix that is being scraped from a website? I am trying to scrape a product name from a website (https://www.dvdwholesale.co.uk/dvds/) using Xpath to point to the product name. The path itself works but the problem is they have appended their product names with 'Wholesale UK' which is throwing out my data. I need to filter it out somehow.
I had a look at substring-before which I think could maybe resolve the issue but have been unsuccessful in working it out myself. It is causing issues as the product name needs to be cross referenced with other sites for arbitrage purposes.
Sorry if this is formatted incorrectly or anything I am learning on the go here.
The Xpath I used to extract the product name was //h2[contains(@class, 'woocommerce-loop-product__title')]/text(). Everything I tried using substring-before just came back as invalid syntax, I'm not even sure this is the right way to go about it but I couldn't make it work regardless. The product name needs to be cross referenced with other sites for arbitrage purposes and the appendage throws out matches on the lookup.
Edit: Found a solution substring-before(//h2[contains(@class, 'woocommerce-loop-product__title')]/text(), ' Wholesale UK') however this only selects one product, does anyone know how I can amend this path so that every product card on the page is selected (40 results)?

A: XPath 1.0 which lxml supports can't do that in one expression but with Python it is easy to use list comprehension and a Python function to extract the function from the result of using the XPath /h2[contains(@class, 'woocommerce-loop-product__title')]/text() e.g. [s[:s.index(" Wholesale UK")] for s in root.xpath("//h2[contains(@class, 'woocommerce-loop-product__title')]/text()")].
Of course that same list comprehension can be applied to do your two needed XPath evaluations:
result = [h2.xpath('substring-before(., " Wholesale UK")') for h2 in root.xpath("//h2[contains(@class, 'woocommerce-loop-product__title')]")]

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This is a black day for Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and the actual Spider-Man franchise.
Columbia Pictures wants to restart / reboot Spider-Man, with a new story, actors, director, etc in 2012.
Spider-Man has not been able to bridge some irreconcilable differences to make Spider-Man 4 a reality. Columbia announced yesterday that Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst (the director and stars of one of the highest-grossing comicbook film franchises in history) have all been dropped. Producers now plan to reboot the series with a new director and cast and take Peter Parker, the superhero's alter ego, back to school.
Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced they are moving forward with a film based on a script by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) that focuses on a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.
The new chapter in the "Spider-Man" franchise produced by Columbia, Marvel Studios and Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin, will have a new cast and film-making team. Spider-Man 4 was to have been released in 2011, but had not yet gone into production.
This a huge WTF and a very sad news, it wasn't necessary to redo this film, Tobey Maguire was perfect for the role, I can't imagine another person doing as Spider-Man and it probably will be a huge mistake. We will see in time.


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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Founder of Modern Day Fantasy World Building
Shayne A. Dwyer
Crowley, Lara
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)
This paper explores why J. R. R. Tolkien's works have proven so influential on modern fantasy authors through analyzing one critical, and understudied, component of his works. Among the most beloved twentieth century novels, his works have become a benchmark for measuring excellence in fantasy literature. However, there is little criticism that actually explores the reasons for his impact on the fantasy genre as most critical conversations generally focus on the contexts for his writing. I will explore one of the reasons why his works have been so influential. Epic and High fantasy worlds all partake in world building, but Tolkien was the first great world builder. I suggest that his groundbreaking world-building techniques have served as the models for modern authors' creative practices. In particular, I argue that Robert Jordan's world-building systems were greatly influenced by Tolkien's own. Jordan wrote The Wheel of Time, a fourteen volume Epic fantasy saga that has become a standard in modern fantasy. In the world of fantasy literature, this work is similar to Tolkien's works in the way that the worlds have been established. I will analyze these two authors in comparison as a means to understand both writers' world-building practices better, thereby throwing light on an important and understudied element of Tolkien's creative process and on how it has influenced others, Jordan in particular. In this way, the project attempts to enhance our understanding of two influential authors.
Dwyer, Shayne A., "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Founder of Modern Day Fantasy World Building" (2016). Honors Capstones. 710.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/studentengagement-honorscapstones/710


A dentist took part in a bogus claims scam that reaped $388,700 from the Medisave accounts of 13 patients.
The fraud, which involved duping the Central Provident Fund Board into dispensing the funds, left most of the patients with no money in their accounts, a district court heard yesterday.
Daniel Liew Yaoxiang, who used to work for The Smile Division Dental Group, pleaded guilty to 28 cheating charges and two counts of forgery.
A further 250 other counts for similar offences will be considered during sentencing.
Liew, 37, who committed the offences between 2011 and 2014, was the second person to be convicted for taking part in the scam. Steven Ang Kiam Hau, 44, the dentist who had devised the scheme, was jailed for 2½ years on Aug 10 last year.
The cases involving their alleged accomplices - dentist Cecil Goh Chin Chye, 48, the dental group's managing director, and Yeo Meow Koon, 47 - are pending.
Ang first hatched the plan in 2009 and implemented it at a Lucky Plaza clinic where he worked.
According to earlier reports in The Straits Times, he would offer less well-off patients lower rates for day procedures than those charged by other clinics.
Court documents stated that Goh found out about Ang's ruse and decided to offer the scheme to other patients.


Hey guys just put in a Adrenaline HPOP and a Air Dog 2 in a 03 powerstroke. After putting it in and bleeding the air out of the heads for the oil and then doing the same for the fuel I took off for a drive and really did not notice much. So I did the bleeding again. still nothing noticeable. I was driving down the interstate the other day and the truck started to lose power so I let off the pedal because I figured it was the fuel pump. I hit the pedal again and had power. Like I said before it has had this hick up or weird idle pattern where it will run smooth then idle a little choppy. Has anyone had any problems with the air dog II not delivering enough fuel? Stock Injectors right now and just a small banks chip. New DP tuner chip and 230cc injectors are coming so it won`t feed them for sure! Any idea guys? Thanks.
Please promote "Rough Idle and not ideal power"


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Kanye's Fashion Twitter Rant
By Britt Aboutaleb
Earlier this week the Internet latched on to news of a new Twitter handle, created exclusively for Kanye West's still new fashion line. It was called @dwbykanye (from the invite to his show which placed his mother's initials "D.W." above his own name) and turned out to be fake. West took to his Twitter last night to thank the world for its support but discredit the account. Then, he shared some of his own thoughts on fashion, creativity, and the world in general.
First, he clarified that the name of his women's collection is just Kanye West and that he's the sole investor, "You guys might think I have some type of backing for my line but I don't...I did the first fashion show out of my own pocket and used the money I made touring to follow my passion." He says he worked "under cover [sic]" at Fendi, Louis Vuitton, and Guissepe Zanotti, turning down a gig at Versace because it interfered with his contract at Vuitton, before moving to Paris early last year to buckle down and get to work on his collection.
West goes on to talk about the greatness of Alaia, his mom's influential style, and the pitfalls of celebrity: "Being a celebrity has afforded me many opportunities but has also boxed me in creatively." There are more than a few humble brags mixed in, "I appreciate having the most nominations at the Grammies [sic] but I feel so conflicted by the fact that award shows sometimes are completely...illogical," before he jumped into real news—he's started a new company called DONDA.
The rapper wrote, "DONDA is a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative space to bounce there [sic] dreams and ideas..." He says it'll have 22 divisions and employ everyone from doctors and architects to designers and social media experts to produce "products and experiences that people want and can afford." The Watch the Throne tour was, apparently, the first example of a DONDA experience and, (maybe angling for laughs, but probably not) he says he hopes to design the MTV Awards one day.
We tried to pick a favorite Tweet, but there are just so many...what's yours?
Cute Name, Terrifying Procedure: 'Cinderella' Plastic Surgery Is on the Rise
Julia Restoin Roitfeld: North West Is Too Busy for Playdates
The 5 Biggest Mistakes You Make Putting on Eyeliner
I Got the Kim Kardashian Vampire Facial
Game of Thrones vs. the Runway: Season Four Finale


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Ryan Zimmerman
First Base - Washington Nationals
Throws: R
Bats: R
Date of Birth: September 28, 1984 (34 years old)
Ryan Zimmerman News
There is no news on Ryan Zimmerman right now.
Rank (All Positions)
Avg Draft Position
Ryan Zimmerman Stats
2005 Season 2006 Season 2007 Season 2008 Season 2009 Season 2010 Season 2011 Season 2012 Season 2013 Season 2014 Season 2015 Season 2016 Season
58 6 23 33 10 0 0 6 3 0 12 0 0 .397 .419 .569 0 0 1
Sep 1 WSH ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Sep 2 WSH PHI 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0
Sep 5 WSH FLA 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 0 0 0
Sep 11 WSH ATL 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .533 0 0 0
Sep 15 WSH NYM 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .625 0 0 0
Sep 20 WSH SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .353 .625 0 0 1
Sep 26 WSH FLA 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .421 .410 .605 0 0 0
Sep 30 WSH PHI 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .404 .407 .577 0 0 0
Oct 1 WSH PHI 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .400 .414 .564 0 0 0
614 84 176 289 47 3 20 110 61 7 120 11 8 .287 .351 .471 2 1 4
Apr 3 WSH NYM 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .667 .750 1.000 0 0 0
Apr 6 WSH NYM 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .273 .429 .636 0 0 0
Apr 7 WSH HOU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .333 .467 0 0 0
Apr 10 WSH HOU 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .375 .407 0 0 0
Apr 11 WSH NYM 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258 .361 .387 0 0 0
Apr 14 WSH FLA 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .233 .313 .326 0 0 0
Apr 18 WSH PHI 5 1 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .306 .333 0 0 0
Apr 21 WSH ATL 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .231 .329 .338 0 0 0
Apr 24 WSH CIN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 .310 .315 0 0 0
Apr 27 WSH STL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .232 .326 .354 0 0 0
May 2 WSH NYM 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .232 .313 .394 0 0 0
May 3 WSH FLA 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .243 .325 .398 0 0 0
May 5 WSH PIT 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .328 .391 0 0 0
May 9 WSH CIN 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .326 .418 0 0 0
May 10 WSH CIN 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .248 .331 .424 0 0 0
May 12 WSH ATL 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248 .327 .436 0 0 0
May 16 WSH CHC 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .335 .435 0 0 0
May 19 WSH BAL 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .261 .331 .439 0 0 0
May 22 WSH HOU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .262 .335 .435 0 0 0
May 26 WSH LA 5 1 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .269 .335 .451 0 0 0
May 29 WSH PHI 4 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .338 .477 0 0 0
Jun 2 WSH MIL 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .267 .328 .461 0 0 1
Jun 6 WSH ATL 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .329 .460 0 0 0
Jun 8 WSH PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .265 .331 .457 0 0 0
Jun 10 WSH PHI 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 .272 .337 .461 0 0 0
Jun 12 WSH COL 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .331 .453 0 0 0
Jun 16 WSH NYY 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .281 .339 .470 0 0 0
Jun 19 WSH BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .282 .338 .477 0 0 0
Jun 23 WSH BAL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271 .328 .458 0 0 0
Jun 27 WSH TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .265 .325 .449 0 0 0
Jun 30 WSH TB 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 .271 .328 .455 0 0 0
Jul 1 WSH TB 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .272 .330 .454 0 0 0
Jul 3 WSH FLA 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .330 .463 0 0 0
Jul 7 WSH SD 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .285 .350 .479 0 0 0
Jul 14 WSH PIT 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 .350 .476 0 0 0
Jul 17 WSH FLA 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292 .353 .479 0 0 0
Jul 21 WSH CHC 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 .353 .474 0 0 1
Jul 25 WSH SF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .352 .468 0 0 0
Jul 28 WSH LA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .354 .477 0 0 0
Aug 1 WSH SF 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .289 .353 .470 0 0 0
Aug 4 WSH SD 3 1 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 .291 .357 .482 0 0 0
Aug 8 WSH FLA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .288 .355 .483 0 0 0
Aug 10 WSH FLA 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .291 .363 .484 0 0 0
Aug 11 WSH NYM 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .291 .362 .484 0 0 0
Aug 14 WSH ATL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 .359 .478 0 0 0
Aug 18 WSH PHI 5 1 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 .288 .356 .486 0 0 0
Sep 2 WSH ARI 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .283 .351 .469 0 0 0
Sep 4 WSH STL 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .352 .476 0 0 0
Sep 7 WSH COL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .281 .347 .466 0 0 0
Sep 10 WSH COL 5 1 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .285 .352 .468 0 0 0
Sep 11 WSH ARI 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .285 .352 .466 0 0 0
Sep 15 WSH MIL 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .350 .460 0 0 0
Oct 1 WSH NYM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .351 .471 0 0 0
653 99 174 299 43 5 24 91 61 3 125 4 1 .266 .330 .458 3 0 5
Apr 2 WSH FLA 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0
Apr 3 WSH FLA 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .625 0 0 0
Apr 5 WSH ARI 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .353 .389 .471 0 0 0
Apr 30 WSH SD 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .236 .288 .327 0 0 0
May 1 WSH SD 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 .287 .319 0 0 0
May 4 WSH CHC 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .233 .298 .325 0 0 0
May 7 WSH MIL 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .256 .317 .353 0 0 0
May 11 WSH FLA 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .312 .347 0 0 1
May 25 WSH STL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .245 .301 .405 0 0 0
Jun 1 WSH SD 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .312 .415 0 0 0
Jun 5 WSH PIT 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .245 .304 .414 0 0 0
Jun 8 WSH MIN 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .248 .307 .412 0 0 0
Jun 10 WSH MIN 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .243 .300 .413 0 0 0
Jun 18 WSH DET 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .308 .446 0 0 0
Jun 22 WSH CLE 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .304 .437 0 0 0
Jun 25 WSH ATL 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .247 .299 .429 0 0 0
Jun 29 WSH PIT 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .241 .292 .418 0 0 0
Jul 1 WSH PIT 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .245 .294 .420 0 0 0
Jul 2 WSH CHC 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .248 .296 .424 0 0 0
Jul 6 WSH MIL 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 .302 .429 0 0 0
Jul 16 WSH HOU 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .310 .432 0 0 0
Jul 19 WSH COL 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .308 .434 0 0 0
Jul 24 WSH PHI 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .313 .439 0 0 0
Jul 27 WSH NYM 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260 .313 .433 0 0 0
Jul 31 WSH CIN 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 .260 .313 .430 0 0 0
Aug 1 WSH CIN 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .261 .315 .430 0 0 0
Aug 3 WSH STL 5 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .321 .438 0 0 0
Aug 10 WSH ARI 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .322 .453 0 0 0
Aug 20 WSH HOU 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .268 .321 .453 0 0 0
Aug 24 WSH COL 4 1 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .327 .471 0 0 0
Aug 27 WSH LA 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .328 .478 0 0 0
Aug 31 WSH SF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269 .323 .468 0 0 0
Sep 1 WSH SF 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .323 .468 0 0 0
428 51 121 189 24 1 14 51 31 1 71 1 1 .283 .333 .442 3 0 4
Mar 30 WSH ATL 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 0 0 0
Mar 31 WSH PHI 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .111 .500 0 0 1
Apr 2 WSH PHI 4 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .231 .750 0 0 0
Apr 4 WSH STL 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .208 .478 0 0 0
Apr 25 WSH CHC 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .230 .266 .340 0 0 0
May 6 WSH HOU 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .257 .343 0 0 0
May 12 WSH NYM 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .239 .275 .384 1 0 0
May 23 WSH MIL 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .258 .292 .434 0 0 0
Aug 4 WSH COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .311 .419 0 0 0
Aug 8 WSH MIL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .262 .313 .409 0 0 0
Aug 10 WSH MIL 6 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263 .312 .408 0 0 0
Aug 22 WSH CHC 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .265 .314 .404 0 0 0
Sep 9 WSH NYM 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .334 .447 0 0 0
Sep 19 WSH SD 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .330 .428 0 0 0
610 110 178 320 37 3 33 106 72 9 119 2 0 .292 .364 .525 2 0 9
May 1 WSH STL 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 .359 .543 0 0 0
May 6 WSH LA 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .385 .568 0 0 1
May 8 WSH ARI 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .339 .391 .554 0 0 0
May 10 WSH ARI 5 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .346 .394 .577 0 0 0
May 11 WSH SF 5 2 4 10 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .363 .408 .630 0 0 0
May 12 WSH SF 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .408 .621 0 0 0
May 18 WSH PIT 5 1 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .358 .411 .630 0 0 0
Jun 2 WSH SF 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .322 .391 .550 0 0 0
Jun 5 WSH NYM 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 .390 .539 0 0 0
Jun 9 WSH CIN 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .323 .395 .537 0 0 0
Jun 10 WSH CIN 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .321 .393 .530 0 0 0
Jun 29 WSH FLA 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298 .370 .497 0 0 0
Jul 3 WSH ATL 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295 .366 .489 0 0 0
Jul 6 WSH COL 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 .361 .479 0 0 0
Jul 9 WSH HOU 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .359 .480 0 0 0
Jul 23 WSH STL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .344 .461 0 0 0
Jul 24 WSH SD 4 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .283 .345 .469 0 0 0
Jul 27 WSH MIL 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .284 .349 .483 1 0 0
Aug 1 WSH PIT 4 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .356 .498 0 0 1
Aug 7 WSH ARI 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .300 .369 .532 0 0 0
Aug 13 WSH CIN 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 .371 .530 0 0 0
Aug 28 WSH STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .302 .377 .535 0 0 0
Aug 31 WSH SD 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299 .372 .528 0 0 0
Sep 1 WSH SD 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 .371 .528 0 0 0
Sep 22 WSH LA 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290 .360 .514 0 0 0
Oct 1 WSH ATL 4 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .288 .359 .521 0 0 0
Apr 16 WSH MIL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .273 .524 0 0 0
Apr 19 WSH COL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .314 .515 0 0 0
Apr 25 WSH LA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .378 .643 0 0 0
Apr 30 WSH FLA 4 2 3 10 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 .362 .412 .787 0 0 0
May 4 WSH ATL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .345 .397 .724 0 0 0
May 13 WSH COL 5 3 3 9 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 .319 .375 .691 0 0 0
May 28 WSH SD 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .295 .370 .541 0 0 0
Jun 1 WSH HOU 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 .306 .397 .599 0 0 0
Jun 18 WSH CWS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295 .386 .548 0 0 0
Jun 21 WSH KC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .283 .380 .525 0 0 0
Jul 1 WSH NYM 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .374 .500 0 0 1
Jul 6 WSH SD 4 2 3 10 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .293 .383 .533 0 0 0
Jul 9 WSH SF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292 .381 .523 0 0 0
Jul 27 WSH ATL 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .294 .383 .518 0 0 0
Aug 1 WSH PHI 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .296 .383 .519 0 0 0
Aug 6 WSH LA 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .300 .389 .540 0 0 0
Sep 3 WSH PIT 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .300 .386 .525 0 0 0
Sep 20 WSH HOU 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .389 .510 0 0 0
Mar 31 WSH ATL 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 0 0 0
Apr 2 WSH ATL 3 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .833 1 0 0
Jun 14 WSH STL 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .452 .515 0 0 0
Jun 21 WSH SEA 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .377 .467 0 0 0
Jun 27 WSH LAA 4 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .320 .407 0 0 0
Aug 1 WSH ATL 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .350 .416 0 0 0
Aug 9 WSH CHC 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .298 .369 .440 0 0 0
Sep 5 WSH LA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .289 .352 .450 0 0 0
Sep 9 WSH HOU 4 2 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .290 .352 .456 0 0 0
Apr 5 WSH CHC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 0
Apr 20 WSH MIA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .324 .345 0 0 0
May 28 WSH MIA 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .340 .366 0 0 0
Jun 8 WSH BOS 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .324 .363 0 0 0
Jul 13 WSH MIA 4 1 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .314 .401 0 0 0
Aug 3 WSH MIA 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .279 .348 .471 0 0 0
Aug 6 WSH HOU 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .280 .349 .464 0 0 0
Aug 28 WSH MIA 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .349 .449 0 0 0
Sep 3 WSH CHC 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .283 .349 .455 0 0 0
Sep 7 WSH MIA 5 1 2 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 .285 .351 .467 0 0 0
Sep 28 WSH STL 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .285 .349 .479 0 0 0
Apr 1 WSH MIA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
Apr 5 WSH CIN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .385 .467 .615 0 0 0
Apr 9 WSH CWS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .217 .321 .348 0 0 1
Apr 10 WSH CWS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .313 .333 0 0 0
May 8 WSH DET 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .209 .316 .343 0 0 0
May 29 WSH BAL 4 3 3 12 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 .298 .383 .489 0 0 0
Jun 25 WSH ARI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .349 .461 0 0 0
Jun 28 WSH NYM 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .275 .354 .475 0 0 0
Jul 8 WSH PHI 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .363 .471 0 0 0
Jul 30 WSH DET 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 .352 .450 0 0 0
Aug 23 WSH KC 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .271 .348 .441 0 0 0
Sep 19 WSH MIA 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .354 .479 0 0 0
214 26 60 96 19 1 5 38 22 0 37 0 0 .280 .342 .449 0 0 4
Mar 31 WSH NYM 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0
Jun 10 WSH SF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 .347 .469 0 0 0
Jun 17 WSH HOU 4 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .264 .323 .437 0 0 0
Jun 23 WSH MIL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .239 .298 .376 0 0 0
Jun 26 WSH CHC 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246 .309 .402 0 0 0
Jul 7 WSH BAL 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .335 .428 0 0 0
Jul 10 WSH BAL 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .271 .337 .428 0 0 0
346 43 86 161 25 1 16 73 33 0 79 1 0 .249 .308 .465 1 0 10
Apr 13 WSH BOS 3 2 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .267 .385 0 0 0
May 4 WSH MIA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .217 .274 .368 0 0 1
May 19 WSH NYY 5 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 .242 .294 .418 0 0 0
Jun 2 WSH TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .280 .375 0 0 1
Jun 4 WSH CHC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .217 .276 .364 1 0 0
Jun 9 WSH NYY 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .209 .265 .346 0 0 0
Aug 1 WSH NYM 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .213 .271 .361 0 0 0
Sep 2 WSH STL 4 2 3 10 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .237 .301 .459 0 0 0
5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0


Ice Lance deals an additional 516 damage and reduces the cooldown of Frozen Orb by 0.0 sec.
Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to cause a Cacaphonous Chord, dealing 5508 damage to a nearby enemy. Your healing spells have a chance to cause a Harmonious Chord, restoring 6555 health to a nearby injured ally.
Frozen Orb makes Blizzard instant cast and increases its damage done by 50% for 12 sec.
Your Frost Nova and your Water Elemental's Freeze deals 9,169 Frost damage when the effect ends. Damage is doubled if Frost Nova or Freeze are dispelled.


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describe KeyPair do
  context 'validations' do
    it { is_expected.to belong_to :user }
    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :public_key }
    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :user }
    it 'should not validate a multiline key' do
      expect(build(:key_pair, public_key: "ssh-rsa\nabcd").validate).to be false
    end
    it 'should not validate an invalid key type' do
      expect(build(:key_pair, public_key: 'aaaaaa abcd').validate).to be false
    end
    it 'should not validate an empty key' do
      expect(build(:key_pair, public_key: 'ssh-rsa').validate).to be false
    end
    it 'should validate a valid key' do
      expect(build(:key_pair).validate).to be true
    end
  end
  context 'callbacks' do
    it 'should call UpdateKeysJob.perform_later on creation' do
      expect(UpdateKeysJob).to receive(:perform_later)
      create :key_pair
    end
    it 'should call UpdateKeysJob.perform_later on destruction' do
      key_pair = create :key_pair
      expect(UpdateKeysJob).to receive(:perform_later)
      key_pair.destroy
    end
    it 'should strip the public_key before validation' do
      key = '    ssh-rsa something   '
      key_pair = build :key_pair, public_key: key
      expect(key_pair.public_key).to eq key
      key_pair.validate
      expect(key_pair.public_key).to eq key.strip
    end
  end

  context 'self.full_key_string' do
    it 'should be formatted properly' do
      expected = "command=\"LOGIN_USER=a #{Settings.repository.markus_git_shell}\",#{KeyPair::AUTHORIZED_KEY_ARGS} b"
      expect(KeyPair.full_key_string('a', 'b')).to eq expected
    end
  end
end


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Archive ouverte HAL - Footprinting e-learners' activity: A first step to help their appropriation of the training system?
Footprinting e-learners' activity: A first step to help their appropriation of the training system?
Abstract : Information and communication technologies have invaded the field of training, though their performances have been judged by companies to be insufficient. Among the origins of this state of affairs, the author considers that the lack of knowledge of what happens in a "real use situation" plays an important role. Indeed, understanding what is involved in learners-system interactions is fundamental to improve the system appropriation and its efficient usage. This appropriation is a dual necessity for learners as they must take over the offered possibilities of interactions and acquire the necessary knowledge. As appropriation is made through offered interactions, the author considers computer interactions traces as potential appropriation facilitators. This conceptual article presents bibliographical research concerning the use of computer interactions traces and proposes a classification of 'tracing systems'. Additionally, the links between these works and the process of appropriation in an instrumented training situation is provided, while the author also presents an experimental study conducted on the role of traces of interactions in a collaborative mediated task by using a numerical environment.


I wish I'd gone back and read Bob Nixon's Aug 7 post about covering broccoli transplants with tulle, because the cabbage moths sure did visit my broccoli patch this year (see right). Still, I have developed a somewhat effective tactic for dealing with cabbage worms once they emerge onto the scene. It's a new game I like to call 'Cabbage Worm Armageddon'.
I'd like to say that 'no cabbage worms were harmed in the making of this blog post', but, well, I guess that's not really true. Still, I'm happy to report that while my broccoli plants have sustained some worm damage, they're just starting to form heads and so there's hope for a fall harvest yet!!!
← Demo garden interactive map!
I'm glad you're having fun with it!
Not sure what I call the game where I squish all the harlequin bugs that are sucking on my broccoli leaves right through the row cover. Death Tag, maybe?
You haven't seen stink bugs because they're all on my screen and sneaking into my house.
I had quite a time with cabbage worms this year in my broccoli and brussel sprouts. I will tent them next year but this I just picked them off and fed them to my chickens. They LOVE them !


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Kelvin Sewell, a former Baltimore police officer and police chief in Pocomoke City on the Eastern Shore. (Jed Kirschbaum / Baltimore Sun)
The former Eastern Shore police chief who accused Pocomoke City of racism after he was fired without a public explanation was indicted Tuesday on charges of misconduct in office.
Kelvin Sewell, 53, a retired Baltimore homicide detective who now works for the Baltimore state's attorney's office, was indicted Tuesday by a Worcester County grand jury, court records show.
Sewell and police Lt. Lynell Green were indicted on one count each of conspiracy to commit misconduct in office and misconduct in office, according to State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt.
The indictments stem from a November 2014 incident in which prosecutors allege that Sewell and Green interfered with the investigation of a car crash to benefit Douglas Matthews, a local corrections officer.
"Police officers take an oath to uphold the laws of the state without partiality or prejudice," Davitt said in a statement. "Any disregard of that oath should never be tolerated."
The Pocomoke City Council fired Sewell in 2015 with no public explanation. The dismissal divided the town of 4,000. Sewell, Pocomoke City's first black police chief, alleged that he was fired in retribution for defending two black officers who had complained about racism.
Sewell and the officers are suing city and county officials in federal court, alleging racial discrimination. They have been aided by the ACLU of Maryland.
Sewell could not immediately be reached for comment. Matthews said he believed the charges against Sewell are "bogus."
Matthews said he fell asleep while driving and was involved in a crash. He said he called police to report the accident and never asked for special favors. He said he does not consider himself a friend of Sewell's.
"I think everything was handled correctly," Matthews said. "I got in a car accident, called the police. They investigated and no charges were filed."
Pocomoke City Manager Ernest Crofoot declined to comment on the circumstances of Sewell's dismissal or the allegations in the indictment, citing Sewell's pending lawsuit and discrimination complaints. Mayor Bruce Morrison did not respond to a request for comment.
Sewell's arraignment is set for next month.
In their lawsuit, Sewell and the officers allege broad racial harassment in the town.
Sewell said he stood up for employees who had reported a racially hostile work environment, including officers watching "racially charged" videos in their presence and regularly using racial epithets.
The Maryland attorney general's office, which is representing the city and county in the suit, has called the lawsuit an "absurd, meritless" complaint and an "attempt to extract some sort of undeserved windfall payout."
In a separate complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Sewell alleged that he was paid less than his white predecessor. EEOC investigators determined they had "reasonable cause to believe that [Sewell] was discharged in retaliation for protected activity."
Sewell is seeking reinstatement, back pay and damages.
Sewell was hired by the Baltimore state's attorney's office in March as a contract employee to investigate felony, homicide and violent crime cases, and to help locate and interview witnesses.
Sewell spent more than 20 years with the Baltimore Police Department before retiring as a sergeant in 2010. His departure followed racially charged allegations that a supervisor had ordered him to view a Ku Klux Klan website after insisting that the group was active in Sewell's home county.
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