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Transcriptomic analysis identifies organ-specific metastasis genes and pathways across different primary sites.
Zhang, Lin; Fan, Ming; Napolitano, Francesco; Gao, Xin; Xu, Ying; Li, Lihua (Journal of translational medicine, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-01-08) [Article]
BackgroundMetastasis is the most devastating stage of cancer progression and often shows a preference for specific organs.MethodsTo reveal the mechanisms underlying organ-specific metastasis, we systematically analyzed gene expression profiles for three common metastasis sites across all available primary origins. A rank-based method was used to detect differentially expressed genes between metastatic tumor tissues and corresponding control tissues. For each metastasis site, the common differentially expressed genes across all primary origins were identified as organ-specific metastasis genes.ResultsPathways enriched by these genes reveal an interplay between the molecular characteristics of the cancer cells and those of the target organ. Specifically, the neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathway and HIF-1 signaling pathway were found to have prominent roles in adapting to the target organ environment in brain and liver metastases, respectively. Finally, the identified organ-specific metastasis genes and pathways were validated using a primary breast tumor dataset. Survival and cluster analysis showed that organ-specific metastasis genes and pathways tended to be expressed uniquely by a subgroup of patients having metastasis to the target organ, and were associated with the clinical outcome.ConclusionsElucidating the genes and pathways underlying organ-specific metastasis may help to identify drug targets and develop treatment strategies to benefit patients.
FENet: A Frequency Extraction Network for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Detection
Ye, Guanhua; Yin, Hongzhi; Chen, Tong; Chen, Hongxu; Cui, Lizhen; Zhang, Xiangliang (IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE, 2021) [Article]
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent but inconspicuous disease that seriously jeopardizes the health of human beings. Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard of detecting OSA, requires multiple specialized sensors for signal collection, hence patients have to physically visit hospitals and bear the costly treatment for a single detection. Recently, many single-sensor alternatives have been proposed to improve the cost efficiency and convenience. Among these methods, solutions based on RR-interval (i.e., the interval between two consecutive pulses) signals reach a satisfactory balance among comfort, portability and detection accuracy.
A Siamese neural network model for the prioritization of metabolic disorders by integrating real and simulated data.
Messa, Gian Marco; Napolitano, Francesco; Elsea, Sarah H; di Bernardo, Diego; Gao, Xin (Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-12-31) [Article]
MotivationUntargeted metabolomic approaches hold a great promise as a diagnostic tool for inborn errors of metabolisms (IEMs) in the near future. However, the complexity of the involved data makes its application difficult and time consuming. Computational approaches, such as metabolic network simulations and machine learning, could significantly help to exploit metabolomic data to aid the diagnostic process. While the former suffers from limited predictive accuracy, the latter is normally able to generalize only to IEMs for which sufficient data are available. Here, we propose a hybrid approach that exploits the best of both worlds by building a mapping between simulated and real metabolic data through a novel method based on Siamese neural networks (SNN).ResultsThe proposed SNN model is able to perform disease prioritization for the metabolic profiles of IEM patients even for diseases that it was not trained to identify. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been attempted before. The developed model is able to significantly outperform a baseline model that relies on metabolic simulations only. The prioritization performances demonstrate the feasibility of the method, suggesting that the integration of metabolic models and data could significantly aid the IEM diagnosis process in the near future.Availability and implementationMetabolic datasets used in this study are publicly available from the cited sources. The original data produced in this study, including the trained models and the simulated metabolic profiles, are also publicly available (Messa et al., 2020).
DFT Study of NO Reduction Process on Ag/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst: Some Aspects of Mechanism and Catalyst Structure
Matulis, Vitaly E.; Ragoyja, Ekaterina G.; Ivashkevich, Oleg A.; Lyakhov, Dmitry; Michels, Dominik L. (The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020-12-23) [Article]
Catalysts based on Ag/γ-Al2O3 are perspective systems for practical implementation of catalytic NO reduction. Nevertheless, the mechanism and regularities of this process have still not been fully investigated. Herein, we present the results of quantum-chemical research of the Ag/γ-Al2O3 catalyst surface and some aspects of the NO reduction mechanism on it. Proposed calculation methods using DFT and cluster models of the catalyst surface are compared and verified. The possibility of existence of small adsorbed neutral and cationic silver clusters on the surface of the catalyst is shown. It is demonstrated that NO adsorption on these clusters is energetically favorable, in the form of both monomers and dimers. The scheme of NO selective catalytic reduction (SCR) that explains increasing of N2O side-product amount on catalysts with silver fraction more than 2 wt % is proposed. The feasibility of this scheme is justified with calculated data. Some recommendations that allow decreasing amounts of N2O are developed.
Characterizing the Evasion Attackability of Multi-label Classifiers
Yang, Zhuo; Han, Yufei; Zhang, Xiangliang (arXiv, 2020-12-17) [Preprint]
Evasion attack in multi-label learning systems is an interesting, widely witnessed, yet rarely explored research topic. Characterizing the crucial factors determining the attackability of the multi-label adversarial threat is the key to interpret the origin of the adversarial vulnerability and to understand how to mitigate it. Our study is inspired by the theory of adversarial risk bound. We associate the attackability of a targeted multi-label classifier with the regularity of the classifier and the training data distribution. Beyond the theoretical attackability analysis, we further propose an efficient empirical attackability estimator via greedy label space exploration. It provides provably computational efficiency and approximation accuracy. Substantial experimental results on real-world datasets validate the unveiled attackability factors and the effectiveness of the proposed empirical attackability indicator
Predicting functions of maize proteins using graph convolutional network
Zhou, Guangjie; Wang, Jun; Zhang, Xiangliang; Guo, Maozu; Yu, Guoxian (BMC Bioinformatics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-12-16) [Article]
Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) is the most widely grown and yield crop in the world, as well as an important model organism for fundamental research of the function of genes. The functions of Maize proteins are annotated using the Gene Ontology (GO), which has more than 40000 terms and organizes GO terms in a direct acyclic graph (DAG). It is a huge challenge to accurately annotate relevant GO terms to a Maize protein from such a large number of candidate GO terms. Some deep learning models have been proposed to predict the protein function, but the effectiveness of these approaches is unsatisfactory. One major reason is that they inadequately utilize the GO hierarchy. Results To use the knowledge encoded in the GO hierarchy, we propose a deep Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) based model (DeepGOA) to predict GO annotations of proteins. DeepGOA firstly quantifies the correlations (or edges) between GO terms and updates the edge weights of the DAG by leveraging GO annotations and hierarchy, then learns the semantic representation and latent inter-relations of GO terms in the way by applying GCN on the updated DAG. Meanwhile, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is used to learn the feature representation of amino acid sequences with respect to the semantic representations. After that, DeepGOA computes the dot product of the two representations, which enable to train the whole network end-to-end coherently. Extensive experiments show that DeepGOA can effectively integrate GO structural information and amino acid information, and then annotates proteins accurately. Conclusions Experiments on Maize PH207 inbred line and Human protein sequence dataset show that DeepGOA outperforms the state-of-the-art deep learning based methods. The ablation study proves that GCN can employ the knowledge of GO and boost the performance. Codes and datasets are available at http://mlda.swu.edu.cn/codes.php?name=DeepGOA.
Improved StyleGAN Embedding: Where are the Good Latents?
Zhu, Peihao; Abdal, Rameen; Qin, Yipeng; Wonka, Peter (arXiv, 2020-12-13) [Preprint]
StyleGAN is able to produce photorealistic images almost indistinguishable from real ones. Embedding images into the StyleGAN latent space is not a trivial task due to the reconstruction quality and editing quality trade-off. In this paper, we first introduce a new normalized space to analyze the diversity and the quality of the reconstructed latent codes. This space can help answer the question of where good latent codes are located in latent space. Second, we propose a framework to analyze the quality of different embedding algorithms. Third, we propose an improved embedding algorithm based on our analysis. We compare our results with the current state-of-the-art methods and achieve a better trade-off between reconstruction quality and editing quality.
Exploring binary relations for ontology extension and improved adaptation to clinical text
Slater, Luke T; Hoehndorf, Robert; Karwath, Andreas; Gkoutos, Georgios (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020-12-05) [Preprint]
Background: The controlled domain vocabularies provided by ontologies make them an indispensable tool for text mining. Ontologies also include semantic features in the form of taxonomy and axioms, which make annotated entities in text corpora useful for semantic analysis. Extending those semantic features may improve performance for characterisation and analytic tasks. Ontology learning techniques have previously been explored for novel ontology construction from text, though most recent approaches have focused on literature, with applications in information retrieval or human interaction tasks. We hypothesise that extension of existing ontologies using information mined from clinical narrative text may help to adapt those ontologies such that they better characterise those texts, and lead to improved classification performance. Results: We develop and present a framework for identifying new classes in text corpora, which can be integrated into existing ontology hierarchies. To do this, we employ the Stanford Open Information Extraction algorithm and integrate its implementation into the Komenti semantic text mining framework. To identify whether our approach leads to better characterisation of text, we present a case study, using the method to learn an adaptation to the Disease Ontology using text associated with a sample of 1,000 patient visits from the MIMIC-III critical care database. We use the adapted ontology to annotate and classify shared first diagnosis on patient visits with semantic similarity, revealing an improved performance over use of the base Disease Ontology on the set of visits the ontology was constructed from. Moreover, we show that the adapted ontology also improved performance for the same task over two additional unseen samples of 1,000 and 2,500 patient visits. Conclusions: We report a promising new method for ontology learning and extension from text. We demonstrate that we can successfully use the method to adapt an existing ontology to a textual dataset, improving its ability to characterise the dataset, and leading to improved analytic performance, even on unseen portions of the dataset.
Optimal correlation order in superresolution optical fluctuation microscopy
Vlasenko, S.; Mikhalychev, A. B.; Karuseichyk, I. L.; Lyakhov, D. A.; Michels, Dominik L.; Mogilevtsev, D. (Physical Review A, American Physical Society (APS), 2020-12-04) [Article]
Here, we show that superresolution optical fluctuation microscopy might not lead to ideally infinite superresolution enhancement with increasing of the order of measured cumulants. Using information analysis for estimating error bounds on the determination of point-source positions, we show that reachable precision per measurement might be saturated with increasing of the order of the measured cumulants in the superresolution regime. In fact, there is an optimal correlation order beyond which there is practically no improvement for objects of three and more point sources. However, for objects of just two sources, one still has an intuitively expected resolution increase with the cumulant order.
Spatial and Hyperfine Characteristics of SiV– and SiV0 Color Centers in Diamond: DFT Simulation
Nizovtsev, A. P.; Kilin, S. Ya; Pushkarchuk, A. L.; Kuten, S. A.; Poklonski, N. A.; Michels, Dominik L.; Lyakhov, Dmitry; Jelezko, F. (Semiconductors, Pleiades Publishing Ltd, 2020-12-04) [Article]
Abstract: One of the most promising platforms to implement quantum technologies are coupled electron-nuclear spins in diamond in which the electrons of paramagnetic color centers play a role of "fast" qubits, while nuclear spins of nearby 13C atoms can store quantum information for a very long time due to their exceptionally high isolation from the environment. Essential prerequisite for a high-fidelity spin manipulation in these systems with tailored control pulse sequences is a complete knowledge of hyperfine interactions. Development of this understanding for the negatively charged "silicon-vacancy" (SiV–) and neutral (SiV0) color center, is a primary goal of this article, where we are presenting shortly our recent results of computer simulation of spatial and hyperfine characteristics of these SiV centers in H-terminated cluster C128[SiV]H98 along with their comparison with available experimental data.
DFT Simulation of Electronic and Spin Properties of GeV– Color Center in Volume and Near-Surface of Nanodiamond for Temperature Sensor Applications
Pushkarchuk, A. L.; Nizovtsev, A. P.; Kilin, S. Ya; Kuten, S. A.; Pushkarchuk, V. A.; Michels, Dominik L.; Lyakhov, Dmitry; Jelezko, F. (Semiconductors, Pleiades Publishing Ltd, 2020-12-04) [Article]
Abstract: The "germanium-vacancy" (GeV) center in diamond can be used as Temperature Sensors. The idea of GeV-based thermometry is based on optical measurements of the spectral shift of the zero-phonon line and its spectral width as a function of temperature changes. At the same time optical characteristics of GeV center which is located near-surface could be modified by formation of defect states in the band gap based on surface impurities and dangling bonds. The electronic structure of the GeV center determines its optical properties. The goal of this study was to investigate comparatively the geometric characteristics and electronic structure of the GeV center in the volume and near-surface (100) of nanodiamond in cluster approximation. It was shown for the first time that formation of isolated dangling bond on the (100) diamond surface leads to formation of unoccupied state in the band gap in vicinity of 1 eV, which is located on the distance of 1.9 eV of conduction band edge. This state in the band gap may influence optical properties of GeV in diamond.
Geometric analysis of shape variability of lower jaws of prehistoric humans Analyse géométrique de la variabilité de la forme des mâchoires inférieures des humains préhistoriques
Ren, Jing; Wonka, Peter; Harihara, Gowtham; Ovsjanikov, Maks (Anthropologie (France), Elsevier BV, 2020-12) [Article]
In this document we describe our method and the results obtained for comparing jaws of prehistoric humans. Our main goal was twofold: (1) establish a methodology for comparing the structure of 3D shapes of scans of jaws using geometric data analysis techniques, and (2) use this methodology for comparing and clustering individual objects according to their geometric similarity. Moreover, we also applied geometric modeling techniques to establish a "clean" version of the dataset, without significant artefacts present in the original data, such as large missing parts. We then applied our analysis techniques both on the original and the clean dataset in order to validate our comparison results. For our core task of shape comparison, we used recent state-of-the-art shape matching methods and we present similarity results using different comparison metrics.
Huffman Coding Based Encoding Techniques for Fast Distributed Deep Learning
Gajjala, Rishikesh R.; Banchhor, Shashwat; Abdelmoniem, Ahmed M.; Dutta, Aritra; Canini, Marco; Kalnis, Panos (ACM, 2020-12) [Conference Paper]
Distributed stochastic algorithms, equipped with gradient compression techniques, such as codebook quantization, are becoming increasingly popular and considered state-of-the-art in training large deep neural network (DNN) models. However, communicating the quantized gradients in a network requires efficient encoding techniques. For this, practitioners generally use Elias encoding-based techniques without considering their computational overhead or data-volume. In this paper, based on Huffman coding, we propose several lossless encoding techniques that exploit different characteristics of the quantized gradients during distributed DNN training. Then, we show their effectiveness on 5 different DNN models across three different data-sets, and compare them with classic state-of-the-art Elias-based encoding techniques. Our results show that the proposed Huffman-based encoders (i.e., RLH, SH, and SHS) can reduce the encoded data-volume by up to 5.1×, 4.32×, and 3.8×, respectively, compared to the Elias-based encoders.
Exploring Entity Relationship in Pairwise Ranking: Adaptive Sampler and Beyond
Yu, Lu (2020-12) [Dissertation]
Advisor: Zhang, Xiangliang
Committee members: Moshkov, Mikhail; Hoehndorf, Robert; Karypis, George
Living in the booming age of information, we have to rely on powerful information retrieval tools to seek the unique piece of desired knowledge from such a big data world, like using personalized search engine and recommendation systems. As one of the core components, ranking model can appear in almost everywhere as long as we need a relative order of desired/relevant entities. Based on the most general and intuitive assumption that entities without user actions (e.g., clicks, purchase, comments) are of less interest than those with user actions, the objective function of pairwise ranking models is formulated by measuring the contrast between positive (with actions) and negative (without actions) entities. This contrastive relationship is the core of pairwise ranking models. The construction of these positive-negative pairs has great influence on the model inference accuracy. Especially, it is challenging to explore the entity relationships in heterogeneous information network. In this thesis, we aim at advancing the development of the methodologies and principles of mining heterogeneous information network through learning entity relations from a pairwise learning to rank optimization perspective. More specifically we first show the connections of different relation learning objectives modified from different ranking metrics including both pairwise and list-wise objectives. We prove that most of popular ranking metrics can be optimized in the same lower bound. Secondly, we propose the class-imbalance problem imposed by entity relation comparison in ranking objectives, and prove that class-imbalance problem can lead to frequency 5 clustering and gradient vanishment problems. As a response, we indicate out that developing a fast adaptive sampling method is very essential to boost the pairwise ranking model. To model the entity dynamic dependency, we propose to unify the individual-level interaction and union-level interactions, and result in a multi-order attentive ranking model to improve the preference inference from multiple views.
AdaBins: Depth Estimation using Adaptive Bins
Bhat, Shariq Farooq; Alhashim, Ibraheem; Wonka, Peter (arXiv, 2020-11-28) [Preprint]
We address the problem of estimating a high quality dense depth map from a single RGB input image. We start out with a baseline encoder-decoder convolutional neural network architecture and pose the question of how the global processing of information can help improve overall depth estimation. To this end, we propose a transformer-based architecture block that divides the depth range into bins whose center value is estimated adaptively per image. The final depth values are estimated as linear combinations of the bin centers. We call our new building block AdaBins. Our results show a decisive improvement over the state-of-the-art on several popular depth datasets across all metrics. We also validate the effectiveness of the proposed block with an ablation study and provide the code and corresponding pre-trained weights of the new state-of-the-art model.
Generative Layout Modeling using Constraint Graphs
Para, Wamiq; Guerrero, Paul; Kelly, Tom; Guibas, Leonidas; Wonka, Peter (arXiv, 2020-11-26) [Preprint]
We propose a new generative model for layout generation. We generate layouts in three steps. First, we generate the layout elements as nodes in a layout graph. Second, we compute constraints between layout elements as edges in the layout graph. Third, we solve for the final layout using constrained optimization. For the first two steps, we build on recent transformer architectures. The layout optimization implements the constraints efficiently. We show three practical contributions compared to the state of the art: our work requires no user input, produces higher quality layouts, and enables many novel capabilities for conditional layout generation.
Surface-only ferrofluids
Huang, Libo; Michels, Dominik L. (ACM Transactions on Graphics, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-11-26) [Article]
We devise a novel surface-only approach for simulating the three dimensional free-surface flow of incompressible, inviscid, and linearly magnetizable ferrofluids. A Lagrangian velocity field is stored on a triangle mesh capturing the fluid's surface. The two key problems associated with the dynamic simulation of the fluid's interesting geometry are the magnetization process transitioning the fluid from a non-magnetic into a magnetic material, and the evaluation of magnetic forces. In this regard, our key observation is that for linearly incompressible ferrofluids, their magnetization and application of magnetic forces only require knowledge about the position of the fluids' boundary. Consequently, our approach employs a boundary element method solving the magnetization problem and evaluating the so-called magnetic pressure required for the force evaluation. The magnetic pressure is added to the Dirichlet boundary condition of a surface-only liquids solver carrying out the dynamical simulation. By only considering the fluid's surface in contrast to its whole volume, we end up with an efficient approach enabling more complex and realistic ferrofluids to be explored in the digital domain without compromising efficiency. Our approach allows for the use of physical parameters leading to accurate simulations as demonstrated in qualitative and quantitative evaluations.
Stormscapes: Simulating cloud dynamics in the now
Hadrich, Torsten; Makowski, Miłosz; Pałubicki, Wojtek; Banuti, Daniel T.; Pirk, Sören; Michels, Dominik L. (ACM Transactions on Graphics, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-11-26) [Article]
The complex interplay of a number of physical and meteorological phenomena makes simulating clouds a challenging and open research problem. We explore a physically accurate model for simulating clouds and the dynamics of their transitions. We propose first-principle formulations for computing buoyancy and air pressure that allow us to simulate the variations of atmospheric density and varying temperature gradients. Our simulation allows us to model various cloud types, such as cumulus, stratus, and stratoscumulus, and their realistic formations caused by changes in the atmosphere. Moreover, we are able to simulate large-scale cloud super cells - clusters of cumulonimbus formations - that are commonly present during thunderstorms. To enable the efficient exploration of these stormscapes, we propose a lightweight set of high-level parameters that allow us to intuitively explore cloud formations and dynamics. Our method allows us to simulate cloud formations of up to about 20 km × 20 km extents at interactive rates. We explore the capabilities of physically accurate and yet interactive cloud simulations by showing numerous examples and by coupling our model with atmosphere measurements of real-time weather services to simulate cloud formations in the now. Finally, we quantitatively assess our model with cloud fraction profiles, a common measure for comparing cloud types.
MapTree: Recovering multiple solutions in the space of maps
Ren, Jing; Melzi, Simone; Ovsjanikov, Maks; Wonka, Peter (ACM Transactions on Graphics, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-11-26) [Article]
In this paper we propose an approach for computing multiple high-quality near-isometric dense correspondences between a pair of 3D shapes. Our method is fully automatic and does not rely on user-provided landmarks or descriptors. This allows us to analyze the full space of maps and extract multiple diverse and accurate solutions, rather than optimizing for a single optimal correspondence as done in most previous approaches. To achieve this, we propose a compact tree structure based on the spectral map representation for encoding and enumerating possible rough initializations, and a novel efficient approach for refining them to dense pointwise maps. This leads to a new method capable of both producing multiple high-quality correspondences across shapes and revealing the symmetry structure of a shape without a priori information. In addition, we demonstrate through extensive experiments that our method is robust and results in more accurate correspondences than state-of-the-art for shape matching and symmetry detection.
Screen-space blue-noise diffusion of monte carlo sampling error via hierarchical ordering of pixels
Ahmed, Abdalla G. M.; Wonka, Peter (ACM Transactions on Graphics, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020-11-26) [Article]
We present a novel technique for diffusing Monte Carlo sampling error as a blue noise in screen space. We show that automatic diffusion of sampling error can be achieved by ordering the pixels in a way that preserves locality, such as Morton's Z-ordering, and assigning the samples to the pixels from successive sub-sequences of a single low-discrepancy sequence, thus securing well-distributed samples for each pixel, local neighborhoods, and the whole image. We further show that a blue-noise distribution of the error is attainable by scrambling the Z-ordering to induce isotropy. We present an efficient technique to implement this hierarchical scrambling by defining a context-free grammar that describes infinite self-similar lookup trees. Our concept is scalable to arbitrary image resolutions, sample dimensions, and sample count, and supports progressive and adaptive sampling.


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France Sees Brexit Deal as Possible, But Must Prepare For 'No Deal'
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British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Brexit talks with the EU had hit an impasse, defiantly challenging the bloc to come up with its own plans a day after EU leaders savaged her proposals.
Updated:September 22, 2018, 2:30 PM IST
Britain's PM Theresa May arrives for a family photo during the European Union leaders informal summit in Salzburg, Austria, September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/Files
Paris: France still believes that a good deal on Brexit is possible but the country must prepare for the possibility of Britain and the European Union failing to reach an agreement on its divorce from the bloc, a minister said on Saturday.
"The British people decided to leave in a (2016) referendum, we respect that. But this choice cannot lead to the EU going bust, unravelling," Nathalie Loiseau, minister for European affairs, told France Info radio.
"That's the message we have tried to send for several months now to our British counterparts, who may have thought we were going to say 'yes' to whatever deal they came up with."
Loiseau said May's so-called Chequers proposals, whereby British goods would enter the EU's single market freely, were "too negative" and would have led to "unfair competition for European companies".
She said she still believed a good deal with Britain was possible, but that France should get ready for the possibility of a "no deal" and would introduce legislation in November to that effect.
"We are working on reaching a good deal, that's where we spend most of our energy. It's still possible, I believe it is, all the 27 (EU member states) believe it is. But I can't rule out that we don't reach an agreement in the end."
"Let's imagine we don't reach an agreement. What we say is we must prepare for that," she added.
May has said her proposals for future trade with the EU were the only way forward. EU leaders in Salzburg repeated their view that the plans would undermine their cherished single market.
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We can bring the device in to the corporate LAN and all of the sudden the SEPclient updates with no problem, even though we have 2SEPM's in the DMZ specifically to Norton 360 version 3 also contains many new and enhanced features to keep your computer protected against the latest threats, and it consumes very few system resources and will only scan The third one the same thing, call the company. The second computer the same thing about I need to call the company and he said he would need to fix it for a cost of $99.00 so I did.
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An Illusion of Choice-These 11 Companies Control Everything You Buy
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The rapid rise of variation in everyday goods and services, from which cereal we eat in the morning to which toothpaste we brush our teeth with at night, gives the perception of unlimited choice. For example, if you're deciding which bottled water to buy, the possibilities range from budget brands, like Deer Park or Ozarka, to higher-end options, like Perrier or S. Pellegrino. But this appearance of choice is actually manufactured. All of the aforementioned brands are owned by one company: Nestle.
Despite the amount of choices in the consumer market, several big companies own a large majority of major brands, effectively controlling everything you buy.
So, how much of "choice" is really controlled by big business, and how well do Americans understand which corporations have a stake in the goods and services they rely on every day? To find out, we took an in-depth look at the major companies that own a majority of America's food and consumer goods. Then, we surveyed 3,000 Americans about their understanding of which big businesses own which major brands. Check out our full visual below, or skip ahead to see our survey findings.
These 11 Consumer Goods and Food Companies Control What You Buy…
Ceiling-high grocery store shelves may give the perception of endless options, but a closer look at the brands and the companies that own them reveal a complex interconnection. Check out our full visual above to get a better sense of just how intertwined some brands are, and read on to learn more about how well Americans understand this relationship.
Founded: 1906 (as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company)
2017 revenue: $12.93 billion USD
Major brands: Cheez-It, Eggo, Famous Amos, Keebler, Town House
Major brands: Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Gold Medal, Cheerios, Chex
Kraft-Heinz Company
Founded: 2015 (merger between Kraft Foods Inc. and Heinz)
2017 revenue: $18.22 billion
Major brands: Heinz Ketchup, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Lunchables, Maxwell
Founded: 2012 (spin-off of Kraft Foods Inc.)
2017 revenue: $25.9 billion
Major brands: Cadbury, Chips Ahoy!, Nabisco, Oreo
2017 revenue: $35 billion
Major brands: M&Ms, Snickers, Dove, Uncle Ben's
Major brands: Coca-Cola, Minute Maid, Glaceau
Major brands: Ben & Jerry's, Klondike, Popsicle, Degree, Vaseline
Major brands: Pampers, Tide, Downy, Charmin, Gillette, Crest
Major brands: Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Quaker, Tropicana
Major acquisitions: Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Band-Aid, Tylenol
Major brands: Toll House, Gerber, Poland Spring, Stouffer's
Do Americans Know Which Major Companies Own Which Brands?
To get a better sense of whether Americans understand how the products they buy are influenced by big business, we surveyed 3,000 people about the different brands and their owners.
Major takeaways include:
>Americans can't correctly identify the owners of major brands.
>Half of Americans are influenced by organic-sounding companies.
>54% of Americans think Honest Tea is owned by a tea company.
>Americans Can't Correctly Identify the Owners of Major Brands
Across the board, Americans were unable to correctly identify the correct owners of major brands. Respondents came closest with Kashi, which 48 percent correctly identified as owned by Kellogg's. Only 30 percent of respondents selected Coca-Cola as the correct owner of Honest Tea, and just 27 percent of respondents correctly chose General Mills as the owner of Annie's Homegrown.
Nearly Half of Americans Think Health-Focused Brands Are Owned by Organic-Sounding Companies
In a result that shows the power of marketing, our study found that the majority of consumers believe brands marketed as health-conscious are owned by companies with a healthy or organic-sounding name.
For example, a combined 54 percent of Americans believe that Annie's Homegrown, which touts itself as selling "nourishing foods that are good for the planet," is owned by either Organic Valley (32 percent) or Nature's Path (22 percent).
Neither Organic Valley or Nature's Path are run by conventional food companies: Organic Valley is comprised of an independent cooperative of organic farmers and Nature's Path is family owned. Annie's, however, is owned by food company General Mills, a fact that only 27 percent of respondents correctly identified.
Similarly, a combined 42 percent of Americans think Kashi, a food brand that promotes "simple, natural ingredients," is owned by either Bear Naked (a granola brand owned by Kellogg's) or Cascadian Farm (an organic brand owned by General Mills). A little less than half of respondents, 48 percent, correctly identified Kellogg's as the owner of the Kashi brand.
54% of Americans Think Honest Tea is owned by a Tea Company
A combined 54 percent of respondents believe that Honest Tea, which describes itself as offering "truly healthy, organic beverages," is owned by a tea company. Nestle, owner of Nestea, was chosen by 28 percent of respondents and Lipton, a British brand of tea owned by Unilever, was chosen by 26 percent. Only 30 percent of respondents correctly chose the Coca-Cola company as the brand's owner.
Other Major Industries Controlled by Mega Corporations
Consumer goods brands aren't the only ones controlled by major companies. There are a number of industries where major conglomerates own various brands, from media and movies studios to high-end beauty and luxury fashion.
So, do American consumers really have freedom of choice? With 11 billion-dollar consumer good and food companies controlling over 400 major brands, we may not have that many choices — but we certainly have the illusion of them.
Yours for a brighter season,
Bruce 'the Poor Man!'
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"There are hundreds of other stores that likely don't fit our vision for the future of Gap brand specialty store, whether in terms of profitability, customer experience, traffic trends," CEO Art Peck said Tuesday evening during a call with analysts. "The range from the very best to the very worst stores is extremely broad."
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In Wednesday's statement, Lars Petersson, Ikea's manager for U.S. retail operations, said the company wants to "create the Ikea of the future by ... being more accessible and fully embracing technology."
Ikea has known for some time that it needed to up its online game and be less dependent on its behemoth bricks-and-mortar stores.
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It's just like banks, media, pharmaceuticals and everything else-the global elite control everything and as your excellent free ebook [the Washington-Wall Street Cartel] points out they are nothing more than cartels which run the planet and the government. They are, in my opinion the real Deep State.
Just like our freedoms which are continually eroded, our choices of consumption are becoming limited and controlled as well. Sort of like our choice of elections-no choice there either anymore...in our county for instance, Democrats lost by a landslide but the snakes won the state due to union control of majority of our counties along with a plethora of welfare slugs who always vote Democrat in hopes of getting more handouts.
We've always suspected the New World Order revolved around an ever-tightening control and centralization of resources in the hands of a powerful elite and it seems headed that way ever faster...I believe in many respects these groups, perhaps under the guise of the IMF or World Bank call the shots on regional and world depressions as well, wars and other calamities but even they may no longer have any rabbits left to pull out of the hat.
You'd almost be remiss if you didn't include the government in this list. They nickel and dime all of us it is what keeps our family poor. Mostly it is the state government where we live, MI financially rapes its citizens each year with rate hikes for auto insurance [already the highest in the nation], auto registration fees, phone & cable fees [just had another hidden rate hike of $10 per month tucked into our bill with notice] property tax hikes, water bill hikes [already the highest in the Great Lakes region & more than our combined annual electric/gas bills]...they're real bastards when it comes to hammering the Middle Class & yet they deliver substandard roads and other "services."
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Creative people usually have no shortage of ideas of things they'd like to do. The greater challenge is: how do you know which ideas are worth pursuing, and which should be abandoned or just put on hold for now?
I don't just mean when you have an idea and you think about it a lot the same day. I mean when you have an idea, and you think about it for a while before putting it aside… and then it comes back to you the next day. Then a week goes by, and you realize you've thought about it almost every day.
The more days (weeks, months, etc.) that go by with the same idea coming to mind, the more you know that you should do something about it.
This week I published the 100th episode of Side Hustle School, a daily podcast I started on January 1. It's been a ton of work, a lot of fun, and I've learned so much.
For me, this idea very much fit the scenario I described above: I had the idea last summer, and it kept nagging at me for a long time. I began to explore the world of podcasting and design a working model. I still had room to back out, but at a certain point I could feel that I was committing to it. And it felt good!
There are other ways to know which ideas to pursue and which to abandon. But this way—paying attention to how often you think about it as the days and weeks go by—can help you avoid the pattern of starting many ideas only to walk away from them too early.
Do you have an idea like that?


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Jon Kuhn, of Jon Kuhn Studios and Al Priest, of Salem Stained Glass have organized an inspirational journey to Rome September 26 through October 3, 2010 for their presentation of the radiant crystal cross, Light of God, that Jon Kuhn has created for Pope Benedict XVI. The cross will be presented to the Pope by Kuhn and Priest.
"This Cross is magnificent", said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Pope's representative in the United States, during a preview presentation by Kuhn and Priest on April 28, 2010 in Washington,D.C. Archbishop Sambi then suggested that Kuhn and Priest present the cross to the Holy Father in person on September 29, 2010. He also said that Pope Benedict XVI likely would use the Kuhn Cross in his masses – even predicting that it would become the Pope's favorite cross.
"We are honored and humbled by this opportunity", Kuhn says. "This cross is all about light – it represents God's Light in this world".
Being trained in ceramics, Mr. Kuhn first worked in clay and experimented with various silicate compounds. Eventually, he began working with cold glass in geometric shapes with the cube becoming the core component.
Today, the medium in which Mr. Kuhn works is unlike that used by most glass artists. Where the majority work with molten or blown glass, Mr. Kuhn works in cold glass that is cut, polished, and fused into a myriad of shapes from the inside out. The result is a sculpture that takes in surrounding light, then reflects and refracts it back into space much like a fine diamond.
The detail and breadth of labor involved in creating one of these masterpieces is unlike any other glasswork in the world. No two are alike and once created, they are timeless as they appear to change color and radiance when viewed from different angles and lighting.
Having started working by himself in a vacant auto shop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jon Kuhn now enlists the aid of 27 artisans producing these unique pieces. To come from a local, one-man studio, to having an international reputation is one of the great success stories in the world of fine art. His desire is to continue creating beautiful works, every one unique, bringing light and joy to those who experience them.


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Graaf Pál Teleki de Szék (Boedapest, 1 november 1879 – aldaar, 3 april 1941) was een Hongaarse geograaf en politicus.

Biografie
Pál Teleki stamde uit het vooraanstaande Zevenburgse adellijk geslacht Teleki. Hij studeerde rechten, politieke wetenschappen en geografie aan de Universiteit van Boedapest. In 1905 werd Teleki in het Huis van Afgevaardigden, het Hongaarse lagerhuis, gekozen. Tijdens de vredesconferentie te Versailles was hij de geografische expert van de Hongaarse delegatie (dit in verband met de vele nationaliteiten die in het toenmalige Hongaarse deel van de Donaumonarchie woonden). In 1919-1920 was hij staatssecretaris in de contrarevolutionaire regering van Gyula Károlyi, de tegenregering van Szeged. Nadat de contrarevolutionaire regering, gesteund door de Roemenen de radenrepubliek van Béla Kun omver hadden geworpen in de Hongaars-Roemeense Oorlog, werd Teleki door de Hongaarse regent, Miklós Horthy tot premier en minister van Buitenlandse Zaken benoemd. In die functie sloot hij de Vrede van Trianon (1920) met de Entente. In april 1921 trad hij als premier en minister af. Graaf István Bethlen volgde hem als premier op.

In 1939 werd Teleki opnieuw premier en tekende in die hoedanigheid in 1940 het Berlijnse Pact (zie: asmogendheden), dat Hongarije verbond met Duitsland, Italië en Japan. Dit overigens zeer tegen de zin van Teleki. Op 26 maart 1940 benoemde de regent Teleki tot ridder in de zeer exclusieve Orde van de Heilige Stefanus. Hij pleegde in de lente van 1941 zelfmoord toen bleek dat het niet lukte om Hongarije uit de oorlog te houden.

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Game of Thrones: Season 4, Episode 3–Breaker of Chains
"A wise king knows what he knows and what he doesn't."
After original author George RR Martin's stint on scripting duties last week, it was back to showrunners Benioff and Weiss to follow up that episode's tumultuous events. Understandably, that meant the majority of this week's episode was centred on King's Landing, as various interested parties took on the roles of amateur detectives – their quest for the truth, as ever, taking second place to the quest for power. Or, in Tyrion's case, self-preservation.
Starting off at the very moment last week's ep ended, this week saw the only decent Lannister still gawping at the King's corpse while his wrathful sister screamed for his arrest. Cersei, blinded by maternal grief, is hardly the most clear-thinking of sleuths; but as Tyrion himself recognised, she's also one of the least likely suspects. Whatever her other (many faults may be, she's fiercely devoted to her children – even the monstrous Joffrey. No, Cersei couldn't have done it.
Of course, if one were to make a list of those who likely wanted Joffrey Baratheon dead, it would probably be very long and include most of Westeros' population. They, however, didn't all have the opportunity, so this episode focused on those who had – his nearest and 'dearest'.
Sansa makes an obvious suspect – Joffrey had her father executed, then proceeded to mentally and physically torture her for "years" (is the show acknowledging that its events reflect the timescale of each season's production now?). Just to put her in the frame some more, she was swiftly whisked away from the scene of the crime by her unlikely champion Ser Dontos, now revealed to be in the pay of none other than Lord Petyr Baelish.
Ser Dontos swiftly earned his 'pay' from Littlefinger with an arrow through the face. It's good to see the scheming brothel-keeper for the first time this season; though poor Sansa had yet more of her romantic delusions shattered as she discovered the whole scheme had been Baelish's from the start, with Ser Dontos just a paid stooge who cared less for her than for 10,000 silver pieces.
Poor Sansa – in the face of all evidence to the contrary, she still manages to have some belief in the chivalric notions of the court. Which is why, as Tyrion concluded, she too was an unlikely suspect. But just where is Littlefinger whisking her off to, and why? Could it be, as Tyrion seemed to surmise, precisely to point the finger at both her and her husband? Is Petyr Baelish, who wasn't even at the wedding, pulling the strings from behind the scenes?
So, another, hitherto unrevealed, suspect. But there were plenty of others. What about Tywin? On the face of it, unlikely; with Joffrey in place as King, Tywin still obviously held all the real power. And yet, the capricious psycho-monarch was difficult to manage, and his apparently saner little brother Tommen already seems much more pliable, accepting Tywin's masterly lecture on how to be a King ("Listen to your advisors") without question. I wouldn't rule Tywin out – but this seems to make his schemes more difficult than they would otherwise have needed to be.
Still, he maintained his composure as ever, adapting his wily schemes on the fly (if that's the case). A new scheme led him to interrupt the (not at all gratuitous) debauchery of one of the other suspects – the grudge-bearing Prince Oberyn of Dorne. Standing his ground and denying knowledge of his henchman's involvement with the rape and murder of the hot-blooded Prince's sister, Tywin managed to broker a deal – Oberyn will join the triumvirate of judges against Tyrion, in return for which the Mountain will be… encouraged to meet him.
That was another terrific performance from Charles Dance, perfectly calm and calculated in the face of a man who has every reason to want him dead. Pedro Pascal as Oberyn faced him down well, but was plainly no match for his wiles. But it also made it seem unlikely that Oberyn is the culprit either, as he swore to Tywin that it was beneath contempt to hold children responsible for the actions of their fathers – or their grandfathers.
So, probably not Oberyn. How about the Tyrells? On the face of it, unlikely; a delicious scene between Natalie Dormer and the majestic Diana Rigg showed that Margaery and Olenna are not as secure in her claim to the monarchy as they'd hoped, Joffrey having inconveniently died before consummating the marriage. And yet, as Olenna pointed out, having this particular husband poisoned at his wedding was probably the lesser of two evils compared to actually having to live with him. I wouldn't rule them out…
In other King's Landing news, Jaime Lannister continued to perplex. Having gained our sympathies in recent episodes, he proceeded to promptly throw them away again by raping his sister. In the biggest church in the capital. Next to the dead body of their son. He's audacious, I'll grant him that; but I'm not sure even Cersei deserves that kind of treatment, even if she is, as he spitefully put it, a "hateful woman". Nicolaj Coster-Waldau is making Jaime a hard character to figure out; one minute evil, the next noble, then bitter and back to nasty again. But then, that's what makes him interesting.
And, sadly, it looks like it's goodbye to Podrick Payne, Tyrion's loyal squire – one of the most honest men at the Court, even if you include Tyrion himself. Pod was given a surprisingly emotional farewell scene, as his master firmly ordered him to leave the city, lest he be murdered by "the mysterious They". Daniel Portman's been terrific as Pod, putting real flesh onto a fairly basic character, so you really felt for him as he said goodbye, the merest hint of tears glistening in his eyes.
With so much going on at the Capital, there wasn't room for many other plot threads; but as ever, there were some very significant vignettes. Most were single scenes, but the Night's Watch got a fair bit of screen time for the first time this season. Along with the Wildings who'd made it over the Wall, who staged a genuinely nasty raid on an idyllic-looking village. It came as a bit of a shock that the first shot was fired by a fierce-looking Ygritte, but it was nowhere near as nasty as the Magnar of Thenn grabbing a little boy and gleefully informing him that he was about to eat his dead parents. That is one nasty dude – of you were starting to think the Wildings were not too bad, you should think again.
The raid led to much consternation at Castle Black,and the surprising spectacle of Jon Snow actually agreeing with the odious Ser Alliser Thorne (the reliably loathsome Owen Teale). The Night's Watch doesn't have the men to take on the raiders, and still hold the Wall against Mance's main forces waiting on the other side.
This led to another interesting development, as Grenn and Dolorous Edd staggered back through the Wall, having escaped from the mutineers still holed up at the late Craster's Keep. Having lost track of where they'd got to, I actually let out a little cheer to see them back; but their news heralds further problems. Jon Snow had told Mance Rayder that Castle Black was 1000 men strong. If Mance's gang grab the mutineers, it won't take him long to learn the truth – so it looks like another trip beyond the Wall is in the offing. If that means settling the score with the similarly loathsome Karl (the ever-typecast Burn Gorman), then I'll be happy.
We got a snippet from Dragonstone, where the ever-gloomy Stannis took the news of Joffrey's death with his customary stoicism – really, his three greatest enemies now dead, and he still can't even crack a smile? No, instead he took the time to have a go at Davos for releasing Gendry; I wonder where he's got to now? I do hope Joe Dempsie hasn't been too busy with other projects to put in a (hopefully shirtless) appearance this season…
Still, while Davos is now prepared to concede that the Red Woman's magic is actually pretty reliable, he's still no convert to her rather scary religion. As he pointed out, blood magic doesn't win wars, soldiers do. But Stannis is rather short of those, and lacking the funds to hire more. Unless… It's time to make a loan application to the Iron Bank of Braavos, who (if you recall) also hold quite a few Lannister debts that they haven't quite got round to paying yet. I like the sound of the Iron Bank – I bet they do more than charge you £25 for a letter if you're overdrawn.
There was also time for a blackly comical catchup with the surprisingly successful odd couple of Arya and the Hound, as they took the opportunity to share dinner with a foolishly generous local peasant. The Hound's table manners were predictably atrocious, while Arya tried in vain to counter that with the airs and graces she presumably learned at the noble table of Ned Stark.
Predictably, it didn't end well – you could see that coming when their host offered the Hound a job, to be paid for out of some hidden silver. I've commented before that dinner in Mad Men is fraught with danger; but at least Don Draper and co are unlikely to get clouted round the head and have their fortunes stolen by an embittered brutal mercenary. This, it seemed, was another lesson for Arya in How Things Really Are: "there's plenty worse than me. I just understand the way things are. How many Starks they got to behead before you figure it out?" Nice one, Mr Clegane.
But the ep needed an epic climax – and as ever, who better to supply one than the Targaryen Liberation Army, now rolling up at the gates of Essos' last great slave city Meereen? The army looks impressively huge (thanks, modern CG techniques), but those walls look impressively hard to breach (thanks, slightly less successful CG techniques).
After a literal pissing contest (don't ask) between a Meereenese champion and the new, more contemplative Daario Naharis ended up with a 1-0 victory for House Targaryen, Dany played her masterstroke. Yes, those walls would be hard to breach. But her real ally was already inside them – the thousands of slaves held against their wills by some very worried-looking masters. Having appealed to them with yet another rousing speech in a foreign language (Emilia Clarke's getting very good at those), Dany further made the point with a catapult fusillade of broken slave collars. The 1% of Meereen should probably be very worried right about now.
After eschewing these topics last week in favour of intricate Court intrigue, Game of Thrones was determinedly back to its usual self this week. Unusually, the first sex on show was anything but gratuitous or titillating; Jaime's rape of Cersei didn't even involve any serious removal of clothes. And the harshly realistic nature of the scene should (hopefully) mean that no viewer got their jollies there.
But we were back in familiar territory when a scene opened with an extreme close up of a woman's bottom.
It wasn't entirely a surprise that this woman was in bed with another woman. And another woman. And a man. And another man.
Yes, it was a jolly fun time orgy for Oberyn Martell and Ellaria Sand (who, as Stephanie reminded me last week, is not his sister but his paramour, if that makes any difference in this show). Still, the ever-willing Will Tudor as Olyvar probably got more nude screen time than the two anonymous ladies, with plenty of lingering (and not entirely unwelcome) shots of his pert bottom, muscly chest, and even a blink-and-you'd-miss-it shot of Little Olyvar:
I'm not sure the orgy actually added anything to the plot, though it did serve to give us more amusing detail on Oberyn's character – "one day you will be old… before then, I hope you've fucked your fill". Shame then that he was the only one to keep his clothes on, inexplicably failing to remove his breeches throughout.
A fair bit of violence too, though this all had plot rationale. First to suffer was Ser Dontos, with an arrow to the face to underline that, as Littlefinger put it, "he was a drunk, and a fool. And I don't trust drunk fools."
That was mild though, compared to the Wildings reasserting how badass they were with a vicious assault on an all-too-innocent village. The action was all quick cuts (as it were), but you could still see plenty of hacking, slashing and gouging.
So, after last week's intricately plotted web of social awkwardness, it was business as usual for Game of Thrones this week. Not that that's a bad thing at all; there was the usual rich dialogue, cleverly drawn characters, and ongoing intrigue, with even time for a few new plot threads. The acting continues to live up to the scripting, and even a few overly ambitious CG shots don't detract from the epic feel of the thing. Three and a half seasons in, this is still a show at the top of its game.
Author Simon FernandesPosted on April 22, 2014 Categories Game of Thrones reviewsTags Breaker of Chains, Cersei Lannister, Daenerys, Game of Thrones, Night's Watch, Oberyn Martell, Olyvar, orgy, Tommen Baratheon, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister, Wildlings, Will Tudor
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A: To achieve the layout you're after in your second image you can do something like this:
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html, body {
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.page-content {
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This works for me.

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Simply put the big question here is can Garth Snow's prospects replace the scoring of the fourth (Satan) fifth (Vasicek) and sixth (Fedotenko) highest point producers on his roster from a year ago combined with the veterans who are returning from injury who even with those numbers still produced one of the worst offensive clubs in franchise history that was second lowest in league scoring?
That's forty eight goals, one hundred nine points and a minus twenty rating.
On top of that there is no denying fowards like Guerin and Sillinger are in decline at this point of their careers in terms of age or potential production combined with injuries. These are players who you have to pace during an NHL season, Ted Nolan once again will not have that luxury.
So who will replace these players if its not in UFA.
On the surface it seems like an easy answer.
Jon Sim is signed for the next two years and will slide into Vasicek's left wing slot, his seventeen goals his last two seasons in Atlanta should provide a comparable alternative to what Fedotenko gave the club if he is not back.
Also Bergenheim, Comeau and Tambellini will have to pick up the slack being a year older.
For Satan's spot it's kind of easy to speculate Kyle Okposo will slide into Satan's role as second line right wing. With Guerin and Hunter slotted at first and third line right wings depending on who is producing that seems an easy one unless a trade or UFA signing is made but the numbers game suggests no.
The line to replace Vasicek's numbers is a long one already and only getting bigger with Josh Bailey who seems to have the best long-term potential to fill that spot but with Park, Hilbert, Bates, Walter, Nielsen and Colliton for openers anything could happen here.
I will write it seems the best place to sign an UFA because there is an opening but then you have to ask what do you do with a Nielsen or a Colliton or a Walter if you want to commit to youth and finally give them a job after years of development?
You want to sign an UFA, that sounds fine but if you do that one of these young players have to go to allow for that or spend another year in the AHL.
Bottom line for this to have any chance at all players like Hunter and Sim have to score goals. Comrie needs a big year, Guerin and Sillinger have to contribute a lot more offense at a point they just may not be able to.
The kids who make this club will have to pull their own offensive weight in Bergenheim, Okposo, Comeau and Tambellini.
Nothing else is going to solve these problems and the chance they take by not signing their current UFA.


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COLLECTING THOUGHTS: Masterpiece Cliffjumper – to squish or not to squish?
Posted on July 27, 2021 by Sixo
In case you've missed it, it appears as if the latest character to receive the TakaraTomy Masterpiece treatment has been unveiled, and it's the little red horny devil himself, Cliffjumper!
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Arriving in slightly less than auspicious style, all we've been treated to so far are a couple of snaps of the supposed prototype of the new toy, although assuming this is genuine, it gives us a fair bit of insight into what we're about to receive. You can perhaps obviously ignore the colour scheme at play here (unless this is an early Tap-Out repaint, of course!) and focus on the design instead, which is clearly a fairly extensive retool of the second Masterpiece Bumblebee, MP-45.
Now, a lot of people are going to be unhappy about that to begin with, especially given that toy didn't exactly earn itself the best of reputations since it was first revealed in early 2019. There were numerous critiques about the proportions, the design of the face, the kibble, the backpack, the transformation and the obviously panel-heavy robot mode design (y'know, to name a few things), and although Nu-Bee did manage to win over some collectors once it made it into their hands, there were still many who remained convinced it wasn't exactly TakaraTomy's finest hour.
For my money, I had a bit of a rough ride with the toy myself, although I would have enjoyed it a lot more had the execution been up to snuff. As it was, my copy was plagued with errors, including loose joints, scuffed paint, fingerprint marks and a broken piece in the backpack. That last point was no doubt down to the design relying so heavily on painted clear plastic for the roof of the car, not to mention some of the joints there too! Whereas a lot of Masterpiece toys will have clear plastic windshields encased in separate solid plastic parts for greater durability and aesthetics, MP-45 instead opted for a solution similar to a lot of Generations efforts (including recent examples such as Earthrise Prowl and Studio Series Jazz) and felt more brittle as a result.
Unfortunately, it appears as though the supposed MP Cliff is following suit in that regard, as you can already see a lot of that clear plastic on the backpack, although it does at least appear as though one of the joints will be solid, so fingers crossed it turns out ok! Ultimately I am still excited to see a character like Cliffjumper finally given his Masterpiece moment, despite there being one other element of the design that's sure to divide opinion amongst fans.
Yes, seeing as how this is an MP-45 retool, it's a fair assumption that we're in for another 'chibified' vehicular form, meaning squished proportions similar to the compacted Volkswagen Beetle we saw on Bumblebee. Some people will love this idea, feeling it much better represents the character as they remember him from the 1980s, and others will pine after a solution more comparable with the real-world look of Bumblebee's first attempt, MP-21. In some ways though, it feels as though Cliffjumper is going to be an even more divisive interpretation, which perhaps all stems back to a lot of confusion about his Generation 1 alternate form to begin with.
First released in 1984, Cliffjumper transforms into a Porsche 924 Turbo. The toy was available in both red and yellow and was subsequently repainted into many more colours besides through various means, but suffice it to say, it was a fairly faithful approximation of the sporty real car model aside from its perplexing proportions!
This element of the toy's design makes much more sense when you consider its origins, as it began life as part of Takara's Micro Change Mini Car Robo line-up, and was never intended to represent a real car in toy form at all! Instead, it was a toy of a toy, so to speak, with Micro Change's central gimmick being robots that turned into everyday household items and this particular example becoming a super-deformed toy car in the style of Takara's own Choro-Q line (later imported to Western markets under the name, 'Penny Racers').
All of the first year Transformers Minibots hail from that same Micro Change subline, which is why they all bear the same 'squished' proportions and all continue to cause comment till today (though perhaps none more so than Cliffjumper, in my experience!).
As part of their incorporation to the Transformers line-up, the whole idea of these lads being 'Penny Racers' was dropped, and instead, they became representations of real cars in much the same way as the toys inherited from Diaclone. This peculiarity was never explained by the Transformers toyline itself, nor by any of the corresponding fiction, which unsurprisingly chose to portray the Minibots as faithfully to the toys as possible.
I have to be honest, I never questioned it as a kid, as I know many other fans didn't. I just immediately adopted the notion that these compressed car modes existed alongside the more traditional line-up in the cartoon and comic, and I think if anyone had shown me at the time what they were meant to look like as real-world vehicles, then that's the bit that would have seemed jarring, somehow!
All of which brings us up-to-date and ready to consider both options for a Masterpiece-styled Cliffjumper then. I'm sure everyone can agree on roughly how they'd like the robot mode to appear (give or take a bit of cartoon-slavishness, maybe), but it's the vehicle mode that's the real point of contention here – to squish or not to squish, that is the question!
There's definitely some merit to both approaches, in my opinion, especially when you have a gander at just how sleek and stylish the real-world Porsche 924 Turbo really is! I'm sure some folks will be surprised to consider Cliffjumper with such an elongated look, but we have seen it done in toy form already…
The first real release in this regard was Ace Collectables Tumbler, an attempt by a then-fledgling third party outfit to create a Cliffjumper that fitted well alongside MP-21 Bumblebee. The car mode itself looked pretty decent, despite missing some of the finer details from the bonnet and that black rear spoiler.
Sadly, the robot mode let this one down big time, as it was, not to mince words, a load of old bunk. Despite taking heavy influence from the design of MP-21, this lad missed the mark on pretty much every aspect, in my opinion, and looked exceptional awkward as a result. That the quality control was sadly lacking was the final straw, really.
Next up we have X-Transbots' attempt, with their Toro figure. This design again chases the heavy real-world look by giving Cliffjumper a set of non-squished proportions in line with the actual car, although arguably to greater effect here. A number of the details are more on point, although interestingly this is one design that still causes confusion in a vehicle mode line-up photo, with a lot of fans not necessarily identifying it as Cliffjumper. Still, at the time of release, this approach felt consistent with what the official MP line was attempting to do.
The robot mode took a fair dose of compromise to allow for the larger car form, with a very sizeable backpack on the go and the feet being the only bit actually left incorporated in both modes besides. I know some collectors didn't care for this solution, although I will say that Toro remains the representation of the character on my MP shelf for now, at least.
Moving things along in the 'squishy' stakes, we have Ocular Max Hellion, which rater interestingly blurs the lines of realistic car and 'chibified' cartoon take by ending up somewhere in-between. The result is a slightly strange effort, perhaps not quite one thing or the other, but it does pay attention to a surprising number of 924 details and features an attempt at a real-world interior despite then opting to drop things like wing mirrors!
The robot mode could be seen as yet another effort that seeks to ape MP-21 in a lot of regards, although in this case there's a bit of the usual Ocular Max flair thrown in for good measure. The proportions of the midriff always raised an eyebrow on this one for me, but there's no denying that there's a lot to like here too!
And finally, we come to the third party attempt that I'm sure a lot of people have been waiting to see – yes, it's FansToys. Collectors who opt to wait for the FT effort may have needed extra patience in this case, although based on these early renders, it could well end up being worth it! Well have to see how it pans out in time, but one thing above all others remains sure for now – this will be our most squished unofficial take on the character yet!
It seems as though FansToys have been slowly and subtly shifting their aesthetic to greater match that of TakaraTomy's evolving Masterpiece line for some time now, and this is possibly the best evidence of that so far, as the excellently named Parkour will be more in line with MP-45 than MP-21, by all accounts. Some may miss the more realistic trappings of earlier efforts but hey, at least there are now going to be plenty of options out there, to cater for all different squishiness tastes!
Of course, it remains to be seen just how the official TakaraTomy Masterpiece toy will shake out (assuming it is even genuine to begin with!) but it certainly looks like it's going to be more in line with the original Cliffjumper toy, whether that's your preference or not.
All of which makes me think that perhaps we already had a masterpiece Cliffjumper all this time, and we just didn't even know it.
About Sixo
Transformers collector from the UK, collecting vintage G1/G2, CR/RID, UT & Masterpiece/3P. Find me at twitter.com/SixoTF or on YouTube at youtube.com/SixoTF
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Labbayk To My Leader | Poetry for Sayyid Nasrallah Some personalities are simply lovable. This piece of poetry is delivered while soaked in love for this great personality of our time. May Allah give him long and healthy life.


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Designing an emblem to unite the workers of immigration rights.
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Silicon Valley De-Bug, one of 6 groups in the Santa Clara FIRE Coalition dressed in unity.
Design an emblem that would be screen printed on a T-shirt and worn in a protest against Trump's attack on sanctuary cities.
January 25th, 2017, marks Trump's third attempt to pass an Executive Order to withhold funding to Sanctuary Cities across the nation. The Santa Clara F.I.R.E Coalition, a partnership between Silicon Valley De-Bug, SIREN, Asian Law Alliance, Pangea Legal Services, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, and the Stanford Law School's Immigrants' Rights Clinic filed an amicus brief that outlines a civil policy detainer to strike down the executive order. The collective efforts of this coalition needed to be united through an emblem where members could wear during the amicus brief hearing that would determine the fate of undocumented people.
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United by the emblem, the coalition showed up in full force to rally for the passing of the amicus. On April 25th, 2017, US District Judge William Orrick III's latest ruled in favor of the amicus and terminated the Executive Order.
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The body of the butterfly is a match stick as well as the iconic power salute of solidarity. The stick is carved to represent the movement work done by the hands of the community and those who are affected. The carving on the matchstick creates a similar visualization of carving on a trunk of a tree to imprint a lasting memory. As a representation of the power salute, the markings represent the scars that one holds inside and and out from fighting for their community and the scars of those affected from the hate and abuse received from being seen as lesser than human because of their status.
The match head designed as a raised fist from a power salute represents unity and solidarity. Striking together in solidarity ignites change just as when you strike a match, it ignites a fire.
Butterflies are iconic for their markings and shape. Markings of the butterfly are used as an element to represent the flickering of a burning fire when in contact with air. The air in contact represents the breath from our voices demanding justice.
The flame that is ignited by the power salute is a flame in the form of a butterfly. Butterflies, specifically monarch butterflies are the symbolic representation of immigration and migration. This is a representation of solidarity for immigration rights and empowerment. The color used is an iconic color of San José in Santa Clara County which is a home and a sanctuary city to a vibrant immigrant community. The choice of color used is also in the family of blues which is the intrinsic color of water and ice. This emblem tells a story that even when attacked by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the solidarity and resilience of immigrants and those who are undocumented still burn through.
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Are corporations prepared for a continuing age diverse workforce? People are living longer and therefore are staying in the workforce for a longer period of time. Every corporation is aware of employment discrimination lawsuits increasing on a yearly basis. However, one type of lawsuit that employers often overlook is the case of age discrimination. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), implemented in 1967, protects most workers 40 and older from discrimination in recruitment, hiring, firing, salary, retirement and other practices. Investigating charges and trying to work out solutions is done through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Among all the various discrimination cases, age discrimination can be the most potentially damaging to a corporation.
Age discrimination can be obvious such as hiring a younger, inexperienced, more attractive person for a position than an older person with a strong background in a similar position. Or it can be subtle. Transferring an older person when he reaches 60 to a less demanding, unrewarding job, filling in the vacancy with a younger employee, or inheriting a new boss that creates a miserable environment for the administrative assistant so she will quit.
In the United States there has been little protest because of the long-held attitudes and assumptions that it is only "normal" for older professionals to make room for the younger, upcoming workers. Unfortunately, in the workforce there have been many perceptions attached to aging that create a negative environment. Adaptability, judgment, health, attitude and productivity are among the few. And, older workers become less competent and are not worth training for new jobs or positions because they won't be with the company that long.


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You will receive a total of 144 files. Each letter/number is its own file and you will need appropriate software to combine the letters into words.