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'American Horror Story: Coven' RECAP – 'Fearful Pranks Ensue' [Spoilers]
You know the old saying, "Murder the Supreme once, shame on you. Murder the Supreme twice, shame on me?" No? Well, you know who has? Myrtle Snow (Conroy). She and the other two members of the Council (including Leslie Jordan's flamboyant Quentin) are at Miss Robichaux's Academy to investigate the sudden disappearance of Madison (Emma Roberts). Nan (Jamie Brewer) grew concerned when she could no longer hear Madison's thoughts and called the Council in for help.
Myrtle has another reason to rush to this matter. She's been holding onto an eensy little grudge since way back in the day when her then-classmate Fiona (Jessica Lange) killed the former Supreme, Anna Lee. Even then, Myrtle was onto her game, and she knew Fiona had the motive, means and opportunity to be a murderer. She even schemed to reveal Fiona's evil deeds by placing a spell on Spalding (Denis O'Hare), who never seems to leave Fiona's side. If she did something to harm Anna Lee, Spalding would know. Of course, someone cut out Spalding's tongue before he could testify.
Since then, Fiona has been an absentee Supreme. It's a little suspicious that every time Fiona shows up around these parts, a Supreme dies. Now, Myrtle is giving Spalding the chance to write out who cut out his tongue all those years ago (while implicating that person in two murders). Unfortunately for Myrtle, it was not Fiona who did it. Instead, Spalding overheard Myrtle's plan and loved Fiona too much to allow himself to spill her secret. So he cut off his own tongue to keep from being magically compelled to tattle on Fiona. It's a classic case of "if the severed tongue does not fit, you must acquit," but Myrtle is still determined to prove Fiona is a killer. She murdered the last Supreme and she murdered the next Supreme!
Wait, what? Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) is confused. Madison wasn't the next Supreme (as I predicted last week), she couldn't be. The Supreme is in perfect health, and Madison had a heart murmur. Ipso facto, Fiona has no reason to have killed Madison. Case dismissed!
Presumably to celebrate, Cordelia and Fiona head out on the town for a little mommy and me time. Cordelia asks her mother, a pathological liar if there ever was one, to engage in a game of asking each other questions and cross-your-heart, promise-to-tell-the-truth answer. Why she thinks Fiona would honor the rules of this game, I do not understand, but, sure, let's just blame it on the bourbon. Delia's first question for mommie dearest is why she hates her husband, Hank (Josh Hamilton). Fiona thinks he's full of it, and we don't disagree.
While Cordelia's been dealing with the Council, he's been off with his online girlfriend (Alexandra Breckenridge). Cordelia mentioned him working as a foreman, but he's told this lady that he's an F.D.A. inspector. After engaging in the sexytimes with the young redhead, Hank sits her down for a romantic soup and burrito lunch before killing her with a single shot to the head. Whether or not Hank's always been evil, or their attempt at using black magic for fertility corrupted him, Fiona, it would seem, sure knows how to sniff them out. Perhaps it takes one to know one.
She also knows how to keep her poker face. Back at the bar, when Delia asks her point blank if she killed Madison, Fiona delivers a very nonchalant "No." Satisfied, or at least a little drunk, Cordelia makes it to the bathroom where a masked someone throws some blinding liquid into her eyes. Ouch!
While Cordelia's attacker remains a mystery, the fate of Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) is a lot more promising. Fiona found her after her encounter with the minotaur, and, after a little Supreme witch magic, she's on her way to recovery.
The same can't be said for Kyle (Evan Peters), who's still covered in his mother's blood and unable to speak. Zoe (Taissa Farmiga) manages to get him to stop banging his head on the bathtub, but when she goes to fix him a little rat poison-infused tuna salad, he runs away. Of course, this being Halloween, a blood-soaked FrankenKyle can slip easily into the crowd unnoticed.
Let's take a journey back in time. The year was 1961. Marie Laveau was rocking a very retro chic look down at her Cornrow City salon. One of her stylists was all excited for her son to start his very first day at the recently integrated high school. Laveau just had to be a Debbie Downer about the whole thing and how the local white folks are none too happy about all this progress. Oh, no, this stylist has HOPE. Pure, unadulterated and definitely not at all naive hope.
Cut to her son hanged from a tree.
Retro Laveau sprung right into action, busted out her Voodoo accoutrements, and raised up an army of the undead to do some serious severing of limbs and ripping out of innards on the men who killed her stylist's son.
Fast forward ever so slightly to disco Laveau signing a peace treaty with the former Supreme Anna Lee. It's a treaty that is very much in jeopardy back in the present day as we return to Cornrow City for a little subtle character shading. Here's Laveau cutting some older woman's hair before a big event with the mayor, to show us that she is a complex character that has a good side as well as a dark side. And here she is refusing payment from the woman, because, again, she's not all bad. And now here she is just stuffing money in the woman's purse, BECAUSE, WE GET IT, LAVEAU HAS A SOFT SIDE.
Now, what's this? A package? How strange! The hair from India isn't due today. Is it a new phone book? Fruit arranged like flowers? Nope! It's the severed head of the minotaur. Oh, it's on now. Laveau pulls out the snake and raises her undead army once again.
Back at Miss Robichaux's, hunky boy next door Luke (Alexander Dreymon) is stopping by to give a little baked treat to Nan as a thank you for her delicious cake. Meanwhile, Spalding is upstairs with his dolls, just having an only mildly creepy tea party. Then he puts on his dress and bonnet. (It's starting to get creepier … ) He grabs another dress. Who is that for? Oh, it's Madison's corpse. And Spalding is going to get her all dolled-up for his weird little tea party.
Then someone's at the door. Knock knock, Who's there? Oh, just a zombie army. The undead descend on the school, led by LaLaurie (Kathy Bates)'s three decomposing daughters.
How will the students at Miss Robichaux's survive this onslaught of the undead? Will the adorable Luke Ramsey make it out alive? Who do you think is the real next Supreme? So many questions left unanswered as we conclude part one of this year's Halloween episode.
Next week: A burning at the stake!
What did you think of this week's episode?
American Horror Story: Coven airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern on FX.
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It always surprises me how many people are bad at recounting anecdotes. To me the anecdote is as much a staple of engaging in social situations as trying to figure out what to do with your hands when the waiter takes away your wine glass. These brief, amusing little personal stories let us engage in a kind of conversational gin rummy; sufficiently engaging and interesting to stave off boredom, yet easy enough to understand that nobody feels left out. I don't think that everybody has to be an Oscar Wilde level raconteur but when there's an awkward break in the conversation anybody should be able to entertain a small group with an amusing tale.
First, and most importantly, is the use of "amusing". An anecdote is not a joke. That is not to say it can't be funny but rather that it doesn't have to be. What it has to do is amuse the audience. This can be because it's humourous, cute, tender, sympathetic, shocking (in a double take kind of way, not a dry wretch kind of way), or causes mutual indignation. Some people tell their anecdotes with no confidence, scared that they won't get the desired reaction. If you don't think your funny story is very funny and as a result rush past the punchline, it's not going to be funny. If you're not sure whether it is amusing, or quite what the point is, just don't tell it. Not only to avoid your own embarrassment but for the people listening who are discomfited by your discomfort, and for that one nice guy who tries to help you out with a forced laugh and a "yeah, that's so true".
An anecdote is differentiated from other stories a person may tell by its brevity. Keep it short. Nope, shorter than that. An anecdote is not a painting, it's a sketch on a napkin used to get the point across before being discarded. Keep your characters as verbal stick figures to whom things happen. If the audience needs to know more than a simple archetype (big fat guy, officious government employee, angry hobo) then you're going to spend more time providing character descriptions than telling the story. Keep it short enough that if someone suddenly realises they need to go to the toilet, they can intuitively tell that they will be able to hold out for long enough to hear the denouement.
Remember, too, that an anecdote is not an act of recall. "I was helping a friend move house a couple of years ago" is a solid opening. It provides a situation familiar to most people and situates the narrator's role in events. "It was mid August." What? Why is that relevant? "I tell a lie, it was early August, I remember because it was pretty soon after my brother's birthday." What's happening? "Actually no that was when I moved. I helped Jake move in October. Yeah, because it was during the playoffs." Have you decided to start dictating your memoir in the middle of a social gathering? Nobody you're talking to knows when it happened or with whom and they don't care. They can't help you remember. You are the performer, not the audience. The point of the anecdote is to amuse the listener. Any aspect of it which doesn't further that end can and should be cut, no matter how interesting or important it may be to you.
Not every anecdote can be told the same way in every situation. Lots of factors can affect how you regale a group with an anecdote. If it's a large group just accept that sometimes you'll get interrupted by impatient people or another conversation starting up. At a noisy party, keep it as unsubtle as possible so that missing some of the detail won't cause the anecdote to lose all meaning. If it's a specialised group, you can bring out the story about the kernel hackers that shouldn't even be considered at an extended family dinner where nobody even knows what an iterator is. Or there is rock bottom, the place where anecdotes go to die. Everything is going along well until some complete bastard utters those fateful words "oh, tell that one about..." and then says the punchline. Then there you are, left with a group of people staring at you expectantly and waiting for a hilarious story to which they already know the conclusion. The only advice I have in this situation is go hard or go home: either you tell the story as if it hadn't just been ruined and trust yourself to be able to pull it off, or you wave it away and tell the dismissive ten second version. You can stab the person who did it to you later.
Most people have a collection of anecdotes they've told many times, refined over the years, some culled when they are no longer timely, some replaced by Darwinian action. The good ones have multiple ways they can be told, a subtle variation for each social context. You don't need to have led an exciting or even interesting life to have good anecdotes, although that doesn't hurt. All you need to do is make sure you know what story you're telling, why it's amusing, what version you need to tell in the circumstances, and above all that any story involving a monkey is going to go down well.
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of the entire system itself.
into other areas and disciplines in life.
at least at the academic level.
This interview was no exception.
ARTHUR BROOKS: We're the Americans we always were… but it's a hard time. It's a hard time because after a financial crisis and all the stresses and strains, the belief that people in Washington, people who are in charge have left us behind… we get a dignity gap.
There's a lot of despair when you travel around this country, and that despair has metastasized into something really dangerous… which is contempt… the belief that somebody who disagrees with you is utterly worthless.
The populism in Washington. The despair in the country. The fact that the economic growth has largely been focused on just the top twenty percent of the income distribution… just this kind of made up nasty mix of circumstances and ecosystem that's really dangerous. Now put in social media, and anonymity… all this together has created this environment that we see today… where… we're still Americans… we're just not our best selves.
a primary site of cancer.
... metastasize being the verb form.
Golly. That says a lot doesn't it?
which unless I specifically note as otherwise, all definitions in this discussion are from the New Oxford American Dictionary. It's right here with me... it's convenient, and for the most part the definitions are accurate and the origin references are simply delightful.
1 malevolent: in the hands of malignant fate.
2 (of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
• (of a tumor) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous.
'likely to rebel against God or authority'): from late Latin malignant- 'contriving maliciously', from the verb malignare.
The term was used in its early sense to describe Royalist sympathizers during the English Civil War.
None of this is a religious statement.
None of this is a proselytization.
Let's clear it up right here and now.
1. We're the Americans we always were.
2. But it's a hard time.
The perception might be that times are hard, but remember... we're the Americans we always were.
3. It's a hard time because after a financial crisis and all the stresses and strains, the belief that people in Washington, people who are in charge have left us behind... we get a dignity gap.
False. A forced financial crisis that violates certain inalienable rights of person and property isn't a crisis, it's a criminal act. The stresses and strains caused by that infringing behavior are the fight part of the natural biological defense mechanisms... protecting the homeland from all enemies... foreign and domestic. Americans of good faith are individually Sovereign and cannot be ultimately "left behind" by mere proxy representatives which have no authority but what is given to them by an individual good faith American. The "dignity gap" is one of ignorance and imposition on behalf of those mere proxy representatives. Certainly not of the individually Sovereign American who maintains self-discipline and autonomic dignity both physically and psychologically.
4. There's a lot of despair when you travel around this country, and that despair has metastasized into something really dangerous… which is contempt… the belief that somebody who disagrees with you is utterly worthless.
False. Mr. Brooks is starting to sound like a mere proxy representative attempting to create an environment and belief that only someone outside each good faith individual should have authority to dictate the behaviors and moods of an individual or an entire group of individuals... an "impoverished" community for example. The amusing part of this particular statement is the reversal of truly contemptible worthlessness. An individual who willfully infringes the inalienable rights of a good faith Sovereign American renders themselves utterly worthless by such action, regardless of any temporary gain or perceived "despair" they have contemptuously injected or interjected into the realm of a good faith Sovereign American.
False. Not just False. Big fat stop sign right in the middle of the freeway... False. The subtlety is what's so malevolent, especially when treating metastasized, malignant thought. Don't see it?
Golly that is false. Couldn't be more false if he actually tried to form a purposely false statement of catastrophic dysfunction. And the saddest part... he doesn't sound like he even realizes what he is saying.
... just this kind of made up nasty mix of circumstances and ecosystem that's really dangerous. Now put in social media, and anonymity… all this together has created this environment that we see today… where… we're still Americans… we're just not our best selves.
False. I'm the good faith American I've always been. The true question is: Why are you sir, not your best self, choosing to infringe, impose, or force your false assumptions of collectivism contemptuously against your fellow good faith Americans?
by the input of the controlling authority.
good intent and right (proper) action.
The malignancy of "expert" stasis.
in all good faith form.
doesn't it boys and girls?
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It's important to choose a charity you care about and because my dad had suffered from mental health problems, I wanted to run for an organisation doing work in that area. There were a few to choose from but I went for Rethink as they have a similar ethos to mine.
Because so many people are running in races these days, you have to be quirky to get attention. The idea for the 52 marathons came about one night in the pub. My mates and I were discussing fundraising and one said: "Marathons are nothing these days, everyone does them. You'd have to do one a week before I would donate anything." And straight away I said I'd do it.
It's easy to stay motivated at the beginning of your challenge when everyone's really excited about what you're doing and also towards the end when you've almost completed it. But in the middle when nobody really gives a toss, that's the toughest part. Getting up in the mornings to train at the gym can be a struggle. The physical side of it is hard at first but soon it starts to become a mental challenge.
Having a strong team of supporters makes such a difference. In terms of my biggest supporters, it varies. My wife is definitely one of them. She was irritated when I first told her about wanting to do a marathon on our wedding day, but after speaking to her she understood why I wanted to do it and was really supportive.
My family have also been huge supporters of mine. Before doing anything, I spoke to my mum, brother and sister to make sure they were ok with me talking publically about my dad. With that in mind, if you're thinking about running for someone who has a terminal illness, ask for their permission first as they may not want people knowing.
Fundraising has almost become like marketing - you need to come up with various strategies on how to spread the word and promote yourself. Blogging is a great way to connect with people. I read a few blogs on suicide and mental health and they were quite sombre so I wanted to do one that was more light-hearted, as strange as that sounds. Through my blog I was able to show my personality and that helped attract more people. My blog was mentioned in the Guardian and that had a snowball effect of bringing lots of new people to my page.
When I first started doing the marathons I got a bit of coverage in the local press and I started contacting sports editors and building a relationship with them. Writing press releases is also important and don't send them to a generic address like 'info@', try and find out people's names and send them personal emails.
I think fundraising is predominantly about the stories you tell. My friends and family's support is important, but about 75% of the donations I receive are from strangers. You'd be amazed at how generous people are. I did a Q&A session online and someone asked me what my dream marathon would be and I said New York. Afterwards, someone who'd been reading from America emailed me to say they'd bought me plane tickets to New York. So I phoned the organisers of the NY marathon and told them that I'd been given tickets to New York but I didn't have a place in the race and they were able to arrange for me to enter. It was a dream come true!
After the 52 marathons I took some time off and thought about what I could do next. Arc2Arch has been incredible but has also been the most challenging experience of my life.
When you've finished your event, you probably won't want to do anything similar again, but once the pain eases your thoughts will turn to the next challenge, trust me!


Verse 1 Christ's kingdom is my warm home. It belongs to all God's people. Christ walks and speaks in the church. Christ walks and lives among us. Pre-chorus 1 The judgment of God's words is here, as is the work of the Holy Spirit. Chorus 1 God's words supply us and guide us. God's words they help our lives grow. This is a just world ruled by Christ. Christ's kingdom is a warm home, is a warm home. Verse 2 Christ's kingdom is my warm home. It is so dear to God's people. God's words reign in the church. We act on truth, exalt Him in our heart. Pre-chorus 2 There's no more infighting. There's no need for defense or fear. Chorus 2 Christ is the resting place for man's soul. I need not wander anymore. This is Christ's kingdom people long for. Christ's kingdom is a warm home, is a warm home. Verse 3 Christ's kingdom is my warm home. All of God's people treasure it. Here I experience God's trials. They purify my corrupt disposition. Chorus 3 Christ of the last days, You are our beloved. We'll love and praise You for evermore. God's words are here as is Holy Spirit's work. Christ's kingdom is a warm home, is a warm home. Outro The story of my life growth is here. My quiet words to God are here. My memories record the price that God pays. I'm moved by everything here. Sincere affection is here, and words cannot express nor can say. Christ's kingdom is a warm home. Christ's kingdom is a warm home. Christ's kingdom is a warm home, is a warm home.


Variegated Japanese Sedge's attractive grassy leaves emerge lime green in spring, turning light green in color with distinctive gold edges. The foliage often turns brown in fall. The tan seed heads are carried on plumes in late summer. The flowers are not ornamentally significant.
Variegated Japanese Sedge is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a shapely form and gracefully arching stems. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.
Variegated Japanese Sedge will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in moist to wet soil, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in both summer and winter to conserve soil moisture and protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Variegated Japanese Sedge is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a canvas of foliage against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.


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Q: How do I update an Excel Workbook Web Query Connection String using VBA? I'm trying to modify a Web Query connection string

using VBA, however all of the answers I've found online give solutions that require a QueryTable, but my workbook has no QueryTable for the reasons that this post explains. What I have is a list object with XML Map Properties.

I've tried using an External Data Range QueryTable,

but the formatting comes through with modified column headers in alphabetical order.

Ideally, I'd like to just modify the GUID on my existing Connection String (since they expire and need to be updated periodically) so that it'll retain the XML formatting from my source. If that's not possible and my only option is to utilize a QueryTable, then I'd like a way to format the results from the QueryTable so that the column headers don't include "/row/@".

A: I've found a working solution here: https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/750075-vba-update-connection-path-xml-data.html
Final working code:
Sub RefreshXML_Click()
Dim GetProjects As String: GetProjects = "http://api.aceproject.com/?fct=getprojects&guid=" & Cerberus.GUID & "&Filtercompletedproject=False&projecttemplate=0&assignedonly=True&format=xml"
With Sheets("GetProjects").ListObjects("Table1").XmlMap.DataBinding
    .ClearSettings
    .LoadSettings GetProjects
    .Refresh
End With
End Sub

The solution was to clear and then reload the DataBinding since it's a read only field that can't be edited. All the other solutions focus on trying to modify a Query Table (which won't exist when you use the import wizard)

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The memo—excerpted in my book about Amazon—was written more than three years ago but it perfectly captures current Amazon's conundrum. The company is on track to record $75 billion in sales this year, and by most accounts it is winning the e-commerce holiday war. For today's online spending spree known as Cyber Monday, Amazon plans to take 300 orders a second. Yet criticisms abound: Workers in Germany are striking, and a recent investigation by the BBC suggested there are physical and psychological consequences to the menial labor required of workers in Amazon warehouses.
So the decision by Bezos and his colleagues on Sunday to reveal the company's latest lofty goal of delivering packages via unmanned aerial vehicles seems like a characteristic retort, directing the spotlight elsewhere. In a largely flattering segment on 60 Minutes, Bezos allowed correspondent Charlie Rose to tour a 1.2 million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center and then pitched an eye-popping service called Amazon Prime Air. An army of small autonomous octocopters, Bezos told Rose, will one day leave Amazon warehouses, take to the skies, and transport packages up to 10 miles away, effortlessly dropping into customers' picturesque backyards to deliver a single order.


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Q: Is there a way to use Single Sign On(SSO) with my-website's account on other websites? So I want to make an app store like Epic Games(let's name it "AB"). I want that the game developers can integrate my website with their games so they can provide a "Login With AB" option on their login page. Is it possible?
Thank you for reading my question!

A: What you are requesting is an sso (Single sign on), the equivalent of Google sign. YOu need to provide an api to return a refresh/access token from your website, and a way to authenticate the same. Also provide details of the logged in user to the requesting website.
Its actually available in the market as various opensource projects as well.
Readup on OpenID, OAuth2, SSO, Keycloak etc


Hello everyone .. this has once again been an insanely busy weekend. Even now as I write this brief post, I am late leaving to the next thing on my list of things to do. So today once again I am just going to leave with a passage from Scripture. I know what I do is to explain Scripture, but it is even more important that each of you take the time to ponder what the Word says on your own, or at least on your own in terms of human help. Sometimes it is best to just read, study, pray, and allow the Holy Spirit to show you what God is speaking to you. God bless you all!


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Houston is proud to offer courses and extra-curricular activities in robotics and coding
Soccer Wins StateSoccer wins state!
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Houston students open their classrooms to visitors on annual TourGMSD Day
183 fine arts students are selected to All-West performance groups in 2019
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Online Registration opens on July 1st
Online registration opens on July 1st, 2019
Back to School/Meet the Teacher/Schedule Pickup Events have been posted
Back to School Events Set For 2019-2020 School Year
Germantown, Tennessee--June 19, 2019--Please mark your calendars:
Meet the Teacher/Schedule Pick Up/Open House:
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 – HMS and HHS 4:00 – 7:00
Thursday, August 8, 2019 – DES, FES, FHES, Riverdale 4:00 – 7:00
The offices at Houston High School are open Monday through Friday during the summer 7:30 am to 12:00 pm. The office number is 756-2370 Ext. 6008. The office will be closed July 4 and July 5. More +
Summer Assignments for Honors and AP Classes
Summer Assignments for Honors and AP classes are listed on our website. These assignments will be due on the first day of the 2019-2020 school year!
http://www.gmsdk12.org/SummerAssignments.aspx
HHS theater teacher, Kell Christie, honored by the national Tony Awards as an Excellent Educator
Germantown, Tennessee--May 21, 2019--Houston High School theater teacher, Kell Christie, has been chosen as an Honorable Mention for the Excellence in Theater Education Award by the Tony Awards in New York. Each year, the Tony Awards in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University invite member of the public to submit candidates. More +
Chad Becker Named 2019 Tennessee Athletic Director of The Year
Germantown, Tennessee--April 18, 2019-- Chad Becker was named Tennessee Athletic Director of the Year for 2019 by the Tennessee Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (TIAAA) this week. The ceremony was part of the annual Athletic Director's Conference hosted by the TSSAA in Murfreesboro, TN.
Eagan Smith wins Memphis and May Poster Competition
Senior Eagan Smith won first place in the high school division AND the OVERALL GRAND PRIZE award for the Memphis in May student poster competition. She won $500 and her design will be the official student poster image to be printed and sold in conjunction with MIM events. Congratulations Eagan! More +
Emmaline Schild honored by the Memphis Business Journal in the Girls Who Mean Business Program
Germantown, Tennessee--March 28, 2019--Emmaline Schild was honored by the Memphis Business Journal through the Girls Who Mean Business Program. In its inaugural year, the program recognized female high school students who exemplified excellence in school involvment, both academically and in extra-curricular activities. The program chose one student per school.
Congressman David Kustoff awards three Germantown students for winning the District Congressional App Challenge
Germantown, Tennessee--March 26, 2019--From a newly added series of coding courses to the district's one-to-one initiative, Germantown Municipal School District recognizes what an incredible asset technology can be in education. Three Houston High students applied both of these facts and channeled their technological knowledge into the creation of an entertaining app, one now receiving congressional recognition. Ricky Liu, Manas Malla, and Milo Sulipeck designed and coded a game dubbed "The Great Escape" and have won the Congressional App Challenge (CAC) for West Tennessee. "It's a riff on Mario Brothers" explains Sulipeck in an interview, "and we composed our own original music for it". More +
Germantown Municipal School District is creating its new 5-Yr Strategic Plan and wants to hear from all of its stakeholders
Germantown, Tennessee--March 27, 2019--Germantown Municipal School District is beginning a 12-month journey to establish a new strategic plan for our schools. Your feedback is essential . Please answer the following five questions. The district is soliciting feedback from parents, students, community members, business partners and employees. All answers are anonymous. More +
Course Selection Guidance for Current HHS Students
As your grade level counselor meets with you this week in your English classes, please reference the following resources:
Summary of the Course Selection Process and Important Guidelines
Course Catalog - Review course descriptions and prerequisites as you are completing your course selection sheet.
Recommended Math Pathways – We have added a few new math courses and guidance to map out a plan to select the most appropriate math courses until you graduate.
These documents are linked here:
http://www.gmsdk12.org/CourseCatalogandSelection.aspx
GMSD has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation
Germantown, Tennessee, March 26, 2019 – Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. More +
Houston High, Farmington, and Riverdale are hosting a shoe drive!
Germantown, Tennessee--March 25, 2019--Houston High, Farmington, and Riverdale are having a shoe drive!
Here is how it works:
We are accepting gently worn, used and new adult and/or children shoes through April 15th
Acceptable shoes are flip flops, tennis shoes, heels, boots, sandals…
Shoes will be picked up by Funds2Org, a for profit organization, who will redistribute to microenterprise partners and used in developing nations for impoverished people to start their own businesses.
Funds2Org will pay per pound and send a check to Operation Red Shoes (on behalf of GMSD), a non-profit organization, who benefits St. Jude patients and families with essential assistance.
Once Operation Red Shoes receives a check, they will host an event for those involved to be a part of the giveaway to the St. Jude patient and family.
Get to know what it takes to become a state champion: A Profile of Daniel West
Germantown, Tennessee--February 23, 2019--Two mornings a week from 5am to 6am you'll find Houston High School Junior Daniel West in the swimming pool. After EVERY day of school, where he is both an Honors Academy student and a beta club member, he heads back to the pool to continue training for two more hours. Add in a three-hour training session on Saturdays, and you'll have an idea of what it takes to become a state champion. More +
Congratulations to All GMSD Cheer teams on winning their National Competitions in Florida!
Germantown, Tennessee--February 10, 2019--Congratulations to All GMSD Cheer teams on winning their National Competitions in Florida!
Houston High Varsity Cheer won 2nd in the Super Varsity Division National Competition and were the World Champions for the 2nd consecutive year in the same division.
Houston High Junior Varsity Cheer was the national Champion in the Junior Varsity Non-Tumbling Large Division. They were 2nd in the Worlds in the same division.
Houston Middle School competed in the Large Junior High Division. They were named National Champions for the 4th year in a row. They were 2nd in the World School Competition.
Riverdale brought home 4th place this year in the Junior High non-tumbling division. They competed for the first time in the Worlds Competition and placed third overall.
Meet some of the National Women & Information Technology Award Winners and learn how they are putting some girl power into STEM
Germantown, Tennessee--February 4, 2019--Leslie Brommer, a Computer Science teacher at Houston High School is being awarded NCWIT's 2019 Aspirations in Computing Educator Award for being the West-Tennessee Afilliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology.
High School Students Invited to Participate in Battle of the Brains
Germantown, Tennessee--January 30, 2019--The Germantown Education Commission is proud to announce that the Battle of the Brains will again provide a competitive playing field for groups of students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The competition is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, giving students time to research and prepare their projects. The competition has been moved from its usual morning time, to the afternoon to avoid conflict with the foreign language competition taking place on the same date. During the competition, students present their methodology and findings to university professors, chosen for their expertise in the project field. Winners receive substantial cash prizes with members of the first place team receiving $300 each.
Registration forms and details are available online at Germantown-TN.gov/BattleoftheBrains. Space is limited. Applications and abstracts may be submitted at any time, but must be received by the March 1 deadline.
The Battle of the Brains was developed in 2009 by the Germantown Education Commission as a way to revive and nurture interest and celebrate student achievement in STEM subjects. In addition to generous cash prizes, members of the winning team have their names added to the coveted Einstein Trophy, donated by the Dr. Dino Palazzolo family.
Congratulations to Tripp Turner on being a TATS award recipient
Germantown, Tennessee--January 14, 2019--Congratulations to Tripp Turner on winning an award with the Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society! The Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society is the official state organization representing the athletic training profession in the state of Tennessee. Tripp Turner was nominated for this award by his peers throughout the state to recognize his dedication to improving the lives of Tennesseans through the delivery of exceptional healthcare throughout his career.
Ten National Merit Finalists recognized!
Ten Houston High School seniors were recently named National Merit Finalists. About 1.6 million students in more than 22,000 high schools enter the National Merit Scholarship Program every year by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and these students represent those who scored in the top 1% nationally
Congratulations are in order to:
Andrew An
Cady Baltz
Steven Belles
Anne Craft
Elaine Fu
Andrew Hines
Jacob Manuel
Dylan Marler
Emily Ryu
Sean Yang
Literary Magazine Avatar Recognized for Excellence by NCTE
Congratulations to Mrs. Karen Garrison and the HHS Literary Magazine, AVATAR. The National Council of Teachers of English recently selected the 2018 AVATAR to receive the REALM 1st class award for Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines as the best lit mag among entries from all counties across the state!
Ms. Garrison would like to give a shout out to the English and visual arts department for supporting this project.
For a list of all winners: http://www2.ncte.org/awards/program-to-recognize-in-student-literary-magazines/#2018
TCAT Signing day honors two HHS students, Connor Wiygul and Joshua McKessy
Germantown, Tennessee--February 15, 2019--Two seniors from Houston High School attended TCAT Memphis for their National CTE Letter of Intent Signing Day today. They signed, had lunch, and toured the programs meeting with current students and instructors. The two students who attended are Connor Wiygul and Joshua McKessy.
Germantown Municipal Schools continue to expand CTE EPSOs and course opportunities
Germantown, Tennessee—November 1, 2018—The Tennessee Department of Education designated October 23-27 as Early Postsecondary Opportunity (EPSO) Week, and as part of our effort at Germantown Municipal School District, to increase awareness and enrollment in EPSOs, the district would like to highlight some of the extraordinary opportunities at Houston High School. More +
Ten Houston High School students join the elite rank of National Merit Semi-Finalists
Germantown, Tennessee--September 12, 2018--Ten Houston High School students join the ranks of the nation's top students this year as the National Merit Scholarship Program names its semi-finalists. About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) last fall. More +
HHS goes for the Gold!
Join the HHS team as we race to end childhood Cancer and raise money for St. Jude! We currently have 21 team members for HHS but would love to reach 100 by September 21!
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It takes two to tango—or 240 to tango in the case of The Houston Band—as they prepare for their fall competition season
Germantown, Tennessee--September 10, 2018--There are students all over the Houston High campus tucked away in corners learning how to tango. This year's band program, according to The Houston Band Director Matt Taylor, "centers around the work of Astor Piazzolla". More +
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基本法的新詮釋?政府該給香港人理由為何羅哲斯被拒入境 A new interpretation of the Basic Law? Hong Kong deserves to know why Rogers was denied entry
編按: Evan 認為,在羅哲斯被拒入境時,根據《基本法》林鄭一定已被知會;如果羅哲斯入境確實是外交問題,構成「外交事務」的要素必須要釐清,並理應告知羅哲斯、英國政府和香港人。
Evan argues that in denying Rogers entry, Carrie Lam must have been informed in accordance with the Basic Law; and if his entry was indeed a foreign affair issue, what constitutes "foreign affairs" needs to be defined. Rogers, the British government and the Hong Kong people should be told.
Two days after Chief Executive's inaugural policy address, Carrie Lam again took to the stage, this time at a dinner event hosted by a pro-democracy leaning association.
Her speech praised the work of the association and its members, calling them out during her speech in a show of a new, more open and engaging style of leadership. In particular she congratulated the association's founder, a man who has worked tirelessly for many years behind the scenes in the interests of Hong Kong.
At the end of the evening this man was again honoured, this time by the association's chairman, a well-known district councillor, who presented him with a magnum of champagne. Carrie applauded.
Yet as the man returned to his table, he half-jokingly said, after what happened to Ben Rogers he was worried that should he leave Hong Kong he might find himself barred from returning. Among the pro-democracy crowd no one laughed.
In fact, Ben Rogers, a former Hong Kong resident and now vice-chair of the British Conservative party's Human Rights Committee, had been set to meet with many of the people in the room. Many people know Ben, including the association's founder.
"I was scheduled to meet Benedict Rogers last Friday afternoon," he would later tell me. "So when I made my weekly trip to my Shenzhen factory there was an opportunity to see if that gave me a black mark."
"When the immigration lady leaned forward and started to ask me a question, for a second I wondered if something unpleasant was coming," he said. "But it was simply an inquiry as to whether I had a Chinese name."
It may seem all a little silly, and yet another example of those of an anti-establishment bend to over react. But the people at the dinner are not the type. It is an association of lawyers, accountants and other professionals. All very serious people, much like Carrie herself. In fact, they are people Carrie and many in senior positions of government know well.
Ben Rogers had arranged, privately, to travel to Hong Kong to meet with friends. They included people sat next to our government, people our Chief Executive knows and, I suspect, genuinely values. They are people with whom she and her administration are trying to reach out to and engage; people she feels she can deal with. Indeed, even the Liaison Office reaches out to these people through intermediaries. They are not radical nor represent positions that threaten Hong Kong or Beijing.
Yet somehow Rogers' plans became known to Beijing. In the UK Rogers' received threats warning him not to go. When he did make the trip, he was stopped at Hong Kong airport. His lawyer, Albert Ho, was barred from meeting him.
Rogers' entry into Hong Kong was evaluated to constitute such a threat that he had to be barred and denied legal representation. The decision was taken knowing it would be news, both in Hong Kong and London. It was also taken knowing it would prove a distraction on the day of Carrie Lam's policy address, diverting attention from what many in Hong Kong hoped would represent a new and more responsive administration.
According to Basic Law, it is the Hong Kong SAR government that controls immigration into Hong Kong. Article 154 of the Basic Law:
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may apply immigration controls on entry into, stay in and departure from the Region by persons from foreign states and regions.
The Basic Law is quite clear that only in matters concerning national security and foreign affairs does Hong Kong not have jurisdiction, giving Beijing the right to intervene to prevent someone from being granted entry into Hong Kong. Article 19 states:
The courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall have no jurisdiction over acts of state such as defence and foreign affairs.
And Article 19 also states:
The courts of the Region shall obtain a certificate from the Chief Executive on questions of fact concerning acts of state such as defence and foreign affairs whenever such questions arise in the adjudication of cases. This certificate shall be binding on the courts. Before issuing such a certificate, the Chief Executive shall obtain a certifying document from the Central People's Government.
Therefore, there is a clear procedure through which such an intervention must follow. Note that this procedure states that the Chief Executive is to be informed.
Yet when Carrie Lam was asked on RTHK the morning after Rogers was denied entry, she stated clearly, and without any ambiguity that she does not know why he was denied entry and that it was an issue for the department of immigration. Clearly then either procedure was not followed, and therefore the Basic Law violated; or Carrie Lam lied to the public on the day after her policy address. Either way, it does not look good for either her or for Hong Kong.
Since then, the Hong Kong SAR government has refused to comment on the issue, despite both a personal request from Rogers, and a legal letter from his lawyers addressed to the Director of Immigration demanding an official explanation. Disappointingly as of publication there has been no response.
The British government has also lodged a complaint with both the Hong Kong government and Beijing, and the issue was raised in parliament, with John Bercow, the Speaker of the House, describing Rogers as an "outstanding and articulate champion of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Asia and elsewhere," and adding "his treatment was frankly utterly scandalous."
In requesting clarification as to why a British national was barred from entering Hong Kong, Beijing's response was to call in an official from the British embassy for a dressing down, before lodging their own representations with London.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang stated that it is "China's sovereign right whether or not to prevent someone from entering," and "stern representations" had been lodged with London over "Britain's recent series of wrong remarks and actions on this issue." There was no attempt made to expand on why Britain's remarks and actions were wrong.
In a similar statement, Hua Chunying, speaking for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said Rogers "knows very well himself" whether his trip to Hong Kong involved an intention to intervene in Hong Kong's internal affairs and judicial independence.
Beijing is wrong to regard Hong Kong as an internal affair. It is also wrong that they should find offence in Britain requesting clarification. Britain has both a right and a moral obligation to monitor developments and ensure the principles of 'One country, Two systems' are respected. Beijing's "comprehensive jurisdiction" is dependent on their honouring the Sino-British Joint Declaration, a document registered with the United Nations and one that is as much British as Chinese.
It is therefore very worrying to read several commentaries toeing this line. In a recent op-ed piece, Sovereign State has full control of borders, Paul Surtees states "a city's local government, anywhere in the world, is generally not tasked with instituting national policies on immigration." Beijing's sovereignty over Hong Kong is conditional; Hong Kong is not just another local government. Such articles, though toeing Beijing's official line, do not help either side develop a constructive relationship. It is also symptomatic of an attitude that has breeds growing levels of dissent in Hong Kong.
Given these statements, and the severity of declaring Rogers' a threat to national security, one might assume that Beijing's decision was taken on grounds of his entry into Hong Kong being an issue of foreign affairs. However, if this is indeed the case, it raises the question as to how are foreign affairs to be defined under the Basic Law? In effect then this action would constitute yet another interpretation, and by law the Hong Kong public need be informed.
Rogers' crime in the eyes of Beijing, it can only be presumed, was to have co-authored the commission's recent report on China, which was damning in it's finding. As part of the inquiry, Rogers received written submissions from such respected figures as former Chief Secretary Anson Chan, and the founder of the Democratic Party Martin Lee.
His threat to Hong Kong's judicial independence was in speaking to Hong Kong's most respected senior judge, Kemal Bokhary, who concluded in April that his warning four years ago of "a storm of unprecedented ferocity" facing the judiciary has now come about and that his "fears have been realised". It was Bokhary, not Rogers, who described there being "very serious problems," and that Hong Kong and the rule of law faced "grave challenges" as "things which were second nature to you and I may recede to the back row where judicial independence is eroded."
For Rogers to have been denied entry into Hong Kong, and for the Hong Kong immigration department to have been overruled in its rightful operation, a reason must have been presented to our government. Given that Beijing's sovereignty in Hong Kong is conditional and dependent on the Basic Law there is no reason why the Hong Kong government should not be open in clarifying on what grounds Rogers was barred from entering. Not to do so would raise genuine questions as to whether Beijing has in this case complied with the Basic Law.
Rogers was a friend of people praised and honoured by Carrie Lam; a friend of those within her circle who know and respect her and who are prepared to see the best in her administration. Yet Beijing would have us believe these people, who are respected by many in Hong Kong and seen to representing the best in our community, are agitators for dissent and pose a national threat; and that Rogers private trip to Hong Kong to meet such people represented a threat of national concern. It is not only Ben Rogers and the British government that deserve clarification. Hong Kong people also deserve to know.
Originally published on Stand News and Hong Kong Free Press
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged basic law, benedict rogers, democracy, freedom, hong kong on October 27, 2017 by Evan Fowler 方禮倫.
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In my house no one is allowed to mention the C word until after my youngest son Aaron's November birthday.
As the Christmas season approaches for many people it is a time of joy and anticipation. For others it is a time of sadness, anxiety, and stress.
In doing so I have unintentionally created a negative atmosphere around Christmas and become the kind of person people try to avoid.
Thankfully that is now in my past. I decided a few years ago to be clear as to what was causing my low energy and feelings. I then created two lists. One list was the things I could change the other the things I couldn't.
I made a decision to practice accepting the things I couldn't change. I still felt the sadness and pain but I stopped trying to fix situations that couldn't be fixed and I certainly couldn't bring my loved ones back to life or be omnipresent in four different countries!
In time my acceptance turned to calm and eventually joy. Now when I notice I am experiencing the pain of loss I express the love that I had in the relationship in the first place and offer a prayer of gratitude. This helps to shift my focus and vibration into a positive one.
The list of things I can influence well …. I get on and influence it.
I now set a clear affordable budget. I allocate funds accordingly and I enjoy finding gifts that I hope people will appreciate within the allocated spend limit. I think I manage to get it right .. most of the time.
If I am missing a distant loved one I call them. If I am missing a dearly departed I reflect on the love we share and give gratitude that they were in my life… oh and tell them so.
The result is calm, peace of mind and happiness.
You too can manage your vibration and sense of wellbeing by following these simple rules at any time of the year. Namaste.


Happy Birthday @pharrel … need to get you back in the studio with the blonde in the photo.. have a great one.
What do you think? Should Madonna and Pharrel work together again? What is your favourite collaboration from them?
I think they will work together again! Hard Candy was pure magic!
No She should not. Honestly didn't like any of their songs together. [ nor the majority of the US that the Chart position clearly indicated.
M's collaboration with Pharrel is probably my least favorite of all her material. No offense to Pharrel, because he is very good at what he does — just not my cup of tea.


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Q: Append HTML to div if it doesn't exist I need to check whether an element exists or not, and if it doesn't, then create it using Jquery.
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Viboli es una localidad perteneciente al municipio de Ponga, en Asturias, España.

Demografía

Según el censo de 2010 del INE tenía 10 habitantes, 9 varones y 1 mujer.

Situación física
Se encuentra a 750 , y su código postal es el 33558.

Economía
Su principal actividad económica es la ganadería.

Localidades de Ponga

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Barry Ritholtz over at The Big Picture, debunks the arguments against Bank nationalization.
Ritholtz and company have been arguing for nationalization for some time now, as an alternative to the current "Bad Bank" scenario that Treasury is pursuing.
I don't know enough about the Macro effects of this, but I agree with the basic premise; if we're going to spend our money stabilizing institutions that have made a multitude of bad choices, we might as well benefit from that investment in some REAL way. This is currently not happening.
If you don't read Ritholtz regularly, and are interested in an insider's view on what's happening with the economic crisis, I suggest you add him to your RSS feed.


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Q: How to update mysql timestamp if a string in the same row has been updated? There are 3 columns -> 'Name', 'Created', 'Last_Modified'.
I would Last Modified to show the date if and only if the name has been modified.
Each time the name is updated, Last Modified must be updated.
How can this be achieved?
CREATE TABLE t (
   Name VARCHAR(255)
 , Created DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 , Last_Modified DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP )

A: this MySQL code should work.
ALTER TABLE t
CHANGE last_modified last_modified DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

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• View topic - Warm-up for runs: what do you do?
Warm-up for runs: what do you do?
After about a year (on/off) of running (and 3 half marathons), I'm starting to accept the idea that a warm-up before my runs might be a good idea So far I have just been doing a few stretches before some of my runs, and used the first few kilometres for warming up. I'm currently back from an almost total break of 2 months and trying to improve my speed for a 10k race on 29 Sept.
Soo... what's your warm-up? I'd especially like to hear of routines that take as little time as possible as I will be doing it on a busy(ish) street.
PS. Anyone from Paris here?!
Re: Warm-up for runs: what do you do?
I use the first 5-10 minutes of most of my runs as a warm-up - at a slightly slower pace than I plan for the rest of the run. I do a slow mile or so before speedwork. I typically will incorporate an easy run with 3 x 3-minute pickups (5k - 10k pace) separated by 3-minute jogs about 3-4 days before a race. I like to do an easy mile about 20-25 minutes before a race, including a few 100m strides.
Hope this helps. Good luck on the 10k!
I never start running at full speed, I normally do 1-2 km relaxed before hitting the main exercise. Before doing interval training, I also normally add strength and posture exercises and then a few 100m rushes with increasing pace (from 0 to 90% of max capacity) to get warm again.
The older you get, the more important it becomes to warm up and cool down properly (take the time of doing 1-2 km of relaxed running after your exercise and you'll be fresher the next day).
I just walk for a few minutes, sometimes in an exaggerated manner(knees high) to help wake up the muscles. I tend to do this exaggerated walk more in the winter when its cold to help warm up the muscles. Or sometimes I just jump up and down a few times, or do a silly little dance while walking, and then jump down to the floor to do a few push-ups(not enough to tire me). There are so many ways to warm up, see what works for you and have fun with it. I like variety, so I am always experimenting.
Just like DC Runner and Hacko, I never start running at full speed. The first half mile or mile(1.6 km) of a run I just run slowly. I never do any static stretching before or after runs, since there is practically no evidence it is helpful for runners. Just before a marathon or race I may even run for just a minute or 2, very slowly. Keep on running!


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Free Store APK is directly linked to your to your gaming habits if you are finding one application, very appealing and want to buy, but you do not have international purchasing Card which is allowed by Google Play store, this would be painful. By Free Store APK you can make any game playable even if it is in app purchase, and only you can make it playable after purchasing, paying specified amount of money to the publishers. You can make any game downloadable after doing following things on your android phone.
First, you need to root your android phone, as this only work for the rooted device, if you do not want to root your phone, Free Store APK will not be installed on your phone. Then change your security setting, as this is considered as the hacking application, so, Google reboots will find it as a spam, and will not allow you to install in your system. So, change your security setting, and check the unknown sources button. If it is already checked, skip the process and move to the next.
This application is not available on Google Play Store; you need to download the application from our website. We already have given a download link at the bottom of this post.
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We are planning to visit Gairloch Gardens, Navy Park (a.k.a. Lakeside Park) and Old Oakville.
The Gairloch Gardens is a lovely park on the shores of Lake Ontario. You may wish to come early to catch the sunrise!
Photo Opportunities: lake views, the pond and reflections (as per Zakrison Theme Competition), some early spring bloom.
Directions to Navy Park from Gairloch Gardens: Turn left on Lakeshore Rd, drive to Allen, turn left at the stop light, turn right at Robinson, continue to Navy Street and turn left. Parking available on adjacent streets for free.
Photo opportunities: Historical buildings – former Custom House 1856, presently a museum, lake views, the Pier, marina (probably no boats yet), people, early spring bloom. Also look for the White Church, an impressive building at King and Reynolds.
Directions to downtown Oakville: About a 10 minutes walk north along George Street, leads to the centre of the city of Oakville.
Photo opportunities: architecture, Knox Church, street photography, the Old Clock, etc.
If there is sufficient interest, we can meet at Starbucks, downtown Oakville, North side of Lakeshore Road.


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Bertie The Brain é um jogo eletrônico de computador, e um dos primeiros desenvolvidos no início da história dos jogos eletrônicos. Foi construído em Toronto por Josef Kates para a exposição nacional canadense de 1950. O computador de quatro metros de altura simulava um jogo da velha contra uma inteligência artificial com nível de dificuldade ajustável, e o jogador jogava com um teclado na forma de uma grade de três por três. Ao fim da exposição, a máquina foi desmontada e em grande parte esquecida como uma curiosidade.

Kates construiu o jogo para mostrar o tubo additron, uma versão em miniatura da válvula termiônica, que foi impedido de uso ulterior em computadores além do próprio Bertie por questões de patente, já que a patente nos Estados Unidos só foi aceita anos depois. Bertie The Brain é considerado por muitos o primeiro jogo eletrônico, desenvolvido apenas três anos após a invenção do dispositivo de entretenimento com tubo de raios catódicos, um dos primeiros jogos elétricos interativos. Bertie usava lâmpadas em vez de uma tela com gráficos visuais em tempo real, no entanto, com muito menos gráficos em movimento, ele não cumpre algumas definições de um jogo eletrônico.

História
Bertie The Brain foi um jogo de computador que simulava um jogo da velha, construído por Josef Kates para a exposição nacional canadense de 1950. Kates já havia trabalhado na Rogers Majestic projetando e construindo tubos durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Após a guerra, prosseguiu os estudos de pós-graduação no centro de computação da Universidade de Toronto, enquanto continuava a trabalhar na Rogers Majestic, onde ajudou a construir o computador eletrônico da Universidade de Toronto, um dos primeiros computadores de trabalho do mundo. Ele também projetou sua própria versão em miniatura da válvula termiônica, chamado de tubo additron, que registrou em 20 de março de 1951 como o tipo 6047.

Após a apresentação de uma patente para o tubo additron, Rogers Majestic insistiu que Kates criasse um dispositivo para mostrar o tubo para os potenciais compradores, projetando uma máquina especializada incorporando a tecnologia e construindo-a com a ajuda de engenheiros da Rogers Majestic. O grande computador de metal de quatro metros de altura só poderia simular um jogo da velha, e foi instalado no edifício de engenharia na exposição nacional canadense de 25 de agosto a 9 de setembro de 1950.

O computador, rotulado como Bertie The Brain e descrito como "a maravilha eletrônica da Rogers Majestic", foi um sucesso durante as duas semanas da exposição, com filas formando-se para jogá-lo. Kates ficou perto da máquina todo o tempo possível, ajustando a dificuldade para cima ou para baixo para adultos e crianças. O comediante Danny Kaye foi fotografado derrotando a máquina (após várias tentativas) para a revista Life.

Jogabilidade
Bertie The Brain era um simulador de jogo da velha em que o jogador selecionaria a posição para o seu próximo movimento a partir de uma grade de nove botões acesos em um painel. Os movimentos apareceriam em uma grade de nove quadrados grandes ajustados verticalmente na máquina assim como nos botões, e o computador faria a sua jogada pouco depois do jogador. Um painel à direita da tela indicava quem deveria jogar — o cérebro eletrônico (máquina) ou cérebro humano (jogador) — e iria acender junto com as letras "Win" (ganhou) quando o jogador ganhasse. Bertie tinha vários níveis de dificuldade que podiam ser alternados, e respondia quase que instantaneamente aos movimentos do jogador e no nível mais alto de dificuldade era quase imbatível.

Legado

Após a sua exposição, Bertie foi desmontado e "em grande parte esquecido". Kates disse que estava trabalhando em tantos projetos ao mesmo tempo que não tinha energia para poupar para preservá-lo, apesar de seu significado. Apesar de ser o primeiro jogo de computador, o jogo foi largamente esquecido, mesmo por livros de história dos jogos eletrônicos. O principal objetivo de Bertie, de promover o tubo additron, não foi realizado, pois foi a única aplicação completa da tecnologia. Quando a Rogers Majestic colocou Kates para desenvolver um modelo de trabalho para a exposição, ele estava trabalhando nos tubos havia um ano, desenvolvendo várias versões.

Outras empresas expressaram interesse à Kates e a Rogers Majestic em usar os tubos, mas questões como a aquisição de patentes impediram a Rogers Majestic e a Universidade de Toronto de patentear os tubos em qualquer lugar fora do Canadá até 1955, já que a patente não foi aceita nos Estados Unidos até março de 1957, seis anos após a sua apresentação. Kates fez uma carreira distinta na engenharia canadense, mas não voltou a trabalhar em tubos ou jogos de computador.

Bertie é considerado por especialistas na história dos jogos eletrônicos como um legítimo pretendente para o título de primeiro jogo eletrônico da história. Na verdade, o dispositivo de entretenimento com tubo de raios catódicos oferece uma exibição puramente analógica e não funciona no computador, de modo que ele é considerado o mais antigo jogo eletrônico interativo, em vez de o mais antigo jogo eletrônico. Da mesma forma, os programas de xadrez de Alan Turing e Dietrich Prinz para o computador Ferranti Mark I não têm gráficos e, portanto, não são considerados jogos eletrônicos.
 Logo, Bertie foi o primeiro jogo de computador à oferecer um display visual. No entanto, ele utilizava um sistema de lâmpadas, em vez de uma tela, o que não permitia que exibisse gráficos em tempo real, e, portanto, excluí-lo-ia de determinadas definições de jogos eletrônicos. Outro jogo de computador, chamado Nimrod, foi criado em 1951.

Notas

História do hardware
Primórdios dos jogos eletrônicos
Jogos para arcade
Primeiros computadores
Jogos eletrônicos desenvolvidos no Canadá
Jogos eletrônicos de 1950


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E's Bridalplasty & Why It Shouldn't Exist
Originally posted: December 3, 2010
Text by: Cyndi Seidelman
The definition of the game show genre has been somewhat skewered when we hit the year 2000. Normally when people thought of a game show, it was in a studio, with contestants answering questions or performing stunts or drawing on a canvas trying to get overbloated celebrities to guess what he's drawing. Then we had Survivor & Big Brother, taking out the traditional studio & placing them either on an island or in Big Brother's case, a house. Now, while some people contend these aren't game shows, it has the same meaning as a game show: Contestants competing against each other for a prize at the end. Whether they are called Castaways, Houseguests, cooks is completely arbitrary. In 2003, a reality show called Extreme Makeover came onto the scene and used plastic surgery to help out people who wanted it to make themselves more appealing along with some great physical support in workouts, dietary programs & other healthy means. I'm assuming the surgery part was the selling point, because the rest are good ideas, but are too boring for a broadcast network for ABC. But, leave it to FOX to fubar everything. In the following year, it came out with a disgusting reality show in The Swan. Where, instead of having feel good stories about people getting the surgeries & workout regiments, it was made to be in the vein of a pageant show. It was dubbed as "The most morally bankrupt thing on TV since Al-Qaeda's latest press release."
So, why did I talk about this? Well, it's been about 7 years since that show was on the airwaves, and it's being brought back with a pathetic mish-mash of formats, or something like that as a grand prize.
E! has just debuted a brand new Reality game show called Bridalplasty. The premise is this: 12 Brides-to-be all move in a huge mansion and compete in various tasks in order to win a celebrity dream wedding. Now, that might not be so bad. As a matter of fact, that could have been a very good idea for a show, if executed right. But here's what makes this all very very depressing. The prizes given out on this show, instead of the big wedding gala at the end...plastic surgery procedures to help transform the brides into the good-looking celebrity they want to look like...well, not really, but you get the idea. To me, that's just depressing. I looked at these brides, and they honestly don't need plastic surgery whatsoever. It's just sad that we had a good idea about brides competing for a dream wedding, and it's fubared by throwing in these procedures so they can look, "Hollywood".
What also isn't right is that the wedding is being treated as an afterthought. The Plastic Surgery procedures are being brought to the forefront as the prizes as they really want. Taking a look at the bios on the show's webpage, not much is talked about the brides themselves, maybe a sentence or two, but they have a laundry list of procedures ranging from classics like breast augmentation to liposuction of fat and other procedures that I've never heard of such as liposuction of flanks & skin resurfacing. I can't think of a current game show that's worse right now. Sure I may trash Millionaire's new format or the hosting of Alfonso Ribeiro, but those aren't as morally bankrupt as this show. This isn't worth giving a letter grade for. It's just trashy whore-riffic TV. Although, seeing how this is the E! network, which instead of The Soup and their True Hollywood Stories, is almost filled to the brim with trash. Let's talk about the Khardashian media whores, who have no redeeming qualities about them, aside from Kim's gigantic butt. Then you had The Girls Next Door, where it was mainly 3 girls bragging about being Hugh Hefner's girlfriends and it's spinoff: Kendra. Kendra is this dumb-ass blonde who is only famous for being on The Girls Next Door and dating former Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett. But I'm getting off track. Bottom Line about Bridalplasty: It shouldn't even be on TV. It promotes a negative image about what women should look like & it's below the Swan in terms of integrity, it looks like. But as I said, this is the E! network. They air crap all day long, and don't seem to care. I'm just thankful that this isn't hosted by Chelsea Handler. I mean, the less said about that unfunny wench, the better.
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Co-operators General Insurance Company Limited moved into a new $15 million home on Upper Collymore, St. Michael this morning and announced a number of Independence and Christmas "goodies" for Barbadians.
General Manager Anton Lovell revealed that the spacious three-storey building would now open to business on Saturdays along with two other branches in Speightstown and Six Roads.
Lovell said the idea was to make access to insurance more easily available to policyholders and less of a financial strain. He said while his company was a major player in the motor and property insurance business, it would be introducing travel insurance from December 1.
Marketing and Human Resources Manager, Cheryl Forde, disclosed, too, that effective from that date, persons taking out new policies would benefit from a 20 per cent discount.
Forde said existing customers would not be left out.
"Currently we have one called Bring A Friend. We have one currently for our current policyholders, if you are insured here already, you can bring someone and get 20 per cent discount. So we want to extend Independence, Christmas and New Year's greetings, to all of Barbados, not only to credit union members," she assured.
She explained that credit union members would also receive an added discount on their premiums.
Forde announced that a department dedicated to customer service had also been established, aimed at significantly reducing the waiting time in dealing with clients' needs.
The headquarters, which was built entirely from the funds of credit union members, uses the ground floor as its operations centre, the first floor to house its executive offices and the third floor is for rental. There is also adequate parking space.
During this morning's "soft" opening, the company presented a food basket to the HIV/AIDS Food Bank as part of its ongoing contribution to the local community.