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Manual Library / Vienna Acoustics
Vienna Acoustics Schonberg
Loudspeaker System (2008)
Type: 2.5 way, 3 driver loudspeaker system
Frequency Response: 40Hz to 25kHz
Recommended Amplifier: 30 to 200W
Impedance: 4Ω
Sensitivity: 91dB
Bass: 2 x 6" XPP cones
Tweeter: 1 x 1" silk dome
Enclosure: bass reflex
Finish: silver, piano black
Dimensions: 268 x 1050 x 90mm
Weight: 13.5kg
Year: 2008
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password keypad home office safe China manufature
suitable for home and office use.It is easily to put A4 paper,files,camera,passport,laptop computer etc.
good steel material to make the safe
1-8 bits digital codes to manage the safe,with the knob
code is reprogrammable and easliy to set by the red buttom at the side of the door inside
By press the red button,input your new password then press "#" to confirm.
Large LCD display
with two pieces mechanical star keys for emergency
powder coated for safe box surface treatment,internal and external.
with a removable shelf inside safe to user depositing as per different demands.
power supply is DC6V(4X1.5V battery)
There has predrilled holes for mounting to the wall and floor(anchors included)
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thickness:2mm and 4mm
packing size:H550XW370XD400mm
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Willow Basket Merchandiser
This attractive willow basket merchandiser offers a traditional and rustic way to display goods on the shop floor or in window displays. Featuring 3 removable willow baskets with decorative handles on a sturdy white metal frame, it is ideal for fruit and vegetables, crisps and snacks, toys, folded garments and other merchandise. Great for highlighting new products or promotions and special offers. Available in two sizes: 91cm or 116cm and supplied flat-packed for easy self-assembly. Perfect for cafes, bars, restaurants, gift, organic, farm and toy shops or mini-markets, off-licenses, petrol stations, department stores, homeware stores and more. For more seasonal display products, visit our stores.


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Proverbs 20/
"The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing" (v4). The "sluggard," in proverbs, is the person who focuses on the comfort of the moment rather than doing the hard work of investing for the future, spiritually and materially. Human society celebrates self-fulfillment and right-now satisfaction, but God has built into His world processes of real fruitfulness that take time, patience, and self-discipline. Often, we need the wisdom of others. "Plans are established by counsel" (v18).
"The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!" (v7). Our faithfulness and obedience has long-term effects, even to future generations.


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I have received funding for me to undertake an MCITP, i have enough knowledge and have also done my Computer Science degree a few years ago...
I was under the impression that the MCITP was the upto date, MCSE to more or less an effect.
the choices i have been given are -
Windows Client
MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician 7
MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7
MCITP: Consumer Support Technician
MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician
Windows Server
MCITP: Enterprise Administrator
MCITP: Server Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server
MCITP: Database Administrator 2008
MCITP: Database Developer 2008
MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer 2008
MCITP: Database Administrator
MCITP: Database Developer
MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer
Microsoft Office Project Server
MCITP: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
Microsoft Exchange Server
MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010
MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator
Am I wrong in thinking that ideally i should be doing client, server and exchange?
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Man killed in Tharaka-Nithi in dispute with kin over land
Wednesday August 15 2018
A man from Kwang'ombe village in Tharaka-Nithi County has been murdered, allegedly by his relatives, and his body buried in a grave that had been dug for his cousin who died last week.
Mr Nyaga Ituranthi, a father of six, was reportedly killed following a land dispute.
One of the man's daughters told journalists that she heard screams of someone in pain and upon rushing to the direction the voices were coming from, she saw her father being beaten by his relatives with his hands tied together.
"I tried to plead with them to stop beating my father but they continued beating him with rods and cutting him with panga," said the sobbing daughter.
She added that one of the assailant attacked her father with an axe at the back of his head and he collapsed.
"I saw my dad lie unconsciously on the ground. I decided to take his shoes that had fallen off but one of them threatened to kill me too," she said adding that she had to run for her dear life.
She said the attackers went on and buried her father's body in a grave that had been dug for his cousin who died a week ago.
Mwanyani Chief Simon Mucee Mbutu and police officers from Marimanti station later visited the home and removed the body and took it to Chuka County Referral Hospital mortuary to await post-mortem.
The chief told journalists that the body had deep cuts in the stomach and head and was tied on both hand and legs.
"The attackers who went into hiding after committing the crime had buried the deceased while tied on both legs and hands," Mucee said.
Police have launched investigations into the matter to establish what led to the inhuman act.


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From time to time, the mutual fund investment has proven itself as one of the most convenient and risk-free investment options in the financial market. Mutual funds offer great returns and security to investors on the investments that they are making. Once you have built your portfolio then you can start investing in the mutual funds as per your risk profile.
The mutual fund investment process is different in several ways than other investment options. In the case of mutual funds, money is collected by the Asset Management Companies or AMCs; then this collected asset gets allocated in different funds like money market, securities, equities and debt. But the investors are given the full right to allocate their funds in between these available fund options in accordance to their portfolio. So, it is natural that any smart investor will diversify their mutual fund investments by allocating their assets in different fund options to receive great returns.
Often this diversification of the mutual fund investments makes it harder for the investors to track the performance and manage their investments. So, it is always necessary to follow proper guidelines for managing your investments. But what are these guidelines or steps that we talk about? Well, fear no more! See the steps given below and follow them to manage your investments and get huge returns without any hassle:
- The Wing-It Strategy:
Well, this is the basic strategy that most of the beginners follow. At the very beginning when you are trying to get accustomed to the mutual funds and your portfolio does not offer you any proper provision for managing the investments that you have made; then this can be your winning strategy. Though it does not help you to get huge returns but it is one of the best strategies that the beginners can follow.
- Buy and Hold:
Yes! This is one of the best strategies that the experienced investors use to manage their mutual fund investments. But what makes the buy and hold strategy one of the most intelligent investment management strategies? Well, a simple probability calculation will tell you the reason. Every investment option has to endure the ups and downs of the financial market. But the difference in the probability in the ups and downs varies greatly when it comes to mutual funds. The chance of the market going up is 75 percent whereas the probability of the market going down is only 25 percent. Hence, you can easily understand why the buy and hold strategy is an ingenious policy. If you buy and hold a mutual fund then you can go through the ups and downs in the market to enjoy the 75 percent profit in your investment. Does not that sound fantastic?
- Market timing technique:
One thing has to be admitted if you have full trust on your precision and skills as an investor then this strategy can be a game changer for managing your investments. Why did we mention about precision? Well, look at the title of the technique! The market timing technique requires you to move in your assets and move it out during the best times. Yes! You need to understand that the best time to move your money in is when the market is low whereas take out your money when the market is high. If you can perform it with absolute precision at the right time then there will be no stopping for you. So, timing is the most important thing here!
Though there are several other techniques that you can employ to invest your money but the ones mentioned above are the best. So, use these techniques and manage your investments efficiently to receive huge returns. You can also visit Upwardly's Mutual Fund investment portal which will make your investment systematic and simplified.


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End User Experience Visibility—Critical to Superior Mobile Services
Today's mobile-centric world is on an accelerated trajectory and we expect to see wireless connections surpass wired by next year. "Offices of the future," with no wires to the users, are mushrooming everywhere. Everyone expects connectivity anytime and anywhere, and poor connections are simply not acceptable. We have all had the moments where our wireless device shows a strong connection but web pages load line-by-line. Enabling IT and network operations teams with visibility into end-user experience presents new perspectives that they haven't had before.
What is end user experience visibility
We have mentioned this before—pay attention to what your users are actually seeing on their devices. This is more critical than the status of your access points and the rest of the network infrastructure. End user experience monitoring (EUEM) provides real-time and historical metrics on application performance as they render on the screens of their physical, virtual or mobile devices. End user experience monitoring provides IT with a view of exactly what users see when they interact with their applications. It closes the "visibility gap" formed when users on your network experience poor performance despite the network showing strong performance.
What end user experience visibility can do for your business
Network operations teams frequently fly blind about the experience of their end users. Without end user experience monitoring solutions, they may have to rely on yet another support organization, making troubleshooting complex and time-consuming. The end result is slow resolution and user frustration. The integration of Riverbed Xirrus Wi-Fi and SteelCentral Aternity end user experience provides IT a wealth of objective insights at its fingertips, making user troubleshooting easier and faster and improving overall customer experience.
Adding direct visibility to user experience paints a new picture of how applications are used on the device versus traditional network-only centric view. With it, you can pinpoint application issues that might cause the perception of network slowness, rogue processes impeding performance or server slowness causing hourglasses to turn endlessly.
Most IT teams lack the user perspective, putting them at a disadvantage in solving user issues. SteelCentral Aternity integrated with Xirrus XMS-Cloud management closes this IT visibility gap with real-time information and analytics about how end users actually experience and interact with their applications, devices, and networks. Access to your users' perspective puts your IT team at an advantage.
Close your business' visibility gap with Xirrus Wi-Fi coupled with SteelCentral Aternity. The simplicity of the integration makes it easy to gain insight across the Wi-Fi and the user. Empower your network operations teams with invaluable insights into user experience to deliver services to your mobile users. Learn more about the integration between Xirrus and SteelCentral Aternity. Or Try Riverbed Xirrus Wi-Fi for free.


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There are various reasons for a person to go plant based. But so many people hesitate because they fear that they'll never enjoy food again if the turkey doesn't make it to Thanksgiving. Or worse, cheese to literally every other meal. Trust me, I get it. I considered giving up meat for a long time before I went vegetarian...and then it was years before I even began doing research on the impact of other animal products. And to be perfectly honest, it was largely because I was too afraid of how the knowledge might influence my pizza and ice cream intake. But I eventually learned what animal agriculture was doing to our bodies, our planet, and well...animals; so the gradual shift began. With the help of these amazing vegan cooking resources, I have learned so much about how easy and delicious vegan eating can be and now it just seems natural and obvious! Give some of these a shot and let me know if you've found something you like!
Laura Miller – Laura is the author of one of my favorite cookbooks, Raw, Vegan, Not Gross. She also does some great cooking videos. More about her in our "Watch" list HERE!
Minimalist Baker – This blog is definitely, without a doubt, my #1 go-to for recipes. Dana is amazingly thorough in her recipe instructions and her food photography skills alone get me pumped to try the every single thing she posts. She also has an awesome book with exclusive recipes: Everyday Cooking, eat all of it.
Some personal favorites:
- Spaghetti Squash Lasagna - Delicious and carnivore approved many times over.
- Banana Crumb Muffins - I have made these a number of times and I can't say enough about what a huge hit they always are. These muffins are pretty simple and truly delicious.
- Cauliflower Rice Stuffed Peppers - This recipe is very easy and it takes just one time to realize you can kind of do whatever you want with them. We sometimes like to mix in Trader Joe's soy chorizo or top them with vegan shredded mozzarella. YUM.
- Kale Sweet Potato Curry - This has been a staple in our kitchen since the first time we made it. It's so straight-forward and simple; a great option when you need to feed a lot of people and/or are just feeling tired and lazy. TIP: Whenever a recipe like this includes a sweetener, we end up omitting it. Personally, it feels unnecessary to add the sugar and it's totally delicious without.
- Cashew-less Vegan Queso - A great appetizer option, but honestly it is so delicious that weave found ourselves downing the whole thing between the two of us and calling it a meal. Watch this great how-to video we made to show you how it all comes together!
- Noodle-Free Pad Thai - I have had this recipe on repeat for the last few months. Mostly because it's so easy and tough to mess up! I tend to mix up the ingredients based on which vegetables are in the fridge and I have found that as long as I have the carrots and the sauce, I can't lose!
Thug Kitchen: Eat Like you Give a F* – This book is loaded with hardy vegan recipes and written with a sense of humor. There are more than 100 recipes, including things like Roasted Beer and Lime Cauliflower Tacos, Pumpkin Chili, and Grilled Peach Salsa. Plus, Thug Kitchen arms you with the necessary info and techniques to shop on a budget and eat like you give a fuck.
Erin Ireland – Erin is a passionate food reporter and owner of To Die For Fine Foods, an artisan baking company in Vancouver. She is a genuinely compassionate and conscientious influencer who makes no excuses when it comes to ethical living and consumption. She now centers her career around promoting well-informed food choices, allowing her to actually get to know the individuals behind what she eats. Erin's blog includes a number of useful vegan lifestyle and cooking tips, but I personally love following her Instagram stories for a peak into her daily practices. Also, check out her TED talk, mentioned in our "Watch" list here!
Oh She Glows – Angela Liddon, the writer of this blog, has an endless collection of delicious and easy vegan recipes. In addition to being meat and dairy-free, most of her recipes are also free of gluten, soy, and processed foods. And don't forge to check out her cookbooks!
The Plantpowered Way – Written by vegan couple Rich Roll and Julie Piatt; lots of great recipes and a great resource for holistic living in general. Check out Rich's podcast included on our Listen list!


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Exactly one week ago I was throwing stuff into my backpack. Some people are the type who plan ahead, but I don't seem to be one of them. I didn't go to sleep until after midnight, and I had to leave before 6 A.M.
It wasn't all bad, though. Not only did I have a good Hungarian meal the night before I left, but I also didn't forget anything – at least anything that I needed. That's the benefit of being used to packing at the absolute last second.
Even though I woke up in time last Friday, I had to run to the train station. That's not an expression, I didn't walk, I ran to the train station. I got on the train covered in sweat and sunk into my seat. Normally I feel bad cramming into a public place if I'm smelly or gross, but I'd just showered and Hungarian trains tend to smell like cat pee. I've never seen a cat on one of them, but I suppose they ride them late at night, after all, cats are nocturnal.
Are you familiar with Murphy's Law? "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." In Hungary, it could be said that "any train that could be late [all of them] will be late." Between these two laws, I was skeptical about my ability to meet my group in time. A bus was arriving in Debrecen (northern Hungary), and my train (with a change) would get me there 8 minutes before the scheduled arrival time.
Two scenarios were imagined for my imminent late arrival. First, a bus full of angry people would be sitting in front of the Debrecen train station. They would all be fuming that I made them wait five hours, and the next 6 days of living in close quarters with them would be a waking nightmare. Second, the other possibility, was that the bus would leave without me. I would hop on a train to Transylvania that would lead me to follow a series of notes and clues to the location of my group. After days of travel through an enchanting land, Dracula would win the fight and I'd never be heard from again.
Fortunately, "two wrongs don't make a right". The logic of this old saying suggests that "two Murphy's Laws cancel each other out". The train was on time, and I arrived in Debrecen 8 minutes before I needed to be there. The ironic part? The bus was late.
When the bus finally arrived, I crammed into it with 13 other teachers, the organizer of the trip, the tour guide, and the angry driver.
Off we went to Transylvania.
To be continued…
(I've always wanted to say that).
Hungarian word of the day:
Pronounced PEEL-on-go. It means "butterfly". Why am I talking about this? I'm not really sure. The waitress at the restaurant I frequent was trying to tell me something. It involved a butterfly, a girl, and nighttime. It was very mysterious, and it's still a mystery to me…


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21st Annual Donald C. Shreffler Memorial Lecture: Cecilia Lo, PhD
Professor and F. Sargent Cheever Chair
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
May 10, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
"Systems genetics using mouse mutagenesis to interrogate the genetic landscape of congenital heart disease"


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Deako Smart Switches and Smart Dimmers communicate with each other using Bluetooth. The Deako Connect allows your switches to communicate through WiFi, adding more advanced features such as remote access and integrations with other smart home devices.
Before you begin...
- Add your switches to the Deako App
- Make sure Bluetooth and Location Services are enabled on your mobile device
- Make sure your mobile device is on the same WiFi network that you will be using for the Deako Connect
Plug in the Deako Connect
Plug in the Deako Connect near your router. Give the Deako Connect 45 seconds to boot. The LED will turn solid white when the Deako Connect is fully booted for the first time. Learn more about the LEDs on your Deako Connect.
Open Deako Connect setup in the Deako app
Open the Deako App and tap the gear icon at the top left corner. Then select Manage Devices and tap Configure.
Press the button on the Deako Connect
Press the button on the Deako Connect. When the LED on the Deako Connect starts blinking white, continue through the in-app instructions.
LED Indicators for the Deako Connect
|LED appearance
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|Blinking white
|Ready to connect
|Blinking blue
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Do you have plenty of time every single day to prepare healthy meals and eat a balanced diet? Are you rolling your eyes and laughing out loud? Same here. That's why I want to introduce you to this wonderful human. Meet Shannon Shearn.
Her Story
A Cirque Du Soleil acrobat turned photographer turned mom, Shannon knows all about the right, and very wrong ways to take care of yourself. As a photog, I can verify that we work long days, often without eating, and we carry a lot of gear around. If you're a parent, you know how many times throughout the day you can sit down and enjoy a quiet, well thought out meal. Virtually zero. We abuse our bodies day in and day out. One of the biggest reasons for that is because we're just unaware of the tiny changes we can make that will make a huge difference. That's where Shannon comes in.
After having her second child, she dealt with a nasty bout of postpartum depression. It was while fighting that that she decided to take control of her body and her health and find a way to live a healthy lifestyle that was actually sustainable while raising 2 small children. Let's face it, going to the gym every day and cooking all of your meals from scratch isn't feasible. Shannon, however, found a way.
Why She's Awesome
Even if you don't have kids, Shannon should be your new best friend. She doesn't just serve moms, she helps ALL busy people make healthy changes in their routines. And the thing I love most about her style is that it's not about being skinny. It's not about weight loss. It's about being healthy, which can lead to weight loss, but it's not the main reason. Shannon takes a holistic approach. She helps you find ways to eat better, sleep better, stay hydrated, and the changes are far from intrusive.
Another reason I wanted to introduce you to Shannon is because she doesn't believe that health should be a luxury item. She makes it accessible to your calendar and your wallet.
Where To Find Her
So how can you find out more about Shannon? Check out her website and sign up for her 3 weeks of wellness. It's free. I did and I could see a big difference in my quality of sleep and I went a whole week without craving pizza and burritos for every meal. That is a HUGE improvement for me.


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** A few interesting items I've run across & am stashing here so I can find them again quickly anytime I want to. They are not all "gems" necessarily - but .... they ARE items I've returned to look at more than once, & recommend highly to others.
The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was (December 13, 2017)
A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn (Nov. 2017)
Pope suggests it's better to be an atheist than a bad Christian (Feb. 24/17)
Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress (Oct. 17/17)
How the VA Fueled the National Opioid Crisis and Is Killing Thousands of Veterans (Oct./17)
SmartPhones / Calling the Alarm on Social Media
Your smartphone📱is making you👈 stupid, antisocial 🙅 and unhealthy 😷. So
why can't you put it down❔⁉ (Jan. 6/18)
Anonymous - This will Change Everything You Know... (Dec. 2017) - 15 minute YouTube with former Facebook types who now diss FB/social media
The Rise of Depression & Anxiety In the Smartphone Generation (Oct. 2017)
Algorithm News - animation about Facebook - January 18th
Thought Police for the 21st Century (Jan. 2018)
13 minutes with James O'Keefe - from Project Veritas, & author of American Pravda Uncovering Twitter news suppression & media censorship in general (Jan. 2018)
Basic vaccine lies in the world of fake news (Jan. 2018)
Men & Boys: wassup?
The boys are not alright (Feb. 2018)
How to Raise a Sweet Son in an Era of Angry Men (Dec. 2017)
How things REALLY run:
People Who Control America / Mind Blowing Documentary
The SECRET GOVERNMENT - Understand who controls the President Of The United States (Bill Moyers)
The Story of Your Enslavement (very dark!)
Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism (Dec. 2017; on Moyers & Co)
The Careerists, Chris Hedges
Miscellaneous Good Stuff...
The Truth About Cancer series (episode 1)
Also related to cancer:
Chemotherapy Fails Almost 97% of the Time Yet Doctors Still Recommend It, Why?
Vaccines Revealed series
Truth about Vaccines series (episode 1)


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|This species of mosquito carries Zika.
Kentucky Health News
As temperatures and travel increase, so does the possible threat from the Zika virus, which can cause dangerous or even deadly birth defects, but many potential victims are uninformed and unprepared.
The best prevention for now may be vigilance by property owners against standing water where mosquitoes breed. Experts say those who travel to Zika-affected areas such as Florida and Texas should use insect repellents after they return to keep local mosquitoes from picking up the virus, which causes no symptoms in some people.
Nearly two out of five people who had traveled to an area affected by the Zika virus hadn't heard or seen any information about how to protect themselves or others from it, and even those who knew how to protect themselves didn't always do so, according to a recent poll.
A senior research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health presented the poll results at the 2017 Zika Conference in Lexington May 11. Dr. Gillian SteelFisher said the results emphasized the need for more preventive education, noting that many people don't realize that it "just takes one bite" to become infected.
A Kentucky study of 55 women of childbearing age who had traveled to Zika-affected areas found a similar need for more information, especially among Spanish-speaking women with less education under the age of 30, said Kristen Heitzinger, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fellow at the state Department of Public Health.
State Health Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson called on the more than 400 conference attendees to go back to their communities and become "unwavering" in their efforts to get and deliver a simple, easy-to-understand message about Zika, its dangers and how to fight it.
|Dr. Ardis Hoven (file photo)
"Our research tells us that not nearly enough pregnant women in particular, or those who are of the age to become pregnant, know about the Zika virus and what they should do to protect themselves and their unborn baby, or a potential unborn baby," Glisson said. "Overwhelming evidence has shown a link between Zika and dangerous birth defects that cause delayed development and sometimes even death in infants."
Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected mosquito, though it can also be transmitted through sex, and from a pregnant woman to her fetus. It circulates in many parts of the world where Kentuckians vacation, do mission trips or work.
So far, only Florida and Texas have had locally transmitted infections in the U.S., but Kentucky has the mosquito that is known to carry it. Click here to see the locations where Zika is a risk.
The virus can cause microcephaly, a condition where a baby's head is smaller than normal because the brain does not develop properly, and other birth defects in infants born to women infected during pregnancy.
It is also associated with adult Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder in which the body's immune system attacks its nerves.
The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain and red or burning eyes, though many who are infected have few if any symptoms, which can be so mild they go unrecognized.
There is no vaccine to prevent Zika, and no antiviral treatment for it.
Of the 37 Kentucky cases, four were pregnant women whose children have had no complications, but are still being monitored. All the Kentucky cases were a result of travel to Zika-affected areas or through having sex with someone who had traveled to those areas.
The state health department has adopted the tag line "Dress, Drain and Defend -- to Fight the Bite Day and Night" to help Kentuckians remember to be vigilant about mosquito control:
- Dress in light-colored, long-sleeved shirts and pants;
- Drain all standing water where mosquitoes can breed, such as birdbaths, tires, buckets, gutters and anything, however small, that may act as a vessel for rainwater;
- Defend against mosquitoes with approved insect repellents for outdoor activities at all times.
Luke Mathis, the environmental health supervisor at the Lexington Fayette County Health Department, said citizens must do their part to make sure Kentucky doesn't have a Zika outbreak.
"We could work ourselves to exhaustion, we could spend every dime of money, and it would have little effect on the mosquito population," Mathis said. Instead, he said it would be more effective to "have every homeowner check out their yard for a few minutes every couple of weeks and kick over those buckets or get rid of those tires."
"We need to begin changing people's attitude to make it socially unacceptable to breed mosquitoes in and around their property," Brown said. "It's going to take decades."
"We could work ourselves to exhaustion, we could spend every dime of money, and it would have little effect on the mosquito population," Mathis said. Instead, he said it would be more effective to "have every homeowner check out their yard for a few minutes every couple of weeks and kick over those buckets or get rid of those tires."
"We need to begin changing people's attitude to make it socially unacceptable to breed mosquitoes in and around their property," Brown said. "It's going to take decades."
The state health department has advice for those considering travel to Zika-affected areas:
- Pregnant women and their partners should not travel to Zika-affected areas;
- Consult with a health-care provider prior to travel if you are pregnant or planning to conceive;
- Couples who are planning to become pregnant should postpone conception for six months after travel to a Zika-affected area, and should discuss plans for pregnancy with their health provider
- Follow steps to prevent mosquito bites: Dress and defend!
- Wear a condom every time you have sex, including vaginal, oral and anal sex, or practice abstinence, while in a Zika-affected area.
- Women who have been exposed to the virus should use condoms or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks after symptom onset or last possible exposure.
- Men who have been exposed to the virus should use condoms or abstain from sex for at least six months after symptom onset or last possible exposure.
- Male travelers with pregnant partners should wear condoms throughout the pregnancy.
- Travelers to Zika-affected areas who have symptoms within two weeks of their return to Kentucky should contact their health-care provider.
- Travelers returning from Zika-affected areas should wear mosquito repellent for three weeks after returning, so they won't infect other mosquitoes that could bite others.
- Remember that these precautions are necessary because many infected people have no symptoms.
"If we don't use them," Brown said, "the suffering is going to be absolutely enormous." He said South Florida officials averted a crisis last summer by using insecticides to kill Zika-carrying mosquitoes. Without that, there could have been "hundreds of thousands of cases, and thousands of micrcocephalic babies. . . . They avoided a serious, serious public-health crisis."
Kentucky sprays for mosquitoes each year, but Brown said the spray in mosquito trucks kills very few Zika-carrying mosquitoes, which require a different product that is hand-applied under bushes and brush.
For further information or to sign up for health alerts, visit http://healthalerts.ky.gov/zika or the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/zika. The UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment website also offers Zika updates.


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Jamesley Cine is one of our students at Institut Edeline in Haiti. He was born with club feet, a deformity preventing normal ambulation. He would get around on his knees or was piggybacked by his parents and relatives. He recently underwent a surgery just a few months ago by Dr. Paul Munk, Pediatrician located in Toronto, ON. The surgery was very intense, cutting his achilles tendons to release the tightness, preventing his ankle from bending. It was successful and Jamesley is now able to walk. He remains in the US at this time until all therapy is finished, then return to Haiti and Institut Edeline. The doctors say that he will be able to run and play with the other children, which is something he only dreamt of. A special thank you to Aunt Ann, Edeline's aunt for being by his side here in the US during his experience.
WTOL 11 reported about Jamesley's story. Please enjoy the video by clicking on the link below.
Jamesley Story


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Maybe you're one of the people who are a little ticked off at Matt Damon right now, for any number of reasons. I get it. I've got a few questions of my own for him but, for some reason, that isn't hampering my excitement for his new movie Suburbicon. Maybe it's because this one is directed by George Clooney, which he wrote alongside Joel and Ethan Coen. Maybe it's the addition of Oscar Isaac, because you know I've got a problem with him (read about that HERE). Maybe it's because I can't quite figure out what's going on in the trailer. It doesn't matter either way because now I HAVE to see Suburbicon. You're in luck if you feel the same way because I have passes to see it EARLY and FOR FREE. Continue reading →
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MOVIE REVIEW- "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2"- It Hurts To Say Goodbye
I felt pretty sad when I walked out of the theater today, after watching The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. It was similar to the sadness I felt when I finished the final Hunger Games book, but THEN I thought, "Well, at least I have the movies to look forward to."
Sigh. Continue reading →
FREE MOVIE PASSES: See "Freeheld," Starring Ellen Page & Julianne Moore
Freeheld is based on the true story of New Jersey Detective Laurel Hester (played by Julianne Moore), who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. She fought the legal system so her pension could be left to her domestic partner Stacie Andree (Ellen Page), but county officials conspired to keep her from doing so. This sounds like the makings of an Oscar contender, doesn't it? It's even based on an Oscar-winning short documentary. Best of all, you can see Freeheld for FREE! All you have to do is click HERE to snag those passes, then take a moment to watch the trailer. Looks like you should probably take some Kleenex to this one, too. (sniff!)
(This website is funded by the ads it runs. If you see something you like, please click on it. Sorry, but a girl's gotta eat.)
MOVIE REVIEW: "Still Alice" & Still Reaching for the Kleenex
I'm a big fan of scary movies. I'll watch my favorites like "Jaws" or "The Conjuring" over and over again because they play to my irrational fears of being eaten by sharks or chased by clapping ghosts. Then you have movies like "Still Alice," which are a different kind of scary movie. These are even worse because they play on real, very rational fears. Continue reading →


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Free training on active assailants offered | News | The Press and Standard
by The Press and Standard | November 24, 2017 5:00 pm
Last Updated: November 22, 2017 at 9:14 am
The Colleton County Sheriff's Office is offering free active assailant training to schools, businesses, churches, community groups and civic organizations interested in protecting people from acts of terror.
Training is tailored to meet the time constraints of those wishing to participate. Participants will learn protective measures and how to develop a security plan for their specific building/location.
"It is better to have a plan and not need it than to need it and not have a plan," said Sheriff Andy Strickland.
For information, contact Lt. Tyger Benton, 843-549-2211 ext. 2034 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is going up late, so let me just get right into it. My top five Kotaku posts from last week are...
- The Joystick Is Back. Long Live The Joystick.| As editor Luke Plunkett writes, "This post is talking about the traditional definition of a joystick: a single stick that you grab, with the buttons on it." And they're making a comeback!
- Rust Chooses Players' Race For Them, Things Get Messy | A chronicle of an unusual game decision, the thinking behind it and the ways players reacted. Very good reporting here by Nathan Grayson.
- Destiny Players Are Trying To See The Future—And Bungie's Pushing Back | Senior writer Patricia Hernandez once again digs into what's going in the community of a major video game, this time reporting about the back-and-forth between gamers who dig into the code for Destiny and the people who make the game.
- New Jersey Game Store Swatting Takes An Uglier Turn | Not a fun read by reporter Mike Fahey, but an important one in our efforts to chronicle the dangerous act of Swatting.
- Your Worst PC Gaming Stories | A round-up of amazing PC gaming tales of woe, submitted by our readers and assembled by features editor Kirk Hamilton.
Wait, that's five already! Damn. I wanted to plug Evan Narcisse's arched eyebrow of an essay about Stan Lee's recent creative output, Yannick LeJacq's sharp analysis of why League of Legends may enable some of the toxic player behavior that the game's developers are constantly fighting, and, if I can throw one of my own in (I can!) this not-very-easy-to-write recounting of my own odd and revealing experiences inside police cars. Oh yeah, I also really dug freelancer GB Burford's praise for Doom, a game he just played for the first time. and thank goodness for reporter Patrick Klepek's brave journeying through Bloodborne. That review is coming this week!
Got thoughts about what we published last week or about stories you'd like to see on the site? Let me know.
To contact the author of this post, write to email@example.com or find him on Twitter@stephentotilo. Top illustration originally appeared on Yannick's League of Legends toxicity post.


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Shooting in film really sucks sometimes. Rest assured, for those of you who know me well, I routinely sing the praises of film photography - the look, the feel, the methodology, the technical demands. I love it. I feel my own photography has drastically improved since shooting film. It's one of few things I truly get super, unabashedly geeked out about. And nothing is quite as exciting or as satisfying than holding a properly exposed, properly developed negative. But there is a dark side to this: there nothing quite as devastating as when the perfect shot is ruined because I flubbed it. Big time. And while this doesn't happen very often, it does happen, and it's beyond frustrating.
I recently read the book "Photographs Not Taken," edited by Will Stacey, which is a collection of essays about moments where famous photographers did not take a photograph. This is because the moment was not right or was too powerful, or the question of morals and the photographers place as a documentarian came into play. It's a great book, and I highly recommend it. After reading it, I began thinking of instances where I didn't take a photo and I found myself coming up with more instance where I did take the photo, but it didn't turn out for whatever reason. I have many of them and this post is dedicated to all those lost photos. The ones that got away.
Developing Issues
I start with the image at the title of this post. Developing is easy for the most part, but there are several steps, each of which can introduce opportunities to mess things up. I went out with my friend Seth to test out my new Shen Hao wooden 4x5 camera. We visited an old burnt out building in the inner east side of Portland, which used to be an old electric company. In the winter, the bottom of this roofless graffitied building fills with water and makes a perfect reflection. When I returned home and developed the 5 shots I took that day, I forgot which side was the emulsion side in the sheet film holder and loaded all the film backwards in my tank. On all the surfaces where the film touched each other or the tank, the film did not get developed and created these large white splotches all over the negatives. When I pulled out the first negative, it looked like this:
To the right, I put the uncropped version of the title photo. Luckily, this photo came out relatively unscathed, with only a couple of black splotches. I was able to crop using a 16:9 aspect ratio. I salvaged it, but now it's going to be a pain to matte and frame.
Next photo, I took near Maryhill, Washington on the way back from a trip to Leavenworth. The wildflowers around the wind turbines were in full bloom, and I had an amazing shot in mind.
When I got back home to develop them, I didn't put in a enough developer to cover the film. The agitation process then caused bubbles, which can be seen on the top 1/3 of the photo. And now, it looks like sky is falling, apocalypse style.
Operator Error
I suppose developing errors are a type of operator error, but now, I am referring to errors at the camera level. Sadly, these happen more often than they should. Operator Errors can come in many ways, like simply screwing up the basic exposure (See overexposed 2nd image above). These are two accidental double exposures that came out of my Hasselblad and Nikon FM2.
Taking the film backs off the Hasselblad before you wind the film can cause this. The first was taken in the Olympics. The photo to the right happened because I unknowingly hit the double exposure switch. Whoops. So then when I wound the film, the current exposed frame remained. It looks like a photo of Mono Lake and of a campsite somewhere.
The photo on the right was one side of a double-sided film holder for 4x5 sheet film. My friend Linda was trying to expose one sheet, but accidentally pulled both dark slides out of the holder. This photo was on the side facing the ground glass and got exposed to the sunlight. It fogged everything up, making Linda look like a faceless zombie. I think this would have otherwise turned into quite a lovely portrait. This was from the same vantage point of the wind turbines mentioned in the last section. All the shots taken on this pit stop during our trip back from Leavenworth turned out to be a total disaster. Maybe it was the wind making me frazzled.
One of the most idiotic, palm-on-forehead moments happened on the summit of Mt. Whitney. I was the only person who brought a camera and I was ambitious to bring one camera and two rolls of film to document our entire backpacking/climbing journey to the highest peak in the lower 48 states. The first roll was finished right after we reached the summit. I snapped a couple group shots and finished off the roll with some shots of the registration book, the storm hut, and some other random shots. Perhaps the lack of oxygen my brain was getting at 14,500 feet altitude is to blame. When I tried to rewind the film, I forgot to turn the "Rewind" knob on my Olympus OM-1, which caused me to rip the film from the end of the spool. Of course, I didn't realize this until I got back into my tent, tried to load up another roll, and shined my bright headlight right into the exposed film on the take-up spool.
It gets even more complicated, as we had to fly out to Sacramento. I was using Fuji Provia 400X slide film (expensive by the way), which easily fogs when subjected to x-ray scanners are the airport. I had to mail my entire camera back, and was unable to take any more pictures this trip. When I got the film developed, I only lost the last 4 or 5 shots and luckily the group shot survived.
Oh, and lets not forget about the time I exposed an entire roll of 160 ISO film at 400 ISO. This happened when we reached the upper section of the Enchantments, which to me was probably the coolest section of the loop. Dark stormy skies, ominous peaks looming over us, desolate snow covered terrain dotted with pristine blue glacial lakes. Every photo I took was underexposed. I had my lab push process it a stop, but it just made everything grainy and the colors just turned to mush. This backpacker is supposed to have a face and is walking away from the bluest water you'll ever see. Or I guess you won't see in this case...
Light Leaks
Light leaks are the bane of my existence. I have nightmares about them. They are the worst, and are usually no fault of the operator. It's a direct consequence of using old cameras. Film compartments and film backs are usually lined with foam to "ensure" light proofing. And after 30 or 40 years, this film goes to crap and disintegrates. Thus light leaks are introduced to ALL of your treasured photos.
The photos above where light leaks from the deteriorated foam in the light-traps of a Hasselblad back of mine. The foam is supposed to seal slot where you take the dark slide in and out. Both of these photos were taken in Joe's Valley this fall.
This same thing happened to the foam in my Nikon FM2, which was the only camera I took with me to Bishop last March. About 20% of the photos I took from this trip had some light leaking evidence, though creative-cropping salvaged some of them.
So unbelievably annoying.
Mechanical Problems
The photo on the left was taken with a Linhof roll film back, which takes 6x7 photos on 120 film using a 4x5 camera. This was from a test roll on it. The results? The back had a spacing problem. Whereas normally you would get 10 shots from a roll of 120, this particular back added extra spacing between all the frames, which resulted in cutting off the last two photos. I believe this was because when the back was first designed (in the 50's), roll film was much thinner. Since film emulsions are thicker now, it adds extra space between the film. And so now I have a half bouquet of flowers. Great.
Film is not all sunshine and unicorns, and is sometimes a disappointing, headache inducing experience. Shooting on film requires a level of technical ability to make sure everything goes off smoothly. When it does, the results are very rewarding. Yet, mastering these skills can be downright frustrating. But really, this is also what I love about film - having to trust your own abilities, being able to accept the disappointment when things do not turn out how you expect, and moving on (also all great life lessons). Sure, all the photos on this post are "ones that got away," but I never dwell on this. It's a creative process. And I suppose it gives me a really good excuse to embark on another adventure to re-capture the moment perfectly.
I leave you with this last photo. I am not sure what happened exactly. But something isn't right. Was it in development? Did I accidentally open the film compartment? Did I spill the filling of a jelly donut on it? Doesn't that unidentifiable shadow look like a sperm? Or is it a lamppost? You decide!


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Ubisoft Gives Us More Watch Dogs 2 Footage/ Stephen Crane
Continuing the trend of dishing our videos, Ubisoft have released a new story trailer, as well as "10 Ways It's Bigger, Better, and Bolder than the Original". Check them out below!
Watch Dogs 2 releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC November 15th.
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Confidence among U.S. homebuilders dropped this month to the lowest level in more than 14 years, a private survey found, as sales fell and orders were canceled.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence declined to 39, the lowest since December 1991, from 42 in June, the Washington-based association said Tuesday. It was the eighth decline in nine months for the measure.
Homebuilders including D.R Horton Inc. have lowered profit forecasts for the year as demand dwindles and cancellations mount. While the homebuilders' survey has painted a dimmer outlook than other housing reports, home sales still are expected to fall this year for the first time since 2000, weighing on economic growth, economists said.
The survey asks builders to characterize current sales as "good," "fair" or "poor" and also asks them to gauge prospective buyers' traffic. Readings below 50 mean more builders view sales conditions as poor than as good. Builders are also asked to gauge prospective buyer traffic and expectations for the next six months.
The drop in overall confidence "reflects growing builder uncertainty on the heels of reduced sales and increased cancellations related to eroding affordability as well as an ongoing withdrawal of investors/speculators from the marketplace," David Seiders, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders, said in a statement.


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Dr. Anisha Abraham, MD, MPH
Youth & Mental Health Expert, Pediatrician, Speaker, Writer, and Researcher
London, U.K.
Dr. Abraham is a pediatrician with 20+ years of experience who has worked with teens around the world, from the US to Asia to Europe. Her career encompasses clinical care, teaching, public health, research, media, and leadership. Anisha is currently on faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Amsterdam and at the School of Public Health at Chinese University of Hong Kong. She previously served as Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC and a LTC (R) in the US Army. Anisha has treated and counseled young people with drug use, obesity, depression, and sexually transmitted infections. As a teen expert and educator, she has published research on obesity, taught pediatrics and global health, written a regular column on teen health, and has been interviewed on CNN, NPR, and the South China Morning Post. As a health consultant, Anisha works with teens, parents, and educators in schools and organizations on decreasing adolescent health risks, developing self esteem and preparing teens for the future.
She has several publications on the subject of Youth and mental health including depressions, suicide and stress, teen body image and eating disorders, drug use, healthy eating, etc. Dr. Abraham received her MD degree from Boston University School of Medicine and Masters in Public Health degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Lucy Lord, MB BChir (Cambridge) FRCOG FHKCOG FHKAM
President and Senior Partner of Central Health Medical, Hong Kong. Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology | Chair Hong Kong Mental Health Conference 2017
Hong Kong (SAR)
Dr. Lord is a senior partner and president of Central Health Medical in Hong Kong. Her area of interest is Mental Health and she was the key organizer of the Hong Kong Mental Health Conference 2017. A specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, she along with fellow expatriate doctors, set up the Patient Care Foundation to help vulnerable people who may not be sufficiently supported by the local medical system, including mothers-to-be, refugees and those suffering from mental health illnesses.
Susan Ramsay
Editor, South China Morning Post Young Post
Hong Kong (SAR)
Susan Ramsay, a journalist from South Africa, has been the Editor of South China Morning Post's Young Post for more than 10 years. South China Morning Post (SCMP) is Hong Kong's leading English newspaper, Young Post is aimed at a younger student audience between 12 and 20 years old.
Susan has worked in Youth Publishing for 12 years, and takes pride in helping young people understand how news happens and how to tell the difference between real news and fake news.
Dr. Wong, Paul Wai Ching
Associate Professor, Honorary Fellow, Honorary Research fellow | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, HKU | Programme Director of the B.Soc.Sci (Counselling) and Deputy Director of M.Soc.Sci. (Counseling), Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU
Hong Kong (SAR)
Dr. Wong is currently an Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention HKU, HK Police College, Council Member of the Hong Kong Psychological Society; and was National Representative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (2010-2015). He is Programme Director of the B.Soc.Sci (Counselling) and Deputy Director of M.Soc.Sci. (Counselling). Dr. Wong has been involved in suicide prevention research and mental health promotion and practice since 2003. His recent research projects include social withdrawal behaviour (a.k.a. hikikomori), using animals as part of psychological and educational interventions, and youth positive development interventions. He has published more than 70 academic articles on a number of suicide-related, and mental-health-related issues, developer of award-winning website (www.depression.edu.hk) and book author of "The Belated Dialogues between the Suicides and Their Families".
Dr. Marty Schmidt
Faculty, Humanities Department, Hong Kong International School
Hong Kong (SAR)
Dr. Marty Schmidt has taught for more than twenty-five years in the Humanities Department of Hong Kong International School (HKIS), creating a variety of courses that facilitate student transformation, such as "Humanities I in Action, "Service, Society, and the Sacred," and "Spiritual Explorations." He has been a keynote speaker and frequent presenter at educational conferences, has presented a TEDx talk, and maintains an active blog (https://martinschmidtinasia.wordpress.com/) on educational topics. In 2009 he received an Ed.D. from the University of Western Australia for his dissertation, "Teaching for Social Conscience in Hong Kong Schools."
Dr. Paul Yip
Director, Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, Professor & Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong
Professor Yip received the Medal of Honor (MH), Chief Executive Honours and Awards, HKSAR (2017), Knowledge Exchange Award, The University of Hong Kong (2017, 2013); the Stengel Research of the International Association of Suicide Prevention (2011); an Outstanding Researcher and Supervisor (2009, 2011); the Distinguished Alumni Award, La Trobe University (2008) etc. He has published over 400 scientific papers in international journals. He serves as the secretary general of the Asian Population Association and the research chair of the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong. He was a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit and a member of the Hong Kong government's Steering Committee on Population Policy. His current interests are in population health issues including poverty alleviation, adopting a public health approach in suicide prevention, restriction of means, cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention and program evaluation. His interests include suicide prevention, population health and poverty research.
Martha Collard
Red Doors Studio Founder | Corporate Holistic Wellness Consultant
Martha is a Board Certified Coach, Certified Career Facilitator, and is an adjunct coach with the Center for Creative Leadership and Leadership in Motion. She was the Founding Vice President, International Coach Federation HK Branch and most recently was a guest speaker at the World Coaching Congress, in Mumbai and presented at TEDx in Hong Kong. Originally from Canada Martha spent time growing up in the USA and Hong Kong. She graduated with a degree in Biology from Acadia University and completed the Graduate Diploma in Management from McGill University. She was the founding Chairman of the Yoga Society of Hong Kong, founded Namaskar Magazine, and is currently the Asia Representative of The Labyrinth Society
As well as offering regular gong meditation to cancer patients, Martha is involved in the scouting movement. In the summer of 2015, she introduced labyrinths to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan, where she facilitated and taught walking meditation for 34,000 scouts from all over the world.
Dr. Phyllis Kwok-ling Chan
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Queen Mary Hospital | Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong | Vice President (Education/Censor) Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
Hong Kong (SAR)
A graduate from the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Chan is currently the Chief of Service and Hong Kong West Cluster Clinical Stream Coordinator (Mental Health) of Queen Mary Hospital. She is also Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry of LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. .Dr Chan is a Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University in Australia. She is Vice-President (Censor/Education) of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists.
She teaches and trains psychiatric trainee doctors, medical students and other allied health professional extensively. Her expertise is in child and adolescent psychiatry and eating disorders. She has participated in public education and advocacy work for destigmatization.
Dr. Hung Se-fong, MBBS (HK), FRCPsych(UK),FHKAM(Psychiatry), FHKCPsych
Honorary Consultant of Kwai Chung Hospital, Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry of Chinese University of Hong Kong and Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong (SAR)
Dr. Hung is a Specialist (Psychiatry) in Private Practice, He was Hospital Chief Executive and Consultant Psychiatrist of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Team of Kwai Chung Hospital and Yaumatei Child Psychiatric Centre before his retirement in March 2012. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists as well as a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists. He was Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrist in 2017. He was a member of the Task Group of Global Child Mental Health of the World Psychiatric Association from 2002 to 2006 and President of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists from 2006 to 2010.
An avid Community Champion, Dr Hung has been awarded the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Services in 2009 for services in Sichuen earthquake and the Bronze Bauhinia Star Medal in 2012 in recognition of his achievement and contribution in the mental health services.


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Demon Capital Shanghai
The "Modern" Experience of Japanese Intellectuals
Liu Jianhui
Translated by Joshua A. Fogel
2011, 187 pages • photos • index
ISBN 978-0-9832991-0-3 Paper $35.00
ISBN 978-0-9832991-1-0 Cloth $65.00
"Shanghai's eventful treaty-port era has been the subject of so many popular and scholarly publications that it is hard to imagine coming across a new book that has a genuinely fresh approach to the place. What a wonderful surprise, then, to read an advance copy of Demon Capital, which begins with Liu Jianhui reminiscing about the fascination the storied city held for him during his north China boyhood and then moves into a insightful exploration of the fantasies the metropolis inspired among Japanese intellectuals decades before that. I have only one complaint about this publication, which is now the latest in a long line of graceful translations from Japanese into English by Joshua Fogel: that I didn't have it at hand to draw from and quote when I was writing my own book about Shanghai!"
—Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine
Even before the Japanese first ventured abroad in the modern era, they came to understand that Shanghai was the closest and easiest way to learn about the wider world. They sent a series of missions abroad, most to Europe and several to Shanghai specifically. Virtually all of the European voyages called at Shanghai coming and going. Liu Jianhui shows what the Japanese saw in Shanghai and how they interacted with the Chinese.
Liu then describes what he calls an informational network in East Asia whereby the latest scientific and political developments from the West were written up in Chinese-language journals published by Protestant missionaries (with its hub in Shanghai) and how those journals circulated among Japanese as well. Shanghai was also the place where Japanese elites first learned about the modern printing press. Indeed, as Liu puts it, they first experienced "modernity" in Shanghai. And, he looks at the role of Shanghai in the opening of Japan.
He shows how Shanghai went from being a place onto which Japanese projected their hopes to a place deemed the center of modernity and ultimately to the height of decadence (not necessarily a bad thing for many of them). It came to be dubbed the "demon capital," and countless Japanese authors (from Meiji through WW II) set their fiction in it. Moviemakers, songwriters, and poets also saw fit to use Shanghai as a core theme.
In sum, the modern development of Japan is effectively unthinkable without the intermediary role played by Shanghai. This is a whole new approach to this topic.
Liu Jianhui (b. 1961) was trained in Japanese and comparative literature at Liaoning and Kōbe Universities. He has taught at Beijing University and now is an associate professor at the Research Center for Japanese Literature (Nichibunken) in Kyoto.
Joshua A. Fogel is Canada Research Chair Professor, York University. He specializes in the history of relations between China and Japan and, more generally, the history of relations among the major states of East Asia, and has published many books on these subjects.


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Sermon by Rev. Diane Rollert presented at the CUC Annual Conference and Meeting's Sunday Worship Service, 18 May 2014.
I'm one of those people who has a sound track constantly playing in my mind. You know, name a topic and I start to hear the words and music to a song. So, as I began thinking about this conference, about building beloved community and sacred space beyond walls, I found myself thinking about the future, and things like cyberchurches, virtual communities, and that big question we've all been asking -- will we still need our church buildings? If it takes 15 people from Generations X and Y to replace one baby boomer to support a church financially and to fill all the volunteer roles that need to be filled today, what will happen by the time their grandchildren's grandchildren take over?
Suddenly, instead of thinking about the year 2025, I was thinking about the year 2525. After all, it's been five hundred years since Michael Servetus' heresy. Where will we be in another five hundred years? And then this song started playing in my head … "In the Year 2525", this slightly goofy, dramatic one-hit wonder from two American guys named Zager and Evans. I remember hearing it when it first came out --in 1969-- and I guess it somehow got stuck forever in my subconscious. So here it is, "In the Year 2525", slightly adapted for a Unitarian audience.
["In the Year 2525" sung by Tara Bissett, Denis Barsalo, and Duncan Stewart on vocals and guitar, with trumpet by Michael Cartile. Here's a link to the original song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic&feature=kp ]
A few words from the song:
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today…
…You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
…Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you…
…Now it's been ten thousand years, we have cried a billion tears
For what, we never knew, now our reign is through
But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight
So very far away, maybe it's only yesterday
Whoa-oh yeah… (Zager and Evans, 1969)
Are you stressed by the future? Or are you excited? Check your pulse. Notice your breathing. Let's breathe. Let's sigh. Shake out your hands. Do some yoga laughing … gather up that energy… because we can, because we are physically together in the same room.
I confess, I am stressed, because I feel as though a lot is at stake. Not because we're together at this conference and today should be a really special service. (We have these wonderful musicians. That's all we really needed to have an amazing morning.) What's at stake is the future of us, as Unitarians, as a movement in Canada. What's at stake is the future of liberal religion.
Can we even begin to imagine ourselves into the year 2025, let alone 2525? Could we dare to dream about passing on a transformative legacy to generations that far into the future? Will that legacy be in the physical space we hold, will it be the community we build, or in the ideas we share?
In this past year, I have learned some powerful lessons about the value of our liberal religious presence when it finds its strength in physical location and community, but also harnesses the power of virtual networks in order to reach beyond our walls. This is the story I want to share with you today.
I'm sure most of you have heard a lot about Quebec in the past ten months, ever since our last government announced its Charter of Quebec Values. Until the elections on April 7th, when that party was voted out of power, many of us didn't know what the future would hold for us here.
To explain -- for anyone who wasn't following this story as closely as those of us who have been living and breathing it for months: The recently defeated government had proposed legislation that would have forced anyone working in government positions to remove their religious identity during the day, or leave their jobs. A Jewish doctor wearing a kippa, a Muslim daycare worker wearing a headscarf, or a Sikh teacher wearing a turban, for example, would have had to choose between their religion and their livelihood. In the months that led up to the recent elections, the debate was vigorous here. Every day, the newspapers and all the French and English media were overflowing with conflicting opinions on the matter.
But when the debate came down to thinking about real people, people we live and work with side-by-side, people who are trying to provide for their families, Quebecers ultimately said "no" to the charter. In particular, opposition to the charter was strong among minority groups, and it was especially strong among Quebecers under the age of 45, no matter what their linguistic or cultural identity. There are those who would say that younger people have forgotten about the hard-won battles against religious oppression during the Quiet Revolution, while others would say that younger people have come to appreciate living in a multicultural world.
The charter had just been proposed when the leadership of the Unitarian Church of Montreal met for its annual retreat in September. Many, but not all of us, wanted to speak out. Eventually a team came up with the idea of a banner that would have the words "Nous, tous ensemble" floating above our chalice alongside a collection of different religious symbols. The message being, in French, "All of us together."
The team brought the idea to a congregational meeting and there too, the debate was vigorous. Some were uncomfortable with the idea of using symbols that belonged to other religious groups. Others wanted to make sure there was both English and French on the banner. Still others spoke with concern about a pluralist message. Were we confusing religious pluralism with our Unitarian identity? And there were some who actually did want to see a secular charter in place, a charter that would remove all religious symbols from the public square, including personal dress.
We listened to each other. We voted. We were not unanimous, but the majority agreed to a banner with modifications. The final banner ended up with the words "Vivre ensemble/Live in harmony" and we hung it outside the church across our front entryway (where it hangs today). Despite the fact that the banner went up just in time for our entire street to be closed and ripped up for new sewage pipes, it was still noticed.
Television reporters and their crews came by to film the banner. Visitors who stopped by the church would tell me how impressed they were to see us so welcoming of other religious groups.
That is, to me, right there, the power of physical space. To have a building where you can hang a banner and express your values in trying times – just as our congregation and others did during the equal marriage act – is a privileged place in the public square, one we should not take for granted.
As the debate heated up around the charter, the world swirling around us became obsessed with religious identity. So it isn't that surprising that as a community we became obsessed with our own Unitarian identity. This was an intense topic of discussion throughout the fall and winter – and there were strong feelings, a real worry that Unitarianism might be getting lost in the process.
We spent a lot of time as a community talking about our own values as Unitarians. How else could we respond to a charter that claimed that it was the expression of Quebec's values? For some it became a question of asking: What are we presenting to the world? What's our message? A few even put it into marketing terms: What's our brand?
Is speaking abstractly about tolerance and inclusion a clear enough message? Shouldn't we settle our identity crisis once and for all, the identity crisis we've been struggling with since the turn of the last century? Are we spiritual, religious people whose roots are Christian, or are we people who have left behind our Christian past and reject all belief in anything that might appear to be supernatural? Do we live on the religious or the secular side of the divide?
How grateful I am to be so challenged by my people. In eight years of ministry in Montreal, I don't think I've ever been as stretched or grown as much as I have in this year. Witnessing the people around me questioning, growing and stretching as well had a transforming effect. We pushed and pulled. We coaxed and caught each other, as we wrestled with these questions.
The more we reflected on our identity as a community, the more clarity I found in my own Unitarian values. These are my Unitarian values, I found myself telling every group I met with during those months: We value love, tolerance, equality, the freedom to question, a commitment to peace and to the earth, and the inherent worth and dignity of every person. You can be an atheist or a believer in God and still value many of the same things. This is the common ground, the core we continually seek.
I value diversity and the essential need to uphold the freedom of individuals to express themselves religiously as long as that freedom does not infringe upon the freedom of others. I believe in a secular state because it enables us to live in a religiously pluralistic society. I don't want to live in a state that privileges one religion above all others. And I believe that liberal religion itself needs to survive because it dares to ask the questions, it does not take truth as handed down from on high, and it has the power to bring people together into loving community.
For me, beloved community serves as a base of support, as well as a place to challenge assumptions, and to push us to speak with authenticity and clarity. We are so much stronger when we are held within the embrace of a community that loves us enough to confront us honestly.
The conversations my congregation had around questions of identity gave me courage. I went out into the world, to the press, and to testify with my conviction strengthened by my community and my faith. Each time I introduced myself, I explained that, as minister of the Unitarian Church of Montreal, I represent a community that knows what it is to live with religious diversity. Even Bernard Drainville, the minister responsible for the charter, stopped in his tracks when I said during my testimony at the National Assembly that we are a community of theists, agnostics, atheists and others. There was look of total surprise on his face. "What? A community of what?" … as if the cognitive dissonance was more than he could handle.
Our theological diversity opens doors for us and gives us credibility, often in ways hard to imagine. We are a people who can bridge the religious and the secular divide. We understand both stories. We understand the pain, trials and shortcomings on both sides of the fence. We also understand the goodness and the humanity to be found across the divide.
And, what I've discovered is that social media can be an amazing tool for building a bridge across that divide. In the midst of the debate over the charter, thanks to members within my community and interfaith connections built over the years, we were able to mobilize a new group called Women Who Believe in Women/Femmes qui croient en la femme. We wrote an open letter to the Premier (Quebec's Prime Minister), speaking in defence of women's rights to manage their own bodies and dress; overnight, we became a cybercommunity of nearly 250 female clergy, lay leaders and others from diverse religious and non-religious backgrounds.
Then there were the YouTube videos that were created by a media team I belong to for the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Montreal. Our goal was to share a simple, positive message that reflected the sentiment of the words of René Lévesque: < Est québécois qui veut l'être. > We are all Quebecers, no matter what our backgrounds may be.
The Unitarian Church of Montreal provided the space to film the videos, and we brought agnostics and atheists to the table with Christians, Jews, Muslims and Sikhs for this multi-faith project. Had we not been there, those agnostic and atheist voices would not have been included. It was a perfect coming together of our physical space, with the support of community, and the strength of our Unitarian values, making it possible to meaningfully reach out beyond our walls.
So, in the past 10 months, since the charter was introduced (and came to its end), this is what I have learned, and this is why I believe Unitarianism can and will survive: We cannot be all things to all people, but we can continue to create fertile ground for growth. There is strength in being a voice for diversity. We choose not to live by dogma, but we can continue to seek a place of common understanding that allows for reasoned inquiry planted in fertile soil, surrounded by light and air that enables us to see, to wonder, to breathe and to touch the ground of our being.
If you tend toward the spiritual side of the spectrum, do not give up on us. Stay and remind us that there is beauty in the cosmos that we may never fully understand. If you tend toward the humanist side of the spectrum, do not leave us. Stay and keep us honest in our human endeavours. If you find yourself still seeking your place, wondering how you will live your life according to your Unitarian values, hold onto those ribbons that are tethered to something you cannot fully see. As we dance together, we are weaving a beautiful cloth that we could never weave alone.
When I step out into the world, beyond our walls, I carry my Unitarian faith with me, ostentatiously, conspicuously, without any doubt that we have the capacity to build bridges between the secular and the religious, between the old world order and the new world order. I believe in reclaiming the word "religious", because we are a people who are bound together. Our faith may not dictate one belief, our stories may not be part of one larger narrative, and we can even stop trying so hard to define the centre. Still, I believe we do have this common core that sustains us.
Our future is sure to see technological tools evolve faster than we can possibly imagine. But that is all they are: tools to use to spread our message. As we have been reminded so beautifully, virtual communities will always need physical communities, as launching pads, as places of refuge, as places to touch and be touched, to nurture, to laugh and to cry together in times of joy and sorrow.
Whatever we do, however we do it, in pubs or coffee shops, in traditional forms of worship or in new forms, our message needs to be clear. But it does not need to be a single, branded, dogmatic message in order to survive. Ours can continue to be a living, evolving tradition. And it will need each and every one of us here to carry it on. No one of us can do this alone. We must do it together. Humanity has survived not because of the strength of isolated individuals, but because of the strength of tribes and communities which found ways to weave meaning together out of the darkness.
So, here's the song "In the Year 2525" again, with words rewritten by me [the group performs again]:
In the year 2525,
We swear we will survive,
With our dreams still alive, we may find…
In the year 3533
Free and responsible search for truth's the key.
Our children's children live to see
Peaceful loving humanity.
In the year 4545
The interdependent web keeps us alive.
We finally learn what to do
To keep the skies and oceans blue.
In the year 7510
If there's a God, she says amen.
You opened your doors to them all
That's how you truly heard my call.
Now is still the time for us to choose the path that is just
To open hearts and open minds with love
and through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight
reach out to those alone and build the bridge that takes us home.
Whoa-oh yeah…


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At BBA we offer a broad and balanced curriculum that allows all pupils the opportunity to develop their own interests and expertise. Our curriculum allows all pupils to become:
- successful learners who enjoy studying and achieve the qualifications that will allow them to progress to the next stage in their education
- aware of topical issues that affect them and others within society
- tolerant and accepting of all members of their community and beyond including celebrating cultural diversity
- confident in working independently or as in a team with the ability to lead others
- responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society
- able to understand the importance of health and safety in each stage of their lives
We operate a one week timetable with 5 lessons that are 1 hour in length. In addition there are enrichment opportunities after school each day ranging from academic support to broader interests like sport, the arts and the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.
The curriculum that we offer at Bluecoat Beechdale Academy reflects its learners; it is diverse, vibrant and driven by a desire for success. It equips our students with the necessary knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed throughout their time at the Academy and excel in the next steps in their educational journey, be that at the Sixth Form, college, university, apprenticeship or employment.
We operate a 2 year key stage 3 (Years 7 & 8) and a 3 year key stage 4 (Years 9 – 11) meaning that pupils make their option choices in Year 8. We believe that this gives pupils more time to develop the skills necessary to be successful in their courses. Pupils get to choose from a variety of academic and vocational courses and all receive detailed individual advice and guidance to ensure that they choose the right options for them.
At the start of Year 9, students personalise their curriculum by choosing options which include a wide range of GCSE and Vocational courses. Assessment in these courses takes place in a variety of forms including assignments during the course and public examinations at the end of Key Stage 4. All subjects and qualifications are carefully selected to provide the best possible range of opportunities for our students and provide a platform for continued study after they leave us.
All pupils in each year group also receive 1 period of PSHE each week delivered by their form tutor. This is on a rolling program and so takes the place of a different period each week. The PSHE program has a variety of strands which are delivered to every year group and these include: British Values and Citizenship, Sex and Relationships; Careers; Health and Wellbeing; Drugs Education; Learning to Learn. Further details and timings can be found on the PSHE webpage.
KS3 (Years 7 & 8)
At KS3 the majority of pupils follow the same curriculum. In all subjects pupils will be taught in tutor groups and, in Year 7, often in their tutor room, minimising the need for movement around the school site. The time allocated for each subject is as follows:
|5 periods
|4 periods
|3 periods
|3 periods
|2 periods
|2 periods
|2 periods
|1 period
|1 period
|1 period
|24 periods
KS4 (Years 9 – 11)
At key stage 4 pupils follow a core curriculum of English (Language and Literature), Mathematics, Science, an EBACC option (Geography, History or Modern Foreign Language) and core PE. In addition pupils also choose a 2 further options from the following: a second EBACC option (Geography, History or Modern Foreign Language), Art & Design, Drama, Computer Science, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Music, Design & Technology, Sport, IT, Childcare, Hairdressing and Business Studies. Further details on all courses can be found below and on the individual subject webpages.
The lessons are allocated as follows:
|4 periods
|4 periods
|5 periods
|2 periods
|Option 1 (Ebacc)
|3 periods
|Option 2
|3 periods
|Option 3
|3 periods
|24 periods
Core Curriculum
The core curriculum consists of GCSEs in English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science (either double award or single sciences) and an Ebacc qualification (Geography, History or a Modern Foreign Language). All students will initially study the same content for Science, which will lead to two GCSE qualifications. During Year 9 those who have shown an aptitude for the subject will be study the subject in more depth and achieve an extra GCSE. This means that, if successful, a pupil will leave with minimum of 6 GCSEs or equivalent qualifications just from the core curriculum and those with an aptitude for Science will leave with 7.
|Exam Board
|English Language
|English Literature
|Combined Science
|Biology, Chemistry, Physics
New GCSE Equivalent Qualification for all students:
From January 2019 we are going to deliver OCR Sport Science to all Year 9 students in order to get all BBA students a 9th GCSE-equivalent qualification. OCR Sport Science can be delivered with minimum impact on current practical PE lessons however elements of the course will need to be delivered in the classroom. Students will have to produce coursework that will be collected in each week and used to create a bank of work for the qualification.
We also hope that our decision to elevate the status of Core PE will go some way to address concerns around health, wellbeing and indeed childhood obesity in Nottingham. The House of Commons Library Briefing Paper Number 3336, 20 March 2018 entitled 'Obesity Statistics' states that "Children living in deprived areas are more likely to be overweight and obese than those in less deprived areas". Sadly, the same briefing states that obesity rates among children aged 10-11 have risen in the most deprived areas in the last decade. Nottingham ranks 4th out of 326 districts (down from 10th in 2010) in England of Income Deprivation Affecting Children (IDACI), with Nottingham the most deprived of all of the core cities, including Manchester and Liverpool.
Nottingham City – Income Deprivation Affecting Children
All pupils study 3 options subjects in Key Stage 4, one of which has to be an Ebacc qualification. The only requirement we have is that all pupils choose one of Geography, History or a Modern Foreign Language to study at GCSE. They may of course choose more than one of these and those thinking of going to university are advised to seriously consider doing so. Beyond this, we believe in giving students a free choice but with the following in mind; this is the first step on the road and it is important that all children choose subjects that will provide them with the best opportunities for their future. For some pupils it will be more suitable to study a vocational qualification, which can lead more directly to a career in that area.
The list below shows all of the subjects that we currently offer and the examination boards:
|Examination Board
|GCSE French
|GCSE Geography
|GCSE History
|GCSE Computer Science
|Btec Art
|Btec Business Studies
|NCFE Child Development and Care
|GCSE Design and Technology
|Btec Digital Information Technology
|NCFE Food and Cookery
|VTCT Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy
|Btec Health and Social Care
|Btec Performing Arts
|Btec Sport
|Examination Board
If you would like more information about the curriculum please contact our Assistant Principal Mr A Freestone on firstname.lastname@example.com


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by Barrett Seaman –
In the end, the rain never came, though the mere threat of it no doubt deterred some who would otherwise have taken part in the village's long-planned and well-executed Celebrate Irvington Day. About 10 of the anticipated 30 cars expected at the vintage auto display in the Main Street School parking lot didn't show, probably because they were roofless—permanently– causing their owners to pull out.
Most everything else on the daylong agenda went off as scheduled, however. Two bands entertained street-side; kids got their faces painted at the pharmacy and took turns in the driver's seat of one of the Volunteer Fire Department's big red trucks; re-enactors celebrated the village's role in the revolution, and Eileen Fisher seemed to be everywhere, selling mind/body harmony through her LifeWork philosophy, "upcycled" crafts and recycled clothing. The Eileen Fisher organization is a big force in Irvington and was a significant financial supporter of Celebrate Irvington Day.
The festivities started with the dedication of a new playground in the park adjacent to the Main Street School. A collaboration of the Irvington Education Foundation, the school's faculty, administration and PTA and the Rivertowns Chamber of Commerce – the $100,000 facility features an array of swings, castles, jungle gyms and a "pentagode," a geodesic-like structure that was teeming with children even before the ribbon was cut. Volunteers constructed the entire playground in two days.
The village's history was a major theme of the day. Re-enactors wearing revolutionary-era uniforms and carrying 18th century rifles stood guard on the lawn of the Irvington Recreation Department. Mayor Brian Smith, following his ribbon-cutting at the playground, read a proclamation honoring the Odell brothers, Abraham, a Militiaman in the Westchester Levies, and John, who aided the patriot cause as a guide, providing intelligence on the whereabouts of British troops and their Hessian allies in Westchester, and leading Patriots through secret routes to escape the enemy . Their father, Jonathan, was the proprietor of the still-extant Odell's Tavern, which was a major stop on the Albany Post Road on the village's south side—and a magnet for spies.
There were several tours highlighting Irvington's rich history, the freshest of which was a walk to the site of a burial ground for slaves owned by families in the village. Residents Sarah Cox and Cathy Sears have been researching the role of slavery in the Hudson Valley in the 18th and 19th centuries. Studying maps and plats and diaries, they determined that a plot of land downhill from the present Barney Park neighborhood and east of what is now the Stanford White-designed Trent Building once served as the cemetery for the slaves of Captain John Buckout, whose farm stretched from the Hudson River eastwards toward the Saw Mill River. The graveyard (now referred to as an "African burial ground") was abandoned but rediscovered during the construction of the original Cosmopolitan Magazine office building in 1895. Cox and Sears plan to publish their findings with the Irvington Historical Society in the fall.
Most of Irvington's restaurants beckoned as villagers—and some out-of-town visitors—roamed the streets. Particularly popular were Revenge, the village's Texas-style barbeque pit, and Brrzaar, the frozen yogurt emporium on Astor Street. For those daunted by the steep climb back up to Broadway, a pair of shuttle buses offered relief.