A definition of popular culture and explanation of its history, genesis, and theory. 2018 Popular culture is the accumulation of cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, cyberculture, television and radio that are consumed the majority of a society's population. Storey describes mass or popular culture as Published: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 Popular culture is always defined, implicitly or explicitly, in contrast to other conceptual categories: folk culture, mass culture, dominant culture John Storey, 2006, p.
1. Before we look into more depth about the term popular culture we must first determine what it actually means. Popular culture is often misunderstood as pop culture or low culture.
However, I believe that popular culture is a set of symbols of expression that gains popularity among the masses, which may or may not appeal to its audience, which is now synonymous to commercial culture. Bibliography Storey, J. (1993), Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, Harvester Wheatsheaf. Storey, J. (1996), Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture; Theories and Methods, Edinburgh University Press.
Popular Culture Essay Before students ever set foot in a classroom, they have accrued an understanding of teachers and teaching. That is, children come to school already having consumed images and ideas about education.
Popular Culture Essays" Popular culture is always defined, implicitly or explicitly, in contrast to other conceptual categories: folk culture, mass culture, dominant culture" John Storey, 2006, p. 1 Before we 1 W h a t is Popular Culture? aus: STOREY, John: Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. London e al. (PearsonlPrenUce Hall) 2001 t I Before we consider in detail the different ways in which popular culture has been defined and analyzed, I want to outline some of the general features of the debate which the study of popular culture has To compare with popular culture, academic culture only fits special group, its products are usually hard to create, and academic culture has higher quality than popular culture.
Moreover, academic culture is more original (Storey, 1998). The culture and civilization tradition was a way of looking at the changing world and trying to put it back to how it was. The Culture and Civilization tradition was used as a tool for a nai? ? ve community to try and understand how the media effected society. (Storey, 1998, p. 1112) A sixth definition of popular culture is postmodern culture, which no longer recognizes the distinction between high culture and popular culture.
For some, this provides a reason to celebrate the end of the elite view built on arbitrary distinctions of culture (high culture as trashy and worthless).


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I grow weary of horror films. I really do. I don't tend to enjoy the majority of serial killer slasher flicks because they're not my piece of cake. One, they don't scare me. Two, the quality of the films has greatly decreased since John Carpenter's "Halloween," and the result is a bunch of recycled slasher hits and their uncountable many sequels, all just replays of the last one. Three, the entire formula is getting old.
There are bands of teenagers and cult followers who love horror films. I am not one of those (un)lucky individuals. I respect well-made modern horror films, but I yearn for the olden days when horror implied something a little more than just blood-'n-guts-type serial killer movies with unbeatable foes battling virgins and non-virgins in ridiculous situations.
Werewolf movies are as old as the days. Over the years, with unflattering productions such as "Wolf" (1994), the legend and actual horror of werewolfs has decreased and the images of the beasts have turned into some sort of cute, cuddly dog figures.
"Ginger Snaps" is one of the darkest werewolf films made, and one of the most realistic, too. It's a story about a teenage girl who acquires the mythical hairraising powers of the species after being attacked and mauled in Canadian woods.
Ginger (Katharine Isabelle, who starred in this year's "Freddy vs. Jason") is a happy 16-year-old with a low social life status. Her 15-year-old sister, Brigitte (Emily Perkins), is the same way. But one night in the woods outside their home, both girls are attacked by a vicious beast, and soon Ginger starts going through some changes. First it's minor stuff, like hair sprouting in weird places. Then it's strange stuff, like growing a tail.
Soon she's the "cool girl" at school, hanging out with the right crowds and so on. Her sister is put off by Ginger's new image, and is uneasy with the new, cruel, cool Ginger, who no longer hangs out with her sister.
But the changes start to become too apparent, and she begins to gradually evolve into a hairy beast, which threatens not only Brigitte's life, but also those around her, especially after Ginger's blood craving starts to take over her senses.
The key to this film, I think, is its modest tone. It was a low-budget Canadian werewolf movie -- nothing more -- and it has an ingenuity about it. It's original, to a certain extent, even though the actual premise of werewolves has been used to death over the years.
This is a fun movie because of its unique view of werewolves. It brings the legend of the mythical beasts closer to reality -- it offers a perspective of what it may truly be like to acquire the abilities of the beast in today's age. Sure, the overall premise may be ridiculous, as werewolves are works of fiction, but if you ever want to know what it may be like -- just for fun -- then check this one out for a good thrill.


Netgear CEO LO says that Apple does a big mistake to have a close system for their iOS and Steve Jobs ego is too big to fit into a room.
But to be honest it sounds for me like jealousy. Would not every company prefer to have a closed system, even Netgear would, they are just not able to do so.
Even Google would prefer it but the only way to keep up with iOS is to offer an open system free of charge for hardware makers.
Then a lot of companies are complaining that Apple is getting more strict with their in apps purchases. They declined the latest Sony app (Sony reader) because Apple would not make money on the in app purchase.
Is it a good decision? What happens with Kindle and Nook apps?
First of all Kindle and Nook won't go away. The biggest difference is that you can't buy books within the app. You either buy it through a kindle/nook or you need to go to the websites to buy the books. The two readers are on the Apple devices just as you can think of "Readers". Sony tried to do another approach to allow in app purchase.
But of course for a consumer it is not great to hear that the consumer has to leave the app to buy a book. But so is it. IF somebody wants to buy books from Sony, then buy a Sony reader. I am using iBooks, Kindle and Nook app on my ipad and i barley buy anything from Amazon or B&N. Most of the books are available as well in iBooks. Only a few I had to buy somewhere else, and then i did not mind to navigate to Amazon website to buy the book and then sync it with my iPad.
I can understand Apple's decision. They want to go more into the platform business than just hardware/software, but as a consumer i might not like it too much.
But i don't have any alternative right now to switch. No other devices works so well with my iTunes, or can sync so perfect with my Apple. Every other device i tested or saw yet takes either forever to set up because i have too many choices, have too many bugs and or don't perform so smooth or the battery life is much shorter. They are all in some ways better than the iphone or the iPad but in other ways just not as good (BTW the Galaxi Tab got much less sold than they said, Samsung counted sold items to resellers and not to consumers).
Overall the mix of hardware, software, usability, battery life and amount of available apps is not yet given with any other device on the market and this will still taker 12 months, and till then Apple will have upgrades of their current devices.
This week, Motorola started their Super Bowl chimerical for XOOM which is an awesome commercial, clearly against Apple and their 1984 commercial. The commercial is good, it shows that the user should have an alternative to Apple.
A lot of researchers are predicting that Apple will have in 2013 only 40% of the tablet market, and so what?
Let us face. Even if Apple has only a market share of 40% and maybe Android 50% then Apple has still 40% and 30 other tablet manufactures are sharing 60%, this means Apple is still market leader. If we compare by OS then Goolge is the market leader as they will be soon for smart phones (they surpassed already Symbian), but Google does not make any money on the OS or they devices using Android. Google does only make direct money on apps if even.
On the other hand, Apple is selling more smart phones than any other company. They make on each phone $100 (iPhone costs $194 to produce) and 30% of all sold apps through the app store plus 30% from iAds. So if Apple does not make money on free apps it still makes money on the ads.
Google makes money on ads on their Android devices as well, and surely will sell more ads than Apple because of bigger market penetration and bigger ad network, but statistics are already showing that iAds have better click rate than ad mobs ads.
Bottom line is that Apple does not need to be the sole tablet manufacture or the biggest OS distributor to make more money than Google or even Microsoft (Microsoft had higher net profit than Apple last quarter, but less revenue).
Apple has an unique situation. They sell hardware and software combined. This makes Apple so successful and rich because it is closed and because only Apple produced Hardware is allowed to have their OS.
I am sick to hear comparison between Google, Apple and Microsoft. They are three different type of companies. Google, wants or is only able, to make money through advertisement, and therefore is offering a lot of products free. Google docs is great and it is free, but you cant compare with Microsoft. MS has Office and it costs money and guess what it makes money. But MS does much more than Office. They have a lot of services and software they make money with, like SharePoint, Dynamics products and their Cloud Azure. Granted Google has similar products but free or less expensive, however Google has a big disadvantage with service, actually Google has the worst customer support you can imagine. Just try to have help with your Google AdWords account, it is not easy to get somebody on the phone. Instead they have these forums where everybody can post answers and most of the time these answers are not good enough.
In the other hand Microsoft has a very good service and support in place and makes money out of it, who guessed.
Google is not in Apple business neither. Apple builds hardware, sells software, Google doesn't.
There will be for a long time Google, Microsoft and Apple but don't compare them as you can't compare Apples with strawberries. They are both fruits but just different.


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Fuller House's Lori Loughlin Problem: 6 Ways to Get Rid of Becky in Season 5
By Ryan Schwartz / March 24 2019, 12:59 PM PDT
Actual photo from Season 2, Episode 9 (Courtesy of Netflix)
Fuller House will be a bit less full in its fifth and final season due to the (presumed) absence of TV's erstwhile Aunt Becky.
As previously reported, there are currently no plans for embattled actress Lori Loughlin to reprise her role as longtime Wake Up, San Francisco cohost Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis during the Full House spinoff's farewell run, a part she has played for a combined 11 seasons. In the wake of her well-publicized college bribery scheme, Loughlin has already been let go by Hallmark Channel, which is currently attempting to plot a future without the star of its wholesome When Calls the Heart drama and Garage Sale Mystery TV-movies.
Considering that Loughlin has recurred throughout Fuller House's previous four seasons, it'll be awfully hard to explain why she's suddenly stopped paying visits to her former home which still houses nieces D.J. and Stephanie, as well as their many precocious children. That's where TVLine comes in!
Fuller House: Aunt Becky Exit Storylines
Having given it some thought, we've come up with six extremely meta exit strategies for Aunt Becky. (Admittedly, only some of these are feasible. In fact, most of them are in jest — so hold off on saying "How Rude!")
Peruse the attached gallery (or click here for direct access), then scroll down and tell us how you think Fuller House will explain the character's sudden disappearance.
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As a student at westside high school, I want to send a special thanks to Coach Girgis for hosting the Ford Fundraiser. He raised $2,500 completely for the school. He went out of his way to contact his good friend Barry Keene who works for Ford to set up this fundraiser. Students and teachers were able to test drive 2019 Ford Explorer, F150 truck and Range Edge. Girgis only comment on the fundraiser was that he wished more teachers would have come out to support, and he was expecting to make about 8,000 for the school. Money that is raised during these types of school funraisers benefit not only students but teachers, administrators, and staff as well. Girgis will be running another fundraiser for the school this upcoming year, a gulf tournament in Fleming Island, which will be played by Alumnis. So, stay tuned for that.
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Great leadership doesn't mean you have to have a dynamic, outgoing personality. Some great leaders are introverts and others are extroverts. There are leaders who are great networkers and others who prefer to work within their own team. Some leaders are assertive while others are aggressive. These are all personality traits. Leadership is not about personality but rather our behaviours. It is how we manage ourselves, our people, our peers and our management.
There are times when we must make the final decision. There are other times when we must hold back our inclination to make the final decision. Leaders that inspire know that. They know when to let their team decide the best course of action and when they must take decisive action. This is because leadership success is built on the capabilities of our people. Stealing away their achievements by claiming final ownership only creates resentment among the team and a desire to do whatever it is you want rather than what they know to be the best course of action. While we may feel more comfortable micro-managing, inspiring leaders understand the importance of building confidence in others so that they can help us to meet our goals.
Taking over the work of others also stifles innovation; the ability to develop new approaches to their work. Take a look at yourself. Are you leading and inspiring others or are you just managing? There is a difference. It's helpful to undertake an assessment to determine your competency as a leader and work on weaker areas that may be hindering your performance. When I coach leaders I often will begin by undertaking a 360-degree feedback assessment to identify the leader's specific strengths and opportunities for development. This provides the necessary direction for meeting expectations.
Great leaders have a vision. Share this vision with your team. Then let them create a "mission" that identifies what they collectively will do and how they'll do it. By internalizing its meaning, they will more likely choose behaviour that upholds the organization's values and reflect behaviour that opposes them. This "mission" will become the basis for how the department will be functioning. It is future focused, inspirational and will provide clear decision-making criteria. It is timeless; a dynamic, living description that enables everybody within the department to focus their efforts in a supportive manner.
Individual performance is important but great leaders manage success through the team. Individuality in thinking doesn't lead to true innovation. Innovation is a collaborative process where individuals from different disciplines come together for the purpose of creating and/or improving products, services and processes. We grew up thinking that individual importance and competition was a key to success. But inspired leaders build great performance through the collective knowledge and experiences of the team – not just the individuals. This means bringing together all of the teams' strengths and weaknesses to create new directions for the department or organization.
We know what to do. We've been there, done that. Great leaders ensure the team understands "what" to do. We leave the "how" to them. We let them surprise us with their results. The art of silence is difficult but powerful. It ensures our goal is met without telling them how to get there.
The Red Queen, in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass in one scene, leads a chase with Alice. Neither seems to move very far. The Red Queen explains to a confused Alice: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." Our organizations have this same challenge. Large departments often under-perform despite increased resources and capacity. They continue to run yet don't seem to move forward.
We hire employees on the basis of their past knowledge and experiences. Yet every organization and every department has a unique culture and approach to work. The goals are different. The customers are different. We must train, mentor and coach our team to reach ever increasing levels of excellence. They won't get there on their own. Train, coach and mentor them to ensure both individual and team performance meets our expectations. Then watch them continue to grow and exceed our goals.
We trust our people. We instill in them a sense of responsibility to the team, the organization and our customers. Despite our best efforts there will be some individuals that don't fit into our culture, our approach to work, our values and principles. If we don't address these performance issues, the rest of the team will begin to falter. They will look for blame and excuses for poor work performance. They will challenge our leadership ability for not addressing performance issues. If we focus on the performance gap which is the difference between work expectations and work delivery, we can manage the behaviours, not the personalities.
Strong cultures of innovation can be seen in organizations that demonstrate their commitment to innovation when they build innovation into performance management. They measure leader's performance on the basis of their ability to create new value-added products, services and ideas. As well, they assess the extent to which these leaders undertake this jointly with staff, rather than independent of their staff, because this demonstrates a clearer understanding of the use of an innovation process versus simply the result of a leader's directive.
Leaders demonstrate their commitment to innovation in their regular department meetings by focussing on the exploration of new ideas. They train their team in the innovation process. They allow time for employees to explore their ideas. They apply an aggressive effort to build new opportunities based on the development of new services, products and processes.
A strong, committed leader will create an environment that supports innovation and will drive it forward. They will accept risk. A risk-aversive corporate culture is seen in many research studies as the number one killer of innovation. Short-term goals, particularly quarterly numbers, create an environment where the longer-term actions necessary to drive innovation are quashed. This directs employees to avoid innovations that require longer-term thinking; rather, they'll develop innovations around ideas that help to meet the shorter term results that leaders are seeking.
Leaders that inspire demonstrate these 7 behavioural characteristics. They are not always aware they embody them. But you can see it in their performance and the performance of their team.


Currently Lands End is being battered by 50 mph winds and lots of rain. What will it be like on Wednesday morning?
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1. Carpintero Midden During Excavation 2014
The Carpintero midden appears as a buried lense of concentrated materials downslope from the historic Cobos house site on its south side. Excavations of part of the midden were undertaken during 2014 and 2015 in the yard of the town carpenter.
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2. Small Stone Water Cistern
This smaller stone water cistern lies near the modern road entrance to the mill or trapiche area of the Hacienda El Progreso sugar mill.
3. Lower Elevation Coastal Vegetation San Cristóbal 2014
This image was taken inside the park directly to the south of the higher elevation ZUE in which El Progreso is located. This Arid Zone is dominated by deciduous plants, including Prickly Pear , Candelabra, Lava cacti, shrubs, herbs, and smaller trees like Palo Santo .
4. Invasive Regrowth, View from Loma del Consuelo, El Progreso, 2014
This image was taken from Loma del Consuelo showing the verdant, green, invasive regrowth in the ZUE around El Progreso. Major invasive plants include guava, mountain or hill raspberry, grasses, and feral crop plants. León Dormido (Kicker Rock) lies in the distance (upper right).
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5. View to NW from Loma del Consuelo, El Progreso 2014
This image was taken from the Loma del Consuelo, directly to the north and above the Hacienda house site. The view is toward the northwest and clearly shows the verdant green boundary of the higher elevation ZUE with the lower elevation national park in the distance. The larger summit to the left is Cerro Mundo.
6. Highland Vegetation in the Zone of Special Use (ZUE) 2014
This image was taken above the Hacienda La Tranquila, La Soledad. Vegetation in the area is today dominated by introduced grasses, guava, and mountain raspberries. Formerly pasturage, the Hacienda is today reintroducing native plant species.
7. Highland Vegetation on San Cristóbal 2014
Native evergreen Tree Scalesia (foreground), which can grow to a height of 20 m, dominates the highland Scalesia Zone which can extend to an elevation of 400-500 masl. Overgrown patstures can be seen in the background.
8. Structure with Tunnel Opening 2014
The stub of a volcanic stone and mortar structure lies directly across and down slope from the adjoined basins. On its east side is a tunnel opening that is connected to the base of the smoke stack. Conceivably, water from the cisterns was channeled toward boilers heated above the structure with the underground tunnel.
9. Hacienda House, View from La Cárcel, in 2014
La Cárcel's main entrance faces the street, passing through a 6 cm. thick concrete and sand wall buttressed by regularly-spaced upright wooden (matazarnos) beams supporting the upper floor joists. The interior wall surfaces show that the exterior concrete face was backed by horizontal lathes of bamboo and reinforced with barbed wire. The upper story was accessed by a staircase resting atop a squared base across from a secondary door opening on the structure's east side. A number of vertical openings served as windows for the second story, whose floor, having been described as constructed of cement and lime, may have survived until recently.
10. Manuel J. Cobos' Hacienda House, Hacienda El Progreso in 2014
The house site supported ornamented plastered concrete walls on its southern and eastern exposures, the latter having suffered partial collapse early in 2015. The surviving superstructure is clearly from a later construction. Exposed inner walls on its southern flank reveal concrete reinforced with what appear to be the rails from the small gauge Decauville system used to haul cane from the fields to the mill. Visitors in 1938 described a new house owned by Lorenzo Tous that was constructed on the original site. A 1947 photograph clearly shows a frame house incorporating the plastered walls under construction directly on top of the larger stone foundation that survives today.


Salisbury preschool's philosophy is based on developmentally appropriate practices, along with current knowledge and research in the field of early childhood development. Our goal is to provide a high-quality program that will promote each child's social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual well being. In addition, the program is Christian-based. Christian values and principles are shared daily through learning activities.
We provide a safe and nurturing environment that promotes learning across all developmental disciplines. We provide a well structured play-based environment that is designed to promote not only cognitive development but also give children an opportunity to learn to deal with their emotions, interact with others, solve conflicts, and develop their imagination and creativity.
Teachers and assistant teachers are selected on the basis of their educational backgrounds as well as their personality, love for children and ability to work effectively with children individually, as well as in groups. Each staff member is carefully screened and exhibits the following: good character and reputation, excellent communication skills in working with preschoolers and their families, and current knowledge of the developmental needs of young children.
Our goals are to develop a positive relationship with every family and to work together with each family in order to support each child's development and learning. Throughout the school year there are numerous ways for parents to participate in the classroom including; helping with class parties, field trips and special classroom activities (i.e. cooking, art, or reading). In addition each student's progress is reported to the parents several times throughout the year, including parent/teacher conferences in the spring.
Once a week all students in the Pre-K class visit the sanctuary for chapel. The church's ministry staff, as well as preschool parents, creatively present Bible stories, songs, lessons, and prayers.
Physical education is a vital part of early childhood development. It is very important that the children spend some time outside every day. Please send your child to school in the appropriate attire and be aware that the children will be going outside every day unless there are extreme weather conditions (rain, temperatures under 40 degrees). Also please be aware of the dress code concerning appropriate footwear. For safety reasons, no flip-flops or Crocs.
Salisbury Presbyterian Preschool was organized and has been operated by the Salisbury Presbyterian Church since August 1984. It continues to be a vital part of the church's ministry. The Preschool is coordinated by the Director under the guidance of the Preschool Committee reporting to the Church's standing committee on Christian Education and Discipleship.


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Q: Interactively use screencapture for video on macos MacOS has a tool to interactively take a screenshot using cmd+shift+4 (to capture a section of the screen), and a tool to record a section of the screen using cmd+shift+5. Using the screencapture tool, you can trigger the cmd+shift+4 tool from the terminal using the screencapture CLI tool like this:
screencapture -i $FILENAME

However, when I try to open the interactive video like this:
screencapture -i -v $FILENAME

I get the following message:
screencapture: video not valid with -i

Is it possible to open that cmd+shift+5 tool from the terminal? Is there a tool other than screencapture that handles this?

A: If you just want to open that cmd+shift+5 tool, you can use option -iU.
However, this isn't a perfect solution:

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*The file output location from the CLI is ignored. File will be stored wherever the UI is set to save it to. Note that this option is sticky, but the output file is based on the current time, so it's not easy to locate it from your CLI call. (sidenote: the --help documentation seems to have put this on the -u option when it really applies to the -U option)

*No ctrl+c cancel; must use menu bar icon instead.

*-V (video length) option is not respected

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Man City ready to win elusive Champions League, the 'icing on the cake' for Guardiola & Co.
As the 2014/15 Champions League winner prepares to defend their title, the buildup to the campaign has been dominated by how Pep Guardiola will manage his team in the most recognisable competition of all. The Catalan manager has a massive amount of pressure on his shoulders to deliver a second successive title, and his side have been under a microscope for the past six months as the Premier League season has gone on. As to how he will manage his side, Guardiola is in a position of power, as the pressure is on his own shoulders, and after leading the club to a historic treble last season, it would be a failure if he were to fail again. If he is to succeed again, he will need to use his management experience and the resources at
The 5-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley was a true sign of City's strength, as they are now 8 points clear of Manchester United, and are now the favourites to win the Champions League next season.
Manchester City have had a brilliant season, finishing 2nd in the Premier League and securing Champions League football for another year. While the club has already comfortably won the domestic title, it's Champions League campaign has been one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory. City made a superb start to the season, winning their first 5 league games, before suffering an unexpected loss to Wolves in late September.. Read more about manchester city champions league history and let us know what you think. Manchester City's quest for a first Champions League win is seen by many as the club's holy grail, but Kyle Walker has told ESPN that the situation is more complicated.
It's a question that gets asked all the time in the locker room: Premier League or Champions League, Walker said in an exclusive interview with ESPN. For me it's the Premier League now, because that's what I grew up with. There are 38 games and you can go to Elland Road [Leeds United] where we've had some tough times. Or you go to a nice stadium like Tottenham Hotspur and you have problems. Then there are the hostile places like Anfield. Things have changed.
Everyone's always talking: Tuesday night against Stoke – when you have games like that, you have to persevere and get a result. But I was very lucky. In four years [at City] I won three Premier League titles. The only thing I miss is the Champions League.
I think that would just be the icing on the cake. And maybe [we'll] also have people sit down and evaluate a little bit more than they do the talent of this group of players and what we've accomplished in four years, because I think sometimes it goes a little bit unnoticed.
City will take on Chelsea in the final on Saturday, who recaptured the Premier League by stripping Liverpool of the title and extending Pep Guardiola's record of three titles in five seasons at the club. This is his 10th trophy with City, including four League Cups, an FA Cup and two Community Shields, all of which he has won with a proactive and unique way of playing football that has earned him a place in the pantheon of great English footballers.
But there is one last hurdle to take: the conquest of Europe. The trip to Porto this weekend will be their first appearance in the finals. You can win the European Cup as early as 23 if they beat Chelsea, and the first new name on the trophy since the Blues beat Bayern in 2012.
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If we want to be recognised as one of the best teams, we should probably win the Champions League, Walker admitted. And I also think that for the club, for Manchester City, for the amount of money that the owners have invested – not just the players but the infrastructure – to build this club up to where it is today, I think we are in their debt as well.
They are keen to reach the Champions League and we can finally say we have that chance….. OK, we've made history, we're in the final, but for City fans, for whom Manchester United have been neighbours for so long and won so many trophies in a few years, it can't be pleasant.
Dan Thomas is joined by Craig Burley, Shaka Hislop and others to bring you the latest developments and discuss key storylines. Broadcast on ESPN+ (US only).
For me, the game against Dortmund was a turning point, because the past few years it's been Liverpool or Tottenham and we've never got beyond the quarter-finals, Walker said. We've said in the last three games that the first game doesn't matter. Okay, we don't want to lose; if it's a draw, we'll back each other up in the second game to get the win. I think it took us three years to learn that, but three years and we finally made the finals? I'm delighted.
And so on to Chelsea. Guardiola won 31 trophies in his time at Barcelona, Bayern and City, but it has been a decade since he won the Champions League – a Lionel Messi-inspired victory over Manchester United at Wembley. The Blues have impressed under Thomas Tuchel, but three defeats in their last four games, including a loss in the FA Cup final and Tottenham's win over Leicester City to stay in the top four, only reinforces the feeling that City's time has come.
The die is cast, Walker says. I don't want to sit here and make it seem like all we have to do is come in and win the game. Chelsea are a very, very good team, with a very good manager who has proven to be one of the best tactically, given what he has done for the club in a short time.
Pep's method and ours is to keep the ball, but when you get to the Champions League final, the little details make a big difference. Loss of focus or production of the game. We just have to make sure we are well prepared, both defensively and offensively.
A win would cement this City squad's place in history, but Walker has one last thought as he believes his achievements may have gone unnoticed.
Maybe we'll look back in five years and think about it, or I'll definitely look back and think about it: I was part of the team that won 10 trophies in four years,? – he added. That's not bad considering I've been doing it since I was 19. I play until I'm 27 years old. He hadn't won anything by the time he was a year old, other than a play-off place with Queens Park Rangers.
The next step for Walker and City is up for grabs.Expectations are high for Man City this season as Pep Guardiola's side look to go one better than the Premier League title they won in 2016. The Champions League has long been City's main objective, and this season they will be playing in their first final since 2011. As the defending champions, City have a lot to play for, but Guardiola has made it clear that winning the Premier League is the priority, and he wants to win the Champions League to cap his glorious tenure in England.. Read more about manchester city vs psg 2021 and let us know what you think.
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Telomere Length Impacts on Allograft Function Post Kidney Transplant
Gingell-Littlejohn, M., McGuinness, D., McGlynn, L. M., Kingsmore, D., Clancy, M. J., Koppelstaetter, C., Mayer, G. and Shiels, P.G. (2011) Telomere Length Impacts on Allograft Function Post Kidney Transplant. In: 2011 American Transplant Conference, Phildadelphia, PA, USA, 30 Apr - 4 May 2011,
Allograft biological age, as defi ned by CDKN2A expression, has recently been demonstrated to be a superior pre-transplant predictive marker for post-transplant function. Traditionally however, bio-ageing has been assessed through a measurement of telomere length. With age and increased environmental stress, telomere length is shortened which in turn may be adversely related to donor organ function. We measured renal pre-implantation telomere length and determined associations with organ function at six months post-transplant with a view to using it as a further bio-marker in kidney transplantation, which may be used in combination with CDKN2A and donor chronological age.MethodsDNA was extracted from time zero biopsies (n=32) using a Maxwell®16 DNA purifi cation robot and quantifi ed using a Nanodrop apparatus. Telomere length determination was by Q-PCR. Telomere length was then analysed with respect to donor age and sex, cold ischaemic time, delayed graft function and renal function 6 months post-transplant as determined by serum creatinine (SC) levels.ResultsDonor telomere length was observed to shorten as a function of increasing chronological age (p=0.018). No signifi cant difference was observed with respect to sex of the allograft, cold ischaemic time and frequency of delayed graft function. We did however, observe signifi cantly inferior renal function, in those who received organs with shorter telomere lengths (p=0.025) at six months post-operatively. Linear regression analysis indicated that at 6 months post-transplant, donor age explains 12.0% of the variability in SC levels, while telomere length accounted for 7.9%.ConclusionsThis study confi rms that measurement of donor bio-age pre-transplant can predict post-transplant function. It indicates that telomere length is inferior to donor chronological age when it is used as a bio-marker. This is in keeping with previous observations indicating that CDKN2A is a superior bio-marker. Telomere length in addition to donor age and other promising bio-markers of ageing may provide a valuable pre-transplant prognostic score on organ quality, allowing for targeted intervention strategies to preserve graft function.
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Video production classroom a haven for lovers of film, graphics, and editing
By Will Eveleigh
Students in one of Lee Larcheveque's classes at work on a project.Photo: Will Eveleigh
In the back corner of the first floor of the high school, in room 187, is a small space with about 10 computers: Lee Larcheveque's Video Production classroom.
In the front of the room is Mr. Larcheveque's desk, recognizable by its clutter of wires, speakers, sound input board, and an extremely comfy chair.
A table sits next to the desk, usually looking like a filing cabinet has been emptied out on top of it. There is also a jar of Twizzlers, each individually wrapped.
There are some tables with a variety of chairs around them where students sit while Mr. Larcheveque gives lessons on film and journalism.
There are three classrooms in all, where students can do editing for videos or broadcasts, depending on the class.
They can use the main classroom, where there is a computer and a printer. There is also a larger space with a set for a kitchen and a curtain for news shows, as well as a costume closet and a dark room.
In this larger space, there are many more computer stations.
For this reason, a lot of students end up editing here. There is also a smaller side room with a green screen and a side room for filming anchors in Broadcast Journalism. Since classes range in size, every computer station is not guaranteed to be used. This allows students some flexibility in terms of seating.
Students interested in taking Video classes with Mr. Larcheveque, or "Larche," his nickname, get a lot of creative freedom. The very first project is audio only, so one would learn what types of audio files there can be, types of recording devices, cables and their differences, etc.
The student, now knowing how to set up and record audio, is capable of making a public service announcement for an approved company or non-profit organization. These can be tonally very different.
Some students opt for a humorous or lighthearted take on a real world issue. Others are more serious and more realistically imitate a professionally made PSA.
A benefit, though, is that Mr. Larcheveque is flexible about allowing students to shape the feel of their projects. He'd just as soon give an A to a comedic music video as he would give an A to a documentary about how school faculty and students deal with stress.
By far one of the most important things about these classes is how laidback they feel but how much students learn in the process.
Students use their time in any way they deem appropriate, so long as their project is completed on time and fully realized.
While most projects have some places where students have to start (choosing a song for a music video, planning out shots, etc.) the rest is mostly up to the student. Shots can be taken in any order since Mr. Larcheveque has put Adobe Premiere Pro, a top-tier video editing program, on each of his computers.
If one is in Advanced Video Production, the student can take cameras and tripods out of class as well as GoPros or more advanced shoulder mounts for cameras.
Video 1 projects are shot entirely in the school or on its campus, and Video 2 projects can be shot effectively anywhere.
If a student goes on vacation, they can get special permission from Mr. Larcheveque to bring a camera on their trip and get extra footage while they are away from class.
For both video classes, once projects are completed, the class comes together and views them, then votes on a winner to go into the "best ofs" folder so that future students can see that project as an example for what theirs may look like.
There is also a "what not to do" folder, which is mostly comprised of poorly edited or shot projects. These are not to call out the students who made them, but rather to show how simple human errors that make it through editing affect a final product.
I asked former students of Mr. Larcheveque's classes, Spencer Cliche and Benjamin Bernier, about their experiences in the class. Cliche appreciated the courses he took and noted, "My favorite part was editing videos."
"I enjoy being in his classes," added Bernier. "He's a funny guy, very smart. What he teaches is just so interesting and I could be working on his projects for hours if I had to."
They both said that learning film editing techniques was a good part of the school's elective program. "His classes teach us skills that we could use someday to [maybe] pursue a career," said Bernier.
"I think it's amazing that us students have the chance to make films in high school, especially while having access to camera equipment and industry-standard editing software," added Cliche.
Cliche also said that he felt the material was relevant.
"I believe that what I am learning is important because the world revolves around video advertisements, and one of the most popular pastimes internationally is watching films and videos," he said.
"I have found that I love editing videos, so I think it would be a lot of fun to pursue as a career," he continued. "Also, after taking one of his classes, I decided to attend a pre-college program at the School of Visual Arts to see if I may want to pursue film making or editing in college."
Both said they hope these courses remain a part of elective offerings at ARHS.
"Making films and videos is a crucial part of living in the 21st century. Having an extremely basic understand of the different elements of making them can offer you career options in the future," said Cliche. "I think the best part is getting hands-on experience with making videos and being able to experiment with telling stories through film."
"I think people should take more classes with 'Larche' because these skills are helpful in the future, and also [his is] just a fun class to be in," added Bernier.
Mr. Larcheveque teaches Computer Graphics, Video 1 and 2, Broadcast Journalism, as well as Yearbook.
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Can't we just turn on the TV?
A thousand channels and five remote say no
"You wanna watch TV?" She said.
I sighed, "Who's going to turn it on?"
"It's your turn," she said. "I did it last night, AND the night before that. You can help out a little around here too." She was right, I had been dodging my responsibilities.
"OK," I said, trying not to sound too burdened, although that's how I felt.
We have four excellent TV systems (five counting the guest room). I say systems because they are not just a TV; although, there are a few similarities.
The TV is, most of the time, the display. In one of the four systems, the "TV" is actually a projector, but let's not quibble.
And, as good as TVs and projectors are today with 4K high-dynamic-range UHD color, thin and gigantic TVs—up to 65-inches—they don't have great sound quality. And if you're going to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on a beautiful big display, it should have a big beautiful amplifier to go with it, and that's part of what goes into the system.
The TV and projector each have a remote-control device. The sound system has a remote-control device, the amplifier has a remote control, we have a lot of remote-control devices.
"You want red or white?" She asked. I said red. I always say red, but still, she likes to give me a choice. That's the problem with our lives, we have too damn many choices.
A TV has choices. The first choice on a TV is the information source. In the old days that was an antenna, and a round mechanical knob on the front. Today most homes use cable or satellite. Most modern TVs also offer WiFi as a source because they're smart. And then there are third-party systems like AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google's Chromcast, and even Nvidia's Shield TV, plus others.
These are basically little devices about the size of a very thick stick of gum or a can of tuna. Typically, they have an HDMI connector on one end that plugs into the back or side of the TV. That stick thingie is also a WiFi node, it can receive and send WiFi signals to/from your home router. Everybody has a router now because everybody wants to get Facebook on their laptop when they're at home.
We have a couple of those TV sticks and cans. Our favorite flavors are Apple (can) and Roku (stick), although we have tried everyone available at one time or another. Each of those thingies has its own remote-control device.
"How about a snack?" I ask. She doesn't answer and I can hear her chopping things as I gather up the remotes.
Another source, in addition to your satellite or cable and your WiFi stick thingie, is a game console and/or DVD player. Modern game consoles offer a built-in DVD player. And modern game consoles come with their own menu of TV choices, as well as web surfing. Game consoles use a game controller as a remote-control(RC) device, and if you haven't tried that, you're in for a real treat. Want to guess what YXBA stand for? Don't ask me, I have no idea, I just know you push them until something happens.
Schematically, I can show how to get a signal to one of our TVs and which RC to use. The sources, the satellite box, the Apple TV, the game console/DVD, and the Roku, all connect to the HDMI inputs on the audio-video receiver (AVR), which also has an FM tuner in it and drives the six or eight speakers connected to it. It also has a microphone so you can get the speakers volume properly balanced for the given room. Coming out of the AVR is another HDMI cable that goes to the TV/projector. Simple enough, right? Well yeah, but, oh, never mind, I'll tell you about that later.
She brings a tray of crackers, salami, two types of cheese, and some charred shishitos. I get the wine; we're settling in for a nice Friday night as normal people do. But I wonder, is it normal to have all these TV system complexities, and all the sources for movies, and TV?
So, we begin. I turn on the TV with its RC. Of course, nothing happens, that is nothing shows up because without an input signal from one of the sources there's nothing to display. So,I put down the TV RC, pick up the AVR RC, and press its little red power button. Still nothing, gotta wake up one of the sources, let's start with the satellite. Pick up its RC and press its black power button—you wouldn't want all the power buttons to be the same color or in the same place would you—where's the sport in that? Voilà the screen flickers, the DirecTV logo flashes by and then the menu with all the choices appears—or maybe not. OK, check the TV—what input is it looking at, there are usually three to six choices, HDMI-1,2, or 3and then the free over the air (OTA) stuff that the TV's tuner picks up—yes, TVs still have tuners. And there's also the AUX input for god knows what. Now search for the Input button, ah, found it. If no one was messing with the TV last, it should be on HDMI-1, but if there was a power failure, then it might be on who knows what input. I select HDMI-1, and nothing happens.
She pours the wine and smiles at me. It's a knowing, sinister smile, the kind the bad guy in the movie gets just before he kills the hero.
"OK, what input is the AVR set at?" I say to the room and the cat, neither answers me. Remember, the TV has four choices: satellite, game console/DVD, AppleTV, and Roku. We were going to watch Anderson Cooper on satellite because our satellite system (yet another system) has a DVR—and we recorded it. Checking the AVR, I find it is looking at the AppleTV, so I push a little white button for Satellite and the DirecTV screen finally appears. Elapsed time from when she said, "It's your turn," till an image appeared—about five or six minutes, possibly a new record.
I take a sip of wine and munch on a shishito. Life is good. Except it's not. She turns on a tablet and checks Facebook. The cat yawns stretches and goes back to sleep. Exciting Friday night, no question about it.
"No," she says. "You know the new season is only available on CBS's All Access, which as far as I can tell means no access. Pick something else."
CBS's All Access is one of the many subscriber networks which is difficult to find, a pain in the ass to log into and another pain in the ass to watch because of the way they serve commercials—all of them, some of them, or none of them, with a different, higher price for each level. If you make the mistake we did and select, and pay for, some of them, you get treated to jumps where CBS tries and fails to provide a DVR-like capability and instead of putting you at the end of the commercial it puts you god knows where in the story. BTW, if you select all commercials, you must still pay CBS for the privilege of watching those commercials. Nice huh.
"OK," I say, "How about City on a Hill"?
She rolls her eyes, "OK," she says with a tone of fatigue and surrender.
And then the clicking begins. Clickety-click to select Netflix, clickety-click to log in. Clickety click to enter her cryptic password with its upper and lower case letters and numbers, all being done one character at a time using the archaic matrix on the screen.
On some devices, the matrix is arranged ina QWERTY layout just to befuddle you, and others in an alphabetical layout with a special button for selecting an upper or lower case, and on some other device, a button to select whether you want alphabetic or numeric. What could be simpler than that? And god forbid you should make a mistake on the password because you can only see asterisks.
Clickety click and shazam! Netflix reveals its wonderous menu of choices. Elapsed time since she said Let's watch TV—20 minutes and a half a glass of wine. The cat is actually snoring.
Now she scrolls and rolls and finally decides to search for the Search icon so she can try typing in the name of the show—which must be absolutely correct—no spell check or autofill in on this baby.
She perseveres, because that's just how she's constructed—don't ever tell her no or you can't because she'll kill herself doing it. Clickety click, clickety-click, a couple of damn its, clickety-click, and a mere twenty-five minutes later the opening screen of the show appears—PFM—pure freeking magic! And we pay extra for this service too.
The crackers are gone and the glasses empty, helluva night. The cat has wandered off and I wonder why we didn't just read a magazine or something.
Twenty or twenty-five minutes doesn't sound like a long time, don't try holding your breath that long. Or think about the last time you were in commuter traffic for twenty to five minutes, remember how pleasant that was? This is worse. We're tired, we've dealt with technical problems and people for the last ten or more hours, we're hungry and this is our moment of relaxation, this is how we relax. Watch a little TV, have a snack, sip some wine—clickety-click cruse, clickety-click.
Why can't we just watch TV?
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"grand in" or "grand for"?
Prepositions after "grand"
In 23% of cases grand in is used
Put 150 grand in your pocket today.
She was simply that grand in my vision.
Things were very grand in the beginning.
I felt like the man who had won the Cup and lost twenty five grand in the same evening.
The adults looked so grand in their Royal Canadian Legion uniforms, both men and women.
They were grand in 3, as the reload issue made it easier to manage in a melee style game.
The nigh-on eight minute single proved to be even grander in the flesh; every complicated section played flawlessly.
The original door cases are quite grand in stature for the size of the cottages with full semi-circular fanlights over.
We have been to many museums in our lifetime, but this was the most unique and focused, and certainly was grand in scale.
They wrote books sweeping in scope and grand in ambition, reaching across academic fields and entire eras of human history.
In 22% of cases grand for is used
Less than a grand for 231k points.
That's 200 grand for the full package.
I think I'd at about a grand for the above.
Kudos to Lewis Grand for being pro-active in trying to eliminate this security problem.
They're grand for: trap, skeet, boat, shore, walking the fields, and general merriment.
Its grand for those who just knock a switch on to create heat or energy in their homes.
Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Limerick forward ): It's grand for challenge games but I wouldn't like it for important matches.
FEMA spokesperson Dan Watson said that the agency booked three rooms at the SoHo Grand for a few of its 7,700 staffers.
While I think the philosophical implications could be quite grand for this theory, the scientific ones aren't so great.
Chibale's claims and the interpretation of them by the media are too grand for how little biological data Ongarora et al.
In 12% of cases grand of is used
We call him the Grand of Luga Flow.
I try not to have too grand of expectations.
The grandest of these houses is Blenheim Palace.
In India, you have a whole army of them, led by the grandest of them all, Kuldip Nayar.
Sitting proudly above the zoo's new entrance and cafeteria, is the grandest of them all.
Value for money 4/10 The prices of the grandest of London hotels, but with none of the fun.
It served as the main palace of the Joseon Dynasty, and is often considered to be the grandest of all five palaces.
We can even perhaps entertain the grandest of outcomes: improved relations between the Indian and Pakistani governments.
Central The grandest of all coffee houses, frequented by Trotsky, the Central makes no apology for its hard-won reputation.
The finding offers the tantalizing possibility of testing Einstein's general theory of relativity on the grandest of scales.
In 9% of cases grand on is used
It doesn't look so grand on the outside.
I dropped $2 grand on my 60? and never looked back.
Yes, they look grand on the ladies, but the length bothers me.
Rather than plunking down 25 grand on a new car, they can just maintain what they have.
Was grand on the day in the end after the resting and was just delighted to finish in 4.
It's so good, Jack manages to blow $25 grand on an almost identical one for the sequel! #55.
The re-done highway, which looked grand on completion and was sheer pleasure to drive on, could not withstand one rain.
Stuff, though? About a year ago, I dropped about a grand on redoing my office -- fresh paint, doors for the bookcases, and a huge chair.
But if you can afford to spend three grand on a bike like this, maybe you'll just ride it around your private country estate or something.
Sadly, this is easier said than done as I'd on a very limited budget and can't afford to spend a grand on the latest Victoria Beckham dress.
In 5% of cases grand to is used
The GOP has gone from being grand to being greedy.
The transition of the mood was from grand to elegant.
Let's toss $50 grand to the SGI Campaign for Elizabeth.
Sounds grand to new young ears, fails in the real world.
And the cost? A trifling 10 grand to us, the humble taxpayer.
I'd get paid 500 a week and hand over about five grand to the older.
When they give us 50 grand to record a record, they want a record back.
Bustamante promises the awards night to be the biggest and grandest to date.
In 4% of cases grand with is used
It is very grand with elegant costumes.
It would be grand with grilled or sauted shrimp.
Any Irish person will be grand with a splash every second week or so.
Everything feels grand with the almost hypnotic swinging pendulum and spiral staircase.
I'd grand with waxing, lately threading had been painful enough but I grin and bear it.
I started out 2012 fairly happy, good friends, enjoying college and just getting on grand with things.
With fertile plains and mountains grand With lakes and rivers clear, Eternal beauty, thos dost stand Throughout the changing year.
One of the many combinations and goals in the game -- if you're familiar with any of the games, you'll be grand with this one too.
Coming to the Electric Grands, the CP80 is fun and uncannily accurate, while the Gerbstadt grand with CP80 pickups is an unexpected but equally usable sound.
It was almost as if someone has been ill in the lobby and nobody had cleaned it up properly! The room we were in was quite grand with fantastic black out curtains.
In 3% of cases grand at is used
With something grand at the end, it's a journey.
I find it to be sublime and grand at the same time.
The Buildings are grand at Cambridge but few of them.
I wouldn't lend them five grand at that age as there's a good chance they cant pay it back.
Where he would drop 6000 dollars on -- for T and other players yeah six grand at TGI Friday's.
We tasted this kind of dal palak in which palak is pureed and cooked with dal in GRT grand at Chennai.
There is no doubt that the two years that she was Grand at the Royal the Quality herd became more famous in the world.
The garden must have been grand at that time, to please the ruler of a court recognized as the most brilliant in Germany.
You're not meant to win in these places! My mate knows this guy who usually wins three or four grand at the casino blah blah.
In 2004 she was nominated All-American Jr 3 Year Old after being Intermediate and Reserve Grand at Minnesota State Fair and 5th at World Dairy Expo.
In 2% of cases grand as is used
So everything has to be twice as grand as No Entry.
They didn't make it to anything so grand as a bowl.
They was as high-toned and well born and rich and grand as the tribe of Grangerfords.
Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.
Do you remember Chernobyl? Humans couldn't possibly have done that, because we can't possibly have an impact on something so grand as the Earth.
The 28-year-old is focused on Sunday's ING New York City Marathon, a race she considers to be just as exciting and grand as the Olympic Games, where she finished eleventh in the 10,000m.
In 2% of cases grand Pre is used
Given at Grand Pre the Second of September in the 29th year of his Majesty's reign A.
So it came to pass that one midnight, early in February, Noble's men in Grand Pre found themselves surrounded.
No sooner had they learned of Noble's position at Grand Pre than they resolved to surprise him by a forced march and an attack by night.
Today long dykes and thousands of hectares of productive level fields may be seen in the vicinity of Grand Pre, Wolfville, Port Williams and Canard.
Not long after that, families spread out across the region establishing other communities at places like Beaubassin, Grand Pre, Chipoudy and Pisiguit.
Lawrence had reported that each family in the area of Minas Basin (Grand Pre - Mines) owned about 15 cattle, 15 hogs and 30 sheep, as well as other farm animals.
In 2% of cases grand per is used
Ashton Kutcher gets $700 grand per episode for Two and A Half Men.
After that I started to earn five to six grand per month without much effort.
That's a lot of pressure, 50 Grand per show! But we never let the prize money.
We are looking for 10 grand per month to maintain our current standard of praying and serving the Lord.
No matter what any kind of online business gives you, they will not simply give you Five grand per month for registering.
You pay 50 grand per quarter, and only get yet another small population boost in return, just like every other similar structure.
It's something that crops up at many courses and I know you can't click your fingers and find thirty grand per green to make it sit up and look inspiring.
We can predict that things can not stay this bad for long, but if they regress to what they we're last year to a grand PER of about eight, we're not doing much better.
Potential Savings: $50/month Finally, the remaining elephant in the room is INCOME! You're making 50 grand per year right now, but that should not be viewed as your upper limit.
The guy earns about 60 grand per week, so how much money made it worth his while? Wouldn't make much sense for a millionaire to take less than a weeks wages for this bit of ' work '.
In 2% of cases grand from is used
I have an atists grand from the government.
Which means I'll have about a grand from that for next July.
And he stands to pocket a grand from Scarborough at no extra risk.
The conversation was pretty relaxed, and I doubt she expected anything grand from me.
It looks grand from the road but when you go inside you find that the place is falling down.
The staircase in the store was grand from the floors to the finishing, but the design was faulty.
Can you tell us more about the preparation for it? The opening sequence is by far is the grandest from a VFX point of view.
The view was grand from the media tribune halfway up the stadium, the Canadian flag among roughly 200 others on the technical ring circling the structure.
Even Busby's Brentwood station looks grand from a distance but must different at street level, and I wonder how the design would stand up to the test of time.
We went to a swimming pool out of town, a place that looked rather grand from the outside, perhaps less so on the inside, and we would quickly go our separate ways and change.
In 2% of cases grand by is used
The party will look grand by using such items.
I took the monorail from Bally's to the MGM Grand -- which is kind of grand by the look of the foyer anyway.
A kaleidoscopic but sometimes sloppy Barcelona performance was raised to something grander by a moment of ingenuity.
You can be grand by visiting your grandparents especially if they live alone or in an assisted living or skilled nursing facility.
This familiar household decoration is even made grander by surrounding it with brightly colored LED lights that truly enliven the scene.
Furthermore it's likely you wouldn't see any sign of your original wheels were you to buy this option which makes them cost well over 2 grand by my reckoning.
Dan 1st February 2012 - 16:51 This proves exactly why a cap should be put on, they can save the 4 odd grand by cutting out cigarettes, alcohol and sky - life's luxuries.
Grand by name but not by nature, The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne is not only the only 5 star luxury hotel to be found on the British coastline, we're also one of the friendliest.
Best place to stay: For those not keen on camping in the festival grounds, you can stay at the 4* The Grand by Thistle in Bristol, located about an hour's drive from the festival.
Move the furniture, get rid of clutter (not pretty clutter though, I like pretty clutter) or perhaps try a new scent to fragrance your room (Abode Aroma Diffusers are grand by the way).
In 1% of cases grand like is used
The mosque is not grand like Old Delhi's touristy Jama Masjid.
Our sporting facilities, though not spectacular like Beijing's Bird Nest or grand like London's Olympics stadium, did not disappoint the athletes.
But this is a typical Chinese development these days: we build a city out of nothing and call it something grand like Rome, and then we wait for the Romans to come.
I had always imagined my first trip to be somewhere grand like New York or Paris, or more modern like Singapore or Hong Kong, instead of a historical and cultural tour.
In 1% of cases grand out is used
I did just grand out of IPBS and Canada Life.
But the fact is, squeezing 20 grand out of a company that normally pulls its puckerstring over a 3% fee refund is pretty impressive.
I ended up being about a grand out of pocket, after Medicare and private insurance, to go through a private dental hospital and I recommend it.
In 1% of cases grand over is used
Skygarden light looking grand over the Dining table.
I'd sure the seller would be happy to sell it to me for a grand over market value.
Mind you a lot of selfish people feel that higher taxes should start 20 grand over their income.
Davies, who has worked in several roles at the Grand over the past three years, will be directing Calendar Girls.
Richard, I've invested 10's of thousands of dollars (round it off to about 40 grand over a 13 year period) into a fledgling non-profit that I founded back in 1999 to 2001.
In 1% of cases grand into is used
Put 80 grand into Swiss government bonds or even a Swiss bank account if you don't feel comfortable with bonds.
But the Hatter not only failed to drop the 200 grand into her lap it also refused to disburse even a token quarter back into Jenny's slender hands.
To get it rented out, we'd have to put minimum a couple of grand into the house, as only top spec properties in the area are likely to remain occupied.
We'd already replaced the transmission once before and we didn't want to dump three grand into it again, so we towed it home and parked it with plans to sell it for parts.
In 1% of cases grand plus is used
In 1% of cases grand about is used
There was something grand about D.
It has that something grand about it.
In fact there was nothing grand about him but his ugliness.
There was nothing grand about the store but that was where I bought most of my food.
He waxes grand about how Burundi can become an important world player in making avocado oil.
I think there is something very grand about seeing large turbines striding across the countryside.
The course is maintained through the voluntary efforts of its small and hardy band of club members, so there's nothing too grand about this course.
I feel grand about leaving the children too as I've had the same full-time childminder who's been with me for five years and she's just brilliant with them.
In 1% of cases grand without is used
And what's more, ye can do grand without them.
He was grand without it but turned violent when he had it.
A Filipino gathering is not as grand without the centerpiece lechon.
The pump has been off since Friday and everything is working grand without it.
The problem was trying something so grand without understanding real world dynamics.
You don't start something this ambitious and grand without seeing future potential in it.
He shows he has the cajones to back himself and he stands to pull in a grand without the added risk of odds.


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import net.smoofyuniverse.common.task.ProgressListener;

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	@Override
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State Senator Franz S. Leichter charged yesterday that companies affiliated with Ferdinand E. Marcos, the former president of the Philippines, had contributed $25,000 to the campaigns of Mayor Koch and Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, and demanded that they return the money.
Mr. Leichter, a Manhattan Democrat, said that companies linked to Ralph and Joseph Bernstein, the co-owners of the New York Land Company, had given $10,000 to Mayor Koch's campaign and $25,000 to Mr. Goldin's in the past two years.
In Congressional hearings, the company was linked to Mr. Marcos's investments in the United States.


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from sklearn import cross_validation
from sklearn.svm import SVC
from sklearn.metrics import confusion_matrix
from sklearn.metrics import f1_score
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score

import numpy as np
import csv
import glob

from sklearn import datasets
iris = datasets.load_iris()

def c_validate(filename):
    data = []

    with open(filename, 'rb') as csvfile:
        for idx, row in enumerate(csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')):
            if idx == 0 and len(data) > 0:
                continue

            data.append(row)

    print "Attribute %s" % data[0][0]
    X = np.array([row[3:] for row in data[1:]])
    y = np.array([row[0] for row in data[1:]])

    print("Loaded %d sessions and %d truthy values for %s" % (len(X), len(y), filename))

    leave_one_out = cross_validation.LeaveOneOut(len(y))

    act = []
    pred = []
    for train_index, test_index in leave_one_out:
        X_train, X_test = X[train_index], X[test_index]
        y_train, y_test = y[train_index], y[test_index]

        clf = SVC()
        clf.fit(X_train, y_train)
        p = clf.predict(X_test)

        act.append(y_test[0])
        pred.append(p[0])
        #print "%s, predicted %s" % (y_test[0], y_pred[0])

    return act, pred

num_test_files = 35
dataset = 'koelstra-approach'

actual = []
predicted = []
for idx, filename in enumerate(glob.glob('../output/%s/*.csv' % dataset)):
    if idx == num_test_files:
        break

    a, p = c_validate(filename)
    actual += a
    predicted += p

conf_matrix = confusion_matrix(actual, predicted, ['low', 'high'])
print conf_matrix

print ""
scores = f1_score(actual, predicted, ['low', 'high'], 'low', average=None)
class_counts = [sum(row) for row in conf_matrix]
average_f1 = np.average(scores, weights=class_counts)

print "Average F1 score: %.3f" % average_f1
print "Average accuracy: %.3f" % accuracy_score(actual, predicted)


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Love Heals
True love is spiritual and sees with the mind's eye...
Written by Michael Corthell
Love does indeed heal. But what is love? Generally speaking the definition of love is: an unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. Is that all? No, there is the highest form of love. Interestingly, that kind of love is also called charity; the love of God for man and of man for God. It embraces a universal, unconditional love that transcends, and serves regardless of circumstances or consequences.
When we become fully self-actualized, we will come to the full understand that love, plus time heals all wounds, but more importantly, that love is all there is.
In the Bible, love is further described like this:
''Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.
Love is not rude, it is not selfish, and it cannot be made angry easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it.
Love is never happy when others do wrong, but it is always happy with the truth. Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits.
Love will never end.''
So then, why does love heal? After all it is just some intangible feeling. Or is it? Is it a vibration? Can it influence the material world that we all inhabit? Let's see.
We can infer that love does indeed heal because we can see that the lack of it is the root cause of many diseases. Insufficient love makes people sick — directly and indirectly.
Broken heart syndrome is a very real cause of death for example. Other illnesses include, depression, substance abuse and anger issues. So, then if insufficient love can do this, an infusion of love into a persons life will cause healing to take place.
''When we become fully self-actualized, we will come to the full understand that, love plus time heals all wounds, but more importantly that love is all there is."
— Michael Corthell
Again, love is a mindset, a state of mind where you can experience love for yourself and others, regardless of outside circumstances.
It can also be shown scientifically that falling in love, that deep intense start of a romantic relationship, not only feels good but can actually cure what ails you. Love helps release happy hormones including endorphins into your body. This surge of hormones can help beat depression, for example.
But this writers opinion as to why love really heals lies in the spiritual realm — the relationship we all have with God. Yes, we ALL have a relationship with our Creator whether or not we care to admit it or acknowledge Him as God.
True love — that which is called unconditional love or agape love, is an attribute of the Divine, of God, which is inside each of us. It cannot be faked, manipulated or segregated.
When we open up ourselves and let down our walls, we can welcome, deep inside us true spiritual love. When we give it, we become a gift to others and ourselves, because in all things it is indeed better to give than receive.
Eventually we will all come to the understanding that love does heal everything and that LOVE IS ALL THERE IS...


Member for Lismore, Thomas George MP, is urging parents and supervisors to attend a free workshop on how to provide the most effective practice sessions for learner drivers.
The �Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers� workshop provided by Roads and Maritime Services will be held at Tenterfield Bowling Club on Monday 14 March at 5:30pm.
�Parents and supervisors play a pivotal role in shaping young people�s driving habits. This course has been developed to help them do this job with confidence so they can help their learner drivers be safe and confident on the road,� Mr George said.
The two hour workshops include information about license conditions for learner and P plate drivers, tips for using the learner driver log book and the importance of providing constructive feedback.


Reuters blogger Linda Stern recently wrote an article regarding financial decisions that can wait. Many of the items listed in the article are things beyond any person's normal expertise, such as annuities and IRAs — i.e. things that would require a consultation with a financial planner to fully understand. But two items on the list are a little off, in my opinion: paying off your mortgage early and buying a car. Let's go into both.
Should you hurry to kill your loan by paying extra principal every month? Not usually. Homeowners who have been able to refinance now are sitting on long-term loans at rates around 4 percent, 3 percent or even less. Hold that loan as long as possible, make the regular monthly payment and use extra cash to build a rainy-day fund or invest. At the end of the day you are likely to end up with more money than if you just paid it off early. And you'll be able to use those emergency funds without paying higher interest to borrow new money next time you need to fix the roof.
This is a bit off the mark.
Now I've advocated on this blog and elsewhere that you should pay down your debts as quickly as you feel is feasible. After all, getting out from under your debt is always going to be better for you in the long run and save you money in the long run.
Should you pay extra principal every month? If you can afford to do so, then certainly. The term of a mortgage is typically measured in decades, so any extra cash you can put toward your mortgage payments will pay off in the long run. It need not be much. Round your payment up to the next fifty or hundred dollars, for example, and it'll pay off by potentially taking a couple years off your mortgage term. Now if you're in the final "trimester" of your mortgage (last 10 years on a 30-year mortgage, for example), then the gains may not be nearly as significant, but you'll still come out ahead in the end.
But here's the caveat: "if you can afford to do so". This certainly does not mean you should sink all extra cash into your mortgage payment, and you should be putting cash aside for unexpected situations. But if you are already saving up money, or already have a good cash savings built up, then you certainly should be putting extra money toward your mortgage. You will, in the end, save thousands of dollars across the term of the mortgage by putting extra money toward it.
The beauty of this, as well, is that you will still be gaining in the long term even if you have to back off to your typical monthly payment for a short period.
Unless your car is actually rusting out from under you and costing you thousands of dollars a year in maintenance, there's little harm in replacing it later. Otter tells readers to defer the car purchase and use the extra cash to take a vacation. While that may sound like a questionable financial decision, it isn't. There's solid research behind the idea that people are happiest when they spend their money on experiences, instead of things, so don't put off that family trip. It's a limited time offer.
Back in 2005, I purchased my first car. It was a brand new 2005 Kia Optima. Silver.
Before I purchased that car, however, I created a spreadsheet and ran some numbers across all of the various models that were available. I looked at estimated fuel economy, and I got insurance quotes for the various vehicles and ran some comparisons, along with looking at the cost of the car per month on a loan.
This is called "total cost of ownership" or TCO.
Before deciding to purchase a new or newer car, you need to take a look at the current total cost of ownership for your vehicle. Maintenance need not come into this, as the cost of routine maintenance on a vehicle won't change much between vehicles. Your annual taxes, however, should be included.
So do the math on the total cost of ownership for your vehicle. A new car will cost you more in some areas. Property taxes will be higher. You may be taking on a monthly payment again. But the fuel economy will likely be significantly improved if you go with a similar class to what you're driving now, and you'll probably have a better insurance rate. Speaking of, if you're considering purchasing a new vehicle, consider also shopping around for a new insurance policy as well, as you may find some savings there.
But there are other "costs" to consider. For example if your car regularly leaves you with a sore back just driving back and forth to work, a more comfortable vehicle can pay dividends in ways that don't register in your bank account. If you moved out to a more rural area but still drive a sedan, moving up to a vehicle better equipped to handle the road to and from your residence can give you peace of mind.
There is a lot that goes into the decision to buy a new car. Putting it off may or may not cost you. It all depends on how the math works out, and what other intrinsic benefits you might obtain by buying a newer vehicle as opposed to sticking with your current one.


In a startling discovery last week, Civil War reenactors turned up what appears to be a box of Tropical-flavored Gushers in a barn originally built some time in the mid-19th century, and that remained standing throughout the American Civil War.
The discovery took place in Hanover, Pennsylvania–a site for many Civil War reenactments throughout the calendar year. Buried beneath layers of dirt and rotting wood, the box of Gushers has baffled historians who had previously written off the existence of Gushers during the Civil War. It was believed that Gushers had been invented by Betty Crocker foods and debuted in 1991, well beyond the end of the Civil War in America. The box was empty, leading many to believe that the pouches of gummy pellets filled with color syrup were consumed by soldiers before, during, or after the great Battle of Hanover. The battle is widely known for its delay of Confederate soldiers from reaching Gettysburg. Historians are unsure if the snacks were consumed by the Confederacy or the Union.
Buried beneath layers of dirt and rotted wood, the box of Gushers has baffled historians who had previously written off the existence of Gushers during the Civil War.
The box has been confiscated from the grounds by the American Historical Association. The feeling is that the AHA will examine and preserve the box of Gushers for authenticity. The hope, though, is that the box will then be on display for the public to view.
The American Civil War has no shortage of stories or perspectives by historians. This new revelation may put a dent in many theories. Who made Gushers if Betty Crocker hadn't begun until 1921? How did the soldiers receive Gushers on the battlefields? Did an elementary school trip leave behind the box of Gushers? Did Abraham Lincoln eat Gushers? Was it considered a luxury during the war?
If you're a history buff, contact us and let us know what you think!
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Joe Alwyn is opening up in a big way.
The 27-year-old actor has made his Instagram account public, and though there aren't any direct references to girlfriend Taylor Swift, there is a picture that Swifties will no doubt recognize. One photo Alwyn shared in May is of him looking up at a cactus, which he captioned with a simple cactus emoji. In May, Swift also shared a photo of herself posing next to the same cactus, wearing a printed black dress.
"Fact: I've never been more excited about a tour than I am about this one," she wrote at the time about kicking off her Reputation tour. "And it starts TOMORROW. Also, not even remotely tour related, but today I met a cactus."
Alwyn does follow Swift on Instagram though she doesn't follow him -- which isn't surprising given that the singer actually doesn't follow anyone on the social media platform.
Alwyn's social media move comes as the British actor is set to become a lot more visible thanks to nabbing a few high-profile roles. The actor is starring in Mary Queen of Scots alongside Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan, as well as The Favourite alongside Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Nicholas Hoult. Alwyn shared a picture on Sunday with the star-studded cast of The Favourite.
Swift is presumably a fan of the cast as she's good friends with Stone, and in July 2015, Hoult was spotted adorably fangirling over Swift while attending her concert in Montreal, Canada.
Meanwhile, Swift and Alwyn's relationship appears stronger than ever. The couple was photographed showing PDA during their romantic Turks and Caicos getaway last month, and though the two have been private about their relationship, 28-year-old Swift did show some love for her beau in a big way during her first Reputation show in May. The singer pointed to Alwyn in the audience as she sang her hit, "Gorgeous," which is widely thought to be about him.
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EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Funeral services will be held at 11 am Monday April 29, 2013 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Edgefield for Emmie Dozier Mitchell Bland. Father Donald Abott will officiate and pall bearers will be Frank Stanford Bland V, Charlie Bland, Dale Fulcher, Daniel Phail, Mitchell Bland, Bland Phail, and Harry Bland.
On April 26th the time had come for Mrs. Bland, who had lived a good life to enter upon a more complete phase of life. Born April 13, 1920 in Edgefield, SC she was the daughter of the late Dr. Hugh Carl Mitchell and Mrs. Emily Burt Tompkins Mitchell, and was the foster daughter of Miss Marjorie Ann "Polly" Tompkins. She was married to the late Frank Stanford Bland III. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother.
Emmie graduated Winthrop College in 1942. She was a first grade teacher at Trenton Elementary School and the girls basketball coach at Trenton High School. Later she was the supervisor of children and family services at Edgefield County DSS. Mrs. Bland was a faithful member of St. Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception in Edgefield and was born in the same ancestral home place that she spent her last 4 years of her life. She was one of the most compassionate women and was greatly loved by all who knew her.
Mrs. Bland was predeceased by two beloved sisters Miss. Marjorie Tompkins Mitchell and Mrs. Frances Glover Mitchell Holmes.
She is survived by her children Frank Stanford Bland IV, Hugh Mitchell Bland Sr., Emily Bland Phail, and Marjorie Bland Fulcher. She is also survived by her 12 grandchildren Mary Lynn Bland Robles, Frank Stanford Bland IV, Stephanie Bland Shmid, Charles Frederick Bland, Emmie Yendle Bland, Harry Tompkins Bland, Robert Dale Fulcher, Katelyn Marie Fulcher, Daniel Marshall Phail, Frank Bland Phail, Frances Caroline Bland and Hugh Mitchell Bland Jr.
Emmie is also survived by ten great grandchildren Patrick, Charlie and Cesar Robles, Christian Haskins, Paisley and Cru Fulcher, Eliana and Kaela Schmid, Madison Phail, and Kaylei Phail.
The family will have visitation at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home from 5-7 pm Sunday April 28,2013.
In lieu of flowers donations and memorials can be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church.