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News Animal Crossing Mobile Game Delayed Until Later In The Year
To "accommodate the releases and operation" of other mobile games
Video Charming Animal Crossing: New Leaf Overview Trailer Shows Off the Welcome amiibo Update
Perfect for relaxing after a mad shopping day
News Looks Like Nintendo Has A Sense Of Humour About The Wii U's Failure
"Great artists aren't always appreciated in their own time"
News Isabelle Animal Crossing 3DS HOME Theme Added to My Nintendo in North America
Now she can organise your games for you, too
Feature Catch Up With the Animal Crossing Direct and New Leaf's Fresh Features
The only download in the village
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Update Is Available Now
amiibo support, here we come!
Animal Crossing - News
News Animal Crossing Mobile Game Delayed Until Later In The Year
To "accommodate the releases and operation" of other mobile games
Nintendo has confirmed that its Animal Crossing mobile game has been delayed, and will now release in the next financial year - after April, basically. The news was delivered in Nintendo's Consolidated Results for the Nine Months Ended December 2015 and 2016 report, with the...
Video Charming Animal Crossing: New Leaf Overview Trailer Shows Off the Welcome amiibo Update
Perfect for relaxing after a mad shopping day
This time of year can be a bit intense, we find, with big game releases, Black Friday and the usual pre-Christmas / Yuletide / generic Winter Holiday shenanigans ahead of late December. In work and private lives, there's a lot going on. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is an ideal way to chill out, with quirky...
News Looks Like Nintendo Has A Sense Of Humour About The Wii U's Failure
"Great artists aren't always appreciated in their own time"
Nintendo is used to success - it is responsible for some of the most popular video game franchises of all time, and has produced consoles and handhelds which have sold millions upon millions of units. However, like any firm with a history that stretches back more than 100 years, it...
News Isabelle Animal Crossing 3DS HOME Theme Added to My Nintendo in North America
Now she can organise your games for you, too
Animal Crossing: New Leaf may not be the freshest game in the world, but this week it's had a welcome revival courtesy of the extensive (and free) 'welcome amiibo' update. Keen to build on that momentum, Nintendo of America has released a small extra treat. It's an Isabelle 3DS HOME Theme, which can be...
Feature Catch Up With the Animal Crossing Direct and New Leaf's Fresh Features
The only download in the village
The Animal Crossing Direct has taken place, and revealed a surprisingly extensive update for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. We knew that the 'Welcome amiibo' update and new edition would introduce the figures and cards into the much-loved 3DS game, but Nintendo went further with new minigames and additional features to...
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Update Is Available Now
amiibo support, here we come!
The long-awaited update for Animal Crossing: New Leaf is available for download as we speak. This welcome news was announced during today's Animal Crossing Direct. The update brings amiibo support to the game for those playing on the New Nintendo 3DS or using the NFC Reader. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Duj4Z3ouIo...
Live Blog Watch the Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct - Live!
amiibo and New Leaf update goodness
It was a little while ago now that Nintendo confirmed this Animal Crossing Direct, during which we anticipate details on the upcoming update and amiibo support for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Will there be any neat surprises? Well, we'll just have to watch to find out. <liveblog...
News Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Airs Tomorrow
Japanese Direct will include a look at Miitopia, too
We already know that more content is coming to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, but tomorrow Nintendo will explain exactly what t
News Kirby Canvas Curse and Animal Crossing: Wild World Hit the Wii U VC This Week
Double trouble
Over the past few weeks, it seems that Nintendo of America has been keen to play catch up with the European Virtual Console. That trend looks set to continue, as this week's update will be including not one, but two DS games that are arriving nearly a year later on from their initial eShop debut. As always, better late than never,...
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf's Fall Update Will Handle The Weeding So You Don't Have To
Cleaning up
Animal Crossing: New Leaf may be getting on a bit these days but the game is set to get a new lease of life thanks to an update this November which adds amiibo functionality. As if being able to use your amiibo toys and cards with the game wasn't enough of a bonus, the free update will also rid your village of pesky weeds - something...
News Super Mario Run Release Prompts Delay to Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Mobile Games
Still due before 31st March 2017
In all of the hubbub around Super Mario Run being announced at Apple's event, Nintendo has pushed its anticipated Autumn / Fall apps - Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing - back. They're still due before 31st March 2017, but will come after the December iOS release of Super Mario Run. Super Mario Run represents the...
Talking Point The Scale of the Mobile Industry Makes it an Important Market for Nintendo
Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem are only the beginning
As the Summer months drift towards their conclusion (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least) we head into Fall / Autumn, and what that brings is a period of great intrigue in the world of Nintendo. On the one hand the company will eventually need to spill the beans on its NX system and - in one...
News Hello Kitty And Friends Are Linking Up With Animal Crossing: New Leaf
New amiibo+ cards will unlock themed furniture in the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaECx402dLI Animal Crossing: New Leaf is getting an amiibo-style facelift later this year, and Nintendo has just revealed that a collaboration with Sanrio will see some of its most beloved characters appear in the game. Scanning the new range of amiibo+...
News Animal Crossing Mini Nintendo Direct Confirmed for 2nd November in Japan
Details on New Leaf's free amiibo-centric update expected
As part of today's Nintendo Direct broadcast, we were shown a little more of the upcoming free update to Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The update will introduce amiibo support and also be accompanied by a new wave of amiibo cards and a new retail edition of the game; the goal is clearly to give...
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf's amiibo Update Coming Later This Year Along With Fresh amiibo Cards
Animal Crossing Direct also on the way this year
Nintendo has just confirmed that Animal Crossing: New Leaf will be getting a fresh lease of life this year thanks to a free update which will enable amiibo support in the million-selling 3DS title. While this isn't news in itself - we knew about this a while back - the game will also be getting a...
Video Animal Crossing Noir Continues to Explore the Mysteries of New Leaf
"I boarded the train, but where does the rest of the line go?"
A while ago we shared the first couple of episodes of 'Animal Crossing Noir' with you - it's an entertaining and dark spin on New Leaf that has strong vibes of 1960s TV series The Prisoner. Six episodes have been released so far, deepening the mystery behind villager HMK's arrival
News Autumn Animal Crossing: New Leaf Update To Bring amiibo Figure And Card Support
Four years after release
Nintendo is bringing amiibo support to Animal Crossing: New Leaf almost four years after the game's original release in Japan. The update - which is due in the Autumn - will allow users with a New 3DS or NFC Reader to use their amiibo figures and amiibo cards in the game. Cards will make villagers arrive in your town but it...
Video The Play Nintendo Show Focuses on Animal Crossing for Its Second Episode
Don't worry, President Regginator is back
This year one issue we've raised is the need for Nintendo to produce marketing and publicity content specifically targeting a young audience, which older players can also happily ignore. With credit to Nintendo of America, it's now backing up its Play Nintendo website with a regular YouTube show to keep...
Video New Fan-Made Video Series Uncovers Animal Crossing's Darker Side
I am not a number, I am a free tanuki!
Animal Crossing: New Leaf feels like a lifetime ago now and recent spin-offs Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival didn't really scratch our itch, but this unofficial Animal Crossing animated series should keep us entertained while we wait for the next proper instalment. As you can see it uses the characters,...
Feature Miitomo's Initial Success Doesn't Mask Lessons to be Learned for Future Nintendo Apps
Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem have the scope to do better
Miitomo was always, it seemed, a divisive first app to come from the Nintendo / DeNA partnership. For some the idea of Nintendo being directly involved in smart device downloads is a form of blasphemy, while others were surprised at the choice of brand and approach. With Mii characters at...
News Smartphone Animal Crossing And Fire Emblem Will Both Be Free-To-Play
Tom Nook will be pleased
Despite claims that Nintendo will aim to avoid the "freemium" route for its smartphone releases, it has been confirmed by the Wall Street Journal that the forthcoming Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem titles will both be free to download and will be supported by in-g
News Nintendo Wants Mobile to be a "Pillar of Profit"
Kimishima-san clarifies Shigeru Miyamoto's role with smart device games
Over a year on from Nintendo and DeNA formalising a partnership we've had one app to kickstart Nintendo's smart device output - Miitomo. Big news from the recent financial reports and briefings, however, confirmed that we'll have Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem games on our...
Talking Point Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Could Provide Nintendo's Mobile Breakthrough With Fans
Targeting Nintendo gamers of various types
Following Nintendo's financial reports and Tatsumi Kimishima's President's Presentation this week, a relatively clear picture has emerged of what will be the core areas of focus for Nintendo for the rest of 2016. Mobile and the 3DS (and perhaps amiibo) are likely to be at the forefront in terms of major...
News Animal Crossing On Smartphones Aims To Deliver "A New Style Of Play"
Will connect with other games in the series, too
Following the success of Miitomo Nintendo has announced its next two mobile releases, and they're big names from the company's library of IP: Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing. Regarding the latter, it has been confirmed that the smartphone app will offer connectivity with Animal Crossing games on...
News Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing Franchises Are Heading to Smart Devices
Update: Nintendo of Europe has now fully verified this news; both are targeting an Autumn / Fall release. Nintendo's Next Mobile Apps: Building on the positive consumer reaction to Miitomo, Nintendo announced that its next two mobile apps would be based on the familiar and beloved Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing franchises. Nintendo plans...
News Feature: Five Reasons Why We Love Animal Crossing
Happy Anniversary Mayor!
Animal Crossing turned 15 this week, and we're certainly feeling plenty of nostalgia for the series. What makes Animal Crossing such a successful franchise? We've put together some of the points that we think have propelled the series to being one of the most successful ever. The characters: Animal Crossing would be...
Poll The Utterly Charming Animal Crossing Series Is 15 Today, But Which Is Your Favourite?
Turning a new leaf or heading to the city? Let us know
The Animal Crossing series turns 15 today, and to celebrate this occasion Nintendo has released a special video. The first game in the franchise launched in Japan on the Nintendo 64 15 years ago, and since then we've seen entries on the GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U. The GameCube version was...
Random You Can Have the Animal Crossing Mayor Figurine You Always Wanted
Unfortunately you can't pay with Bells
Part of the enduring charm of the main entries in the Animal Crossing series is the customisation you can carry out on your Mayor. Goofy clothes and accessories mean that, beyond the very limited initial customisation you can have a political leader that's as irreverent, silly or dashing as you see fit. Though...
News Animal Crossing amiibo Cards Series 3 Lands in Europe on 18th March
Another 100 for the collection
Nintendo is enjoying plenty of success with amiibo, shifting tens of millions of units. That includes the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer cards range, which have performed particularly well in Japan while also gaining popularity in the West - the combination of a lower cost and the collect 'em all mentality has...
News Nintendo's Official UK Store Gives a Free Animal Crossing: New Leaf Calendar to Customers
Well, that's nice
Companies sometimes behave in sociopathic ways, if we're to think of these enormous corporate entities as we would a person - Sony's a current example in trying and failing to trademark the "Let's Play" phrase - but occasionally they do something nice. Sure, it's often the case that it's all about securing loyalty, but let's not be...
Star Fox Zero details to come in future, amiibo cards to hit 300 in number
Nintendo of America has gone amiibo crazy in its latest press release, confirming some interesting details for upcoming releases. Let's start with Star Fox Zero. Back in November last year website logos and mentions of the Nintendo Network and amiibo had fans dreaming of...
News Four More Animal Crossing amiibo Figures Arrive in Europe on 18th March
Timmy & Tommy share a base, like good siblings
It's time to extend that mortgage, amiibo collectors, as four more figures are confirmed for an 18th March release in Europe. This time around they're in the Animal Crossing series, with four (or five, but we'll get to that) series stalwarts joining the ranks. So, who are these four? Observe below...
News Lucas and Next Wave of Animal Crossing amiibo Up For Pre-Order in the UK
The Official Store weighs in
The amiibo range keeps growing, and the Nintendo Official UK Store has now opened pre-orders on the next batch of figures due in the country on 29th January. This batch includes what could turn into one of the more popular recent arrivals, Lucas. In addition there are the next four Animal Crossing amiibo, in this case...
Review Animal Crossing: Wild World
Why this world?
The very idea of a portable version of Animal Crossing filled this reviewer with glee when he first read about it back in the days of magazines and routers without wi-fi as standard. Animal Crossing: Wild World has always been a very special game to fans as it expanded upon the original GameCube title (for this region at least) but...
News You'll Want To Get Your Paws On This Lavishly Illustrated Animal Crossing Guide
Unofficial, but in the best way possible
A Guide to Village Life isn't an official publication to accompany Animal Crossing: New Leaf - hence the fact that the game's name doesn't appear anywhere on the cover. However, that's not a bad thing at all - it's highly unlikely that any official guide would have the same degree of love and care lavished...
News Four More Animal Crossing amiibo Heading to Europe on 29th January
Resetti has found his inner peace
While we wait to see whether US sales of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival help to make up for it tanking badly in territories such as the UK, we wonder whether the amiibo collection that accompanies the game will fare better. After all, Nintendo has acknowledged that a number of people are buying the figures as...
Video This is the Animal Crossing Wii U Game We'd Hoped For
Hats off to TheBitBlock
Nintendo's Digital Event during E3 2015 had its ups and downs, with some reveals sparking discontent among many watching Nintendo fans. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival was a reveal that caused some frustration - it was a Wii U game in the franchise, just not the one we were expecting. In our view amiibo Festival didn't...
Review Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
The sigh heard 'round the wild world
Animal Crossing made its name as a quaint, cutesy, somewhat bizarre life simulator where something new to do, collect or modify is always around the corner. This year, two spin-off games hone in on separate areas of that Nintendo life: Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer on 3DS explores "work," and Animal...
News Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Has Modest Impact in Japan as 3DS Sales Improve
Wii U is still comfortably in five figures
The latest Media Create Japanese chart results are in and bring a mix of good and bad news for Nintendo. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival has, unsurprisingly considering the trends elsewhere, struggled to achieve notable sales; the Wii U title shifted just 20,303 units in its first week, well down on the...
News Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Fail to Chart in the UK
Other titles show improvement, however
Even if Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival looks a little underwhelming as a gaming package - yes, we're still reviewing it - the inclusion of two amiibo figures in the package should help, in theory, to make it more attractive. Unfortunately that's not proven to be the case in the UK, as the title has failed to...
Parent Trap Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Goes Where Other Wii U Games Don't
We also break down the amiibo card mini-games
Families come in all shapes and sizes, we say that often, but then we expect a handful of popular games to work with all of them. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival breaks the mould in both its form and structure, in doing so it caters for a brand new type of audience and introduces them to the world of...
News Japan Is Getting This Charming Animal Crossing amiibo Diorama
Perfect for displaying those figures
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is with us soon, and while it might not be generating the same interest as a "proper" Animal Crossing outing, the introduction of several new amiibo figures is helping to build the hype - and over in Japan, they're whipping fans into a frenzy with free tat. Japanese consumers...
Video The New Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Trailer is Seeking Happy Players
No points for sadness
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is now just a week away in North America (13th November) and a little longer in Europe (20th November), and it's going to be interesting to see how well it performs in stores. The reaction from eager Nintendo fans to its E3 reveal this year were - we think it's fair to say - relatively hostile,...
News Super Mario Maker Still Leads the Way for Nintendo in the UK as Tri Force Heroes Stumbles
Happy Home Designer leads for 3DS
The UK charts aren't always a happy home for Nintendo, though can give an indication of which titles have the strongest long-term momentum on Wii U and 3DS. This week's results, then, show which titles are finding an audience and others that are having a tougher time. The first Nintendo game in the all-format top...
Video Nintendo Gets Literal in Its Latest Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Commercial
Cute but confused residents
Animal Crossing is a curious franchise. It's in the name, naturally, that animals are walking around on two legs and charming us with silly dialogue, but not all will relate the characters to real animals. Sure, they may loosely resemble dogs, ducks and more, but the stylised visuals and quirky setting ensure that we...
Insert your own joke about a fully stocked amiibo shelf
Just like in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, some little DLC freebies will likely become increasingly common in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. It's a little way to keep players coming back, and in a game focused on nothing but decorating it seems inevitable that the furniture range will be...
News Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Won't Have Online Play
Time to bust out all the extra controllers
It won't be long now before Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival launches in both North America and Europe. The polarizing party game was met with fairly lukewarm reception at its E3 reveal, so it will certainly be interesting to see how it's received once it's finally in gamers' hands. If nothing else, it'll...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Super Mario Maker Maintain Decent UK Sales
Mario Kart 8 sneaks back onto the grid
The latest UK chart results are in and they represent a couple of things from our perspective - there are various new releases on other systems that are only modest hits, and Nintendo's two standard bearers (one each for Wii U and 3DS) are showing reasonable momentum. First of all, Animal Crossing: Happy...
News Animal Crossing amiibo Triple Pack Confirmed For Australia
Releases alongside Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Following the announcement that the Animal Crossing amiibo Cards Collectors Album for series one would be arriving in Australian & New Zealand stores soon, Nintendo Australia has today confirmed the Animal Crossing amiibo triple pack including K.K.Slider, Reese and Cyrus will also be made...
Video Play Nintendo Channel Launches Animal Crossing: HHDTV Series
No, that doesn't stand for hypetastic high definition TV
The Play Nintendo YouTube channel is an interesting beast - it targets a young audience and featured Shigeru Miyamoto being particularly cool with some kids during E3, but has struggled to truly take off. Occasionally long gaps between videos may be a factor in that, but nevertheless it...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Super Mario Maker Continue Solid UK Form
Happy Home Designer holds top 10 place
The UK chart results have been updated for another week and bring a decent outcome for Nintendo; despite a small number of new arrivals on other platforms the current mainstays on Wii U and 3DS are holding good positions. For starters Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has enjoyed a strong second week in...
Random Isabelle Still Seems Upset At Negligent Animal Crossing: New Leaf Mayors
We apologise, Isabelle
Some 3DS owners are still diligently playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf - visiting their towns to exchange pleasantries with the locals, dig up some weeds and ensure that everything is tickety-boo. Those people will be held in high regard by the ever-lovable Isabelle. Then there are the rest of us, your humble writer included...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Makes Top 10 Chart Debut in UK
Quite Pleased Home Designer
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has now rolled out around the world, attempting to charm all-comers and to tempt them into buying amiibo cards. The spin-off entry appears to have made a reasonable debut in the UK charts, too, following the fairly impressive sales numbers that have been developing in Japan. Happy...
News Totaka's Song is in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
The recurring easter egg strikes again
For those of you that are unfamiliar with it, Totaka's Song is a simple 19 note melody created by Kazumi Totaka, a sound designer that has worked on a broad range of Nintendo games over the years. Totaka's Song first appeared in X – a shooter for the original Gameboy – as a hidden secret and ever since, it...
Arriving in Europe on 20th November
Update: It's now been confirmed that amiibo Festival will arrive in North America on 13th November. Original Article: Nintendo's showing at E3 this year didn't exactly receive universal acclaim, and many Wii U fans in particular didn't react favourably to the reveal of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, which...
News Nintendo of Japan's Website Reveals Four More Animal Crossing amiibo
Could there be even more on the way?
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is a very interesting entry in the beloved Animal Crossing series. Not only is it a significant break from series convention, but it was met by some admittedly cold reception when it was announced and a certain degree of uncertainty has surrounded the game ever since. Like it or...
Review Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Home is where the art is
Animal Crossing, while being one of Nintendo's most beloved franchises of the past decade, has taken on a new level of fame thanks to its first 3DS outing, New Leaf. A massive seller all over the world, this quirky and charming life simulation has been instrumental in selling its host hardware to an entirely fresh sector of...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Update to Bring Online Sharing in Japan
Will likely be there day one in the West
Animal Crossing: New Leaf had rather decent online features for sharing and visiting towns, which certainly added to its allure. Having been on the Japanese market for a short while, it seems that Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer will be following suit and improving its online features. There'll be a...
Download 'Photos with Animal Crossing' for Nintendo 3DS (UK Only)
We've got 5,000 download codes to give away...
With Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer being one of the major 3DS retail releases of the year, Nintendo has been keen to get the franchise back onto the agenda. In the UK the company has been heavily promoting free 3DS app Photos with Animal Crossing, distributing it at Hyper Japan in London, on its...
Video Nintendo Produces Some Chirpy Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer TV Commercials
If you're not happy, it's not for you
When Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer was unveiled, reactions within Nintendo Life HQ ranged from confusion, to more confusion, then bafflement. We could sort of figure out what it was supposed to be, but couldn't figure out how Nintendo was going to sell it - would it be free-to-play and need amiibo...
Preview Getting Inside The Curiously Undemanding World Of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
"I love what you've done here!"
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is one of those titles which has been instrumental in selling the Nintendo 3DS to the wider gaming public. When it launched in the west back in 2013 it appeared to trigger a rush of interest in Nintendo's portable system, and everyone seemed to be talking about it - sharing their...
News Nintendo UK Sends Out Free Photos With Animal Crossing Download Codes
You have mail
Nintendo UK is in the middle of a national tour around shopping malls, promoting current and upcoming releases on Wii U and 3DS. One promotion it's been running at events has been to give out free codes for Photos with Animal Crossing, an AR app for the 3DS that allows you to snap pics with some of your favourite animals. It's the...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival Bundle Details Emerge
Including NFC reader info for North America
As part of a detail dump from Nintendo today, information on key bundles and extras for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival have emerged. Release dates were already known for the 3DS title, and it's worth noting that amiibo Festival on Wii U still has a 'Holiday'...
Pre-orders now open for business
Nintendo's official UK store has opened pre-orders for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and is offering a selection of bundle options related to the game. The game on its own is up for pre-order at £34.99 and comes with a special 3DS Kit, which includes: A universal system case which holds New Nintendo 3DS...
'Special' amiibo cards for character's houses not otherwise accessible
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is arriving in Europe on 2nd October, and the region's subsidiary has now confirmed release details of various bundles and packs that'll give all 3DS owners a chance to get hold of the game and some amiibo cards. The cards themselves are...
News Japanese Retailer Highlights Stock Issues With Animal Crossing amiibo Cards
Play-Asia is taking pre-orders, though...
Slowly and surely, the stock scenario with amiibo has become a little better. Through a combination of Nintendo churning out stock and retailers trying to help fans, more of the figures have been up for grabs. It's still difficult for hardcore collectors, of course, but there have been signs of progress...
News Animal Crossing New 3DS Cover Plates Coming To Europe In October
Same day as Happy Home Designer, in fact
Nintendo's Italian office has confirmed that Animal Crossing New 3DS cover plates will be coming to Europe on October 2nd - the same day that Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer hits the console. Three plates will be available, one showing Isabelle, the other portraying K.K. Slider and the third showing a...
First Impressions Getting Cosy With Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
How to make a happy home
At Nintendo's E3 presentation two "spin-offs" based on the Animal Crossing series were shown: Animal Crossing amiibo Festival for Wii U, a Mario Party-style interactive board game, and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for 3DS - an interior design based title. To focus on Happy Home Designer, it left many questioning...
News Sharing to Miiverse in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is a Breeze
No booting into the Home Menu here
Nintendo recently updated the Japanese website for the upcoming Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer on the 3DS, and lots of new information about the sharing functionality within the game has been revealed. In addition to posting images to Twitter and Facebook via the Image Sharing feature - as was the case in...
"I see these as spin-offs"
In the general trend of E3 delivering Nintendo franchises in unexpected forms, Animal Crossing amiibo Festival on Wii U joined the previously announced Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer as an unexpected update to the series. Aya Kyogoku, the series director, has been speaking to U
News The Animal Crossing amiibo Range is Bigger Than We Thought
Four more figures pop up on official website
Update: A number of readers are correctly observing how these figures were listed in the last couple of weeks. Your humble scribe had missed that, so please understand. Original Article: As amiibo fans will know, there are new Animal Crossing figures on the way that'll be supported in Animal Crossing...
News Animal Crossing Director Talks More About Happy Home Designer and amiibo
"To be sure, Happy Home Designer can be played without any Amiibo cards."
It's safe to say that fan reaction has been rather mixed towards the amiibo-centric focus of the two upcoming Animal Crossing games for Wii U and 3DS. While it's far too early to definitively judge the quality of these upcoming games, it's very apparent that these new games...
Video Avert Your Eyes, This Japanese Animal Crossing Commercial Features Shameful Groping
Poor Tom Nook
Nintendo is pretty unique in the video game industry because unlike Sony and Microsoft, it actually spends money reminding people that some of its evergreen hits are still on sale. Take this latest Japanese commercial for Animal Crossing: New Leaf - a game that originally launched in that region in 2012 - featuring pop star Kyary...
News Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Is Basically Mario Party With KK Slider And Company
Coming later this year with 4 amiibo in tow
Those of you expecting a fully-blown Animal Crossing game at this year's E3 may be disappointed, as Nintendo has announced Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival - a board-game style game which brings to mind the Mario Party series. The four amiibo leaked previously will launch alongside the game. Animal...
News Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Promises Domestic Bliss This September
New trailer shown at E3 2015
We've known a fair amount about Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer since it was initially revealed, especially following details in a recent Japanese Nintendo Direct. Nintendo confirmed North American release details in today's Digital Event, with release due on 25th September. This title will see you use amiibo cards...
Rumour Animal Crossing and Pixel 8-Bit Mario amiibo Look Set For E3 Reveal
Nintendo Spain is to blame this time
It seems that inadvertent E3 reveals are continuing to spill out, this time courtesy of a sloppy promotional email sent out by Nintendo Spain. In a mailing to promote the new amiibo announced during Masahiro Sakurai's Super Smash Bros. Special Presentation, it seems that some artwork has outlined more of the...
Feature Nintendo Franchises We Want to See at E3 - Animal Crossing
Time to expand the town
In the lead up to E3 we'll be doing a series of features covering game franchises that we want to make an appearance at the show, and what we'd like to see out of a potential next entry in each series. In this article Nintendo Life editor Tom Whitehead makes the case for Animal Crossing on Wii U and its potential use of...
News K.K. Slider Hat and Outfit Confirmed as DLC for Super Smash Bros.
It's a dog's life
While Mario Kart 8 has provided two core packs of fairly substantial DLC, Super Smash Bros. has delivered a range of options with one new fighter so far - Mewtwo - and a batch of Mii Fighter outfits. When you add all of the Smash Bros. DLC together there's already a hefty selection, albeit the outfits are limited to specific...
It's actually quite pricey
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer remains a bit of an oddity, at least in the opinion of this writer. It appears to be a rather simplistic game in which you decorate homes to satisfy cute characters, adopting one small part of AC charm into one package. It's also a vehicle for the first range of amiibo cards, which will...
News Splatoon Producer Interview Sparks E3 Animal Crossing Wii U Speculation
Reading between the lines
Its E3 silly season, or close enough, and that means plenty of reading between the lines when Nintendo employees dodge and weave from questions. Such is the fate for Hisashi Nogami, producer on Splatoon but arguably best known as a co-Director on the Animal Crossing franchise. First of all, we recommend having a read of...
Poll With Races Won and Cups Collected, How Do You Rate Mario Kart 8's DLC Pack 2?
And 200cc, for that matter
It's clear that Nintendo's approach to DLC has moved on a great deal when extras begin to take on the status of a brand new release. With April being generally low on enticing new releases, the big N successfully got plenty of current Wii U and 3DS gamers excited with DLC for existing evergreen blockbusters. In the case of...
Video Here's Our Own Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8 Showcase
The Return of Baby Park
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines....again! The second DLC pack for Mario Kart 8 is here and it is a must-buy piece of downloadable content if ever there were one. Even if Animal Crossing isn't your cup of tea, there are plenty of reasons to be excited about this pack. How about another F-Zero track? Is Dry Bowser...
News Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 Available to Download Right Now
Rev up the engines
The time is here, with the Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2 and software update now available to download; if you try and fire up your copy of the game it should automatically trigger a download update. Once that's done you can open up the game and set the DLC downloading - when that's finished you have various delights waiting for you...
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New Leaf director welcomes fans
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"amiibo has the potential to propose new ways to play card games"
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UK festival's award judged by figures outside the industry
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Fedora Hubs will provide a communication and collaboration center for Fedora contributors of all types. The idea is that contributors will be able to visit Hubs to check on their involvements across Fedora, discover new places that they can contribute, and more.
Hubs is currently under development, and you can see the progress on the Development instance here: http://188.8.131.52
We have a mailing list here: https://firstname.lastname@example.com
Install fedora dependencies:
$ sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ sqlite-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel redhat-rpm-config
Hubs should work on either python2 or python3. These instructions will show the way for python2 only, though.
Setup a python virtualenv:
$ sudo dnf install python-virtualenvwrapper postgresql postgresql-devel $ mkvirtualenv hubs
If the mkvirtualenv command returns "command not found..." you may need to refresh your bash profile:
$ source ~/.bashrc
Note that, you only have to type mkvirtualenv
the very
first time you set up hubs. When you try go to work on hubs
a second time (and every time after that..) you only have to
type workon hubs
, which will re-activate the virtual
environment that you made last time. (The mk
stands for "make".)
Now we need to pull the project and change our working directory:
$ git clone https://pagure.io/fedora-hubs.git $ cd ./fedora-hubs
OK -- with that done, now install the dependencies from PyPI:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
With that, try running the app with:
$ python populate.py # To create the db $ python runserver.py # To run the dev server
And then navigate to http://localhost:5000/
If you want to test it with 8 worker threads, try gunicorn
$ pip install gunicorn $ gunicorn -w 8 -t 60 --log-config logging.ini --reload hubs.app:app
Note that then the application is available at http://localhost:8000/
When hacking on widgets, it is useful to have this one-liner handy. It removes the db alltogether, re-populates it, and restarts the app:
$ rm /var/tmp/hubs.db; rm /var/tmp/fedora-hubs-cache.db; PYTHONPATH=. python populate.py; gunicorn -w 8 -t 240 --log-config logging.ini hubs.app:app
We have a test suite. You should run it before you start working on some code, to make sure that nothing is broken before you start. And you should run it after you finish your change, before you push, to verify that your change didn't inadvertently break something else.
You can run it with:
$ pip install -r test-requirements.txt $ PYTHONPATH=. nosetests
You need to add a new file to the fedmsg.d/
Call it fedmsg.d/credentials.py
. It's needed to query FAS
for information about other users. When we deploy this thing to
production, we'll use a system account for this but for now, just
use your personal account. You don't want to accidentally share this
with anyone else. so be sure to keep it private. It should have
contents like this:
config = { # Put your FAS credentials here... # but leave them commented out. Note that, if you leave your fas # credentials out, some widgets won't be as accurate as they could be.. # but it also makes the app faster than it would otherwise be (which is # nice for development). #'fas_credentials': { # 'username': 'YOUR_FAS_USERNAME', # 'password': 'YOUR_FAS_PASSWORD', #}, # Go and generate a token for this here: # https://github.com/settings/tokens 'github.oauth_token': 'YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN', }
Make sure to leave the '' around you username and password - don't delete them! Some widgets will work without the above info being present.. but it is needed for a subset of them.
One widget (the big tamale -- the feed widget) requires more legwork to stand up. If you just want to see how hubs works and you want to hack on other peripheral stuff around it, you don't need to bother with these steps.
The feed widget requires a direct DB connection to the datanommer database; it can't proxy through datagrepper because it needs more flexibility. To get this working, you're going to set up:
Start with some required packages:
$ sudo dnf install postgresql-server python-datanommer-consumer datanommer-commands fedmsg-hub
And there are some support libraries you'll also need:
$ sudo dnf install python-psycopg2 python-fedmsg-meta-fedora-infrastructure
Now, with packages installed, you need to tell postgres to create its initial filesystem layout:
$ sudo postgresql-setup initdb
And then, we need to tweak its config to let us connect easily for development:
$ sudo vim /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
Change two lines from ident
to trust
. These two:
# IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust # IPv6 local connections: host all all ::1/128 trust
Start that beast up:
$ sudo systemctl start postgresql
Now, with the db daemon configured and running, let's configure datanommer. Edit this file:
$ sudo vim /etc/fedmsg.d/datanommer.py
And do two things: 1) set enabled to True
and 2) give it a real sqlalchemy url, like this:
config = { 'datanommer.enabled': True, 'datanommer.sqlalchemy.url': 'postgres://postgres:whatever@localhost/datanommer', }
Tell postgres that it should create space for a 'datanommer' database with this command:
$ sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE datanommer;"
And finally, tell datanommer to create all of its tables in that new db we just created:
$ datanommer-create-db
Tell the fedmsg-hub daemon to restart itself. It should pick up datanommer as a plugin and start handing messages to it:
$ sudo systemctl restart fedmsg-hub
And then, wait a few seconds for a message to get nommed, and then you can
check that it's working by running sudo datanommer-stats
. It should print
out some kind of summary about what kinds of messages are in the db now -- it
will just grow and grow over time:
$ datanommer-stats [2015-07-01 14:33:21][ fedmsg INFO] buildsys has 70 entries [2015-07-01 14:33:21][ fedmsg INFO] faf has 7 entries [2015-07-01 14:33:21][ fedmsg INFO] copr has 6 entries [2015-07-01 14:33:21][ fedmsg INFO] askbot has 2 entries
Lastly, (fingers crossed) start up the fedora-hubs webapp and load your profile page. Once there are some messages that get into your local database that should show up on your feed.. they should appear there. (At very least, you shouldn't get an error message about that widget being unable to be displayed).
You write a new widget in the hubs/widgets/
directory and must declare it
in the registry dict in hubs/widgets/__init__.py
In order to be valid, a widget must have:
data(session, widgets, **kwargs)
function that returns a
jsonifiable dict of data. This will get cached -- more on that later.template
object that is a jinja2 template for that widget.chrome
decorator.should_invalidate(message, session, widget)
function that will be used to
potentially invalidate the widget's cache. That function will get called by
a backend daemon listening for fedmsg messages so when you update your group
memberships in FAS, a fedmsg message hits the fedora-hubs backend and returns
True if the lookup value should be nuked/refreshed in memcached (or some
other store).If you want to try making a new widget:
in the add_user_widgets
.Destroy your database, rebuild it, and re-run the app. Your widget should show up.
The template per-widget is currently held and rendered server-side with jinja2. This is how all our apps do it, more or less.
We might want to consider using handlebars.js for our templates instead and rendering all of the widgets asynchronously on the client. It could be cool, but is new-ground for our team.
Furthermore, we should likely use something like angular or backbone.js to manage the data synchronization with those client-side templates.
Some discussion on how to do pushed updates to web clients:
but it has some problems:As an aside, it became clear to me when making the diagram in the next section that, if we use handlebars.js and get rid of the server-side template rendering, then 1) the data returned by AJAX requests at page load and 2) the data pushed by the EventSource server can be the exact same data. It will simplify and streamline the responsibilities of the pieces if the backend is worried only about these per-widget JSON responses.
Here are some more details on how the whole thing should work together.
A diagram of component interactions
Let's talk through how data will flow through the system by asking what happens when a user requsts their main hubs page:
function of that widget to get the
response ready. It is stuffed in memcached for later access and returned.Later, what happens when a trac ticket is filed that should show up in some widget on their page?
on them.What happens when the user is viewing the design team hub and simultaneously, an admin changes the configuration of a widget on that page?
on the widget.


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Scenarios like those above are easy to understand. However, the same cannot be said about an employee who shuts down, becomes apathetic at work, or sucks the life out of their co-workers by displaying negativity day in and day out. While there is little doubt that a lack of motivation manifests itself in various forms, there are often underlying issues that can be addressed positively and proactively. Continue reading "Leadership Lesson: Can You Motivate "Dead Wood" Employees?" →
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Better the devil you know…. The reaction was predictable as the shock waves spread quickly. Dave, our beloved leader, was leaving after 20 years. As soon as the news began to sink in, panic spread throughout our entire organization. The fear was palpable and the gossip attempting to explain his departure, albeit deliciously juicy, proved totally unfounded.
The competition had not snapped him up, he was not fired, nor was there any scandal. Dave, the most charismatic and beloved leader in our company, simply decided it was time to ride into the sunset and enjoy his well-earned retirement. Unfortunately the impending cloud of uncertainty over the plans of his successor became darker by the hour.
Many organizations are surprisingly unprepared for this scenario, whether the departing leader is in a C-Suite or a pivotal middle management position. In addition, the manner in which a leader's departure is handled leaves many scrambling as they attempt to fill the void.
As the successor, your immediate response is critical, especially when the departing leader was adored, astute and exceptionally good. You are now no longer the understudy… and you had better be ready. Continue reading "Five ways to take the help when your leader abandons ship" →


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Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability to death. This deterioration is the primary risk factor for major human pathologies, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. Aging research has experienced an unprecedented advance… (More)
Multicellular animals match costly activities, such as growth and reproduction, to the environment through nutrient-sensing pathways. The insulin/IGF signaling (IIS) pathway plays key roles in growth, metabolism, stress resistance, reproduction, and longevity in diverse organisms including mammals. Invertebrate genomes often contain multiple genes encoding… (More)
When the food intake of organisms such as yeast and rodents is reduced (dietary restriction), they live longer than organisms fed a normal diet. A similar effect is seen when the activity of nutrient-sensing pathways is reduced by mutations or chemical inhibitors. In rodents, both dietary restriction and decreased nutrient-sensing pathway activity can lower… (More)
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The insulin/IGF-like signalling (IIS) pathway has diverse functions in all multicellular organisms, including determination of lifespan. The seven insulin-like peptides (DILPs) in Drosophila are expressed in a stage- and tissue-specific manner. Partial ablation of the median neurosecretory cells (mNSCs) in the brain, which produce three DILPs, extends… (More)
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The Drosophila melanogaster gene chico encodes an insulin receptor substrate that functions in an insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling pathway. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, insulin/IGF signaling regulates adult longevity. We found that mutation of chico extends fruit fly median life-span by up to 48% in homozygotes and 36% in… (More)
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The target of rapamycin (TOR) pathway is a major nutrient-sensing pathway that, when genetically downregulated, increases life span in evolutionarily diverse organisms including mammals. The central component of this pathway, TOR kinase, is the target of the inhibitory drug rapamycin, a highly specific and well-described drug approved for human use. We show… (More)
Dietary restriction (DR) extends life span in diverse organisms, including mammals, and common mechanisms may be at work. DR is often known as calorie restriction, because it has been suggested that reduction of calories, rather than of particular nutrients in the diet, mediates extension of life span in rodents. We here demonstrate that extension of life… (More)
In metazoans, tissue growth relies on the availability of nutrients--stored internally or obtained from the environment--and the resulting activation of insulin/IGF signaling (IIS). In Drosophila, growth is mediated by seven Drosophila insulin-like peptides (Dilps), acting through a canonical IIS pathway. During the larval period, animals feed and Dilps… (More)
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Caloric restriction (CR) protects against aging and disease, but the mechanisms by which this affects mammalian life span are unclear. We show in mice that deletion of ribosomal S6 protein kinase 1 (S6K1), a component of the nutrient-responsive mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling pathway, led to increased life span and resistance to age-related… (More)


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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
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Individual enterprise merges with technological innovation to launch the Commercial Revolution -- the seedbed of American industry. The program features the ideas of Adam Smith, the efforts of entrepreneurs in New England and Chicago, the Lowell Mills Experiment, and the engineering feats involved in Chicago's early transformation from marsh to metropolis. D
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A SOR iterative algorithm for the finite difference and the finite element methods that is efficient and parallelizable
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Abstract An efficient and simple parallel SOR iterative algorithm is presented for the finite difference and finite element methods. Based on domain subdividing and computing sequence reordering, this algorithm has been proven to be efficient and simple to implement. No coloring scheme and no overlapping blocks are required. With this parallel algorithm, not only computations for the mesh points in the subdomain but also computations for the mesh points on the inferace are carried out parallely. In addition, programming efforts to implement the parallel algorithm are simplified. When compared with the results using the conventional sequential algorithm, excellent efficiencies are obtained using the parallel algorithm.


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I had the same problem. My sd card had been corrupted...had to buy a new one. Ive hade success with putting the sd card into another phone and gitting a quick fix. Sent from my DROID X2 using DroidForums
the sdcard is in read only mode only thing i know is to format the card in cwm or rzr and re partition i had the same issue awhile back and lost a few cards once it goes into read only its pretty much toast
What causes the SD to be in read only mode? i just formatted my sd with CWM and going to re-partition it. Hope it will work...If it doesn't, that means my sd is done?
unfortunately until i find another way to bring them back i have a class 10 32gb a class 4 32 gb and a class 6 16 gb that went through this i was able to save my 4 gb one ( go figure ) by formatting in cwm and in a digital camera good luck with it hope it works
yea my sd card says please insert one before using camera but my music still works and the camera does work and save pics if i use a 3rd party app... idk whats going on but i really hope someone finds a fix...
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Mark A. Del Beccaro, MD, is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Seattle Childrens Hospital. He is also an attending physician in the Seattle Childrens Emergency Department and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Dr. Del Beccaro first worked for Seattle Childrens in 1979 prior to entering the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1981. After graduating with his Doctorate of Medicine in 1985, Dr. Del Beccaro completed his pediatric residency at Seattle Childrens Hospital and then became the Chief Pediatric Resident at Seattle Childrens Hospital in 1988. He has held several positions at Seattle Childrens including Associate Chief, Emergency Services from 1999 to 2006, Chief Medical Information Officer from 1997 to 2011, Pediatrician in Chief from 2007 to 2012 and most recently the Vice President for Medical Affairs from 2012 to 2014. He completed a program in medical management at the University of Washington. Dr. Del Beccaro is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He has been involved in many regional and national associations with a focus on improving the quality of care. He is the current chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council Management Committee. In October, 2014 he was selected for his current position as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Del Beccaro is a Professor of Pediatrics at UWSOM and an Adjunct Professor in both the UW Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics and the Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine. He obtained his undergraduate degree with honors in Biologic Sciences in 1979 from Stanford University.
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This year's Film-Philosophy Conference will be hosted by the University of Glasgow's Film and Television Studies department.
The theme for this year is 'A World of Cinemas'. Keynote Speakers include:
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Samsung has announced its plans for rolling out next-generation foundry technologies and future process nodes this week — including a plan to deploy cutting-edge EUV lithography as early as the 7nm node.
Multiple high-profile Intel executives have left the company recently, but shuffling executives won't fix the strategic problems Intel faces. Its data center business is strong, but IoT and mobile growth is limited.
The tick-tock approach ensured Intel was never attempting to build a brand-new CPU architecture at the same time it ramped a new process node, and gave the company almost a decade of steady (if slowing) progress. That era is over.
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adidas announced today a long term partnership with musical super star Pharrell Williams. The first adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams products will debut in the Summer of 2014.
This is also the first time adidas has partnered with a designer who owns their own textile company. adidas will collaborate with Williams' Bionic Yarn coming from The Vortex Project; an initiative with Parley for the Oceans to turn plastic debris from the oceans into yarn and fabric. Bionic Yarn will be used in some of Pharrell's upcoming adidas Originals products.
"Working with an iconic brand like adidas is such an incredible opportunity. From the classic track suit, to growing up in Virginia wearing Stan Smiths, adidas has been a staple in my life. Their pieces are timeless. This is an exciting partnership for both me and for Bionic Yarn." Pharrell Williams
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Title: | Ligation of alpha-dystroglycan on podocytes induces intracellular signaling: a new mechanism for podocyte effacement? |
Author(s): | Vogtlander, N.P.J. ; Visch, H.J.; Bakker, M.A.H. ; Berden, J.H.M. ; Vlag, J. van der |
Publication year: | 2009 |
Source: | PLoS One, vol. 4, iss. 6, (2009), pp. e5979 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005979 |
Publication type: | Article / Letter to editor |
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Subject: | N4i 5: Auto-immunity and transplantation NCMLS 1C: Tissue engineering and pathology NCMLS 2A: Energy and redox metabolism |
Organization: | Nephrology Biochemistry (UMCN) |
Journal title: | PLoS One |
Volume: | vol. 4 |
Issue: | iss. 6 |
Page start: | p. e5979 |
Page end: | p. e5979 |
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BACKGROUND: Alpha-dystroglycan is a negatively charged glycoprotein that covers the apical and basolateral membrane of the podocyte. Its transmembrane binding to the cytoskeleton is regulated via tyrosine phosphorylation (pY892) of beta-dystroglycan. At the basolateral side alpha-dystroglycan binds the glomerular basement membrane. At the apical membrane, it plays a role in the maintenance of the filtration slit. In this study, we evaluated whether ligation of alpha-dystroglycan with specific antibodies or natural ligands induces intracellular signaling, and whether there is an effect on podocyte architecture. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Conditionally immortalized podocytes were exposed in vitro to antibodies to alpha-dystroglycan, and to fibronectin, biglycan, laminin and agrin. Intracellular calcium fluxes, phosphorylation of beta-dystroglycan and podocyte architecture were studied. Antibodies to alpha-dystroglycan could specifically induce calcium signaling. Fibronectin also induced calcium signaling, and led to dephosphorylation of pY892 in beta-dystroglycan. Ligation of alpha-dystroglycan resulted in an altered actin architecture, a decreased number of podocyte pedicles and a more flattened appearance of the podocyte. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: We conclude that ligation of alpha-dystroglycan on podocytes induces intracellular calcium signaling, which leads to an altered cytoskeleton architecture akin to the situation of foot process effacement. In particular the ability of fibronectin to induce intracellular signaling events is of interest, since the expression and excretion of this protein is upregulated in several proteinuric diseases. Therefore, fibronectin-induced signaling via dystroglycan may be a novel mechanism for foot process effacement in proteinuric diseases.


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Jurčíček, F and Thomson, B and Young, S (2011) Natural actor and belief critic: Reinforcement algorithm for learning parameters of dialogue systems modelled as POMDPs. ACM Transactions on Speech and Language Processing, 7. ISSN 1550-4875
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This article presents a novel algorithm for learning parameters in statistical dialogue systems which are modeled as Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs). The three main components of a POMDP dialogue manager are a dialogue model representing dialogue state information; a policy that selects the system's responses based on the inferred state; and a reward function that specifies the desired behavior of the system. Ideally both the model parameters and the policy would be designed to maximize the cumulative reward. However, while there are many techniques available for learning the optimal policy, no good ways of learning the optimal model parameters that scale to real-world dialogue systems have been found yet. The presented algorithm, called the Natural Actor and Belief Critic (NABC), is a policy gradient method that offers a solution to this problem. Based on observed rewards, the algorithm estimates the natural gradient of the expected cumulative reward. The resulting gradient is then used to adapt both the prior distribution of the dialogue model parameters and the policy parameters. In addition, the article presents a variant of the NABC algorithm, called the Natural Belief Critic (NBC), which assumes that the policy is fixed and only the model parameters need to be estimated. The algorithms are evaluated on a spoken dialogue system in the tourist information domain. The experiments show that model parameters estimated to maximize the expected cumulative reward result in significantly improved performance compared to the baseline hand-crafted model parameters. The algorithms are also compared to optimization techniques using plain gradients and state-of-the-art random search algorithms. In all cases, the algorithms based on the natural gradient work significantly better. © 2011 ACM.
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Overall I really liked this but for some reason I didn't like it as much as the first book even though the highlights of this were the best parts of the series. There were a ton of things I absolutely loved. I love Smax and I really want to read the spin off limited series Smax. I thought the devlopment of his friendship with Toybox was great. Girl One was great and it was sad to see her go. The introduction of Joe Pi though made up for it as he became one of my 3 favorite characters in the series. The characters were easily the strong point. Everything felt very lived in with the characters and they all felt like an actual precinct unit with history. The plot however was pretty underwhelming and there were a lot of subplots that ultimately did not do much for me. So I really like this a lot but I wouldn't put it up with my favorite series.
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