![]() ![]() Thirty-seven patients (50%) had cryptogenic OP and 27 patients (36%) had secondary OP. Organizing pneumonia was classified into 3 clinical groups: symptomatic cryptogenic OP symptomatic OP related to underlying hematologic malignant neoplasm, collagen vascular disease, or drugs (secondary OP) and asymptomatic OP presenting as a focal nodule (focal OP). Results: Seventy-four patients had pathologically confirmed OP. Resolution, relapse, and survival were obtained from medical records and a follow-up patient questionnaire. Chest radiographs and pathology specimens were reviewed for this study. Initial features were obtained from medical records. Methods: A retrospective study of patients with OP seen at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, from January 1, 1984, through June 30, 1994, was conducted. The goals of this study are to describe the clinical course and outcomes in patients with 3 clinical variants of OP. Clinicians frequently encounter pathology reports of OP in patients with no underlying condition (cryptogenic OP, also known as BOOP or bronchiolitis obliterans OP) or in association with drugs or nonpulmonary disease. Patients with asymptomatic focal OP had an excellent prognosis.Ībstract = "Background: Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a non-specific response to many types of lung injury. Patients with secondary OP had a high mortality rate when the disease was associated with predisposing conditions or drugs. ![]() Cryptogenic OP most often was a symptomatic bilateral lung process that had an overall favorable prognosis with prolonged corticosteroid therapy. Conclusions: Clinical classification of OP is useful to predict clinical course and outcome. Patients with focal OP required no treatment and had no relapse or respiratory-related deaths. Organizing pneumonia was an asymptomatic focal rounded opacity in 10 patients (14%), most often detected on chest radiograph and diagnosed on lung biopsy done for suspicion of lung cancer. ![]() ![]() Five-year survival was higher in patients with cryptogenic OP (73%) than in secondary OP (44%), and respiratory-related deaths were more frequent in patients with secondary OP. Relapse was infrequent in both of these groups. Resolution of symptoms was more frequent in patients with cryptogenic OP than those with secondary OP. Corticosteroids were given at a similar initial dose (prednisone, about 50 mg/d). No difference was found between cryptogenic and secondary OP in type or severity of symptoms, signs, laboratory and pulmonary function tests, or radiologic or pathologic findings. He can't be on a long prescription or heavy dose of prednisone, which seems to be the main treatment, because of his other conditions and his pulmonologist did not recommend it.Background: Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a non-specific response to many types of lung injury. He now has to always have a oxygen concentrator with him with a nasal canula, and has to walk with a walker, otherwise he gets too tired and out of breath. Over time he developed BOOP, and it seems like his pulmonary condition has been deteriorating slowly over time. He has since then been cancer free, however the chemo and recovery process took quite a toll on him physically. My father had a bone marrow transplant in 2013 for leukemia. I'm writing this on behalf of my father due to his limited English, and the goal is to see if there is anything that can be done to improve his condition and if going to Mayo Clinic to see a pulmonary specialist is worth a shot for him. First of all, thank you all in advance for any insight. ![]()
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![]() All this, and a rich slice of Afghan culture too: irresistible. Rather than settle for a coming-of-age or travails-of-immigrants story, Hosseini has folded them both into this searing spectacle of hard-won personal salvation. Amir brings the traumatized child back to California and a bittersweet ending. Will Amir wipe the slate clean? So he returns to the hell of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and reclaims Sohrab from a Taliban leader (none other than Assef) after a terrifying showdown. Hassan has been executed by the Taliban his son, Sohrab, must be rescued. Rahim, Baba’s old business partner who knows all about Amir’s transgressions, calls from Pakistan. Then, in 2001, the past comes roaring back. Amir becomes a writer and marries a beautiful Afghan Baba dies of cancer. Fast forward to the Russian occupation, flight to America, life in the Afghan exile community in the Bay Area. With the still-loyal Hassan a constant reminder of his guilt, Amir makes life impossible for him and Ali, ultimately forcing them to leave town. ![]() He bonds with Baba at last but deserts Hassan when the latter is raped by Assef. The day, in 1975, when 12-year-old Amir wins the annual kite-fighting tournament is the best and worst of his young life. Pashtuns have always dominated and ridiculed Hazaras, so Amir can’t help teasing Hassan, even though the Hazara staunchly defends him against neighborhood bullies like the “sociopath” Assef. Father Baba is a wealthy Pashtun merchant, a larger-than-life figure, fretting over his bookish weakling of a son (the mother died giving birth) Hassan is his sweet-natured playmate, son of their servant Ali and a Hazara. The most important people in his life are Baba and Hassan. ![]() Our protagonist Amir is a child in Kabul. Moving back and forth between Afghanistan and California, and spanning almost 40 years, the story begins in Afghanistan in the tranquil 1960s. His passionate story of betrayal and redemption is framed by Afghanistan’s tragic recent past. ![]() Here’s a real find: a striking debut from an Afghan now living in the US. ![]() ![]() ![]() And I just feel like sometimes it is my place to do that. People need to hear it, people that are feeling that way but don’t know how to express it. But after watching so many natural disasters last year, she says, “I thought, ‘Well, I’ve got to write this song and I’ve got to call another session, because I think the song needs to be heard. “World On Fire,” she says, was written after she thought the album was completed. ![]() “I care about people, human suffering and all of that.” “World on Fire” is theatrical arena rock to the highest degree - big drums and bigger power chords - sonically ascendent and thematically frustrated. ![]() Those sweet songs contrast with the album’s lead single. She’s referring to the now-infamous event in which Elvis Presley said he wanted to record her hit, “I Will Always Love You.” She turned him down - because Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, wanted half of the song’s publishing rights. “I had him come in and do the Elvis voice on it, just to kind of sum up that whole story about Elvis,” she says. This cover image released by Butterfly Records shows “Rockstar” by Dolly Parton. Aint a nigga gave me nothin (yeah, yeah, yeah) Im ready to hop out on a nigga, get to bustin. DaBaby Its safe to say I earned it, aint a nigga gave me nothin (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Im ready to hop out on a nigga, get to bustin. My Glock told me to promise you gon squeeze me (woo) You better let me go the day you need me (woo) Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to bustin (woo) And if I aint enough, go get the chop. It features the ‘50s vocal quartet Jordanaires, recorded right before they broke up in 2013, and Ronnie McDowell, who plays the Elvis character in the song. My Glock told me to promise you gon squeeze me (Woo) You better let me go the day you need me (Woo) Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to bustin (Woo) And if I aint enough, go get the chop. Some have been unearthed - the lovelorn My Blue Tears,” for example, was written when Parton was with “The Porter Wagoner Show” in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, and the cheeky “I Dreamed About Elvis” was written over two decades ago. “Rockstar” also features nine original songs. “I’d definitely do some country singing for some of the rockers going country,” she says. Then Ringo Starr replaced the drums they’d recorded on the track.Įarlier this year, Starr told the AP he’s working on a country music EP - to which Parton reacts, “I’ll join them if they want me to!” “He said, ‘Yeah, I’d be happy to play on it, too, if you want me to,” and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I’ve died and gone to heaven,’” she says. Long before the release of “Now and Then,” Parton asked Paul McCartney if he would sing on a cover of “Let It Be.” She did, however, manage to reunite the Beatles. She wanted Mick Jagger and Lionel Richie, but the timing didn’t work. DaBaby Lets go Brand new Lamborghini, fuck a cop car With the pistol on my hip like Im a cop (yeah, yeah, yeah) Have you ever met a real nigga rockstar This aint no guitar, bitch, this a Glock (woo) My Glock told me to promise you gon squeeze me (woo) You better let me go the day you need me (woo) Soon as you up me on that nigga, get to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I write meeting bullet points and agendas. It's completely changed how I take notes. Keep is best used for making short notes. You can use it everywhere too (browser, app, Gmail). It even allows you to grab the text from those images. It's useful for jotting down notes with images. It's good for quick, short notes or lengthy reminders. I'm very pleased with my time with Google Keep. You can't even do rich text formatting! Lists are totally inflexible other than simple indentation for a pseudo subtask motif. I do use the colors as well with a pretty deep system of categories, but I ran out of colors for new categories a long time ago because of the limited number of choices. You can add colors or labels if you like, but what I love most is the powerful search built in that instantly brings up one of my hundreds of notes, even archived ones. No learning curve, no saving, no files or folders. Write a note, maybe make it a list or add a picture. We've featured the best note-taking apps.Keep really doesn't know what it wants to be - a to do list, a stick notes app, or a web clipper to compete with Evernote, or what? All I know is that it's pervasive across all my devices and installed on my Pixel phones, so it's super handy and the default when I need to get something out of my head, so despite all these short-comings, I still use it and will "keep" using it (haha, sorry for the pun). However, the app’s drawbacks include being relatively expensive and having limited collaboration features compared to competitors. The app has a lot of task management features, and its user interface is nothing short of stellar. We consider Todoist one of the best apps you can use to plan your personal and work schedules. Todoist’s primary advantage over these rivals is its ease of use. Todoist’s main competitors include TickTick, Asana, and Google Tasks. To make up for this, Todoist provides a Help Center with detailed user guides and articles concerning every aspect of the app. There’s no live chat or telephone support, which we consider a drawback. If you run into any challenges, you can contact Todoist directly through email or Twitter. You keep discovering new features as you navigate to various segments of the app. Ever opened a box with another box inside that contains yet another box? That’s how it feels using the Todoist app. The Todoist app is unique such that it managed to compress many features into a minimal interface. The app is very user-friendly, so we understand why millions of people around the globe selected it as their go-to to-do-list app. (Image credit: Todoist) Todoist: Interface and in useĮven if we were hellbent on throwing mud on Todoist’s name, we wouldn’t do that to Todoist’s user interface. Examples include Dropbox, Zapier, and Google Calendar. ![]() Todoist has integrations with external enterprise apps (not available to free users). This feature gives you custom task views based on specific metrics, such as due dates, the project they're grouped under, and the user they're assigned to. But, Todoist has the Filters feature to help you do this. If you have many tasks on your dashboard, sifting through them manually can be challenging. The reminders can come through email notifications, push notifications, or SMS alerts. The app lets you set reminders for every task, but this feature isn’t available in the free version. Likewise, you can reorder the tasks by dragging and dropping them where you want them to be. You can add as many tasks and subtasks as you wish to any project. A Todoist project is a collection of tasks grouped under one umbrella. You can color-code these projects to differentiate them from each other. The next feature to know about is adding Projects. ![]() ![]() ![]() May answer telephone or make or answer intercom pages May deal with customer complaints or price disputes. May trouble shoot card reader or scanner errors. May return merchandise found defective or unwanted by the customer to the appropriate location. May weigh items, redeem food stamps, WIC checks, promotional coupons, cash checks, check ID for liquor and cigarettes, sell stamps. Collects cash, check, or electronic payments from customer and makes change for transactions. Records prices and departments, subtotals taxable items, and totals purchases on cash register. Reviews price sheets to note price changes in sale items. This is done by passing items in front of an electronic UPC code scanner, or inputting UPC information into a keyboard. Primarily responsible for operating computerized cash register to itemize and total customer’s purchases. JOB DESCRIPTION:As the primary contact for Safeway customers, the Cashier-Checker provides friendly, courteous, and helpful service. Storage temperature: Store in refrigeratorĭistributors : HALLES MKT BONNO FDC,PROMOCASH,KIPLAMA,AUX QUATRE SAISONS,METRO,HYPER PAS CHER,SAFAE,BENKHAPO SPRL,RHONE VOLAILLES,SEDIS TRADITION,MARCALI,JATI'MARKET AGEN,ETS MARCY,JLA ARL,FRANPRIX,MAISON BOUSHABA,MOUROUX DISCOUNT,MAISON CLOTTES,URBAN FOOD DIVERS.*********Must be 18 yrs if age or older********* Packaging: Modified atmosphere tray, 1 kg ID'HALAL Viennese escalope in modified atmosphere, Bq8 Viennese escalopes 125g, 1kg, GTIN 33787406033487338. This product was distributed nationwide in France. RappelConso announced the recall of ID'HALAL Viennese escalope in a modified atmosphere due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Reason of the recall: Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes Product recalled: Ice Cream, Yogurt, Ice Cream Bars and Gelato in a Variety of Flavors It can help to detect & resolve outbreaks early and prevent others from being harmed, and it enables better surveillance. In case you are experiencing Listeria monocytogenes symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, it is important to report it. As part of our investigation, we determined that preliminary testing showed that the ice cream mix purchased to make our products may contain Listeria monocytogenes.Ĭustomers should not consume these products. We were notified by the Vermont Department of Agriculture, who was notified by the New Hampshire Department of Health on 11/14/23 that a routine sample collected by that agency of our Super Premium Mint Chocolate Chip manufactured on 9/15/23 tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Best by dates for all products can be found either on the sticker or on the side of the packaging. The ice cream bars are packaged individually in clear plastic wrap with a sticker. The yogurt products are packaged in beige container that says Wilcox Yogurt. The Leonardo’s Gelato is packaged with the Leonardo’s logo prominently displayed. The Premium Products are packaged in containers that include a picture of an ice cream truck. The SUPER PREMIUM Products are packaged in yellow containers. This involves the following flavors, sizes, and best by dates: Wilcox Premium Product Line – All Flavors – All Sizes with Best By/Sell By dates of 9/14/24 to 11/14/24: The complete list of the products is available at the link below.Īll products are packaged in various sizes as noted in the above tables. ![]() In addition to that flavor we are recalling ALL other products manufactured at our facility with during the same time period. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. No illnesses or injuries have been reported to date. Products were distributed in retail stores and Co-Ops located in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusets, and New York. See More manufactured that day may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. ![]() Wilcox Ice Cream of East Arlington, VT is recalling all flavors of Wilcox brand ice cream, yogurt, and ice cream bars, as well as Leonardo’s brand gelato after being notified by the Vermont Department of Agriculture on 11/14/23 that one lot of the Super Premium Mint Chip. ![]() ![]() ![]() A common type of literature recorded in this script is known as Ginans. Within the Nizari Ismaili Community, manuscripts were recorded in the Khwajah Sindhi (Khojki) script, as mentioned above. The decrease in production costs of Qur'an manuscripts due to the transition from parchment to paper enabled Qur'ans to be utilized more frequently for personal use/worship, rather than just ceremonial settings. The Chinese practice of writing on paper, presented to the Islamic world around the 8th century, enabled Qur'ans to begin to be written on paper. Many Qur'an manuscripts are divided into 30 equal sections ( juz) to be able to be read over the course of 30 days. It has gold Kufic script, on parchment dyed blue with indigo. The Blue Qur'an is ceremonial in nature, which a Hafiz would utilize. An example of a Qur'an manuscript is the Blue Qur'an. Certain manuscripts were larger in size for ceremonial purposes, others being smaller and more transportable. Qur'anic manuscripts can vary in form and function. ![]() The Qur'an is believed by Muslims to be a divine revelation (the word of god) to Muhammad, revealed to him by Archangel Gabriel. Religious Manuscripts Blue Qu'ran, 9–10th century manuscriptĪ common religious manuscript would be a copy of the Qur'an, which is the sacred book of Islam. Islamic manuscripts include variety of topics such as religion, medicine, astrology, and literature. ![]() Recording religious literature in this script had the added benefit of preserving it from potentially hostile eyes. The specific form of this script was exclusively used by Nizari Ismailis, who were known as Khwajahs or Khojas. In the Indian subcontinent, for example, Nizari Ismailis utilized the Khwajah Sindhi (Khojki) script, which was closely associated with their identity. However, Arabic was only one of the scripts used for recording religious manuscripts. During the Umayyad period, Kufic scripts were typically seen in Qur'an manuscripts. The demand for calligraphy in the early stages of the Islamic empire (circa 7–8th century) can be attributed to a need to produce Qur'an manuscripts. Calligraphy is the practice or art of decorative handwriting. Traditionally speaking in the Islamic empire, Arabic calligraphy was the common form of recording texts. The development of scripts in the Islamic empire, demonstrates the transition from an oral culture to convey information to a written form. E.1255-1912.Main article: Arabic calligraphy Kufic script, 8th or 9th century (Surah 48: 27–28) Qur'an. Print for 'Works of Geoffrey Chaucer', illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones, designed by William Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper, 1896, England. He bought Kelmscott's paper from a hand-paper-maker in Kent, selecting a pure linen stock that was tough and ideally suited to printing on a hand press (vellum was used for a small number of affluent customers). He also had very clear ideas about the use of margins and how illustrations should be integrated with the text, as well as about the right paper to print on. Although to modern eyes the Kelmscott type style looks very dense, Morris was committed to trying to balance his love of medieval style with readability. He knew the importance of spacing between both letters and lines in getting type to sit well on the page. Morris was extremely particular about everything in the typographic process. He sought to recreate the rich visual texture he admired in books printed in the second half of the 15th century. Morris set out to print books hoping that some would, as he put it, "have a definite claim to beauty". ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are working in a project management related job, you can report up to 8 PDUs under working as a professional PDU category.Īs we’ve outlined in the PDU categories section, there are two main ways to earn PDU: Education and Giving Back. There is a maximum PDU reporting cap for the Working as a Professional subcategory of the Giving Back PDU category. reporting at least 8 Power Skills PDUs.reporting at least 8 Business Acumen PDUs.reporting at least 8 Ways of Working project management PDUs. ![]() The 35 Education PDUs also have other requirements: You can earn all 60 PDUs in the education category. You can see the PMP PDU requirements breakdown in the following figure. However, there is no cap for education PDUs. PMP PDU requirement for certification holders is to collect 60 PDUs through a maximum of 25 Giving Back PDUs and a minimum of 35 Education PDUs. Giving Back to the Profession: Giving Back PDUs are for time spent volunteering, mentoring, working with professional groups, and more.įor each PMI certification track, there are further requirements, such as minimum and maximum PDUs that can be earned from each category.Education: Education PDUs can be earned at professional seminars, webinars, classes, or even self-directed learning.There are certain requirements to earn PMP PDU hours. You can see a sample LinkedIn job posting from California, and PMP certification is required for the position. Because many organizations looking for project management roles are requiring PMP certification. While you earned it, do not lose it just because of missing PMP PDU hours in your renewal cycle. For sure, the US is the most dominant country for PMP certification with nearly 400,000 PMP certification holders. There are more than one million PMP-certified professionals around the world. PMP® Certification is the most renowned project management certification around the globe. That is why you need PMP PDU hours if you hold a PMP certification. PMI requires PMP certification holders to earn 60 PMP PDU hours every three years to retain their certification. □ Hint: Do not skip this article, you will find FREE PMP PDU resources throughout the article. What are the best PMP PDU Online Courses?.How many PMP PDU Hours can I claim for Working as a Practitioner?.Watch how Julia Earned 60 PDUs and Renewed Her PMP. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Or maybe a 2 x 2 switch offers a choice to display content from sources 1 and 2 on either or both destinations 3 and 4.” That’s why some items are called HDMI switches/splitters.Īfter consulting an expert and scouring the web for a range of popular and well-regarded models, we’ve picked out a variety of great HDMI splitters that will make it easy to mirror content throughout your home. “For example, a 2 x 2 splitter splits a signal from either source 1 or source 2 to destinations 3 and 4,” he says. ![]() “An HDMI switch starts with multiple input sources to feed a single output.” A switch essentially gives you more HDMI inputs to flip between (ideal if your TV doesn’t have many), while a splitter mirrors content across multiple screens.īut Scott says splitters and switches can also support multiple inputs and multiple outputs. “An HDMI splitter takes one source input and splits it to feed multiple outputs this is useful if, say, a monitoring system needs to send output to multiple monitors,” he explains. However, Greg Scott, a Minnesota, Minnesota-based author and cybersecurity professional, says there’s a difference between an HDMI splitter and an HDMI switch. So, how does it work? First, the terms splitter and switch tend to be used interchangeably. ![]() Fortunately, an HDMI splitter/switch can solve this problem. In some cases, you still might run out of places in which to plug in your HDMI cables. It features extensive support for various audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD, LPCM, Dolby-AC3, among others. 4K60 HDMI Splitter 1 IN 2 OUT,Dolby Vision, Scaling out, Optical Audio BreakoutEDID management 59.99 159. The Orei HDMI Splitter can create two identical signals through the splitting of one HDMI input signal. An HDMI splitter provides the capability to project the same image to multiple screens, which is handy if you’re, say, hosting a big sports viewing party across several TVs or a head-to-head gaming event on dual monitors. Technology enthusiast makes it provide a highly durable and efficient splitter for customers. ![]() ![]() ![]() We should have patents on how to kill Luca without losing a single party member, hehe. The Down rune knockdown strategy can also work too. You should equip armor and sharpen weapons, etc. So you still need unique attacks, unites, etc to successfully bring him down with physical attacks. ![]() But Oulan's unique attack is still from a Rune nonetheless, hehe. Well I doubt that Oulan will have the second rune slot open for the Fury rune when you fight Luca, it's possible. Riou is the un-official name for the protagonist of Suikoden II. More detail should be given than "cast lots of *Lightning spells, heal with *Water every turn." Running into the battle without even bothering to look at anything else besides runes could end up being catastrophic for the player. Matilda's set-up could work, but if someone doesn't quite understand the mechanics of Suikoden II they'll do exactly what you said without taking the time to look at DEF, MDEF, SPD, TECH, and many other things that all eventually factor in to the Luca battle. Oulan's unqiue rune can be used an infinite amount of times with Berserk, so if you've got a *Fury that would prove to be invaluable when used in Oulan's other slot. ![]() Depending on Luca's choices, the entire party could be wiped out before your strategy is even fully realized. Most spells (when cast on Luca) usually do less than half the normal damage, or somewhere around there. The one main problem with Matilda's set-up (everyone constantly attacking Luca with *Lightning) is that it will still take quite some time for Luca to go down. It has been confirmed that Luca's fire attacks are item-based, but for game-play reasons silence will stop him from doing anything besides his basic sword attack on one person. unless you have a balance Rune attached to Nanami, but you still need to heal your party. But if that fails, just use my plan.įor Riou's party, it's basically Family attack, Battle Oath or Great Blessing, Family attack, oath or blessing. ![]() Unite attacks on a single enemy is the best way to physically attack him. But you NEED physical attack boost Runes like Fury or double beat to do any good amount damage. You can physically attack him if you're the Hero or someone with a Very high Tech. You can have an entire party with a Lightning Rune each. Heal your party with the Water Rune on the next turn. DO NOT PHYSICALLY ATTACK HIM (cause you will miss and he will counterattack), attack the soldiers around if the person can't use magic or defned. When the battle begins, Cast the highest Lightning spell from everyone who has the Lightning Rune on Luca. Second, 3 people or more in your party with magic skill of 90+ (mainly people in the backrow) should have a Lightning Rune equipped if they have an extra Rune slot available or remove any Runes that can be removed and equip the Lightning Rune. The combination spells are especially useful if you can pull them off.įirst!, each of your teams MUST have at least one mage with a Water Rune for party healing just about every turn. Poison can also deal pretty good damage to Luca, given time. Coupled with Humphrey with Firefly, this means that Luca will attack Humphrey every turn, dealing 3 damage each time he attacks. The Fire Emblem accessory can be invaluable since it provides 50% resistance to Luca Blight's fire attacks.Īlthough most of the statuses don't work on Luca, the Silence status does, which means no more fire attacks from him. The balance rune can also come in handy if you decide to use any of the unites that unbalances one of its members (the Rival ATK (Valeria and Anita), comes to mind). Some of the good runes for this battle are as follows: Fire-sealing, Wall, Firefly (on someone with good DEF and MDEF), Earth/Mother Earth (protection mostly), Water/Flowing (healing), and Wind/Cyclone (healing and attack). General tactics concerning concerning Luca Blight have been covered in this thread: Luca will have higher hit points if you lost the other battles, or Luca will have lower hit points if you won the battles. The only change is that (depending on whether you won or lost), Luca will have a different amount of hit points. The first two battles with Luca can be lost without any noticeable differences the third battle is the only one that really matters. ![]() ![]() ![]() The three Triple Changers traveled to Earth via space bridge and located the crashed freighter at the bottom of an impact crater. The Decepticon Triple Changers were called into service by Ratbat when a freighter that he had sent to Earth failed to make contact upon its arrival. Target: 2006 The deadly killer Octane would later oversee a fuel store and run away screaming from Autobots. The Decepticon Triple Changers served alongside the Coneheads and Insecticons on Cybertron where Octane and Blitzwing developed a reputation as two of the Decepticons' deadliest killers: key targets in Operation: Volcano. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5ĭidja ever wonder what guys like Astrotrain do if they have an itch in the middle of their back? That's gotta suck for 'em. Blitzwing, in the process of helping halt the Quintesson plan effectively turned traitor in Galvatron's eyes and was banished from the Decepticon ranks. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 The Quintessons took advantage of this and manipulated both sides to attempt to destroy them all. The Transformers: The Movie Following Unicron's defeat the Decepticons including Astrotrain, Blitzwing and Octane ended up seeking refuge on Chaar where they survived in an energon-starved state. After a second attack on Autobot City, Springer fled Earth with the other Autobots and after a stopover on Junk took part in the effort to defeat Unicron. Following the climactic battle between Megatron and Prime, Astrotrain served as getaway ship taking the surviving Decepticons back to Cybertron. Starscream's Brigadeīy 2005, the Autobot Triple Changer Springer had arrived on Earth and was at Autobot City when the Decepticons, including Astrotrain and Blitzwing attacked it. Prime Target Astrotrain largely returned to transportation duties following this The Search for Alpha Trion Hoist Goes Hollywood Cosmic Rust even transporting Starscream into exile. Chumley released them when it became clear he'd lost against Optimus, but instead of attacking the Autobots as he assumed they would the two Decepticons went after him. The two Triple Changers were dispatched to negotiate with Lord Chumley for his help in destroying the Autobots, but the pair instead fell foul of the traps Chumley had intended for Optimus Prime. Their rule lasted roughly as long as it took for Megatron and Starscream to thaw themselves out and then the pair found they faced Devastator. Astrotrain created a number of trains he controlled while Blitzwing took over a football stadium. What their co-conspirator didn't realize was that Astrotrain and Blitzwing intended to rule alone and once both he and their leader were out of the way the Triple Changers attempted to take over Earth in their own fashion. It wasn't long before the two Triple Changers fell in with Starscream and plotted to overthrow Megatron. The Golden Lagoon Quest for Survival Astrotrain had the opportunity to command a mission after shooting down Cosmos over Titan and took advantage of the native species' superstitions by posing as one of their Sky Gods. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 The pair were soon integrated into Megatron's forces with Astrotrain regularly providing transport Blaster Blues The Secret of Omega Supreme The Gambler Sea Change and Blitzwing providing extra muscle. Blitzwing took part in the sacking of Dinobot Island Dinobot Island, Part 1 while Astrotrain helped take over Earth after the Autobots were exiled. The Triple Changers Astrotrain and Blitzwing joined Megatron's forces sometime after their leader woke up from a 4-million year sleep. ![]() |
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